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Episode 34: A Long, Long Time Ago…They Announced SWTOR

Oct 102011

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Larry Everett Brings It

Roxanne couldn’t make it this episode, but we got Larry Everett (The Republic, Massively) to fill the third seat, which was great when we started our retrospective talk about following SWTOR because he’s been tracking this game since it was just a twinkle in BioWare’s eye. Bonus: three-minute blooper reel where Kathy cannot get through the outro.

FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s challenge concerns companions, pre-ordering, and PvP.

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Daniel Erickson Chimaera Interview: More Than 5 Companions

Oct 032011

Evènement communautaire français : vidéo et… by Chimaera-SWTOR

French guild Chimaera interviewed Daniel Erickson on a variety of topics ranging from Nar Shaddaa, the Hutts, Huttball, Ilum,and more. Most interestingly, Daniel clarified that there will be more than five companions for each player.

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Episode 33: What Were You Doing When…

Sep 262011

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Just in time for Santa

It’s the release date episode! We each recount our stories of where we were and how we found out, as people do for significant events such as the JFK assassination or the Space Shuttle tragedy. Wildly inappropriate.

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Friday Update: Guild Aligning and Companion Dispatch

Sep 232011

Today is a good day for those who have a guild ready to go pre-launch. The Guild Alignment phase has begun, which means guilds can choose who their allies and adversaries are.

Not only that, but we also get part one of a two-part blog by William Wallace about Companion Characters. Some of the juiciest bits of that blog are a look into companion abilities/roles and a confirmation of companion customization.

Children of Ideas: Companion Characters and the Self

Sep 172011

By Noah (follow on Twitter @RockstarNoah)
Picture by Brian Bear

For decades developers confined themselves to the idea that video games, like films and novels, could tell only a single story in a single way. But then morality became a consideration, and the basic construct of narrative was changed in a way that no other medium could accomplish.

By allowing players to have moral judgments in games, developers began changing the very structure of the narrative in video games.

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