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6 Pixels Under Podcast # 20 Anthem Talk + Epic Games Store + Recap Marvel Heroes DOAG by N.S.

Hello and welcome everyone to episode 19 of the 6 Pixels Under Podcast. I late uploaded to not face the wrath of my audience (since I promised the Marvel Heroes video lol). This week we talked about Resident Evil 2's massive success, $43 Billion spent on (physical) video games in 2018, Facebook and it's "Friendly Fraud" (kids being taken advantage of), and of course we talked Chornicles of Elyria and it's recent backer drama, as well as more MMO news on MMOs on the GO. 0:00 - Intro 3:00 - 6:50 - Metroid Prime 4 announced, but turns out it's development had to be completely restarted. 7:00 -12:00 - Resident Evil 2 Remake one of the most played Capcom game ever (in a few hours). We talk about what a remaster vs remake is. 12:30 - 23:00 - Facebook and it's "friendly-fraud". Apparent enablers of microtransactions in video games on their phones. 23:30 - 25:40 - Pillars of Eternity 2 goes turn based. 25:45 - 34:00 - MMOs on the GO. Chronicles of Elyria backers are pissed that they sold them a false promise on an Alpha 1-2. My thoughts on Chronicles of Elyria. 33:30 - 34:00 - Kickstarter Ideas aka "Games" 34:00 - 42:40 - MMOs these days advertise without the "MMO" (massive multiplayer online) aspect. The people in the game ultimately matter the most. We go over how old MMOs could capture the sense of epicness without relying on "you are the chosen one!". As well as they sell it as a "virtual world" where players can make the content. Instead of 5 players on screen and frame drops in a dungeon. How trailers in this day and age, almost spoil the success of the game (frame drops, poor vision, no "hook). 42:47 - 52:15 My thoughts on Crowfall. How it lacks visual feedback, has poor (horrible) animations, and more that ruin the combat so far. 52:15 - 55:00 - Me showcasing tab target combat system from "Archeage", and how it's one of my favorites. 56:31 - 59:00 - We watch an inexperienced player play Crowfall in the hope it would make the game look better...it didn't. 59:00 - 1:06:11 My thoughts on Black Desert Online's combat system. 1:06:21 - 1:07:59 I describe and showcase what "good" combat systems look like and why physics based systems are IMO the best. 1:24:03 - 1:57:38 MMO FRANKENSTEIN. We craft the best MMORPG ever by creating categories and voting our favorite MMOs for each category. 1:58:17 - 2:01:00 SWTOR fan creates petition to ask for more funding for the game to "give it a new life". I dispute how an "alive" game needs more life :) 2:02:00 - 2:43:50 CALL IN. Lemposs. How to improve PVP systems like GW2, ESO, and more?

Hello and welcome to episode 18 of the 6 Pixels Under Podcast. This week we spoke about EA cancelling their open world Star Wars game, and how we believe EA should lose the SW license. We talked about more Atlas problems, valves artifact losing 97% of it's population and Machinima deleting all of their videos (and the predatory nature of MCNs). Resident Evil 2 Remake translating to a good title? We talked about ESO Elseweyr, Astellia a new MMORPG being launched and more! 0:00 - 4:00 Intro 4:00 - 8:40 - EA Cancels "Ragtag" Project 10:00 - 12:30 - Atlas being hacked/exploited in. 12:30 - 16:00 - Artifact lost 97% of it's population. Is it dying? 16:40 - 23:00 - Machinima deletes all their content after being acquired by Fullscreen. The predatory nature of MCNs. 23:50 - 27:00 - Resident Evil 2 Remake on track to become the biggest launch? 27:00 - 35:05 ESO Elseweyr expansion announced. - MMOs on the GO 35:10 - 37:00 - Legends of Aria pushes back steam launch to March. 40:00 - 45:00 - Astellia launching. New MMORPG. Unreal Engine 3 OMEGALUL. 48:00 - 52:00 - SOAP BOX. Current state of MMOs, why don't you ever provide an alternative when you don't recommend certain games? 52:00 - 1:09:23 Call in segments. AMA. 1:09:30 - 1:39:37 KOTOR 2. Carde's thoughts on the game, and we both remark on it's limitedness in a couple key ways (character customization, game has arbitrary alignment, and combat doesn't age well).

Hello everyone sorry for the late upload! Was working hard on the Marvel Heroes project (targeted for next weekend). This week on episode 17 of 6 Pixels Under we spoke about Bungie re-obtaining the rights to Destiny, Dirty Bomb shutting down, Randy Pitchford and the clown fiesta surrounding him and his whole secret USB drive with "magic" (porn). (Sorry about mic clipping forgot to re-lower my mic volume) 0:00 - 3:40 Intro 3:45 - 10:00 - Bungie reacquires Destiny publishing rights 10:00 - 18:00 - Randy Pitchford accused of taking $12 million in bonus Lawsuit. Randy has a USB stick with "magic tricks" (porn) and Gearbox information on it. 20:00 - 36:24 - Dirty Bomb losing population and being put into maintenance mode. Problems with competitive shooter titles. Why ranked matchmaking is important. 38:30 - 42:00 - Epic and Improbable Pledge $25 million to the companies/developers impacted by those who utilized SpatialOS (Worlds Adrift). 42:00 - 1:06:27 - Reviewing Massively OPs Annual Awards ( me being dumb not realizing it was year by year). Once again ranting about what the difference between Classic and Progression servers are. 1:06:33 - 1:13:45 - Counter Point - Why Progression servers are "good"? 1:14:00 - 1:24:00 MMOs on the GO. Ashes of Creations Apocalypse beta. How Wildstar was good at advertisements. Rumored Perfect World Remaster Unreal Engine 4. 1:24:20 - 1:36:00 - SOAP BOX. We are tired of being the chosen one. 1:36:50 - 1:50:00 Highlighting bad journalism. Destiny generalist articles with no actual journalism being done. How journalism is very accessible, which is both good and bad. 1:54:00 - 2:00:00 - Why people have lost faith in traditional gaming journalism. 2:03:30 - 2:09:00 - Know your critic. Know their bias, know your bias, and inform yourself with different perspectives to broaden your perspective and check your bias. This will help you have a more balanced educated perspective on things. And let you know what to expect from a critic when you see them review something you enjoy. 2:09:10 - 2:31:31 - CALL IN segment. Audience asks me questions.

Hello everyone, welcome to episode 16 of the 6 Pixels Under podcast. This week we talked about some of the Atlas "MMO" Fallout, Artifact not having the best success, we followed the clues to speculate on a possible Riot Games MMO, and then went over some news to come for MMOs in 2019. 0:00 - 3:00 Intro 3:00 - 23:00 Artifact not doing so hot? 24:00 - 31:22 - Beyond Skyrim: Morrowind Mod 31:59 - 1:01:09 - Atlas getting negative reviews, and me proclaiming people to be part of the problem when they keep purchasing Ark reskins from Snail Games...I mean Wildcard Studio. 1:02:08 - 1:08:20 What is considered "massive"? 1:09:00 - 1:36:50 - Why "not caring about the history/business ethics" is not something you can really say. Not caring about the bad business practices and continuing to purchase and play their products supports more bad business practices. 1:36:50 - 1:45:00 - MMOs on the go. Riot Games MMORPG? 1:46:56 - 2:12:55 - MMOs in 2019? 2:13:34 - 2:28:35 - Rant about how Classic servers and Progression servers ARE NOT THE SAME THING. 2:29:20 - 2:34:30 - Nexon founder looking to sell a controlling stake of the company 2:34:30 - 2:39:00 - Fallen Earth proving to be difficult in optimizing the game by Little Orbit who acquired Gamers First (APB and Fallen Earth). Little Orbit vowing to potentially completely reboot the game. 2:38:50 - 3:19:48 - Call in questions

Hello everyone welcome to episode 15 of the 6 Pixels Under Podcast. We had a mock award ceremony. We talked about worrying or positive trends for 2018, and talked of the year in review. We talked about Blizzard and Bethesda both seeming to lose the pulse of their audiences, and possibly having their poor decisions catch up with them. Epic being sued over "dances" and whether or not it's "right". Atlas drama with it's multiple delayed launches, and well just copy cat nature in general. 05:10 - 27:50 - Fallout 76, should we keep talking about it? Fallout 76 the worst fallout game? 27:50 - 56:00 - Epic sued over "dances". And discussing the nuances between what can be trademarked and not (we aren't lawyers so take it easy). 57:00 - 1:17:00 - Blizzard is cutting costs. Discuss them and Activision taking over. 1:17:50 - 1:48:10 - Atlas and it's many launches. Is Early Access inherently bad? How consumers can be mislead, and why I blame influencers/content creators for advertising shit games. This discussion of rhetoric around it. CleanPrinceGaming talk. 2:13:10 - 4:36:05 - Mock Award Ceremony. Mock Award Ceremony Reviewing the year - closing thoughts to the year. Worst company of the year? - Bethesda, Blizzard, Trion Worlds, Telltale, EA, Taketwo (Rockstar) Clown Fiesta of the year (particular events) - Fallout 76 “Launch” Most worrying trend of the year - what’s going to happen to the kickstarter bubble?, Early Access a crutch that keeps working?, Blizzard losing its reputation, Push to mobile gaming Most exciting trend of the year - Path of Exile champions F2P, Return to classic RPGs, Classic WoW/Classic MMORPGs still kicking, The Outer Worlds,

Hello everyone. Welcome to Episode 14 of the 6 Pixels Under podcast. On this weeks podcast we talked about Blizzard and their slowing down (maintenance mode) of Heroes of the Storm. As well as UK possibly getting a game developers union, Atlas being delayed, and a few long rants about all things MMORPG. 0:00 - 3:30 - Intro 3:31 - 46:00 - Current Gaming News. Heroes of the Storm slowing down and esports events being cancelled. UK Game Developers Union? 46:01 - 1:26:22 - MMOs on the GO. Atlas being delayed, thoughts on Wildcard (developer). ESO best themepark MMO discussion? Jagex working on a new ARPG in the Runescape universe? SWTOR patch GAME ISN'T DEAD. Crowfall discussion (1:23:08). 1:27:27 - 1:42:28 - Planetside Arena LOL. 1:42:28 - 2:00:08 - Why does the MMORPG subreddit (or MMORPG fans) act so negative? Outro.

Hello and welcome everyone to episode 13 of the 6 Pixels Under podcast. On this weeks podcast we talked about Wildcards Atlas, Rockstar's recent MTX problems, Fallout 76 and the clown fiesta (and if we should stop covering it), and I recapped my time at PAX Unplugged. Intro - 0:00 - 3:30 PAX Unplugged - 3:40 - 14:20 Current Gaming News (Rockstar) - 14:30 - 21:30 Starbreeze (Payday Publisher) Seized Assets - 21:37 - 25:00 The Outer Worlds - 26:00 - 34:30 Fallout 76 - 35:00 - 42:30 Epic store 43:20 - 55:00 Smash Ultimate "Smashing" Reviews + Online Matchmaking Issues 57:00 - 1:03:00 Atlas (Wildcard) MMO from the makers of Ark Survival Evolved. Promising 40,000 players in a persistent world 1:03:00 - 1:10;00 Legends of Aria - 1:12:00 - 1:15:00 Daybreak Planetside Arena? Daybreak layoffs. - 1:15:00 - 1:28:10 SOAP BOX. Picking on poor journalism again. 1:29:10 - 1:39:40 Why can't we play MMORPGs like single-player games? 1:40:00 - 1:48:50

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 12 of the podcast. As always, here are the timestamps for the given segments with some explanations of each. This week on the podcast we talked about the Gamer Media condemning Fallout 76, Day Z reaching Beta, Smash Ultimate's possible mega hit?, and I react to RoboKas' APB video. 0:00 - 7:15 - Intro 7:15 - 17:30 CURRENT NEWS. Fallout 76 finally condemned by gamer media? 17:40 - 36:30 - Problem with Gamez Journalismz and ranking systems 36:30 - 45:30 User Ulyssez calls in and remarks about how arbitrary rankings are. 45:45 - 53:00 - Smash Ultimate...I want it! 53:30 - 1:04:00 - Day Z finally entering beta. And is it possible to reboot mmos? 1:05:00 - 1:37:40 - MMOs ON THE GO. MMOs losing longer senses of progression, or everyone getting a participation trophy. 1:37:40 - 1:56:00 Star Citizen free week...is it worth playing yet? Kickstarter need some level of regulation? 1:56:00 - 3:05:00 - SOAP BOX SEGMENT. RoboKas' video on APB and how it offers no analysis. 3:05:48 - 3:31:35 - Paul Harrell teaches us how to spot fake analysis.

0:00 - 5:40 - Intro 5:40 - 9:40 - Should I play Path of Exile? 11:52 - 19:44 - C&C Remaster 21:00 - 25:40 - THQ Nordic 27:00 - 34:10 - Fallout 76 Blowback. Sales down. 34:30 - 1:23:10 breaking down the Jason Schreier and Yong Yea beef 1:25:00 - 1:30:00 - FFXIV New Expansion 1:32:00 - 1:34:00 - Lost Ark 1:34:00 - 1:37:00 - NCSoft announces they are still working on more PC titles. 1:37:51 - 1:44:00 - MOBILE MMO TAKEOVER 1:45:22 - 3:01:00 - Jason Schreier vs Yong Yea discussion breakdown. Explaining gamers issues with "gamez journalism", and the nuance between a content creator and a "journalist". 3:02:30 - 3:25:30 - Jason Schreier virtue signaling/dog whistling on YongYea. Confirmation bias and potential BHS (butt hurt syndrome :P) 3:26:00 - 3:30:00 - Why Journalist can side with developers. And how developers can mislead you. 3:35:00 - 3:51:00 - DOAG 2.0. Teaser of things to come soon.

On this weeks podcast we talk about Sci-MMOs and their faults/potentials with Carde, our resident Sci-fi nerd (moderator). We also talk about Star Citizen and EVE Online both heavily. And much much more! 0:00 - 1:40 - Introduction 1:45 -13:10 - Thoughts on Sci-fi MMOs 13:10 - 20:52: - Why are Sci-FI MMOs hard to make 23:00 - 1:00:00 Eve Online - Why has it worked? 1:01:00 - 1:41:55 Star Citizen (little Mass Effect talk) 1:41:55 - 1:50:00 - SWTOR talks 1:55:05 - 1:59:00 - Star Citizen needs to pick a vision and stick to it 2:00:00 - 2:10:40 Star Citizen - Ship Insurance 2:13:11 - 2:14:00 - Can Chris Roberts do what he wants to do with $200 Million?

Hello everyone, welcome to the podcast. This week we talked with the Lazy Peon about a whole range of MMO topics, including current market, future titles that are promising, and thoughts on prior games and blizzcon fiasco. 2:30 - Intro - Introducing TheLazyPeon 4:00 - Diablo Immortal Fiasco 12:01 - Fallout 76 isnt so good 17:26 - WoW Classic Launch Announcement 30:41 - Old School Runescape 46:00 - What are the most promising MMOs? 1:36:47 - Camelot Unchained 1:45:00 - Crowfall talks 1:52:00 - Chronicles of Elyria 1:58:05 - Pantheon 2:01:52 - Ascent: Infinite Realm 2:15:00 - Private Servers

0:00 - 27:51 - Current Gaming News (Red Dead Redemption Thoughts? Fallout New California + Alan Wake back on Steam 28:01 - 1:13:46 - MMOs on the GO - Trion Worlds acquired + Hellgate London 1:13:50 - 1:29:52 - Breaking down how I formulate my analysis on a game/company + LOTRO Progression Server + Ultima Online Outlands 1:43:49 - 2:00:04 - SOAP Box. Talking about Project 1999 (EQ1) and it's approach to group play/RPG dynamics. 2:05:20 - 2:10:00 - Classic WoW vs Current WoW. Viewer challenge. Why do you think people are seeking Classic WoW over current WoW? 2:11:40 - 2:13:00 - monkaS (NEARLY AT 100,000 SUBS) 2:14:50 - 2:26:13 - Habbo Hotel was my first MMO 2:26:26 - 2:31:50 - SWG Lottery Racket story 2:32:28 - 2:38:30 - High School Grill story 2:40:10 - 3:17:00 - CALL IN - Is the MMORPG world size shrinking/minimizing due to financial reasons? Art vs Business in MMORPGs 3:24:37 -3:43:07 - Jermatoo - Games losing their sense of class uniqueness GIVE ME ATTACK BARDS

Episode 7 had our very first guest, Indigo Gaming of Indigo Gaming on Youtube. He has a particular focus on TES and Fallout content on his channel with long form essays on the entirety of both series. I figured, who better to talk about the absurdity of Fallout 76 and possible TES 6 speculation. We then cap the discussion by tying everything together in the world of MMORPGs. It's a special episode :).

This week I talk about my Thoughts on Fallout 76? + The State of BFA and even explain how I formulate my analysis and make my DOAG videos. 1:55 - 33:00 - Current Gaming News 33:00 - 35:03 - Counter Point 35:04 - 57:23 - MMOs on the GO 57:30 - 2:25:09 - SOAP BOX 2:25:09 - 3:32:52 - Call In segment