Diablo Podcast
The Diablo Podcast is a weekly (or more often) podcast produced by The Unofficial Diablo Site, Diablo.IncGamers.com. Hosted by long-time Diablo community member Flux, TDP covers recent news and controversial issues in the Diablo community, features in-depth discussion and debate about game issues, and hosts regular interviews with game developers and members of the Diablo Community.
- New episodes are posted regularly on [Diablo.IncGamers.com] and can be listened to through iTunes or via direct mp3 download, or watched via YouTube.
Full show archives are listed below, sorted by year.
TDP Episode Guide
Brief summaries of each episode. Click the "view it here" links to see the full news posts and links to grab each episode via iTunes, YouTube, or via the direct mp3 file.
For reasons of space, this page shows only the shows from the current year. Past shows are fully described on the archives pages, and all episodes can still be viewed and listened to via their original news posts.
- The Diablo Podcast: 2011 Episodes -- 54 episodes counting down to and covering the Diablo 3 beta test.
- The Diablo Podcast: 2012 Episodes -- 30 episodes covering the run up to release and the first half-year of Diablo 3.
- The Diablo Podcast: 2013 Episodes -- 43 episodes covering the first full year of Diablo 3, with the Reaper of Souls announcement in late 2013.
2014 Episodes
TDP #129: Reaper of Souls Beta, Legendaries, Bounties, and Slow Paragon Levels
Reaper of Souls beta discussion covers legendary item drop rates, power, and build-changing, plus why bounties are probably too rewarding, why the Inventory is definitely too small, and Paragon levels are too slow. Featuring Flux, Rankil, and Xanth.
- Posted on: 13 January, 2014.
- Length: 1:01:00
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TDP #130: Reaper of Souls Beta, Gambling, Nephalem Rifts, and Patching
Reaper of Souls beta discussion covers gambling and Blood Shards, the highs and lows of Nephalem Rifts, changing (or not) the game incentives to always rush through everything, class balance and new RoS builds, and top fixes requested in the upcoming RoS beta patch. Featuring Flux, Rankil, and Xanth.
- Posted on: 15 January, 2014.
- Length: 51:50
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TDP #131: Legendary (non) Drop Rate and Patch Skill Changes
Reaper of Souls beta test discussion with a focus on the very disappointing Legendary item drop rate, the new Infernal Machine, big patch skill changes, Blizzard’s D3 MVPs growing restless, EXP issues, and more. Featuring Flux, Xanth, and Wolfpaq.
- Posted on: 21 January, 2014.
- Length: 1:1:25
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TDP #132: No Legacy Enchanting and Class Balance
Big changes lately in Diablo 3. Split-farming fixed, legacy items are no-enchant, legendary item drop buffs, Torment-only legendaries, Nephalem Rifts buffed, and class balance issues. Featuring Flux, Neinball, and Xanth.
- Posted on: 6 February, 2014.
- Length: 1:12:34
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TDP #133: Diablo 3 Developer John Yang Livestream
Diablo 3 developer John Yang joins a livestream for an hour of Reaper of Souls conversation. Topics include Barb nerfs, Demon Hunter changes, crafting costs, legendary items, and much more.
- Posted on: 21 February, 2014.
- Length: 1:07:24
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TDP #134: Dev Chats, Build-Changing Legendaries, and the Launch Party
Reaper of Souls beta chat including recent D3 dev livestreams, build-changing legendaries, the power of Paragon Points now that experience grows so quickly, and RoS launch party plans. Featuring Flux, Neinball, and Holyknight.
- Posted on: 24 February, 2014.
- Length: 1:05:47
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TDP #135: Diablo 3 v2, Clans, Class Changes, and 17th Anniversary
Diablo 3 version 2 had a great first week with much player excite. Topics include class changes pros and cons, build-defining legendaries, too-smart Smart Drops, First World clan Problems, and Diabloii.net’s 17th anniversary. Featuring Flux, Rankil, and Sentarius.
- Posted on: 4 March, 2014.
- Length: 1:14:12
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TDP #136: D3v2 and the Reaper is Approaching
Reaper of Souls is approaching fast, with Diablo 3 version 2 and new awesome legendary items to keep us busy until then. Paragon levels and Pools of Reflection, plus Diablo 3 ladder teases. Featuring Flux, Katniss, and Neinball.
- Posted on: 18 March, 2014.
- Length: 1:23:03
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TDP #137: RoS Launch Party & First Impressions
The Reaper of Souls launch party was a blast, and the game’s launch went nearly flawlessly. Surprised? Relieved? Excited? All of the above? Flux, Katniss, Wolfpaq, and Neinball discuss their launch party experience and offer first impressions of Reaper of Souls.
- Posted on: 29 March, 2014.
- Length: 1:08:20
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TDP #138:RoS Week One!
Reaper of Souls has been live for a week, and there’s much to discuss. Changes since the Beta test ended, first classes played, Adventure Mode, Gambling and Blood Shards, Paragon Points, Nephalem Rifts, and more. Featuring Flux, Xanth, and Ynzerg.
- Posted on: 2 April, 2014.
- Length: 1:18:38
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TDP #139: “RoSS” Reviews and Crusader Patch Buffs
Patch 2.0.4 brought big changes and buffs, including major changes to skills, especially for the Crusader. Is the class awesome now? Also, Reaper of Souls reviews are running lower scores than D3, even though everyone says RoS is a big improvement. Rush of IncGamers.com discusses the sad state of gaming reviews and “journalism.” Podcast features Flux, Rush, and Katniss.
- Posted on: 12 April, 2014.
- Length: 1:06:32
- Watch, listen, or download.
Older shows are detailed on the annual archives pages:
