Podcast appearances and mentions of Brad McQuaid

It's our first episode! Carly and Matt talk about video game news including Half-Life Alyx and the launch of Stadia. We also pay tribute to EverQuest developer Brad McQuaid. We then deep dive into the Game Awards nominees for 2019. Games discussed: Half-Life, Control, Outer Worlds

Still reeling through our loss this holiday season, I watched BazgrimTV's twitch feed and began a dialogue with him and the discussion turned into me using the audio of his memorial to Brad on my Podcast and he was delighted that I wanted to share his content, that he agreed.  So here is BazgrimTV's tribute to Brad McQuaid.

We open with a tribute to one of the main creators of EverQuest, Brad McQuaid, who passed away at the age of 51. I got my Google Stadia Founders Edition, and the technology works and uses a lot of data, but the service isn't there yet. Like the old AT&T You Will ads predicted, game streaming WILL be how we play games in the future, but the company to bring it to us will NOT be Google. Valve announced Half-Life: Alyx, a new AAA VR game coming out in March of 2020. A lot of people are asking why Alyx doesn't have arms and why that breaks immersion, but I present the case that not having arms is better than having arms that aren't tracked (and are therefore not the same as the actual position of your arms.) Then we take a call about how both VR and game streaming can't be the future.

NEWS: Lord of the Rings Online Director says he'd "happily haunt the server room after he dies"- 1:31 Minecraft on Switch is Microsoft's first million unit seller in Japan- 5:40 EverQuest designer and producer Brad McQuaid passes away- 10:48 Pokemon Gold/Silver 20th Anniversary, Sword/Shield sales, and Pokemon Company moves to sue leakers- 12:47 Amazon's game streaming service, Stadia's launch, and Xcloud's future- 32:53 Phil Spencer says VR is not a priority for Xbox Scarlett- 45:09 Half Life Alyx is announced & Valve Index talk- 48:22 TOPICS: The original DSi is aesthetically perfect- 1:00:08 Labbing in Skullgirls and other games- 1:01:03 Death Stranding is much longer than expected- 1:06:01 Hands on impressions of Microsoft's Xcloud streaming service- 1:06:57 Farming Simulator has a competitive scene- 1:14:27

Cette semaine : Remote Play sur Steam, Google Stadia, Jedi: Fallen Order, Shenmue III, décès de Brad McQuaid, PowerToys pour Windows 10, Rick & Morty saison 4, Android : encore un "bug espion", et la 5G en France, c'est pas pour tout de suite. Lisez plutôt Torréfaction #110 : Google Stadia, Jedi: Fallen Order, Rick & Morty saison 4 et la 5G en France avec sa vraie mise en page sur Geekzone. Pensez à vos rétines.

We Pay tribute tonight via talk and Youtube clips and pay respect to Brad Mcquaid who passed this wednesday evening and in my opinion was father of Everquest and changed the Face of Gaming.

In this second tribute to the late Brad McQuaid. I am glad I was able to record the Panel with some of the Who's Who of Everquest then and now.   Please enjoy the podcast and remember the  man that made it all possible.

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we this week we start a new series with a bit of a different goal: a game we'll play for an initial couple of episodes and then return to from time to time. We discuss 2004's seminal and crowning MMORPG World of Warcraft, discussing the year in which it came out, a history (personal and not) of MMOs, and then dig a bit into the initial hours of the game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up until level 8 Issues covered: revisiting our chat with John Romero, looking at 2004 in games, a live game model in EverQuest, self-cannibalization, early history of MUDs, a sad discovery, reflecting on Brad McQuaid's career, sharing games as source, MUDs and theming, talking through the history of a number of MMOs, talking about the market and approachability of other MMOs, peak users, the influence of other Blizzard games on WoW, Brett's confession, introducing characters through the RTS, modding and Warcraft III, launch and WoW, pulling the games from the shelves, server queues, revenue gross, Brett does some on-the-fly math, Activision-Blizzard merger, the starting area for gnomes and dwarves, inviting you into the world like a DM, learning the design language of the game, usability of the quest system, shifting the focus to quests (vs combat grinding), doing multiple things with the quests and rewards, changing your character's look, each race having its own animation set, differentiating races strongly, pre-rendered introduction, RTS influence again, seeing your first human (on a horse), simplifying WoW in the modern version, having to read the text to understand where to go, adding user interface mods, increasing intrinsic reward through difficulty, managing your own grouping, growing the scale of what you see, scale of towns and villages, growing up with the world through exploration, experience ramp. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: John Romero, LucasArts, Republic Commando, God of War, Shadow of the Colossus, Half-Life 2, DOOM 3, Metal Gear Solid 3, Fable, Halo 2, Far Cry, Chronicles of Riddick, Katamari Damacy, Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines, Source Engine, Troika Entertainment, Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky, The Outer Worlds, EverQuest & EverQuest II, 989 Studios, Sony Online Entertainment, Rob Pardo, MUD, Roy Trubshaw, Richard Bartle, DikuMUD, Brad McQuaid, Zork, Adventure, MOO, Pantheon, Saga of Heroes, Habitat, LucasFilm Games, Randy Farmer, Chip Morningstar, Meridian 59, Ultima Online, Dark Age of Camelot, Asheron's Call, Raph Koster, Star Wars Galaxies, Ultima Underworld, Turbine Entertainment, Lord of the Rings Online, Mythic, EA, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Blizzard, Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, Bill Roper, Diablo, David Brevik, Warcraft III, Chris Metzen, DotA, Icefrog, Riot Games, Dark Souls. Next time: To level 20 https://twitch.tv/brettdouville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Today we heard about the passing of Co-creator of Everquest, Brad McQuaid. I recorded the community panel he was a part of and I include it in this episode. I also try to share my xperience meeting him that day.  

Tonight we are down a bunch of folks because it is in fact starting to be that time of the year.  We have a bit of a roll over topic largely talking about the potential effects that World of Warcraft Classic has had on other projects.  This was spurred by a new game from Raph Koster that got initial funding, and continues through a series of discussions about what MMORPGs have lost from the classic era.  We also talk about why none of us are currently playing WoW Classic and the Boycott of Blizzard. Finally we wrap up with some discussion about Supergiant’s game Hades.   Topics Discussed WoW Classic and its effect on game projects Raph Koster’s new game Brad McQuaid keeps creating the same game What is missing from Modern MMOs The absence of downtime activities Bel’s weirdly small total played number in Destiny 2 Ideas surrounding an MMORPG that spans PC, Mobile and Console all integrated and working together. Boycott of Blizzard The Hong Kong Situation Blizz Not Understanding the Boycott The hypocrisy of Blizz’s stance Hades Diablo and Rogue Legacy had a Child Narrated Patch Notes

It's raining notable names over at Countdown To Classic as Josh sits down for a bunch of epic one on one chats. First, we hear from Madseason, of the immensely popular Madseasonshow YouTube channel, as he sits down for a tavern chat covering a variety of WoW Classic topics as we get a bit of a deeper insight into his thoughts on Classic and what makes him and his character tick. Next, MMORPG icon, Brad McQuaid, stops by for a lengthy chat covering his thoughts on the state of MMORPG's, game design philosophies, and some meaty chat another highly anticipated MMORPG that he's currently working on in Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. After that, Athalus, the founder of WoW Radio, checks in to talk about the wild ride of setting up the first ever World of Warcraft talk show, discovering & working with TotalBiscuit, and leaves with a fun announcement about his plans for Classic. And finally, we talk with SneakyB4rd, who's not a celebrity outside of the show, but it's his second time on the podcast so he's a celebrity to us! We chat about some of his favourite quests, favourite questing zones, and what makes the quests of Classic good or bad. Highlights Below: Calling Countdown #1 - Chilling at the Tavern with Madseason - 4:10 Calling Countdown #2 - Brad McQuaid on MMO's & Pantheon - 1:05:35 Calling Countdown #3 - Athalus on the history of WoW Radio - 2:14:25 Calling Countdown #4 - SneakyB4rd on Classic quest highlights - 2:43:20   Directly download here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/countdowntoclassic/C2C_Episode_114_Final.mp3 Or stream here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/countdowntoclassic/C2C_Episode_114_Final.mp3 Also listen @ Spotify here (Spotify takes a couple of hours to upload after posting, check back later if not there): https://open.spotify.com/show/38mHWjscNorJr7OFeNu8X5?si=c6JKxJeSRCeLQPSIlKJL8w Or @ Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/countdown-to-classic/id1352967778 Or @ Stitcher: http://stitcher.com/s?fid=174762&refid=stpr Join the Countdown To Classic Discord here: https://discord.gg/2xJAwNf Find Madseason on YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/user/madseasonshow And on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/madseason_ Find everything Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen related @ https://www.pantheonmmo.com/ And on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/PantheonMMO Find Brad on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/Aradune Find Athalus & Warcraft Radio on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/WarcraftRadio Find SneakyB4rd on YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXghsb_cY-jnrUPKtBoNqaA Please consider supporting Countdown To Classic on Patreon @ patreon.com/countdowntoclassic Or grab some awesome Countdown To Classic merch at Red Bubble @  https://www.redbubble.com/people/joshcorbo82?ref=artist_title_name&asc=u Or support the show with a tip at Ko-Fi @ https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y3D2TT Or simply show your support by leaving the show a review at Apple Podcasts or by telling a friend! Write in to Josh at feedback@countdowntoclassic.com or get in touch on social media: Follow Josh on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/count2classic?lang=en And on FB @ https://www.facebook.com/countdowntoclassic/ Subscribe on YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/countdowntoclassic Find Josh’s movie podcast, The Sinner Files @ https://www.sinnerfiles.com/

Hello fellow Norrathians!!!!! for the Forth of July Spectacular EXP, FACTION and LOOT DROPS i give to you the first of three panel discussions with the creator of Everquest Brad McQuaid. He drops lots of knowledge on us and i go on a rant or two. This was a fun episode to listen to myself. Chime into the hotline and give me suggestions about EQ topics to be discussed.   18588480281 is the hotline number   FOREVER NORRATH

On this week's episode, after a quick recap of what happened on last week's crazy episode, we get into some League talk. We talk LCS week 3, new champ Vel'Koz rumors, and promo series skipping. In General Gaming we spend most of our time making pickaxes in Everquest Landmark and then Kickstart a discussion on Brad McQuaid's new MMO. Now let's top that piping podcast off with some Fortunately Unfortu- I mean Circlejerk Reviews. Here's to PAX 2015. Shout out to our Listener of the Week - Wally. Here is the awesome fan creation sent by listener Oliver. Join us on our Rust server! Hit F1 and type net.connect rust.justokgamers.com:28715 Join us on mumble! Download mumble and connect to mumble.justokgamers.com , port: 36090 We also have a chat channel in the League of Legends client. Add "Just OK Gamers" to your chat list and play with the guys and other listeners. Please rate and subscribe to us on iTunes.