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Lore Watch Podcast: Jurassic World, and all the dinosaurs InGen made up along the way

This week's Lore Watch Podcast is just as majestic as the last, with even more discussion of the lore of Jurassic Park. This time, Joe, Matt, and special guest Eric O'Dea discuss the secon...

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Tavern Watch Plays Rebel Scum, Episode 1: A hive of scum and villainy

This week we're playing a game of Rebel Scum, a game of anti-fascist space opera that seems a lot like Star Wars -- so of course we just used it to play in the&...

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Blizzard Watch Weekly: Hamilten

Hamilton turns ten this week, and Lin-Manuel Miranda announced that it would be coming to theaters in September, so I'm having a Hamilicious week. It's a good time to be a former theater k...

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Blizzard Watch Podcast: As Ghosts of K'aresh releases, what's up next?

In the preshow, Liz went and saw some lighthouses. She also just started playing Baldur's Gate 3, which everyone was excited about, since it was so freaking good. This time she is det...

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Lore Watch Podcast: Welcome to Jurassic Park: how it kicked off a cultural phenomenon

This week, Matt, Joe, and special guest Eric O'Dea dove into one of the most influential series for the 90s kids in the audience: Jurassic Park. From Michael Crichton's groundbreaking nove...

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Blizzard Watch Weekly: dragging ourselves to the finish line

We're officially in back to school mode in our neck of the woods, which means that in addition to our regular activities, there's also a ton of additional orientation activities, plus summer wrap u...

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Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: The waiting room for patch 11.2

This week on the Blizzard Watch Podcast pre-show, Liz has concerns about how AI has affected, among other things, search traffic. Several news articles have confirmed what we've seen on our end fro...

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Lore Watch Podcast: Answering listener questions from around the World of Warcraft

This week's Lore Watch Podcast featured three different listener questions, answered by our intrepid hosts Matt and Joe. First, they delved into some pop culture references in WoW, specifi...

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Tavern Watch Podcast: Danger from Diamond Comic Distributors (and more tabletop news)

In this week's Tavern Watch Podcast, we dig into the disaster of Diamond Comic Distributors, which filed for bankruptcy in January and is now trying to claim books in its inventory are its property...

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Blizzard Watch Weekly: Earworm Rabbit Hole

It started this week when Cory mentioned opera in his Queue, so of course I had to immediately go watch Diana Damrau sing the 2025-07-25 22:57:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: The latest news on Mists of Pandaria Classic

We hope you like dinosaurs, because that's Matt's tangent of choice this week: there were a few new discoveries this week to discuss. Then, Joe and Liz talk standing desks and walking pads, and the...

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Lore Watch Podcast: Void Demon Hunters and other magical mixups

This week's Lore Watch Podcast features three different reader questions shoved into one podcast trenchcoat. First up, would it be possible to see a Void version of Demon Hunters, considering what ...

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Tavern Watch Plays Daggerheart, Episode 3: The hidden heart of the Motherboard

This week we continue our adventure of Daggerheart, as our crew becomes the first to enter the towering spire that is the Motherboard. While it's forbidden by the church, delving into thes...

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Blizzard Watch Weekly: Pizza Night!

I usually write this intro about what's sort of going on in my life at any given time. As such, it's Friday, end of the week, I'm tired and want to be a little bit of a trash goblin, so it seems li...

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Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: And now for even more player housing news

This week's preshow was mostly about D&D and tabletop gaming. Matt talked a bit about Blackmoor and its place in D&D history, which led to Critical Role and its ...

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Lore Watch Podcast: Storytelling in TTRPGs

Our hosts Joe and Matt were joined by frequent guest and DM for our Tavern Watch podcast, Phil Ulrich. Together they explored the storytelling aspect of TTRPGs. While they do enjoy the aspect of "m...

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Tavern Watch Plays Daggerheart, Episode 2: Ambushed! (But not very well.)

This week we continue our adventure of Daggerheart, as our crew walks away from the settlement surrounding the Motherboard and into a not entirely unexpected ambush. Or maybe it's a revers...

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Blizzard Watch Weekly: vacation?

This week has been the most sedate so far this summer, and as such, it flew right by. Also I was working the whole time, and didn't really get to sleep in. But I did get to drink a lot of coffee, s...

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Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: Goodbye Warcraft Rumble

I might crack a corny joke from time to time about this podcast bearing resemblance to a plane crash, but this week's preshow is literally about plane crashes. Matt is very much into the documentar...

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Lore Watch Podcast: Fragments of worlds and world souls

Two listener questions form bookends to an overarching concept this week on the Lore Watch Podcast. First, what is happening to Outland as it is now, 20 years after we visited? Is it still crumblin...

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Tavern Watch Plays Daggerheart, Episode 1: An invitation to the Motherboard

This week we're playing a game of Daggerheart, largely because I was enchanted by the Motherboard setting in the book — a funny turn of phrase, since the setting has no magic! In the Ech...

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Blizzard Watch Weekly: loud noises!

I have a nine year old son and a fully grown husband so of course this is their favorite collective holiday. We’ve rounded the corner from sparklers being cool and fun to whipping snapits at each...

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Blizzard Watch Podcast: Too much transmog, too little time

It's Canada Day! Or was, rather, during this week's preshow. That led to a discussion of the Geneva Convention, and some atrocities in games that might qualify. If you're not sure you're up for a d...

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Lore Watch Podcast: From class fantasy to (redacted) fantasy, we answer your gaming questions

This week's episode covers a lot of ground, because we're answering your burning listener questions (but you should still see a doctor). One involves modding and romance options in games like F...

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Tavern Watch Podcast: Looking forward to playing Rebel Scum (but you can't buy it on DriveThruRPG)

It's a new week of drama in the TTRPG community, and we're here to dig into the latest news. We talk about the controversy surrounding the game 2025-06-30 20:17:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Blizzard Watch Weekly: Summer Sale

For those of you who enjoy following the escapades of my ridiculously overstuffed steam wishlist, I am here to report that during this Summer Sale, there are 75 items on it on sale at or above 80% ...

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Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: Ghosts of K'aresh, from Tazavesh to Manaforge Omega

In this week's preshow, Liz and Phil met up with their guild and had a blast, and we are all happy for them and not dying of jealousy. They also went to various zoos, and Liz got to see Fiona the H...

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Lore Watch Podcast: Who are the Lorewalkers (and why do they know so much)?

With the new Lorewalking feature, it has some of us curious about the Lorewalkers. What is their history in the game, and why exactly do they know so much? A listener asked us just that -- somewhat...

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Tavern Watch Plays Masks, Episode 3: A blast from the past

This week on Masks, with the tip from Perseus Pyrite, the Mavericks are hot on the tail of -- presumably -- Silver Age villain Mirror Master, back and probably up to no good. But why did M...

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Blizzard Watch Weekly: Solstice

For a long time -- probably until I was older than I should admit -- I thought "solstice" and "eclipse" were synonyms. I thought there had to be some kind of awe-inspiring visible celestial event t...

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