The Instance 674: Deeper Down
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 20:11:08 GMT
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You guys ready for the Undermine(d) patch? Are you ready to dig even deeper into the center of crunc...
Housing Update: With Bobby
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:19:01 GMT
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A quick episode with Bobby about the news that dropped today with details around housing coming to W...
The Jason Schreier Interview: Games, Blizzard, and The Industry
Fri, 10 Jan 2025 22:12:21 GMT
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If you pay attention to the games industry, then you know our guest’s work quite well. Jason was v...
The Instance 673: Call of The Siren
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:27:27 GMT
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We had a very busy month, but we got a show for you right before Christmas! We talk about some of ou...
The Instance 672: Long Live The Queen
Sat, 23 Nov 2024 19:15:36 GMT
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Why is the Queen so hard to kill for tanks on Heroic? We'll get into it and hopefully help you with ...
The Instance: A chat with Shojo - Making WoW Relatable
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:27:05 GMT
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Scott got a chance to sit down for a chat with Sarah, aka Shojo, and discuss what it takes in 2024 t...
The Instance 671: 30 Years of Warcraft Watch-Along
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:07:01 GMT
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Join Scott and Bobby for some commentary on this, the 30 years of Warcraft co-stream! Video version ...
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?
Sat, 26 Oct 2024 19:17:37 GMT
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Is 90 bucks too much for an in-game auction-house mount too much to spend? Was 5 million gold too mu...
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters
Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:53:55 GMT
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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 War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!
Sun, 08 Sep 2024 02:51:09 GMT
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Another supplemental episode of The Instance, with Bobby telling you why you should spend those Valo...
The Instance: The War Within - First Impressions and Level 80!
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 14:51:40 GMT
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Just a quick little extra for you from your hosts. Early expansion impressions and thoughts! Hosted ...
The Instance: Welcome back, Champion
Thu, 22 Aug 2024 04:26:24 GMT
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The show is back! Why? We get into it. Plus, how the one-on-one with Metzen happened, why follower d...
The Instance 2.0 - Coming Soon
Sat, 27 Jul 2024 20:02:19 GMT
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Top secret. Stay tuned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Instance: Metzen is back!
Thu, 15 Dec 2022 21:41:02 GMT
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The title says it all I think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted...
SPECIAL: A conversation with Chris Metzen
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 20:05:38 GMT
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SPECIAL: A conversation with Chris Metzen: I really think you’ll all enjoy this interview. A lot h...
Feed Drop - Garrett's New Podcast | The Grinding Gear Podcast
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 01:41:05 GMT
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Feed Drop - Garrett's New Podcast | The Grinding Gear Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
An interview with Blizzard about Dragonflight
Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:46:26 GMT
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Jeremy Feasel to be precise. Enjoy all the details about the new WoW expansion! I also did a short v...
The Instance 666: The Final Boss
Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:35:42 GMT
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Thank you for listening to this one, and all those that came before. Learn more about your ad choice...
The Instance 665: Yeah, MY Team Work
Fri, 11 Feb 2022 18:36:54 GMT
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What does Brad Smith at MS mean when he says these Act/Blizz games should be everywhere, and that we...
The Instance 664: Cries in 1060
Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:26:09 GMT
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WoW goes cross-faction, and we go full discussion on such news. Also, we are very skeptical about th...
The Instance 663: Can Blizzard 'Survive'?
Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:44:03 GMT
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Sneaky headline there, but today it's all about Blizzard's announced un-named new survival game for ...
The Instance 662: So You're Saying There's a Chance
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 18:48:32 GMT
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Patrick is back and joins us for our hot take party on all things MS buys ABK! Tune in as Scott, Joc...
The Instance 661: Constructive Haptic Feedback
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 18:28:32 GMT
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Today, it's all about VR, and whether or not it has a viable place in in our gaming future. Tuck in ...
The Instance 660: 2021, we see you
Fri, 31 Dec 2021 18:39:07 GMT
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It's the end of the year! We decided to talk about what we are gonna grind next year! So get in here...
The Instance 659: Come Get Yer Booty!
Fri, 17 Dec 2021 18:41:59 GMT
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On today's show, a deep dive into why Sea of Thieves is the best game you might not be playing right...
The Instance 658: Halo Perpetuity
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 19:20:15 GMT
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A quick discussion on Endwalker queues and how to get in when everyone else is doing other things. A...
The Instance 657: Arcane Online
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 18:47:32 GMT
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Happy Endwalker Day. Garrett and Scott dive into what Riot's new MMO might look like. Lots of theori...
The Instance 656: What would Juicy Jim say?
Fri, 19 Nov 2021 18:58:25 GMT
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Time to discuss what is really happening with Final Fantasy 14 and it's rapid growth over the last f...
The Instance 655: And SCENE
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 18:42:25 GMT
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Where are we in 2021 with video games adapted for the large and small screen? Are video games like c...
The Instance 654: The Council
Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:45:39 GMT
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Big topic today: Should devs let players into the room, and help build their games via committee? We...
The Instance 653: The Pros of Cons
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 17:36:37 GMT
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We are giving away FF14 today! So tune in! And we hit the news that Blizzcon is out for the foreseea...
The Instance 653: Better Together
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:45:47 GMT
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Why are we getting so much co-op love right now? Well, we try and sus it out on this episode of The ...
The Instance 652: Stick to the Moon & The Roads
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 17:40:00 GMT
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This weeks topic: The massive breach at Twitch, and what it means for gamers, streamers and game-bas...
The Instance 651: A whole New World
Fri, 01 Oct 2021 17:35:06 GMT
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We have a quick update on the Blizzard front up top, but the rest of the show today is all about New...
The Instance 650: Hurt Me Plenty
Fri, 24 Sep 2021 18:38:47 GMT
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Scott Garrett and Joce have been seeing a lot of chatter in our circles about difficulty settings in...
The Instance 649: Tell Me a Story
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 17:35:49 GMT
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Our topic this week deals with video games with a narrative, and why we seem to be swinging back to ...
The Instance 648: Content Warning Warning
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 17:29:56 GMT
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From the ESRB, to big blue warning screens before you launch your games, to making sure you're not d...
The Instance 647: Play it again, Sam
Fri, 20 Aug 2021 17:31:17 GMT
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GOOD NEWS! Jocelyn is our new permanent co-host and we are pretty stoked about it! Today we do a dee...
The Instance 646: Honor The Chicken
Fri, 13 Aug 2021 17:57:08 GMT
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Joined by Jocelyn for a deep dive into the world of Elder Scrolls Online. Is it a game you should pl...
The Instance 645: Rubber Meet Road
Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:29:23 GMT
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We have one more in us for this mess, and then the real work begins on trying to do our part to make...
The Instance Suplimental: Scott and Jules
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:06:26 GMT
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Scott and his guest Jules Scott sit down and have a discussion about more of this Blizz fallout, but...
The Instance 644: The Hero You Should Be
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 20:39:02 GMT
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The state of CA is suing Blizzard and Activision and for good reason. Join Scott and guest host Jon ...
The Instance 643: A Whole New World
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 20:17:25 GMT
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WoW on a handheld? The Steam Deck says, SURE! The big (possibly not real) WoW internal memo leak and...
The Instance 642: Got Change?
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 20:19:54 GMT
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Things are changing, and we are here to tell you what that means. What is a single player game when ...
The Instance 641: Coming Back Home?
Fri, 18 Jun 2021 20:07:57 GMT
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A little up top talk about how seeing next gen game environments makes us want WoW to go there. A fe...
The Instance 640: Who Holds The Bag?
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 20:14:35 GMT
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Couple interesting stories up top about Overwatch going cross-platform, but what that change in Batt...
The Instance PSA 6-4-2021
Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:37:16 GMT
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The Instance PSA 6-4-2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on A...
The Instance 669: Skinny McWhite Hair
Fri, 28 May 2021 20:26:51 GMT
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There is no Blizzcon in 2021. What might they do? We discuss that. Also, More ex-Blizzard news from ...
The Instance 638: Clone Deal
Fri, 14 May 2021 19:07:49 GMT
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More ex-blizzard people are starting cool new studios! What does Lightfordge do? We talk about it. B...
The Instance 637: The Darkest of Dark Portals
Fri, 07 May 2021 20:15:13 GMT
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Activision and Blizzard had some revealing things to say at the earnings call last week. We break it...
The Instance 636: Wearing The Sloth
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 19:23:00 GMT
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The WoW charity worked out great and now you all get to wear a Sloth on your back. Ready to read War...
The Instance 635: Happy Cussing
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:07:05 GMT
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It's Question and Answer day here at the instance, where we answer some of your burning questions wi...
The Instance 634: Gravy After Sixty
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 20:08:23 GMT
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You like to buy game time? Well, you just lost a couple options and we'll discuss why. Frost Giant c...
Frogpants Plays: Special Interview with Chris Metzen
Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:18:44 GMT
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Scott and Chris have a sit-down and chat up up about his new big project, plus lots of great insight...
The Instance 633: Where Doth The Ancient Wander?
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 21:11:25 GMT
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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...
The Instance 632: No More Bone Cloak!
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 20:58:18 GMT
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Lots to cover this week, including the chance that Diablo Immortal might be emulatable. Oh and contr...
The Instance 631: Warcraft Junior
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 21:15:45 GMT
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People are not happy about character customizations stopping for the foreseeable future. Suddenly Sc...
The Instance: BlizzConline 2021 Co-Coverage
Sat, 20 Feb 2021 02:00:48 GMT
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The Instance: BlizzConline 2021 Co-Coverage with Scott, Garrett, Kyle and Joce! Learn more about you...
The Instance 630: Have you been mythically valiant?
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 21:02:18 GMT
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Valor points are back, and we have the skinny on how those are going to work! Some of you are not go...
The Instance 629: Online and On Time for The Conline!
Fri, 05 Feb 2021 21:18:48 GMT
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Forth Quarter results for Blizz are in, and we break down the numbers a bit and what it means for Wo...
The Instance 628: Will the Crusade still Burn?
Fri, 29 Jan 2021 21:15:37 GMT
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We dig into the Vicarious Visions story a bit and what Blizz might be doing with them. How people ar...
The Instance 627: A Time And Season for PVP
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:07:39 GMT
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We get into some Classic to start things off with the Scarab event, and then to that Battlenet updat...
The Instance 626: Scaling Torblast
Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:36:43 GMT
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The Instance 625: Need a Ride?
Fri, 18 Dec 2020 21:03:04 GMT
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We knew Torghast changes were coming, and now we know what they are all about. Ghostcrawler announce...
The Instance 624: Cool and Long but still Cool
Fri, 11 Dec 2020 21:45:01 GMT
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How PVP rewards will work this week, and next. The big new world bosses and what you will get from t...
The Instance 623: Don't take a black light to Silvermoon
Fri, 04 Dec 2020 21:00:13 GMT
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What you should be doing in week two of this expansion, WoW goes back on TV this week, gear scores a...
The Instance 622: Stop and Smell The Polygons
Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:51:50 GMT
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It's our big Shadowlands launch discussion! Join Scott, Patrick and Garrett and they dig into the ne...
The Instance 621: When did you last call your Maw?
Fri, 13 Nov 2020 20:58:14 GMT
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We announce a MAJOR contest today! Also, no more multi-boxers allowed in WOW. Blizzard details how t...
The Instance PSA for 11-06-2020
Fri, 06 Nov 2020 16:21:06 GMT
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The Instance 620: Late for your date
Fri, 30 Oct 2020 20:08:58 GMT
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How our pre-patch time has led up to today. Alts alts and more alts. Old bugs, why Pandaria is seein...
SPECIAL: A chat with Chris Metzen, and Warchief Gaming!
Tue, 27 Oct 2020 17:43:56 GMT
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A special sit down with Chris Metzen, chatting about his “next big thing”, Warchief Gaming, and ...
The Instance 619: Floor Walker Cho
Fri, 16 Oct 2020 20:11:26 GMT
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We have a BIG discussion about everything to do with the pre-patch and our experience so far in this...
The Instance 618: 1% is a lot less than 100%
Fri, 09 Oct 2020 20:16:05 GMT
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Prepatch plans for the 13th are heating up, and we talk about the stuff you can expect next week whe...
The Instance 617: Delay That Order
Fri, 02 Oct 2020 19:49:14 GMT
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We kick things off this week with a quick look at that huge Diablo IV talent tree. Then it's off to ...
The Instance 616: A Haven for Dreams and Things
Fri, 25 Sep 2020 19:58:20 GMT
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We talk about one of the more fun wow bugs lately. The long deleted are coming back to haunt some pl...
The Instance 615: Garry The Anima Cow
Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:03:08 GMT
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WoW Classic goes hard into eSports this coming month. Will you have the right 15 man team to compete...
The Instance 614: Hogger In The Maw
Fri, 11 Sep 2020 20:04:44 GMT
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TWO new Afterlives shorts to talk about, and wrap our heads around. We do just that. Plus, new music...
The Instance 613: How much gold for the 3080?
Tue, 01 Sep 2020 20:03:00 GMT
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Will YOU get a really expensive card for your wow life this year? Two brand new books heading to sto...
The Instance 612: Expect some Pugfoolery
Tue, 25 Aug 2020 19:47:06 GMT
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Gamescom on the 27th will debut some sweet animated goodness from WoW. What we expect from that. Ray...
The Instance 611: 68 to 71 is the new 27
Tue, 18 Aug 2020 19:58:48 GMT
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Nvidia wants to help with your RTX fun in WoW, and they have a patch to prove it. Blizzard previewed...
The Instance Bonus for August 2020
Tue, 18 Aug 2020 01:18:00 GMT
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The Instance 610: Goats and Gruffhorns
Tue, 11 Aug 2020 20:36:39 GMT
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Some tweaks to the show today! Hope you enjoy them! Blizzard honors the fallen. The Shadowlands beta...
The Instance 609: Custom Stained Night Elves
Fri, 31 Jul 2020 19:15:06 GMT
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All the recent changes to the Shadowlands beta, all the stuff you need to do before it goes away in ...
The Instance 608: In the shadow of the lands
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:15:50 GMT
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Time to break down all the finer details of the Shadowlands stream last week, includiing deeper look...
The Instance 607: The Shadowlands Update
Wed, 08 Jul 2020 17:23:28 GMT
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Our live coverage of the Shadowlands stream dev update, and our thoughts about what they showed. Enj...
The Instance 606: Fling open the gates!
Tue, 30 Jun 2020 19:53:18 GMT
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Classic is about to toss open the gates of Ahn'Qiraj again, and we are pretty excited about that ide...
The Instance 605: Mixing It Up
Tue, 23 Jun 2020 20:16:49 GMT
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Mixer is no more...where will YOU stream your WoW dungeon runs now? Some ugly stuff happening in the...
The Instance 604: Ignite Spreading
Tue, 09 Jun 2020 20:07:26 GMT
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The Shadowlands reveal event was pushed. We talk about why and what might come of it. Fire mage talk...
The Instance: Time To Listen
Tue, 02 Jun 2020 17:53:04 GMT
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The Instance 603: Who's The Big Bad
Fri, 29 May 2020 16:27:54 GMT
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Blizzcon is cancelled. What will they do instead? We have some ideas. Also, the AWC 2020 schedule is...
The Instance 602: Machine Learning Disability
Tue, 19 May 2020 20:17:25 GMT
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We touch on this saved Echoes of Ny'alotha business that has everyone in a froth this week. Plus ano...
The Instance Bonus for April/May 2020
Tue, 19 May 2020 16:28:09 GMT
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The Instance 601: Pain and Pride
Tue, 12 May 2020 20:49:10 GMT
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Some more Alpha thoughts coming in, and why Patrick likes things light and airy. Diablo 2 Resurrecte...
The Instance 600: Blue Face and Glowy Eyes
Tue, 05 May 2020 20:10:21 GMT
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Venturebeat sits down with Morhaime and he says some really interesting things. Then Ghostcrawler ha...
The Instance 599: Tripping Over A Fel Reaver
Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:21:38 GMT
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LOTS of additional alpha talk today, with more impressions than ever. Bastion might be ugly. Exiles ...
The Instance 598: Climb That Tower
Tue, 21 Apr 2020 20:02:09 GMT
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Torghast is really really good, and we go pretty deep into how Blizz should make sure this thing sta...
The Instance 597: The Great UnPruning
Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:58:34 GMT
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The Alpha is underway, and we have things to say about it. Is Blizz making a WoW-based auto-battler?...
The Instance 596: I Am My Scarves
Tue, 07 Apr 2020 19:58:23 GMT
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The Alpha test for Shadowlands is nigh!! We have all the details and some thoughts on how this new e...
The Instance 595: Even more classic than classic
Tue, 31 Mar 2020 19:44:27 GMT
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We talk about the Blizz survey about how players wanna see Burning Crusade happen in a classic conte...
The Instance 594: An Afix on Life
Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:56:33 GMT
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What is Blizz doing during this time? They say as much on twitter. That current temp on Mythic+ and ...