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Massively OP Podcast Episode 248: Saying farewell to Aradune
Bree and Justin mourn Brad McQuaid, dip into Guild Wars 2, side-eye Stadia, imagine 20 more years of LOTRO, and enjoy watching EVE Online and Star Citizen's cons fight. Plus we tackle two mailbag questions about MMO genre positivity and playing solo in MMOs.
Blizzard’s Joe Magdalena recounts a World of Warcraft bear that could kill players with a look
In most MMOs, bears are low-level foes that are part of some early stage kill 10 quest or perhaps used to harvest lower level...
WRUP: Which ingredients in your burrito have angered the Bog Witch edition
Cilantro: The Bog Witch doesn't like cilantro. She hates explaining that to people because people are always asking her if it tastes like soap...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 247: Shopping for MMO guilds
Justin and Bree discuss Dark Age of Camelot, Path of Exile, DDO, WoW Classic, FFXIV on Xbox One, and Anthem, with a sponsored segment on Kingdom Under Fire 2, and mailbag topics on the feel of old MMOs and shopping for guilds.
WRUP: Nearby parallel universe directory edition
Index 47289983-BBA-4683: Ducks do not quack but sing the Ghostbusters theme song.
Index 47289983-BBA-4684: The Ghostbusters theme song is just ducks quacking.
Index 47289983-BBA-4685: Stan Lee...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 246: When rock bands play MMORPGs
Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard and Square's financials, WoW, LOTRO, Pearl Abyss, EverQuest II, AQ3D, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and SWG, and mailbag topics on optional subs and Blizzard's lessons.
WRUP: All the words from the Wikipedia entry on ‘Garbage’ starting with the letter D edition
Discarded due does disposal discard describe discards discard distinctions disposed divided derived down dry dry distinction describe dry discarded days dry dissipated discarded designed...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 245: BlizzContrite
Justin and Bree discuss BlizzCon 2019, Blizzard's apology, WoW Shadowlands, Overwatch 2, Diablo 4, Ship of Heroes, Camelot Unchained, and Final Fantasy XIV, with a mailbag question on MMO housing preferences.
WRUP: That good times thing actually sounded nice edition
So... hey, Ion, you're not reading this, but just for the record? I know you were trying to tell a big old jokey-joke with...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 244: An Onslaught of news
Justin and Bree discuss Onslaught aka SWTOR's first expansion in three (!) years, Fallout 76's latest kerfuffle, the return of Kritika Online, ArcheAge's ArchePass confusion and rework, DDO's mounts, BlizzCon, and Halloween, with a mailbag topic on MMO toxicity.
WRUP: Old Rancid Mike’s Vile Garbage Salad edition
Back in 1844, a man named Michael Harrington took over a small storefront in Queens, NY with a simple goal: To serve gullible idiots...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 243: ArcheAge goes ‘queue queue’
Justin and Bree discuss ArcheAge Unchained, the Daybreak EverQuest and PlanetSide 3 situation, Riot's big reveals, Fallout 76's expansion delay, plus chat on gaming routines, gamers' breaking point with studios, and the problems with RvR.
WRUP: Yes these are all of the good words edition
As a long-time professional... write... person... writeranarian? Write-maker. As a professional for whatever my field is called, some people think it is my job...
Perfect Ten: WoW Classic dungeon reviews courtesy of Azeroth’s Yelp
So, you all know that there's a Yelp equivalent in World of Warcraft, right? An awful lot of people forget about that, but Yelpcraft is seriously right there. It's been in the game since beta, which is why you can still look at it and see reviews about how zones would be much better if Paladins had talents and some ancient references to some terrible action star of the 1980s. Can't remember which one. Dolph Lundgren, probably.
Massively OP Podcast Episode 242: And then Blizzard said, ‘Hold my beer’
Justin, Bree, and Eliot discuss the Blizzard boytcott and fiasco, the Daybreak layoffs, Shroud of the Avatar's sell-off, the Guild Wars 2 hacker piece, and a few happier stories too.
WRUP: All of my cell phone’s notification sounds edition
Email (Work): The sound of a man smashing his fist through a plate-glass window followed by a series of epithets making it entirely...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 241: The MMO industry reshuffles its deck
Justin and Bree are joined by Gamigo's Merv Lee Kwai aka Khrolan for a sponsored interview on ArcheAge Unchained, plus news on Guild Wars 2, Funcom's Tencent investment, Red Dead Online on PC, Raph Koster's new MMORPG, and adventures in WoW and City of Heroes.
WRUP: Cynthia’s report about hedgehogs has raised some concerns among the faculty edition
Look, Cynthia is a bright eight-year old. All of us know that. But the thing is... well, some of us among the faculty have...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 240: Hypergank!
Justin and Bree discuss Star Citizen, Zenith, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, WoW, and SWG, with mailbag entries on true MMO difficulty and cyberpunk MMOs.
WRUP: Things Kyle’s mom does not actually let him do edition
Stay up as late as he wants: Kyle's mom has a bedtime for him that's actually earlier than yours. Kyle is just a little......