Shut Up. We're Talking.

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Brent, Darren, Jonathan and Karen visit SOE Fan Faire 2011 in Las Vegas.

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The final recording for SUWT.

We get a whole bunch of people on and just shoot the shit about almost everything.

I can say enough about what an adventure it has been over the last 4-5 years.

The memories are priceless, the friendships...even more so.

Thanks to you all.

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WARNING! Some language

Topics

Introductions
Listener Mail/What We're playing
Promising too much
Into 2011
Blog of the Week

Hosts

Darren
Karen
Ari
Craig

Blogs of the Week

Rift Podcast

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Topics

Introductions
Listener Mail/What We're playing
Why it's great to be an MMO Fan
There can only be one
Blogs of the Week

Hosts

Darren
Karen
Stephen - RnH

Blogs of the Week

Dubious Quality
Rabbit's Space
Horriftic Intentions

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WARNING! Language in this episode!!

Topics

Introductions
Listener Mail/What We're playing
Did WAR Fail?
Random Events
Blogs of the Week

Hosts

Darren
Karen
Julie and Fran

Blogs of the Week

Ethos Incarnate

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Topics

Introductions
Listener Mail/What We're playing
GDC Austin Summary
The Great MMO paradox
Blogs of the Week

Hosts

Darren
Karen
Paul

Blogs of the Week

Game By Night
Broken Toys
Eating Bees

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WARNING: Language in this one ;)

Topics

Introductions
Listener Mail/What We're playing
Game Design and the F2P Model
APB and Others?
Blogs of the Week

Hosts

Darren
Karen
Regis
James

Blogs of the Week

Rift Podcast
The Big Bear Butt
Mike Darga's Game Design Blog
Tish Tosh Tesh

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Topics

Introductions
Listener Mail/What We're playing
Define MMORPG
Balance
Blogs of the Week

Hosts

Darren
Karen
Richard
Jonathan

Blogs of the Week

Biobreak
Digital Life
Techdirt
Spinksville

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Topics

Introductions
Listener Mail/What We're playing
Fan Faire
Hype
Blogs of the Week

Hosts

Darren
Karen
Craig
Brian

Blogs of the Week

DragonChasers
Psychology of Video Games
West Karana

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Topics

Introductions
Listener Mail/What We're playing
Fan Faire
Hype
Blogs of the Week

Hosts

Darren
Karen
Jonathan

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Topics

Introductions
Listener Mail/What We're Playing
Fall of Carthage
RealID
Blogs of the Week

Hosts

Darren
Karen
Julie and Frances

Blogs of the Week

Unreal Realities
The Nuclear Unicorn

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Topics

Introductions
Listener Mail/What We're Playing
No F2P for WoW?
MMOs are Casual
Blogs of the Week

Hosts

Darren
Karen
Jonathan
Paul

Blogs of the Week

CuppyTalk
Scarletta, The Wimpy Dirge
We Fly Spitfires
Are We New At This

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Topics

Introsuctions
Listener mail/What we're playing
E3 MMOs
Ignorance
Blogs of the Week

Hosts

Darren - Commonsense Gamer
Karen - Journey's With jaye
Jeremy - Just One More
Brian - Bluekae

Blogs of the Week

MMO Gamer Chick
Tradeskill Perspectives
My Gaming Life
CuppyTalk

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Introductions

Listener Mail/What we're playing
No Point, but 50 Novels Deep
The Steep Learning Curve of MMOs
Blog of the Week

Hosts

Darren - Commonsense Gamer
Karen - Journey's With Jaye
John - Ancient Gaming Noob
Rob - Lost An Eighth

Blogs of the Week

CRPG Addict
Stabbed Up
Hunter's Insight
Broken Toys

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Introductions
Listener Mail/What we're playing
Sparkle Pony
Games as Art
Blogs of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Ivan - The Big Freaks
Frank - The Big Freaks

Links

Game Reviews Broken
Darkfall Fans Snikering
Alganon
Plagiarism
Little Known MMO Sites

Blogs of the Week:

Through the Aftermath
The Twenty Sided Tale
Rules of the Game
Troll Racials are Overpowered

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Introductions
Listener Mail/What we're playing
Sparkle Pony
Games as Art
Blogs of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Gary - Gamebreaker
Sara - Symptom of a Greater Cure
Jonathan - Through the Aftermath

Links

Sparkly Breastplate of Doom
Appearance Items
Art Critics
Emerging
Why Games are Art
Comparisons
Why Heavy Rain Proves Ebert Right

Blogs of the Week:

Spouse Aggro
Commonsense Gamer
Vagary TV
Above 49
The Big Freaks

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Introductions
Listener Mail/What we're playing
The Casual. The Web. The Garriot
The Genre Question
Blogs of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Micheal - DCUO
Brian - Jose The Monk

Links

Quake 2 On The Browser
Social Gaming
Portalarium

Blogs of the Week:

The Megalomaniac Bore
Are We New At This

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Introductions
Listener Mail/What we're playing
Social Gaming
Star Wars
Blogs of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Brent - Virgin Worlds
John - Ancient Gaming Noob

Links

SUWT Blogs of the Week
What Core Gamers Should know
Farmville is a Game
Farmville – First Impressions
We'll Never Learn

Blogs of the Week:

Psychology of Games
Biobreak
Hardly Casual
Letrange's Eve Blog

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Introductions
Listener Mail/What we're playing
Discussing DRM
All About Eve...cause we suck
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Bill - Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah
Marty - Bullet Points

Blogs of the Week:

Dub's Diatribe
Aggressive Tendencies
We Fly Spitfires
Psychochild's Blog

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Introductions
Listener Mail/What we're playing
Discussing DLC/li>
Next Triple A Fantasy MMO
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
John - Ancient Gaming Noob
Brian - Blue Kae

Blogs of the Week:

The Engines Can't Take it
Eve Monkey
MmoQuests
Serial Ganker

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Introductions
Listener Mail/What we're playing
Upcoming MMO Platforms/li>
Discussing MMO Labels
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Jonathan - Through the Aftermath
Michael - That's a Terrible Idea

Blogs of the Week:

Lost Garden
Random Gamer
Echo Underground
Border House

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Introductions
Listener Mail/What we're playing
Hey Look...$10 comes up again!/li>
Non-sticky MMOs
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Jonathan - Through the Aftermath

Blogs of the Week:

Exercise In Frustration
Random Gamer
1337 Speak
Crazy Kinux's Musing

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Introductions
Listener Mail/What we're playing
Character Deletes and Transfers...what do we like/li>
Social Goods Keep Growing
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Michael - DCUO
Adam - Epic Slant

Blogs of the Week:

Wolfshead Online
Tradeskill Perspectives
Gamers in Real Life
Unreal Realities

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Introductions
Listener Mail/What we're playing
Social GamePlay
Fun vs Addictive
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Richard - Middle Earth Adventurer
Charlie - Level Cap

Topics:

Social Gameplay
Fun v Addictive

Blogs of the Week:

Casual Stroll to Mordor
The Chronfile
Epic Slant
Game By Night

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Introductions
Listener Mail/What we're playing
Grumpy

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Brent - VirginWorlds
Michael - DCUO

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Darren drops in for a quick note.

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Introductions
Listener Mail/What we're playing
Cheating
MMO Travel
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Andrew - Teeth and Claws
Bill - Innter Sanctum of the Ninveah

Blogs of the Week:

Tranquil Abyss
Massively Max

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Introductions
Listener Mail/What we're playing
White Collar Crime in MMOs
RMT/Micro
Blog of the Week
Explicit..and Michael isn't even on the show :)

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Andrew - Teeth and Claws
Frank - MMORPG
John - Ancient Gaming Noob

Blogs of the Week:

Life in Low Sec

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Introductions
Listener Mail/What we're playing
McQuiad/Mark Jacobs/EA/Bioware
RMT/Micro
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Brent - VirginWorlds
Michael - DCUO
Jonathan - Through the Aftermath
John - Ancient Gaming Noob

Topics:

McQuiad/Mark Jacobs/EA/Bioware
RMT/Micro

Blogs of the Week:

Teeth and Claws

(Note: Some explicit language in this episode.)

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Introductions
Listener Mail/What we're playing
DDO Free to play: A Trend?
Digging into XFire
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Marty - Bullet Points Blog
Gary - Ardwulf's Lair

Topics:

DDO Goes Free to Play
DDO: Eberron Unlimited
New DDO Business Model
Digging into XFire

Blogs of the Week:

Yeebo Fernbottom's MMO Love In
The Crusading Noob
Player Vs. Developer
EQ2 Wire

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Introductions
What we're playing
Listener Mail Section
SUWT: Wrath of the Gods Interview
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Jonathan - Through the Aftermath
Randolph - Grinding to Valhalla

Topics:

Listener Mail - We revisit avatars from show 47 and flesh it out a bit more...hopefully
Wrath of the Gods Interview - Randolph brings us through a "live" interview like the ones he does on his website. Very fun section to do. Thanks Randolph.

Blog of the Week:

Bullet Points

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Introductions
What we're playing
Darkfall and Eurogamer
Avatars. Players, Characters - The Gap
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Openedge - Dichotomy of the Gamers Blogosphere
Genda - The Grouchy Gamer

Topics:

Review gets better
Worlds most accurate Darkfall Review
Darkfall Online Review
Darkfall Forum Comment #1
Eurogamer Blog
Darkfall Forum Thread #2
Avatars are not Tokens

Blog of the Week:

Grinding to Valhalla

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Introductions
What we're playing
Free Realms
Designer Blogs - Any Good
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Brent - VirginWorlds
Michael - DCUO
Craig - Voyages In Enternity
Adam - Witty Ranter
Jonathan - Through The Aftermath

Topics:

A Controversial Question - Game Design Bloggers
I Are Game Design Blogger
Helpful Lum Is Helpful: Design Blogs And You
Game Design Bloggery (She said, then he said, then I said…)
FreeRealms

Blog of the Week:

Bethesda Blog

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Blogger privacy
Too Soon?
Blog of the Week

Hosts- *Darren - Commonsensegamer.com*

*Karen - Journey's with Jaye*
*John - Ancient Gaming Noob*
*Tim - Van Hemlock*

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Introductions
What we're playing
Stepping Outside the Box
Vanguard RMT
Trailers and stuff...
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Bill - Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah

Topics: - Outside the Box - Vanguard RMT - What is Real...what is not

Blog of the Week: - NecroRogIcon

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"Oops"

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Eve Throw-down
Casual Players are Slackers
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Adam - Witty Ranter
Jonathan - Through the Aftermath

Topics: - Shut Up. I'm Talking - Casual Players are Slackers

Blog of the Week:

Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Mythic Layoffs: Community Reaction and Reality
MMOs Are broken?
Blog of the Week
WARNING! Bloopers are have language in them.

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
Michael - Massively
Julian - Gamers With Jobs

Topics: - If Ignorance Burned - I Quit Warhammer - Rituals of the Betrayed - 10 Ways to Fix MMOs - Cap on Fixing MMOs - Fixing MMOs is Hard - WAR Letter

Blog of the Week:

Gamers With Jobs

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Reduced MMO Spending in 09?
Killing the Executive Gamer
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Karen - Journey's with Jaye
John - Ancient Gaming Noob
Shawn - Massively

Topics: - Will you reduce spending - Value First - Executive Gamer

Blog of the Week:

Complete Heal

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The plague strikes the SUWT crew.

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SUWT end of year special with Darren, Karen, Michael and John.

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
The Gates are Open
Another Bartle Factor
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Karen - Journey's with Jaye - Marc - The Craft of War - Jute - Revelry and Honor

Topics: - Community Managemetn - MarketPlace Flop - My RMT Suggestions - - And this he's worried about? - Jack Bauer Wounldn't have these issues - RMT Rumours

Blog of the Week: - Limited Edition

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Scenario:
The team chats and rants while playing LotRO (or EQ2 in Karen's case).
Note: There may be some explicit language int his show.

Guests:
- Darren
- Karen
- Michael
- Craig
- Adam
- Brent

Topics:

Join our Monday game group along with Karen to discuss:

DDO static group postmortem
Tabula Rasa postmortem

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Gamer ADD: Where have all the good games gone?
Why no hype for WoW?
Blog of the Week: http://welshtroll.co.uk/

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
PvE and PvP
MMO Design
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Karen - Journey's with Jaye - John - Ancient Gaming Noob - Phillip - The Warpath Podcast

Topics: - ZOMG! Zombies!! - MMO Design

Blog of the Week: - Miner With Fangs

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Catchup or Makeup
Players - Do we eat too Fast?
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Karen - Journey's with Jaye - Riknas, Andras, and Joe - FreePlay Podcast

Topics:

Aldorf Fell for Real
Fail - Aldorf Falls

Blog of the Week: - MikeJL Blog

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
AGC
User Generated = WoW Killer
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Karen - Journey's with Jaye - Brent - Virgin Worlds - Michael - MMOGNation - Craig - Voyages in Enternity

Topics: - Rise of user Generated

Blog of the Week: - The Book of Grudges

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
(The main part of the podcast)
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Karen - Journey's with Jaye - Paul - The Grouchy Gamer - Teresa - The Noob Review

Topics: - Walking Away from Violence - Will it Work?

Blog of the Week: - MMOCrunch

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Solo and Group
Public Quests and RvR...the future?
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Karen - Journey's with Jaye - Julie - No Prisoners, No Mercy - Mike - Combobulator

Topics: - Jumped the Shark - My Take on War - WAR Impressions - WAR Comments - WAR First Impressions - Good PvP

Blog of the Week: - Serial Ganker

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Solo and Group
Public Quests and RvR...the future?
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Karen - Journeys with Jaye - Shawn and Patrick - How I WoW

Topics: - All by Myself - Freedom of Solitutde - Future of Grouping - RvR = Revolutionary - RvR = Not so much...

Blog of the Week: - Waaagh

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Game Project Management
Long in the Tooth
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Karen - Journey's with Jaye - John - The Ancient Gaming Noob - Scott - Pumping Irony

Topics: - WAR Project Management - WAR Thoughts - Complicated WAR - Incomplete Content - Crying - WAR Cuts - Too old?

Blog of the Week: - Ruur Squig

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SUWT Mini-cast. Boggers talking MMOs. That's all. Enjoy.

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Vets being babies?
Screw Imbalance
Exploration and Challenge
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Karen - Journey's with Jaye - Michael - MMOG nation - Brent - Virgin Worlds

Topics: - New World Order - More on Living Legacy - Living Legacy Rant - A Wise Man Indeed - Screw Balance - Wars Realm Imbalances - War Population Imbalances - Exploration vs Challenge - Blog of the Week: - One Casual Gamer

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
MMO Malaise
Being a Place Matters
Gambling in MMOs
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Karen - Journey's with Jaye - Michael - MMOG nation - Luper - Voyages of Vanguard

Topics: - Pondering - Worse MMO Player Ever - Final AoC Verdict - I Believe I can Fly - Being a Place Matters - Gambling in MMOs

Blog of the Week: - Madness & Games

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
AoC: Broken Game or Playing Beta
No Guild Hopping Plz
Free Trial MMOs
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Karen - Journey's with Jaye - John - Ancient Gaming Noob - Scott - Pumping Irony

Topics: - Open Beta vs Closed - AoC Closed Beta Worlds - Guild Hopping - Fixing Guild Hopping - Fixing WoW's progression problem - Who Does the Epic Belong to? - How to get more people to buy Your MMO

Blog of the Week: - OutLand Bound

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Learning From Monsters
Suspension of Belief
Bigotry with the RMT
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Karen - Journey's with Jaye - Michael - MMOG Nation - Tim - Van Hemlock

Topics: - Learning From Monsters - Suspension of Disbelief - Anti-Microtransaction Bigotry

Blog of the Week: - To Worlds Unknown

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
We Delay it
Owning our Stuff
Providing Depth
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Karen - Journey's with Jaye - Lisa - Finding Fiero - Julie - Julie Whitefeather Blog

Topics: - Pushing Back - Do We Own it? - Virtual Property - We Don't Want Rights - You Have no Rights - Casual Worl

Blog of the Week: - The Greenskin

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Forums Anyone
Why it's still not dead...or is it?
Beta Leaks
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Karen - Journey's with Jaye

Topics: - Communicating with the Community - In Defense of the Game Forums - Can we Escape the Official Forums - Don't PLay with the Trolls Dear - Anti-Official Forums - Why They're on Crack - Beta Leaks

Blog of the Week: - Not Funny...Ever

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
What to Unmake
Flames Drama
The $500 Million Question
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - John - The Ancient Gaming Noob - Tipa - WestKarana - Paul - The Grouchy Gamer

Topics: - What to Unmake - Paul Bernett - What to Unmake - Unmake That Game - EQ2Flames vs SOE - $500 Dollar Question

Blog of the Week: - Nuyan's Hangout

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Darren leads the GDC 2008 team through an epic recap of their experiences from the conference. We were not able to coordinate with all-star podcaster, Troy from Voyages of Vanguard and EQual Perspectives, but Brenden from AnotherHere.com, Michael from MMOGNation.com and Brent are featured on this show.

Notice: This episode of SUWT contains some explicit language.

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Brent and Darren slap together a quick, unstructured, informal show before packing up and leaving for GDC 2008. These show notes are equally unstructured. Enjoy.

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Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Getting to Know You
The Hype Problem
Stop the Eyes from Bleeding
Somebody will Hate WAR
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Brenden - Another Here - Beau - Voyages of vanguard - Leala - Epic Dolls

Topics: - The Hype Problem - Finishing too quickly - Another WAR Rant - Misunderstanding PvP - Someone will be disappointed

Blog of the Week: - Pumping Irony

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Agenda:

Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Conan on the Console
Kids vs Us
Why Just Fantasy
Screw being nice!!!
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Lauren - Mystic Worlds - Ethic - Kill Ten Rats - William - Ramblings of Bildo

Topics: - There will be blood - You're not the future of gaming - Why Fantasy? - Evolving Past Fantasy - Why Be Nice?

Blog of the Week: - Ardwulfslair

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Agenda:

Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Cheater cheater, pumpkin eater
Predictions for 2008
Out of the Gate
We all get a hug
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Common Sense Gamer - John - The Ancient Gaming Noob - Dennis - Potshot - Craig - Voyages in Eternity - Michael - MMOGNation

Topics: - You are all Cheaters - Things aren't simple - Videogame Cheating Through the Ages - Great Expectations - 2008 - 2008 - Predictions - 10 Predictions for 2008 - Mognosticating-2008 - 2008 Predictions - 2008 MMORPG Progdictionations - Box of Chocolates - So Try Harder

Blog of the Week: - WorldIV

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Agenda:

Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Leave it Alone
Why Can't they do that?
Too many MMOs?
The Moments of 2007
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Karen - Journeys With Jaye - Troy - Wife Aggro Podcast - Mark - Channel Massive

Topics: - Anyway Games - Random-battle - Nerfbat

Blog of the Week: - Mrrx's Gaming Journal

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Agenda:

Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
STO:WTF!
Loving the Grind
Settle the Score
Mergers
Balance Daniel-san
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Brent - Virgin Worlds - John - Ancient Gaming Noob - Cameron - Random Battle

Topics: - westkarana.com - nerfbat.com - Eating Bees - theserverisdown.com

Blog of the Week: - crazykinux.com

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Agenda:

Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
The Stuff we say
The Digital Delay
Mudflation
All in the Timing
Eve in the Morning
Blog of the Week

Hosts: - Darren - Commonsensegamer.com - Aaron - hallower1980.blogspot.com - Adam - trollonfire.wordpress.com - Mike - syncaine.wordpress.com

Topics: - journeyswithjaye.com - commonsensegamer.com - digital-download-delays - keenandgraev.com - hallower1980.blogspot.com - tagn.wordpress.com - syncaine.wordpress.com

Blog of the Week: - raoworld.wordpress.com

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Agenda:
- Introductions
- Listener mail/What we're playing
- Late to the Party
- Blogger Commandments?
- Dumbing Down
- Personality
- Cheats in MMOs?
- Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
John - tagn.wordpress.com
Dennis - potshot.wordpress.com
Craig - damianov.wordpress.com

Topics:

syncaine.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/analyzing-the-magic-formula
www.keenandgraev.com/?p=453
www.keenandgraev.com/?p=456
westkarana.com/index.php/2007/11/08/the-kind-of-game-that-leaves-you-bruised-battered-bleeding-and-begging-for-more/
trollonfire.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/mmos-a-personality-shift/
hallower1980.blogspot.com/2007/10/cheating-thats-good.html

Blog of the Week:
http://digitalhedonist.com/

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Agenda:
- Introductions
- Listener mail/What we're playing
- Adults need only apply
- What is a Successful MMO?
- Polish kills MMORPGs?
- The new four letter word: Easy
- Blog of the Week

Hosts:
Darren - commonsensegamer.com
Craig "Grimwell" Dalrymple - grimwell.com
Brenda - westkarana.com
Tom - www.gamersmind.org

Topics:
tobolds.blogspot.com/2007/10/adults-only.html
tagn.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/my-new-scorecard
potshot.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/the-measure-of-success
adingworld.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/polish-kills-mmogs
keenandgraev.com/?p=404
oakstout.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/why-is-easy-bad
mmomentofzen.blogspot.com/2007/10/difficulty-levels.html

Blog of the Week
trollonfire.wordpress.com/

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Agenda:
- Introductions
- Listener mail/What we're playing
- Dear PC Game Developers...
- UI Freedom
- 10 000 Hours to ding!
- How Big will the Graveyard get?
- Avoiding MMO Burnout
- Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
Kevin - theserverisdown.com
Johnathan - Online Gamer's Anthology

Topics:

http://www.psychochild.org/?p=340
http://www.nerfbat.com/2007/10/01/mmo-rant-11-custom-user-interfaces/
http://www.mmognation.com/2007/10/01/let-me-move-my-stuff/
http://tidehorizon.blogspot.com/2007/10/10000-hours-to-ding.html
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2007/10/is-2007-bad-year-for-mmorpgs.html
http://potshot.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/rome-sacked/
http://theserverisdown.com/2007/10/09/gods-and-heroes-is-officially-on-ice/
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2007/10/gods-heroes-cancelled.html
http://wifeagro.blogspot.com/2007/10/avoiding-mmo-burnout-when-is-enough.html

Blog of the Week
http://adingworld.wordpress.com/

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Agenda:

Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Some Web 2.0 Action
Sexually Confused
It's the Chef
3 Mistakes
Gaming Parents
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - commonsensegamer

Kean & Graev

Sean - Brackishwater

Topics:

Metathis, Metathat, Metaplace

Metaplace Madness

Metaplace

Metaplace - where is it’s niche?

Raph's New Game

Metaplace re-read

Metaplace the Next Big Thing

The Meta Place Craze

Meh to Metaplace

Chinese MMO bans Manginas

All your Ladies belong to us

Play as you are

Girlz Don't Exist

It Ain’t the Recipe - It’s the Chef

Three Things

Gaming Parents

Blog of the Week:

Tide's Horizon

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Agenda:

Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
1-800-MMO-SERVICES
Are Bloggers Press?
Family Aggro...disspell please
Help Wanted
Non-Beta-Tester, umm, testing.
Blog of the Week

Hosts:

Darren - commonsensegamer

Brent - VirginWorlds

Troy - Voyages of Vanguard

Sean - Brackishwater

Topics:

Are Bloggers Press?

Darren Wants to Know so we Answer

Are Bloggers Considered Press?

Are Bloggers and Podcasters Press?

Hot off the Blogging Press

This Just In

Am I a Member of the Press

Bloggers Press

Are Bloggers Press (Tobold)

MMO Elitism

Do you Help New Players

What are Beta Tests For?

Test the Beta Please

Testy

Blog of the Week:

MMOpinionated

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Agenda:

Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
The Midgame
Agency and MTs
I know what you don't know
Are they killing PvE?
The Secrecy
Blog of the Week

Hosts

Darren - commonsensegamer

John - Ancient Gaming Noob

Dennis - Potshot

Jason - WifeAggro

Karen - Journey's with Jaye

Topics

The Midgame

Agency and MT

Know what you know

Killing PvE

The NDA and Me

Blog of the Week

Random Ogre Thoughts

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Agenda:

Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
We be Social
Justifying MMO fees
The Revolution
End Game Sucks!
Go MMO, you don't go back
Blog of the week

Hosts:

Darren - commonsensegamer.com

Adele - adelecaelia.wordpress.com

Nick (aka Pixie Styx) - strangelands

Troy - Voyages of Vanguard podcast

Topics:

Social Research

Dr. Phil

Lonely and Social

Social Gamers

Taken to Task

Talking with a Console Gamer

Jusifying MMO Fees

The Revolution

End Game Sucks!

End Game Haiku

End Game and Real People

Stupid is as End Game Does

Go Massive or Go Home

Blog of the week:

theserverisdown.com

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Agenda:

Introductions
Listener mail/What we're playing
Blizz and the Bizz
Bethesda, I love you long time
Staying on the Level
We have to talk Chickens
Why can't MMO's be more like this...
Blog of the week

Hosts:

Darren - commonsensegamer.com

Adele - adelecaelia.wordpress.com

John - tagn.wordpress.com

Craig - damianov.wordpress.com

Dennis - potshot.wordpress.com

Topics:

WoW: Next Expansion Incoming?

WoW Expansion Tidbits

I Refuse To Post About The Wrath of the Lich King!

World of Warcraft : The Next Expansion

Fan Faire vs. Blizzcon, who will deliver?

Bethesda Heads Online

Squeee! Bethsoft MMOs, INC!

Alternatives to XP-Based Leveling

Interesting idea from mud-dev

Is the honeymoon over for LOTRO?

Why did the chicken cross the Lone-Lands?

Blog of the week:

Anyway Games - http://hallower1980.blogspot.com/

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Agenda for Today:

Introductions - who we are
Listener mail/What we're playing
I'm not dead yet!
Give me an 'M'.
E3 Blogging coverage
Hitting the same old rat
WTF!!Barbie Online??
Blog of the week

Hosts:

Darren - CommonSenseGamer.com

Adele - adelecaelia.wordpress.com

Michael - MMOGnation.com

Marc - alaph.net

Blogs:

damianov.wordpress.com

eyeslikeours.com

hallower1980.blogspot.com

moorgard.com

gamingmmo.com

commonsensegamer.com

keenandgraev.com

nosignalinput.co.uk

dubiousquality.blogspot.com

nerfbat.com

random-battle.com

Blog of the week:

mushiii.wordpress.com

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Shut Up! We're Talking #4

Here's the agenda: - Introductions - Listener mail/What we're playing - SOE....drinking the hateraide - MMO Slump. Calm before the storm or something more? - Lego Universe - Auto Assault the sign of "Kiss of Death" for Sci-fi MMOs? - Crafting to Order - Blog of the Week - Bye-bye

Hosts: - Darren - www.commonsensegamer.com - Brent - www.virginworlds.com - John - www.tagn.wordpress.com

Blogs: - SOE Hate - Pirates of the Burning Sea and SOE - Curing the Slump - Could this Summer be a Gaming Slump? - LEGO Universe - Kiss of Death - Craft to Order

Blog of the Week: - GamersMind Bodies

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Shut Up! We're Talking #3

Here's the agenda: - Introductions - Listener mail - New Bloggers/Advice/Tips/Tricks - Guilds: what are they good for? - MMOG Numbers - Are MMOs getting easy? - Gaming bodies - Blog of the Week - Bye-bye

Hosts: - Darren - www.commonsensegamer.com - Cuppy - www.cuppycake.org - Cyan - www.eq2-daily.com - Cameron - www.random-battle.com

Blogs: - New Bloggers - So You Want to Be a Blogger? - Family Guild: Safe Haven from Drama? - Musing on Guilds - World of Warcraft in decline - MMOG subscriptions - MMOGEase - MMORPGs Are Too Easy - The Girls of WoW - Idealizing Fantasy Bodies

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Show Notes:

Introductions
What we're playing
Bring out the Axes
Did TBC kill WoW?
When the Virtual and Real World Collide
Quality in Games
Blog of the Week
Listener mail.

Links: - A Pretty Pink Axe to Grind - Female Gamer? - Who cares? by Cuppycake - Warriors to the forum - Cuppy, AKA the anti-feminist - I Reject the Big Boys - NewBreed on How TBC killed WoW - Why TBC Killed End-Game WoW for Me and a Plea to Blizzard - The Missing Ingredient - Speaking on Ingredients - Follow Up Thought…

Darren and Cuppy present this commentary podcast covering recent topics found within the MMORPG Blogging and Podcasting community.

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Here's the proposed agenda:

Introductions
What we're playing
SOE/Vanguard wrap-up
EQ2 Underdog
Blizz's new announcement
Blogline
Theme of the week.
Listener mail - NONE! HA!!!

Links

EQ is the Underdog at MMOG Nation

Darren on Neriak

LotRo Gripes from TAGN

Eating Bees

Darren and Cuppy present this commentary podcast covering recent topics found within the MMORPG Blogging and Podcasting community.

Shut Up. We're Talking.: Recent Episodes

Darren and Karen

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