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Join Al, Mike and Steve for the world premiere of The ESCape, a video gamer lifestyle podcast discussing MMOs, FPS games, consoles, and even sports. Tune in for this weeks entertaining podcast!

Join Steve, Al and Mike for an entertaining good time as we discuss different things. Gain knowledge into the interworkings of DJing on a real radio show, Mikes nOOb experience on World of Warcraft (What's this "World" coming to?) and other exciting topics that we felt like gabbing about.

DON'T FORGET our Weekly Retro Gaming Review. This week we review a game released for NES in 1987! You don't want to miss it!!!!!!

Game companies holding your personal info and artists breaking free from the record labels clutches.

This week Axem and Nerion talk with Luxx, an officer in the famous WoW guild Death and Taxes. Our own DJ Lili from SoulBound pops in and gives her two cents as well. This week's topic is guilds and everything about them. How to make one, how to run one, and how to foster a successful guild.

Episode 1: This week we talk about Age of Conans main selling points, a developer interview Grenade hosted with Jason "Athelan" Stone, the Clan of Conan newsletter, and much much more!

Steve takes his revenge on Justus for the Starcraft Massacre
Al gets massacred for his "questionable" music requests
Mike reads a story that has nothing to do with massacres.

Also, we have some breaking news on a NEW MMO in development! Tune in and find out.

Bring your helmets for this weeks RETRO REVIEW to find out what NES game we reviewed from 1985! Trust me, this game was over-heated...I mean over rated!

And just when you tought you liked Katie Couric...think again beotch!

Ye-haw!

This week Orderly Chaos has a guest host, they discuss account selling and secondary sales and much more!

This week Axem and Nerion discuss high end raiding!

Join in as we discuss if gameplay or graphics are more important in MMOs and where do you draw the line with privacy in MMOs to prevent cheaters and spammers.

Episode 2: This week we get into the console that was picked for Age of Conan. Our opinions fly, and quips are thrown as we tell why we think which gaming platform is best suited for the release, console edition. But wait! There's more! We also discuss the pros and cons to the 'single player' first 20 levels. Be sure to tune in for all the details and more!

This week Grenade has special guests Mike from The ESCape and Mhykol from Orderly Chaos, both are podcasts on Uberguilds Radio. The group discuss MMO podcasting and give some tips and tricks in the first half of the show. In the second half the group discusses WoW's Warden program and what sort of implications and drawbacks it may have.

Episode 3: This week we discuss MMO's and their community features. What our past experiences in guilds have been like and what we look forward to in the future. DJ Advent Wrath also brings up the classes Guardian and Dark Templar to discuss their pros, cons, and possibilities for us playing them! Be sure to tune in for all the details and more.

This Forth Episode of The ESCape Al confronts his Spicegirls demons with the help of Dr. Phil. The guys also discuss podcasting, review Spicegirls the Game and much more.

This week Axem and Nerion discuss healing in PVP and everything that goes with it. Except many different acronyms to be thrown around, from DPS to AOE. This week they also have Tyen on for a segment about Tabula Rasa.

The guys come back from Thanksgiving and give the list of their favorite movies, the retro review comes back and the guys share some stories to learn from.

Join in as we discuss immersion in games and what kind of credibility do gaming review sites have when an game company pays to advertise with them. QforQ is the special guest for this week!

This week on Grenade we brought on some people to get feedback on what has been their favorite gaming experiences and brought that into perspective with the future of the genre. In the news we have the announcement of a very special merger, plus info on AoC. This is one of our more relaxed episodes but you will see a lot of our theories of what people truly want from MMORPGs being discussed by our guests. We also covered for a bit some of Ebonlore's dealings in Vanguard...

QforQ guests again while we talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of beta testing, LotRO Holiday Pricing, Warhammer Online Update, Eve attacks boot.ini, PoTBS Opens Beta, Account Sharing Woes, and the Guildcafe Espresso Awards.

Last episode we focused on the server side of MMORPGs and this time around we handled more of the client side. We talked about the different engines available for use and their differences, then broadened out into multiple topics about the technology behind graphical development! The special guest we have on for this episode is Mkay, a software engineer, who did a great job explaining things for us.

Join the guys as they run down the Top 50 games, top 10 Hero's, Villian's, Dorks and of course the top 10 worst games of 2007. Will you agree? Disagree? And how many of these has Steve actually played...or heard of?

The guys will also name their top 3 games of 2007 and of all time!

Also, How did Mike like "I Am Legend"? Does Al have a new crush??? Is Steve's upstairs neighbor really that "easy"? Will Mike and Steve sing again?

Happy Holiday's!!!!!

In this episode we give you all the info you need to get a basic understanding of how to handle your Christmas money for the new MMOs coming out next year. Hope you guys all had a great Christmas and a happy New Year 8)

This episode we reflect on this past years releases of MMORPGs and then moved on to discuss what is in store for 2008. Alot of special guests on the show also who came just to hang out and drink with us.

Heres a preview of what to expect on todays show:
- Al, Mike, and Steve introduce themselves in the first official episode of the ESCape, discussing their favorite game genres, and a little bit of background on themselves. It's not as boring as you think... or is it?
- Realizing the fact that our DJ's are "DJ Noobs", Steve brings a book "DJ'ing For Dummies" to the show, and the guys discuss what they should improve on, including the conception of a "Main Topic". Mike also unveils what really makes him mad the most - Civ 4. But why??

The Best of The ESCape continues this week with part 2!
-DJ's Mike and Steve fly as a duo, as Al is out sick. They discuss movies, as well as the "movie star" that Steve modeled his life after. "Stay Puffed" For that one!

This episode we had two special guests on the air, Anon Dev and Hades of LotD, with us to discuss probably the most emotional subject today in the community. We began by defining what exactly hardcore and casual were then moved into breaking down the issue itself. This was one of our deeper issues, but one that I have been anticipating to do for some time.

We brought together Traldan of VGtact.com and Faelor of ForrestStalker.com to give you a great debate on the function, progression, and digression of these forms of media. Axem and I touched up on the basics of creating these sites and moved into an in-depth discussion of what has gone well and bad for them. Also CES was covered too this episode!!!

The ESCape is back, and stuffed after a "staff meeting" at a local restaurant...
Heres a preview of what to expect on this Wednesday's show!
- Al and Mike discuss their screening of the new JJ Abrams movie "Cloverfield", released in theaters over the weekend. The movie grossed over $40,000,000 over the weekend but is it enough to convince you to see this movie?
- The guys review Guitar Hero 3, available on all next gen consoles and PC. Yes, this is a console game even Steve has played.

Join us as we try hard to do a show without Artagus (and fail) topics include: McDonalds blames video games for kid obesity, WoW for consoles?, NCSoft cancels its deal with Spacetime Studios and their space MMO Blackstar, Ban kids from games until they're seven?, Universal leaves HD-DVD exclusivity. Is HDDVD dead and Blu Ray the way to go?, The Obvious: Curt Schilling says that after baseball hes gonna be making games, Age of Conan Collectors Edition Details announced, and Gamespot reviewer leaves.

While we are short Artagus, we pick up Harmack's roommate Zedd for a real good time. Topics include: NCSoft Dropping Blackstar, Blackstar continuing, P2 (formerly Perpetual Entertainment) out as Star Trek Online Developer, Cryptic to take over STO?, and Money in Online Games.

- The guys review the game "Skate" available now for the PS3 and XBOX 360. Along for the ride, the guys have on their first guest, the famous Uberguilds Radio Station Manager, Q For Q, to discuss the game. Did Mike retract his comments from the Top 50 Games Of 07 Show about Skate after this review?
- Steve and Mike discuss the new Rambo movie, also with another "special guest" via internet airwaves. Does this movie live up to the hype?
- Going along with this weeks Skate Show, we have the popular NES game Skate or Die! in the Retro Review this week. Is this oldie to Die! for?

Harmack Sings for PORN!, Zedd gets drunk, and Mhykol gets an M rating. Topics include: Age of Conan Not Censored in North America; Percentage of M-rated titles halved since 2005. What gives?; Rock Band on Wii confirmed! (finally); Darth Vader Playable in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed; Disney wants your child online: MMOs for tweens (and below); and Val Kilmer voices 'Knight Rider'. PLUS Zedd Rants.

Episode 17 - Good Times!
- ... And no, were not talking about the 70's sitcom. But it is WTF Wednesday, and that means anything goes. It was a great night of comedy and entertainment, well until Harmack and Mhykol from the OC decided to join us. We celebrated Steve's birthday amidst the chaos, including a fan submitted "Birthday Present"...

- You've heard us discuss the show (as we will again do this week) but now we review the game - Lost: Via Domus for the XBOX 360, PS3 and the PC.

Harmack "Disappears" at the start of the show and we go off to fish him out of the toilet. That was the highlight of the whole show.

We cover some April Fools stories and teach you how to pee standing up using a special Wii controller and a game from Japan.

Zedd calls in from NC, Harmack stinks up the room, and Mhykol falls alseep during the show. Plus we talk about the new Ghostbusters game, Dan Hsu leaves 1up/EGM, and more!