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Beoulus and Scormus discuss the upcoming setting book for 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons, “The Guildmasters’ Guide To Ravnica”, whichMore

When you sit down to make a list of the greatest heroes that humanity has ever known, obviously the Battle Bards will top that list. So who better to comment on the music to the sadly neglected superhero MMO Champions Online than they? The trio wiggle into their ill-fitting tights and see if they can make sense of this off-kilter soundtrack before they have to dash out and save the day, yet again.Episode 127 show notes (show page, direct download)Intro (feat. "Midtown,""Apostolic Church," and "Renaissance Center")"Main Theme""Location! Location! Location!""The Undying Reef""New Harmon Reeducation Facility""Sovereign Sunset""Renegade Run""Snake Gulch"Which one did we like best?Listener notes: ScottJukebox Picks: "The Traveler" from Crusader: No Remorse, "Main Theme" from Octopath Traveler, and "Main Theme" from Batman: Arkham AsylumOutro (feat. "7th Anniversary Celebration")Talk to the Battle Bards on Twitter!Follow Battle Bards on iTunes, Stitcher, Player.FM, Google Play, iHeartRadio, and Pocket Casts!Special nod to Video Game Music for his excellent repository of MMO soundtracks!More

I very happy to welcome back great friend of the show Kelly Goodner to discuss all things Freddy! Help support this show by going to www.patreon.com/howisthismovie For one time donations go to https://www.paypal.me/DanaBuckler www.twitter.com/h...More

Tonight we have the full group and end up talking mostly about World of Warcraft and the Battle For Azeroth expansion so far.  If you listened last week... Tam became interested enough in the expansion that he renewed his account which lead to a whole sequence of events happening.  One of which resulted in him finding out he had a hopelessly broken character. We talk about that event and the absolutely primo customer service he received as a result of it.  We talk about the lack of players in War mode and how Blizzard apparently is planning on throwing more incentives towards playing in that fashion. We talk about our experiences in dungeons so far and how some seem way harder than others.  We talk about the release of the Queen Azshara cinematic and what that maybe means for the future. We talk about how we are seeing some of the best storytelling in WoW's history through this expansion. Tam presents an impassioned defense of playing "boring" humans in fantasy games, which leads to a discussion more about world building than anything else.  Finally Kodra talks a bit about his new career in Glitchless Speedrunning primarily through VVVVVV, which turns into a discussion about speedrunning and the glitchless variant in particular.Topics Discussed:World of WarcraftHow Tam Got His Groove BackBattle for Azeroth ExpansionWar Mode - Please Be ContentDungeon ExperiencesQueen Azshara CinematicWhy Humans Are GreatThe Letter F Six TimesVVVVVVGlitchless SpeedrunningMore

On today’s show, we discuss a new “revolutionary” gaming device and CIG’s changes to the financial model of “Star Citizen”.More

I very happy to welcome back great friend of the show Kelly Goodner to discuss all things Freddy! Here is the website that you can read Wes Craven's original script for Elm Street 3 : http://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/films/a-nightmare-on-elm...More

This evening we talk about a bunch of stuff but first Ashgar sings for us and makes me lose my shit…  so working as intended. Grace and Bel talk about their experiences in Battle For Azeroth so far and how it turned out not to be as factiony as we expected.  We also sorta convince Tam to give the story a shot even though we know he will bounce off it eventually. Bel talks about his recent journey into Mastodon and how it seems like a throwback to the early days of the internet.  Tam also has joined in this process and talks about how the experience so far has been better for him than Twitter was. Tam also talks about his experiences with the game Detroit and so far how it seems to be less pretentious than the average David Cage fare.  Finally we talk about some comfort gaming and enjoyable mechanical loops like Warframe, Destiny and Dead Cells. Topics DiscussedBattle For AzerothConvincing Tam to PlayBetter StoryShockingly Minimal Faction NonsenseMastodonThe New Not-TwitterMore like a BBS or Old IRCStrength of Small CommunitiesTotally not another ElloDetroitInteresting storyLess Pretentious CageComfort GamingWarframeEnjoyable Mechanical LoopsDestinyDead Cells More

Today Beoulus and Scormus discuss some major assholes in the Gaming scene. No, they aren’t talking about themselves, either. ThemeMore

It's time to boldly go where no podcast has gone before -- by exploring MMO space themes! It's perhaps the flat-out goofiest and silliest Battle Bards episode to date, so you're going to have to excuse a whole lot of diversions, arguments, and giggles. Because that's what space does to people? We do not know.This episode is also notable for Syl's all-time greatest quote, "Planets are usually in space."Usually.Episode 126 show notesIntro (feat. "A New Frontier" from Destiny 2, "Morning Star" from Anarchy Online, and "Centaurus" from Elite: Dangerous)"First Light" from Star Citizen"The Cold Science of Supremacy" from WildStar"Terran Wander 3" from Earth and Beyond"Delta Rising Theme" from Star Trek Online"Through a Lush Ravine" from Wurm Online"Main Theme" from Black Prophecy"Theme Version 2" from Star SonataWhich one did we like best?Listener notes: Rafael, Bryan, and KatrianaJukebox Picks: "Main Theme" from Revenant, "This Way" from The Terminator Sega CD, and "She Came from Outer Space" from A Hat in TimeOutro (feat. "Surface Tension Conference" from Star Trek Online)Talk to the Battle Bards on Twitter!Follow Battle Bards on iTunes, Stitcher, Player.FM, Google Play, iHeartRadio, and Pocket Casts!Find more gaming podcasts at The Gaming and Entertainment Network!More

I am so happy to welcome back two of my favorite podcasters Patrick Bromley and Adam Riske to HITM! In this episode we play another round of "Random Movie Memories". F This Movie Website : http://www.fthismovie.net/ Help support this show by going ...More

This episode contains some very strong language! In this episode of our ongoing series "ICONS", Dana is joined once again by Jim Hemphill to discuss the career of Quentin Tarantino. Jim's website www.Jimhemphillfilms.com Jim's Twitter www.twitter.co...More

Tonight Belghast completely crashes and has to reboot, during the intro.  Additionally Kodra also crashes at some point during the LARP conversation and we sorta have to move on while he comes back online.  It is one of those shows. You have been warned. We talk about GenCon and the convention going experience. We talk a bit about Steambirds Alliance and what a bullet-hell-perma-death-steampunk-bird-mmo is like.  If you have enough dashes you can connect any genres! We talk about Monster Hunter World on the PC and how it isn’t quite the dumpster fire that the internet reports it to be. We talk about questing in 4X games and why everyone but Bel seems to think this is an awesome.  Then we sorta break down into a lengthy diatribe about Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder and which versions were good at what. It's a Show!Topics DiscussedKodra visits GenConConvention ExperiencesHere we Go A LarpingSteambirds AllianceAshgar Needs This GameSpryfox Is AwesomeRealm of the Mad GodMonster Hunter World PCMostly FineQuests in 4X GamesBel Thinks it sounds miserableEveryone else loves themStarfinder ThoughtsPathfinder 2.0 ThoughtsDevolving into a discussion about D&D Generations3.5 Thoughts4e ThoughtsOpen Gaming License was AwesomeBel says some stuff about Palladium GamesThe Public Nature of D&DBeginning with 3rd Edition to NowCritical RoleTalking D&D on Talk ShowsMore

Today, Beoulus and Scormus briefly discuss their thoughts on the ArenaNet dev firings a few weeks back, then talk atMore

Brax pulls this one out of the archives. Back when I was a co-host on MMORPG.com’s Game On podcast, I had the opportunity (along with Ryan Getchell) to interview world renowned composer Inon Zur. I generally consider it the best/most interesting… Continue reading →More

As part of the 2018 Blaugust Reborn Initiative the blogger Chestnut from Gamer Girl Confessions (gamergirlconfessions.com) has challenged us to create some mini podcasts.  There is a sequence of questions that we were asked to answer, and in my case I sorta gave some pretty big combo answers for most of them.  You can find the full length of questions as part of this blog post (https://gamergirlconfessions.com/2018/07/30/imposter-syndrome-and-your-blog/).  Essentially Belghast talks about how he got his start with Tales of the Aggronaut and some general advice to new bloggers.There is still plenty of time to participate in Blaugust this year so check out http://aggronaut.com/2018/07/09/blaugust-reborn/ for more details.More

Tonight we have as show that goes way off course, but often times those are some of our better shows because we follow the passion.  Bel talks a bit about Blaugust Reborn and the successes so far. All of the talk about World of Warcraft has lead Tam to go back and play Warcraft 3.  We talk about where all of the story beats come from and where World of Warcraft maybe went south around Cataclysm. We also talk about maybe that there should have been a World of Warcraft 2.  We talk a bit about the new Richard Garfield game Keyforge and how Magic the Gathering is not actually the game he intended to design. Bel talks a bit about the concept of a Destiny Pen and Paper game which leads into a discussion about Modern Tabletop gaming…  and how we need the gaming version of a Country Club.Topics Discussed:Blaugust Reborn88 Participating Blogs So FarWarcraft 3Where the story comes fromWorld of WarcraftStorytelling IssuesThings Went South After CataclysmWe Needed World of Warcraft 2KeyforgeEveryone likes random decks right?Magic the GatheringNot the game Garfield actually wantedMagic Shifted Over TimeRebalancing MagicDestiny Pen and PaperFan Built in spite of what Bel thoughtModern Tabletop ExplosionNeed for Gaming Country ClubsWe come up with a business modelSomeone else make this a thingMore

In this episode Dana is joined by Mike Gallagher, Co host of The Amateur Auteurs Podcast to chat about the Star Wars Franchise. Listen to The Amateur Auteurs in Podcasts. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-amateur-auteurs/id1113219531?mt=2 Hel...More

Nintendo is suing the owner of a couple of small ROM websites for copyright infringement, to the tune of $100More

Tonight we sit down and talk through our feelings about Battle For Azeroth and its fairly tone deaf ad campaign. We dig into the "It Matters" videos and how it feels fairly irresponsible at a time when our country and world is pulled apart already by s...More