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Greetings and welcome back to another episode of the Devil in the Details Podcast! Wherein we bide our time until the Diablo III release by welcoming a friend back into the fold and taking advantage of his expertise on the game Path of Exile and I take us down the first step towards the slippery slope of ribaldry.





We shot some supplemental footage for this week's episode and that gameplay can be found here: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

Mp3 Direct Download can be found Here!

Welcome back to another wild and wonderful episode of Devil in the Details! Join us as we continue to delve too deep, too greedily, I insult a tower, and we ponder how uniquely rarified our magically crafted items are.





Mp3 Direct download can be found Here!

Greetings everyone!

A gathering of fellow Lurkers (Frag, RTM, Monty, Treesh) and I got together to celebrate the beta weekend and put together the first of, what may become many video game related podcasts.

Tentatively named "The Devil in the Details" we brave the hell of illness and minor technical issues to pontificate on all things Diablo.

If you find the time and inclination to check it out feel free to critique!





Direct MP3 download can be found Here! (Right-click VBR MP3 file and select "Save As")

Blizzard has announced the release date of Diablo III: May 15th.

May the third era of Diablo - and this website - begin!

You can pre-purchase the digital download version from Blizzard, or of course buy it through game stores.

This week, Blizzard celebrates Diablo's 15-Year Anniversary. A small dungeon crawler title created by a company named Condor became a huge gaming franchise that Blizzard will be soon releasing the third iteration of. Check out Blizzard's timeline and retrospective movie, featuring...well, none of the people who worked on the original game.

Spike TV's Video Game Awards tonight featured the opening cinematic of Diablo III. Blizzard's cinematics team once again shows off their mastery of animation:

Today, long-time Poster and Lounge regular --Pete passed away.

Anyone else who is a regular of the Lurker Lounge knows that this is a big loss for our community. The Lounge is a small, tight-knit group, and for many of us, this is a "home" on the Internet that's more than just a gaming forum. Pete was one of those for which this was indeed a home, and the Lounge an outlet for his thoughts, opinions, and advice.

I've known Pete online since roughly 1997, and in all that time, he's always been one of the "elders" of the community. While he describes himself as "A gentler, kinder Curmudgeon," I've seen the non-curmudgeonly side of him as well. Pete was one of the few who always supported the Lounge and egged me on to keep the site going during the down years, both financially and emotionally. His impact on the Diablo world goes well beyond this website, as well. If you were a hardcore Diablo player, chances are pretty good you came across Pete in some way.

Pete didn't always rub everyone the right way. He had a policy of calling people out that he didn't agree with, and never hesitated to let people know where he stood. But even those who disliked him could agree that his arguments were well made and solid. And he stuck to his guns, no matter what the case.

The old joke was "what will Bolty be when he grows up?"

"Pete."

I can only hope to fill those big shoes. I'll miss you, Pete.

Pete is survived by his wife, -Magi, who many of you know here on the Lounge forums and in games. Please extend her your condolences and best wishes.

I encourage each of you to share your thoughts and experiences of Pete here in the comments/thread.

http://www.ausgamers.com/features/read/3093728
http://pc.ign.com/articles/118/1185029p1.html
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-0...ta-preview

So here is the news for DIII for the day! I don't know enough about DIII to say yay or nay, but I have a feeling that these announcements will create a buzz one way or another.

Auction House:
Diablo III has an Auction House, and if you so choose, you can make real money on it. That also means, you can pay real Money on it as well.

you don't "have" to spend real money on the AH. You can buy and sell things for gold as well.

Internet Connection:
Just like WoW, you must be online at all times to play. You can choose to play solo still, but you will be doing so on the blizz servers, with battle.net and authentication possible.

Banner System
This is a new visual display of your play and achievements (Oh yeah, DIII has achievements too if you didn't know)

There are some pretty interesting tidbits in there! Thanks go out to Vor_Lord for making me aware that this info was out there

For those of you who have been salivating for Diablo III. News came out during the Blizzard Earnings Call this week, that the Beta for Diablo III will start 3rd Quarter of this year. It was confirmed on the official Diablo III boards, but as with anything Blizzard, things are subject to change.


4.2 for WoW is now on the PTR! We will be going back to fight the Firelord Ragnaros this time, and lucky DPS Casters have a chance at building (yes, building not getting lucky) the DPS Legendary, Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest. Spoilers abound on the internet about it. If you don't want to be spoiled, but want to know something, I promise you, I read all spoilers, and I wish I could do the questline due to the immense cool factors involved.