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Free Play Podcast #21

Episode 21 is here, and so the show is now allowed to drink despite the fact the hosts can not. Tensions are currently strained due to this new change of events, and so they seek the aid of Jonathan from Through the Aftermath and The Online Gamer's Anthology as they review Funcom's Anarchy Online!

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The Free Play Podcast publicly endorses Grinding to Valhalla along with Free MMO Gamer for their contributions to the MMO community. Check them out, or Andras dies. (Note: In the event Riknas has to kill him there are a series of clones so that he may kill him again, and continue using him for future shows)

Free Play Podcast #20

Last we left our heroes, Riknas had discovered the Runes of Magic. Although he hoped to discover new found powers, he just found an okay MMO. Andras' second lead in our heroes new goal to conquer the world, are the sacred Crowns of Power, made out of the greatest of shoe strings and other simple objects.
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The Free Play Podcast officially supports the Grinding to Valhalla project and Free MMO Gamer. Go check them out, now! Or...Andras will die.

Free Play Podcast #19

In our last episode Riknas had gone off to center himself with the discussion of Shadowbane's closure. Soon after Andras has discovered Riknas' meditation spot and told him of a new mystical land for which they can find enlightenment. He also tells him of several sacred objects, that he calls the Runes of Magic, will you listen to their newfound wisdom? ----- The Free Play Podcast officially endorses Grinding to Valhalla , a project all about understanding the heads of the gaming community such as Brent and other Virginworlds Podcasters, including the Free Play Gamers for some reason...

Free Play Podcast #18.6

Still dragging his heels to get to a fresh episode, Riknas has another topic to discuss. The hardcore MMO, and can we make it free to play? ShadowBane's Farewell also comes up to solidify the topic.
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The Free Play Podcast officially endorses Grinding to Valhalla, a project all about understanding the heads of the gaming community such as Brent and other Virginworlds Podcasters, including the Free Play Gamers for some reason...

Free Play Podcast #18.5

Episode 18.5 is here to compensate the resounding, "Meh" that was episode 18. In this episode the news is covered, and the topic of exploration in MMOs is covered, and how F2P MMOs can expand on it.
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Runes of Magic, still happening on April 24th, on the US Govinda server at 9PM EST. Be there, or the hosts won't like you anymore, and again they bring back special guests for the show!

Free Play Podcast #18

Welcome to episode 18 of the Free Play Podcast, this show is kicked off with Darren from the Virgin World's favorite, Shut Up. We're Talking., and they talk about their oh-so-edgy experiences with Maple Story by Nexon. Later, the two co-hosts are hit hard by new listener mail talking about their choice of footwear, and Riknas' hair.

Free Play Podcast #17

Hello again, it's a brand new show, breaking Riknas' promise of being on time though. The Crew has fights over technical difficulties and who would continue to edit. All issues however have been resolved, however only two would survive and the Americans come through to talk about the latest F2P nightmare, BOTS, by Acclaim! (We're linking things again!)

Also, still a shout out to the wonderful project we've been invited to take part of, check it out;
Grinding to Valhalla!

Free Play Podcast #16

This episode brought to you by Andras editing! Losing Joe to something referred to as "the real world", Andras and Riknas scour the internet for his replacement, only to come to the conclusion no one indivdual can do it, and so they had acquired Philip/Crovan and Stephen/Alsedrech from the Warpath/Drone bay as they tackle a review being demanded since day one; Guild Wars!

Free Play Podcast #15.5

The Free Play Podcast releases yet another .5, but this time it's not just a solo show! Riknas and Joe come on with Karen from Shut Up We're Talking (Also on the Virgin Worlds Podcast collective) and talks to the crew about the shift in the MMO industry again, comparing the AAA pay to play MMOs and the growing audience of our listeners, the F2P Community.

Free Play Podcast #15

Episode 15 is here. It is now in it's awkward puberty stage and flipped its parents the birdie, but change can be good, can't it? In this episode the Free Play Crew, Joe is actually happy, Andras is strangely disappointed, and Riknas has fluctuating sound quality as they review the smash hit that is Fusion Fall!

Free Pay Podcast #14

Episode 14 has now arrived and no one died after the release of the
13th episode!

This week we discuss the release of several upcoming games including
the wildly popular Runes of Magic, and for this weeks review the crew
talks about World of Kung Fu, and have a surprise game for this months
group night!

Free Play Podcast #13

Episode 13 is a special episode in the hearts of our three heroes, but it's not because they narrowly avoided a tragic death due to the dangers of the mystical number "13". But wouldn't that be cool? Rather, they have their first developer interview with the small Indie team "Night Makers" who just released their first MMORPG, Apocalypse Board Online. How'd it go? Riknas turns into an utter fan boy, and we forget Joe exists. Want more details? Then why the heck haven't you pressed play yet? Some fan you turned out to be.

Free Play Podcast #12

Episode twelve has arrived, and this week the Free Play Crew has brought along a real professional to help them out; Michael Zenke joins them to discuss the news and one of his favorite F2P MMOs, Dream Of Mirror Online, (More commonly known as DOMO).

Free Play Podcast #11.5

The .5's aren't done yet, and this time Andras decides to take a crack at it, talking a little about what he thinks of the current MMO industry, and how the F2P industry might be the next source of innovation for MMOs as a whole, and gives some more bits of information on this weeks game night.

Free Play Podcast #11

Episode 11 has arrived, and you didn't think we'd be on time after episode ten, did you? Yea, we didn't either actually. Regardless, Andras takes control and decides the game of the week, and tensions between him and Joe rise. For once Riknas actually becomes the voice of reason (Sort of), and there is discussion on two surprising news pieces.

Also, information on the scheduling of community nights is finally, well, finalized.

Free Play Podcast #10

The Free Play Podcast has finally made it to double-digits! Starting the new year with a bang after the FPG group night, the crew has the infamous Caab from Gax Online for the show...who disappeared mysteriously during the review of this weeks game, Cronous. Also in the show, to keep up with all the cool podcasters, the Crew also discusses the top ten F2P MMOs of 2008, as well as the best of what the crew has covered accumulatively in the Free Play Podcast, and the Free Play Blog, enjoy! (Please?)

Free Play Podcast #9.6

Two .5's in a row? That's right. Well, one's called .6, but that's not the point. Normally we wouldn't do this, but we want to make it up to you guys for missing what would be our christmas special, and with the episode 10 celebration on the horizon, we want to build as much attention for it as possible. In this episode, Riknas returns (Sorry) and talks about what truly makes a F2P MMO, and why we classify MMOs the way we do. We also fill in some final details on the game night, with the ever discussed voice chat that was not properly covered in 9.5.

If you don't know what we're using for this night, and just want to know that, you should know that
1. We're using Skype
2. It's taking place in a conference call
3. You do indeed need a microphone to talk to us on it. Our telepathy has been having mixed results so far.

This will not be repeated any longer, and we will be going quite until episode 10.

Skype contact information, the conference will be run by Riknas (Power-Mongering jerk, isn't he?) under the skype name, Sahnik00. Send a friend request to that name, and ask to be added to the call, we'll take it from there. If Riknas does not directly respond, contact either Krigare2 or Joe_Hart who will then berate Riknas for not paying attention, and then we'll take it from there.

As a note, last minute changes may occur, and will be kept track of through our twitter account, FreePlayGamers.
Hope to see you there!

Free Play Podcast #9.5

Welcome to yet another .5 episode. After a good deal of discussion the FPG have realized that we still like having news in our shows, and so they will stay in our normally numbered episodes. The .5's should from now on be revolving around discussion topics covered by one or two of us.

This time Joe takes the .5 baton as pennance for his absence in several episodes, to talk to us about console MMOs (Yet for some reason Riknas is still writing the show notes.)
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At the end we finally clarify the date of the FPG group night to be this Friday (January 9th) at 9:30 PM EST, 8:30 PM CST, 7:30 PM MST, and 6:30 PM PST (Sorry that Joe said "5" PM PST). Sorry to the brits who have to sign on during the brilliant time of 2AM. We'll have another time directed towards you guys in the future!

For those looking for the game "Cronous" and are having trouble, check the following link;
http://cronous.aeriagames.com/

Free Play Podcast #9

The FPG have their ultimate fail in this show, by releasing their would be christmas episode on January! Further proof that we don't live in a perfect world. Coincidentally, neither is the game "Perfect World" by Perfect World Entertainment. But just because it's not perfect doesn't mean it's not worth it, does it? Prior to this a fantastically huge of amount of news is discussed, and opinions are let loose.

Links:

http://www.massively.com/2008/12/13/myst-online-goes-fully-open-source/
Myst Online goes Open Source, the largest Open Source project ever!

http://www.freemmogamer.com/2008/12/turf-battles-closed-beta-signups.html
Turf Battles closed beta sign ups!

Free Play Podcast #8

Yet another on time episode, and the Free Play Crew is surprising itself. However, that's not the only thing that's surprising, as Joe has actually appeared for a second consecutive episode! Riknas also wants to know, what do you want in the news? Because he hasn't a clue. But that isn't the point of the show is it? In this nonsensical episode the Free Play Crew finally cover a browser game on the podcast, Adventure Quest Worlds! Here the Crew realizes that just because something is a good deal though, doesn't mean it's worth paying for.

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