Summary: <br> <br> 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.<br> <br> .<br> <br> Here’s what we talked about:<br> <br> Fact of Fiction? (3:09) Can you pick out the confirmed fact among the rumors?<br> <br> From the Newsnet & Beyond. (5:00) Roundup of the most important announcements and news:<br> <br> * 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 <a href="http://corellianrun.com/2010/06/15/trailer-hope-released-at-e3/" target="_blank">Hope trailer</a>.<br> * Friday update: <a href="http://corellianrun.com/2010/07/02/multiplayer-e3-demo/" target="_blank">multiplayer demo trailer</a>. Dallas Dickinson narrates another look at a flashpoint, featuring the four Republic classes.<br> * Closed Beta Testing? Closed beta testing rumors sets off furor on the forums, prompting Sean Dahlberg to explain the <a href="http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=3281812#post3281812" target="_blank">Game Testing Agreement</a>.<br> * Webcomic update: <a href="http://corellianrun.com/media/webcomics/blood-of-the-empire/" target="_blank">Blood of the Empire</a>.<br> * SWTOR for PC only. CVG article <a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=254235?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS" target="_blank">here</a>.<br> * BioWare will send SWTOR representatives to Comic Con, Celebration V, and PAX.<br> * Excerpt from SWTOR novel, Deceived, on author’s personal <a href="http://paulskemp.com/blog/excerpt-from-deceived/" target="_blank">web site</a>.<br> * Monolith Software’s monitoring system to be used for IT management. Gamasutra article <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/29206/BioWare_LucasArts_Choose_Monolith_Monitoring_For_Star_Wars_MMO.php" target="_blank">here</a>.<br> <br> 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 <a href="http://corellianrun.com/podcast-2/sith-or-jedi/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br> <br> .<br> <br> Acknowledgements<br> <br> newsdesk.wav file by jobro from http://www.freesound.org<br> <br> ,
