TD Gaming Podcast 86: Trouble with Norse Mythology

This weeks gaming podcast we stroll down memory lane with Gauntlet, ponder Microsoft’s role as a PC game publisher, hit up some news:

We’ll also take a look at the history of the joystick and pimp our new gaming podcast forums. You can also checkout our new World of Warcraft guild, Fallen Souls.

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  1. Wow, I was laughing at some of the stuff you were saying about MMOs. Like Mythic is new to MMOs (Dark Age of Camelot is still going strong – it isn’t WoW that hurts DAoC – it’s Warhammer Online.) Or that you need massive capital – look at EVE Online.

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