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Aloha, dear readers,
We’re on schedule this week, and present you with Episode Six of The Multiverse podcast! We were joined by Karen from A View From the Top and Shut Up, We’re Talking podcasts, as well as the Journey’s With Jaye blog.
In honor of her stopping by, we decided to talk about guilds and what they mean to players and in the MMOs they’re a part of. We also talk a little bit about Everquest 2 and the upcoming battleground system. We decided to change up the usual host segments a little bit, so we also spent a little time talking about the changing definition of F2P and Ferrel’s recent trials with Blizzard, after they’d banned the account he’d just had restored and secured… for exploiting!
I think this is one of our best shows yet and we here would like to know what you think too. Give us your thoughts in a comment, iTunes review, or send us an email. We’d like to expand the show and can’t do it without your help, so join in and be a part of our crew!
Here are the notes for Episode Six:
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Show Notes – January 29th, 2010 – “Guest Starring: Karen”
- Introduction
- Welcome to Karen! Introductions are in order!
- Thanks to Gorgonseye
- What have we been playing?
- News:
- Round Table
- Topic #1 – Guilds, what roles do they play in MMOs?
- Topic #2 – Battleground in EQ2, what do we think?
- Host Segments:
- Remember!
Hi Everyone,
The manchild
For your listening pleasure, we give you the day late Episode 5 of The Multiverse. We had a lot of fun recording this one but we went about it a little bit differently. Rather than highly editing everything, we approached it like we were live. Behind the scenes, these episodes usually take me about three hours to produce. This is our effort to cut that down to about an hour, so please let me know what you think and which way you prefer the show. I think it came out good.
Be sure to tune in after the ending music for a couple of bonus segments. During the first we talk about the Dante’s Inferno demo (well, to be fair, it’s mostly me gushing and trying to convince Ferrel to try it, but some funny stuff comes out of it). Second, we give you a sneak peak into what happens between the segments…
Oh, and about the title… well, you’ll have to listen to the bonus parts to get that, I guess. 
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Show Notes – January 19th, 2010
Music for Today’s Show:
- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – Hyrule Field Theme
- Legend of Zelda (NES) – Overworld Theme
- Goldeneye 007 – Nintendo 64
- Thrice – So Strange I Remember You
Hi Everybody,
Another two weeks, another episode of the Multiverse! We had a lot of fun recording this one and I think it shows. We’re putting the call out for your funny stories this week, so have a listen and share them with us!
As always, we welcome your comments and reviews. Let us know what you think!
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The Multiverse - Episode #4: "You Wanna Talk Good" [72:21m]:
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Hi Everyone,
Welcome to Episode #3 of Riknas, Ferrel’s, and my pet project. We got together a little bit late this past week, so sorry about being a day late. This week, we talked about storytelling, immersion, and, yes, Epic Riknas. What is an Epic Riknas you might ask? Only the best up and coming MMO out there! Riknas Online is set to launch sometime in 2035, alongside Chris: The Final Frontier, a virtual reality version of the Oregon Trail. It’ll be a box set.
We were also happy to be joined by Ryan, writer here, and operator of our host, Vagary TV. Ryan’s currently a staff member on one MUD and the main developer for another, so he had an interesting perspective on how content gets presented to the player. Thanks for joining us, Ryan!
If you enjoyed the show, we’d love to hear about it in the comments or through an iTunes review (iTunes reviews will get honored on the show… *wink wink*). You can also feel free to contact us directly at multiversepodcast@gmail.com.
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Show Notes: Episode #3 – “Epic Riknas” recorded 12/21/09
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Introduction
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Big News
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Fallen Earth gets the social patch – drinking, gambling, and sleeping in tents! Sounds like a weekend camping in the woods.
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Anarchy Online’s getting a facelift – now only two years behind the times. We kid, we kid!
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Bioware reveals Tatooine will be included in SW:TOR. Mmmmmm…. sandy.
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Patch 3.3 – anyone hear of this thing? I’m lost.
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Storytelling – What’s good, what’s bad, what can be done, and will it succeed?
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Immersion – How do we get immersed, does it matter (raiding/pvp), favorite story/immersion moments.
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Hi Everybody,
Another two weeks, another episode of the Multiverse! This time, we went late night Cinemax on you. Thus, this is episode two: “Skinemax.” We had a lot of fun recording this episode and I think it shows. Editing went much quicker and I have more hosting lessons under my belt (darn my ever changing crutch word). See: shock collar.
We also changed up the music for this episode. We’re all around, as you’ll see in the notes.
I hope you enjoy it!
As always, send any questions, comments, suggestions to multiversepodcast@gmail.com. We’re also looking for guests. If you’re interested, email us there.
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