This week we start to settle back into a somewhat normal snarky schedule, covering both Dragon*Con MMO goodness and things going on in the MMO world. We also managed to catch a bit of news before everyone headed to AGDC this week (Austin Game Developer’s Conference) to discuss the state of the industry. Harrumph, harrumph, harrumph.
It also looks like the new engineering is working nicely in terms of flipping these casts over faster. We’re going to aim for once a week, but we’d love to hear from you in regards to show times. Would you prefer SnarkCast be around 30 minutes, or is the current hour-long chunk good for you? Be sure to let us know in the comments!
Note: If the above audio is choppy for you, please consider downloading it to your local machine before listening. We’ve made the file significantly smaller than before, so it should come down pretty quickly.
As always, full show notes are after the break!
You may see this plastered somewhere around the convention. When I tell you that we can always use creative talent, this is why. I actually had to do this bit of photoshoppery myself.
I know, it’s been a while…
Scheduling is pretty much complete and now we turn our attention towards our giveaways, contests, and other events. One such bit of news, for those of you who are interested in attending our WoW Party on Saturday night, is that we will have a cash bar inside the ballroom this year. You will not have to leave the party to obtain performance enhancing substances for our contest this time around.
Our new friends at Comcast (yes, THAT Comcast) have decided to sponsor our WoW party this year and will be adding some fantastic prizes for us to give away. I could tell you… but I’d rather keep it a surprise. You will not be disappointed.
We will also have some goodies to give away during our MMO Trivia contest on Sunday night, courtesy of Sony Online Entertainment, Funcom, Hi-Rez Studios, and a cast of dozens. More details to follow, but I can say that we will probably have more free stuff to give away this year than we did last year… And last year, we had a LOT.
You may have spotted it on our menu bar at the top of the page, but in case you haven’t…
The schedule for this year is pretty much done. “Pretty much?” The “NASA’s almost-MMO” panel may be moving from it’s current time and location (Saturday at 2:30 in the Marriott A601-602) to the Sheraton on Sunday at 4:00. It is not etched in stone yet, but as soon as we get an answer, I’ll update the schedule.
The “Google Calendar” containing all of the Dragon*Con related events from now until the convention can be found here. It also contains links to the schedule in XML or iCal format if you’d like to download the schedule into your phone or PDA. (always nice to get a reminder during the con)
For additional convenience, we also have a schedule grid that you can print and use if you prefer.
The official schedule for the entire convention will be coming soon. It is possible that other events may change, but doubtful for our track, one does not juggle such a large number of events lightly.
After a month off to tend to various injuries (Krys hurt her wrist, and Grim busted up his knee), Krys and Grim are back with another SnarkCast. Everyone and everything is fair game for our snarktastic duo this time around. If you, or the game you love, find yourselves in our cross-hairs, take solace in the fact that you aren’t alone. We snark because we love. (Except Gold Farmers, nobody likes those little idiots.)
In this week’s show, we snarkify (otherwise known as “show notes”):
- E3
- Booth Babes
- Underwear as Swag
- A “Stripper Game”
- News from Sony Online Entertainment
- Free Realms
- The Agency
- Hong Kong Shuffle
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Global Agenda
- Bogus “Awards” given at E3
- DC*MMO takes a studio tour
- “Open All Night” demo at Dragon*Con
- Sony Fan Faire
- Star Wars Galaxies
- Zombies
- User-created content
- The Gungan Gun
- SOE’s big party at Dragon*Con
- Star Wars Galaxies
- Blizzard
- No LAN play for Starcraft II
- What’s Wrong With WoW?
- Special Interview w/Dr. Tran
- WoW Faction changes
- WoW may be an MMO with training wheels, but it serves an important purpose.
- EVE Online
- Age of Conan
- Huge upcoming patch
- “Fixing” stats and itemization
- Problems with questing in AoC
- Warhammer Online
- How to “Kill 10 rats” correctly
- Public quests
- Mark Jacobs leaving Mythic
- Mythic is now part of Bioware
- How will Bioware change WAR?
- City of Heroes
- Issue 15 is coming
- The 5th Column is back!
- New costumes and facial options
- Is it better to look good? or have uber stats on gear?
- Dragon*Con stuff
- Closing Music and gag reel.
(Opening music, courtesy of …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, “Isis Unveiled”)
Dragon*Con Calendar
This is the yearly schedule of Dragon*Con related events. If you are looking for the DC*MMO Track Schedule go here.
Calendar in iCal format
Calendar in XML format
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