This week we’re looking at storytelling in games, from the heavy hitters like Mass Effect 2 and Uncharted 2 and upcoming Heavy Rain to the main meat of the show, Star Trek Online.

What were the best episodes of Star Trek about? Did the messages about social issues in the show make it as great as it was in a way that isn’t needed as much any more, what made up a good story and how would that transfer to a series of quests?

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This week we return with more of what we’ve been playing, featuring LOTRO, EVE Online, Guild Wars, Bayonetta, games very much like Bayonetta but not as good and something called Star Trek Online. Apparently this hasn’t yet been out for three months and so ony one of us has played that one.

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We’re back with the first topic of the year, and we’re kicking off with looking at how we pay for MMOs.

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This week we are looking at the games we’ve been playing over the last few weeks. Games played include Lord of the Rings Online, Guild Wars, Eve Online, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Forza 3, and Bayonetta.

Jon was also shouted at lots by Tiff Needell.

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End of the year! What, oh yes END OF THE YEAR!

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This week we’re talking about what we’ve been playing. Hint: It was games.

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This week we talk about grouping. The blogs mentioned are:

http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2009/12/thought-for-day-soloing.html
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2009/12/keen-on-soloing.html
http://www.keenandgraev.com/?p=3186
http://syncaine.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/reasons-to-skip-swtor-1/
http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/12/04/get-your-party-of-my-mmo/#more-5424
http://biobreak.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/in-defense-of-companions/
http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/09/24/massively-on-massively/

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We return with more talk about what we’ve been playing, which ranges from the usual suspects like Lord of the Rings Online and Guildwars, through Assassin’s Creed 2 and Forza 3 and onto a not at all Steam sale influenced Knights of the Old Republic.

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This week we talk about war crimes in games and look towards awards for inspiration.

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It’s another "what we’re playing" week, which really needs a better name so it’s easier to use in a sentence without needing quotes. This week there’s some Lord of the Rings Online (we like it again!) Dungeons and Dragons Online, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, the briefest of Eve mentions, Modern Warfare 2 and Assassin’s Creed 2. There’s also far too much playing of Borderlands.

As a bonus you get to find out which one of us is the sensitive, caring one and which one of us totally lacks empathy.

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