We go live from the new Mek-Sha Stronghold with more bits for everyone! The 7.2.1 update brings us the 64 bit client update among other things and we’ll tell you where you’ll see improvements. We also have the new Galactic Season and the new PvP Season started to talk about. All that and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-461. 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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Back from PAX with ten big highlights and a dozen more shout outs to games, studios, and publishers that caught our eye among the tons that were there. This sampling looks across a bunch of game types and styles, shows off the games, and talks about the studios too. Special thanks to John Maloney who helped produce this on the ground at PAX on the New Overlords media team. Also special hello and shout-out to Folklore, Smol Games, Inktale, and Battery Staple studios who we’ve featured or interviewed in the past. Enjoy!
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As a follow on to our full Behind The Games interview with David Staats, we play some of the SWTOR specific bits form his time at Bioware and comment on the design, objectives, and evolution of Galactic Seasons. That and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-460. 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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David is a Senior Systems Designer for Crystal Dynamics, but we know him best for his work at Bioware on Star Wars The Old Republic. We talk to David about his origin story, the design of the “Galactic Seasons” seasonal reward track for SWTOR, and some principles of game design in general. Thanks, David!
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The first of the new PvP seasons is now over and our friend Thaan has completed it all, including all the achievements. We brought him on to talk about how it went, what the rewards were like, and if he’ll do it again. That and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-459. 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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Marcel, Founder of Orion Games, along with the team there, are making an amazingly artistic action game that tracks across six distinct art styles. Marcel talks about the origins of the game and studio, what the layers of fun are that they needed to consider to refine the concept, and what’s next for Orion Games.
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We do an on-the-fly tier list ranking of 32 main planets (yes, a couple are moons) for our gut feel on art, style, lore, nostalgia, utility, etc. Very scientific, from a certain point of view. That and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-458. 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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While AI experiments are making headlines Ricardo Sisnett and the team at modl.ai are building tools that game developers can use now to make better games. We talk with Sisnett about his journey from biz tech to Riot to AI tech. We then get into how testing with AI is happening at scale today and where things are headed next. Thanks, Sisnett!
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World boss, relics to hunt, secret achievements… the rest of Ruhnuk awaits and we brought on Kal from Today In Tor to talk about it. That and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-457. 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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7.2.1 update has just been announced and there’s a lot in there including new Galactic and PvP seasons, the 64 bit client, and economy updates. 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-456. 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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