The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
Episodes
Instance Update for 7-5-2025
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Major features of the new patch! M+ Keystone Deserter Debuff - Blizzard using public shaming to stop people from. Bank overhaul - No more bag slots in...
Update!
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We finished the season, so now what?? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Instance 674: Deeper Down
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You guys ready for the Undermine(d) patch? Are you ready to dig even deeper into the center of crunchy Azeroth? Good, so are we. Let's talk about that...
Housing Update: With Bobby
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A quick episode with Bobby about the news that dropped today with details around housing coming to WoW! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
The Jason Schreier Interview: Games, Blizzard, and The Industry
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you pay attention to the games industry, then you know our guest’s work quite well. Jason was very nice to sit down with Scott for a one-on-one d...
The Instance 673: Call of The Siren
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We had a very busy month, but we got a show for you right before Christmas! We talk about some of our 2024 wow highlights, our takes on the Siren Isle...
The Instance 672: Long Live The Queen
23 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why is the Queen so hard to kill for tanks on Heroic? We'll get into it and hopefully help you with your team's attempts. Plus Arcane is great but jus...
The Instance: A chat with Shojo - Making WoW Relatable
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scott got a chance to sit down for a chat with Sarah, aka Shojo, and discuss what it takes in 2024 to make funny and engaging short form content aroun...
The Instance 671: 30 Years of Warcraft Watch-Along
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Scott and Bobby for some commentary on this, the 30 years of Warcraft co-stream! Video version at frogpants.tv Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?
26 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is 90 bucks too much for an in-game auction-house mount too much to spend? Was 5 million gold too much to spend? We wade into that lake for some discu...
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One month in, and we are here to go deep! How is season 1? How's the story? How's the game doing on the whole? Let's do this! More on early access, Ea...
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another supplemental episode of The Instance, with Bobby telling you why you should spend those Valorstones now and not later! GET IN THERE! Hosted on...
The Instance: The War Within - First Impressions and Level 80!
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just a quick little extra for you from your hosts. Early expansion impressions and thoughts! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
The Instance: Welcome back, Champion
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The show is back! Why? We get into it. Plus, how the one-on-one with Metzen happened, why follower dungeons changed our attitudes completely about dun...
The Instance 2.0 - Coming Soon
27 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Top secret. Stay tuned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Instance: Metzen is back!
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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SPECIAL: A conversation with Chris Metzen
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
SPECIAL: A conversation with Chris Metzen: I really think you’ll all enjoy this interview. A lot has happened since we last had this opportunity, an...
Feed Drop - Garrett's New Podcast | The Grinding Gear Podcast
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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An interview with Blizzard about Dragonflight
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Feasel to be precise. Enjoy all the details about the new WoW expansion! I also did a short video of my impressions today as well. Learn more a...
The Instance 666: The Final Boss
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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The Instance 665: Yeah, MY Team Work
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What does Brad Smith at MS mean when he says these Act/Blizz games should be everywhere, and that we are all gamers together? Well, we break it down a...
The Instance 664: Cries in 1060
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
WoW goes cross-faction, and we go full discussion on such news. Also, we are very skeptical about the wow on mobile mention in the earnings report. Pl...
The Instance 663: Can Blizzard 'Survive'?
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sneaky headline there, but today it's all about Blizzard's announced un-named new survival game for PC's and consoles. Scott Joce and Garrett wrap our...
The Instance 662: So You're Saying There's a Chance
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick is back and joins us for our hot take party on all things MS buys ABK! Tune in as Scott, Joce and Patrick try and make sense of this aquisitio...
The Instance 661: Constructive Haptic Feedback
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, it's all about VR, and whether or not it has a viable place in in our gaming future. Tuck in on this one and prep that feedback. Gonna be a wil...
The Instance 660: 2021, we see you
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's the end of the year! We decided to talk about what we are gonna grind next year! So get in here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...
The Instance 659: Come Get Yer Booty!
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today's show, a deep dive into why Sea of Thieves is the best game you might not be playing right now. Why is it so good now? Why its systems are s...
The Instance 658: Halo Perpetuity
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A quick discussion on Endwalker queues and how to get in when everyone else is doing other things. And why SWTOR stepped in and took Scott's heart. Ou...
The Instance 657: Arcane Online
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Endwalker Day. Garrett and Scott dive into what Riot's new MMO might look like. Lots of theories about where things go, including the name. Lear...
The Instance 656: What would Juicy Jim say?
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Time to discuss what is really happening with Final Fantasy 14 and it's rapid growth over the last few months. Guest Kyle joins us today as well. We a...
The Instance 655: And SCENE
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Where are we in 2021 with video games adapted for the large and small screen? Are video games like comics, and just need the time to be right to hit n...
The Instance 654: The Council
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Big topic today: Should devs let players into the room, and help build their games via committee? Well, that's just what Blizzard might be asking with...
The Instance 653: The Pros of Cons
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are giving away FF14 today! So tune in! And we hit the news that Blizzcon is out for the foreseeable future. Is that good? When do we want that kin...
The Instance 653: Better Together
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why are we getting so much co-op love right now? Well, we try and sus it out on this episode of The Instance. Plus, an emailer has us thinking about h...
The Instance 652: Stick to the Moon & The Roads
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This weeks topic: The massive breach at Twitch, and what it means for gamers, streamers and game-based security in general. Plus hot takes on HS Merce...
The Instance 651: A whole New World
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We have a quick update on the Blizzard front up top, but the rest of the show today is all about New World. It hit this week, we've all played a bunch...
The Instance 650: Hurt Me Plenty
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Garrett and Joce have been seeing a lot of chatter in our circles about difficulty settings in games, hard modes, casual players, and more. Got ...
The Instance 649: Tell Me a Story
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our topic this week deals with video games with a narrative, and why we seem to be swinging back to story after a love affair with games as services. ...
The Instance 648: Content Warning Warning
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From the ESRB, to big blue warning screens before you launch your games, to making sure you're not driving while catching Pokemon. Today we talk about...
The Instance 647: Play it again, Sam
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
GOOD NEWS! Jocelyn is our new permanent co-host and we are pretty stoked about it! Today we do a deep dive topic on why we keep buying the same games ...
The Instance 646: Honor The Chicken
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joined by Jocelyn for a deep dive into the world of Elder Scrolls Online. Is it a game you should play? What kind of player does it attract? We dig do...
The Instance 645: Rubber Meet Road
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We have one more in us for this mess, and then the real work begins on trying to do our part to make the world a better place. Garrett Scott and Patri...
The Instance Suplimental: Scott and Jules
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scott and his guest Jules Scott sit down and have a discussion about more of this Blizz fallout, but more specifically, the need for female voices in ...
The Instance 644: The Hero You Should Be
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The state of CA is suing Blizzard and Activision and for good reason. Join Scott and guest host Jon as they help make sense of all of it. Plus, our de...
The Instance 643: A Whole New World
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
WoW on a handheld? The Steam Deck says, SURE! The big (possibly not real) WoW internal memo leak and what it means, and what we can learn about it. FF...
The Instance 642: Got Change?
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Things are changing, and we are here to tell you what that means. What is a single player game when you convert it to a service game? AC wants to find...
The Instance 641: Coming Back Home?
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A little up top talk about how seeing next gen game environments makes us want WoW to go there. A few E3 thoughts. The WoW team gets a new animated in...
The Instance 640: Who Holds The Bag?
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Couple interesting stories up top about Overwatch going cross-platform, but what that change in Battlenet means to everyone else playing blizzard game...
The Instance PSA 6-4-2021
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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The Instance 669: Skinny McWhite Hair
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There is no Blizzcon in 2021. What might they do? We discuss that. Also, More ex-Blizzard news from Frost Giant. Looks like they have Mike looking ove...
The Instance 638: Clone Deal
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More ex-blizzard people are starting cool new studios! What does Lightfordge do? We talk about it. BC classic character cloning got cheaper today. Run...
The Instance 637: The Darkest of Dark Portals
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Activision and Blizzard had some revealing things to say at the earnings call last week. We break it down. We all get to return to Outland on June 1st...
The Instance 636: Wearing The Sloth
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The WoW charity worked out great and now you all get to wear a Sloth on your back. Ready to read Warcraft Sylvanas this fall. PTR 9.1 has been interes...
The Instance 635: Happy Cussing
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's Question and Answer day here at the instance, where we answer some of your burning questions with answers that would make the Lich King proud. En...
The Instance 634: Gravy After Sixty
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You like to buy game time? Well, you just lost a couple options and we'll discuss why. Frost Giant could bring RTS's back to your life in a big way. T...
Frogpants Plays: Special Interview with Chris Metzen
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scott and Chris have a sit-down and chat up up about his new big project, plus lots of great insights into development of this kind of project vs some...
The Instance 633: Where Doth The Ancient Wander?
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about all there is to know about 9.0.5, which is not a lot turns out. But we have a real Q&A party and answer all your burning questions. ...
The Instance 632: No More Bone Cloak!
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lots to cover this week, including the chance that Diablo Immortal might be emulatable. Oh and controller support might not work. 30 days of free Hero...
The Instance 631: Warcraft Junior
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
People are not happy about character customizations stopping for the foreseeable future. Suddenly Scott loves Torghast again. How your boost will work...
The Instance: BlizzConline 2021 Co-Coverage
20 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Instance: BlizzConline 2021 Co-Coverage with Scott, Garrett, Kyle and Joce! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted ...
The Instance 630: Have you been mythically valiant?
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Valor points are back, and we have the skinny on how those are going to work! Some of you are not gonna be happy about it either. Wanna get your Battl...
The Instance 629: Online and On Time for The Conline!
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Forth Quarter results for Blizz are in, and we break down the numbers a bit and what it means for WoW this year. Some weird language in their about ge...
The Instance 628: Will the Crusade still Burn?
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We dig into the Vicarious Visions story a bit and what Blizz might be doing with them. How people are running 8 levels of Torghast in 5 minutes. And a...
The Instance 627: A Time And Season for PVP
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We get into some Classic to start things off with the Scarab event, and then to that Battlenet update that most of us had but didn't know about it til...
The Instance 626: Scaling Torblast
10 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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The Instance 625: Need a Ride?
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We knew Torghast changes were coming, and now we know what they are all about. Ghostcrawler announces that RIOT is making an MMO. Patrick is playing D...
The Instance 624: Cool and Long but still Cool
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How PVP rewards will work this week, and next. The big new world bosses and what you will get from them. Blizzard breaks its own record for most PC ga...
The Instance 623: Don't take a black light to Silvermoon
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What you should be doing in week two of this expansion, WoW goes back on TV this week, gear scores and where you should find them this week, our impre...
The Instance 622: Stop and Smell The Polygons
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's our big Shadowlands launch discussion! Join Scott, Patrick and Garrett and they dig into the new content with arms wide open! Oh and some discuss...
The Instance 621: When did you last call your Maw?
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We announce a MAJOR contest today! Also, no more multi-boxers allowed in WOW. Blizzard details how those legendaries are gonna work. All about the dea...
The Instance PSA for 11-06-2020
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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The Instance 620: Late for your date
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How our pre-patch time has led up to today. Alts alts and more alts. Old bugs, why Pandaria is seeing so many players, fixing that ding 50 moment, and...
SPECIAL: A chat with Chris Metzen, and Warchief Gaming!
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A special sit down with Chris Metzen, chatting about his “next big thing”, Warchief Gaming, and life post-blizzard, and what the creative spirit n...
The Instance 619: Floor Walker Cho
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We have a BIG discussion about everything to do with the pre-patch and our experience so far in this not-yet-expansion expansion. Plus, the drop-off o...
The Instance 618: 1% is a lot less than 100%
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Prepatch plans for the 13th are heating up, and we talk about the stuff you can expect next week when it hits. Covenant Abilities are no longer locati...
The Instance 617: Delay That Order
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We kick things off this week with a quick look at that huge Diablo IV talent tree. Then it's off to wow town and a discussion about how Conduits work ...
The Instance 616: A Haven for Dreams and Things
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about one of the more fun wow bugs lately. The long deleted are coming back to haunt some players. Barbershops and character creation got inte...
The Instance 615: Garry The Anima Cow
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
WoW Classic goes hard into eSports this coming month. Will you have the right 15 man team to compete? Also a look at a CGI jailer in PC Gamer. Pre-pat...
The Instance 614: Hogger In The Maw
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TWO new Afterlives shorts to talk about, and wrap our heads around. We do just that. Plus, new music and login screen data-mined and we really quite l...
The Instance 613: How much gold for the 3080?
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Will YOU get a really expensive card for your wow life this year? Two brand new books heading to stores and they are both about wow. Castle Nathria is...
The Instance 612: Expect some Pugfoolery
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gamescom on the 27th will debut some sweet animated goodness from WoW. What we expect from that. Ray-traced examples show by Blizz and we have some th...
The Instance 611: 68 to 71 is the new 27
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nvidia wants to help with your RTX fun in WoW, and they have a patch to prove it. Blizzard previewed Adventures! And it's kind of an Auto-Battler. How...
The Instance Bonus for August 2020
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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The Instance 610: Goats and Gruffhorns
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some tweaks to the show today! Hope you enjoy them! Blizzard honors the fallen. The Shadowlands beta build adds some really nice stuff for transmog fa...
The Instance 609: Custom Stained Night Elves
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
All the recent changes to the Shadowlands beta, all the stuff you need to do before it goes away in BFA, a classic player who leveled his hunter with ...
The Instance 608: In the shadow of the lands
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Time to break down all the finer details of the Shadowlands stream last week, includiing deeper looks at the release, beta, gameplay updates, and more...
The Instance 607: The Shadowlands Update
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our live coverage of the Shadowlands stream dev update, and our thoughts about what they showed. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...
The Instance 606: Fling open the gates!
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Classic is about to toss open the gates of Ahn'Qiraj again, and we are pretty excited about that idea. We talk a bunch about that event changed wow fo...
The Instance 605: Mixing It Up
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mixer is no more...where will YOU stream your WoW dungeon runs now? Some ugly stuff happening in the underbelly this week. Overwolf takes a bite out o...
The Instance 604: Ignite Spreading
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Shadowlands reveal event was pushed. We talk about why and what might come of it. Fire mage talk leads to keeping everything on fire. Classic Summ...
The Instance: Time To Listen
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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The Instance 603: Who's The Big Bad
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Blizzcon is cancelled. What will they do instead? We have some ideas. Also, the AWC 2020 schedule is up! The Undead get some better knees. Oibos seems...
The Instance 602: Machine Learning Disability
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We touch on this saved Echoes of Ny'alotha business that has everyone in a froth this week. Plus another great interview with Ion that gave us some ne...
The Instance Bonus for April/May 2020
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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The Instance 601: Pain and Pride
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some more Alpha thoughts coming in, and why Patrick likes things light and airy. Diablo 2 Resurrected might be coming sooner than later. Act/Blizz did...
The Instance 600: Blue Face and Glowy Eyes
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Venturebeat sits down with Morhaime and he says some really interesting things. Then Ghostcrawler had more to add to the subject. Shadowlands gets new...
The Instance 599: Tripping Over A Fel Reaver
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LOTS of additional alpha talk today, with more impressions than ever. Bastion might be ugly. Exiles Reach might be amazing looking. No delay in Shadow...
The Instance 598: Climb That Tower
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Torghast is really really good, and we go pretty deep into how Blizz should make sure this thing stays awesome. Shadowlands is changing flying forever...
The Instance 597: The Great UnPruning
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Alpha is underway, and we have things to say about it. Is Blizz making a WoW-based auto-battler? Maybe. The MDI is happening and there are some co...
The Instance 596: I Am My Scarves
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Alpha test for Shadowlands is nigh!! We have all the details and some thoughts on how this new expansion is shaping up! Plus a look at how all 12 ...