Merely a Setback: A Podcast about Storytelling in the World of Warcraft

This week we have a sad announcement, but join us for a lore discussion as well!

Join Jared and Jessie as they discuss Warcraft Lore!

This week, Sharku and Jessie are probably too mean to Jared about a botched prediction, but all's well that ends well! enjoy our lore discussion about patch 9.1! 

This week, Jessie, Jared , and Sharku discuss the mechanism of death and what it might look like at the end of the Shadowlands expansion. 

Join Jessie and Jared as they discuss WoW Lore

Join Jared and Jessie as they discuss Warcraft lore! 

They're at it again! Enjoy our round table discussion! 

This week, the loremasters look into differences ans similarities between Anduin and Arthas. 

Jessie, Sharku, and Jared talk about all the con things! 

This week, Sharku and Jessie discuss their predictions for Blizzcon(line). 

Join Jessie, Shaku, and Jared as they discuss lore from World of Warcraft! 

Jessie and Jared are joined by special guest, Crescent Raven, to discuss the goings on in the Shadowlands. 

Join Jessie and Jared, along with special guest Manny, as they discuss World of Warcraft lore!

Join us as Loremasters Jessie, Sharku, and Jared discuss the storytelling in the covenant system in Shadowlands and begin to speculate where our story will be taking us in the future.

This week, the Loremasters discuss the true motivation behind Sylvanas' choices, and what that means for Anduin. 

Join the Lorewalkers as we answer listener questions and discuss the newest WoW short story, We Ride Forth, in all its death knight glory! 

Our new co-host, Jessie, joins Jared and Sharku as we discuss lore from shadowlands and answer listener questions! 

Sharku and Jared talk for HOURS about a bunch of new lore bits in the shadowlands expansion. Buckle in, you'll be here a while.

This week Jared and Shaku discuss one of the latest short stories to drop from blizzard, Terror by Torchlight written by Christie Golden.

This week we talk a lot about the new pre-patch, and completely ignore Jared's deep dive... oops!

This week, Shoeboots rejoins the loremasters for more bad puns and dad jokes. We discuss some news about what Chris Metzen is up to and announce a special patreon giveaway. We also FINALLY talk about the Greymane short story. 

Join us for a silly look into the recent news from blizzard. Jared and Sharku are in rare form as we giggle through this episode. 

In this episode, I honestly don't know what happens. I've been working 16 hour days all week and I can barely remember my name. it's Sharky I think... something like that. Jared did this one all himself. Good Luck!

This week Jared and Sharku get excited about the upcoming pre-patch, give up on complaining about covenants (sort of), and Talk about a little Revendreth.  

This week, Jared and Sharku are joined by returning guest host, Manny. We discuss possitble pre-patch dates, Argue about Sylvanas (of course), and get into the newest afterlives video about Ardenweld. 

This wee, guest host Ali from Dungeon Fables to try to help us fill our Shoeboots-sized void. We talk about news (covenants... sorry...) get into the Maldraxxis video, and answer some listener email. Come hang out with us!  

It's Shoeboots last week as an official co-host of Merely a Setback... so we did an extra long episode (mostly because I didn't want it to end). Join us for discussions about changes in the shadowlands release, the first Afterlives video, and the fate of angel-baby, Arthas.

Join this week as we discuss the new videos put out by blizzard. Also, Shoeboots has some bad news.

Join us as we discuss new developments in the beta build, answer some listener emails, and discuss the nature of "grey morality" in video game storytelling. 

Join our podcaster round table as we join other content creators and talk about nerd stuff!

Join the loremasters for a very special 100th episode where we are joined by Madeleine Roux, author of the new Shadows Rising Warcraft Novel as we analyze and discuss this newest addition to the Warcraft literary collection.

Join us as the loremasters discuss some current news, as well as dive into a heated discussion about how the covenant system effects the story and lore experience in the game. 

This week, the loremasters talk about the newly released Shadowlands beta. They also discuss an interview with Warcraft story developer, Steve Danueser.

On this very special episode, the Loremasters are joined by New York Times' best-selling author Madeleine Roux, who wrote the new Warcraft novel, Shadows Rising, available in bookstores and audiobook on July 14th!

The Setback Loremasters come together again to discuss The latest WoW news and talk about how the story in the alpha build is shaping up so far! 

This week we start off on a sober note, but then get right into some alpha news, and exciting announcement, and discussion of a new short story! 

This week, Jared and Sharku attempt to do the show without Shoeboots while he prepares for lil' boots to enter the world. We discuss some of this weeks news, and get caught in a redemption arc. 

Sharku gets uncomfortable because there's too much elf talk this seek. The loremasters discuss adding high elves as playable characters, Blizzcon woes, and our next short story deep dive!

Sharku, Shoeboots and Jared descend into madness while discussing the recently unearthed Scarlet Brotherhood manifesto.

Join us this week as the loremasters discuss deep dive into the history of the Scarlet Crusade.

This week, stumble along with Sharku as he attempts to adjust to working during the day. The Loremasters discuss new developments in the Shadowlands alpha.

Bear with us as we talk a little bit about a game Sharku has been waiting for for over a decade, then we dive into more new data mining from the Shadowlands alpha! 

This week join us along with special guest, Manny from For Azeroth, as we delve into the newly data-mined alpha build for Shadowlands. 

This week join us as we discuss the short story: Council of the Three Hammers: Iron and Blood. 

This week the Loremasters discuss a fantastic article about what goes into creating story for World of Warcraft. 

Join our podcaster round table as we join other content creators and talk about nerd stuff!

This week we celebrate Shoeboots being over the hill with a special celebrity guest, and we talk about Warcraft and stuff too!

This week we let Jared host the show and everything goes smooooooothly. We discuss the new novelization announced to be released this summer and talk about the Tyrande and Malfurion short story. 

This week, we forget to talk about the Tyrande and Malf story like we were supposed to, because Shoeboots and Sharku argue about Warcraft III for the entire show!