World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 1 | Page 63

World of Warcraft Community Magazine // 63

WHY WOW? ARE THERE

less frequent. Wow has over a

table from one another. With that

OTHER GAMES YOU’VE FANCIED

twenty year history in lore, and

setting, the show does become more

CREATING PODCASTS FOR?

lends itself to discussion much

personal for the listening audience.

Rewt: I don’t really have time
for more than two or so games in my

more easily than any other game.
The general format for

Freckleface: It’s conversational,
but we always have a main

life. When we started Hearthcast,

Hearthcast is very much a “talking

message to it, which is what

WoW was the only game I was

heads” conversational style.

I believe sets us apart.

playing. When we’ve branched

Was this a deliberate choice?

out and tried other games, like

Making the audience feel like

the show is Hearthcast AoE which

SW:TOR, we’ve talked about it

they are just listening to two

can get a little crazy. Whose idea

on the show and how that game

friends talking over coffee?

was it for a quiz where “eh, near

One of your regular spots in

enough” was a qualifier for the

relates to WoW and what WoW

Rewt: It was a natural

can learn from those games -

progression for us. After doing a

like AOE looting from SW:TOR.

weekly show for five years with

Rewt: Giving full credit where

Freckleface: We definitely

hardly any interruptions, we’ve

credit is due, Hearthcast AOE was

don’t have time for a second

grown to work off each other very

inspired directly from a radio game

weekly show, if we did do another

well. We do record the show in

show called “Closest to the Pin”,

podcast it would have to be much

a studio, sitting directly across a

which can be heard on the Philips

answers? It’s pretty inspired.

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