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Rogue and Warrior Rogue and Warrior
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Join married couple Rogue and Warrior every week as they try to become subject matter experts in various nerdy topic. From the latest in anime and gaming news to reminiscing over long forgotten shows, Rogue and Warrior demonstrate their approximate knowledge in many things (while actually probably not knowing all that much).
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Ep 7. Chat Rooms: Adults Ruin Everything
This week on Rogue and Warrior, we're talking anime social networking and virtual worlds : Gaia Online, Habbo Hotel, Neopets...and don't forget about Club Penguin.
What fun history do these sites have and why did some of them shut down? Was it because adults are awful? Let's find out!
Talking Points: Gaia Online, Habbo Hotel, Neopets, Toon Town. IMVU
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Ep 6. MMORPG: Don't be a Goblin
In this episode of Rogue and Warrior, it's time to learn the history of our roots: MMORPGs. We're learning how first person shooters started it all and how we came to the big MMO boys, Second Life and World of Warcraft.
Talking Points: MUDs, MMORPG, Final Fantasy, Neverwinter Nights, Second Life, World of Warcraft
Sources:
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-brief-history-of-mmo-games/
https://mmos.com/editorials/oldest-mmorpgs
https://mashable.com/2012/11/14/mmorpgs-history/
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Ep 5. Fanfiction: Rise of the SuperWhoVille
It's time to learn the history of fanfiction. In this episode Rogue and Warrior dive into the history of fanfic, the scary time when fanfic authors were getting sued, and their own original Mary Sue fanfiction.
Talking Points: Fanfiction, Slash, Anne Rice, Mary Sues
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Ep 4. Conventions: The Good, The Bad, and the Diapers
Conventions. The epitome of all nerdiness. In this episode of Rogue and Warrior, we're talking about the history of conventions, when America became a weeb, and how conventions bring us all together. Also Rainfurrest. The dark and dirty Rainfurrest.
Talking Points: History of Conventions, Our first convention, Rainfurrest
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Ep 3. True Terror
Rogue has finally fallen to the dark side of Magic: The Gathering and it's a slippery slope to buying a sh*t-ton of booster packs. We're also talking about the utter betrayal of Apple+ taking the Peanuts specials and our true thoughts on Yashahime.
Talking points: Magic: The Gathering, Peanuts Holiday Specials, Inuyasha, Yashahime
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Ep 2. Little Beetle Boy
Apparently some people playing Magic: The Gathering have been abusing the Omnath card and now it's illegal. Thanks guys.
We're also learning the secret handshake that gets your free jewelry in World of Warcraft, plus thoughts on the new Witcher wardrobe. Spoiler alert, there's ab armor now.
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