Diablo Podcast
The Diablo Podcast is a weekly (or more often) podcast produced by The Unofficial Diablo Site, Diablo.IncGamers.com. Hosted by prominent Diablo community member Flux, TDP covers recent news and controversial issues in the Diablo community, features in-depth discussion and debate about game issues, and hosts regular interviews with game developers and members of the Diablo Community.
- New episodes are posted regularly on DiabloPodcast.com.
- Listeners may also subscribe through iTunes.
Contents
TDP Episode Guide
Brief summaries of each episode. Click the "view it here" links to see the full news posts and links to grab each episode via iTunes, YouTube, or via the direct mp3 file.
Episode One
The first episode features Flux and Elly discussing the early days of DiabloII.net, their visit to Blizzard North in 1999, the Diablo II beta, and the news that Diablo III was originally developed as an MMORPG, back at Blizzard North in 2001. That conversation is followed by part one of Flux's interview with Diablo creator Max Schaefer, in which Max answers questions about the early design goals of Diablo I-III, and discusses the new version of Diablo III. The show wraps up with a bit more from Flux and Elly, as they digest Max's revelations and talk about security issues in MMORPGs
- Original air date: April 11, 2011.
- Length: 58:52
- View it here.
Episode Two
This episode features Flux and Elly discussing the surprisingly-positive fan reaction to episode one, as well as fake D3 play-tester news, Blizzard's relentless (and annoying) social media marketing, and the sticker shock inflicted by BlizzCon 2011's just-announced ticket price. Following that discussion is part two of Flux's interview with Diablo-creator Max Schaefer. In this half hour Max answers questions about Torchlight and Torchlight II, along with Runic Games' design philosophy and shares his thoughts on current trends in the RPG community.
- Original air date: April 18, 2011.
- Length: 1:03:19
- View it here.
Episode Three
This episode is a listener's guide to Blizzcon, with Flux interviewing Rush, Neinball, Exile, and Dana about their experiences attending past Blizzcons. What's the show like, is it really that big, how bad are the lines and the food, how do they compare to Blizzard's international WWI events, what's it like to be there cheering with everyone else when new games are announced, and more. All covered in great detail in this episode.
- Original air date: April 25, 2011.
- Length: 1:01:46
- View it here.
Episode Four
This episode opens with half an hour of Flux discussing Blizzard's social media marketing with Wolfpaq777 and DiablosMinion. Neither of the guests are very enthusiastic about the ongoing Facebook and Twitter approach Blizzard is taking. The second half of the show is all about the BlizzCon 2010 PvP Arena demo. Flux speaks with three fans, Exile, Dana, and Neinball, about what it was like to play the demo, which class they chose, if they played on a team, how successful they were, and much more.
- Original air date: April 28, 2011.
- Length: 1:17:20
- View it here.
Episode Five
Flux talks with Ilyak and Neinball about the new item news: no-binding items in Diablo III and the first details about how Item Sets will be crafted and scale up over time. Plus bonus Mad Cow sound effects!
- Original air date: May 2, 2011.
- Length: 49:37
- View it here.
Episode Six
Flux interviews Ryithos about his adventures in Cosplay. Crafting foam swords, getting onstage at Blizzcon, meeting his future wife, and going eight hours without peeing; it’s all in a day’s work!
- Original air date: May 5, 2011.
- Length: 48:46
- View it here.
Episode Seven
Flux interviews New York Times reporter Seth Schiesel about his recent article on Diablo III, his visit to Blizzard Irvine and play time on Diablo III, his thoughts on Diablo III’s economy and Auction House, and Blizzard’s PR initiatives and fansite disapproval. Plus bio info about how Seth came to write about video games for the NYT.
- Original air date: May 9, 2011.
- Length: 1:25:10
- View it here.
Episode Eight
In this episode Flux speaks with Neinball and Wolfpaq about yesterday’s Diablo 3 beta time-frame announcement. Hear conversation about the likely duration of the beta, the content of the beta test, and much more, including superhero movie digressions and Conan quotes.
- Original air date: May 10, 2011.
- Length: 50:04
- View it here.
Episode Nine
In this episode Flux speaks with Wolfpaq, DiablosMinion, and The Eliminator about the the newly-revealed Followers system. The majority of the guests, and the host, are fairly displeased with the Normal-only/single player-only implementation of D3′s potentially awesome Mercenary system.
- Original air date: May 16, 2011.
- Length: 1:06:31
- View it here.
Episode Ten
In this episode Flux interviews KuangTu of Diablo3.cc about his recent visit to Blizzard Irvine, his interview with Jay Wilson, and what it’s like running a Chinese language Diablo III website.
- Original air date: May 19, 2011.
- Length: 46:54
- View it here.
Episode Eleven
How will guilds be supported in Diablo III? How could they have been served in Diablo II? What lessons will Blizzard learn from guilds in WoW? All issues tackled on this episode. Guests include Exile, Neinball, and Wolfpaq.
- Original air date: June 3, 2011.
- Length: 50:22
- View it here.
Episode Twelve
In this episode Flux and Wolfpaq talk about skillrunes, with in depth analysis of the recent skill runes videos and plenty of first hand play anecdotes about using skill runes in the game.
- Original air date: June 6, 2011.
- Length: 1:22:51
- View it here.
