We get through a large number of topics this episode, which features Matthjew “Scope” Pearce as guest co-host to talk about WOrld of Tanks in addition to his encyclopaedic SWTOR knowledge.

Points of discussion:

SWTOR
– Post F2p impressions
– more quickbar slots and character slots for preferred players
– cartel market discussion
– 1.6 on PTS, including PTS gripes and heroic space combat missions
– PvP / Battlemaster gear

TSW
– Issue #4 impressions
– Issue #5 hints
– toilet seat talk
– Albion Theatre fun (official forum link)
– brief cricket disagreement

WoW
– 5.1 Landfall impressions (nice overview here)
– WoW ain’t dead yet
– Project Blackstone
– ZAGGARAT – amazing zone by zone achievement guide by our own Jemima.

Other
– GW2 customer service
– City of Heroes closing
– World of Tanks overview and discussion, Patch 8.1 and 8.2
– Firefall beta
– Comics coverage
– assorted brief snippets on Borderlands 2, Sim City, PS3 Home Tycoon, Weird Al Yankovic’s Albuquerque (must watch vid link)

– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page, Twitter account, Simon’s Twitter account and Kristy’s Blog.

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We’re really pleased to welcome back Kristy, who’ll be joining the regular co-host team. Lots to talk about this episode as well!

Points of discussion:

SWTOR
– 1.5 / F2P in-depth
– Cathar as first species on Cartel Market
– impact on subscriber numbers

GW2
– Seeking feedback on continuing GW2 discussion on podcast otherwise will cease covering it
– Lost Shores update
– Refer a friend

TSW
– Episode #4 overview and initial impressions (link for preview video)
– Discussion on Albion Theatre

WoW
– Monking around
– Project Titan

Other
– Marvel Heroes Developer Update (where I repeatedly say the story writer is Mark Millar when in fact it’s Brian Michael Bendis – sorry!)

– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page, Twitter account, Simon’s Twitter account and Kristy’s Blog.

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This week we have special co-host Kristy jumping on to the road to nowhere!

Points of discussion:

SWTOR
– Unexpected downtime last week
– 1.5 update on the PTS and where are the pre-mades for testing??

GW2
– Kristy’s Halloween stalker
– Halloween event
– General impressions on GW2
– Ask for feedback from listeners on whether we should continue GW2 coverage?

TSW
– Halloween event
– More pro-game raving

WoW
– MoP end-game
– 5.1 on the horizon
– confirmation of a further WoW expansion

Other
– Disney’s buy out of LucasFilm discussion
– Judge Dredd 3D mini-review
– Assorted pop culture chat

– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page, Twitter account, Simon’s Twitter account and Kristy’s Blog.

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Time for another quality MMO podcast from Down Under, with our resident WoW-ophile Luke LePage joining us again. We also bid a temporary farewell to Ed and cover the big four plus some League of Legends, Marvel Heroes and more.

Points of discussion:

SWTOR
– 1.5 on the PTS
– 12-hour downtime last week
– Oceanic Server Merges
– Shout out for Scope’s One Shot One Kill Column
– Lore Update: languages and Galactic Basic
– falling for 2012’s James Cameron/George Lucas new Stars Wars Trilogy April Fool’s joke

GW2

– Halloween event
– Dev Team Reddit AMAA

TSW

– Response to Joel Bylos interview
– Halloween Event / Issue #3 content
– Reticle combat

WoW
– more impressions and kudos
– Blizzard as a continuing innovator
– 5.1 patch

Other
– League of Legends popularity
– Marvel Heroes beta invites
– New Rift player housing

– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page, Twitter account and Simon’s Twitter account.

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Following hot on the heels of our Secret World special edition Episode 42, there’s lots to talk about this episode, with all the content updates being released across a bunch of MMOs. Also a big welcome to guest co-host Luke LePage who writes our regular World of Warcraft column.

Points of discussion:

SWTOR
– 1.4 update
– BioWare Live Stream
– lack of communication on updates
– Lore Update: Cortosis

WoW
– Luke and David’s general impressions of Mists of Pandaria
– Early sales of MoP down?
– Favourite early levelling areas

TSW
– Issue #3 content update
– Joel Bylos interview
– 50% discount offer

GW2
– account security
– general impressions

Marvel Heroes
– October 1st for Open Beta

– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page, Twitter account and Simon’s Twitter account.

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We’re back with some good in-depth chat on SWTOR 1.4, TSW Issue #2

Points of discussion:

SWTOR
– 1.4 update on PTS
– Shout-out to Jem for her great Mercernary/Commando 1.4 expert panel
– Speculation on 1.4 dropping this week
– Remaining active SWTOR podcasts discussion (Reddit link)

GW2
– State of the Game updates
– GW2 Economy post
– GW2 forums
– approach to client updates
– general impressions

TSW
– Issue #2 content update
– general impressions and having fun in Polaris and Inferno

WoW
– Patch 5.05
– Theramore event
– Pandaria anticipation

Marvel Heroes
– quick progress update

– Wii U release schedule in Australia

– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page, Twitter account and Simon’s Twitter account.

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It’s the first episode in the new format covering a number of MMOs. More notably it’s the last appearance of Ed’s evil laugh, so either mourn or rejoice right now.

Points of discussion:

SWTOR
– Post-Chevin event thoughts
– Jeff Hickman interview on future content and team structure
– BioWare on it’s restructure and content teams (including some great audio snippets from buffed.de)
– BioWare not attending PAX
– SWTOR ranking 18 in XFire traffic
– Lore Update: HK-51

GW2
– launch impressions
– State of the Game update
– bot issues
– email verification issues
– lack of forums

TSW
– more game impressions
– Funcom restructure
– subscriber numbers
– State of the Game update

WoW
– patch 5.04
– Shout out for the guild Wizards of Oz and its GM Blacky

– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page, Twitter account and Simon’s Twitter account.

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A real mixed bag of a show this week. We talk a little on some adjustments to the show format, talk lots of SWTOR and a healthy slice of GW2, WoW and TSW at the end.

Points of discussion:
– Podcast feedback and slight change of format
– Chevin world event
– BioWare at Gamescom
– Thousand Papercuts thread on the SWTOR forums
– Guild Wars 2 launch (and Aussie/NZ launch time conversions)
– New content in The Secret World
– WoW cinematic for Mists of Pandaria
– Shout outs for our forums, Facebook page and Twitter account

One minor technical note: we’ve had feedback on the naming convention of the podcast so we’ve changed the file names to be more descriptive for those not using a service like iTunes. Hope it helps a little bit!

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