Horde House - An Online Gaming Podcast

If you are still not in the Heroes of the Storm beta, now is your chance to buy your way in! This method of accessing this hot “free” to play title sure has struck a controversy in the online gaming community, but is this the first time we’ve seen something like this? How do our hosts and live chatters feel about the issue? Also, somewhere the other shoe dropped and Elder Scrolls is going Free to Play! Wait, shh, don’t let Rob hear you say “free to play!” All this and MORE on the show about ALL things online gaming but NEVER too SRSLY- HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

Things have been quite busy on the Blizzard front, and our hosts break down everything that’s happening between the new phase of testing for Heroes of the Storm, and a brand new patch for Diablo 3 that has boosted Rob’s performance in the game right before the end of season 1! World of Warcraft is also looking to the future, with a new raid set to open up in just a couple of weeks. Blizzard isn’t the only one preparing patches however, as patch 2.5 for FFXIV is dated and detailed. All this and MORE on the show about ALL things online gaming but NEVER too SRSLY- HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

We return from our holiday break, joined by our old pal Part_Shark from the Troll in the Dungeon podcast. We catch up with everyone after the holiday break and dive into the news. In the news this week, World of Warcraft technical issues cause the anniversary event to be extended. Now is the time to spend a miserable night in Molten Core, before it’s too late! Also, one MMO could be brought back due to fan demand. And is another showing signs of going away too soon? All this and MORE on the show about ALL things online gaming but NEVER too SRSLY- HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

It’s time for our annual Top 5 games takeover show! Xtofer takes over the reins of the show, which puts everyone in roles you might not expect them in! And probably never want to see them in again! Special guest Flaco Jones counts down with our hosts their Top 5 games of 2014. Horde House RETURNS from the holiday break with it’s regular segments live at VOGNetwork.com on Wednesday, January 7th at 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern.

The crew is back this week, and after some discussion on the lolzy weather in Northern California, Rob talks about some of his feelings about the WoW expansion and other games he’s been spending his time with. Then we get into the news, where Xtofer talks about a game that’s gone thru quite a turnaround. Can we forgive a game that was once bad? Grampa gets into some tweets and an e-mail regarding a release schedule that’s just too crazy, but are our hosts able to stay on topic? Never! All this and MORE on the show about ALL things online gaming but NEVER too SRSLY- HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

You can’t prepare your Mr. Garrison for this invasion, one of our hosts has made a return to World of Warcraft for the Warlords of Draenor expansion. Some thoughts are presented as well as the inevitable comparison to other MMOs out there. How is WoW holding up after ten years? In the news tonight, Jaina Proudmoore comes to Heroes of the Storm, and Grampa paid ten whole dollars for her! Was it worth it? Also, if you spent money on one “free to play” MMO, you might have been met with a whole chunk of downtime recently. How do the game makers plan to make it right? All this and MORE on the show about ALL things online gaming but NEVER too SRSLY- HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

It’s a pre-thanksgiving edition of our program, and we have lots of guest cameos tonight just like any good holiday special should. Flaco and Allen join us in studio, where there is much talk about World of Warcraft’s recent expansion- Warlords of Draenor. Why have some of us resisted the urge to try it? Why have others resigned to the foregone conclusion they’re going to play it? And how about that 10 million subscriber number, can it hold? There’s some non-blizzard news too, including other MMO games getting DDoS’ed (yuck), and one game that isn’t going to be screened for critics in advance. Is this to preserve the online experience, or to preserve the secret that it might be crap? All this and MORE on the show about ALL things online gaming but NEVER too SRSLY- HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

A lot of the online gaming news this week focuses on Blizzard. Between Blizzcon and the Warlords launch, Blizzard is having a busy week! We are joined by special guest Salty of the Bitter & Salty podcast, who joins Rob in talking about their experiences at the show, including impressions of the exclusive footage of the Warcraft movie. Grandpa and Xtofer chime in with what they observed from partaking in the show at home. Grandpa brings us some Star Trek Online News, Xtofer has some some surprising thoughts on Assassin’s Creed: Unity and Grandpa has a very full mailbag tonight including e-mails on the woes of pre-ordering and Final Fantasy XIV’s cash shop. All this and MORE on the show about ALL things online gaming but NEVER too SRSLY- HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

A special delivery brings Grampa LIVE to the studio at Rob Roberts house? What antics happen when two of the hosts are together in real life? Or is Grampa too distracted by baseball for anything to actually happen? Ermagerd! In gaming, Xtofer has spent a little time with a new feature on the Playstation 4, Share Play, that’s set to potentially change console gaming as we know it. Speaking of console gaming, Destiny has a new expansion announced with an oddly familar name, but not everyone is happy with the details. Final Fantasy XIV patch impressions, World of Warcraft expansion value updates and much more round out our news this week. All this and MORE on the show about ALL things online gaming but NEVER too SRSLY- HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

Rob is back from Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest in Las Vegas, and breaks down the details. There were some things he liked… and things he didn’t like. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas? Not on Horde House! Back in the land of Blizzard, WoW 6.0 rolled out during our week off, how has expansion anticipation affected the subscriber numbers? Grandpa details the latest Star Trek Online expansion, and Xtofer tells us about why we may soon return to Mario Kart 8. All this and MORE on the show about ALL things online gaming but NEVER too SRSLY- HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

We are joined this week by Delvin from the Video Game Realness podcast, a long time MMO player, to talk about his adventures in all the MMOs and the very current Smash Bros on 3DS and how well… or how unwell it plays online against others. Grandpa has had it officially with one company he’s been supporting for over ten years, and you might be very surprised at the reasons why. In the news, we talk about Diablo 3’s patch for Playstation 4 and Xbox One, and the places you weren’t meant to visit yet in Destiny. All this and MORE on the show about ALL things online gaming but NEVER too SRSLY- HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

We welcome Vee from askmrrobot.com, to talk with us about this website tool that MANY world of Warcraft players rely on for their gems and reforges. How will the site evolve heading into Warlords of Draenor? Vee dishes with us on how Mr. Robot will be evolving, then promises to dish up some ice cream with us at a later date! In the news, we talk about a game that’s turning 17 years old, and how Warcraft may soon allow you to bring characters back from the land of deletion. Hopefully your character will never find out that they were so unwanted… All this and MORE on the show about ALL things online gaming but NEVER too SRSLY- HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

Did you hear the one about Titan getting cancelled? Oh, you did? Well okay, we still give our perspectives on this game we may never know truly about… or have some leaks on the inside shown that this game may have a lot in common with a recently released console success? We tackle the news coming from other MMO’s as well, including a free trial starting very soon for Guild Wars 2, as well as a patch title reveal for Final Fantasy XIV’s next major content patch! All this and MORE on the show about ALL things online gaming but NEVER too SRSLY- HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

Grandpa and Rob are by themselves this week to watch Grandpa drink more, and more, and more, and offer some… uncensored commentary on this weeks news. This includes a not-so popular implementation patch of personal housing in the latest patch for Final Fantasy XIV. Our hosts get into a lively discussion as well about the great name purge coming to World of Warcraft. Is this a good thing? Could there be a very strong impact to a small group? Will Grandpa be able to subtract four from fourteen correctly? Find out on this week’s show! All this and MORE on the show about ALL things online gaming but NEVER too SRSLY- HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com

One of the biggest console games dropped this week, Destiny. This game is hard to define. Is it an MMO, or does the new term “Mingleplayer” seem to describe it better? Ian from Qoopa Klub joins us again this week to talk about his love of the game, and how it might last a long time. In the news tonight, we talk about the extended celebration of World of Warcraft’s 10th anniversary, which will allow even the biggest procrastinators to still participate! All this and MORE on the show about ALL things online gaming but NEVER too SRSLY- HORDE HOUSE! Tweet the show at http://www.twitter.com/hordehouse E-mail the show at hordehousepodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/hordehouse Participate with Horde House each week on the VOG Network Wednesdays @ 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern http://VOGNetwork.com