STOked iPod Edition

In our second of three STF Tips & Tricks episodes, we rampage through “The Cure". Find out what worked for us! Plus a Season 4 sneak-peak!

In the first of a 3-week long series of events, the STOked boys are taking you on an in-depth tour of the Borg Special Task Force missions. Up this week is a guide to “The Infected” which includes tips and tricks for painlessly eliminating the Borg drones, and their leaders. Before we dig into that however, BIG NEWS landed this week regarding the impending purchase of Cryptic Studios by Perfect World International. Despite the community’s uproar over this news, we’re taking a more level-headed approach to the corporate nature of this acquisition, and intend to share our thoughts on why this could be one of the best business moves STO could potentially see.

Chris & Jeremy prepare for a three week STF event, find out their thoughts on this event, and how you can participate and join the battle! Then - with season 4 around the corner, we’ve got the latest updates straight from the devs, and some new info on the master plan for deep space encounters.

Big news landed this week, as Atari announced their intention to part ways with Cryptic Studios. What does this mean for the future of Star Trek Online? Apparently not much, but it’s not been easy to get a straight answer. Hear what Chris & Jeremy have to say on the matter on today’s episode. After drudging through the mess of corporate financial statements, it’s time to have some fun! Remastered episodes are getting their moment in the spotlight this weekend, and we’ve taken them through their paces to see if this re-imagined content has been worth the hype and anticipation

We bring on Star Trek Online’s lead designer to chat about recent news, update us on season 4, the Duty Officer System, and to smash a few rumors! Plus - We do a quick recap of the Devidian series and it’s new rewards, chat a bit about the 500 day vet award details, plus some amazing shots from the dev’s twitter feeds this week!

Our attention recently has been on the Foundry, and season 4. Thanks to a bunch of recent news from Cryptic, we’re starting to get a good picture of what’s coming to Star Trek Online after Season 4. We’ve collected the best of what to expect, a peak at the new Jupiter uniform, and some tweet leaks! Plus – We’ve replayed the Breen featured episodes, and share our thoughts on the rewards. This week’s episode wraps with a brand-new community feedback question, be sure to vote in our poll!

It’s a break from our regularly scheduled STOked this week, and we’ve got the some of the best moments from the recent STO Podcasters Summit. Plus Murphy joins us for a new Community feedback segment, and shares his personal inspirations for his Foundry missions!

Cryptic laid an epic SMACK DOWN on a few different aspects of the game recently. From Grind Missions to Efficient Engines, you’ll hear us expound on the changes being made, and how it makes us feel as players of STO. But it’s not all bad news! We’ve got our geek on in a big way with the Foundry this week, including a focus on content that players are creating BEYOND the confines of the game. And last but not least, this week’s Community Feedback features live call-ins from avid STO fans, who will tell us a few of their favorite Trek moments that they’d like to see re-created using the Foundry.

After the guys sift out the best from the latest engineering report, they dig into some of the most import aspects of building a fun Foundry Mission. Plus more details on the Duty Officer System, customizable ground kits, and a quick review of the new Oberth ship!

We bring on STO’s Executive Producer Daniel Stahl and get a major update on the Foundry, the Enterprise content, details on the new Oberth class ship, and many details on the Duty Officer System, including THOUSANDS of new missions! In MATH this week we’ve got the tips and tricks to get you started creating your own adventures in the Foundry! Plus - Our quick take on the new Bajoran Uniforms, and of course the latest Ask Cryptic.

Star Trek Online’s Design Lead, Al “captaingeko” Rivera joins STOked this week for a “getting to know you” interview, and Al also co-hosts another fantastic Math segment with Jeremy that you won’t want to miss. Plus: Our complete review of the new TOS Bundle that just hit the C-Store. Is this a must buy, or fluff features gone retro? Tune in to find out!

With the latest Engineering report in our hands, we’ll be delving into some our favorite highlights of features coming in the near (or not-so-near) future. Then, after another round of Tweet Leaks, we’ll delve into a Foundry Mission that was honored with a mention during the Engineering Report. “Rise of Darkness” was played live before our Internet audience on Saturday, and we’ll share many of our thoughts on what the mission did well, or did not execute properly. This is the first of many Foundry missions that we plan to review, so listen close for details on how you can be involved with future reviews! And speaking of involving YOU… we’re also going to share some of your favorite TOS moments that we received recommendations for including in a Foundry mission.

We go hands on with the new Multi-Vector Assault Mode, chat about Cryptic's new CEO, cover your ideas for the up comming content drought, and interview the creator of the very handy tool DemoLauncher!

The “Cloaked Intentions” featured series wrapped up this week, and we’ll offer you our opinions about the finale, and the series as a whole. But… now what? We have no new content on the horizon, the Foundry is still delayed, and we are faced with a several-month gap until the next Featured Series launches. We’ve got opinions on what might be best for STO at this time, so tune in to hear our thoughts! Then we’ll feature an EPIC return of “You Got Mathed” with a segment co-hosted by Design Lead, Al “CaptainGeko” Rivera. After all that show is over, we’ll feature your feedback to our Captain’s Table discussion.

To keep the focus on the hottest topic this week, we jump STRAIGHT into Tactical View to review “Coliseum” – the latest mission in the Cloaked Intentions featured episode series. Due to continued inclement weather, this episode has Jeremy joining the show via Subspace communications! After that, we take LIVE call-ins from our audience members to discuss their take on the latest weekly mission, plus their thoughts on the new open jacket uniforms.