VirginWorlds Podcast #144

What’s this? A podcast from Brent and Darren? Yep. Enjoy.Topics:  - League of Legends Season 2 Championship and Season 3  - City of Heroes Closing http://www.savecoh.com/ I Want My City Back: http://tinyurl.com/wantmycityback  - Guild Wars 2  - Torchlight 2 vs. Diablo 3  - Pardo Unleashed  - SWTOR Woes and the Aftermath  - Misc News  - Outtakes

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

Brent returns with support from Darren for a podcast ... a year later.  Sounds pretty much the same.Topics include:- Intro- Age of Conan- Dungeons and Dragons Online- EverQuest II- Guild Wars 2- Sword of the New World 2- Eve Online- Warhammer Online- Moonlight Online- Mortal Online- Planetside- Star Wars: The Old Republic- Super Hero Squad Online- Warhammer 40K MMO- What We're Playing- Outro

Darren rolls out the MMO news for the week, like a boss.

Darren takes the reins again on the news!

... Darren executes an overthrow and does the news ...

Thanks to the new supporters:Ben  - VirginWorlds MemberDajuroka - EQ-IQ Sponsorbrinelan - A View from the Top SponsorWolfenhex - Through the Aftermath Sponsortpajeek - Through the Aftermath Sponsorrevren - Through the Aftermath Sponsormorphisat - VirginWorlds SupporterParadiso - Limited Edition and Van Hemlock Podcast SponsorAximand - Limited Edition SponsorAkely - VirginWorlds Elite MemberTopics:City of Heroes - Missions ArchitectLove - http://www.quelsolaar.comGene Yoon Leaving Linden LabsStarGate Worlds still goingApocrypha's impact on Eve OnlineFallen Earth Rated MIndie MMO gives to charityWoW: The9 Is outBethesda to Sue InterplayParagon StudiosNetDevil: MMOs on a ShoestringRealtime Worlds attracts talent

Finally, the audio portion of GDC 2009 coverage from your intrepid (but slow producing) podcast team: Brent and Darren. This one is rather dense.  Enjoy.Line Up:- Intro with Shawn from Massively- Worlds in Motion Kick off from Raph Koster- Habbo Hotel Games Mechanics in a Social World- MMO Metrics from Daniel James at Three Rings- Wizard 101 with Kings Isle Entertainment- File Catalyst data transfer- NetDog MMO Server Technology- Player Retention in Game Design with SOE- Directed Gameplay in WOW with Jeff Kaplan- Attributes of Game Designers with Gordon Walton from Bioware

Russell Williams, CEO of FLying Labs, joins our esteemed guest host, Urban Mongral, for a conversation on the first year of Pirates of the Burning Sea and what the future holds.  Enjoy.

Topics: Roper Defends Warhammer Jumpgate and Champions on the doorstep Aussies are baffled by MMORPGs Aion is getting localized Re-branding Free to Play? Star Trek Online, the hardcore questions Vanguard vs. EQ2 Fallen Earth update