6 Pixels Under

6 Pixels Under Podcast #35 - Sony & Microsoft Team Up + GOG 2.0 + Planetside 2 Resurgence? by N.S.

Intro - 00:00:00 Welcome to 6 Pixels Under! – 00:00:17 News Segments – 00:00:26 Detective Pikachu Impressions – 00:02:00 Nintendo Switch Outsells PS4 in Japan – 00:03:01 EPIC Games Sale Miscommunication – 00:08:21 Platform/Publisher Wars – 00:16:05 Another Vampire the Masquerade in Development – 00:20:35 From the Vault: Wurm Online - 00:22:11 Soap Box: “Player Housing” – 00:31:27 MMOs On The Go: WoW Classic Launch Announcement – 00:41:20 Asmongold Breaks 100k Views on Twitch for WoW Classic Closed-Beta – 00:47:47 WoW Classic Has Me Excited – 00:51:22 Discourse with Twitch Chat: WoW Classic & Other Topics – 00:56:17 Call In – 01:42:15 Lemposs Calls In – 01:46:17 Lemposs Departs – 01:56:57 Outro – 02:21:05 [02:34:10] END

0:00 - Intro 02:40 - FFVII Remake Trailer reaction 06:22 - Why Button Mashing doesn't work. Game theory analysis. 22:48 - SOAP BOX. 34:01 - Starbreeze (Payday 2) Unlikely to last another year 40:23 - U.S. Senator introduces bill to ban loot boxes & p2w microtransactions. 49:34 - MMOs on the GO. Star Citizen allegedly has run through the majority of the money it has raised. 1:12:30 - New World taking it's 24/7 Alpha down for major new features. 1:27:00 - Guild Wars 2 new Living World Season 4 Episode 6 1:40:00 - 1:48:00 - Call IN segment

Intro - 00:00:00 Welcome to 6PU Podcast! – 00:00:17 News Segments – 00:00:27 Dragon Age 4 Is A “Big Focus” For BioWare - 00:02:28 Riot Games Employee Walkout - 00:10:48 Soap Box – 00:15:37 Call In: Jermatoo - 00:44:55 Difference Between Microtransaction & Subscription Models – 01:06:12 MMOs On The Go: KurtzPel – 01:12:13 Jagex Reaches Record-Breaking Revenue – 01:17:33 Albion Online F2P Success – 01:20:02 Shroud of the Avatar Drama – 01:22:27 City of Heroes Erects It’s 5th Rogue Server – 01:27:02 Disney Rumors Of Controlling Nexon Are False – 01:31:27 A.M.A. & Call In Segment – 01:34:16 BlizzCon & AXS Mobile App Dilemma – 01:41:02 Call In: JLB00n – 01:46:37 Mad Season Show Shout Out – 01:59:54 Language Used to Describe Gaming – 02:05:32 Interested In A “General MMO” Series? – 02:13:24 END

Welcome to 6 Pixels Under – 0:00:00 Introducing News Segments – 00:01:17 How’s everyone doing?! – 00:03:36 [Current Gaming News] The Success of Smash Bros. Ultimate – 00:04:33 Mortal Kombat 11’s Skin-troversy – 00:07:00 Twenty-ish Fedora Tip Salute – 00:09:00 [Counter Point] MK 11 Skins & more – 00:14:12 [MMOs On The Go] – 00:28:51 Peria Chronicles Announcement Analysis – 00:28:03 Let’s Talk About: Gameplay Videos & Korean MMOs – 00:31:19 WoW Classic Experience & Old School MMO Discussion – 00:34:24 Pantheon – 00:50:56 A Statement By Chris Avellone Stuck With Me… – 00:53:00 Theme Park MMOs Aren’t Sustainable – 00:52:00 Role-Playing & “The Chosen One” MMOs Issue - 01:04:00 ESO Combat Isn’t Just Bad, It’s Atrocious – 01:07:00 Guild Wars 2 Combat Is Better Than BDO’s - 01:10:00 My Expectation of an MMO Regarding Immersion - 01:11:00 ESO Suffers Lore Immersion: Dunmer & Altmer Explained – 01:15:32 Game of Thrones & ESO Comparison - 01:24:20 I Don’t Hate Theme Park Games – 01:28:02 Guild Wars 1 Is My Favorite Game – 01:30:45 City of Heroes Hidden Private Server – 01:35:34 Referencing Accursed Farms’ Video– 01:42:59 Why Can’t We Pay Private Server Creators? – 01:56:02] We have to preserve MMOs 02:00:00 Why I Didn’t Talk About The Rogue Server – 02:01:20 [Soap Box] – 02:06:10 [Call In] – 02:23:52 END

2:15 - Thank you Chris! 2:30 - Chris Avellone talking the games hes working on. Dying Light 2, VTMB2, Jedi Fallen order and more! 7:00 - Chris talks about his time at Obsidian. 14:30 - Chris talks about Obsidian ENT having a "dream team of development" 17:00 - How Obsidian got the contract to do KOTOR 2 22:10 - Thoughts on Kreia as a character in hindsight? Is she relevant in today's Star Wars? 26:00 - We talk briefly TLJ 39:45 - Flaws of alignment constrictions and dialogue constrictions in KOTOR 2. 42:20 - SWTOR 51:45 - Fallout 2 & Fallout New Vegas. What is Chris' thoughts of current Fallout? 1:01:00 - Is being married to an engine bad from a development perspective? 1:07:00 - Chris' opinion on MMORPGs 1:36:20 - I talk about the effect KOTOR 2 had on me as a kid. And why I don't like doing sponsored content. Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/nerdslayer-merch Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nerdslayer Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/?tag=nerdslayerg-20 Humble Bundle:https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=nerdslayer Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nerdslayerrr Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/nerdslayerg Discord: https://discord.gg/xrSvSbB #DOAG . Death of a Game is a series dedicated to uncovering the mysteries surrounding the death of a game or company. nerdSlayer defines the term "death" in the context of the show as either... 1. Literally dead. 2. Had a mass exodus of players and never recovered (expectations etc). 3. The company ceased to exist. We follow a timeline of events, to uncover clues concerning why a game or company doesn't do well, and attempt to put it all together at the end for a deduction explaining how or why the game failed based on the evidence gathered.

Hello everyone! Welcome to episode 29 of the 6 Pixels Under Podcast. On This weeks podcast we talked Jedi: Fallen Order, Chris Avellone joining us on the show for next week, SWTORs new expansion, and creation of our horde WoW Classic guild! Introducing News Segments - 00:06:40 SW Jedi: Fallen Order - 00:11:00 Chris Avellone Interview teaser – 00:17:57 SW Jedi: FO using Unreal Engine – 00:20:50 Telltale Co-Owner Kevin Bruner Talks – 00:22:07 Jason Schreier Tweet about BioWare – 00:31:30 Halo MCC – 00:35:17 MMOs On The Go – 00:41:25 YouTube Silver Play Button – 00:42:27 WoW Classic – 00:43:15 “We Only PvE” Guild Announcement – 00:58:47 RP PvP & PvE Discussion – 01:00:10 WoW Classic Guild Description & Enrollment Info – 01:04:10 Bless Online – 01:15:30 Lost Ark – 01:19:00 SWTOR: Onslaught – 01:20:40 Albion – 01:26:45 IRL Lobbyist Perma-Banned from EVE Online – 01:29:48 Call In Segment – 01:33:05 Closing Remarks – 02:08:30

0:00 Intro 3:00 - DOAG Secret World recap. 9:00 - Hearthstone...how is it doing? 20:00 - Anthem expose by Jason Schreier. Bioware's response. 1:06:21 - MMOs on the GO. GW2 "roadmap" following the layoffs. 1:21:09 - Square Enix MMO division has begun work on a new next-gen project. 1:25:05 - Oath. And the danger of blindly hating kickstarter projects. 1:28:48 - MMOs over the years...and the desperate need for funding outside of big publishers. 1:36:22 - Counter Point. What happens if we kill all kickstarter MMOs? 1:38:52 - Fractured MMO launching Alpha on April 10th. 1:50:00 - Call in segment. ComradeCage: A friend of mine and I got into a bit of a discussion about games that have essentially exploits in the meta (things like animation cancelling, or parsing in ESO). What is your general opinion on things like that? At least in regards of exploits being used mechanics. _ramiz: Speaking of monthly content. Do you know about latest Hitman system of elusive targets? A timed mission on every couple weeks where you can try to kill an unique target (say, voiced by Sean Bean or Garey Busy) and after that period of time gone you can't access that content. It's an always online single player game (almost). Do you think it's a good approach for singleplayer games in general or not? Funny enough, IOI do publish monthly roadmaps with future targets, challenges, unlock Sacralletius: Have you seen the (now rather old) video by MrBtongue called "Unruining the MMO" on YouTube? And if yes, what's your opinion of it? Jermatoo: What's your thought's on Tencent's game store, Wegame X, it just launched today

Welcome to episode 27 of the 6 Pixels Under podcast. On this weeks episode we talked about the new Outer Worlds gameplay, Artifact not being dead yet, a possible EQ3, and much more! 02:55 - Artifact not dead yet? Valve doubles down and promises changes. 15:05 - The Outer Worlds Gameplay reaction 16:00 - More N.S. origin stories. Why I wanted to do "games journalism" as a kid. 24:21 - more The Outer World stuff 32:00 - EverQuest 3? 37:00 - BDO "Clownfiesta" Ban Wave 51:00 - Project Gorgon talk 1:02:21 - Rogalia indie MMO 1:08:00 - Call in Segment 1:26:11 - Why I like Pathfinder Kingmaker Chronicles

Welcome to Episode 26 of the 6 Pixels Under Podcast. On this week's podcast we discussed the announcement of Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2. the epic platform wars with Valve, Google Stadia setting a scary precedent for the future, and Albion Online going F2P. Timestamps 0:00 intro 3:00 - 12:30 Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2? Chris Avellone involved with the project. 12:30 - 30:50 The Epic Platform Wars. the Outer Worlds being Epic exclusive for 1 year. Is competition good? 31:22 - Lucas Film Games making a comeback (not Lucas Arts) 35:00 - Google Stadia...the future of gaming is on the cloud? What are some of the negatives? 57:00 - Albion Online going F2P 1:00:00 - FFXIV Shadowbringers Trailer and my thoughts on FFXIV. 1:07:00 - Blizzard "supporting WoW eSports" with $10 fireworks and $10 transmogs that last 20 minutes. Why Blizzard forcing eSports is not good, and how they are using it as marketing to make $. 1:19:10 - What is terminology in MMOs? What does Pay to Win mean? What does it mean now vs then? 1:25:48 - I recap my BDO video 1:42:00 - Oath, indie MMO looking more polished than million dollar projects. 1:46:42 - Some thoughts on Crowfall 2:05:00 - Call in segment! 2:20:00 - From this point on I talk about the future of the channel, ideas, and the like. RIP My dog Brutus.

0:00 - Intro 4:00 - 1:00:00 STO DOAG recap. 1:02:00 - 1:14:00 Halo MCC to PC 1:14:00 - 1:23:45 - nerdSlayer Halo origins. 1:24:00 - Anarchy Progression Server 1:25:51 - 1:42:31 Checklist based MMO gameplay needs to die? How MMOs can innovate the boring quest formulas. 1:42:40 - 1:53:00 - PVP mmos...why not just play a moba? 2:10:11 - CALL INs. My opinion of ESOs combat/PVP. When are bugs about increasing skill cap, versus just unnecessary. https://www.pcgamer.com/halo-the-mast... https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/commen... Call INs BearNotGrylls: @nerdSlayerrr regarding "news" have you seen the video about valve's working environment yet? AKH925 @nerdSlayer Have you considered DOAG: FInal Fantasy XI? That was a very popular game and it fits several of your criteria for death. i_ramiz: @nerdSlayer you talked about your experience with TES and KOTOR. What other singleplayer rpgs you liked and feel worth to be replicated again? SaturdayNightLifeTV: @nerdSlayer ESO pvp looks engaging and has some similiarities with DAOC . what do you think of the pvp specifically in that game? ulysses87: @nerdSlayer i was going to ask what the most fun you have had exploring or travelling in any game has been? i_ramiz: @nerdSlayerrr what kind of thrash metal you'll going to sing at karaoke stream? Lemposs: You know, @nerdSlayer one question. Damage history, how to do it right? Because I remember playing so many MMOs, where it is basically completely useless and is just every singular damage number, every single tick of damage be it however small, every single minor heal be it even if you are at full health. Some way to solve that?

Hello everyone! Welcome to the 6 Pixels Under Podcast episode 24. On this weeks podcast we went over 0:00 - Le intro 4:00 - 10:45 - RDR Online first major update pushes micro transactions 10:50 - 28:00 - Pokemon Sword & Shield. Pokemon MMO? 36:35 - 59:42 - Artifact dropping below 500 concurrent players. DOAG? Difference between CCG vs TCG. TCG vs Lootboxes. 59:42 - 1:07:10 - 140 people laid off at ArenaNet (Guild Wars 2) 1:10:47 - 1:26:29 - Studio Wildcard aka Snail Games. Aka Instinct Games. Aka Grapeshot Games. Aka Virtual Basement, and their copycat game development and subpar products. 1:32:08 - 1:40:00 - Funcom announces development of an open world multiplayer game in the DUNE (Frank Herbert) franchise. I try and pronounce Tørnquist and Lemposs helps. 1:41:22 - 1:46:18 - Intrepid Studios leaks emails of it's backers and then censors any mention of it. 1:46:18 - 2:11:43 - Stop supporting Kickstarter MMOs! itzivax poster on /mmorpg explains, they are cash grabs! We analyze his argument.

Hello and welcome to episode 23 of the 6 Pixels Under podcast. On this weeks podcast I don the coat and hat and do my best N.S. impression. We talked about Anthem selling half of Mass Effect Andromeda's box sales, ArenaNet having potentially large layoffs, 0:00 - Intro 4:30 - 11:11 Anthem talks, selling half of the physical sales of Mass Effect Andromeda. Can Bioware fold? 11:30 - 18:00 - Paradox Interactive teasing a new Vampire the Masquerade game. 18:30 - 25:40 Overkills the Walking Dead game is "postponed" 26:00 - 30:23 Reggie Fils-Aime steps down as President. Doug Bowser takes over. 36:25 - 55:00 - NCSoft financials explored...why is ArenaNet (GW2) facing layoffs? 1:14:40 at the top of a market products are very similar. 1:20:20 - Call in segment

0:00 Intro 2:00 - 19:10 - Microtransactions banned in Belgium. 19:20 - 51:38 - Anthem talk. 52:00 - 1:10:00 - Blizzard Activision Layoffs. 1:11:40 - 1:15:00 It's easy to make arguments against these large publishers. 1:15:00 - 1:17:00 talking about the LOTR movie games 1:17:31 - 1:24:12 Why my podcast are more off cuff. 1:24:24 - 1:29:50 I am not a wizard, and I am admitting that I don't do things that would help me business wise due to ethics/principles. 1:30:05 - 1:50:00 - Why saying "you need to play the game x amount of hours" is a poor rebuke to analysis. Everyone can play a game, not everyone can understand. And when you see the same patterns over and over, you don't need to play the game to know it's going to be bad. 1:51:15 - 2:03:03 What MMOs I played as a kid, lil origin story. 2:03:45 - - How to look for "patterns" in development or in games. To know if they will repeat similar mistakes. 2:04:31 - 2:21:00 Virtual worlds are mostly dead. You can't really take any current MMORPG world seriously. 2:26:20 - 2:46:10 Sub train hype COSTUME NEXT PODCAST. My thoughts about myself as a streamer. how content creators lose the "pulse" of their audience. 2:47:05 - 3:16:50 CALL IN SEGMENT. How to make another game like SWG? 3:16:55 - 3:39:35 Professions and why they are useful in MMOs. Character customization/creation in MMOs being VERY lacking compared to DND.

Welcome to episode 21 of the 6 Pixels Under podcast. This week we spoke about the success of Apex Legends, and Respawn. I ranted about Disney saying they were satisfied with EAs handling of the Star Wars license and pointed out how grim it is about the future handling as well. I then wanted to rant about why Star Wars Galaxies, one of my first MMORPGs was one of the best gaming experiences I have had. And how many of it's systems I would put up there with any other MMORPG, and in some cases it features still genre defining systems like with Crafting/customization. 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - 16:00 Apex Legends. Origin stories of Respawn, and how Titanfall never quite took off like it should. https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/ao8omx/10_million_players_have_played_apex_legends_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/apaqwt/apex_legends_smashes_fortnite_on_twitch_in_first/ 16:40 - 25:00 - EA licensing deal with SW in 2013, and how they have had exclusive video game rights for 6 years and it isn't really going so well from the fan perspective...but Disney explains they are just fine with their handling, since Disney makes bad gaming decisions...Except Lucas Arts made some great decisions publishing some iconic Star Wars games. https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/ankevb/disney_says_its_never_been_good_at_video_games/ 25:00 - 1:05:25 My moderator Ludens (SWG nerd) about why Star Wars Galaxies was so good. And how it's sad to think we might not get another Star Wars MMO anytime soon. 1:09:00 - 1:12:00 How Sandbox players can be off putting to new players. And how they can also make or break your experience if they are indeed nice/welcoming to you. 1:12:30 - 1:18:00 - How SWG allowed a poor kid like me the ability to meet people from all age groups, countries, and regions. SWG had a truly magical "virtual world", which is not something most MMOs can boast anymore. 1:19:35 - 1:24:00 - SWG's legacy isn't being satisfied. There are plenty of things it did right, that other MMORPGs could implement or steal. I make an argument for mega-servers. 1:22:00 - 1:31:45 - When can the technology and gameplay catch up to the scale of MMORPGs? Virtual World and virtual reality MMORPGs? What is the limits of this industry? We say goodbye to Ludens. 1:33:00 - 1:38:48 How a single guy can make a better MMORPG than most studios/kickstarter campaigns. We need to stop excusing poor management and crappy development. A game without the gameplay/content it promises, is basically still in it's idea phase. https://www.reddit.com/r/MMORPG/comments/an2ugb/working_on_my_own_mmo_called_arnmoire_here_is_the/ 1:41:30 - - What drives retention in an MMORPG? (from Raph Koster, lead dev behind Ultima and SWG). https://www.raphkoster.com/2019/01/30/what-drives-retention/ Being a good idea is easy, being a good game is hard.