Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, I fanboy out with a new content creator who I've been watching a bunch lately as Subtle joins me to chat all about ZA. Listen in as we go over the raid in general, covering bosses and trash, while also going in depth on the loot ramifications for Prot Pallies in particular. I'm Your Biggest Fan! - 1:30 ...
Mar 20, 2022•1 hr 28 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, Ayle and I sit down for a chat amongst mates about the state of play in TBC. I brought 15 topics to the table and we zip through them in 5 minutes each, lightning round style, in an homage to Pardon The Interruption! A Canadian & an Australian walk into a bar... - 2:35 The Arugal Experience vs. The ...
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 36 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, we have the pleasure of being joined once again by the amazing Shawn Carnes, who holds court in a gaming history lesson and talks us through the early days of Wizards of the Coast, and along the path to the leviathan that would become Magic: The Gathering. A must listen for MTG fans, and all fans of gam...
Feb 24, 2022•2 hr 46 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, I grab Hunk to have a casual chat about all this Lost Ark madness and yell like an old man about paying for free games. We also pull in the former GM of accomplished Classic Oceanic guild Bunnings Warehouse, and current GM of Season of Misery, Viri, to discuss today's news about SoM transfers potentiall...
Feb 10, 2022•3 hr 1 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, we go back through the Dark Portal - again! I've come crawling back to TBC like the cheap sack of shit that I am, and what a time to do so! Listen in as Ayle, Axtel, Bawlsosteel, & Naismith join me to discuss Tier 6, Arena changes and much more. TBC Talk - 1:20 Find Chimly and more of his amazing Wo...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 55 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, I bring you a pod that was eight months in the making, as we bring back the amazing Chimly, to break down the musical nuts and bolts of TBC. Listen in as we conduct the deepest of dives on the fantastic soundtrack of WoW's first expansion for its 15th anniversary. The Music of TBC - 2:45 Find Chimly and...
Jan 17, 2022•2 hr 43 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, I track down someone who camped me in Classic and hash out a great PvP misunderstanding. We also talk Mage BiS in SoM! People behind the PvP - 2:05 Mage BiS - 58:00 Support Josh & Countdown today over at Patreon, including bonus 'Countdown After Dark' podcast content: https://www.patreon.com/joshcor...
Jan 07, 2022•1 hr 22 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, I monologue for an hour on my initial thoughts and experiences with Season of Mastery, touching on the population as well as the news. Then, we turn to a couple of BiS list chats re: Resto Druids and Holy Priests. Josh talks for an hour in one take - 0:22 Resto Druids BiS w/ Moobert - 1:09:05 Holy Pries...
Dec 10, 2021•2 hr 38 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, we sit down for an interview with none other than the head of Classic himself, Brian Birmingham. Listen in as Josh puts all the important questions we've had for Blizzard to Brian. 0:00 - Important Intro 2:20 - Hello! 4:12 - Same Classic Team, New SoM Attitude? 8:15 - Is There a Concern over 'Too Much C...
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, we chat about a variety of questions surrounding the anticipation behind launch day of WoW Classic Season of Mastery. Listen in as we discuss on Countdown To Classic with guests Nano, NoHitJerome, and North. 0:00 - What's The Appeal Behind Fresh/Seasonal Gameplay? 9:43 - Coming From Nostalrius, What Doe...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 43 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, we go in depth on the onslaught of SoM news we got on Friday with Ayle, Defcamp, Melderon, Duranasaur, and Geordyn, as well as having a bit of fun with Roo and Hunk and chatting about the kinds of people that are attracted to each class in the game. 2:30 - Intro & Blizzard is Listening 14:34 - What ...
Nov 09, 2021•3 hr 53 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, listen in as Whats, Hunk and I go over the changes that we were seeing on the fly as people were tearing through the revamped version of Molten Core we're getting for Season of Mastery. Molten Changes w/ Whats & Hunk - 1:15 Support Josh & Countdown today over at Patreon, including bonus 'Countdo...
Nov 04, 2021•2 hr 5 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, we discuss the huge mage/dungeon changes incoming for Season of Mastery and whether or not Blizzard has gone far enough, or too far, in attempting to kill off mage boosting/farming. Wanna Root? w/ Markymark, North, & Fahq - 2:00 Find North on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/norththemage Support Jo...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 10 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, we make a delayed check in on how things are going with Phase 2 of TBC thus far with the raiding scene and more with previous guest of the show, Yolo. After that, the show goes down a brave, new path by not discussing video games at all and providing you with a 2 hour rockumentary for the 30th anniversa...
Oct 16, 2021•3 hr 5 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, we dive deeper on the Classic Fresh news as we get a new blue post covering the design philosophies behind the Season of Mastery and an announcement on how loot will be handled. Will this lead to a difference in significance for certain pieces of gear? Will the gear meta be shifted at all? We discuss! G...
Oct 08, 2021•3 hr 3 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, we got some huge news about WoW Classic Fresh servers, or should I say the 'WoW Classic Season of Mastery'. Listen in as myself, North, Duranasaur, and some guest callers break down the news and discuss the pros and cons of what's coming our way. Crème Fraîche & You w/ North, Duranasaur, Fahq, Teedo...
Oct 01, 2021•2 hr 58 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, I sit down with some musically inclined guests and compose the TBC playlist to end all TBC playlists. Need some tunes to melt faces to in SSC? Need some bangers to mash with in the Arena? We've got you covered with the ultimate library of pre-2008 music to turn back time for you like Cher never could. T...
Sep 16, 2021•2 hr 40 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, Madseason & Chill - 2:10 Making JRPG's & Quartet w/ Something Classic Games - 1:22:25 Support the Quartet Kickstarter campaign here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/somethingclassic/quartet-0 Follow Something Classic Games on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/SomethingClassc And find their ...
Sep 11, 2021•2 hr 46 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Listen in each episode as Josh sits down for lengthy chats with passionate people about the things we love. Today, That Classic Fresh List w/ FahQ - 1:40 The FFXIV Economy - 55:10 FFXIV Gil Making Tips - 2:52:40 Support Josh & Countdown today over at Patreon, including bonus 'Countdown After Dark' podcast content: https://www.patreon.com/joshcorbett Or if subscriptions aren't your thing, support Josh & Count...
Sep 03, 2021•3 hr 25 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the MMO and gaming community on the latest issues. Today, I speak with Jessica Gonzalez, who currently works for Activision Blizzard in their QA department. Jessica and I discuss the The ins and outs of Quality Assurance - 2:35 Change at Activision Blizzard in the wake of the lawsuit - 1:01:19 Follow Jessica on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/blizzjess Join the show's discord here: htt...
Aug 24, 2021•1 hr 45 min
Welcome to the gaming podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the MMO and gaming community on the latest issues. Today, we cover a bit of everything from TBC's imminent Phase 2 to story time with Hunk as we review FFXIV's ARR story. Check out the time stamps below to head to the chats that you're interested in! SSC + TK PTR Testing w/ Caranthir - 2:32 Private Conversations w/ Bedframe - 1:14:18 Story Time with Hunk: ARR Reviewed w/ Hunk & Mana ...
Aug 19, 2021•3 hr 54 min
Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. Today, Josh speaks with Zzav to go over the plethora of great MMO options available in the gaming space right now. Support Josh & Countdown today over at Patreon, including bonus 'Countdown After Dark' podcast content: https://www.patreon.com/joshcorbett Or if subscriptions aren't your thing, support Josh &...
Jul 28, 2021•2 hr 32 min
I just wanted to say a few things about the Blizzard lawsuit.
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr 40 min
Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. We've got even more PvP news to digest hot off the press. Josh and the callers break down the new BG testing taking place that looks to get the Alliance back into the game. Guests include Ayle, Babaganoosh, Baloop, FalconMick, Kushmon, ProfWeaver, and Yip. Support Josh & Countdown today over at Patreon, inc...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 44 min
Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. Today, we go deeeeeeep into the hugely controversial decision made by Blizzard to introduce inter-faction BG's to alleviate the Horde BG queueing issue in TBC Classic. Listen to four hours (!) worth of back and forth from an immensely passionate and fired up player base. Guests include Ayle, Dierdra, Fiveshot, ...
Jul 05, 2021•3 hr 53 min
Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. Today's episode kicks off with a 40 min chat about Seed of Corruption and how Warlocks should learn to play with their new favourite toy. After that we get broad, and touch on issues such as the pvp landscape, faction imbalance and more. Guests include Caranthir, Lokth, and The Shrubber. Support Josh & Coun...
Jun 25, 2021•2 hr 4 min
Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. TBC is here and we gather a bunch of callers to discuss some early observations and fun that is going on in Outland. We touch on getting to 70, raiding, professions, economies, and bugs amongst other things as it's a veritable smorgasbord of TBC talk. Guests include Costin, Dierdra, Dom, Erfala, Hunk, ProfWeave...
Jun 16, 2021•3 hr 39 min
Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. TBC TOMORROW BABY!!! Let's get excited and discuss all the fun things we want to do in game over the next few days and the shenanigans that we expect to see from the players upon launch. It's a power hour of Countdown! Guests include Ayle and Bawlsosteel. Support Josh & Countdown today over at Patreon, incl...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. Today we talk about a big issue that on face value seems to only affect one region of the world, but actually might have much more wide spread ramifications. The Oceanic PvP battlegroup was stealth merged with the NA battle groups overnight, and brought much higher latency along for the ride, much to the chagri...
May 28, 2021•2 hr 6 min
Welcome to the TBC Classic podcast where it's not my opinion that counts - but yours! Each episode Josh chats with the WoW Classic community on the issues surrounding The Burning Crusade. Today, Josh is joined by Ayle, Caranthir, Costin, Hunk, and Roand to discuss the state of the pre-patch. Starting with the PvP honor roller coaster ride and working through a list of notable bugs, we talk about the things we've seen and heard of in the game just prior to the launch of TBC. Support Josh & Co...
May 23, 2021•2 hr 9 min
