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MNB: Episode 15 (”Being a Hater”)
MMOG Nation — ... and Shut Up We’re Talking fame) to talk about stuff that is annoying in MMOs. That’s right, a show full of nothing but whining. I think we do a pretty good job of not making it just endless whinging, but your mileage may vary. Check out the ‘cast to find out what drives us a little bit batty. Music: Intro: I Hate My Generation, Cracker Outro: Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Tears for Fears Used without permission.

New Gig @ Examiner.com
Adele Caelia — ... is Down Vanhemlock Veni Vidi Bloggi Voyages in Eternity West Karana Currently Playing Everquest II Valor Family & Friends JefferyQ NetSmack Ordinary Girl Random Ravings Industry Brenlo’s World Cuppy Cake DevGamer Going Nuts in Norrath Grimwell John Ratcliff Moorgard Nerfbat Raijinn Raph Koster Scott Hartsman Podcasts Game On Shut up. We’re talking. SOE Virgin News Upcoming MMOs Heroes Journey ...

One Year Later
Outland Bound — ... Although it didn’t result in attention to a particular post, one of the most exciting moments in the last year was hearing that I’d been chosen as blog of the week for Ep 26 of ...

Shut Up We’re Talking #36
The Ancient Gaming Noob — ... “Shut Up We’re Talking” one of the podcasts in the VirginWorlds Podcast Collective now has episode Thirty-Six available. Regular hosts, Darren from The Common Sense Gamer and Karen from Journeys with Jaye, were joined by the well modulated Phillip (aka Crovan) of the Drone Bay and Warpath podcasts and myself. Topics: Introductions Listener Mail - From Gnova and SwollenBeef ...

Shut Up We’re Talking #41
The Ancient Gaming Noob — ... “Shut Up We’re Talking,” one of the podcasts in the VirginWorlds Podcast Collective, now has episode Forty One available. For the first show of 2009 we look out on the cold, cold world and shiver a bit. Hosts Darren and Karen are joined by Shawn Schuster of Massively and myself, with a bit of drive-by podcasting by Michael Zenke in the mix. Introductions - Mostly the usual suspects What We’re Playing - Suddenly LOTRO is back in ...

A Mounted Captain in Rivendell
The Ancient Gaming Noob — ... Then on Sunday evening I had the opportunity to travel, as the picture above might indicate. I logged into Middle-earth and found several of the Podcasters of Bree online and ready to run out to Rivendell.  They invited me along for the run, so I got on Skype with Adam of Witty Ranter, Darren of Shut Up We’re Talking, and Jonathan of The Online Gamer’s Anthology and Through the Aftermath podcasts for my first trip past The Last Bridge. ...

H’okay, so…
Outland Bound — ... , and assorted SUWT folks.  The game is complicated as hell but the tutorials are helping me get my footing.  I confess it is sort of fun to be clueless and have a lot to learn, once again. ...

The Honest Scrap
Pumping Irony — ... and others. If I’d made this list on a priority basis they would have been tagged here but since I already did 8 links in my 7 entries and I saw they had already been tagged elsewhere, I’ll just leave it at that. My #8 entry will be the Shut Up, We’re Talking podcast. Yes, a podcast not a blog! [Breaks into Beavis and Butthead doing Judas Priest’s “Breaking the Law”] I enjoy ...

Shut Up We’re Talking #45
The Ancient Gaming Noob — ... “Shut Up We’re Talking,” one of the podcasts in the VirginWorlds Podcast Collective, now has episode Forty Five available. Hosts Darren and Karen are joined by the esteemed virtual monster hunter Van Hemlock and myself. Introductions - Darren attempts to confuse Karen What We’re Playing - You can probably guess if you read our respective blogs Listener Mail - From Akely and Yoh ...

AoC, WAR and the Choad Factor
Ardwulf's Lair — ... OpenEdge gets a shout-out on the wonderful Shut Up, We’re Talking podcast #45. Grats to him, and his mention of it reminds me that I intend to get back to Age of Conan around its one-year mark to see how things have come along. It’s no secret that Age of Conan’s touted PvP features were something of a bust. But it also fell victim to two other factors, the impact of which remains uncertain. The first seems to be a trend when new MMOs launch nowadays, what I call the PvP Choad Factor. This occurs when a bunch of choads who ...

Taking off the mask
Of Teeth and Claws — Observant readers probably noticed that my last article was signed 'Andrew' instead of the 'Karthis' alias that has adorned the previous 309 posts. With the change in blog focus I have decided that continuing to hide behind my Warcraft character name is no longer required, and really does not make a lot of sense either. I'll never reuse the name, so why continue to tie it to my identity? A few episodes ago (ep. 45), the cast of Shut Up We're Talking delved into the issue of blogger privacy and discussed the various reasons why certain authors choose to ...

Vanguard: Doomed?
Ardwulf's Lair — ... I’m still listening to the latest Shut Up, We’re Talking, which was released a day or so ago. One of the early topics discussed is the closure of the Matrix Onliine and whether or not it represents a shift in SOE’s stated policy of keeping games around son long as they are profitable. This led, inevitably, to some speculation about the fates of other presumably unpopular StationPass titles, namely Pirates of the Burning Sea, Planetside, and Vanguard. ...

SUWT #49
Ardwulf's Lair — ... Today’s the day when I point you, Dear Reader, to the latest Shut Up, We’re Talking. And strut about like a peacock, ’cause I got to be on it. ...

MetaPlace Review
Adele Caelia — ... JefferyQ Ordinary Girl Random Ravings Game Bilbo Common Sense Gamer MMO Quests Muckbeast Padre Scout Raph Koster Scott Hartsman Stylish Corpse The Ancient Gaming Noob The Dread Pirate The Server is Down Valor Virgin News West Karana Industry Cuppy Cake Going Nuts in Norrath Grimwell John Ratcliff Moorgard Nerfbat Podcasts Shut up. We’re talking. Writer Blogs Freelance Home Writer Archives June 2009 ...

Shut Up We’re Talking #50
The Ancient Gaming Noob — ... “Shut Up We’re Talking,” one of the podcasts in the VirginWorlds Podcast Collective, celebrates its 50th show this week! Regular hosts Darren from The Common Sense Gamer and Karen from Journey’s with Jaye were joined by Brent, the reclusive Howard Hughes father figure of the VirginWorlds Podcast Collective, Michael Zenke, formerly of Massively and who is now working on fun stuff as part of the SOE team in Austin, Jonathan from the “Through the Aftermath” podcast, and ...

Shut Up We’re Talking #51
The Ancient Gaming Noob — ... “Shut Up We’re Talking,” one of the podcasts in the VirginWorlds Podcast Collective, has released episode 51. Regular hosts Darren from The Common Sense Gamer and Karen from Journey’s with Jaye were joined by Andrew from Of Teeth and Claws, Frank who runs MMO’ Money and contributes to MMORPG.com, and myself. Topics: Introductions Listener Mail – DestroyerDestroyer regarding Mark Jacobs What ...

Who Owns Podcasting?
The Ancient Gaming Noob — ... As a podcast listener and occasional guest on shows like Shut Up We’re Talking and Witty Ranter, I have a mild vested interest in podcasting. So it was with some interest that I read about a company called VoloMedia that was granted a patent last week for “method for providing episodic media content.”  Or, as it has been immediately spun, podcasting. A detailed account is posted over at Ars Technica. If you deliver episodic content over the internet, they believe they own you.  ...

Karen's back!
Of Teeth and Claws — Karen, co-host of Shut Up, We're Talking, has posted on her blog after a long hiatus. The last few episodes of SUWT have featured a lot of good-natured ribbing aimed at her in the hopes that she would start writing again. In her first post, Karen is looking for a little help towards a good cause: Those who might have followed my blog in the past know that I’ve helped participate in the 2,996 project, which is a blogger tribute to the victims of 9/11. Each year, bloggers sign up and are assigned the name of one of the victims of the ...

New blood
Of Teeth and Claws — ... After a long period of neglect, Karen (co-host of Shut Up, We're Talking), has fired up her blog again and is writing some excellent articles on MMO ...