The Obscurecast

Hello folks, welcome to episode 13 of season 4! If your already confused by the obscure title, you really need to be following us on twitter! A listener kicked us off with an innuendo and we ran with it! This week we round up some MMO and gaming news, the latest from WoW's Beta, and talk subscriber numbers, new MMOs, including why we're sceptical about the Elder Scrolls announcement, and touch on how Kickstarter and Steam are affecting the value of games. We'd love to hear your thoughts as always when we have talking points, so let us know on the links after the show notes! Talking Point Damarai has been in TSW beta! http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/how-valve-devalued-video-games-and-why-thats-good-news-for-developers-and-p http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=29682   Random topics Secret War has 200,000 players http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/05/03/the-secret-war-draws-over-200-000-players-to-its-facebook-battle/ http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/the-secret-world-reaches-one-million-beta-signups/ - and a million beta testers Bethesda IS making an Elder Scrolls MMO http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/05/03/bethesda-confirms-elder-scrolls-mmo-three-faction-pvp/ Swtor subscription numbers fall http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17989756 diablo cinematic http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3DLEAPxgMCEA8 WoW has nothing on Angry Birds numbers! http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/09/angry-birds-downloaded-a-billion-times/ Wildstar has interesting quality of life ideas http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/wildstar-wednesday-discusses-quality-of-life/ Storybricks Alpha now available http://www.storybricks.com/ LoL Hack fixed - http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=29677 WoW News Pandas now have voices/Dances http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHNMTTUNCDI&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn43L7q5Nlk New dungeon armour sets http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2758-MoP-Dungeon-Armor-Sets-Upcoming-Beta-Build-End-of-D3-Beta-Curse-Weekly-Roundup Warcraft stabalises at 10million players http://news.mmosite.com/content/a/2012-05-10/world_of_warcraft_finally_stops_losing_players.shtml Creepy bug mounts defy physics! http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1115813-VIDEO-Mists-of-Pandaria-Mounts-(Pandaren-Mount-)?p=16416905 http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/avengers-assemble-transmogrify-your-own-superhero-team/ - for those that’ve seen Avengers Obscurebag: reader recommendation http://www.destructoid.com/review-lone-survivor-224872.phtml If you want to contact us about anything on the podcast you can mail us at bag@obscurecast.com.  Let us know what you think of the show on iTunes! You can join Damarai and Razerbug in game on Blades Edge EU in

Hello and welcome to episode 12 of season 4 of The Obscurecast! We're flip-turning everything around this show and things get truly 'round table'  as we grill Gazimoff -of Zam and Mana Obscura fame, and, of course, creator of Obscurecast!- on all the latest MMO gaming he's been getting the inside scoop on! As we mentioned there's no random topics or or talking points this week, instead we get all the news on Guild Wars 2, The Secret World, Warhammer Wrath of Heroes, and much more! So a big thanks once again to Gazimoff for popping back to see us, you can find all his writings at: Zam and Mana Obscura   Tonight the show is ably hosted by Damarai! We always try to have all our hosts involved in every show so if you'd like to hear Sil at the helm one time, do please let her know on twitter, she's always keen to encourage tweets ;P   If you want to contact us about anything on the podcast you can mail us at bag@obscurecast.com.  Let us know what you think of the show on iTunes! You can join Damarai and Razerbug in game on Blades Edge EU in

Welcome to episode 11 of the current season! This week epic show is epic! Razerbug, Sil, and Damarai are all present and incorrect, and joined by the one and only Michele Morrow! They round up the news, really get in depth about the; EA homosexual characters in SWToR controversy, and gender in gaming as a whole... and, of course, Lady Sylvanas's very own understudy is more than happy to talk about all things Mists Beta, The Dark Lady, and why she's first in line to oust Garosh. Plus - shocking revelations about who's BiFactional, who's Polygamerous and who was just 'curious  in college' shocking stuff indeed!   Talking Point Warcraft dating game name-drop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMio1UsgraU Random topics Torchlight 2 takes on Diablo release http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/722508/torchlight-2-to-release-after-diablo-3-charge-bar-update/ - Moved to 4.12 Runescape Trailer for patch and free 2wk Trial - http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=29468 EA Games targeted by anti gay hate campaign - http://www.mookychick.co.uk/feminism-politics/lgbtq/ea-games-targeted-by-anti-gay-hate-campaign.php Secret world open for pre-orders -  http://www.thesecretworld.com/buy/ From the makers of Magica: World of Dwarves! http://www.paradoxplaza.com/games/a-game-of-dwarves Resident Evil 6 premium eddition to cost £817 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-11-resident-evil-6-premium-edition-costs-817 The future of gaming on Facebook - http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/11/gaikai-facebook-beta-application/ SWToR 1.2 patch lands - Moved to 4.12http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/04/12/new-explosive-video-for-a-swtor-operation/ Max Payne available for iPhone - android in 2 weeks http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/12/psa-max-payne-mobile-now-available WoW News more beta! New Beta patch http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2730-Mists-of-Pandaria-Beta-Patch-15589?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Fangs of the father quest line official video recap for non-rogues - http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/11/blizzard-recaps-cataclysms-legendary-daggers/ Theramore destroyed in beta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0xbsA6upiA Trolls in pandaria http://t.co/HKXZRKYy Obscurebag: "Hi can you ask MM if she is hoping for Sylvanas to be the new horde leader or would she prefer her to lead away a new third faction , thanks from Thallandorr @Vennivecci on twitter"   As always we are brought to you by DogHouse Systems use the code "Obscure" at check-out to get $25 Jinx discount! Also, Michele is pleased to introduce our listeners to Spirithoods.com use the code "8BITY" when you shop there!   if you want to contact us about anything on the podcast you can mail us at bag@obscurecast.com. Join Damarai and Razerbug in game on Blades Edge EU in

Hello all - allow us to humbly present episode number 10 of the 4th season of Obscurecast! With us this episode we have the producer of Dawnforge Productions and host of (amongst other things) All Things Azeroth, Medros! We go over our experiences to date in the Warcraft Mists of Pandaria beta and round table some of the gaming news out this week   Random topics New Eve trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI53ydJaus8&feature=g-all-u&context=G227ce0bFAAAAAAAAEAA&hd=1 Secret World abilities explained - and new launch trailer http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/the-secret-worlds-lead-designer-explains-abilities-skills-gea/ Warhammer 40k mmo no longer mmo but singleplayer/multiplayer game http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2012/03/thq-so-about-that-warhammer-40000-mmo.html Orcs Must Die 2 Annouced - http://www.robotentert SWToR update patch 1.2 notes - still waiting for the patch http://www.swtor.com/test-center/patchnotes ME3 free DLC new ending! ainment.com/blog/detail/Robot-Entertainment-Unveils-Orcs-Must-Die-2 Minecraft Creator announces new game http://0x10c.com/ HTML5 flexes its gaming muscles thanks to Mozilla: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/28/mozilla-browserquest-html5-game/ ME3 “extended DLC” http://blog.bioware.com/2012/04/05/mass-effect-3-extended-cut/ WoW News http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2724-Mists-of-Pandaria-Beta-Beta-Patch-Build-15544 Pet Battles http://www.wowheadnews.com/blog=202034/mists-of-pandaria-preview-pet-battle-abilities-wild-pet-locations-and-more As always, if you want to contact us about anything on the podcast you can mail us at bag@obscurecast.com. Join Damarai and Razerbug in game on Blades Edge EU in

Sorry about the late episode all! - Hosting issues. This means we'll be taking a week out with our next show coming out in a weeks time - after we've all had lots of quality time as 'press' in the Mist Beta! (thanks to the 'Godfather of Podcasting'* Dawnforge's own @Medros for special invites) This time around we pick our favourite news coming out of Blizz' last week - and lets face it, there was quite a bit! Our sister-site All Things Azeroth has you covered with the news   Casting further afield we pick up quite a few stories we covered last episode and as we do Razerbug gets more an more confuggled until he eventually confuses his co-hosts with the games they're playing - this episode is truly obscure! *I get in trouble when I call him The Grandfather ;) Random topics BAFTA Video Games Awards 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17410379 Microtransactions in GW2 http://www.arena.net/blog/mike-obrien-on-microtransactions-in-guild-wars-2 Game: still screwed - now dead http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/game-holds-crunch-talks-with-suppliers/093063 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17455742 http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail.html?announcementId=11153209 ME3 team developing alternative endings? http://blog.bioware.com/2012/03/21/4108/ Baulders gate coming to iPad http://t.co/ZHEqhs0R   WoW News Female Panda model A boat-load for Mists! http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/19/wow-insiders-mists-of-pandaria-coverage/ http://www.allthingsazeroth.com/2012/03/mists-of-pandaria-march-19th-press-event-news-roundup/ Mists Beta out now! Not if you’re scummy EU types http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/21/mists-of-pandaria-beta-showing-up-on-battle-net-pages/ http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2699-Mists-of-Pandaria-Beta-Character-Creation-World-Maps-New-Glyphs?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Obscurebag: “Hey Razerbug, Sil & Damarai!I've been a WoW player for a few years and signed up with the annual pass which means on the 15th May I get to play Diablo. Now, I don't know *anything* about Diablo at all - would any of you lovely peeps be able to give a quick D3 rundown for WoW types who've never played it before? Is there a good place to get D3 info aside from the Blizzard official site.Thanks! Raven " As always, if you want to contact us about anything on the podcast you can mail us at bag@obscurecast.com. Join Damarai and Razerbug in game on Blades Edge EU in

Hello and welcome to episode 8 of season 4 of The Obscurecast, In which we speculate (before the march 19th press release) about the WoW female Pandaren model, cover a whole host of gaming news - and talk about the future of high street games stores. (News from Blizzard about M.o.P came out literally 2 days after we recorded this show, so our take on the big news will be in next weeks episode) GW2 Preorders and prices http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=29277 Future of SWTOR http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/03/13/epic-in-scope-swtors-james-ohlen-explains-plans-for-the-future/ Game of Thrones MMO http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2012/03/11/oh-my-a-game-of-thrones-mmo/ Baulders Game “extended edition” build up-let down http://baldursgate.com/http://www.gameblog.fr/news/27703-la-rumeur-baldur-s-gate-continue-en-video http://www.gamebreaker.tv/pc-games/biggest-let-down-ever/ Non spoilery ME3 ending issues and the overall Bioware RPG convo choice fail that spread to SWTOR http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/03/14/why-fans-are-so-angry-about-the-mass-effect-3-ending/ “Power Grid” gaming PC control for smart-phones http://power-grid.roccat.org/ Diablo release date - WoW annual pass ends http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/15/diablo-iii-releases-may-15-free-diablo-iii-annual-pass-deal-end/ Secret World crafting and cutscenes http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/03/15/gdc-2012-the-secret-worlds-crafting-combat-and-cutscenes-re/ Game of Thrones RPG new combat and class video http://gameofthrones-rpg.com/index.php?rub=media WoW News  Female Panda model http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/12/female-pandaren-model-coming-march-19/ Enjoy episode 8 As always, if you want to contact us about anything on the podcast you can mail us at bag@obscurecast.com. Tweet: Razerbug @rzbg Damarai @_damarai Sil @Lumineus @obscurecast @obscurecastPStC   Intro music was Decimal Places by I Concur.   You can subscribe to us on iTunes. While you’re there, please rate the podcast and leave us a review.

Sil, Damarai and Razerbug are joined by special guest Apple Cider Mage to talk about harassment and community attitude to female gamers, and highlight the information and support out there in the blogosphere/WoW community. Apple Cider Mage ManaObscura We delve deep into the latest WoW news and the state of the game today, and pick up on general gaming and MMO news before Sil and Damarai baffle Raz with the help of a certain Mass Effect alien... Garrus mounts indeed... Random topics SWTOR 1.2 patch is huge! http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/121/1219843p1.html LotRO and DnDO coming to browsers - only one hour :( http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/03/08/lotro-and-ddo-coming-to-a-cloud-near-you/ Mass Effect 3 shipping 3.5m coppies SWTOR subscriber numbers http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/09/mass-effect-ships-3-5-million-worldwide-890-000-sold-in-na-swt/ WoW News  Buffs and Debuff theory in Mists + all other stat changes etc http://www.wowheadnews.com/blog=201447/mists-of-pandaria-buff-and-debuff-design http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/01/ghostcrawler-explains-stat-changes-in-mists-of-pandaria/#continued Heart of the Aspects mount - new - breaks lore and game style - do we care? http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3389171140?page=1 The State of WoW today http://www.mmomeltingpot.com/2012/03/the-state-of-the-world-of-warcraft/ new scroll of resurrection: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/services/scroll-of-resurrection/ Week long NDA on Mists press event http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/09/why-a-week-long-nda-for-the-mop-press-event/ Enjoy episode 7 of season 4! As always, if you want to contact us about anything on the podcast you can mail us at bag@obscurecast.com. Tweet: Razerbug @rzbg Damarai @_damarai Sil @Lumineus @obscurecast @obscurecastPStC   Intro music was Decimal Places by I Concur.   You can subscribe to us on iTunes. While you’re there, please rate the podcast and leave us a review.