Episode 058 – Warcraft series (1994, 1995, 2002, 2004)

This week in Your Parents Basement, we are amassing our armies to destroy vile orcs and corrupted humans! From 1994 to 2004, we’re playing the games of the Warcraft series by Blizzard for the PC. We’re joined by special guest Pascal’s Pager, a.k.a. Paul Christian Glenn!

And oh yeah, Todd Brisket is back too, if you’re into that sort of thing.

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TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 – Intro, which features the awesome YouTube collection that Huell refers to on the show.
• 1:02:30 – Emails! What IS Q-Bert anyway?
• 1:17:00 – Snifferoo. Maybe we’ll actually play a certain game next week…

SHOW NOTES

– The first three Warcraft games are often available in a “battle chest” edition for modern systems that runs from $10 to $20 new. It can be dicey to buy used copies though, given that Blizzard can be sticklers for authentication codes.

– On the show, we talk briefly about Titan, an ambitious MMORPG that was cancelled by Blizzard despite years of work because it didn’t meet their high-quality standards. Kotaku has an impressive story on the issues of the game here, which sounds ambitious for now, nevermind a few years ago.

– A past episode was about StarCraft! If you missed us talking about that Blizzard game, go here!

– Q*bert is awesome! Here he is.

– You can watch the South Park episode “Make Love Not Warcraft” on the show’s website for free.