Episode 116a: Update 5 Interview with Turbine

posted this on December 8th, 2011.
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Armies of Isengard

Adam MerskyAaron CampbellThis past Tuesday, Merric was able to have a nice chat with Aaron Campbell, Producer for LOTRO, and Adam Mersky, Director of Digital Communications, from Warner Bros. Games/Turbine.

This interview primarily is about Update 5: Armies of Isengard. Adam mentioned having a date soon but it has not been released quite yet. We will keep you updated as to when we know Update 5 will be coming!

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Ten Ton Hammer Update 5 Interview

posted this on November 14th, 2011.
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Ten Ton Hammer has released an interview with Adam Meresky and Aaron Campbell concerning Update 5 and news of other upcoming features in 2012.  There is a lot going on:

Episode 105a : Interview with Aaron and Adam

posted this on September 13th, 2011.
Categorized as aaron campbell, Adam Mersky, Episodes from 2011, Interview, isengard, podcast, Rise Of Isengard, turbine.

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Merric had a chat with Turbine’s Adam Mersky and Aaron Campbell. Merric was able to ask many questions submitted by our listeners but due to time limits, he was not able to ask them all. The discussion is about 30 minutes in length and I think you will really enjoy it!

We want to thank Aaron and Adam for their time. We appreciate any chance we get to speak with Turbine employees directly!

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Loge Interviews Sapience at GamesCom

posted this on August 22nd, 2011.
Categorized as Community, GamesCom, Interview, LotRO News, Sapience.

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gamescom_logoLoge from Snowbourn was one of the friendly folks who attended GamesCom last week. He went armed with some questions of his own as well as some questions he gathered from the forums hoping to catch a quick moment with Sapience.

He was kind enough to post his discussion with Sapience on the forums. I do encourage you to go read his account but here are the highlights of the discussion.

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Episode 94: The Fellows Hip Interview

posted this on June 26th, 2011.
Categorized as Episodes from 2011, guardian, Interview, movies, podcast, Rise Of Isengard, Summer Festival, The Fellows Hip.

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TFH_NEWposter_9This is a special episode where we have an interview with cast members of “The Fellows Hip: Rise of the Gamers” movie.

Joining us for this interview:

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Episode 86a: Keith of Doghouse Systems

posted this on May 6th, 2011.
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home_ttlu_logoThis is a special side episode interviewing our newest podcast sponsor, Doghouse Systems!

Merric talks with Doghouse’s Product Manager, Keith. Topics of discussion include what Doghouse Systems offers, what they’re about and why they decided to go into the PC market and more.

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More Interviews with Adam and Aaron

posted this on April 25th, 2011.
Categorized as aaron campbell, Adam Mersky, expansion, Interview, isengard, LotRO News, turbine, Update 3.

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Saruman2Adam Mersky and Aaron Campbell have been pretty busy over the course of the last week giving interviews to various media outlets.  As with the Massively article last week, the subjects being discussed are the Anniversary Festival, Rise to Isengard, and Update 3.  And while there is still a lot of information that has been covered already, there are a few new nuggets of information that are worth taking a look at.

  • While more major class revamps may not make it in for Update 3, expect “a good bit” of it to come in Isengard.
  • More “festival-style events” may be announced closer to the summer time.
  • Rise to Isengard “is “…actually going to be bigger than we initially alerted you guys to.”
  • There will be a high possibility of another crafting tier, but it will be determined for sure at a later time.
  • The dragon in the upcoming 24-man raid is so large that “Most of the time you’re just going to be looking at his head, because the body is too large to effectively have 24 people push it around.”
  • Monster play will include new consumable types and traits for players to choose from.
  • The new PvMP region will probably not make it into Isengard.
  • More news will be coming in June.
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Episode 79b: JWBarry & Rowan Interview

posted this on March 19th, 2011.
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Joe "jwbarry" BarryThis is the last of our interviews from PAX East and this is chatting with Aaron “Rowan” Campbell and Joe “jwbarry” Barry.

This interview gives us a nice description and walk through of the new raid, Ost Dunhoth, and discusses the gaunt-lord bosses we will be facing starting on Monday!

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Upcoming Burgzergarcade Interview

posted this on January 31st, 2011.
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 logoBurgzergarcade.com will be hosting an interview with Turbine Content Designer Paul Simon this coming Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 5:00 PM EST. Paul will be discussing items focused around past projects and his daily work flow (present and future items are understandably not up for discussion). Burgzergarcade will be asking a “static list of questions” and once those are asked they will be opening up the floor to the live chat so that they can ask their own questions. Additional questions may be asked by posting a comment to the announcement post and they will be used if time permits.

This interview will be aimed at aspiring game developers, however everyone is welcome to come. You can attend by going to Burgzergarcade’s live broadcast page or by using the Justin.tv Android or iPhone app during the interview.

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Episode 73: Just Sayin’

posted this on January 30th, 2011.
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This week we talk about the upcoming Volume 2 changes, Codemasters H.A.R.P. launching and store changes!

Merric and Goldenstar both played on creepside this week. Goldenstar did pretty week on her warg while Merric works on his blackarrow.

Goldenstar’s Rune-keeper is now level 45 and is working on getting her first legendary weapon. Merric is also 45 with his minstrel and is also working on his legendary item!

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