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Battle Bards

A musical journey through MMO soundscapes, Battle Bards reviews and discusses the soundtrack of MMORPGs with a trio of engaging hosts. The world's first and only MMO music podcast.

Ranked #1

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Battle Bards Episode 101: Ragnarok Online

Battle Bards Episode 101: Ragnarok Online

As the Battle Bards cruise into their second hundred episodes, it's time to cover a very long-lived fantasy MMO from 200... Read more

19 Jul 2017

1hr

Ranked #2

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Battle Bards Episode 81: Goblins, Orcs, and Ogres!

Battle Bards Episode 81: Goblins, Orcs, and Ogres!

They may be ugly. They may be smelly. And they may have no table manners whatsoever. What, we're not talking about the B... Read more

30 Aug 2016

1hr 1min

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Ranked #3

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Battle Bards Episode 95: Caverns and caves

Battle Bards Episode 95: Caverns and caves

Are they music critics or funky spelunkers? Today, the Battle Bards are both as they delve into the secrets of MMORPG ca... Read more

29 Mar 2017

1hr 4mins

Ranked #4

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Retro Reprise Episode 10: Final Fantasy adventures

Retro Reprise Episode 10: Final Fantasy adventures

What was originally the swan song -- the "final" game developed -- of Square turned into the studio's flagship franchise... Read more

3 May 2017

1hr 4mins

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Battle Bards Episode 113: Anarchy Online

Battle Bards Episode 113: Anarchy Online

Alien, quiet, and weird -- that's the Anarchy Online soundtrack for you in a nutshell. For the first episode of 2018, th... Read more

17 Jan 2018

1hr 5mins

Ranked #6

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Battle Bards Episode 33: Allods Online

Battle Bards Episode 33: Allods Online

As we've proven before on Battle Bards, free-to-play and foreign doesn't mean that the soundtrack is going to be lame.  ... Read more

12 Aug 2014

56mins

Ranked #7

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Battle Bards Episode 18: Vanguard

Battle Bards Episode 18: Vanguard

For their final podcast (of the year), the Battle Bards are singing the saga of heroes.  If that's too vague, we'll just... Read more

24 Dec 2013

45mins

Ranked #8

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Battle Bards Episode 23: Epic Boss Battles

Battle Bards Episode 23: Epic Boss Battles

When the bards aren't playing their tunes (or at least listening to them), they're facing down the fiercest, biggest bad... Read more

18 Mar 2014

1hr 6mins

Ranked #9

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Battle Bards Episode 155: FFXIV Shadowbringers

Battle Bards Episode 155: FFXIV Shadowbringers

Welcome to the "Cursed Episode" of Battle Bards, where you'll be risking bad luck and poor RNG rolls just by hearing it!... Read more

30 Oct 2019

58mins

Ranked #10

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Battle Bards Episode 159: Black Desert revisited

Battle Bards Episode 159: Black Desert revisited

It's a return to a soundtrack that, over the past couple of years, experienced a lavish remastry. This week, the Battle ... Read more

1 Jan 2020

54mins

Ranked #11

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Retro Reprise Episode 2: Top 10 favorite SNES tunes

Retro Reprise Episode 2: Top 10 favorite SNES tunes

It's the 25th anniversary of one of the best video game consoles of all time, and to celebrate, Syp is counting down his... Read more

6 Sep 2016

37mins

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Battle Bards Episode 19: Dead MMOs

Battle Bards Episode 19: Dead MMOs

The Battle Bards are welcoming 2014 with a heaping dose of DEATH!  Dead MMOs, that is.  Sit right back as we take you on... Read more

7 Jan 2014

1hr 1min

Ranked #13

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Battle Bards Episode 27: Kid MMOs

Battle Bards Episode 27: Kid MMOs

Regressing to childhood is no difficult task for the playful bards!  In this episode, Syl, Steff, and Syp examine choice... Read more

13 May 2014

54mins

Ranked #14

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Battle Bards Episode 35: Dungeons & Dragons Online

Battle Bards Episode 35: Dungeons & Dragons Online

A good D&D session doesn't only need character sheets and an abudance of 20-sided dice, but atmospheric tunes as wel... Read more

16 Sep 2014

56mins

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Battle Bards Episode 158: Winter returns

Battle Bards Episode 158: Winter returns

Do you feel a little... frozen this winter season? Winter is something amazing to behold, especially when video game com... Read more

11 Dec 2019

56mins

Ranked #16

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Battle Bards Episode 150: The great plains

Battle Bards Episode 150: The great plains

It may not be the most sexy or exotic of biomes, but plains tend to pop up in pretty much every MMORPG -- and they alway... Read more

7 Aug 2019

1hr 1min

Ranked #17

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Battle Bards Episode 119: Skyforge

Battle Bards Episode 119: Skyforge

Believe it or not, it's the Battle Bards' fifth anniversary! From its weirdly humble beginnings back in 2013 to our arro... Read more

18 Apr 2018

1hr 3mins

Ranked #18

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Battle Bards Episode 29: Vocals

Battle Bards Episode 29: Vocals

When you think of MMO music, it's rare to put a voice to the tunes.  But more often than you'd think, these tracks have ... Read more

10 Jun 2014

58mins

Ranked #19

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Battle Bards Episode 116: There be dragons

Battle Bards Episode 116: There be dragons

Mighty and majestic, scaly in hide and shrewd of mind, smoking with fury unabated... these are the Battle Bards! Also, d... Read more

28 Feb 2018

1hr 5mins

Ranked #20

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Battle Bards Episode 17: Starter Zones

Battle Bards Episode 17: Starter Zones

This week on Battle Bards, Steff, Syl, and Syp recall their first steps into MMOs -- and the music that would be forever... Read more

10 Dec 2013

1hr 2mins

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