Shut Up. We're Talking.
Darren and Karen present this commentary podcast covering recent topics found within the MMORPG Blogging and Podcasting community.
Shut Up. We're Talking #40 SUWT end of year special with Darren, Karen, Michael and John.
Direct download: 040-SUWT-12-21-08.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:45pm CDT

Shut Up. We're Talking #39
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • The Gates are Open
  • Another Bartle Factor
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • Karen - Journey's with Jaye
  • Marc - The Craft of War
  • Jute - Revelry and Honor

    Topics:
  • Community Managemetn
  • MarketPlace Flop
  • My RMT Suggestions
  • And this he's worried about?
  • Jack Bauer Wounldn't have these issues
  • RMT Rumours

    Blog of the Week:
  • Limited Edition
  • Direct download: 039-SUWT-12-14-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:01am CDT

    Shut Up. We're Talking #38 Scenario:
    The team chats and rants while playing LotRO (or EQ2 in Karen's case).
    Note: There may be some explicit language int his show.

    Guests:
    - Darren
    - Karen
    - Michael
    - Craig
    - Adam
    - Brent

    Topics:

    Join our Monday game group along with Karen to discuss:

    - DDO static group postmortem
    - Tabula Rasa postmortem
    Direct download: 038-SUWT-11-30-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:49pm CDT

    Shut Up. We're Talking #37 - Introductions
    - Listener mail/What we're playing
    - Gamer ADD: Where have all the good games gone?
    - Why no hype for WoW?
    - Blog of the Week: http://welshtroll.co.uk/
    Direct download: 037-SUWT-11-17-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:26am CDT

    Shut Up. We're Talking #36
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • PvE and PvP
  • MMO Design
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • Karen - Journey's with Jaye
  • John - Ancient Gaming Noob
  • Phillip - The Warpath Podcast

    Topics:
  • ZOMG! Zombies!!
  • MMO Design

    Blog of the Week:
  • Miner With Fangs
  • Direct download: 036-SUWT-11-2-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:03pm CDT

    Shut Up. We're Talking #35
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • Catchup or Makeup
  • Players - Do we eat too Fast?
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • Karen - Journey's with Jaye
  • Riknas, Andras, and Joe - FreePlay Podcast

    Topics:
  • Aldorf Fell for Real
  • Fail - Aldorf Falls

    Blog of the Week:
  • MikeJL Blog
  • Direct download: 035-SUWT-10-18-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:54pm CDT

    Shut Up. We're Talking #34
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • AGC
  • User Generated = WoW Killer
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • Karen - Journey's with Jaye
  • Brent - Virgin Worlds
  • Michael - MMOGNation
  • Craig - Voyages in Enternity

    Topics:
  • Rise of user Generated

    Blog of the Week:
  • The Book of Grudges
  • Direct download: 034-SUWT-10-5-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:38pm CDT

    Shut Up. We're Talking #33
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • (The main part of the podcast)
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • Karen - Journey's with Jaye
  • Paul - The Grouchy Gamer
  • Teresa - The Noob Review

    Topics:
  • Walking Away from Violence
  • Will it Work?

    Blog of the Week:
  • MMOCrunch
  • Direct download: 033-SUWT-9-7-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:42pm CDT

    Shut Up. We're Talking #32
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • Solo and Group
  • Public Quests and RvR...the future?
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • Karen - Journey's with Jaye
  • Julie - No Prisoners, No Mercy
  • Mike - Combobulator

    Topics:
  • Jumped the Shark
  • My Take on War
  • WAR Impressions
  • WAR Comments
  • WAR First Impressions
  • Good PvP

    Blog of the Week:
  • Serial Ganker
  • Direct download: 032-SUWT-8-24-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:01pm CDT

    Shut Up. We're Talking #31
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • Solo and Group
  • Public Quests and RvR...the future?
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • Karen - Journeys with Jaye
  • Shawn and Patrick - How I WoW

    Topics:
  • All by Myself
  • Freedom of Solitutde
  • Future of Grouping
  • RvR = Revolutionary
  • RvR = Not so much...

    Blog of the Week:
  • Waaagh
  • Direct download: 031-SUWT-8-2-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:13pm CDT

    Shut Up. We're Talking #30
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • Game Project Management
  • Long in the Tooth
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • Karen - Journey's with Jaye
  • John - The Ancient Gaming Noob
  • Scott - Pumping Irony

    Topics:
  • WAR Project Management
  • WAR Thoughts
  • Complicated WAR
  • Incomplete Content
  • Crying
  • WAR Cuts
  • Too old?

    Blog of the Week:
  • Ruur Squig
  • Direct download: 030-SUWT-7-20-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:44pm CDT

    Shut Up. We're Talking #29 SUWT Mini-cast.  Boggers talking MMOs.  That's all.  Enjoy.
    Direct download: 029-SUWT-6-28-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:48am CDT

    Shut Up. We're Talking #28
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • Vets being babies?
  • Screw Imbalance
  • Exploration and Challenge
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • Karen - Journey's with Jaye
  • Michael - MMOG nation
  • Brent - Virgin Worlds

    Topics:
  • New World Order
  • More on Living Legacy
  • Living Legacy Rant
  • A Wise Man Indeed
  • Screw Balance
  • Wars Realm Imbalances
  • War Population Imbalances
  • Exploration vs Challenge


  • Blog of the Week:
  • One Casual Gamer
  • Direct download: 028-SUWT-6-15-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:31pm CDT

    Shut Up. We're Talking #27
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • MMO Malaise
  • Being a Place Matters
  • Gambling in MMOs
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • Karen - Journey's with Jaye
  • Michael - MMOG nation
  • Luper - Voyages of Vanguard

    Topics:
  • Pondering
  • Worse MMO Player Ever
  • Final AoC Verdict
  • I Believe I can Fly
  • Being a Place Matters
  • Gambling in MMOs

    Blog of the Week:
  • Madness & Games
  • Direct download: 027-SUWT-6-1-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:42pm CDT

    Shut Up. We're Talking #26
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • AoC: Broken Game or Playing Beta
  • No Guild Hopping Plz
  • Free Trial MMOs
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • Karen - Journey's with Jaye
  • John - Ancient Gaming Noob
  • Scott - Pumping Irony

    Topics:
  • Open Beta vs Closed
  • AoC Closed Beta Worlds
  • Guild Hopping
  • Fixing Guild Hopping
  • Fixing WoW's progression problem
  • Who Does the Epic Belong to?
  • How to get more people to buy Your MMO

    Blog of the Week:
  • OutLand Bound
  • Direct download: 026-SUWT-5-18-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:10pm CDT

    Shut Up. We're Talking #25
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • Learning From Monsters
  • Suspension of Belief
  • Bigotry with the RMT
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • Karen - Journey's with Jaye
  • Michael - MMOG Nation
  • Tim - Van Hemlock

    Topics:
  • Learning From Monsters
  • Suspension of Disbelief
  • Anti-Microtransaction Bigotry

    Blog of the Week:
  • To Worlds Unknown
  • Direct download: 025-SUWT-4-27-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:46pm CDT

    Shut Up. We're Talking #24
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • We Delay it
  • Owning our Stuff
  • Providing Depth
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • Karen - Journey's with Jaye
  • Lisa - Finding Fiero
  • Julie - Julie Whitefeather Blog

    Topics:
  • Pushing Back
  • Do We Own it?
  • Virtual Property
  • We Don't Want Rights
  • You Have no Rights
  • Casual Worl

    Blog of the Week:
  • The Greenskin
  • Direct download: 024-SUWT-4-13-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:00pm CDT

    Shut Up! We're Talking #23
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • Forums Anyone
  • Why it's still not dead...or is it?
  • Beta Leaks
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • Karen - Journey's with Jaye

    Topics:
  • Communicating with the Community
  • In Defense of the Game Forums
  • Can we Escape the Official Forums
  • Don't PLay with the Trolls Dear
  • Anti-Official Forums
  • Why They're on Crack
  • Beta Leaks

    Blog of the Week:
  • Not Funny...Ever
  • Direct download: 023-SUWT-3-30-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:05pm CDT

    Shut Up! We're Talking #22
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • What to Unmake
  • Flames Drama
  • The $500 Million Question
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • John - The Ancient Gaming Noob
  • Tipa - WestKarana
  • Paul - The Grouchy Gamer

    Topics:
  • What to Unmake
  • Paul Bernett - What to Unmake
  • Unmake That Game
  • EQ2Flames vs SOE
  • $500 Dollar Question

    Blog of the Week:
  • Nuyan's Hangout
  • Direct download: 022-SUWT-3-16-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:54pm CDT

    Shut Up! We're Talking #21 Darren leads the GDC 2008 team through an epic recap of their experiences from the conference.  We were not able to coordinate with all-star podcaster, Troy from Voyages of Vanguard and EQual Perspectives, but Brenden from AnotherHere.com, Michael from MMOGNation.com and Brent are featured on this show.

    Notice: This episode of SUWT contains some explicit language.
    Direct download: 021-SUWT-3-5-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:01pm CDT

    Shut Up! We're Talking #20 Brent and Darren slap together a quick, unstructured, informal show before packing up and leaving for GDC 2008.  These show notes are equally unstructured.  Enjoy.
    Direct download: 020-SUWT-2-17-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:08pm CDT

    Shut Up! We're Talking #19
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • Getting to Know You
  • The Hype Problem
  • Stop the Eyes from Bleeding
  • Somebody will Hate WAR
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • Brenden - Another Here
  • Beau - Voyages of vanguard
  • Leala - Epic Dolls

    Topics:
  • The Hype Problem
  • Finishing too quickly
  • Another WAR Rant
  • Misunderstanding PvP
  • Someone will be disappointed

    Blog of the Week:
  • Pumping Irony
  • Direct download: 019-SUWT-1-3-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:08pm CDT

    Shut Up! We're Talking #18 Agenda:
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • Conan on the Console
  • Kids vs Us
  • Why Just Fantasy
  • Screw being nice!!!
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Commonsensegamer.com
  • Lauren - Mystic Worlds
  • Ethic - Kill Ten Rats
  • William - Ramblings of Bildo

    Topics:
  • There will be blood
  • You're not the future of gaming
  • Why Fantasy?
  • Evolving Past Fantasy
  • Why Be Nice?

    Blog of the Week:
  • Ardwulfslair
  • Direct download: 018-SUWT-1-20-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:35pm CDT

    Shut Up! We're Talking #17 Agenda:
  • Introductions
  • Listener mail/What we're playing
  • Cheater cheater, pumpkin eater
  • Predictions for 2008
  • Out of the Gate
  • We all get a hug
  • Blog of the Week

    Hosts:
  • Darren - Common Sense Gamer
  • John - The Ancient Gaming Noob
  • Dennis - Potshot
  • Craig - Voyages in Eternity
  • Michael - MMOGNation

    Topics:
  • You are all Cheaters
  • Things aren't simple
  • Videogame Cheating Through the Ages
  • Great Expectations - 2008
  • 2008 - Predictions
  • 10 Predictions for 2008
  • Mognosticating-2008
  • 2008 Predictions
  • 2008 MMORPG Progdictionations
  • Box of Chocolates
  • So Try Harder

    Blog of the Week:
  • WorldIV
  • Direct download: 017-SUWT-1-6-08.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:07pm CDT