Welcome to the 17th episode of the Working As Intended podcast!

There wasn’t much news to report this week.

As such, the bulk of the podcast is comprised of our conversation with Matt Mihaly, CEO of Sparkplay Media, regarding his current project Earth Eternal as well as his history with real-money trading, text-based games, and the current state of the industry at large.

As a personal aside, I strongly encourage everyone to head over to Earth Eternal’s official website and give it a shot, if for no other reason than it is the only game I have ever played which allowed me to roll a bipedal neon pink pig with a green mohawk.

Topics

• Special Guest: Matt Mihaly. Topics include Sparkplay Media’s free-to-play MMO currently in open beta, Earth Eternal, real-money trading, making the transition from the world of MUDs, and much more.
• Star Trek Online Enters Public Beta
• BioWare Confirms Spring 2011 Release for Star Wars: The Old Republic

Hosts

• Jeffrey Philipp
• Steven Crews

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