It’s our pre-Christmas edition prior to a month break, so we pack in quite a bit this episode.

Points of discussion:

1. MMO News

SWTOR: Third Anniversary celebrations (link), 3.0.1 bug fixes

Others: Warlords of Draenor

My Lore Is Stuck In Your Canon: Life Day

Recipe for Wookiee Ookies (link)

2. General Gaming News

– Dawn of the PC Console? (link)

– Windows 10 and Xbox One integration (link)

– Destiny players banned (link) and solo effort at new raid content (link)

– Assassin’s Creed patch coming (link and FAQ link)

– Call of Duty sales down 27% year on year (link)

– Top 10 games of 2014

– Playstation Plus: worth it? (link)

3. Pop Culture

Film: Star Wars Episode 7 – the ball droid isn’t CGI! (link), Marvel to get Spiderman back into its cinematic universe? (link)

TV: Agents of SHIELD mid-season finale (link)

Other: Penny Arcade Destiny web-comic (link)

4. Tech Roundup
– Oculus buys VR company (link)

– The Goliath project (link)

– Shout outs for our Facebook page, Twitter account, Simon’s Twitter account  and ODS-1’s Twitter Account. – And don’t forget to buy an Oceanic Gamer T-Shirt or thirty!

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With special guest David Carr, we tackle the Warlords of Draenor launch, a health dose of SWTOR and a whole bunch of other goodies.

Points of discussion:

1. MMO News

SWTOR: Las Vegas Cantina thumb drive (link), Pretty Little Sith’s blog post on the Cantina catch-up (link), Ootini Cantina (link)

Others: Warlords of Drainer review, launch issues

My Lore Is Stuck In Your Canon: Light Sabers!

2. General Gaming News

– Simon’s Pax Aus report (link to Bioware’s talk)

– Overwatch (cinematic, in-game footage)

– EVE Online new release format

– What the hell is going on with AAA games? (Drive Club link, Assassins Creed Unity link, Destiny link)

3. Pop Culture

Film: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Other: Excavated Atari cartridges sell for up to $1500 on Ebay (link)

4. Tech Roundup
– Simon shops for a new monitor

– Shout outs for our Facebook page, Twitter account, Simon’s Twitter account  and ODS-1’s Twitter Account. – And don’t forget to buy an Oceanic Gamer T-Shirt or thirty!

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Simon and David cover off a bunch of MMO news plus plenty of other snippets. For those that get past half way you’ll understand why we’ve called this the Barrycast (although embarrassingly it appears it was an audio driver issue that I could only hear although you may hear a slight echo effect and other glitches in spots for which I apologise).

Points of discussion:

1. MMO News

SWTOR: CantinaGate / VenueGate, the transparency dilemma (link), Character slots per server to be increased from 22, NPC limit raised in Strongholds, new Halloween gear on the Cartel Market (link), Architect’s Pack (link), Slot Machine now available for 1 credit.

Others: Warlords of Drainer pre-expansion patch, Aussie servers for WoW announced

My Lore Is Stuck In Your Canon: back next episode!

2. General Gaming News

– Ps4 2.0 Firmware update (link)

3. Pop Culture

TV: The Walking Dead, Constantine, Borgen

Other: PaxAus

4. Tech Roundup
– iPad/iPhone sales (link)

– The death of Nokia (link)

– Promised cool link (link)

– Between Two Ferns (link)

– Shout outs for our Facebook page, Twitter account, Simon’s Twitter account  and ODS-1’s Twitter Account. – And don’t forget to buy an Oceanic Gamer T-Shirt or thirty!

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We get excited about Shadows of Revan and provide lots of semi-informed filler – what else could you want?

Points of discussion:

1. MMO News

SWTOR: Shadows of Revan (link), Disciplines (link), Class quest lines.

Others: WoW, Destiny (check out Ben McJannet’s ongoing Destiny coverage for our website)

My Lore Is Stuck In Your Canon: Yavin 4

2. General Gaming News

– Star Citizen – the 890 Jump (link)

3. Pop Culture

TV: The Walking Dead Returns

4. Tech Roundup
– Windows 10

– New Oculus prototype – Crescent Bay (link)

– Shout outs for our Facebook page, Twitter account, Simon’s Twitter account  and ODS-1’s Twitter Account. – And don’t forget to buy an Oceanic Gamer T-Shirt or thirty!

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We always try to provide a mixed bag and this week is no different with SWTOR, Star Citizen, Destiny, World of Warcraft and Pong (ok not the last one).

Points of discussion:

1. MMO News

SWTOR: New York Community Cantina (link), Ootina Spoilercast coming up soon,  item missing from Constable’s Pack (link)

Others: Brief chat about laziness / getting in a rut with MMOs

My Lore Is Stuck In Your Canon: back next episode!

2. General Gaming News

– Further Destiny thoughts (check out Ben McJannet’s ongoing Destiny coverage for our website)

– Archeage and a thanks to Darren Taylor for his article / review.

– Star Citizen’s US$350 ship on offer, the Aegis Reclaimer (link)

3. Pop Culture

TV: The Goldbergs (link), incomplete Clone Wars episodes now available (link)

Movies: Jodorowsky’s Dune (link)

Other: The potato salad Kickstarter that did good (link)

4. Tech Roundup
– The bendy iPhone 6: or is it? (link)
– ello, the new social network (link)
– Revan video we forgot to talk about at the top of the show (link)

– Shout outs for our Facebook page, Twitter account, Simon’s Twitter account  and ODS-1’s Twitter Account. – And don’t forget to buy an Oceanic Gamer T-Shirt or thirty!

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We get a little bit obsessive over Destiny this week, but still manage a very healthy dose of SWTOR and a bunch of other tech / gaming and pop culture discussion. Even better – ODS-1 gives us the low-down on the legacy of the Rakata.

Points of discussion:

1. MMO News

SWTOR:  Thank you to Hillary Nicole for her interview last episode, Forged Alliances patch, Patch 3.0 announcement (link), PAX Community Q&A thanks to Ootinicast (link)

Others: Nil

My Lore Is Stuck In Your Canon: Legacy of the Rakata (here’s the link to ODS-1’s original Rakata coverage he mentions)

2. General Gaming News

– Microsoft to buy Minecraft? (link)

– Simon and David’s review of Destiny

3. Pop Culture

TV: The Left Overs (link), The Goldbergs (link)

4. Tech Roundup
– the week in phone launches, or ‘Is that an iPhone 6+ in your pocket or last years Galaxy Note’

– Samsung Note 4 – now with virtual reality (link)

A snippet of Meco’s take on Star Wars

– Shout outs for our Facebook page, Twitter account, Simon’s Twitter account  and ODS-1’s Twitter Account. – And don’t forget to buy an Oceanic Gamer T-Shirt or thirty!

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After a 3-week break we’ve got a backlog of stuff to talk about, and hopefully you think we’ve covered some decent ground this episode.

Points of discussion:

1. MMO News

SWTOR: PvP Season 2 Rewards (link), 2.9 hits the PTS (link), 2.9 PTS Patch Notes (link), unlocking Guild Flagships (link), upcoming Cantina in Cologne to coincide with Gamescom.

Others: Elite Dangerous (link to official site and a great gameplay link). Destiny Beta a success (link and here’s the cool Halo infographic)

2. General Gaming News
– New BioWare game, Spark (link), new TV Tuner accessory for Xbox One, Oculus Rift and the screen door effect.

3. Pop Culture

TV: The Strain (link), Star Wars Rebels (link)

Books: American Gods (link)

Films: Deadpool test footage (link)

4. Tech Roundup
–  Twitch comes down hard on copyright with its audio recognition system (link)

– Shout outs for our latest iTunes reviewers: FortranDragon and JayConnell and a welcome back to Old Republic Radio.

– Shout outs for our Facebook page, Twitter account, Simon’s Twitter account  and ODS-1’s Twitter Account. – And don’t forget to buy an Oceanic Gamer T-Shirt or thirty!

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Episode 82 sees us allegedly get into the groove of our revamped format. We cover quite a bit of ground on a bunch of topics from Firefall to Weird Al Yankovic.

Points of discussion:

1. MMO News

SWTOR: Live stream tour of strongholds (link), Legacy Storage and BOP items (link), David’s subscription close call (and a tangent to the infamous Comcast call)

Others: Firefall out of beta and into early access (link)

Interlude: Your Lore Is Stuck In My Canon: Manaan

2. General Gaming News
–  Destiny beta has started (link), Zombie U sucks the big one, Watchdogs and Mario Kart 8 biggest June sellers (link), PS4 outselling Xbox One (link)

3. Pop Culture

Film: Guardians of the Galaxy

Comics: Captain America costume to be worn by Sam Wilson (The Falcon) and Thor is now a woman (link).

Music: Weird Al Yankovic’s 8 vids in 8 days (link).

4. Tech Roundup
– Microsoft lays off 18000 staff (link)
– 3D Metal printing (link)

– Shout outs for our latest iTunes reviewers: Jason, SiHuWa and Benjamin McJannett.

– Shout outs for our Facebook page, Twitter account, Simon’s Twitter account  and ODS-1’s Twitter Account. – And don’t forget to buy an Oceanic Gamer T-Shirt or thirty!

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This episode sees us unveil the new show format… which isn’t a lot different to the old format but we do have some new audio tags and some more formalised segments. So that’s something right?

Points of discussion:

1. MMO News

SWTOR: new Community Coordinator, video of Tatooine homestead (link), developer update on Strongholds (link), Double XP weekend, Bounty Contract Week going live on 8th July, Club Vertica Nightlife pack (link).

The Secret World: TSW’s second anniversary (link)

Others: World of Tanks launches on mobile devices (iOS and Android), getting thrashed in Hearthstone.

2. General Gaming News
– Are the PC Master Race the Next-Gen consoles’ bitches? (link)
– Xbox Cloud – more than just arse gravy?
– Mario Kart 8

3. Pop Culture

TV: Orange is The New Black, Dominion, Game of Thrones Exhibition in Sydney

Film: Harrison Ford injures himself on the set of Star Wars Episode VII (link)

4. Tech Roundup
– Leap Motion v 2.0 (link)
– Google i/o roundup and Google Cardboard (link)

– Shout outs for our Facebook page, Twitter account, Simon’s Twitter account, Kris’s Twitter account and ODS-1’s Twitter Account. – And don’t forget to buy an Oceanic Gamer T-Shirt or thirty!

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This episode we do a little bit of introspection on the future of the podcast, before jumping into the usual swamp of MMO news.

Points of discussion:

– The future of the podcast
– Game Update 2.8
– E3 Cantina flash drive files (link)
– Star Wars Battlefront trailer (link)

Jawa Junk Pile
– Marvel Heroes 2015 (link)
– Defiance goes F2P (link)
– Destiny Alpha
– Nintendo surprises at E3
– Next generation of consoles slated for 2018/19?
– No Man’s Sky (link)
– Star Wars Xmas Special review by the Nostalgia Critic (link)
– Shout outs for our Facebook page, Twitter account, Simon’s Twitter account, Kris’s Twitter account and ODS-1’s Twitter Account. – And don’t forget to buy an Oceanic Gamer T-Shirt or thirty!

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