Cephalon Squared: A Warframe Podcast

Warframe is not for the faint of heart - there is so much content within that many players would pale in the face of its complexity. But, as most fans would know, come to understand that complexity and there is a wealth of fun to explore at your own leisure. However, this can be a double-edged sword - without a level of simplicity and approachability for new players, some may find Warframe far too...

A quiet week in terms of news, as the team at DE looks towards hotfixes - plus, there was a long weekend in Canada. This gives us a good opportunity to review our opinions on Heart of Deimos, now that we've had a good go at it. Unsurprisingly, we're still having fun, but there are a few things that are beginning to annoy us here and there... Oh, and we start giving tips on Heart of Deimos content!

From quiet weeks to DOUBLE DISCUSSIONS! Yes, this week, not only are we covering the new Heart of Deimos release, but there was also a Home Devstream! While it was a shorted Devstream, there was still plenty of good info to cover, so we talked about both... And we certainly do have a lot to say - Heart of Deimos is a great update.

We're getting very excited now! Only a few more days to wait until Heart of Deimos hits ALL platforms. It's a great time to be playing Warframe - and as of the 25th, it's also a great time to start playing, as there will be a whole new introduction and tutorial! Anyway, TennoGen Round 19 was announced this week, so we decided to try something new - which we are calling TennoGen Runway. We'll go th...

With just over a week and a half left until the release of Heart of Deimos, every Warframe fan worth their salt is thinking hard about what the new Helminth System will mean for the state of Warframe moving int the future. As luck woul;d have it, DE dropped their Developer's Workshop post in regards to this topic, so the Cephalons spend an entire episode going over every single Ability that has be...

Heart of Deimos represents a new direction for Warframe in a number of ways - from new contraptions that the player can build and utilise, to a whole new system of customisation. We decided to take a look at this through the lens of the future - what do these new additions suggest in the way of change? And what else do we hope comes out of this? Plus all the usual shenanigans. Join us for more fun...

Another year, another TennoCon! This year was a little different, with the team stuck in lockdown at home, it's not so easy to develop a large-scale video game like Warframe. Nor is it easy to put on a fan conference. But I'd have to say, with TennoCon 2020, Digital Extremes has smashed it out of the park. Listen to hear our thoughts on all of the awesome things discussed in the Art Panel and Tenn...

Wow - there's only one week until TennoCon! We're starting to get excited, and the news is slowly starting to drip feed, starting with a teaser for Warframe's next update, titled Heart of Deimos! But what is Heart of Deimos? We don't quite know, and there are a bunch of theories among the community. In this episode, we take a look at all of them and discuss what we think is most logical, and what...

There are now only 2 weeks left until TennoCon, but that doesn't mean there's nothing going on in Warframeland - or in Cephalon Squared Tower! Plenty of news to discuss this week, plus a round-up of our Beginner and Advanced Topics, and a good chat about our thoughts on how to improve Warframe cosmetics... Let us know your thoughts!

More downtime before TennoCon means nothing super new to discuss - apart from the release of the Steel Path. But this time, we decided to grab the NotCultGuy, a member of our Discord moderation team, for a bit of a chat about why he is now a bit of a lapsed Warframe player - and what it might take to get him to come back. Among other things, of course. It wouldn't be an episode of Cephalon Squared...

Another quiet week means another week closer to TennoCon. But I guess it wasn't that quiet, given Deadlock Protocol finally hit consoles this week! Yay! As a result, we give you a double discussion this week, looking at the Deadlock Protocol and detailing our expectations for TennoCon 2020. Looking for the Weathercast, or our Beginner (Warframe app) and Advanced (Fosfor) topics? We still got ya, f...

Unlike recent weeks, there was a bit of news to cover this week, as well as an impromptu Home Devstream that provided some details on the forthcoming "Steel Path" addition to Warframe. As this was not a standard Devstream (it was mostly focused on one thing) we decided to cover the Steel Path as one of two discussion topics - the other being a playable derelict we recently found in the Veil Proxim...

Well... we're back at episode 1 again... kinda.  Was a little weird to hit 100 episodes, but we're so glad you stuk with us along the way. While there's still a bunch of downtime at DE due to TennoCon preparations, we took the time to discuss the evolution of weapon mechanics and how we'd like to see them KEEP evolving. Ratchet and Clank style weapons? Why not, I say! And of course we have al...

It's a huge achievement in and of itself to hit 100 episodes of ANYTHING, let alone 100 consecutive weekly podcast episodes. And more than that? It's an absolutely humbling honour to reach that with an audience that seems to appreciate what we do. So thank you so much, from the bottom of our hearts. This episode is slightly different from usual - it's long, for one, but we really just had a bunch...

Woah... Almost 100 episodes of Cephalon Squared! Whether you've been with us for the whole time, or you just started - thank you. We are just as surprised as you are that a couple of Aussies managed to make a Warframe podcast that has managed to last as long as it has. Humbled. Anyway... this week has kind of sucked... for the whole world, really. It was super quiet, super contentious, and just......

A quiet week for Warframe news, a quiet week for the Cephalons. But we had a backup crazy topic to discuss, which led to a whole bunch of crazy ramblings about Conclave. We've tried to "fix" PvP before, but dammit, we tried again. Let us know what you think of our ideas!

Yeah! Another Devstream, and this one went into great detail as to what we should be expecting from the new major update, The Deadlock Protocol! Sadly, though, this is likely the last Devstream before TennoCon... but then again, that means TennoCon isn't so far away! Yay! And just so you know up front... we didn't neglect you this week. Beginner and Advanced Topics are BACK.

This week was a little quiet for Warframe news, but the Cephalons were lucky enough to be joined by a member of the development team - Senior Designer Pablo Alonso! Pablo is much loved among the community for his quirky videos and his love of cats (not to mention his uncanny ability to put life back into older warframes). More than this though? He's just a pleasure to chat with. Sit back and enjoy...

Woohoo - another Lorecast! It's been a while, we know - but this time we take our first dive into Leverian lore, with a look at the Lerverian entries for Atlas and Grendel!@ Lots of fun, lots of cool stuff.  Jump in with us.

Another week, another Warframe podcast from Cephalon Squared! And even better? There was another Home Devstream this weekend, so the trusty Cephalons had plenty to chat about (and yes, this means no beginner and advanced topics this week). There's lots of good stuff in the works, although some of the larger projects have hit delays due to COVID-19. That's to be expected! Overall, a pretty good Dev...

Yeehah - DE has delivered on last week's promise of revisions to Railjack, and from first impressions, we are impressed! If the point of these initial revisions is just to make the mode more fun, then the team seems to have ticked the box (while simultaneously making things somewhat easier as well). For the rest of our thoughts and off-tangent banter (not to forget our weekly beginner and advanced...

A few weeks without a Devstream... and DE drops a new one on us. This time around, the regular merry crew all join (from their home offices, of course), but the amount of content shown off was incredible. It touches on a bunch of stuff that yet to come to the game, most of which is coming very soon, but also on what the team is doing to address current criticisms (to a degree). An absolutely fanta...

With the Devstream on hiatus for yet another week, the Cephalons looked to the community to help build this week's episode. We've got an in-depth discussion with Community Guest Star Dylan Braun in regard to burnout (among many other things), plus a whole bunch of community-driven questions and feedback towards the end. (Beginner Topic: pickups; Advanced Topic: Advanced Maneuvers)

Tough times in the world today - it's a lot of stress for everyone. But on top of that, we have noticed there seems to be a large amount of negativity directed towards Warframe in recent weeks, so we decided to take it upon ourselves to reject this - welcome to the positivity episode! Discussion - what we love about Warframe Beginner topic: providing constructive feedback; Advanced: Warframe Stres...

It was another quiet week in Warframe , and let's face it, isolation means it's quiet for all of us. So we decided to dedicate this episode to isolation, with tips for what players can work towards for both beginner and advanced players! However, the world did not want this one to go right this week, so... yeah. It took us more than two hours to record an episode less than an hour long. With plent...