Episode #42 - Classic News Translation By AAA Staff With Niel
Release Date: 06/18/2018
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Josh sits down for an in depth interview with AAA staff member, Niel, who has worked in the games industry for 15+ years through many areas of title development, to give a technical translation of the big update that we got on Friday from Blizzard.
After that, Josh takes a quick (pre-Classic update) call from listener PWJ all about private server raiders and facerolling in Classic.
Highlights Below:
- Show Update - 1:10
- In Depth Interview - 6:20
- Anger Management - 1:01:55
- The Hot Seat - 1:03:05
- Calling Countdown - 1:09:45
- Shout Outs & Show News - 1:21:45
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