Well, we made it into the double digits! Join us this week as we celebrate hitting our 10^th episode, with the help of our friends in the chat room!

This show was a blast to record. It was full of laughs and good spirits, as we talked about what we’ve been playing and our thoughts on this “add 10 levels with every expansion” business. Is that how it has to be and how did we get to this point?

If you get the chance, check out our Live Stream. I was struck by some strange muse and decided to skin a furby. Yep, this is what you miss when you grab the download!

From all of us though, really, thanks for making the last 10 episodes a blast. Your listenership means a lot to all of us and has made the idea of “MMO Radio” a lot more real. Here’s to another 10! *cheers*

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Show Notes – 3/5/10 – “Linear, Shminear!”

Intro:

• What have we been playing?
• Listener mail: Maxivik and Alik Steel! Thanks Guys!

Topics:

• News: Congratulations to Beau and Syp for joining Massively.com!
• Linear Expansions: Is it better to grow up or grow out?

Shout Outs:

• Thanks to Karen from Journey’s With Jaye and a View From the Top!
• Thanks to the Drunken Legacy – Daggerspine [US] – WoW guild. You guys rock!
• A big hello to Riknas’ friend blagraghragh. We miss you buddy!

Relevant Links:

• Chris – Game by Night
• Ferrel – Epic Slant and a View From the Top
• Riknas – Riknas Rants

Happy Monday, folks!

To help you start your week off right, we bring you Episode 9 of The Multiverse and, in my opinion, our best episode yet. We were joined by Syp, from Bio Break (Sypiest. Episode. Ever!) and had a good time talking all things MMORPG.

Join us this week for a interview with Syp, as well as our short-term and long-term predictions for the future of MMORPGs. Of course, we also talk about the week’s news (*cough* Allod’s *cough*) and have some fun discussing games and movies past.

We also change things up a little bit and turn Ferrel’s Guild Tip of the Week into Uncle Ferrel’s Story Hour. By request! See, you can’t say we don’t listen.

Here are the notes for today’s show:

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Show Notes – 2/26/10 – “Guest Starring: Syp”

• Intro

  • Welcome, intro Syp, what’s been up this past week?

  • What have we been playing?

• News

  • Rumor: Final Fantasy 11 Closing – Has since been debunked.

  • LotRO Volume I Update

  • Allod’s Online – The Cash Shop is a Lie

• Round Table

  • Topic I: Syp: The Interview

  • Topic II: The Future of MMOs: Our Predictions

• Host Segments

  • Uncle Ferrel’s Story Hour

  • Riknas’s Rant: Expansions

  • Chris’s Blog of the Week: The Greenskin/Snaffy’s Place – Good luck, Snaffy!

• Close

  • Shout Outs/Plugs

    • Check out Syp’s blog at: biobreak.wordpress.com!

  • Contact us at: multiversepodcast@gmail.com

It seems too quick to be presenting Episode 8 but here we are! Episode 8 is a little different from The Multiverse you’re used to, though, so here’s what you can expect.

Episode 8 is the “Little Show.” To change things up between releases, we’ll be alternating between our regular format and the more conversational, stripped down, format you’ll hear here. Pretty much, the little shows will be slightly shorter and focus in on a main topic or two, while we keep the host segments for the main show.  We’re still going to be hitting the news and feature everything else you’ve told us you enjoy.

We also have some other big news to accompany this release. Starting this Friday, we’ll be broadcasting our shows LIVE courtesy of Livestream. You can check out our feed over on our Vagary page by clicking on “listen live.” Tune in at 7PM EST, every Friday, to hear us record and join in the chat room.

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Here’s what we talked about on Episode 8:
-  Reader mail!

* Is MMO pricing cyclical? – Thanks Max!
* What’s our most memorable MMO moment? – Thanks Jeremy!

-  Sentinel’s Fate launched – how’d it go?
-  Allod’s Online’s cash shop blunder
-  Dante’s Inferno – better than God of War?
-  Email us: multiversepodcast@gmail.com

Let us know what you think!

*Note: Channel still “OFFLINE” right at 7? Stay tuned. We usually begin the show a little after. Even better, check the chat room for anything we might update beforehand.

Thanks for stopping by. If you’ve been here at all recently, then you probably know we’ve been reorganizing the site. This is just one part of how we’re looking to expand what we offer to you, our listeners. In the past, we’d previously relied more on our personal sites to get content out to you but, since we’re a member of the Vagary family, we’d like to bring more of that in right here at home.

We’re always looking to do what we do bigger and better. Just today, we’ve reworked our iTunes icon into something a little more catchy. Check it out.

Forgive the graininess, it's a scale-up.

That’s only the tiniest piece of what’s going behind the scenes. More importantly, we’re happy to announce that, starting tomorrow, we’ll be recording weekly. On top of that, we’re exploring the possibilities for bringing the show to you live, streaming. We’re also looking into setting up a chat room, so we can all get together during our recordings and bring you into the program. And that’s not all.

As you can tell, we dream big around here.

Good things are coming, stay tuned…

Hey Everyone,

We’re back at it again, with Episode 7 of The Multiverse. This week, we talk about RMT, where MMOs are headed, and whether or not Global Agenda and MAG are really MMOs. We also talk a little bit about Final Fantasy 14, the outbreak of nude mining in Mortal Online, and Lego Universe.

Riknas couldn’t join us this week since he was taking a vacation with family. Rest up, Riknas! You’re due back this Friday to record the first episode of our new weekly show!

That’s right, starting this week, we’re going to be recording every week. We really enjoy putting this thing on, so it’s a natural move for us. Going forward, we’re interested in expanding the show even more and doing some live stuff. Stay tuned for more.

Here are the the notes for today’s show:

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Show Notes: Multiverse #7

• Intro

  • What’s up with the parents who wanted to raid with their 8 y/o?

  • Itunes Shoutouts: Thank you to Maxivik, Ryan, and the two anonymous reviewers!

  • What have we been playing?

• News

  • Mortal Online Goes Open Beta – get it here.

  • Lego Universe: player created content, instancing, and more.

  • Cryptic plays both sides of the fence

• Round Table

  • RMT – Is it accepted, even expected in today’s games? Where do we draw the line?

  • Where are MMOs headed – do we need to change what we think of as an MMO?

• Host Segments

  • Chris’s Blog of the Week: No Prisoners, No Mercy (Latest Post)

  • Ferrel’s Guild Tip of the Week: Loot Systems – what works, what doesn’t?

• Shout Outs

  • A View from the Top – Latest Show

  • The N00bketeers – Latest Show

  • The Perfectly Sane Show – Latest Show

  • Ask a Guild Leader question form

• Contact us at: multiversepodcast@gmail.com

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Aloha, dear readers,

We’re on schedule this week, and present you with Episode Six of The Multiverse podcast! We were joined by Karen from A View From the Top and Shut Up, We’re Talking podcasts, as well as the Journey’s With Jaye blog.

In honor of her stopping by, we decided to talk about guilds and what they mean to players and in the MMOs they’re a part of. We also talk a little bit about Everquest 2 and the upcoming battleground system. We decided to change up the usual host segments a little bit, so we also spent a little time talking about the changing definition of F2P and Ferrel’s recent trials with Blizzard, after they’d banned the account he’d just had restored and secured… for exploiting!

I think this is one of our best shows yet and we here would like to know what you think too. Give us your thoughts in a comment, iTunes review, or send us an email. We’d like to expand the show and can’t do it without your help, so join in and be a part of our crew!

Here are the notes for Episode Six:

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Show Notes – January 29^th, 2010 – “Guest Starring: Karen”

• Introduction
  • Welcome to Karen! Introductions are in order!
  • Thanks to Gorgonseye
  • What have we been playing?
• News:
  • It’s a PvP kind of week
  • Beta’s Closed and Headstart’s a Go
  • LotRO’s Getting Another Big Content Update
  • Music-a-Go-Go
• Round Table
  • Topic #1 – Guilds, what roles do they play in MMOs?
  • Topic #2 – Battleground in EQ2, what do we think?
• Host Segments:
  • Riknas Rants: The Changing Face of F2P
  • Chris’s Blog of the Week – Genda’s The Grouchy Gamer (latest post)
  • Ferrel’s Rant: Blizzard and the character craziness.
  • Karen’s recently dinged 80 guild mate – Echo Underground
• Remember!
  • Check out Vagary.TV, Elder Game
  • iTunes Reviews
  • Email us at: multiversepodcast@gmail.com

Hi Everyone,

The manchild

For your listening pleasure, we give you the day late Episode 5 of The Multiverse. We had a lot of fun recording this one but we went about it a little bit differently. Rather than highly editing everything, we approached it like we were live. Behind the scenes, these episodes usually take me about three hours to produce. This is our effort to cut that down to about an hour, so please let me know what you think and which way you prefer the show. I think it came out good.

Be sure to tune in after the ending music for a couple of bonus segments. During the first we talk about the Dante’s Inferno demo (well, to be fair, it’s mostly me gushing and trying to convince Ferrel to try it, but some funny stuff comes out of it). Second, we give you a sneak peak into what happens between the segments…

Oh, and about the title… well, you’ll have to listen to the bonus parts to get that, I guess.

Here are today’s notes:

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Show Notes – January 19^th, 2010

• Introduction

  • What have we been playing

• Round Table

  • News -

    • Star Trek Online Goes Open Beta and Offers Lifetime Subscriptions

    • Blizzard Authenticators to Become Mandatory?

    • Age of Conan Threatens Character Deletion (Thanks Eyesnguard!)

  • Topic #2 – Raiding With Your 8 Year Old

• Host Segments

  • Riknas’s Free Game of the Week: Perfect World Online

  • Chris’s Blog of the Week: Common Sense Gamer with Darren – Latest Post

  • Ferrel’s Guild Tip of the Week: Recruiting New Members

• Shout Outs

  • Thanks Kendricke!

  • A View From the Top – Listen to it, love it.

• Bonus Segments (Possibly NSFW, so use headphones. PG-13 stuff)

  • Dante’s Inferno – The Demo – **SPOILER WARNING**

  • The in-betweens… what happens when we go to music breaks. Possibly NSFW, so listen through headphones.

Music for Today’s Show:

- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – Hyrule Field Theme
- Legend of Zelda (NES) – Overworld Theme
- Goldeneye 007 – Nintendo 64
- Thrice – So Strange I Remember You

Hi Everybody,

Another two weeks, another episode of the Multiverse! We had a lot of fun recording this one and I think it shows. We’re putting the call out for your funny stories this week, so have a listen and share them with us!

As always, we welcome your comments and reviews. Let us know what you think!

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Show Notes – 1/1/09 – “You Wanna Talk Good”

• Intro

  • Big News –

    • Metaplace Closes Jan.1^st

    • Champions Online launches unlimited free trial

    • Fugitive caught through World of Warcraft

• Round Table

  • Topic One: To Catch a Predator – Multiverse Edition

  • Topic Two: Ferrel’s Surprise – Mobile MMOs!

• Host Segments

  • Chris’s Blog of the Week: Spouse Aggro – Latest Post

  • Ferrel’s Guild Tip of the Week: Defining your guild’s mission

  • Riknas’s Free Game of the Week: Runes of Magic

• Our thoughts on Avatar… BLUE PEOPLE!

• Putting the call out –

  • If you’re a guy playing a female avatar, and you’ve been hit on or have another funny story, send it in! We’re also looking for your other funny MMO stories.

• Email us at: multiversepodcast@gmail.com

Enjoy, and don’t forget those stories!

Welcome to Episode #3 of Riknas, Ferrel’s, and my pet project. We got together a little bit late this past week, so sorry about being a day late. This week, we talked about storytelling, immersion, and, yes, Epic Riknas. What is an Epic Riknas you might ask? Only the best up and coming MMO out there! Riknas Online is set to launch sometime in 2035, alongside Chris: The Final Frontier, a virtual reality version of the Oregon Trail. It’ll be a box set.

We were also happy to be joined by Ryan, writer here, and operator of our host, Vagary TV. Ryan’s currently a staff member on one MUD and the main developer for another, so he had an interesting perspective on how content gets presented to the player. Thanks for joining us, Ryan!

If you enjoyed the show, we’d love to hear about it in the comments or through an iTunes review (iTunes reviews will get honored on the show… *wink wink*). You can also feel free to contact us directly at multiversepodcast@gmail.com.

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Show Notes: Episode #3 – “Epic Riknas” recorded 12/21/09

• Introduction

  • What have we been up to the past two weeks?!

  • Let’s get to know Ryan

• Big News

  • Fallen Earth gets the social patch – drinking, gambling, and sleeping in tents! Sounds like a weekend camping in the woods.

  • Anarchy Online’s getting a facelift – now only two years behind the times. We kid, we kid!

  • Bioware reveals Tatooine will be included in SW:TOR. Mmmmmm…. sandy.

  • Patch 3.3 – anyone hear of this thing? I’m lost.

• Round Table -

  • Storytelling – What’s good, what’s bad, what can be done, and will it succeed?

    • Epic Riknas – the fully Riknas themed MMO.

  • Immersion – How do we get immersed, does it matter (raiding/pvp), favorite story/immersion moments.

• Host Segments

  • Ferrel’s Guild Tip of the Week: Communication

  • Riknas’s Free Game of the Week: Earth Eternal

  • Chris’s Blog of the Week: We Fly Spitfires by Gordon

• Shout Outs:

  • Randolph from Grinding to Valhalla

  • The Ancient Gaming Noob by Wilhelm

  • USO – send a letter!

Enjoy!