Articles - Podcast - Darth Hater Episode 18 - The Emo Planet

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On this episode of the Darth Hater podcast, we had the great opportunity to be joined by David Ellis. You may know David Ellis from 4guys1up, Sports Anomaly, and 1up. Episode 18 - 'The Emo Planet' of the Darth Hater podcast is now up for stream and download. Check the bottom of the post for the stream and download links. Podcast notes after the jump.

Intro
Justin Lowe - Sado - @realdarthhater
Pete Trerice Misenus @petetrerice
Colm - @colmination
Dover - @doverbs

Special Guest
David Ellis

Segments
David Ellis
- Intro and MMO Experience
- General Impressions on TOR from a games journalist
- Impressions from San Francisco
- What looks good
- What appears to need work
- Class preference

Friday Update: Dromund Kaas
- Sith Capital
- Naga Sadow
- Revans Disappearance

Threat of Peace 22

Holonet Discussion

Community Polls
Which of the following faction alignments do you think the majority of the total planets available at launch will be?

Independent / Contested (64%, 267 Votes)

Neutral (15%, 63 Votes)

Sith (11%, 45 Votes)

Republic (10%, 39 Votes)

How many total planets do you think will be available at launch?

10-12 (46%, 193 Votes)

16-18 (25%, 104 Votes)

13-15 (21%, 86 Votes)

19-21 (3%, 14 Votes)

More than 24 (3%, 12 Votes)

22-24 (2%, 7 Votes)

Mass Effect 2 Talk
- Changes in Story and Tone
- Changes in Class Design Philosophy (Sado)
- Changes in Companions (Dover)
- Changes in Combat
- Changes in general gameplay
- DLC Direction

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Posted 1/16/2010 4:50:16 PM
I went back and looked at the web comic again after finally getting around to listening to the whole pod cast. Your chat about all the content hinted at in the comic made me think that the last two episodes have been hinting at faction switching. First we have the Wookiee bounty hunter switching sides to team up with the Jedi and a Trooper. Now this last comic ends with the sith propositioning one of the Jedi to join the empire. You could argue that maybe the Wookiee is just a side kick but Shan is a major character in the comic so far.
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Posted 1/14/2010 10:53:15 AM
360 here, played the first one on it.
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Posted 1/13/2010 1:08:20 AM
I'm actually building a pc atm, so I think that I might get it for the pc.
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Posted 1/12/2010 10:06:09 PM
My question concerns Mass Effect 2. I just want to know who all is buying it and for what platform pc or something else.
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Posted 1/13/2010 9:00:33 PM
So it looks like pc is the answer thanks guys and em!
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Posted 1/13/2010 4:51:10 PM
PC tbh. I enjoy the keyboard and the mouse more when it comes to gameplay.
I played the first ME watching all possible details so i'll import the saved game i want :P I'm a Tali'Zorah fan, but we'll see what happens in the game :P
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Posted 1/13/2010 10:06:11 AM
PC & looking forward to it so much that I can't bring myself to watch any trailers or interviews about it. I want shock & awe.
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Posted 1/13/2010 3:42:45 PM
never played the first one, didn't have a 360 at the time, still don't. Should I go back and play the first one on PC before getting the second one?
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Posted 1/13/2010 4:07:03 PM
It wouldn't hurt. It's a great game, and you get extra stuff in ME2 if you use a save from ME1. So get ME1, beat it, then play ME2. ME is on Steam, not sure the price, but it's $20 tops.
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Posted 1/14/2010 5:20:46 AM
(PC here)
Bioware tries to make a lot of things explain themselves no matter what edition your playing but yes; it wouldn't hurt actually knowing the back-story and how things work.
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Posted 1/13/2010 1:46:20 PM
Right there with you.
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Posted 1/12/2010 4:29:29 PM
It looked so ugly I never bothered trying it. Another opinion.
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Posted 1/12/2010 7:51:04 PM
I disagree. I remember it from the launch since I was all "Woah! Star Wars MMO!" and then when I saw it.. "That's not what Stormtroopers look like.."
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Posted 1/13/2010 9:34:43 AM
I'm a graphics designer, a nitpicker and a perfectionist in one. It takes something like Bioware of Blizzard's quality of graphics to get me to admit it looks nice. ^^
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Posted 1/12/2010 6:39:29 PM
It only looks ugly by today's standards. Back when it launched, it looked very nice. If you read any review from its launch, its graphics are always a positive. It's hard to age gracefully in graphics. I think FFXI is one of the few that has had its graphics age well.
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