Battle Bards

Battle Bards reviews and discusses the soundtrack of MMORPGs with a trio of engaging hosts. Retro Reprise takes listeners on a short journey through classic VGM from the ’80s and ’90s. Both casts are available on the same channel through iTunes, Google Play, TuneIn, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, and Player.FM.

• Ep. 1: MMO main themes
• Ep. 2: Final Fantasy XI
• Ep. 3: Spooky and magical
• Ep. 4: Lord of the Rings Online with Chance Thomas
• Ep. 5: Guild Wars 2
• Ep. 6: WildStar with Jeff Kurtenacker
• Ep. 7: City themes
• Ep. 8: EverQuest 2
• Ep. 9: Tavern tunes
• Ep. 10: Age of Conan
• Ep. 11: Oddballs
• Ep. 12: Lineage 2
• Ep. 13: Spirit of adventure
• Ep. 14: World of Warcraft
• Ep. 15: Tearjerkers
• Ep. 16: Aion
• Ep. 17: Starter zones
• Ep. 18: Vanguard
• Ep. 19: Dead MMOs
• Ep. 20: Flyff
• Ep. 21: Moving
• Ep. 22: Guild Wars
• Ep. 23: Epic boss battles
• Ep. 24: More World of Warcraft
• Ep. 25: Holiday themes
• Ep. 26: Granado Espada (Sword of the New World)
• Ep. 27: Kid MMOs
• Ep. 28: Runes of Magic
• Ep. 29: Vocals
• Ep. 30: Listener request 1
• Ep. 31: Listener request 2
• Ep. 32: The Secret World
• Ep. 33: Allods Online
• Ep. 34: Feature that instrument!
• Ep. 35: Dungeons and Dragons Online
• Ep. 36: The many MMOs of Tracy W. Bush
• Ep. 37: At the market fair
• Ep. 38: Elder Scrolls Online
• Ep. 39: Jigs and shanties
• Ep. 40: WildStar redux
• Ep. 41: Post-apocalyptic
• Ep. 42: RuneScape
• Ep. 43: Picks for our co-hosts
• Ep. 44: TERA
• Ep. 45: Rock on!
• Ep. 46: EverQuest II’s Laura Karpman
• Ep. 47: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
• Ep. 48: Back to the ’90s
• Ep. 49: RIFT
• Ep. 50: Fan covers
• Ep. 51: Vindictus
• Ep. 52: Introspection
• Ep. 53: City of Heroes
• Ep. 54: Winter is coming
• Ep. 55: Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Ep. 56: Main themes II
• Ep. 57: Blade and Soul
• Ep. 58: Percussion heavy
• Ep. 59: The Crew
• Ep. 60: Endless journey
• Ep. 61: Firefall
• Ep. 62: Character creation music
• Ep. 63: Warlords of Draenor
• Ep. 64: Factions and races
• Ep. 65: Fallen Earth
• Ep. 66: MOBAs
• Ep. 67: Age of Wushu
• Ep. 68: Housing Themes
• Ep. 69: Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
• Ep. 70: MMO ambience
• Ep. 71: Ragnarok Online 2
• Ep. 72: Listeners request anniversary!
• Ep. 73: Spooky and Magical II
• Ep. 74: Black Desert Online
• Ep. 75: Dance party!
• Ep. 76: Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns
• Ep. 77: Spirit of Adventure 2
• Ep. 78: EverQuest
• Ep. 79: Combat music
• Ep. 80: Aura Kingdom
• Ep. 81: Goblins, Orcs, and Ogres!
• Ep. 82: Dragon Nest
• Ep. 83: Triumphant Victory
• Ep. 84: Ultima
• Ep. 85: Desert calling
• Ep. 86: World of Warcraft: Legion
• Ep. 87: Elves!
• Ep. 88: Revelation Online
• Ep. 89: Nightfall
• Ep. 90: Wizard101
• Ep. 91: Forest tales
• Ep. 92: Dragon’s Prophet
• Ep. 93: It’s a madhouse!
• Ep. 94: Drakensang Online
• Ep. 95: Caverns and caves
• Ep. 96: SWTOR expansions
• Ep. 97: The sound of magic
• Ep. 98: Perfect World International
• Ep. 99: Tropical resort
• Ep. 100: Centennial spectacular!
• Ep. 101: Ragnarok Online
• Ep. 102: Pure joy
• Ep. 103: Wurm Online
• Ep. 104: Something wicked this way comes
• Ep. 105: Uncharted Waters Online
• Ep. 106: Early access themes
• Ep. 107: Blade & Soul expansions
• Ep. 108: Vampires and werewolves
• Ep. 109: Club Penguin
• Ep. 110: Acoustic guitar
• Ep. 111: Cabal Online 1 and 2
• Ep. 112: MMO minigame music
• Ep. 113: Anarchy Online
• Ep. 114: Vroom vroom!
• Ep. 115: EVE Online
• Ep. 116: There be dragons
• Ep. 117: Destiny
• Ep. 118: More starting zone themes
• Ep. 119: Skyforge
• Ep. 120: Short stuff
• Ep. 121: Myst Online
• Ep. 122: Happy town
• Ep. 123: Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire
• Ep. 124: Old MMOs, new music
• Ep. 125: Archlord
• Ep. 126: Out of this world
• Ep. 127: Champions Online
• Ep. 128: Seaside port
• Ep. 129: Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind
• Ep. 130: Oddballs 2
• Ep. 131: Path of Exile
• Ep. 132: Steampunk
• Ep. 133: Star Citizen
• Ep. 134: Halloween and Christmas
• Ep. 135: Battle for Azeroth
• Ep. 136: Overlooked MMO soundtracks
• Ep. 137: League of Legends hero themes
• Ep. 138: Wild wild westerns
• Ep. 139: Return to LOTRO
• Ep. 140: Piano piano
• Ep. 141: Riders of Icarus
• Ep. 142: Sunrise, sunset
• Ep. 143: Rappelz
• Ep. 144: Colors of the rainbow
• Ep. 145: Dark Age of Camelot
• Ep. 146: More vocals
• Ep. 147: Continent of the Ninth Seal
• Ep. 148: Composer spotlight on Inon Zur
• Ep. 149: Istaria/Horizons
• Ep. 150: The great plains
• Ep. 151: Minions of Mirth
• Ep. 152: Main themes 3
• Ep. 153: Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset
• Ep. 154: Death and decay
• Ep. 155: FFXIV: Shadowbringers
• Ep. 156: Feeling blue
• Ep. 157: Chronicles of Spellborn
• Ep. 158: Winter returns
• Ep. 159: Black Desert revisited
• Ep. 160: MMO cover songs vol. 2
• Ep. 161: Dragon Quest X
• Ep. 162: Mystery abounds
• Ep. 163: EverQuest upgraded
• Ep. 164: Away with the fairies
• Ep. 165: LOTRO composer Bill Champagne
• Ep. 166: LEGO Universe
• Ep. 167: Childlike wonder
• Ep. 168: Big bad boss battles of FFXIV
• Ep. 169: Wild things
• Ep. 170: Star Stable
• Ep. 171: Forest tales 2
• Ep. 172: Lost Ark
• Ep. 173: Down on the farm
• Ep. 174: Dragon Oath
• Ep. 175: Prehistoric jams

Retro Reprise

• Ep. 1: Duck Tales
• Ep. 2: Top 10 favorite SNES tunes
• Ep. 3: Space Quest
• Ep. 4: Chrono Trigger
• Ep. 5: GoldenEye 007
• Ep. 6: Listener requests!
• Ep. 7: Star Control 2
• Ep. 8: Sega Master System
• Ep. 9: 8-bit Castlevania
• Ep. 10: Final Fantasy adventures
• Ep. 11: Top 10 Gameboy tunes
• Ep. 12: Offbeat NES music tracks
• Ep. 13: ’90s studio fanfares
• Ep. 14: Final Fantasy combat tunes
• Ep. 15: Atari ST tunes
• Ep. 16: Amazing Amiga
• Ep. 17: The shareware show
• Ep. 18: Obscure Genesis games
• Ep. 19: The music of Halloweens past
• Ep. 20: Chrono Cross
• Ep. 21: Sunsoft’s NES classics