The Scrapyard: A Blizzard games fan podcast

The end of the begining - get the Byteside podcast

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 05:39:29 GMT

We're wrapping up the show to consolidate the Byteside podcast network into our core show, Byteside!

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Thanks so much for tuning into the show – we've got a lot more in store, but all distilled into the one true podcast feed... Byteside.

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Hearthstone's Year of the Phoenix!

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:40:41 GMT

A big new year for Hearthstone. Unquestionably biggest yet. So The Scrapyard gets some Hearthstone specialists together to talk shop. Demon Hunters. Outland. Priest reworks. Ranked ladder changes. New / returning player experiences. And lots more! Come share our excitement at what's coming next for Blizzard's fantabulous digital card game.

Seamus is joined by Stirling Coates (@stirlingcoates) and Kosta Andreadis (@toadovsky).

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The Sistine Chapel of Storytelling

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 06:37:29 GMT

We talk about why we're not angry, we're disappointed, when it comes to Warcraft 3: Reforged – but how the issues with the remake don't mean it's a terrible game. And how we hope there's light somewhere at the end of the tunnel. And speaking of tunnels, how about that coronavirus? It comes up not once, not twice, but in THREE different aspects of Blizzard news this week.

Plus somehow we talk way too much about the movie Outbreak. Kosta seems to really, really love it.

Check out Kosta's Warcraft 3: Reforged review here:

https://www.ausgamers.com/games/warcraft-3-reforged/review/

Find Kosta via @toadovsky

Find Seamus via @seamus

Find all things Byteside here.

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The delicious Diablo quarterly update

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 20:43:28 GMT

This week we've got Seamus, Zhiana and Kosta together to dig into some of the juicy details delivered by the Diablo team in the February quarterly update. So many details!

While Diablo is on our mind we also take a look at Season 20 for Diablo 3 and some of its cool new features, and we ask that age old question - what is the actual deal with Diablo Immortal at this stage?

Finally, a spoileriffic look at the conclusion to the Year of the Dragon in Hearthstone and a look at the WoW Classic Phase 5 timing news and what that might mean for running out of content sooner than we thought?

Find Zhiana on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zhiana

Find Kosta on Twitter: https://twitter.com/toadovsky

Find Seamus on Twitter: https://twitter.com/seamus

Find all things Byteside at byteside.com!

All the key news links:

https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23308274/diablo-iv-quarterly-update-february-2020

https://us.diablo3.com/en/blog/23319442/season-20-begins-313-2-28-2020

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/upcoming-content-unlocks-for-wow-classic/456077

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Summer nights of WoW

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:15:57 GMT

Seamus and Zhiana catch up after a long break to find they've been two sides of the WoW coin – getting a lot done in Retail and Classic. So this return episode goes deep on recent WoW efforts, from the grind to 60 and raiding in Classic, to cleaning up Allied Races and mount hunting in Retail. With diversions galore along the way, of course!

If it's not too late, here's Spirit of Eche'ro info for your hunt!

https://www.wowhead.com/item=131734/spirit-of-echero

Catch Zhiana via: @zhiana & https://instagram.com/itszhiana

Catch Seamus via: @seamus & https://instagram.com/seamusbyrne

And all the Byteside things via https://byteside.com

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Whose Race To World First?

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 08:46:01 GMT

Dave Jansen stops by to dive deep on 8.2 and the state of the raiding scene just as Mythic Eternal Palace gets set to drop. With a fresh Race To World First kicking off, we look at the controversy around Method and Red Bull falling out, wanting to see more guilds being involved, and what we hope the right way to run this all might be.

Plus we enter a big old rabbit hole around the lore of the expansion and where we think, and where we hope, things will take us as we head toward the next expansion.

Find more of Dave's stuff at his Twitch channel: twitch.tv/lactv

Find Seamus on Twitter: @seamus

Find past episodes and all the rest of the Byteside network over at byteside.com

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A Scrapyard news catch-up: solo edition!

Sun, 23 Jun 2019 11:30:33 GMT

It's just you and your old pal Seamus, recapping and catching up on all the latest Blizzard news from recent weeks. Enjoy!

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HCT Worlds recap w/ Stirling Coates from The Roar

Tue, 07 May 2019 12:30:00 GMT

#HCT Worlds recap w/ Stirling Coates from The Roar

Recapping the key moments and crazy action from the Hearthstone World Championship in Taiwan. With special guest Stirling Coates, esports writer for The Roar who was there at the finals in Taipei.

Check out Stirling’s great daily recaps here:

https://www.theroar.com.au/2019/04/26/five-takeaways-from-day-1-of-the-hearthstone-world-championship/

https://www.theroar.com.au/2019/04/27/did-day-2-of-hearthstone-worlds-show-us-how-to-solve-control-warrior/

https://www.theroar.com.au/2019/04/28/short-preparation-time-claimed-its-first-hct-victim-on-day-3/

https://www.theroar.com.au/2019/04/29/hunterace-matured-and-grew-over-the-four-days-of-hct-thats-why-hes-the-world-champion/

And find him on Twitter here: @stirlingcoates

And find all the HCT World Championship VODs on the schedule / results pages here:

https://playhearthstone.com/en-gb/esports/tournament/hct-world-championship-2019/?matchInfoTab=1&eventTab=0#MatchInfo

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All the latest Overwatch news - Contenders, League, World Cup, IEM, and more!

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 05:46:20 GMT

Overwatch shoutcaster Genome is back to catch up on all the latest Overwatch news. We explore the state of the meta, the Contenders S1 finals at Intel Extreme Masters Sydney, and the upcoming Pacific Showdown and what that means to Overwatch's Path to Pro promise. Plus Overwatch League, Overwatch World Cup, and Overwatch, Overwatch, Overwatch.

Find Genome on Twitter: @GenomeGG

Catch his Contenders coverage at https://snowballesports.com/

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Zhiana is back to geek out about World of Warcraft

Sat, 13 Apr 2019 09:00:42 GMT

A fun chat with Zhiana, a great cosplayer and part of the Geek Bomb brigade, about all the latest developments in World of Warcraft. What have we been up to? What are we hoping for in 8.2 and where the story will go next? Why did Seamus make a Dark Iron Monk? All this and plenty more random Warcraftery so tune in and catch up.

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Inside the Hearthstone toolbox with designers Liv Breeden & Stephen Chang

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 21:01:30 GMT

Liv Breeden is part of the initial design team, so she works on concepts and ideas from their earliest stage and prototyping, while Stephen Chang is in Final Design, so he’s all about perfecting ideas, making sure they’re well balanced, and bringing the final package together.

From concept to finished cards, with a particular deep dive into the evolution of Twinspell, we explore some of the latest arrivals in the newest set, Rise of Shadows, as well as the general art of creating cards for the game. Wait ’til you hear how excellent their concepting tools are! That should be a game all its own…

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Year of the Dragon deep dive with Cam Shea from IGN

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:00:09 GMT

This week I popped into the IGN studio to get face to face with Cam Shea and geek out about all the latest news around Hearthstone. We dive into the Year of the Dragon, the Specialist esports format, the Rise of Shadows announcement and the idea of a whole story threading through the year ahead. Plus how important this year's rotation is as well as those early Hall of Fame moves.

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Starcraft casters PiG and Maynarde behind the scenes at IEM Katowice

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 04:00:00 GMT

Over at IEM I caught up with two of the Aussie casters covering all the action from the Starcraft stage. Usually we only ever get one of these great Australians calling on the world stage at a time, so it was special to be able to catch both Jared 'PiG' Krenzel and Leigh 'Maynarde' Mandalov behind the scenes on the other side of the world.

The guys were great to squeeze me in between Starcraft quarter-final calls, so we were catching up backstage from the great Spodek Arena. And that's why there's a lot of noise in the background.

We explore the state of Starcraft esports, being Aussies behind the casting desk and sharing the stage with a very international line up of talent, and plenty more about what's on their minds.

PiG on Twitter: @x5_pig

Maynarde on Twitter: @MaynardeSC2

Seamus on Twitter: @seamus

Lots more stuff: https://byteside.com/

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Special guest Josh Corbett, WoW Classic podcaster (CountdownToClassic)

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 05:48:10 GMT

I touch on the big, bad news out of Blizzard from last week to kick things off, then the show is a feature interview with Countdown 2 Classic podcast host, Josh Corbett.

Here's a couple of his episode links to shows he said were good places to start if you're not catching his show already.

Josh Recommends...

Episode 63 - John Staats interview

Episode 84 - Warriors

Episode 85 - Paladin PvP

His Twitter: @Count2Classic

His Website: CountdownToClassic.com

Find Seamus on Twitter: @seamus

Or find all the shows at byteside.com

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Bashing heads endlessly against Jaina’s ice wall

Thu, 07 Feb 2019 05:30:57 GMT

Dazar’alor and the amazing race to world first; Mekkatorque has a stunning mount drop; Year of the Pig is everywhere; Hakkar wants to infect you with a cardback; Heroes community esports is heating up; Starcraft vs DeepMind was not a fair fight; and Overwatch patches and OWL All-Access fun!

Luke Lancaster, Content Manager at ReedPop (ComicCon, PAX Aus) is our awesome guest host along with a Seamus having a very bad microphone day.

Find Luke via: @lglancaster on Twitter

Find Seamus via: @seamus on Twitter

And lots more at byteside.com!

Here’s some links mentioned in the show.

Method kills Jaina

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/375490246?t=06h39m26s

Method’s Jaina kill reaction video is everything:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu_561AV6Eg

Mekkatorque mount drop (Farm this mount until forever please) https://www.wowhead.com/item=166518/g-m-o-d

The Corrupted Blood incident on Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident

Ars analysed the Starcraft vs AstroStar situation

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/01/an-ai-crushed-two-human-pros-at-starcraft-but-it-wasnt-a-fair-fight/

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2019: A very important year for Blizzard!

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 05:21:24 GMT

We’re back for 2019! A delay after a fractured collarbone, but we’re here once again, starting off with a quick update to look at the big picture of 2019. Blizzard had a tough end to last year and there’s no question that this year will be very important - what can they come up with to get their mojo back?

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Here's to the Filthy Casuals and Prosumers!

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:15:21 GMT

Another Hearthstone focused episode as Rastakhan's Rumble launches! Decks we're lusting after, experiments we're planning, and what we're hoping for from the Rumble Run when it launches next week.

Follow Seamus on Twitter: @seamus

Find our guest Jay Cagatay on Twitter: @jayktweets

Be like PantheusWrex and leave us an iTunes review!

Follow our podcast network: @byteside

Or check it out at byteside.com

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Hearthstone Creative Director, Ben Thompson, is in The Scrapyard!

Thu, 29 Nov 2018 12:15:00 GMT

With Rastakhan's Rumble going live on December 4 we're lucky to have Hearthstone Creative Director Ben Thompson in town and I got to sit down with him to talk about the game. From arriving at Team 5 as the first artist on the team with the job of making a prototype digital card game look good, through his hopes for how fans react to any new expansion and how he feels about a surge in competition out there, we get into some interesting turf on his philosophy on doing Hearthstone the right way. Plus a concluding as I make him pick favourites from Hearthstone history, it was a really fun chat and I think you're going to really enjoy what Ben has to share.

Find Seamus on Twitter: @seamus

Check out our other show: Jetpacks Are Overrated!

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All things Overwatch - OWL S2, Contenders S3, OWWC, and bargains galore!

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 14:25:16 GMT

Genome is back to help dive deep into all things Overwatch, and we explore all the recent big events - Overwatch World Cup, new OWL teams (and their colour schemes), all the movements of Aussie players around the global scene, and Contenders S3 kicked off this week so we take a close look at what to expect there too.

All that and a run down on the latest news across Blizzard games - lots of great deals for anyone looking to lighten their bank accounts!

Follow Genome on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/genomegg

Follow Seamus on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/seamus

Check out the big sales at the Blizzard Gear store while they're hot:

https://gear.blizzard.com/

Catch up on the Overwatch Contenders schedule:

https://overwatchcontenders.com/en-us/schedule

Check out the Runaway shirt Genome mentioned in the show:

https://www.harum.io/products/custommansion-overwatch-runaway-sweater-light-pink

And get the details on the Heroes of the Storm bundles:

https://heroesofthestorm.com/en-us/blog/22764999/new-items-and-limited-time-discounts-2018-11-19/

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How WoW helped my career - a personal story

Thu, 15 Nov 2018 10:38:10 GMT

A short episode while I'm travelling for work, so I'm sharing a personal tale of the role World of Warcraft played in helping me to lock down a career in tech journalism.

Got your own story of a game that changed your life? Share it.

Email: scrapyard@byteside.com

Tweet: https://twitter.com/seamus

Subscribe, rate the show, all that jazz... and come back next week!

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Blizzcon wrap featuring Lucio-Ohs and Diablo-uh-ohs!

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 00:06:07 GMT

It's our post-Blizzcon wrap up, with a fast and loose exploration of all the big news from the show.

Luke Lancaster, Content Manager for PAX Australia and Oz ComicCon, joins Seamus to talk about all the nostalgia service coming soon to Warcraft, the magic of Ashe and B.O.B. - and Custa on Torbjorn! - and, yes, the Diablo Immortal fallout. Plus Serral makes history, Hearthstone's ready to rumble, and the unique new hero for HotS.

All that and plenty more.

Find Luke on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/lglancaster

Read Luke's comic, The Badguys:

https://www.webtoons.com/en/super-hero/the-bad-guys/episode-1/viewer?title_no=701&episode_no=1

Find Seamus on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/seamus

Send in your questions and thoughts:

scrapyard@byteside.com

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A milky shoey for Blizzcon brekkie?

Thu, 01 Nov 2018 06:00:08 GMT

It's a final round before Blizzcon 2018, exploring the ways you can watch the big event, and when to tune in for the Aussie esports action. Plus a last blast of speculation before we find out what's really lurking behind the curtain on Saturday morning at 5am.

This week Seamus is joined by Tegan Jones, Deputy Editor of Gizmodo Australia, and Fergus Halliday, Editor of PC World Australia and the Good Gear Guide.

Find Tegan:

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/

https://twitter.com/Tegan_Writes

Find Fergus:

https://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/

https://twitter.com/Cvamped

Find Seamus:

https://twitter.com/Seamus

Instagram: @seamusbyrne

Share your thoughts!

Email: scrapyard@byteside.com

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The Hearth before the BlizzCon Storm (WoW, that was bad)

Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:00:00 GMT

One week to go before BlizzCon! Last week we covered off the state of Overwatch, Starcraft and Diablo in the lead up. This week we cover off the rest of the best.

In this show we're talking to shoutcaster and analyst Vandie about Heroes of the Storm, cosplayer and Geekbomb Zhiana about WoW, and Editor-in-Chief of IGN Australia, Cam Shea, is having a chat about Hearthstone.

Here's our guests on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/vandie_

https://twitter.com/zhiana

https://twitter.com/jazzebration

Get in touch with The Scrapyard!

Email: scrapyard@byteside.com

Tweet Seamus

https://twitter.com/seamus

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The Scrapyard - We Can Almost Taste Blizzcon!

Sun, 21 Oct 2018 14:05:23 GMT

The biggest event on the annual Blizzard games calendar, Blizzcon, is right around the corner. So to kick off The Scrapyard, we're taking a close look at all six games in the stable to think about the year so far and what we expect from the big show.

This we're talking Overwatch, Diablo, and Starcraft. Featuring shoutcaster Kale 'Genome' Morton, games industry stalwart Giselle Rosman, and streamer and caster Jared 'PiG' Krensel.

Find our guests via Twitter

https://twitter.com/genomegg

https://twitter.com/jazzrozz

https://twitter.com/x5_pig

Get in touch with The Scrapyard!

Email: scrapyard@byteside.com

Tweet Seamus

https://twitter.com/seamus

And here's a link to that article I mentioned was appearing at GOAT:

https://goat.com.au/video-games/the-diablo-4-anticipation-is-getting-so-out-of-handgame-c-blizzard-had-to-step-in-to-calm-us-all-the-hells-down

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Test Pattern

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 03:00:00 GMT

Start your engines. The Scrapyard is coming soon!

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