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It’s the Issue 12 Patch-a-Palooza! Yes, it’s another long one. No, we aren’t trying to bore you to death. We’d like to get all the i12 info out to you, so we can get back to our regular episode schedule. Also, our throats are sore from chatting and getting loud at Balticon, so please bear with us. We sound pretty rough.

This time we discuss:

• Issue 12: Midnight Hour is Live and Info Links!
• Issue 12 Patch Notes
• Free Respec With Issue 12
• Re: Free Respec With Issue 12
• Developer Diary: Ken Morse, Stretching the Genre!
• Issues Affecting Billing Processing
• Issue 12 Comic Book Now Available!
• Promo: Stranger Things

 

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( yes, that’s 4 minutes, not 4 hours )

We just received news that NCSoft will be offering a special “Reactivation Weekend” in a few days! This means that all accounts that were a prior retail account (as in they were a subscriber not a free trial) will be reactivated during the following window:

Start: Thursday, May 22nd 10am PST / Noon CST
End: Sunday, May 25th 8:59pm PST / 10:59pm CST

So let all of your friends that have unsubscribed know about this special event and take this opportunity to try out Issue 12!!

 

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Get comfy, heroes. It’s a long one…

We ended up with a show chock full of news and comments, but didn’t want to postpone the Intro to Bases further, so you gets the whole jumbo sized episode in one shot!

If you have a problem downloading the whole thing, I’ve split it into two (lower bitrate) pieces which you can directly download here: Part 1, Part 2 (note: right-click and choose “Save Link As” or your browser’s equivalent).

This time we discuss:

• News
  • NCSoft and Vivox Announce Collaboration
  • Exclusive Video Look at the Midnight Squad!
• Discussion of SI radio interview which leads to a mini-Paladin spotlight among other things
• Feature: Intro to Bases
• Our first listener meet up
• Listener comments/iTunes Reviews
• Listener feedback in email/voicemail
• The Wandering Geek Podcast
• Promos: 7th Son Obsidian and Takeover.

 

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Today we bring you a mish-mash episode of news recorded the Sunday before we did the interview and news recorded this weekend. In addition we had comments from both weeks as well.

We had planned on this being a featurecast, but there was just so much other content that we’re going to save the feature until next week!

In this episode we discuss:

• City of Heroes 4 Year Anniversary address from Positron
• Issue 12 open Beta
• The 4 Year Anniversary Calendar with important dates (double XP weekends, etc)
• City of Heroes staff at Summer trade shows
  • Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Sdattle
  • Comic-Con in San Diego
• Many, many comments, an e-mail, and a voicemail from a celebrity guest (kind of)
• SG Spotlight: The Knuckleheads. Both Hero AND Villain side SG on the Pinnacle server. A casual/fun group that enjoys some PLs and other advanced play.
• Promo: Chasing The Bard (an amazing free audiobook)

 

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As you can tell from our previous comments, we were quite excited to get on the phone with Joe! So I’m hastily posting the episode, and will take the time to write proper show notes over the next few days

Of course we talk about some i11 stuff, i12, lots about NCSoft and writing. I know we mention Playing For Keeps and Paragon Wiki, but can’t remember beyond that.

Oh and don’t forget, open beta starts Tuesday, May 6!

Enjoy!