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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 436: Secrets of Manaan

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-Artwork Now that we’ve had time to dive in a bit deeper, we talk about the Manaan dailies and achievements in detail. That and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-436. If you’d like to come join us in AIE, our multi-game guild is always looking for new members. Catch us for an invite on our guild Discord which you can find along with other good guild information at https://aie-guild.org/swtor/

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Life Imitates Sims – Behind The Games chat with Sarah Spiers


Sarah Spiers journey to Development Director at Maxis, and being recognized by Forbes in their 30 Under 30 In Games, wasn’t a straight line. That said, it is inspiring and shines a light on how persistent incremental step, sometimes in unique directions, can lead to the best outcomes. Her journey so far has also been bookended and maybe even informed and inspired by the Sims. Awesome, super fun conversation… thanks, Sarah!

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 435: 7.1 Gear and Stat Talk

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-Artwork 7.1 changed our gear levels and added new ways to suit up, so you know what that means… stat talk! That and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-435. If you’d like to come join us in AIE, our multi-game guild is always looking for new members. Catch us for an invite on our guild Discord which you can find along with other good guild information at https://aie-guild.org/swtor/

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QA Isn’t Playing Games – Behind The Games chat with Jonah Davidson


QA isn’t (just) about playing the game. It’s a key game dev job from start to finish. This episode we’ve got Jonah Davidson, a QA Engineer with Finji. We talk about what a QA Engineer actual does from the very early stages of the game design process, through development and post release. Jonah also gives us some thoughts on community. Thanks, Jonah!

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 434: Our First Shovelful of 7.1

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-Artwork 7.1 “Digging Deeper” update is live and brings story, dailies, operations and feature changes. We talk about that and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-434. If you’d like to come join us in AIE, our multi-game guild is always looking for new members. Catch us for an invite on our guild Discord which you can find along with other good guild information at https://aie-guild.org/swtor/

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 433: 7.1 Live Stream

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-Artwork The very last Charles Boyd stream for SWTOR was today, and we also heard more about 7.1 from some of the new team leads directly. We talk about that and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-432. If you’d like to come join us in AIE, our multi-game guild is always looking for new members. Catch us for an invite on our guild Discord which you can find along with other good guild information at https://aie-guild.org/swtor/

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Leading From The Front – Behind The Games chat with Chris Schmidt of Infinity Ward


As Game Director at Infinity Ward’s new Austin studio, Chris builds on his vast AAA game creator and leadership experience at Bioware, where we first met Chris years ago. We talk about what a Game Director does, what games and design principles inspire him, how useful and less useful feedback comes across, and what’s on his shelves. Thanks, Chris!

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 432: Our New Jedi Council

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-Artwork Charles is moving on and we have thoughts! Spoiler… we’ll miss him, and we are excited for the new team. We talk about that and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-432. If you’d like to come join us in AIE, our multi-game guild is always looking for new members. Catch us for an invite on our guild Discord which you can find along with other good guild information at https://aie-guild.org/swtor/

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 431: Bad Reputation

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-Artwork Any reputation that you can’t get to legendary is a bad reputation. Syndicate was almost that way for us but help for that is coming in 7.1… and if you want to hear more about reputations in general, listen now since we talk about that and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-431. If you’d like to come join us in AIE, our multi-game guild is always looking for new members. Catch us for an invite on our guild Discord which you can find along with other good guild information at https://aie-guild.org/swtor/

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Boston Indie Scene – Behind The Games chat with Kate Olguin


We talk about Kate’s EDU experience at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, her experience building the indie game Call of Karen, her work sponsoring and organizing the Boston indie game dev scene, and her current game design role at Other Ocean Interactive working on games like Project Winter. Thanks Kate!

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