Welcome welcome, one and all, to Season 5 Episode 8 of the Obscurecast!

This week it’s Razerbug’s turn to get his ranty-pants on about changes to mages in Patch 5.2 of World of Warcraft, as well as recent interviews from Blizzard’s staff at to what went wrong in Cataclysm and is going right in Mists.

We finally clear the fall-out of Simcity 5‘s launch, with news of free games and playing Simcity offline 

We highlight the pretty crappy trope of female game characters being the damsel in distress, or worse, the prize…

And, do we need a Gamers Bill of Rights?

All that and much much more (to say nothing of the Game of Thrones Beerage!)

Have at it!

• Raz

  • Blizz admits Cata Sucked http://t.co/zwtrdzXpLg  & MoP 5.2 pwnz http://t.co/ZM2bSJZpGL and could be on consoles after all? http://www.nowgamer.com/news/1845078/blizzard_talks_world_of_warcraft_on_nextgen_consoles.html

  • Gamers “bill of rights” http://www.fark.com/go/7638736

  • SimCity5 can run offline after all http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/14/modder-runs-simcity-offline-maxis-remains-silent/ Maxis admits it could do offline but didn’t http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21828799

  • Maxis detail SimCity compensation: http://www.ea.com/news/for-our-patient-and-amazing-mayors—a-free-pc-download-from-origin-

• Sil

  • Square Enix Forces All Staff to Play Super Mario RPG in Order to Learn How to Make Good RPGs Again http://www.p4rgaming.com/?p=1507

  • Game of thrones beer? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293216/Game-Of-Thrones-producers-bring-ale-inspired-fantasy-series-Ommegang-Iron-Throne-Blonde-Ale.html

  • Tropes vs women series launches with damsels in distress: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/08/tropes-vs-women-series-launches-with-damsels-in-distress/

Talking Point for the week 

Sil: Which games (board, p&p, video) have the most interesting lore / background story for you? And why do you find it so appealing?

NExt Week!

Obscurebag:

I’ve been a lifelong reader of the Dungeons & Dragons RPG.  I played some of the first edition in the 1980s and kept following the game throughout the years.  Oddly enough, I’ve hardly participated in actual RPG campaigns.  I enjoy reading both the rules and numbers side as well as the lore.  Characters from Dragon Lance and the Forgotten Realms mix right in with books regarding the Heavens, Hells, and all points in between.

 Thanks,

Gabriel

@FSUTJ

@obscurecast halo, Wow, elder scrolls, and Guild wars.

@Moogyver

@obscurecast WoW and Starcraft (of course) But I also loved the story in HALO, and Bioshock.

SG ‏@zesty1986

@obscurecast listened to 1 obcast, loved it, 40k for the lore, lots of 40k games coming to iPad, hoping for a table top exp on the iPad

Moment of Obscurity?

Raz: Sorry Princess, plumber is in other tower http://allthingsd.com/20130311/viral-video-dad-hacks-donkey-kong-so-daughter-can-have-female-hero/

Sil: losing  a piece of my model only to find I glued it to myself :/ (ha!)

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