The Obscurecast

Greetings all, Friends in Obscurity! Welcome to Episode 30 of season 5, our final episode this season. We've had a second nearly unbroken run for 30 weeks, on the back of a good chunk of last year with season 4, and we're looking forward to season 6 starting in the new year, but as the nights get darker, the holidays get closer, and festive plans are afoot, it's time for us to hang up our microphones, for a month or so. That said we'll still be bringing you little tid-bits of fun and obscurity, and a few things that make us go 'hmmmm' - so if you aren't already get yourselves and your friends connected on twitter @obscurecast and on the facebook group! Also - listen in for new on our competition! and check back on obscurecast.com for more details coming soon! This week however, we where joined by the whole gang to see us off, with Damarai  joining Sil and Razerbug for: DR WHO!!! Movies, Mounts, books, conspiracies, and a shock departure, in our World of Warcraft round up! What does Marvel have up their 1970's flared sleeves? The PS4 and Xbox hit the streets, some of them even work... and some people we wish didn't have them! o.O And Blizzard is totally not sexist because everyone else is doing it.. right?   News Highlights Raz Ghostcrawler to leave blizzard http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3597-Ghostcrawler-to-leave-Blizzard-Entertainment Preview of new WoW novel War Crimes http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/11/18/exclusive-first-look-at-christie-goldens-new-novel-war-crimes/?a_dgi=aolshare_twitter patch 5.4.2 mysteriously cleans up Karazahn http://my.mmosite.com/2528383/blog/item/wow_patch_542_mysterious_karazhan_cleanup.html New Robocop Trailer, are we being Robophobic? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPLSpmAtc1Q What did we make of Doctor Who?  spoilers end - Colin Farrel talks WoW movie script http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/180359-colin-farrell-talks-warcraft-calls-script-amazing Marvel Netflix TV series see heroes of the 1970s? http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/180311-could-marvels-new-netflix-series-take-place-in-the-1970s PS4 launches... sells 4m http://www.joystiq.com/2013/11/17/playstation-4-sells-1-million-in-first-day/  already screwed  - turn it off and on again http://community.us.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-4-Support/INFO-Blinking-Blue-Light-PS4-Issues/td-p/42154071   Sil Heroes Of The Storm Director Apologizes For Response On Sexualizing Female Avatars http://www.gamebreaker.tv/news/heroes-of-the-storm-director-apologizes-for-response-on-sexualizing-female-avatars/ Man exposes wife on twitch through PS4: http://www.gamebreaker.tv/news/man-exposes-wifes-breast-on-ps4-twitch-stream/ New mount and pet for make a wish foundation http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3586-New-Mount-and-Make-A-Wish-Charity-Pet-Now-Available-Mount-and-Pet-Bundle-Giveaway Dam Arrow - Xmas 2 parter     Rachel writes: I wanted you to know that I LOVE you guys. I first ran across you by listening to GGWoW, and I can't decide who I love more! I listen to both shows when I'm at work in the "Postal Business". Of course, I guarantee we don't do the same job as mine requires me to be outside loading and unloading aircraft. Your review of Aion convinced me to try it out, and I loved it too! I then introduced the game to my husband and two sons who promptly made accounts and started playing as well! I didn't go to Blizzcon even though I live in the States. I'm still pretty far away i n Kentucky, but I was waiting and watching with all of you. I'm hesitant over the changes, but I will be patient. I do love the updated models and can't wait to see the female trolls. As for your contest for Blizzcon goodies, I listen on Stitcher on my Android phone. I give you guys Thumbs Up every time. Please please please pick me for your wonderful swag! Oh,

Greetings friends in Obscurity! Welcome to Obscurecast's Blizzcon special! That's right ladies and gents this one is going to be Warcraft heavy, with a smattering of Diablo and Hearthstone news thrown in for seasoning. We're talking about our take on the news and announcements from Anaheim and most of what we talk about is covered in this great run-down of news from WoW Insider  http://wow.joystiq.com//blizzcon-2013/ But don't miss our MMO WTF in the Moment of Obscurity. Obscurebag:   Hi Obscurecast,  I just wanted to send a link to an interview of some of the cast of Thor: The Dark World for a few reasons: - It's a recently released Marvel movie, - Dan Casey from the Nerdist channel is the interviewer, and I find his questions rather good (see his other interviews on Nerdist for more), and - I know Sil's a Chris Hemsworth fan   Thanks for the great podcast, - Gabriel Moment of Obscurity? Raz: Jane Austin MMO?! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/30564009/ever-jane-the-virtual-world-of-jane-austen Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet us do! Razerbug @rzbg Damarai @_damarai Sil @McMonkeyz - www.girlsgonewow.net or antlergirl.wordpress.com @obscurecast Intro music was Decimal Places by I Concur.    

Welcome friends in Obscurity for another dose of British geekey nonsense, lovingly poured into your ear holes! This week we talk X-Men Days of Future Past, Captain America, and Thor 2 - straight from the Skype/Marvel press preview! We've also got Warcraft movie rumours, a  new bug/feature for classic WoW dungeons, and we muse of Blizzcon and the new expansion. iPhones get rumoured new gaming controllers, Terraria rocks out with it's pumpkins out in a Halloween content patch, and as Trion close yet another regional server down, could we be seeing the beginning of the end for Rift?! All this and more, down there!     Raz Bug or new feature  in WoW? http://www.gamebreaker.tv/news/new-warcraft-feature-bug/ Bryan Synger tweets an Xmen teaser http://bit.ly/xmensneakpeek and answers a Q&A http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/179985-bryan-singer-answers-fans-questions-about-x-men-days-of-future-past full trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK2zYHWDZKo New iPhone game controller? http://gizmodo.com/rumored-moga-iphone-gaming-controller-has-thumbsticks-1452060537 Terraria Halloween event http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/terraria-1-2-1-halloween-update.116144/ End in sight for Rift? http://news.mmosite.com/content/2013-10-28/rift_russian_version_has_shut_down.shtml Thor 2 spoiler free review Steam Sale!   Sil FF14 world transferes http://news.mmosite.com/content/2013-10-29/final_fantasy_xiv_players_can_move_your_character_to_other_world.shtml Recruit a friend rewards a new mount and pets http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3492-Patch-5-4-1-Live-This-Week-Connected-Realms-Update-Blue-Posts-News-Recap Lead actor for wow movie named http://www.gamebreaker.tv/news/lead-actor-named-world-warcraft-movie/   Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet us do! Razerbug @rzbg Damarai @_damarai Sil @McMonkeyz - www.girlsgonewow.net or antlergirl.wordpress.com @obscurecast Intro music was Decimal Places by I Concur.  

WE'RE BACK! Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to Obscurecast Episode 27 Season 5! We've survived marriage, plague and technical clusterfux and we're back on air! This week we wrap up the Blizzard news early, including the latest from Hearthstone. We have Marvel film rumours, DC film rumours, Walking Dead, Steams controller gets an impressive demo video and Sil gives us her reviews of Pokemon X and her latest NerdBlock Box of goodies! Tune in after the jump! News Highlights Raz another blizzard trademark is new MOBA http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/10/17/blizzards-heroes-of-the-storm-moba-revealed Warcraft movie gets a release date http://www.joystiq.com/2013/10/01/warcraft-movie-comes-to-theaters-december-18-2015/ Steam Controller Demo’ed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeAjkbNq4xI&noredirect=1 Blizz is free of Vivandi http://www.insidegamingdaily.com/2013/10/14/activision-completes-8-2-billion-buyback-from-vivendi/ Yet more Hearthstone patches http://my.mmosite.com/2528383/blog/item/hearthstone_build_1003937_patch_notes.html What secret Marvel project could Sir Kingsley be involved with? http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/179891-ben-kingsley-teases-secret-marvel-project Wonder Woman to be in BatVsSupes? http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/179877-will-wonder-woman-appear-in-batman-vs-superman   Sil Walking Dead season 4 has started!!! Review of the NerdBlock for October Review of Pokemon X   Talking Point for the week   Next Week: What did we think of Agents of SHIELD? Well hello Mr. Razorbug and Sil. Greeting from the other side of the pond. I quit playing WoW back in April to play Defiance when it launched. WoW had pretty much devolved into doing the same old thing day after day. Along with playing Defiance, I started playing Rift when it went free to play. So after missing the 5.3 content Blizzard sends me a 7 day free come back to WoW for 5.4 email. I took them up on it and as of this writing I have played for 3 days and I really cannot see me continuing after the 7 days are up. I don't raid so all I see that's new is the Time Less Isle of GRIND Fest. Go forth and kill 10.000 of those guys over there and you too can reach Honored rep with whom ever (BLAH BLAH BLAH). Kind of reminds me of EverQuest. All in all, got to say I love the show. But hating the game.  Keep up the excellent work. Nathan     Moment of Obscurity? Raz: http://imgur.com/JO33n5I The Sun thinks Sarif Industries from Deus Ex is real Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet us do! Razerbug @rzbg Damarai @_damarai Sil @McMonkeyz - www.girlsgonewow.net or antlergirl.wordpress.com @obscurecast Intro music was Decimal Places by I Concur.  

Hello Gentlefolk out there in obscurity!   This week Sil and Raz bring some good news: StarCraft 2 makes you smarter and players who work together win more!  We also have plenty of news out of Blizzard and Blizzcon, huge news about SteamOS, Dinos, and a man in Northampton dressed as a clown... truly Obscure! News Highlights Raz LoL players do better if they don’t rant http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/09/league-of-legends-players-with-better-attitudes-are-more-likely-to-win/ Diablo III totally scrapping all auction houses! http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/09/diablo-3-to-permanently-remove-its-auction-houses-in-march-2014/ Playing SC2 may make you smarter http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/19/playing-starcraft-2-might-make-you-smarter/ Vivande don't want blizzard to go http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/09/19/activision-blizzard-split-from-vivendi-halted/ SteamOS?! http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamOS/ and new steams devices beta http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/09/25/second-steam-announcement-reveals-steam-machines-beta-test.aspx Blizzcon Virtual tickets now on sale http://eu.battle.net/blizzcon/en/virtual-ticket/   Sil We have a creepy clown in the UK http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2013/09/16/creepy-clown-spooks-northampton-community-photos/ More dino’s! http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2013/09/11/jurassic-world-to-hit-theaters-in-2015/ Talking Point for the week Next Week: What did we think of Agents of SHIELD?     Moment of Obscurity? Raz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE what the fox?!   Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet us do! Razerbug @rzbg Damarai @_damarai Sil @McMonkeyz - www.girlsgonewow.net or antlergirl.wordpress.com @obscurecast Intro music was Decimal Places by I Concur.

Welcome friends in Obscurity!   This week Sil and Razer talk Beginnings: Sim City Mac and Final Fantasy 14 to be exact. XBone gets a release date, Steam feels like sharing, and Patch 5.4 drops, what does it mean for the denizens of Azeroth?! Oh and a little something called Hearthstone happened didn't it! Plus! We have a winner!     News Highlights Raz WoW is good for business http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.397704-Researcher-Claims-World-of-Warcraft-Builds-Great-Employees Steam allows for sharing games http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-09/12/steam-family-sharing EA balls up SimCity launch... AGAIN http://www.techspot.com/news/53825-simcity-launch-screwed-up-a-second-time-mac-version-riddled-with-bugs.html wow movie to film in vancouver http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/09/03/world-of-warcraft-film-vancouver_n_3860966.html Xbox One release date http://gizmodo.com/the-xbox-one-will-ship-on-november-22-1250779204?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow Launch problems for ff14 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-09-05-sony-offers-refunds-as-final-fantasy-14-launch-catastrophe-worsens Hearthstone opens for EU WoW patch 5.4 drops http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3376-Patch-5-4-Live-This-Week And the new warchief is (MAJOR SPOILERS) http://i.wow.joystiq.com/2013/09/11/rumor-and-the-new-warchief-is/ Congratulations to Nexonexo! And Thanks to all who entered our catchphrase competition! Competition entries of special mention:   Nexonexo Game Well, and Geek Out!" Don't forget to get your Geek on!   Ril:  "No power in the 'verse can stop the obscurity"  "We are leaves on the wind, watch as we Obscure"  Nevik Until next time we will be obscuring the lines between English and En-Gah-lish" Until next time we will be obscuring the lines between games and reality.    Gabriel "From the Obscurecast to your corner of the geek universe, good night"      Talking Point for the week  If you could make one change, to one piece of famous/cult Sci Fi, what would it be? Greetings friends in Obscurity! A few obscure things for your consideration - On the topic of pricing models for MMO's, at this point I feel Guild Wars 2 has close to the perfect structure in my mind. If you harken back to season 4, you may remember how i feel about monthly subs. On the topic of what change i would make to a Sci-Fi property there is but one answer - BRING BACK FIREFLY!!!!! Cheers! Your friend, Rilandune       Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet us do! Razerbug @rzbg Damarai @_damarai Sil @McMonkeyz - www.girlsgonewow.net or antlergirl.wordpress.com @obscurecast Intro music was Decimal Places by I Concur.

Greetings Friends in Obscurity! ZOMGWTFBBQ DareDevil is Batman! We talk about that shocker, and the shocker that Nintendo are losing a D to release the 2DS. We hear about a Lego MMO, Guild War's 1st birthday, and ask are we going to see a return to AAA MMO subscriptions? Elder Scrolls and Wyldstar's new pricing model. Muse of LoL female character bans in Iran, geekery delivered to your door back home, and dig through some potential BS about the new WoW expansion! Have at it folks!: News Highlights Raz Elder Scrolls online to have real-money shop /and/ subscription http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/08/the-elder-scrolls-online-to-include-real-money-shop-atop-subscription/ Leaked WoW expansion details, could it be? http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/9753835876 Female LoL characters blocked form tornament http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/08/28/government-bans-female-league-of-legends-characters-at-iranian-t/ Affleck to play batman? http://majorspoilers.com/2013/08/27/comics-portal-ben-affleck-batman/ GW2 1st birthday http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/08/28/guild-wars-2s-first-birthday-by-the-numbers/ Lego minifigures http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/08/29/funcom-announces-lego-minifigures-online/ Sil Nerd block and Loot Crate: the boxes for nerds: http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2013/08/18/nerd-block-a-monthly-mystery-gift-box-for-the-geeky-set/ & https://www.lootcrate.com/ Nintendo releases 2ds  http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2013/08/28/nintendo-flattens-out-the-3ds/   Talking Point for the week    Next Week: If you could make one change, to one piece of famous/cult Sci Fi, what would it be?   Hello Obscurecast!  Basically Wildstar has a Buy-to-Play entry fee with a modified monthly fee.  I like Wildstar's option of purchasing play time with in-game currency but my biggest concern would be inflation.  Carbine will have to rigorously monitor the in-game economy to fend off bugs (ex. duping), botting, and hacking (compromised accounts), as well as natural in-game inflation (rising quest rewards, Auction House/economy gurus, dailies).    Keep up the great podcast!  Thanks, Gabriel   Competition! Design a new slogan for Obscurecast to close out its new shows on - Win XCom (via Steam) (thanks to Dawnforge for donating)   Moment of Obscurity? Raz: Monopoly drops the iron, internet chose a cat http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/08/new-monopoly-cat-board-piece-review-me-ow/   Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet us do! Razerbug @rzbg Damarai @_damarai Sil @McMonkeyz - www.girlsgonewow.net or antlergirl.wordpress.com @obscurecast Intro music was Decimal Places by I Concur.

Welcome back folks! After some serious technical difficulties (it's seriously hard to record without headphones or a microphone) Sil and Raz are back to talk Wildstar! Star Citizen! PS4! girls in top hats kicking ass! We also ask if MMOs need to be made 'less addictive' or be legislated against... just in time for ALL THE NEWS to come out of World of Warcraft and - of course, Hearthstone! Also: don't miss your chance to win a copy of XCOM enemy unknown just for writing us a slogan!   News Highlights Raz Wildstar price model announced http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/08/19/wildstar-announces-hybrid-business-model-and-new-2014-release-wi Star Citizen doing well http://www.gamebreaker.tv/pc-games/star-citizen-gets-15-million/ do we need “less addictive” MMOs? http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/126613-Reseachers-Call-For-Less-Addictive-MMOs Zatanna coming to Injustice http://majorspoilers.com/2013/08/09/video-games-injustice-gets-zatanna/?fb_source=pubv1 Next WoW Expansion going to level 100? Legendaries to last till the next expansion http://www.alternative-blog.net/2013/08/worth-fighting-for_9.html WoW 5.4 date released http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/the-siege-of-orgrimmar-date-announced/ The Dark Below a hoax? http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/9678948282 http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/08/14/the-dark-below-is-likely-a-hoax/ Hearthstone beta is out, filthy europeans not allowed - people being naughty http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/08/19/step-into-the-hearthstone-arena/ PS4 release date http://www.joystiq.com/2013/08/20/ps4-launch-date-november-15/   Competition! Design a new slogan for Obscurecast to close out its new shows on - Win XCom (via Steam) (thanks to Dawnforge for donating) Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet us do! Razerbug @rzbg Damarai @_damarai Sil @McMonkeyz - www.girlsgonewow.net or antlergirl.wordpress.com @obscurecast Intro music was Decimal Places by I Concur.

Hello friends Welcome to Episode 22 of Season 5! Sil and Razer talk hardware, a new Naga mouse, failing sails of the Wii U and failing downloads of ... anything OUYA related. Then they swing round to the small screen for new of Star Wars Rebels TV show and The Flash coming to Arrow. We hear a whole slew of news out of Blizzard, including that Blizzard is now an "indy" developer again!? Finally the voice of the Obscuredience talks about the WORST super hero movies of all time... and what is going on with Megan Fox's thumbs?! News Highlights  Raz Blizz says no to Vivendi, becomes an ‘indie’ again http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/07/26/activision-blizzard-goes-indie-after-ceo-kotick-buys-back-the-co/ Neil Gaiman making a move into video games http://www.pcgamesn.com/indie/wayward-manor-sees-writer-neil-gaiman-make-jump-games No one buying Ouya games http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/22/4547000/ouya-gamers-reportedly-sticking-with-free-games The Flash coming to TV on Arrow - using TV to introduce the JLA instead of films? http://majorspoilers.com/2013/07/30/television-the-flash-headed-to-the-small-screen/#more-216657 Star Wars gets new animated series http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-celebration-europe-2013-star-wars-rebels-logo-art-and-details-revealed.html Razer Naga redesigned http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/07/30/razer-unveils-redesigned-naga-mmo-mouse/ Wii U being outsold by it’s older brother 1http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/07/wii-u-hardware-and-software-sales-continue-to-go-nowhere-fast/ Titan won’t be subscription based http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/blizzards-titan-looking-at-a-f2p-model/ Sil Blade & Soul and bikini’s? http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/07/31/blade-and-soul-introduces-swimsuits-with-a-hefty-price-tag/ Player designes weapons in Aion http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/07/31/player-designed-weapons-arrive-in-aion/ New Mortal Kombat game in the making? http://www.gamebreaker.tv/pc-games/new-mortal-kombat-game-incoming/ Wow may improve your social skills http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/playing-world-of-warcraft-may-improve-your-social-skills/   Competition! Design a new slogan for Obscurecast to close out its new shows on - Win XCom (via Steam) (thanks to Dawnforge for donating) Talking Point for the week  worst comic book film and why?   Irrelevant Guy @obscurecast @RzBg Spider-Man 3. There was nothing remotely right about the choices made toward Venom and Harry's Goblin.   Suicidal Zebra ‏ @obscurecast @RzBg As an example of Good-bad, I'd present The Return of Captain Invincible. Bad-Bad... Condorman.   Matthew @McMonkeyz @obscurecast Captain America (1990) and The Punisher (1989). Lundgren as Frank Castle is bad.   Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet us do! Razerbug @rzbg Damarai @_damarai Sil @McMonkeyz - www.girlsgonewow.net or antlergirl.wordpress.com @obscurecast Intro music was Decimal Places by I Concur.

Welcome friends in Obscurity to Episode 21 of season 5 World of Warcraft is dead! ... again... We talk WoW's recent continued drop in subscription numbers, hints at a patch 5.5 and hints at a new class! Plus: Lock up you rocks... we figure out what on earth we saw, or didn't see, from the WoW movie teaser. Wildstar announces new races. Nintendo spits the dummy because; The Internet! Firefly Online will be a thing... but we are disapoint, and we catch up on the latest out of Comic-Con 2013 Plus we hear from all corners of the Obscuredience with your feed back. And don't miss your chance to win a copy of XCom Enemy Unknown! News Highlights  Raz Mists going to 5.5? http://i.wow.joystiq.com/2013/07/17/possible-hint-to-the-next-patch/ WoW drops to 7.7m subscribers http://uk.gamespot.com/news/world-of-warcraft-subscribers-drop-to-77-million-6412086 firefly game... not what we hoped for http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/official-firefly-online-game/ wildstar annonces 2 new races http://wildstar-central.com/index.php?threads/official-chua-and-mordesh-annoucement-thread.5080/  with race details http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/wildstar-races-questions-and-answers/ WoW movie teaser http://vr-zone.com/articles/first-teaser-trailer-for-world-of-warcraft-movie-showcased-at-comic-con-2013/46131.html Comicon details about all the super heroes! X-Men http://www.sfx.co.uk/2013/07/21/comic-con-2013-x-men-days-of-future-past/ http://media.sfx.co.uk/files/2013/07/x-men-days-of-future-past-portraits.jpg Avengers http://www.sfx.co.uk/2013/07/21/avengers-2-will-be-called-age-of-ultron/ Superman/Batman http://www.sfx.co.uk/2013/07/20/warners-announces-batmansuperman-team-up-movie-for-2015-2/ Vivendi going to squeeze Blizzard till the pips squeak? http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/126188-Vivendi-May-Be-About-To-Squeeze-Activision-Blizzard-For-Billions Ghostcrawler leaks new class on chinese site? http://i.wow.joystiq.com/2013/07/25/new-world-of-warcraft-class-coming-ghostcrawler-drops-a-hint/ Nintendo pull SSBros single player story for the worse reason going http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2013/07/26/wii-us-super-smash-bros-wont-have-story-mode-for-the-worst-reason-ever/ Sil I’m stealing yours -_-   Competition! Design a new slogan for Obscurecast to close out its new shows on - Win XCom (via Steam) (thanks to Dawnforge for donating) Talking Point for the week (talking point and any reader feedback) Favorite SuperHero/Comic Book Film and why? Next Week worst comic book film and why? James Bits of scenery in adventure games like tomb raider that are entirely within reach, but for some unfathomable reason I can't climb or use, that I actually pass right through when I attempt to interact with them. I'm forced instead to to work out some contrived puzzle bullshit to climb to a ledge that even i as a seriously out of shape fat bloke could climb to without breaking a sweat. Really breaks the immersion and believability of the game world.   Limited Inventory!  It's my biggest bane in WoW and started back in Diablo 1.  Why must the game make me choose?  Now I feel driven to head back to a vendor to get some gold out of the deal.  -Gabriel   @mylin1: @RzBg talking of hearthstones as in game, eq1 had a jewel game that was launched and played in game, was great for waiting for mana to regen"   Amanda Avengers. Finally someone got it right   Medros Avengers is my answer, because it was the culmination of an awesome and ingenious strategy by Marvel and Disney. :)   James Has to be Iron Man for me. It brought Robert Downey Jr back to us, had a great story and plenty of wit. Great movie. That or the Avengers - Joss Whedon did an amazing job with that film, it's brilliant. Interaction between the various characters was great and made the film even better.  

WELCOME BACK! Episode 20 heralds a return of Sil and Raz to the air, ready to bring you your weekly dose of obscurity! This episode they talk Beta's and recent free2plays, including the latest from Wildstar and Firefall! Present a 'humble bundle' of Table Top RPGs, the news that eSports are now 'real' sports in the US, and a whole host of Warcraft news. Plus! They talk about the rumoured X-Force movie, where it fits after X-Men and could it reboot Wolverine and Deadpool?! AND don't miss out on a chance to win your copy of the brand new X-Com Enemy Unknown! Check it  out below! Competition! Design a new slogan for Obscurecast to close out its new shows on - Win XCom (via Steam) (thanks to Dawnforge for donating) Our week:   Razerbug: SC2 (far to much) WoW, Beta I can’t mention, firefall beta (again), Kerbal Space Program, Rift Sil: LoL, The Last of Us, Rift, WoW, The walking Dead 400 days, animal crossing News Highlights Raz Beta testing the Blizzard Launcher http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/10147666/Launcher_Update_Testers_Wanted-6_10_2013 Hearthstone board inside WoW  http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/hearthstone-board-in-warcraft/ USA recognises eSport as a ‘real’ sport http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/125949-League-of-Legends-Recognized-by-U-S-as-Legitimate-Sport ‘humble bundle’ comes to tabletop gaming http://bundleofholding.com/index/current Wildstar to reveal pricing model... next month http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/07/14/wildstar-business-model-reveal-coming-in-the-next-month-or-so/#continued Firefall launches open beta with live action trailer http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/07/09/red-5-celebrates-firefall-open-beta-with-live-action-trailer/ Sil X-force film in the making? http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/07/12/could-an-x-force-film-follow-x-men-days-of-future-past WoW ingame cash shop confirmed: http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/world-of-warcraft-microtransactions-in-game-shop/ and what’s in it http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/07/13/so-whats-in-wows-item-store/ Talking Point for the week “What are your biggest pet-peeves in gaming”   Next Week Favorite SuperHero/Comic Book Film and why?   Lis QUICK TIME EVENTS. They can burn. James @obscurecast @RzBg LOCK PICKING SIMULATORS IN EVERY BLOODY GAME.   Medros @RzBg @obscurecast people who assume from a small bit of info that they know everything & blow it all out of proportion. see: 5,4 game store as for the in game stuff... People who take entertainment too seriously   Ottahz @RzBg @obscurecast rude people!     Moment of Obscurity? Raz:  man arested for forging papers to a MOBA account http://www.gamebreaker.tv/game-industry-news/moba-player-arrested-for-forging-documents/     Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet us do! Razerbug @rzbg Damarai @_damarai Sil @Lumineus - www.girlsgonewow.net or antlergirl.wordpress.com @obscurecast Intro music was Decimal Places by I Concur.  

Welcome friends in Obscurity! The Obscure team is still pulling agro' from the IRL Boss, so Raz and Damarai once again take you off on a Side Quest this week. We talk about Ouya and a potential Google games console, if we're all going to go mad due to Digital Dementia, and Firefall creator says World of Warcraft KILLED MMOs! Yikes! News Highlights  Raz digital dimensia http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/125412-Digital-Dementia-Threat-Causes-Concern-Among-Doctors OUYA launces, sells out http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/25/ouya-retail-launch/ WoW killed MMOs http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/125533-Former-Dev-WoW-Has-Killed-the-MMO-Genre Google making it’s own Game Console http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/27/wsj-google-android-game-console/   Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet us do! Razerbug @rzbg Damarai @_damarai Sil @Lumineus - www.girlsgonewow.net or antlergirl.wordpress.com @obscurecast Intro music was Decimal Places by I Concur.

Greetings once again friends in Obscurity This week we watch Microsoft do a complete 180 and un-announce half of what they said at the One's launch, EA tells us it just wants to be loves, E3 call the cops on the Ouya... and are Blizzard doing server mergers by the back door? Shenanigans indeed!   News Highlights Raz GamePop console gets more details, plays iOS games! http://allthingsd.com/20130607/bluestacks-upcoming-gamepop-console-plans-to-run-ios-apps-using-virtualization/ E3/WWDC news & XBox 180 http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/microsoft-to-pull-complete-reversal-on-xbox-one-dr/1100-4673/ Nintendo looking to the future by not sharing http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/12/4422020/why-nintendo-wont-make-smartphone-games Warcraft basically doing server merges? http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/06/12/patch-5-4-ptr-virtual-realms-announced/ E3 call the cops on the OUYA http://m.uk.ign.com/articles/2013/06/12/e3-2013-cops-called-to-shut-down-ouya iPhones supporting game pads? http://toucharcade.com/2013/06/10/wwdc-2013-more-details-emerge-on-official-ios-game-controllers/   Damarai(?) EA just want to be loved http://t.co/fDERQpLUEE New Doctor? http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/25888/doctor-who-the-first-jason-statham-trailer US turn gamers into drone piolets http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/13/video_games_dont_turn_young_men_blind_say_boffins/   Talking Point for the week  Who do you want to see as the new doctor, could they possibly be black/asian/female/ginger? Or is it a new writer it needs?! Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet us do! Razerbug @rzbg Damarai @_damarai Sil @Lumineus - www.girlsgonewow.net or antlergirl.wordpress.com @obscurecast Intro music was Decimal Places by I Concur.

Hello friends in Obscurity! First: Apologies for the later than usual show this week, agro from the real-life boss has meant that we had trouble getting everyone together to do a show at the same time, as a happy result Razer is joined this week both as guest and impromptu co-host by another Girls Gone WoW cast: SilkyRaven! The two talk about some tragic losses to the tech/sci-fi world. They discuss a Telegraph article about the 50/50 gender split in todays gaming and what it means for the future, the disappearing Doctor, the OUYA's competitor, Diablo III on consoles, and a whole host of World of Warcraft news! Plus, can Raven manage to avoid dropping F-bombs? Find out below!   Gaming News Highlights Raz Tragic death of Occulus Rift co-founder Andrew Scott Reisse http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2013/06/02/oculus-rift-co-founder-killed-as-bystander-in-police-chase/ Will Girl Gamers soon overtake guys? - how will that be anything but awesome?! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/10086627/Are-computer-games-being-taken-over-by-women.html WTF is Flex Raiding?! http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3270-Patch-5-4-Flexible-Raid-Preview Ouya Competator offers unlimited games for $7p/m http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2013/05/30/bluestacks-prices-its-ouya-rivaling-game-console-at-129-expands-games-line-up/ Diablo coming to consoles http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/06/diablo-3-consoles-september-3/ WoW players imprisoned for child abuse/false imprisonment - WoW addiction to blame? http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/video-game-addiction-couple-imprisoned/   Sil New Mount on the blizzard store: http://uk.gamespot.com/news/25-armored-bloodwing-mount-now-available-in-wow-6409104 Matt Smith leaving Dr Who: http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/06/01/matt-smith-to-leave-doctor-who Talking Point for the week (talking point and any reader feedback) What game have you invested the most money on/in and why   Next Week Who do you want to see as the new doctor, could they possibly be Black/Asian/female/ginger? Obscurebag: ‏Mallusof @RzBg @obscurecast wow, no doubts. Transfers subscription fees, all that. :(   zesty1986 @Lumineus @obscurecast diablo, but now that warhammer quest is on iPad we could have a new champion   ‏mbuhtz @Lumineus @obscurecast World of Warcraft (full sub since release, all expansions), followed by D&D (tons of sourcebooks for 3 editions). Why? D&D: the people, the stories, the creative process of GMing. WoW: an endless stream of no-stress stuff to do.   Ian  @obscurecast Talk about obscurity, have you seen the obscure atlas? here's a Lovecraft tour on it: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/essential-guide-to-living-lovecraft/ …     Hello GGW,  Do you think that WoW has gotten to the point whereby addons and amazing tools like AMR are a requirement rather than a useful addition?  It depends on your playstyle.  I'm a bit of a min-maxer.  I run LFR and try to keep my main as current as possible and I also run a few max-level alts.  I use AMR to scout gear upgrades, from which vendor item to buy to which boss I want to spend an Elder Charm/Rune of Fate on.  AMR is also very useful in that it puts all the various gear pieces together as an expansion rolls on (ex. more reps, vendors, bosses).  But is it necessary?  I don't think so.  As a general rule the newest gear vendor or raid will have bigger and better items.  You can guess-timate (guess + estimate) various caps and thresholds like hit and expertise without an addon like ReforgeLite to perform mathematical gymnastics.  I haven't done the math to compare what my DPS would be like if I did NOT use these resources, so it's hard to say how much of a difference these tools make.  But the fact that I care enough to look up this type of information defines both my playstyle and how I enjoy the game.

Welcome back Ladies and Gents,! This week we have a game that's literally coming to every device you can think of, Titan is pushed back - shock horror, game we know nothing about we still know nothing about! Wolverine turns up where he's not wanted, will Kick Ass 2 ... kick ass? and are we being trolled by a games system invents games for you? find out below! Gaming News Highlights Raz What on earth is an autonomous games console http://www.otonx.com/ Titan in trouble? http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/blizzard-bumps-back-titan/ Alien abduction game coming to... everywhere http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/30/abducted-brings-alien-adventure-to-pc-mac-linux-ios-and-andro/ Kick Ass 2 movie banner http://majorspoilers.com/2013/05/29/movies-graffiti-kick-ass-2-banner/#more-206018 Wolverine (and cast) revealed in Deadpool game http://majorspoilers.com/2013/05/29/video-games-wolverine-confirmed-in-deadpool-game/#more-206010   Sil Able to play all content for Rift this weekend: http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/if-you-own-rift-you-can-play-for-free-for-5-days/   Talking Point for the week Next Week What game have you invested the most money in and why   Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet us do! Razerbug @rzbg Damarai @_damarai Sil @Lumineus - www.girlsgonewow.net or antlergirl.wordpress.com @obscurecast Intro music was Decimal Places by I Concur.