We get to sit down with the incredibly talented Russell Brower, director of audio, and the man responsible for a lot of the music you love in WoW! It's a bit of a tradition to have Russell on, and this time around we donated an entire episode to it!

What an eye does to gameplay, Blizzard responds to getting sued, Starcraft has a big day coming up, get the Baneling pet if you wanna, the big earnings call post MoP and what we learned from that, the election in Azeroth, grappling hooks in WoW, ghosts and where they come from, long maintenance on some servers, hurricane Sandy takes a toll on one listener, how WoW makes it's exit, and WoW makes the 100 games on TIME's big list, and MORE!

Pardo sees the future, Mists and flying alts, no fly zone still in effect in Silvermoon, Heart of Fear and Terrace updates, trading your old skills, exploring the sea, enlarging your pets, old call for Dills, why we are good for people, Bnet championships, some free JINX stuff, and MORE!

We get a chance to hang with our friends at Convert to Raid, and talk about the state of end game today, and where things are probably headed! Join us!

Joined by The Starcast boys!

We kick off hour one of BlizzGONE and manage to fit in a tight little show while we're at it! Enjoy!

Leveling and beyond, everyone died in the big cities, and blizzard fixed it, what the hell is going on in Maine, itemized stuff in questing, why it takes a long time to fix servers, trade chat is still a nightmare, Minecraft Azeroth recreation is done, we give away that Doomhammer, and MORE!

A big conversation about the expansion, T weighs in on what happened on his end of the pond, people are already finishing Mogo'shan Vaults, sales numbers are in for MoP, we compare that to previous launches in the game's history, we talk about what a new expansion has to do after this one to work, product placement in game, sudden Horde loss, and the hot new soundtrack to your life!

A little expansion came out, and we talk about that a lot, free transfers are here for you sad sacks on big servers, Appear Offline is indeed coming, level 90 first gets rolled back for who the hell knows why, watermarking again, not the emerald dream, reasons to not work and play instead, flying mounts, wood in the ear, our named gear is out there, great way to get familiar with Panderia, and MORE!

An interview with Blizzard's Cory Stockton. Great stuff from behind the scenes of MoP, and where they see things going in the future. An interview you won't want to miss.

Is activision / blizzard watermarking your screenshots, Pargon has a new 10 man paradigm, the Monk pet is on sale, Dev Reddit happend, WoW2 wold be what exactly, what of mass summon, will Azeroth advance, LFR is or isn't working right, Locks can rename their demons, listener caught in a RIFT, megabloks giveaway, and an AWESOME interview with the creators of Pearl of Pandaria!

There was a time when Mists was not even gonna happen, LFR loot feedback, Blizzgone is still a thing, Multiboxing question, our favorite expansion, naming your water dude, thoughts on The Secret World, Mega Bloks build on youtube now, and MORE! Also, Turpster's birthday is today. Yay!

Some thoughts on GW2 to start us off, taking your calls today, the patch is here and we have lots to say about it, on an otherwise news-free week, some nice guides for your post patch lifestyle, Turpster has a shout-out from the ether, the Instance Movie, cookie cutter specs, more about Dills and The Giants, Computer Gaming World liked wow in 2001, and we give away that lunch box!

T is back from GamesCom, Patch is happening tuesday, the mobile armory goes free, Iran does not like wow, dumbing things down, tats in your game, how quick will we rip through 90, WoW is cheap this week,

Cinematic time, all races are available in patch 5.0.4, BattleNet hack aftermath, professions are getting kinda crazy last second, Black Markets, what motivates you to come back, V likes us, use that painting in Dalaran, how long it takes blizzard to wow us, Turpster interviews some devs at GamesCom, and MORE!

Listen in to an interview with Christie Golden and Blizzard's Chris Metzen about their latest book, "Tides of War".

WoW Loses 1.1M Subscribers, Down to 9.1M, and some other interesting numbers as well, and what blizzard had to say about it, Blizzard wants to give you LFR later than you'd think in MoP, What are cutting edge achievements, Brewfest delayed one earth week, Dial-In Authenticators going away, A theory on instance items in the game, Turpster and Dills say it like it is, AIE remembers, and which will have more pandas: Alliance or Horde. BIG show today.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a date, what you can buy now, what of physical stuff, why are they missing a pet, beta key sweepstakes, prime time play, authenticator time again, cant find a good guild, why Varian needs to go, WoW movie too late, more about the Cinematic and what we might see, and MORE!

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Sam Raimi is off the film, Mists of P. boxes are on the Bnet, transfers are 25% off, and we wonder what that means, the big Diablo letter from Mike, thoughts on not having an authenticator, has the game gotten too complicated, pet battle system site goes live, and MORE!

Drakes and Achievements, is diablo III broken, guild mentoring is a thing, LFR roll system has changed, get your obsidian nightwing, busted loot, starting with the letter U, what does Blizzard make wow with, is WoW too slow now, and dude stabbed over wow argument!

Gamescom is where we get our cinematics on, addons in the next mop beta build are coming, account wide mount update, box art revealed, and specs too, pet battle music explained, raiding experience in real life, another theory on the Jaina makeover, the blizzard art book, and MORE!

So you want to flip a table, turpster and dills are in SLC for N12, Raid Testing begins in MoP, the black market, South Korea has some hot new laws for you gamers, some thoughts about Hell and Auctions in D3, some live calls, dealing with Douchebag Carl, and what Blizzard did for May NPD numbers. Did I mention we are all in the same city this weekend?

Turpster returns from E3 and has some things to say about it, Proudmore gets a facelift, pet battles are jaunty, Diablo 3 auction house wants your real money now, why the Dragon Soul entrance is in Caverns of Time, is leveling fast as good as it's cracked up to be, angry player is angry, helping people understand the world, games in general go opposite while D3 goes the other way in May.

Dills has the ultimate RAID night ever, say goodbye to head enchants, D3 continues to dominate, what mounts are NOT account wide, the WoW monopoly game at a glance, no cap means less money, not wanting play maps again, third faction theory, contractions in MoP, top ten things hunters have to look forward to, and MORE!~

Pandas get an official land mount and it's rad, get authenticated, daily quest cap no longer capped, the login in screen is a go, auction house on the go for D3, Gerp's Perfect Arrow, estimating release is hard, your next WoW tattoo, Azerothian Appearances, and MORE

Dills graduates, what happened TO WoW this week, and our impressions of all of it, people rushing through D3, Valve and Blizzard bury the hatchet, Blizzard does right by Australian fans, grinding in a MoP world, achievements and mounts, MoP before we think, a new way of telling story in these games, Annual Pass backfire, and Gerp's Perfect Arrow!

Standing strong with 10.2 million, cross-realm zones are real, Panda dance makes us happy, no account-wide rep, how that effects rep mounts, mounts and friends, warlord gear trouble, more games through the store, points vs spells, D3 is a go, and MORE!

Account wide achievements, the music is here, so are the voices, why people STILL don't have beta access, Pandas now have homes in Org and SW, flight speed in MoP, quest reward systems, what of mentoring, BABIES, and what wow is to people who have never heard of it.

Faming the boat, your old stuff is new again, fighting with pets in the beta is now a reality, pre-mades are being pre-made all up in this grill, WoW annual pass is about to pass, the new Crane mount looks great, but so does that Yak, X-53 going the way of the dino, why no PVP talk, non-combat pets have reversed their usual position, a new wow baby, inventory again, and getting your Google Zerg Rush on, and MORE!

What is mobile alert anyway, in active guild leaders get some changes, D3 beta has an end game, hunter pet skills explained, red panda male tail, Blizzard addresses changes, extra inventory space, extending the annual pass, getting past the grind, WoW google stats are interesting, and MORE!

Veronica Belmont joins us today! Also, beta wave four is a thing and it happened, pre-made monks for your taking, the flying panther mount is mouth watering, even in comparison with the cloud serpents, WoW and CoD are being sued by idiots, dynamic quests explained, some people left over ToR, that Jaina thing was bull poop, the reason for the annual pass, off to war, letters from kids, and Mega Bloks has your WoW totally covered this year. Not to mention a great contest from the InFiveProductions guys!

The Daily Blink is with us, well half of it anyway, Slash Read, our beta impressions so far, warlocks get pet upgrades and they look great, pet battle types, how loot works, and how it will work moving to Mists, wow pets and talents, what we think GW2 will be like, current gear and the new expansion, Thrall is to be in charge again, Behind The Raid, and MORE!

It's all mists, all the time on this episode. A special episode awaits you!

D3 has a date, and you have a date with it, Panderan Female coming monday, and what else we might here about that day, no filler raids before Mists, the movie is still happening, and Thunderbluff looks all blocky!

Mists beta is really close, Cata with Ghostcrawler and what he thinks the future holds, Scroll of Rez is rezzed, talents will fix things once and for all in Mists, a good idea for free to play and tanking, what lvl 80 character do we want, we are taken to task on what layoffs mean, dude is pissed about the new invite a friend system, another pay model, and Arthas on your best table!

The big Blizzard layoffs, a word from Mike M., we already ahve some ironman winners, Italy gets all official with WoW, Titan as free to play, WoW introducing cinematic stories good or bad, Mists beta in the wild, machinima as commercials, the family vault for your characters, questing with Dave Kosack, and we give away a chicken!

Dragon Soul is now 10% off. Mists starts internal alpha testing, the T takes on rubber chickens and monopoly, the best character builds for the Ironman Challenges, DIII beta patch 13 is OUT, what became of the China WoW park, restricting the pet classes, the Blizzard Bucks question, drunk calling, digital manga is on the cheap, and MORE!

The Ironman challenge, Blizzard and Valve walk into a bar, Heart of the Expensive Aspects, board games coming to Blizz fans, and YOUR LIVE CALLS!

More subs gone, but less than you'd think, Battle.net balance is live, optimization tech happened, ToR not hurting WoW as much as some think, Walmart is smoking crack, double your bandwidth, factions and races, Croc is not a croc, and Minecraft goes all Warcraft on us.

Slow week, but we keep on keepin on! There's talk of 64 bit clients finally being here, 5% hits the Dragon Soul raid, talk of Panderan mounts, transmog issues hit some players, WoW competing with itself, getting cash from Alliance to Horde, Reckoning is on it's way, and you calls and emails! Join us?

There IS no Blizzcon in 2012, the myans were right, the Battlenet 2012 World Championship, turning off your enchants, your Soul is about to get nerfed, why cross faction stuff will never happen, dude cant sleep without the instance, how to say "Geoffrey", and MORE!

Dragon Soul getting the nerf stick pretty quickly, cross-realm raids happening with 4.3.2, say goodbye to Windows 2000, Scroll of Res still down, character model talk, death of world PVP, more annual pass opportunities in future, the WoW movie, making students listen to the show, and WoW on the cheap for good!

File tech incoming, happy 15 Diablo, Raid Finder loot rules explained, is hacking on the rise, authenticator followup, what happened to the Wolf Men, Trek goes free, aging player base, nothing wrong with Blood Elves, Massively awards and MORE!

Last show of the year! We take a look back at the years biggest stories in WoW, what 2012 might bring, how much money Blizzard makes on security keys, Streets post mortem on 4.3, and your very own WoW wig! All that and Turpster's weird accent, so come on in!

Losing your character name, what is a BattleTag, Blizzard at the VGA's, account wide mounts coming, BattleNet Balance, and a great Christmas song! All that and more!

How you will roll in 4.3, two new TV spots hit the spot, happy birthday to wow, future Blizzcon plans, MoP talent calculator is out, and get Starcraft II on the cheap today, and MORE!

Mass layoffs turned out to be a mass lie, Vivendi sells a bunch of Blizzard stock, new WoW ad airing this sunday, 4.3 valor changes and what that means, 1000 guilds have killed heroic Rag, your calls, your emails, and a great drop of the week! All that and more awaits you, brave adventurer.

You can be exalted, again, big changes to classes and raiding, the new king of the DPS hill, twitter folks say what they dont like about the latest patch, the WoW and SC theme parks in China, hotfixes incoming, your calls and emails, as well as a great double drop of the week! And welcome Dills and Turpster to the show!