Podcast Episodes featuring John Staats

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Good Morning Azeroth #53: The Dungeons of Classic WoW w/ John Staats (WoW Developer)

Defcamp & Melderon TV Podcasts - September 20, 2020 13:49 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
A Classic WoW Podcast, featuring Kargoz, Defcamp, Melderon and Dunedain. Special guest John Staats, one of the original graphic designers of vanilla World of Warcraft. He made 90% of all raids, indoor and outdoor dungeons. Show Links: https://whenitsready.com/ https://thewowdiary.backerkit.com...

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Vanilla World of Warcraft with John Staats

KakeBytes - November 21, 2019 17:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Blizzard turned the page back in history this summer with the release of Classic World of Warcraft in lieu of a traditional expansion and John Staats, the first 3D level designer at Blizzard, recently published The World of Warcraft Diary. John joined Katy on the latest episode of KakeBytes to...

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KatyKakes #28 - Vanilla World of Warcraft with John Staats

KakeBytes - November 21, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Blizzard turned the page back in history this summer with the release of Classic World of Warcraft in lieu of a traditional expansion and John Staats, the first 3D level designer at Blizzard, recently published The World of Warcraft Diary. (more…)

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Vanilla World of Warcraft with John Staats

KakeBytes - November 21, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Blizzard turned the page back in history this summer with the release of Classic World of Warcraft in lieu of a traditional expansion and John Staats, the first 3D level designer at Blizzard, recently published The World of Warcraft Diary. John joined Katy on the latest episode of KakeBytes to...

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FC 079: Designing The World of Warcraft - An Interview with John Staats

FrazlCast - November 05, 2018 12:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
World of Warcraft is soon to be heading into its 15th year, and World of Warcraft Classic will be coming out this Summer. I was given the honor to sit down with John Staats, who designed and built half of Vanilla WoW's dungeons and raids. We talked about game development and World of Wa...

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Episode #69 - Everything Shamans With Melderon & Orcbit + John Staats On WoW Diary Success

Countdown To Classic - September 17, 2018 08:06 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 280 ratings
Countdown To Classic is back with another great in depth class interview. Today, join Josh as he sits down with Melderon and Orcbit to discuss everything and anything about those totem pounding, lightning wielding and chain healing Shamans! After that, Josh is joined once again by former vanilla ...

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DefTalk Episode 16 - Interview With John Staats - Vanilla WoW Dungeon Developer

Defcamp & Melderon TV Podcasts - August 27, 2018 16:30 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
John Staats, one of the original dungeon designers for Vanilla WoW, is responsible for creating about half of all vanilla dungeons and raids as well as 90% of non-instanced crypts and caves. He was gracious enough to sit down with us and chat for over 2 hours. Have a listen and if you want to sup...

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Episode #63 - The Making Of World Of Warcraft With Vanilla Dev, John Staats

Countdown To Classic - August 20, 2018 10:49 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 280 ratings
Speaking with someone who was a part of the team that made the game that is the subject of this podcast has been a lofty goal of Josh's ever since beginning this journey with you all. Listen in as Josh sits down for a very special, lengthy, chat with vanilla World of Warcraft's original 3D Level ...

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