This week the ladies discuss Coco Loco, Mass Effect 3, Fancy Pants, Warp, Journey and tons of Draw Something!

We also of course have iPhone/iPad games and MMO talk!

So many great emails this week!  Keep sending in those emails!

Where to find the Ladies!

Follow Ladies of Leet on twitter! Nicole at nicolespag, Kim at JustKimolly & Stephanie at xiaxian1. Ladies of Leet is part of the FrogPants Megafeed and can be found at Frogpants.com!

This week the ladies discuss Mass Effect 3, Rayman Origins, Psychnaunts and Dear Ester!

We also of course have iPhone/iPad games and MMO talk!

So many great emails this week!  Keep sending in those emails!

Another great Cracked! video from Steph!

http://www.cracked.com/video_18395_if-online-gamers-were-honest.html

And an email from Elly that we couldn’t read in entirety :)

Hello Ladies of Leet!

First welcome back Nicole. =)

I wanted to share a story with you that happened to me in Skyrim. I lost Lydia, I suspect it was because she was tired of “carrying my burdens”.

She and I were outside of Whiterun and there was a dragon in the air. So of course I run toward it to try to attack it. It seems to be attacking other people, which is fine by me – I can do more damage without taking any.

As I approach the rear of the dragon, since I am melee, I swing with my one handed sword only to have a female mage step in front of me and get hit. So now I am trying to attack the dragon and she is attacking me. I don’t have time to figure out who this woman is, so I kill her and return to fighting the dragon.

The dragon dies and the two female mages are dead (one by my hand, the other by the dragon).

After looting the dragon and taking all of the dragon bones, Lydia and I both are now over encumbered. So we slowly walk back to Whiterun.

I approach from the side and jump over a little wall onto a stand with stairs leading down to the path. A guard runs toward me with sword drawn and wants to arrest me. I can only guess it is because I killed the mage woman. So I respond by saying I am a Thane and they back off.

I slowly walk my way to the first store on the right to sell stuff once in Whiterun. After I enter the store I save the game. I sell my stuff, turn around to get stuff off Lydia and she is gone. Great I say sarcastically – I gave her some pretty cool stuff to sell later. So I am still overencumbered, and I make my way to dragons reach thinking maybe she is there for some reason. She is not there. I buy my house and go there to empty my pockets so to speak. Still no Lydia.

So she has been lost. Not sure if this is some type of glitch or what, but I am certainly not starting over. But wanted to share with you that I lost her.

Now that I have a house I can store stuff if I want it for later, which is very, very nice, so I recommend people get a house when you can.

I wanted to thank you for your talk about Skyrim. It got me motivated to play it. I felt very overwhelmed by the game and like Stephanie, did not really like Fall Out 3. I always felt my character was running diagonally and I could not get over that. LOL. But your talking about Skryim, I restarted the game and have a much better understanding of the controls, etc. I am playing on my PS3 and am enjoying it a lot.

I tried to get Farkus interested in me, but he never seemed to notice me even after wearing my amulet of mara. So I married a guy I bought to fight with me. I am pretending that we fell in love and that I did not buy a husband. LOL Anyway, he does not make that much gold (like 100 a day) and after hearing how much you get from Farkus, I am wondering if I should kill my husband and try to marry Farkus. Thoughts?

I enjoy listening to all of you and appreciate your work on the podcast.

Thanks!!

Elly

Where to find the Ladies!

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This week the ladies welcome back Nicole and discuss Kingdoms of Amalur: The Reckoning, Syndicate, Review of the Vita and the Mass Effect 3 Demo!

We also of course have iPhone/iPad games and MMO talk!

Big congrats to Dave, the winner of the WOW TCG Nightsaber Cub!  Keep sending in those emails!

Where to find the Ladies!

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This week the ladies welcome Mary Varn and discuss tons of items!

iPad and iPhone Games!

 Hero Academy

Corpse Craft – Flash based on PC, but better on the iPad

Clay Jam from Fat Pebble – Contest

Clay Jam is set in a world made entirely of modelling clay. You guide a rolling pebble down a hill, squashing monsters and avoiding things that are bigger than you. It has a unique control system which sees players gouging grooves in the ground to steer the out-of-control pebble to the bottom of the hill. As you squash things, you grow – Katamari-style – making you go faster and letting you crush bigger and bigger things.

Kingdom Rush – .99 – tower defense game. Very cute graphics

Internet News!

Skyrim is releasing a Creation Kit (for PC) on Feb 7th to allow you to create you own mod using the same tools Bethesda dev’s use. Integrated into Steam’s workshop.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/121/1217946p1.html

Skyrim Mom twitter account – hilarious! Bethesda community manager Nick Breckon convinced his 65 year-old mother to play Skyrim and has been tweeting the comments she makes

http://twitter.com/skyrimmom

Where to find the Ladies!

Follow Ladies of Leet on twitter! Nicole at nicolespag, Kim at JustKimolly & Stephanie at xiaxian1. You can find Mary at Twitter @maryvarn and find the awesome at www.npccomic.com!

This week the ladies discuss Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Rage, Dark Souls, Glitch, Squids and the new World of Warcraft expansion announcement: Mist of Pandaria.

How to play GameCube games on a Wii

And don’t forget to enter this episodes contest for a free copy of the newly released Batman: Arkham City on the PC. All you need to do is comment on this episode and tell us which of Batman’s gadgets they’d most like to have in real life? Or if you can’t pick one, create your own! We will pick our favorite by the next episode and announce the winner then! Good luck and have fun!

Follow Ladies of Leet on twitter! Nicole at nicolespag, Kim at JustKimolly & Stephanie at xiaxian1.

Yes I know I said 38 but I meant 37 :) This week we discuss Dragon Age 2, Dance Central, Lil Pirates, Tiny Wings, Garage Inc & World of Goo

Dragon Age 2: Nicole/Kim/Stephanie – All say Buy It

Congrats to Pixelfan the winner of our MMO Idea Maphook contest! Pixelfan wins the game of their choice for this great entry! Curious to see all the awesome entries? Check them out in this Maphook story

How to enter the MapHook Contest!
Our good friends at MapHook have partnered with us yet again to give you an opportunity to win a game (any game, any system, up to $60!)! We would like you to go to either MapHook.com or download the app to your iphone/ipod and create a Hook using the category Video Gaming & tell us what you do while you game! Don’t forget to mention the game you are currently playing. You have until April 2nd, 2011 to get your entry in and the winner will be chosen at random and win a game of their choosing (up to $60 value)! Please be sure to have the word LoL in the title so the entry can be found. Good luck!!

Bargain Buys!
Lil Pirates – free
Garage Inc- currently free
Escape Rosecliff Island HD – $4.99

Esty has such cool gaming stuff – Space Invaders Tie for your man

Gaming News
Online storage for games for Playstation Plus

Geeky Tattoos – This one is for Kim

Crossover Games has created a client so Mac users to play RIFT

WoW
Patch 4.1 hasn’t dropped yet but they’re giving ANOTHER class a battle rez. Warlocks. So when 4.1 drops the following classes will have battle rez: druid, death knight, warlock

Be a Part of the Show!

Check out the Final Score Steam community page! This is the ladies steam home so you can always catch up with us there and also play Minecraft and Team Fortress 2 with the community!

Give us a call on our voicemail line at 623-252-4263 or email us a mp3!

Also don’t forget to check out the new Ladies of Leet Store! We have new t-shirts & stickers and you can get them here!

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Ladies of Leet is proud to be part of the Frogpants Network! For more exciting shows like Final Score & Comics Coast to Coast, visit Frogpants.com!!!!

This week we discuss Killzone 3, Stacking, Dance Central, Bejeweled 3, Puppetshow & more!

Killzone 3: Nicole/Kim/Stephanie – All say Buy It
Stacking: Kim – Buy It; Nicole – Needs to play it again :)
Bejeweled 3: Nicole – Buy It

Congrats to Kannen the winner of our LBP2 Maphook contest! Kannen wins the game of their choice for this lovely entry! Curious to see all the awesome entries? Check them out in this Maphook story

How to enter the MapHook Contest!
Our good friends at MapHook have partnered with us yet again to give you an opportunity to win a game (any game, any system, up to $60!)! We would like you to go to either MapHook.com or download the app to your iphone/ipod and create a Hook using the category Video Gaming & tell us about your idea for a great MMO!. You have until March 19th, 2011 to get your entry in and the winner will be chosen at random and win a game of their choosing (up to $60 value)! Please be sure to have the word MMO or LoL in the title so the entry can be found. Good luck!!

Show Notes coming soon

Bargain Buys!

Gaming News

WoW

Be a Part of the Show!

Give us a call on our voicemail line at 623-252-4263 or email us a mp3!

Also don’t forget to check out the new Ladies of Leet Store! We have new t-shirts & stickers and you can get them here!

Follow Ladies of Leet on twitter! Nicole at nicolespag, Kim at JustKimolly & Stephanie at xiaxian1.

Ladies of Leet is proud to be part of the Frogpants Network! For more exciting shows like Final Score & Comics Coast to Coast, visit Frogpants.com!!!!

This week we discuss LBP2, Minecraft, Rift, Dead Space 2 & more!

Little Big Planet 2 (LBP2): Nicole/Kim/Stephanie – All say Buy It
Dead Space 2: Stephanie – Buy It

Thanks to everyone that created an entry in last episodes contest. We got a lot of really creative entries that you can view here and congrats to Kreitz for his winning entry LOL DCUO: SnowPac rises .

How to enter the MapHook Contest!
Our good friends at MapHook have partnered with us again to create a fun contest. We would like you to go to either MapHook.com or download the app to your iphone/ipod and create a Hook using the category Video Gaming & tell us about your idea for a great Little Big Planet 2 costume, custom level or minigame. You have until March 5th, 2011 to get your entry in and the winner will be chosen at random and win a game of their choosing (up to $60 value)! Please be sure to have the word LBP2 or LoL in the title so the entry can be found. Good luck!!

Bargain Buys!
Zombie Cafe for iPhone/iPad (free!)

Today I Die Again – iPhone 99 cents

Assassins Creed 2: Brotherhood is $34.99 at amazon.com

Pre Order Killzone 3 get $20 from amazon plus 3 MP credits

Gaming News
Felicia Day breathes fire into ‘Dragon Age’ series: a fantasy action adventure in the new series Dragon Age: Redemption staring Felicia Day as Tallis, an Elven assassin on a quest to capture a rogue magician in the land of Ferelden.

A new Smithsonian Exhibit called The Art of Video Games will explore 40 years of video games. The exhibit will be located on 3rd floor North, American Art Museum between March 16, 2012 – September 30, 2012. To vote on the video games go to http://www.artofvideogames.org/

Minecraft announced for Ipad/iPhone

No Multiplayer for Batman Arkham City

WoW
Love Is in the Air… and in This New Blizzard Comic

We say hello to 2 new cohosts on The Instance podcast

Be a Part of the Show!

Give us a call on our voicemail line at 623-252-4263 or email us a mp3!

Also don’t forget to check out the new Ladies of Leet Store! We have new t-shirts & stickers and you can get them here!

Follow Ladies of Leet on twitter! Nicole at nicolespag, Kim at JustKimolly & Stephanie at xiaxian1.

Ladies of Leet is proud to be part of the Frogpants Network! For more exciting shows like Final Score & Comics Coast to Coast, visit Frogpants.com!!!!

This week we discuss DC Universe Online, StarCraft 2 Mods, Dungeon Raid, Sky Burger, Yahtzee, Pocket Frogs, Mass Effect 2 & World of Warcraft.

DC Universe Online: Nicole/Kim/Stephanie – All say Buy It, but with a huge caveat. Don’t expect too much with community especially with the PS3 version. The game play is awesome but interacting with other players is still challenging.

How to enter the MapHook Contest!
Speaking of DCUO, our good friends at MapHook have partnered with us again to create a fun contest. We would like you to go to either MapHook.com or download the app to your iphone/ipod and create a Hook with a picture of your DCUO character and a little “back story” about them. And for listeners who aren’t playing the game, you can just tell us what kind of hero or villain they would create if they were playing (adding a picture you drew would make it more fun too). You have until February 19, 2011 to get your entry in and the winner will be chosen at random and win a game of their choosing (up to $60 value)! Please be sure to have the word DCUO in the title so the entry can be found. Below is an example from Nicole and the character she created on the Redemption server, Omni Girl! Good luck and have fun!!

Bargain Buys!

On Feb 8th DCUO 3 month memberships will be discounted to $29.99 (normally $41.99)

Sky Burger & HeyTell (technically not a game) for Free on the iPhone/iPod

Direct2Drive is having a 15% off top titles because of the Blizzard – Two Worlds, Magika, DCUO, RIFT Digital Collectors Edition preorder. Use promocode “SNOWBLOWS” at checkout.

Gaming News

You can now beta test the 3 mods that Blizzard created specifically to showcase the mod engine in StarCraft 2. The games include Aiur Chef, StarJeweled, and Left 2 Die. They are a blast to play!

Zelda Reorchestrated is a wonderful project that is taking the classic music from a number of the Zelda games and recreating it using an orchestra. Zreo is currently working on creating their latest project Twilight Symphony and is funding the project via KickStarter. It addition to Twilight Princess, Zreo has also recreated the music from Ocarina of Time and the entire set of music can be found here. The guys leading this project say “We do not seek profit or fame. We simply love Zelda and wish to share its inspiration on all of us with all of you.” Feel free to follow the link above if you would like to support their project!

Android Words With Friends Gets Friendly With iPhones

Three More Fallout: New Vegas DLC Packs Coming Soon. Release cross-platform!

Funny video of a game review that Stephanie found about a game that was meant as a joke.

WoW

Love is in the Air started today – It’s the same as last year’s revamped holiday

Core hound pet adoption drive! Blizzard is having a year long contest to encourage people to get authenticators on their accounts. Submit a screenshot of your corehound pet to win an iPad! Everyone month for a year they will pick 2 winners but you can only enter once.

Be a Part of the Show!

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Also don’t forget to check out the new Ladies of Leet Store! We have new t-shirts & stickers and you can get them here!

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To be honest I groan a little inside when I hear this question. The reason is because DCUO is not WoW. Not even close. Yes it’s an MMO, but for me it is an entirely different experience. When I think of WoW, I think of a slower paced game where questing, professions, grinding levels and raiding can easily suck away 12 hours of my day if I let it. With DCUO it’s a much more intense, fast paced action game that still has familiar elements of WoW (or any MMO really), but also something a bit different. After playing and loving Batman: Arkham Asylum, I was really excited to get my hands on DCUO. Batman: AA was truly the first superhero game that I not only liked, but loved. My thought was if DCUO could capture some the things I loved most about AA, then I should really enjoy DCUO. Well so far so good, between the quick quests, the collectible lore & gear, & the mini dungeons where you fight along side of a iconic superhero/villain, I’m hooked (I haven’t even had a chance to try the PVP yet, but I hear it’s great!). Sure there are some parts where the voice acting is a bit cheesy (and other voices that I’m blown away by) but at the heart of this game it makes me feel like I’m fighting for justice right a long side my childhood hero, Wonder Woman or creating mayhem with The Joker. So just like Batman: AA, it’s the comic book lore that has hooked me. I’ve never been a DC fangirl and honestly my only exposure to DC has been through TV, movies & now games, but this game makes me want to create toons on both sides and mentor every single hero & villain so I can go through all of the stories and quests (guess what, it’s actually an obtainable goal!) Currently there are 8 heroes and 7 villains to be inspired by (listed below) and if you take everyone of them to 30 it could mean an ton of great gaming & lore.

So what are some of my complaints? Well for one, if I do decide to create 15 toons the starting area for all of these characters is going to get old….quick. Unlike WoW where every race has a unique starting area, the heroes in DCUO do not. I’ve gone through the starting area 5 times so far (3 times in beta) and if you are a hero your guide is the Oracle and if you’re a villain it’s Calculator, other than that small difference everything else is the same. Granted the starting area is easy to go through (max 10-20 min) but I’d still like to have some variety. Maybe it’s not possible right now, but hopefully the developers will create multiple starting areas, heck just put me on a different Brainiac ship. My next issue would be the player interaction/communication: I’m sure this isn’t so bad on the PC but on the PS3 it’s downright painful. There is voice enabled in the game, but I’ve never really been one to just start chatting with random people in a game. There is text windows and the process just to create a tell is rather cumbersome. My solution will be to try and work out creating a vent channel in our existing WoW guild for those that would like to play DCUO, in addition to digging out my USB/Bluetooth Keyboard. I’ve also been seeing complaints about bugs, specifically one where you would fall through the world. I have yet to experience any bugs and from what I understand SOE put out a hotfix 2 out days after launch correcting a number of report bugs. There are aspects of the game that I find smooth and responsive (flying for instance) and others not so much (the menu & targeting system on the PS3). In the end, it’s more than I expected for a launch of a MMO.

What I’m really trying to do with DCUO (something I wasn’t able to do with Aion or Champions Online) is to hold the game on it’s own merits and what I find enjoyable. For someone that has played WoW for the last 5 years, who honestly wished at the time there was a MMO on a console, this is what I’ve been waiting for. Don’t get me wrong I still love WoW and will continue to play, but even with the release of Cataclysm, I’m simply looking for a different type of game to play. And because of it’s fast pace & easy stop & start play style, I actually do feel like I have a spot for both WoW & DCUO in my gaming lineup. Now I just have to decide does my wallet.

Still trying to decide if you want to play. Here are some questions I’ve received & things to consider.

Should I get the game on the PS3 or PC? For me this game shines on the PS3. Can you play it on the PC, of course but if I had to choose I’d pick PS3 every time. If PC is your only option & you are finding the flying a bit clunky, try and get your hands on a wired Xbox 360 controller. I’ve heard it works great with the game.

How much does it cost?
Honestly I’m not going to type out the cost because it is quite possible it might change. In fact I’m really holding out hope that SOE will do something special with the Playstation Plus members and give a discount or even free subscription (hey a girl can wish right?) For the most up-to-date information on the monthly fees for the game I’m going to direct you to DCUO’s website. It will be very interesting to see what happens on 2/11 when everyone’s free month will expire. I can tell you right now that I really want to mentor all of the heroes and villains so I will be renewing for at least 1 more month. Where the real test will be is with the expansions and additional content, will DCUO continue to add new mentors? I can only hope.

How many servers are there & what are the names? All server names are based on DC Comics story arcs
PS3 Servers (as of 1/14/11)
Blood Will Run (PVP)
No Mans Land (PVP)
The Killing Joke (PVP)
Countdown (PVE)
Crisis (PVE)
Birthright (PVE)
Redemption (PVE)
Justice (PVE)

PC Servers (as of 1/14/11)
Cry for Blood (PVP)
Brave New World (PVE)
Darkness Falls (PVE)
Death & Glory (PVP)
New Frontier (PVE)
Public Enemies (PVP)
Virtue and Vice (PVE)
Zero Hour (PVE)

Updated: Thanks NerdMan :)
Who are the mentors?
Hero Mentors
Batman
Superman
Wonder Woman

Additional Inspired By
The Flash
Beast Boy
Green Arrow
Steel
Martian Manhunter

Villain Mentors
The Joker
Circe
Lex Luthor

Additional Inspired By
DeathStroke
Bane
Mr. Freeze
Catwoman

What are the “classes”?
Your Powers
Nature & Sorcery = Healing (Healer)
Mental & Gadget = Control
Fire & Ice = Defense (Tank)

What happens when you “die”?
Well you’re a superhero/villain so really you never die. You can get knocked out though and it is at this point someone can rescue you or you can wait till the countdown is over so you can flee to the nearest respawn point.

How do mobs work?
This is one of my favorite things in DCUO. Unlike WoW when you are trying to get a quest drop and some warlock tags it before you can even get near, in DCUO as long as you hit the mob at any time you will get credit for your quest. I found on a number of occasions that my competitiveness for mobs in WoW caused me to get a big angry at someone for ‘taking’ my kill only to find out that we both go the kill. After I realized this, I found myself waiting for other players to get a shot in so we would all get credit. Kind of makes you a nicer player if you ask me :)

Update: I found a great interview on Eurogamer with John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment if your looking for more details of the future and the reasons behind some of the choices made in DCUO.