The Podcast World Tour
Had a busy week of podcasting last week – 4 shows in 4 nights. I think RnH is about to disown me as a result! The time offline was productive though, and all four shows came out great. (And not because I’m in them)
First up was my pet project, A View From the Top. Adam and I recorded Episode 4 with a great guest, Vaellen from WoW and EQ. He shared great insight into the differences between running things in Everquest and in World of Warcraft. Here are the show notes:
- Introduction and current activities. Find out what our hosts and guest have been up to lately!
- An interview with Vaellen. Ever wonder how a 10 year veteran handles things? Get a different point of view from an officer with experiences quite different from Karen and Adam.
- Battlegrounds in EQ2?! Adam thinks the sky is falling, Karen thinks they might be fun and the pair asks Vaellen how they’ve made an impact in World of Warcraft.
- The sky IS falling. For the “you make the call” portion of the show Karen asks, “How do you deal with the member who always seems to think that every little thing that happens in guild is going to bring about its demise?” Everyone weighs in on the subject! Listen and find out how to handle these members.
- Guest Topic. We gave Vaellen the opportunity to pick a topic and he chose a great one! He wanted to discuss difficulty in MMO raiding. When is something too easy or way too hard? Find out on Episode Four!
Next up was Equal Perspectives, and I’m happy that Troy finally returned to podcasting. We rolled up our sleeves and jumped right into things with a robust discussion on EQ2 topics such as auctioning off raid loot in public channels, battlegrounds, shard grinding, live events, and the status of Troy’s toon army. If you’re an Everquest 2 fan, it’s well worth a listen!
Friday night, I got to join the crew of The Multiverse, and they were nice enough to let me talk about my favorite topic – guilds! Show notes:
- 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:
- Riknas Rants: The Changing Face of F2P
- Chris’s Blog of the Week – Genda’s The Grouchy Gamer (latest post)
- Ferrel’s Rant: Blizzard and the character craziness.
- Karen’s recently dinged 80 guild mate – Echo Underground
My last show for the week was the Grande Dame of podcasts, Shut Up We’re Talking. Darren returned after a little hiatus, and we had a great show with guests Jonathan and Michael. We talked about the “stickiness” of MMO’s, Facebook MMOs (?), and the good old subject of MMO labels. (Yes, we talked about MMOs!) And then, Jonathan slipped into the most awesome 30 seconds of rambly conversation ever recorded on Skype. You absolutely can’t miss this episode, even if you just cut to the blooper segment.
Please check these podcasts out, and not because I’m on them. Everyone I got to chat with this week had amazing insight into MMOs, yet from very different playstyles. Well worth downloading! (And thanks for your support)
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