Tue, 30 June 2009  I interview my buddy Burtimus, who has a beard.He kept incredible notes from Fan Faire, and has attended the convention for the last 3 years. He goes over all the Vanguard panels, and gives his impressions on what he heard. He will come back on to cover more of the things he heard at FF, cool things from other games. Excuse the sound, and the mess-ups. Me and the wife are making a slow transition into live recording, and even slower into live video recording. During recording, I had a small house-fire, barking dogs, spilt beer and message pop-ups messing with my ability to actually talk like a normal person. But, we get it done. Burt rules, and gives out some great VG info. Interestingly, Silius commented on the forums to not blame SOE for the lack of mention in Smed's address: "In regards to not being mentioned at the keynote speech I am asking that you guys please not read into it. I will take the blame for it as we just did not have anything prepared to go up there with and preparing for Fan Faire was not in the forefront of my mind this year as I tried to get settled. If you are going to get angry at someone please get mad at me but please do not assume it means the SOE does not like VG. There are some talented people on this project and if SOE did not care about VG then they would take that talent and use it somewhere else." Of course, this now means that players will have protest signatures that say "Fire SILIUS" instead of "BOYCOTT SOE," but either way it is entertaining. Enjoy! Send emails to spouseaggro at yahoo dot com. Website found at spouseaggro dot com. Twitter name: spouseaggro Skype name: beauturkey Now GO LOG IN! The Turkeys Comments[0] |
Tue, 16 June 2009  Italian Albanians, Darkon and DARKFALL REVIEW-ish.WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT. WE SAY THE S WORD AND THE GD WORD. SO, so...SO, we like, went to one of our favorite Italian restaurants to catch some lunch, and lo and behold the crowd was small so it was the perfect time to record! We were halfway through a very poop-filled weekend, thanks to a tornado, a backed up sewer line and tree branches in the yard. Needless to say, it was hot, sticky and not a very good time to record. Yet, we did 'cuz we are hardcore. We are talking about Darkfall, and I go a bit more into some of my reasons for liking it and disliking it. I will still give it much more time, but at this point I am not sure I will re-sub after this month. Great game, needs some work, and we talk about it. Then we review Darkon, a documentary about LARPers. You can watch it for free on Hulu right now, and if you are worried about "spoilers," skip our review until after you watch it. The music from the show is from Jimmy Eat World (not bad for older emo dudes,) Neil Young, some dude named Bach and a band called Pink Floyd. You'll recognize the songs, I hope. Let us know if you prefer the music coming from better known artists or if I should go back to indie chicks. I like indie chicks, but after a while they all start to sound too breathy. Sad, but breathy. Enjoy, and contact us: Send emails to spouseaggro at yahoo dot com. Website found at spouseaggro dot com. Twitter name: spouseaggro Skype name: beauturkey Now GO LOG IN! The Turkeys Comments[0] |
Wed, 10 June 2009 SO, this week we visit resident old-person hangout Cracker Barrel for authentic 1872 cooking. Well, 1972 at least. Our waitress was named Cheetara,
but she didn't have a one-piece on or a baton weapon. I had the hots
for Cheetara when I was a kid, but never beyond my feelings for Jessica
Rabbit. The setting was perfect to ask the question: "Am I too old for this?" So, are we? Why do we play these games set in fantasy worlds beyond imagination? Why do we play for several hours during the week, some of us playing more than we work? Why do some of us avoid "real life" activities like going out to dinner so that we can order pizza and log in? Isn't this something that only children are supposed to do? Or are we adults just children ACTING like adults? Do we have such adult thoughts all the time that we never think the same thoughts we did as a kid? Our songs this week are perfect for the show: "Young Americans" by David Bowie, "American Girl" by Tom Petty and, for some weird reason, "Working for the Weekend" by Loverboy. Please, parents, take no offense when I say that children have, essentially, taken all the fun out of the house. If that's the case, someone needs to tell my friends like Shuttler and Cindy that they are not having fun. Because those two are having a BLAST. So STOP IT. You HAVE CHILDREN. I'm kidding. Next week we are going to record the "Darkfall Preview" show. At the time of this recording I had not tried it, but have since. Enjoy, and contact us: Send emails to spouseaggro at yahoo dot com. Website found at spouseaggro dot com. Twitter name: spouseaggro Skype name: beauturkey Now GO LOG IN! The Turkeys Comments[0] |
Thu, 4 June 2009 This week we take a step outside of one of our favorite breakfast spots
and enjoy lot's of cars, smog and birds going CAWWWWW CAWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!We are discussing my blog that I wrote in which I told stuffy people to go stuff it when over-analyzing Free Realms. But let's be clear: Van Hemlock are not the ones I meant. Van Hemlock can over-analyze a tack and it would be good to listen to. I was simply talking to about 5 or 6 very specific bloggers/podcasters that said such silly things as "...the quests are typical MMO drivel..." and "..the game reminded me of a more grindy WoW." For the record, I was in not referencing Syncaine, but did so in the show because he came over to my blog and commented on why he thought the 2 million user announcement was "funny." (As though he caught SOE red-handed at some kind of cover-up.) Syn is actually a fun guy to argue with, because he is the ANTI-me, he is a RULE-player while I am a ROLE-player. He follows the rules, let's games tell him what to do and thinks that anything outside of those rules counts for nothing. All these rules set in lands that are populated by monsters and faeries, strangely enough. Still, I can see what he means. But you can find the "evil cover-up" in anything done by any corporation, because the purpose of a large corporation is to make money. There is no cutting off point. But that's not evil, really, that's just life. So I was addressing weird blogger/podcaster people that seem to think they are holding gaming companies to task, or think that their whining and bitching makes some kind of difference. Even if their whining and bitching influenced a decision at a gaming company, that is neat, but not something to use as a life goal. Again, we are talking about VIDEO GAMES here. Video games are meant to be enjoyed. If you do not enjoy them to the point that you are always bitching about them (a little bitching is healthy and normal), you are weird. Get a hobby that you LIKE. Now, enjoy the show. I wish we would have taken a picture of the tan lady, being that she seriously looked like she had a problem. I am a funny looking guy, and don't judge people on their looks, but this lady was so tan that she was obviously addicted. The music on the show comes from all sorts of sources. the jazz tune being from a dude named Paul Bley. The song was called "Time will Tell." I love stuff like that, to a point. I want to buy the soundtrack from the movie "Naked Lunch" based on the book by Billy Burroughs. Then I threw in the beginning "song" from Anarchy Online, one of the BEST ways to fade into game-play in any MMO. Also, got a lil piano in there from the movie "Amelie." Enjoy, and contact us: Send emails to spouseaggro at yahoo dot com. Website found at spouseaggro dot com. Twitter name: spouseaggro Skype name: beauturkey Now GO LOG IN! The Turkeys Comments[0] |
Tue, 26 May 2009 "Isle of Dawn, Filthy Pigs and YOU"So yeh, I lost the pic of our food. It looked delicious, trust me. Me and Leala decided to talk a bit about Vanguards' trial and if we prefer quests in which you do crap or just really challenging stuff that makes you like die 200 times. (Good times?) Essentially, I like to "do things" in game. I am kind of always role-playing, in the way that I take little breaks for my character, read everything and still use UI Immersion Project rules. But, quests that are just "doing stuff" don't last as long as quests in which you have to kill 4000 mobs, so how does a developer stop players from burning through thier much cooler, yet shorter, content? Who knows. I ain't a dev.. Not yet. The rain and "Dink!....Dink!..." sound comes from Mabinogi. I was standing near the blacksmith, hiding out from the rain. The sounds were nice. If you would like to record your in game sound, go get Audacity, hit "What U Hear" as your source, and send the MP3 to us so we can include it in our show! The music this week comes from some weirdo band called "Bats for Lashes." Kinda' gothy, I guess. The song is a Cure cover from my youth. Well, the cover is not from my youth, but the original is. We used to love the Cure! Send emails to spouseaggro at yahoo dot com. Website found at spouseaggro dot com. Twitter name: spouseaggro Skype name: beauturkey Now GO LOG IN! The Turkeys Comments[0] |
Wed, 20 May 2009 Spouse Aggro #76
"Brisket, MMO's, avatars and YOU" MMmmmmMMmm, here's what we ordered, and here's the BOOB CRAB! So, we decided to go have some BBQ for dinner. Beau is seriously considering becoming a vegetarian. Seriously...but AFTER this meal. Some beef, some beers, and some good MMO chatter. We are discussing avatars and how that might give a clue to who is behind the avatar. We use Shut Up We're Talking (a great VW podcast) as a jumping point. Then, this crazy young girl comes up and makes us a crab. A boob crab. She was very nice, and I felt bad that I had no cash for a tip. Then I felt bad because I indicated that her crab looked like it had boobs. Then one of his legs popped. I liked it. The part where we go "yayyyy" reminds me of A Christmas Story, the scene in the Chinese restaurant at the end. You know the part...the guy chops off the ducks head and the family goes "YAYYYY!" The sound of the crickets and stuff was from Beau playing Vanguard. I love background sounds...ambience. Send in your games' sounds and we'll pop it in a break! Who likes music? DUH...me. This weeks song is by one of my current sad song fav's: A Fine Frenzy. The song is called "Near to You." Send emails to spouseaggro at yahoo dot com. Website found at spouseaggro dot com. Twitter name: spouseaggro Skype name: beauturkey Now GO LOG IN! The Turkeys Comments[0] |
Sun, 10 May 2009 "Breakfast Supper"The Highlights from show 75! Beau and Leala break a bit of the mold as they have breakfast at 6 o'clock at night. They venture to a local iHOP (like iPhone, 'cept breakfast) that serves crazy piles of strawberry pancakes and watermelon muffins topped with entire whole halves of a pig. A lady with a noisy kid shows up and stays actually pretty quiet, we order food and discuss Free Realms and how people think it is a "kids game." We are always looking for locations to record in, and some record better than others. This location does pretty well, sounds better on headphones, and the background noise gets quieter later in the show. We appreciate any patience as we work out not only places to record, but the shows format. I want the show to be a slice from the lives of two MMO gamers. This is how we talk, this is what we talk about. Look! More music. This weeks sad music comes from Azure Ray, a suggestion from a Twitter friend. Go here to watch one of those videos that a fan makes of a still picture with the song in the background. And, of course, the "video" gets like 200k views. That's the internet for ya. Send emails to spouseaggro at yahoo dot com. Website found at spouseaggro dot com. Twitter name: spouseaggro Skype name: beauturkey Now GO LOG IN! The Turkeys Comments[0] |
Thu, 30 April 2009 "Breakfast Raiding and Runes of Magic!"The Highlights from show 74! 1) Beau and Leala welcome you to one of their favorite, and quieter, breakfast places. It's on main street. While it does get annoying when the after-church crowd shows up with their pent up loud kids, the place has good donuts. We talk about raiding and some of the issues Leala has been facing lately. (Hint: Crawl is a noob! hehe) 2) Then, sit in with Riknas from the Free 2 Play podcast, Troy from Travels with Troy, Shawn from Massively and someone's mother as they play Runes of Magic live. Instead of doing a typical edit (since we were all over the place,) I pushed all sorts of clips together to see how they sound. Funny? Yes, if you recognize how a bunch of dudes joke around! Look! Music? Of course. You will recognize all the small clips of songs, but our main theme this week was from Imogen Heap, and her song was called "Hide and Seek." Cool stuff. Send emails to spouseaggro at yahoo dot com. Website found at spouseaggro dot com. Twitter name: spouseaggro Skype name: beauturkey Now GO LOG IN! The Turkeys Comments[0] |
Mon, 20 April 2009 "Developer Transparency!.."The Highlights from show 73! 1) Shuttler gives us an intro. He likes apples? In grits? 2) Beau and Leala discuss a Ryzom thread that brought up the question: "Are developers transparent enough?" No, not see through. You know, like, do they communicate with their players? 3) The Couple of The Year talk a bit about beta's. 4) A little talk about what Beau and Leala have been playing (bad beta's, WoW, and too many games.) Look! Beau didn't forget to link the music notes!! Here's the artist, a lady named Ingrid Michaelson. The song is called "Corner of Your Heart." Good stuff. And yes, I KNOW that song was on that turd of a show called "Grey's Anatomy." Ok, I haven't seen it, but South Park made fun of it, so like, I have to think it's totally bad, mmkay? Send emails to spouseaggro at yahoo dot com. Website found at spouseaggro dot com. Twitter name: spouseaggro Skype name: beauturkey Now GO LOG IN! The Turkeys Comments[0] |
Wed, 8 April 2009 "MMOs for breakfast!."The Highlights from show 72! Join us for our first recording of our weekly MMO breakfasts! Here's the topics: 1) Beau is worried that his free to play obsession will lead to saving money and more breakfasts! 2) We define what "WoW tourist" means and why in the hell anyone would want to use such a stupid term. 3) Leala asks Beau why he hates raiding, which is not true. Soon after they get into a slap fight. While eating grits. Send emails to spouseaggro at yahoo dot com. Website found at spouseaggro dot com. Twitter name: spouseaggro Skype name: beauturkey Now GO LOG IN! The Turkeys Comments[0] |
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On Spouse Aggro hosts Beau and Leala Turkey take you through the world of MMO's. A little humor, a bit of marital bliss, and plenty of nerd chatter. Spouse Aggro is part of the VirginWorlds MMO Podcast collective found at http://www.virginworlds.com
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