Channel Massive: Recent Episodes
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In the next to last (or last traditional) episode of Channel Massive, Mark and Noah provide more info on what's next, in addition to talking GTA and Valve's new controller.
Mark and Noah explain where they've been the last couple weeks and finally make it through Blackrock Depths alive.
Mark and Noah return to discuss the strange, the funny and the memorable moments they experienced at Dragoncon and PAX Prime.
Mark, Noah, Southern and Military Scott pow wow to discuss what they're looking forward to at PAX Prime and Dragoncon, plus Rift, WoW and awesome emails.
Southern and Military Scott fill in for Mark to talk with Noah about Rift, Warcraft, female soldiers in Call of Duty and more.
Mark, Noah and Southern Scott discuss Everquest Next, S2's Strife and their first evenings back in World of Warcraft and Rift.
Mark and Noah discuss World of Warcraft fallout-- both for Blizzard and Channel Massive-- as well as another night in League of Legends.
Mark and Noah regale you with not-so-drunk news discussion, stories of our first time in League of Legends for Monday Game Night, and a decision on our next 2-month MMO tour.
Mark, Noah and special guest host Southern Scott spend extra time discussing a newsy week, before elaborating their DDO departure and planning a return to LoL.
Mark and Noah chat about why they don't play EVE, how Steam Sales make them broke, and whether their DDO tour is DDONE.
Mark and Noah joyfully diverge into passive aggressive attacks before talking Mattri-zynga and Mark's awesome Planetside 2 divergence.
Mark and Noah take an extended, hilarious tour through news, movies and updates on their latest DDO adventures.
Mark and Noah are whores for listeners who struggle to keep a straight face during the news. Also, much kobold killing in DDO.
Mark and Noah watch dragons from afar in DDO and share reactions on MS's E3 stumbles. Plus, gamers proven superior!
Mark and Noah bring a little news back to the show with Amazon Indies and E3 predictions, plus their first adventures in DDO.
Mark and Noah spend their last night in SWTOR the best way possible: eliminating player Sith from Tatooine. Until the 55 shows up. Plus: show format update!
Mark and Noah finish the Mandalorian flashpoint in SWTOR, and then get into challenging players 20 levels higher on Tatooine.
Mark and Noah share tales of noisy caribou invading SWTOR, skipping entire planets and forgetting what even happened last Monday.
Southern Scott joins us to talk about how we zipped through the Hammer Station flashpoint, and then half of us got soundly stomped by a dinosaur in Athiss.
Our journeys in Star Wars: The Old Republic continue with a return trip to the first group mission and a complete spanking in the second. We still love the game.
Mark and Noah run through missions in SWTOR with the Scotts, and also discuss Monaco and StarCraft II's Heart of the Swarm.
Mark and Noah get to have their first session of SWTOR with the Scotts and have a blast, party limits aside.
Mark and Noah's grand plans of playing SWTOR are foiled by a patch, but that doesn't mean they didn't play that and more Torchlight II.
Mark and Noah venture into Torchlight II for one week and come out enthralled. Plus: details on our upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic tour.
Mark and Noah talk about how they and the Scotts made their last session in The Secret World memorable, and what's coming up next.
Mark and Noah reveal that their latest adventures in The Secret World have caused a change in plans.
Channel Massive's Gang of 7 descend upon The Secret World as an angry mob, and nothing can survive the onslaught.
Mark and Noah discuss their first Channel Massive session in The Secret World: creating new characters, playing with Scotts and killing zombies.
Noah and Mark talk about the last hours of Channel Massive's two-month tour of World of Warcraft, highlighted by dungeons and PvP griefing.
Mark and Noah get into a comfortable groove with successful instances, solid teamwork and lots of cuddling. That's just Noah, actually.
Mark, Noah and company attempt PvP battlegrounds, followed by some rather wipey instances and Valentine's hijinks.
Mark and Noah are joined by Eric to discuss their adventures in and impressions of Cryptic's upcoming Neverwinter MMO.
Mark and Noah share their misadventures in two more instances, where everyone died. Twice. Also: some additional surprising stories and feedback.
Great teammates, loot hoarders and accidental PvP: Mark and Noah share stories of leveling up to and playing through their first instances in World of Warcraft.
Mark and Noah succumb to the thrill of pet battling and fail to gain much XP, while Hilge buzzes away.
Noah and Mark are joined by several new Pandaren as they play through the rest of the Wandering Isle starting zone, ultimately choosing an alliance.
For season 7 of Channel Massive, Mark and Noah are returning to MMOs, starting with World of Warcraft.
For their last "normal" episode, Mark and Noah compare notes with PC Gamer's most anticipated games of 2013.
Mark and Noah make some predictions for 2013 after digging through some other websites' best guesses.
Mark and Noah run through some quick news bits to tide you over until they get back to World of Warcraft.
As the show prepares to dive back into MMOs, much MMO news surfaces this week, along with a hilarious, sad story from Mark.
Mark and Noah discuss what happened to NC Soft after shutting down City of Heroes, dwarven Dungeons and Dragons hijinks, and remind you of the upcoming new format!
Mark and Noah reveal what will happen on Channel Massive in 2013, and discuss some sweet games available on Steam.
Mark and Noah discuss the point of silent protagonists, tablets being the future of gaming, and SWTOR and Pandarian success.
Mark and Noah discuss whether they think console gaming is dead and what Disney means for Star Wars.
Mark and Noah debate whether game designers need be ethical in their machinations, in addition to Mark finding a soulmate that's not sexygurl88.
Mark and Noah round table whether F2P games are "THE FUTURE," as well as discuss the next Chris Roberts space sim and a crazy PAX registration whoops.
Mark and Noah talk about Cliffy B roaming in the wild, Resident Evil 6 failure, Pandaria performance and more.
Mark and Noah Steam's upcoming linux client, cable-provided video games, Dredd 3D, and taste-test the new Mountain Dew live.
Mark and Noah discuss the big Bioware news of the last week, in addition to Black Mesa, Obsidian, the Game of Thrones boardgame, books, mountain dew and more.
Scott and Bob rejoin Mark and Noah to talk Black Mesa Source, Wii U, multiplayer only and a few more DragonCon memories.
Mark and Noah talk about their favorite and funniest memories from their first trip to DragonCon.
Mark, Noah, Southern Scott and Bob have a quick chat, pre-DragonCon, about their fears, hopes and dreams for the show.
Mark and Noah have another gauntlet-run episode where they discuss Black Isle returning, Diablo III's end game enhancement, how awesome game journalists are and more.
In this streamlined show, Mark and Noah debate whether WoW and Secret World should go free to play, Noah finally finishes Mass Effect 3, and more.
Mark and Noah are joined by Dan to discuss playing D&D all grown up, if SWTOR actually failed, patent trolls and much, much more in this SUPER sized, two-and-two-thirds hours podcast.
Mark and Noah discuss how Steam Sales really impact developers, nitenol, karma for copycats and more.
Southern Scott joins the guys to talk Ouya, OCD Steam purchases, and more. Prometheus spoilers in the first five minutes of General Geekery.
Eric joins us to dive deep into the Secret World and talk Walking Dead, comics and more.
Mark and Noah hypothesize where Sony and Gaikai could go and Mark falls for Secret World.
Mark and Noah round up a second mega panel of nine hosts to talk whether Diablo III is everything we hoped, plus a random conversation on summer movies.
Mark and Noah react to the rumored Xbox 720 specs, Guild Wars 2 besting SWTOR, Microsoft's Surface and whether there's too much rumor in gaming journalism.
Mark and Noah are joined by Jeff to discuss Ready Player One, the book signing, the real world contest and lots of their favorite things from the '80s.
Terr joins Mark and Noah to discuss E3 2012's surprises and non-surprises, as well as debate if the new Tomb Raider goes too far.
Mark and Noah discuss technology empowerment, D&D, a new DC fighter, a Lord of the Rings MOBA and much more.
Mark, Noah and Jason are joined by five other cohosts for an epic eight man journey through Diablo III impressions, how MMOs should evolve, gaming trends we could have lived without, and much more.
Mark and Noah talk Diablo III's shaky launch, Unreal Engine 4's powers and "RPG" being removed from MMORPG.
Mark and Noah cover just about everything: Diablo III's preorders, Minecraft 360, PS3 gamers being "artsier", Google's game center, "The Avengers," revisiting "Phantom Menace," game genres never dying, and more.
Terr and Jason join the show to debate Diablo III's auction house, lukewarm Elder Scrolls MMO reactions and, of course, sexy librarians.
Cryptic was hacked! ...Over a year ago. Mark and Noah talk cutting edge security, Nexon buying EA, and that pretend Valve-Apple meeting.
Mark and Noah are joined by Southern Scott to discuss the Legacy patch's impact on Star Wars: The Old Republic, in addition to Valve and Apple rumors.
Mark and Noah discuss how Bioware can design Dragon Age III, if AO games will find a home in digital distribution and a bunch of introgeddon. Apologies for some audio clipping issues.
The original trio get together for our longest show yet. 0x10c, Kickstarter's effect on game development, Mass Effect 3's resolution, non-game stuff and epic emails.
Brien joins us to talk about when MMOs-- and almost any video game-- had to be removed from his life.
Bob returns to discuss Old Republic's threat to World of Warcraft, the next Xbox, more Mass Effect 3 hysteria and even a portable Neo Geo.
Southern Scott returns to talk in depth about the rage and reactions to Mass Effect 3's endings, while also touching on Diablo III's release date and SWTOR's free weekend.
So much to talk about that some is shoved in the intro. WoW's resubscription ploy, the Steambox, Mass Effect 3 and much more...
Just in time for episode 188, sexygurl88, I mean Jason, comes back to guest host with us, debating evil microtransactions, Heplergate and Blizzard's downsizing.
Former pro gamer Ryan rejoins us to share his adventures through League of Legends, and discuss whether any game idea is original and what we've learned from the Bioware-Hepler fallout.
Bob and Dan join as guest cohosts to discuss what its like to jump into Android game development, among many other topics in this super-sized episode.
Mark joins the show from Dallas to talk with Noah and returning guest host Jeff about Zynga innovation, Double Fine's revolution and favorite deserted island games.
Military Scott joins Mark and Noah to talk the evils of locking down single player content, SWTOR's impressive success and what dream games we'd make on our own.
Mark and Noah talk Blizzcon's cancellation, Netflix abandoning game rentals and future Xbox controversy.
Mark and Noah talk the latest in the SOPA-coaster, making coding fun and the apparent lack of quality in free to play games. Apologies if the track is much quieter than usual: new audio software.
Scott joins Mark and Noah not to talk League of Legends but SWTOR and the reinvention of Dungeons and Dragons.
Mark and Noah get all Mayan with their predictions for 2012-- from smartphones to SWTOR and all in between.
Guest Jeff joins us to talk favorite childhood gaming memories, what MMO Ubi could develop, OnLive reaching critical mass and more.
Noah and Mark flag down the news blimps to discuss ToR's profitability, the end of console gaming, Obsidian's next project and 10 other things.
Mark and Noah discuss favorite hard games and whether they should still be made, monthly game subscription services and the next step in holography.
Mark and Noah talk headsets, Old Republic classes, Sony's cable service and the timing of new consoles. Plus cats.
Mark and Noah discuss Uncharted and Rocksmith, the Game of Thrones RPG, WoW's declining numbers and much, much more...
Mark and Noah are joined by guest host Dinara to talk about the LAN party and what they'd like in a Game of Thrones videogame.
Noah and Mark discuss Mists of Pandaria, Diablo III impressions, the White Wolf MMO and mass telepathy.
We have guest host Ryan join us to talk about his life and times as a pro competitive gamer, playing Halo, Starcraft II and-- America's Army?
Sean returns for a discussion on the downfall of traditional MMOs, opinionated game communities and grooming fads.
We talk about Old Republic Beta action, guage our excitement for Kindle Fire and debate the downfall of manliness.
Special guest Luke joins Mark and Noah to discuss SWTOR's staggered early access and whether they're still interested in game rentals by mail.
Scott and Mark are joined by Curtis and Tony to discuss Ranked Play offline , QQ Corner, Riven, and our favorite shop items.
The guys are joined by hardcore DC Universe Online fan Eric to talk about Sony's latest MMO to go F2P and all your email.
Noah and Mark talk compulsive gaming, Diablo hankering, holographic arcades and consumers giving the game industry a Vulcan grip.
This week Scott and Mark are joined once again by Curtis to discuss Dominion PAX playtime, LoL Failteam, and Buff spells.
Mark and Noah react to, detract and defend Star Trek Online's mission to boldly go F2P.
Mark and Noah are joined by Sean to discuss PAX Prime, Riot's Booth at PAX, Dota 2 and Diablo III PvP.
This week Scott and Noah are joined by Curtis to discuss Riot at PAX, Talon, and Piercing the Darkness.
Mark and Noah come out of the bunker to discuss what they've been playing, thoughts on Diablo III's money making machine and whether PS3 is in their future.
This week Scott, Mark and Noah discuss Dominion, Skarner, and a Useless Summoner Spells.
This week Scott, Mark and Noah discuss Riot Userbase, Wu Kong, Listener Mail and a Flash strategy.
This week Scott, Mark and Noah discuss Leona, listener mail and a new strategy section..
This week we discuss The Gravedigger, listener mail and our ever present champion homework.
This week in Episode 5 we discuss the Riot game's E3 reveals and our Summoner homework.
Mark and Noah dissect the League of Legends Tribunal system and it's potential impact on the industry.
This week in Episode 4 the guys discuss the recent Metagame changes and their Summoner homework.
Scott, Mark, and Noah are back for Episode 3 of Channel Massive Legends. Join us as we discuss our Champion projects from the last two weeks and the new champion Vayne.
Scott, Mark, and Noah are back for Episode 2 of Channel Massive Legends. Join us as we discuss our Champion projects from the last two weeks and the new champion Rumble.
Scott, Mark and Noah bring a new podcast to Channel Massive with Channel Massive Legends, an open-ended podcast series about League of Legends. This week, who we're playing and all about Brand.
Mark and Noah talk about what makes co-op game design so compelling and integral in modern games.
Noah and Eric team up in DC Universe Online and then bust out the mics to give their impressions: one 50 hours deep, the other 3 hours.
Old Show Alert! Mark and Noah met up before Christmas to talk about Minecraft, Everquest vampires and where they'd vacation in online worlds.
Mark and Jason share more Cataclysm impressions, and then get into a bunch of MMO and general gaming news with Noah.
Mark, Jason and Noah bring out the Cheyenne Valentine in everyone while discussing Old Republic's inability to make a profit (dark predictions!), Stargate necromancy, Harmonix's sale, and, unrelated, the sale of fake crap.
Mark, Jason and Noah react to Blizzcon, the MMO Minute talks Allods, and Patrick has something nice to say.
Noah, Mark, and Jason are brought to their sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-knees in this special episode.
Four-- wait, three-- hosts get together to talk about three-- wait, one-- topic. And lots of great listener email!
The classic Channel Massive hosts converge to reveal an exciting new contest and discuss the gaming news.
Noah, Jason and Mark proclaim their undying adoration for Kerrigan's killer hair-do and a few other things.
Mark and Noah bring it home with an unheard of mailbag segment and ten stories classified by gerunds.
For the first time on Channel Massive, five hosts converge in a single show with an ambitious agenda. Unfortunately, the more guys, the more tangents!
Eric interviews Perfect World Entertainment about their upcoming game Heroes of Three Kingdoms.
Free To Play games, Red Dead Redemption, and a mix of other topics are up for discussion in this edition.
While the video game industry is floundering, I'll distract you with a fluffy bunny. Enjoy.
I rap about the Real ID aftermath, Dragon Age 2, and my shiny Xbox 360 slim in today's show.
It's a Cataclysmic mash of Nintendo, hardcore gamers, and other topics in this edition of Channel Massive Today.
Jason joins the show this week to pose tough questions to E3-goers Eric, Noah and Mark.
Activision/Blizzard lays the groundwork for completely ruling the nation of South Korea. I rap about that, new releases, and more.
Does OnLive live up to the hype? Tune in to my comprehensive review in this edition of Channel Massive Today.
Game preservation, game sales, and game reviewers. What do these things have in common? I have no idea, but listen anyway.
The first edition of Channel Massive Today! Topics include the Nintendo 3DS, new releases, and more!
Mark, Eric, and Noah wade through day three of E3 and get hands on experience with TOR!
Eric and Mark recap the second day of E3 2010, plus an interview with Tera Sr. Producer, Brian Knox.
You want to know what we have been playing? We will tell you what we have been playing!
We didn't think you'd want us to talk about League of Legends again. But you did! And oh, do we deliver. Yet fret not, LoL-Haters, for Mark, Noah and Scott also talk about the drama of off-line leveling, microtransactions vs. subscriptions, Starcraft II and whether or not the Warhammer 40K MMO will suck.
Even with duress of exhaustion, Mark and Noah bravely record another episode of Channel Massive. The Turbine Offer Wall, Halo MMO and sexual side effects of Wii Fit could not be resisted.
Mark, Noah and Eric get all hardcore about League of Legends, then get into some highbrow/lowbrow round table discussions on whether the Free-to-Play model can work, how many subscribers constitute success in an MMO, whether we really like death penalties, and of course... GameCrush.
Mark and Noah cover the MMO, general and weird gaming news for the week while subscribing to a more positive take on life.
We have three hosts but not those three hosts... Hear Jason, Mark and Noah performed by others as the Champions Lifetime Subscription Taunt comes to collect. There's also talk of FFXIV, Eorzeans! Behold, a Battlestar Galactica MMO! Thrill to Facebook cash-in games! And more! Send comments to mail at channelmassive dot com!
Mark, Noah and Eric team up again to talk about their latest impressions of Star Trek Online, the enigmatic appeal of European- and Australian-developed games, and someone bought Stargate Resistance? Then, they dissect Lord British's latest moves, Wheel of Time the game, Windows Phone 7 and... Riddick 3?! Bonus: foul outtakes. Send comments to mail at channelmassive dot com!
Eric joins the Channel Massive crew as Jason begins his five year mission to explore strange new worlds...
The Ghost of Jason Past returns for this episode! The old crew gets comfortable talking about how properly applied makeup will benefit City of Heroes, how Gene Rodenberry's legacy shall smite your motherboard, and on what strange planet Noah is considered an over achiever in WoW. Plus, very important: the latest in lawyer games! Send comments to mail at channelmassive dot com!
Our special guest cohost this episode is Mythos Engineer, aka Terr! We have a great time recording our show intercontinental style, in a true demonstration of trans-Atlantic bridge-building. Or burning. Alright, fine. The audio quality's sketchy here and there, but random asides about WoW, Warhammer, EverQuest (1 and 2), and even Ultima pepper a fun show covering everything from gas-dispensing Game Boys to vibrating controller "games". BONUS: Lots of outtakes! Big thanks to Terr!
Eric gets busy and interviews Darren Allarde from Allods Online and scores 100 beta keys for the game. Check out the podcast for details on how to get yours!
The Age of Shrinking Hyboria, we get called out for forgetting Earth and Beyond, videogames and religion, porn vs. video games, and using your Wii remote for very bad things... all while Jason rides into the sunset.
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Blog-O-Steria! This weeks topic? MMO evolution/innovation theories as written by the Blog-O-Sphere.
We thought we wouldn't have so much to talk about so close to the holidays, and yet there were too many tempting news stories... the price tag of America's Army, Funcom's new kids MMO, kids being threatened by the MMO genre, and of course, if a little late, the coolest Star Trek Online preorder bonuses. We also get into a blogosteria about the earth-shaking 3.3 update to World of Warcraft.
Modern Warfare 2, MMO News, and a new intro are up in this episode. Mark worked very hard on it. We hope you like it.
Mark and Jason mash panda bears, Gwen Stefani, and Infinity Ward all together into a goopy red paste for your enjoyment.
Mark, Noah, and Jason offer advice on things you can do when your internet goes down and more!
Mark and Jason grind through another episode while Noah gets pampered by game developers.
The M-Team celebrates it's 100th episode with an epic MMO roundtable discussion and 12 angry men?
The M-team chats about science experiments gone wrong, Bioware, and one million dollars.
The inmates who run the asylum rap about an impeding Cataclysm, Microsoft, and Pirates? Arrrrrr. Featuring music by Jowin.
What's new? Mark is high on Game Fuel. Noah loves Paul Barnett. Jason is a jerk. Enjoy!
This episode is chock full of Champions Online, console rumors, and dirty old men. Enjoy!
You like MMO's? Then you're gonna love this show. Tons of MMO coverage and a special guest host to give his opinion on the state of World of Warcraft.
Hear why one of us isn't gaming so much anymore, our take on the Free Realms launch, the return of the Fifth Column, and other assorted BS.
Channel Massive tackles a new format that includes MMO's, prison rape, and Microsoft. John Madden chimes in on the changes to the podcast.
Something evil is afoot when Channel Massive explores what happens when you combine snow, Pong, and babies into a podcast.
What do you get when Jason is suffering from sleep deprivation? Hot older babes, stupid questions, and WoW Tourism.
Jason talks about the plans for the mini-cast, Xbox 360 DLC, a fascinating new technology, his new job and people who don't get it.
The M-team discusses subscriber thievery, Vin Diesel, and the sweet nectar that is Mountain Dew.
The M-Team discusses Darkfall's hardcore status, WOW's cocaine-like status, the end days of Tabula Rasa, and more.
The M-Team opens up the mail bag, discusses the news, and finally, brings a Blog-O-Steria to the Massive masses.
The M-Team decides that maybe Australian gamers aren't doomed, Eve griefing sounds fun, and much more.
The M-Team reveals wondrous news, such as Mythic's new forum policy, Runes of Magic launches, and more.
The M-Team brings big news pertaining to World of Warcraft, Warhammer Online, and more.
The M-Team brings news of the Chinese mandating MMO user name transparency, Bioware swears PC gaming is not dead, and more.
The guys bring news of WAR coming to Russia, a cell phone based MMO, a Wheel of Time MMO, and more.
The M-Team discusses an NFL player who wants his jersey to say WARCRAFT, an EVE Online record, and much more.
The M-Team reviews the gaming year of 2008 and predicts the future in MMO gaming with startling acumen.
Mark and Noah discuss a massive Eve exploit, Myst Uru Online goes open source, MMO tech patent infringement and more.
The M-Team discusses the Cryptic acquisition, Disney Fantasy Online, Cheyenne Mountain employees without pay, and more.
The M-Team discusses Dungeon Keeper the MMO for China, WAR's NERF update, COH Issue 13, and more.
The M-Team discusses the demise of Tabula Rasa, FUNCOM layoffs, Final Fantasy expansions, and more.
The M-Team relays news of a Vietnamese game addiction clinic, the completion of all WotLK content, new tax ideas for virtual items and more.
The M-Team discusses Free Realms, EQ2's fourth birthday, the US Army botting in WOW, and more.
The M-Team discusses Tabula Rasa boxes as currency, Champions Online under Bill Roper, and more.
The three surviving M-Team members discuss the state of WAR, the KOTAR MMO, Richard Bartle laments the lack of MUD coverage, and more.
The guys discuss the shiny new Pro-IP act, micro transactions for WOW, a crazy 36-boxer, Champions On-line beta sign ups, and more.
The guys are psyched to talk about THX-1138 and Howard the Duck MMOs, the SOE console plan, the new LOTRO expansion, and more.
The M-Team discusses yet another EVE Online security vulnerability, Google Lively, MMO Glider, WAR subscription counts, and more.
The guys discuss Jack Thompson, Mythic and gold farmers, Microsoft and MMOs, Bejeweled for WOW and much more.
Three fourths of the M-Team discuss the science of raiding, NCSoft layoffs, WOW and blogger compensation.
The M-Team brings you news of Buffy Online, Wizard 101, Darkfall, recent MMO failures, and unholy sacrifices all in the name of good parenting.
Mark and Jason talk about their WAR weekend, the M-Team discusses the Final Fantasy fixes, not-so virtual stalking,and more.
The guys discuss the coming of the WAR beta weekend, the smartification of gamers, the lack of cross-platform MMOs, and more.
The M-Team discusses the ups and downs of several games, GM cybersex, epic monster battles, and a new achievement badge is unlocked.
The M-Team discusses MMO cancellation laws, the coming of WAR, Blizzard's multi-game achievement system, our own achievement system, and more.
The guys discuss AoC gender equality, WAR's latest release date announcement, CoH respec price hikes, and the Star Trek online announcement.
The M-Team discusses censorship, players hating on games, casual game play as a cure for ADHD, and the quote of the week.
Mark and Jim attempt to allay the fears of a hysterical population after the recent WAR announcements cause mayhem.
This week, the M-Team discusses banned Norwegian profanity, the WotLK Beta, slappin' Slim Jims, and the Blog-O-Steria around AoC women hitting like girls.
The M-Team accidentally loses its Qwest sponsorship, but gains a couple listners from abroad. Also discussed is SWG anniversary, Blizzard news, and Bartle is thrust into Blog-O-Steria.
This week's M-Team discussions include why AoC is Fun because you get to burn stuff, the KOTOR rumour mill, reaction to in-game ads and analyzes the Blog-O-Steria around proposed ISP subscription models and NGE rants.
The M-Team introduces a new segment and discusses the possibility of a new Fantasy Island MMO, an unplanned Eve online extinction event, MMORPG Tycoon, MMO gods (has-been, ego-maniacal, poser, douche bags), and more.
An angry M-Team discusses the vintage DAOC server idea, EVE commercials, a Sci-Fi Channel MMO, and other topics.
The M-Team comments on the worst MMO player ever, MMO innovation, Meridian 59 pirate servers, and crafting in WAR.
The guys discuss their impressions of the AoC launch, WotLK features, and a prediction for a great MMO by Nintendo.
The guys discuss the AoC Early Access program, a wonderful anti-nudity petition, and schizophrenic bloggers.
The guys discuss the evils of mature gaming, our thoughts on the Age of Conan open beta, and predictions around its upcoming release.
Mark and Jason discuss the end of the Sims Online, power-leveling services, and industry luminaries who hate on WOW.
Mark and Noah discuss the coming of Conan, an MMO for the Nintendo Wii, two new MMOs in the pipe and more.
The guys play a song and discuss the Quake Family Tree, the dwindling numbers of PotBS, the EVE leak and more.
The M-Team covers in game ads for COH/COV, the court case against IGE, the percieved failure of WOW, and other news.
The M-Team discusses SOE's delay for RMT via Live Gamer, the calming effects of violent games and other topics.
The guys cover WOW's 2.4 patch in great depth, WAR is delayed yet again, EVERYONE is thinking of making a crappy MMO.
Jason reviews Whorelore, the guys discuss LOTRO's new expansion, COH adds new character slots for a fee, and those who break beta test NDAs.
The M-Team brings shocking news of a politician's hypocrisy, City of Heroes Issue 12, game completions anxiety, rumors regarding Star Trek Online, WOW's Death Knight, and RMT advocating bozo Eric Bethke.
The guys discuss the contributions of Gary Gygax, what games they would un-make, Eve Online's Council initiative, bogus cross-gaming statistics, and World of Whorecraft.
Strange things are amis in the studio, the guys discuss government terrorist watching in MMOGs, gold farming ideas from Blizzard, and violence in gaming.
Mark's plan to humiliate Jason's Paul Barnett man-crush backfires. After recovering a small percentage of our composure, we discuss the week in gaming.
The guys tackle listener mail, the death of MUO, the birth of Champions Online and other news.
Rumors abound and Jason, Noah and Mark discuss KOTAR Online, Age of Conan and Warhammer Online.
Jason, Mark and Noah discuss the COH/COV version of The Armory, virtual breast augmentation in Second Life, Starcraft MMO rumors, WAR PVP details and more!
We discuss video game taxation, Earthrise, the Anarchy Online non-subscription model, griefing in MMOGs, AoCs latest delay, and a NASA MMO among other topics.
Jason brings us the week in gaming, we discuss guild leadership and Mark rants about WOW's timeliness.
Jason brings us the week in gaming and we round table predictions for 2007 and 2008 and establish our take on their relative silliness levels.
Mark and Jason record the show without Noah and Jim due to yet another Colorado snow storm. We discuss RMT and why we hate it so and Jason rants about holiday events in MMOs.
Mark flies solo and so we have the shortest Channel Massive Episode of all time. The contest winner is announced, news of a new MMO is disclosed and one of Mark's favorite WOW podcasts is revealed.
We report on our Rock Band session and our other gaming experiences, Jason brings us the week in gaming, and we end up round tabling whether or not mainstream game journalism is relevant anymore while attempting to round up our favorite gaming news sources.
Jason brings us the week in gaming, a final review of Tabula Rasa, and rants about mainstream media's misuse of tragedy to blame video games for everything. We round table the concept of skill in MMOGs.
Noah's cold improves his voice, Jason is absent for RL, we discuss whether or not PVP is essential to viable MMO design and long term sustainability.
Jim leaves us to our own devices, Jason brings us the news, we discuss next-gen game features, and veteran gamer d3p3ndz claims today's MMOGs are too fast.
The Channel Massive crew ironically regresses to adolescence while attempting to discuss mature content in MMOGs, Jason rants about epic quests, Mark admits his failure with RSS feeds, and Jim announces a trivia contest and MAME project.
Jason brings us The Week in Gaming, we discuss the COH/COV move from Cryptic to NCSOFT, Mark goes undercover with Hellgate: London, and Jason goes undercover with Tabula Rasa.
In this episode: Jason brings us the MMO news, we round table the lack of social development in MMOs, and Mark rants about EA.
Halloween Hi-Fi Spectacular: Jay brings us the week in gaming, we discuss gaming addiction facts and fiction, and Mark attempts a rant about mid game content.
In this episode we discuss the Channel Massive LAN party, Jason's departure from The Shire (LOTRO), and balancing parenting with gaming.
In this episode we bring back Jim as a permanent addition to our team, we discuss the mentality of the griefer and we define and contrast the various MMO gamer archetypes.
We interview notorious cheater G0dm0d3X, discuss the merits of game guides and rant about care-bear game design.
Jason gives us the straight scoop on LOTROs new "Chicken Play" mode. Jim joins us to discuss on-line romance, RAID group know-it-alls, and his impressions of the MMO genre as a whole.
In this episode we recount our weekly gaming experiences, discuss MMO subscription models, and we rant about Dennis Dyack's comments from GCDC where he recently prophesized the death of PC gaming.
We discuss cross-gender avatar playing in MMOs, and game updates to COH/COV, LOTRO, and WOW. We rant a bit about end game dominance in most top MMOs as a priority.
MMO Podcast - Noah's adventures at E3 2007, City of Heroes has Gay Prom Event, MMO user counts, the insanity of dual boxing.
Jason's cover is blown in LOTRO, naming rules for players and guilds, Mark's still a noob in the Outlands, and game MMO game design (solo vs. groups).
Rumors of Battlestar Galactica Online, Undercover in EQ2, Rant about character creation in WOW, noob experiences as a Blood Elf Warlock, release dates and more...