Corellian Run Radio show

Corellian Run Radio

Summary: Join hosts Carla, Jason and Heather as they talk about BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic. Their unique mix of lively discussion, humor segments, and comprehensive news coverage sets them apart from the usual cover-all-the-news SWTOR podcasts. Weekly real-life Sith or Jedi tests challenge the hosts to live by their chosen faction. Check them out! Website: http://www.corellianrun.com Email: corellianrun@gmail.com

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 Episode #4: Pew-Pew in Space and Many Mispronunciations | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 55:42

It’s convention season, which means the devs are out there giving interviews, doing panels, whipping the fans up by hinting at wondrous wonders.  What will our characters look like?  What will they fly?  What will they do when they fly?  Why should we care about stories that happened 300 years ago?  So much to talk about, so many names to mispronounce…. Fact or Fiction? (1:59) Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales?  This week’s host challenge concerns playable races and advanced classes. From the Newsnet & Beyond (3:51) Roundup of the most important announcements and news: * (4:01) New Timeline video, “The Mandalorian Wars,” on the Holonet.  Master Gnost-Dural goes deeper into history to examine the beginning of Revan and Malek’s fall to the Dark Side. * (5:57) Four new playable races/species announced:  Sith Pureblood, Miraluka, Mirialans, Zabraks.  Official article here. * (13:03) Ninth installment of Blood of the Empire.  Teneb Kel has many awesome adventures and 5-second conversations in just a very few pages! * (14:15) T7-01 droid announced as companion for the Jedi Knight.  Basically, R2-D2 with attitude and GUNS.  More info on the official page here. * (15:40) A cornucopia of Jedi Knight information: official HoloNet page; Advanced Classes (Guardian, Sentinel); and action-packed, albeit short, video.  Also, some nice screenshots. * (20:03) PC Gamer space combat issue woohoo!  Is a cinematic tunnel shooter enough if it makes you “pee your pants?” * (29:50) BioWare announces their new Space Combat Trailer at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany.  Kathy swears that one of the pilots sounds exactly like Carla. * (31:03) PC Gamer speculates on cross-faction changes.  Is the author smoking something or does he know something we don't? * (33:27) Celebration V panel.  Writers Drew Karpyshyn and Hall Hood along with Concept Artists Arnie Jorgensen and Clint Young discuss the usual TOR topics, but elaborate a bit more on races, elder characters, player ships.  We forgot to mention this in the podcast, but Darth Hater had great live blogging columns and pictures from the panel.  You can read about Friday's panel here, and Saturday's panel here. * (39:15) PAX scheduled for Sep. 3-5 in Seattle Washington. * (41:25) Daniel Erickson gave two excellent interviews for Game Informer.  The first article, “Storytelling in Star Wars: The Old Republic,” which we only mentioned briefly in the podcast, talks about solo play dovetailing into group play, how hard it will be to play the game against type (i.e. Light Side Sith),

 Episode #3: We Talk PeeVeePee and Argue Micro-Transactions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 50:40

Two chock-full Friday Updates and a Comic Con panel made for lots of discussion. Fact or Fiction? (2:05) Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales?  This week’s host challenge concerns faction change, pazaak, and the Cathar. From the Newsnet & Beyond (3:45) Roundup of the most important announcements and news: * (4:03) Fan Art.  From Vitellius, a 3-D animated video featuring Darth Rasp.  From Tanq, pretty pictures.  From Ash/Oxyjin, a painting, “Sith’s Little Helper.” * (6:00) Updates to the Fan Site Kit, including new avatars. * (6:30) Concept art: Cathar race from the Developer’s Corner of the 7/23 Fri Update.  Remember Jedi Juhani from KOTOR?  She was a Cathar. * (7:40) Fatal Alliance spotlight.  Chapter one excerpt posted on official forums.  Carla liked it.  Kathy recommended the audio version. * (12:21) Comic Con panel, “Beyond Solo: Crafting the Multiplayer Story.”  Hosted by Morgan Webb.  Lead Designer James Ohlen and writers Drew Karpyshyn and Alexander Freed answer questions about TOR.  Topics: Space combat, developing character storylines, House Thul, new companion(?),   For full forty-nine minute panel, watch Gamespot’s video here. * (28:26) Blood of the Empire #8.  Exal Kressh shows Teneb Kel a thing or two. * (29:34) Nar Shaddaa revealed as playable world.  Neon!  Pleasure palaces!  What happens in Nar Shaddaa stays in Nar Shaddaa.  Teeny but awesome video here, history and art here. Sith or Jedi? (32:57) Carla and Kathy find out which path they walk in real life with The Test of the Seat Hog.  Take the full test here.  Don't be surprised if you ever see Carla's picture here. Community Buzz (38:00) * Micro-transactions (38:20).  EA Games announced that Live Gamer will handle their micro-transactions.  Carla and Kathy argue over the definition of a micro-transaction and find they are on basically on the same side of the fence. * End Game worries (45:32)  This thread (70+ pages) on the official forums gets the usual mix of freaking out, reasonable response, jumping to conclusions, and, let’s not forget, whining. * MaxLiao's take on the Trinity (48:00)   Read his post here.

 Episode #2: From the Grand Canyon…and btw Wi-Fi Sucks. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 49:35

Thanks to everyone for your comments about our first podcast.  Carla is recording this one on the road! Fact or Fiction (3:03)  Can you pick out the confirmed fact from rumor?  See the Gamespot video we talk about here.  See the screenshot here. From the Newsnet & Beyond (5:30)  Roundup of the most important announcements and news: * (6:10) Closed Beta testing officially announced.  If you’re in, don’t blab!  If you see someone else blabbing, don’t blab!  Sean Dahlberg reminds us of the baaad things that could happen here. * (10:41) IncGamers interviews James Ohlen about the "elder game."  Daniel Erickson on RPG Forever in CVG article. * (14:02) Bad news for Deceived fans.  Release date pushed to March 2011. * (14:27) Threat of Peace in comic book form now on sale.  Epic fail at Kathy's local comic book store. * (15:39) Trinity revisited.  Damion Schubert, Lead Combat Designer at BioWare wrote an interesting article about this on his blog. * (18:53) Sean Dahlberg promises big reveal at Comic Con if TOR fans follow through on Facebook and Twitter. * (20:23)Third Star Wars Robot Chicken episode coming in Dec. * (21:32) New Blood of the Empire released.  Read it here. * (22:15) Developer Blog, “Sounds of The Old Republic.”  Does my sword sound better than your sword?  Read the article here. * (26:22) Developer Dispatch, “Music of The Old Republic.”  Watch the video here.  Very swoon-worthy. Community Buzz (28:23) * (28:45) From Games Testing to RealID.  Sean Dahlberg says, "I mean it!"  Blizzard says, "JK JK." * (34:16) Crafting.  Think grinding is bad in WoW?  Try A Tale in the Desert .  Their crafting is cool, though. Sith or Jedi? (40:42)  Carla and Kathy find out what side they walk in their real lives with the Test of the Over-Priced Produce and the Test of the Charitable Organization Call.  Read the questions and take the test yourself here.

 Episode #1: We Begin — Finally! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:12

Our first podcast is done and submitted for your perusal!  It’s been a long haul from the first glorious days of let’s-do-a-show innocence to the in-the-trenches reality of forgetting to push the button when you record.  It was great fun putting it together – we hope you enjoy it too. . Here’s what we talked about: Fact of Fiction? (3:09)  Can you pick out the confirmed fact among the rumors? From the Newsnet & Beyond. (5:00)  Roundup of the most important announcements and news: * Favorite E3 Discovery.  Kathy was pleased to learn more about the multiplayer dialog and choices.  Carla couldn’t get enough of the Jedi Consular in the Hope trailer. * Friday update: multiplayer demo trailer.  Dallas Dickinson narrates another look at a flashpoint, featuring the four Republic classes. * Closed Beta Testing? Closed beta testing rumors sets off furor on the forums, prompting Sean Dahlberg to explain the Game Testing Agreement. * Webcomic update: Blood of the Empire. * SWTOR for PC only.  CVG article here. * BioWare will send SWTOR representatives to Comic Con, Celebration V, and PAX. * Excerpt from SWTOR novel, Deceived, on author’s personal web site. * Monolith Software’s monitoring system to be used for IT management.  Gamasutra article here. Sith or Jedi? (22:10)  Carla and Kathy find out what side they walk in their real lives with the Test of the Open Road and the Test of the Trail Mix.  Read the questions and take the test yourself here. . Acknowledgements newsdesk.wav file by jobro from http://www.freesound.org ,

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