No Prisoners, No Mercy: Recent Episodes
Julie Whitefeather & Frances Kosac
There comes a time, friends, when your favorite MMO ceases to sparkle, when even new videogames lose their luster, and the computer room becomes a prison; and all that is left are two gamers (who happen to be nuns) with a very large axe to grind. Come join Julie Whitefeather and Frances Kosac as they go to War - and along the way discuss the events of the week in the MMO industry.
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Topics this time out:
- Expectations vs. Reality 2. Games you thought you would like but hated 3. Budgeting games 4. Preordering, Narrative de-escalation and Gainax
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Welcome to Show 293 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. this time out we discuss the following subjects:
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Games that made a cultural impact: Frostpunk Undertale Stanley parable Balatro Tetris Stardew Valley
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Live Service Games World of Warships
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The Game Development Bandwagon
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violating the social contract
Welcome to our New Year Show,
This time out we talk about the last year, some of the good and the bad in gaming and the good things about our years.
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Welcome to Show 291,
Topics for the Show
- Has Nintendo has become a bully? 2. You don't own your games 19:45 3. Divorcing adobe 29:00 4. Are there games you thought you would like, but hated? 40:00
Articles Cited:
You don't own your games https://www.gamereactor.eu/blizzards-new-user-agreement-you-no-longer-own-your-games-1373663/
Nintendo is shedding its veneer of kindness and embracing a new reputation: Vigorous legal bully https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/nintendo-is-shedding-its-veneer-of-kindness-and-embracing-a-new-reputation-vigorous-legal-bully/
Nintendo's attempt to kill emulation https://www.gamesradar.com/nintendo-knows-it-cant-prove-emulation-is-illegal-but-its-latest-tactic-is-very-effective-at-knocking-out-source
New California law inspired by Ubisoft and Sony requires retailers to warn consumers that the digital games they buy can be taken away at any time
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/new-california-law-inspired-by-ubisoft-and-sony-requires-retailers-to-warn-consumers-that-the-digital-games-they-buy-can-be-taken-away-at-any-time/
Welcome to the tangent...um...No Prisoners, No Mercy Show
- A bit more anime - That's not a moon (named Titan), 2. "He's a plant? Do you mean like a spy?" 3. Jokers and voice actors 3. Yoko Kanno, Seatbelts and Band-Maid and other music
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Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 289. This time out we discuss the failure of Concord and why we feel its a turning point in the industry.
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Welcome to show 288
This time out we talk about the following subjects.
- Anime 2. What gives players a "Power Fantasy"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEPE2eVGE0o 3. Digital games vs physical games
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Show 287: Speculation about trends in entertainment: streaming, movie theaters, and games
Have you been in a movie theater and found yourself to be the only one there? Have you read the news and found massive layoffs in the gaming industry? Do games and movies seem like a rehash of the same thing? Has your favorite game gone "live service?" We've noticed the same thing...so let's talk about it.
We have to...so let's talk about it.
Welcome to show 286 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out we talk about artificial intelligence.
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Welcome to Show 285. Here are the topics this time:
- You can buy the pants but you have to wear them here - the digital-only future Accursed Farms Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Accursed_Farms
- When games are delisted and e-shops shut down
- Early Access
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Welcome to Show 284,
This time out we discuss the following subjects:
- Is there a "disconnect" between the industry and gamers. 2. Adding DRM to older games. 3. Isometric games 4. Why does a game like Baldurs gate three succeed while expectations for Starfield fall to negative reviews?
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Teslacon is an immersive steampunk event that means a great deal to us. It's been awhile since we shared a bit about the great time we have each year. We also brought out an interview from the past with the man who started it all - Eric Larson.
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 282
This time out we discuss various types of player goals. Whether short term, intermdiate or long term, what keeps us playing.
Player Goals and narrative de-escalation
Sites Cited: Player Goals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uCUZRBmam0
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This time out we talk about Apple Minis and Steam Decks.
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This time out we discuss the recent Unity Game Engine Controversy and Starfield.
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Welcome to show 279
- Bobby Kotick, Microsoft and Activision 2. Starfield 3. Warframe 4. a.i., writers and the future
Discussion:
What breaks immersion?
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Sites Cited: https://kotaku.com/starfield-open-world-rpg-scifi-ship-cargo-inventory-1850796380 https://kotaku.com/starfield-release-review-accessibility-xbox-pc-steam-1850793327 https://www.pcgamesn.com/warframe/heirloom-skins https://www.pcgamesn.com/starfield/fallout-4-feature
Welcome to Show 278
Subjects:
- Accessibility features/Cyberpunk 2077
- Games that are good until you run out of things to do. How do you keep players playing after they reach the level cap.
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Welcome to Show 277,
Subjects for this time out:
- Retro games
- Videogame adaptation movies
- Movies and people who make them
- Audiobooks and movie rights
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Welcome to show 276,
Here are the topics this time out.
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- Artificial intelligence...I for one welcome our new AI overlords
- Game Complexity, complicated game systems
Sites Cited:
Can an AI learn to be racist?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffraikes/2023/04/21/ai-can-be-racist-lets-make-sure-it-works-for-everyone/?sh=4882eea2e40d
Is Chat GPT liberal or conservative?
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/09/business/are-chatbots-liberal-or-conservative-depends-who-you-ask/
Testing the limits of Chat GPT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdAQnkDzGvc
AI and lawsuits
https://www.reuters.com/legal/getty-images-lawsuit-says-stability-ai-misused-photos-train-ai-2023-02-06/
Extra Credits Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/extracredits
TRIGGER WARNING: This we one of our co-hosts talks about the loss of a friend.
- Have toxic gamers ruined gaming? Have developers and publishers not listened to gamers? 2. Do we pay more attention to negativity? 3. Trigger Warning: Starting at 46 min. Chris talks about the passing of a friend.
This time out we talk about the following subjects
- Are cheap games bad? Are mobile games bad? 2. When good game companies go wrong 3. AI, creativity and how it effects us
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Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 273,
This time out we talk about the following subjects:
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Microsoft's patent for personalized in game advertising.
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Solo games vs. multiplayer games vs. mmos. Which do you prefer and why?
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Linear games with a single story arch vs. Open world sandbox. Which do you prefer and why? Does one format make for a more successful game than the other
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Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 271. This time out we discuss the following topics.
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- Bethesda games, mods and updates
- Stadia and cloud gaming
Welcome to Show 270,
This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy Team talk about the following subjects:
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Developers chasing high end graphics instead of game play, story narratives and optimization
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With easier tools to make games some developers do not take optimzation into consideration and who has access to the consoles and computers needed to play their game.
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Welcome to Show 269,
The gangs all here. This time out we talk about Final Fantasy 14 - the good, the bad, and the very, very good! Along the way we discover what some games have done right that others have done wrong.
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Welcome to show 268,
This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy team welcomes a guest from the Space Game Junkie podcast back to the show. This time out we discuss the good, the bad, and the very bad of gatekeeping.
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Welcome to Show 267,
This time we continue our discussion on accessability in gaming. We also welcome a special guest from The Space Game Junkie Podcast back to the show.
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Welcome to Show 266,
This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy Podcast welcomes a guest. In part one of two we talk about accessability and games.
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Welcome to Show 265, This time out we talk about why some games "have legs" and some do not? Why are some games a flash and a pan and some seem to be around forever? What makes something the "it" game?
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This time out the No Prisones, No Mercy Gang talks about the following subjects:
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- A few notes about Elden Ring
- Conan Exiles
- Games we play to relax
- Artificial intelligence in and out of video games
- Intelligence - artifical and the lack thereof
- What are we playing
Welcome to the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out we discuss the following subjects:
- Microsoft acquiring activision blizzard
- When the producer doesn't understand the product
- Where is entertainment headed?
- What are we playing
- fremdschämen
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Welcome to the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out we are please to welcome to the show author, screenwriter, and film producer Dedra Stevenson!
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Welcome to show 261,
This time out we discuss the following subjects.
- NFTS and the game industry (see below)
- What makes a great villain?
- Star Trek
Sites Cited:
https://futurism.com/the-byte/650000-nft-yacht-metaverse
https://kotaku.com/we-live-in-hell-and-this-ubisoft-nft-that-requires-you-1848202326
https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/news/2022/html/a_new_years_letter_from_the_president_2.html
This time out we have the second part of a two part show - an interview with authors M.K. Wiseman and D. Lieber. Ms. Lieber is the author of urban fantasy, paranormal fantasy, and steampunk adventure urban fantasy novels. Her latest books are The Assassins Legacy and The Treason of Robyn Hood.
Ms. Wiseman is a "full-on fantasy and steampunk geek, with a touch of the sci-fi." Her books latest books include Sherlock Holmes & the Singular Affair, Sherlock Holmes & the Ripper of Whitechapel
Welcome to Show 259 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out we have the first part of a two part show - an interview with authors M.K. Wiseman and D. Lieber.
Ms. Lieber is the author of urban fantasy, paranormal fantasy, and steampunk adventure urban fantasy novels. Her latest books are The Assassins Legacy and The Treason of Robyn Hood.
Ms. Wiseman is a " I am a full-on fantasy and steampunk geek, with a touch of the sci-fi." Her books include the soon to be released Sherlock Holmes & the Singular Affair, Sherlock Holmes & the Ripper of Whitechapel, Magical Intelligence and others.
Ms. Wiseman's website is here: http://mkwisemanauthor.com/
D. Lieber's website is here: https://www.dlieber.com/
This time out we talk about hate raids on Twitch, their causes, background and what is being done to stop them.
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Welcome to Show 257,
Here are the subject this time out:
- EA dancing on corpses
- The Metaverse - technology, history, social aspects, expectations
- World of Warships
- A funny gaming story from the military
Articles:
https://www.howtogeek.com/745807/what-is-the-metaverse-is-it-just-virtual-reality-or-something-more/
https://www.thebit.nz/news/facebooks-metaverse-faces-a-hardware-problem/
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-07-metaverse-internet-revolution.html
https://cryptomode.com/binamon-metaverse-will-include-its-first-planet-it-will-be-sold-for-millions-of-dollars/
Welcome to Show 256 -
This time out we are proud to welcome Dr. Richard Bartle to the show. Dr. Bartle, Fran and Julie talk about one of the subjects of the moment - The Metaverse.
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Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 255
Topics this time out:
- What makes a game interesting, What makes a character interesting
- Evil Races are bad game design - extra credits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymUEPKTEQaQ
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Welcome to Show 254,
The gangs all here...almost. This time out we talk about how people express their real self in virtual worlds - or do they?
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Sites Cited:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/competition-watchdog-to-probe-google-and-amazon-over-fake-reviews/#p3
https://kotaku.com/u-s-healthcare-is-so-trash-this-game-s-localization-ne-1847169929
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/unique-everybody-else/202106/how-people-express-their-real-self-in-virtual-worlds
Welcome to Show 253 - here are the subjects this time out.
- Congratulations Dave Filoni
- Game Companies - the good, the bad and the really bad
- Remastered or creatively bankrupt?
- The Ship of Thesus - is commander shepard in Mass Effect 2 actually Commander Shepard?
- RIP Kentaro Miura
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- NFT- money for nothing
- What makes a game difficult, fun and just generally no fun?
Cites Sited:
https://futurism.com/charmin-debuts-toilet-paper-nfts
https://www.coindesk.com/brooklyn-bridge-nft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCc69RlV2qI
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CheckPointStarvation
Welcome to Show 251,
The gangs all here! This time out we sit down and talk about the good and the bad of the game we have been playing - Final Fantasy 14.
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Welcome to the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 250. This time the gang talks a frustrating game mechanic - When is a game too long? When has a grind been stuck in front of you before you get to the new or good content? How many times have you been sent in a "fetch quest" only to be told by the quest giver to deliver it to the npc you just ran past? How my any times have you seen a game advertise how big the open world is only to discover there is nothing to do IN that world?
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This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy team talks about the following subjects:
- If Julie falls in the middle of the forest and no one is around to hear does the family dog hear?
2.Accessability in Video Games - Point - counterpoint/Final Fantasy IV
- Games that we play that aren't game
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Welcome to Show 248. Here are the subject this time out. The gangs all here.
- Cyberpunk 2077 - a warning about reviews and releases
- The Authority of Print
- Cutting out the middleman
- The Unsilent Minority
- Reviews or reassurance
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 247. This time out we discuss the following subjects:
- HUG Mods...bring it in
- A few bits of news
- Carpet Baggers or Developers
- Vocaloids and Vtubers and Twitch
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Welcome to show 246.
This time out Julie, Fran, Steve and Chris talk about the following subjects:
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MMO scams: https://www.mmobyte.tv/mmorpg-scams-you-need-to-be-aware/
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Star Wars Squardrons, EA and replayability
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ECCO
Welcome to Show 245,
This time out on the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show we finish our original conversation on Star Trek and Star Wars. Welcome to part II.
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Welcome to Show 244,
This time out we talk about Star Trek and Star Wars. With the next season of Star Trek Discovery about to come out and new Star Wars series on the way it seemed like a good time to discuss the subject. This time we welcome Troy to the show as our guest.
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Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 243. Here are the subject this time out:
1.EA vs the investor - when is enough too much
2.Epic vs. Apple - Is Epic really the "underdog"
3.What are we playing - filthy vampires and ork mimes
Sites Cited:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Y-Z8gl1Zc
https://www.macrumors.com/guide/epic-games-vs-apple/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euiSHuaw6Q4
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2020/08/14/an-epic-antitrust-battle-for-apple-and-google-789925
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/13/21366438/apple-fortnite-ios-app-store-violations-epic-payments
Welcome to the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out we talk about the following subjects:
- Play station network loosing transaction history and licenses for purchased games
- Digital vs. Physical versions of games
- Impartiality in reviews - saving the drama for your mama
- Nintendo
- Videogame prices and Virtual Private Networks
- When "hours of stimulating gameplay" ruin the fun
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Welcome to Show 241 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out we talk about the following subjects.
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Game Companies who listen to their Fans and Fans who wished they hadn't.
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When is it an MMO and When is it a live Service...and does it matter?
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Game Developers who make font size adjustable and those who don't...and Why.
Sites Cited:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2016/03/17/yes-great-games-can-be-crafted-by-fan-complaints-and-responsive-devs/#6229b8ad3753
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140209/07573126156/ea-you-can-only-rate-our-dungeon-keeper-app-if-you-give-it-perfect-rating.shtml
https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/02/06/no-ea-everyone-is-not-playing-dungeon-keeper-wrong/#bfb63641f83a
https://kotaku.com/the-wow-classic-demo-is-the-hell-we-asked-for-1830211579
https://www.vg247.com/2019/07/12/game-developers-time-stop-listening-fans/
https://kotaku.com/the-wow-classic-demo-is-the-hell-we-asked-for-1830211579
https://kotaku.com/hooray-for-games-that-let-you-make-the-text-bigger-1825418258
Welcome to Show 240 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy. This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy Team talk about the following subjects.
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- Fallout 76 Wastelands
- A gamers view of the pandemic
- Esports are the only sports
- Do we play games because they are the new hottness?
- Fallout 76 Wastelanders
- It's never been easier to be a hero
Welcome to Show 239
This time, while we are all shut in, we are pleased to spend time with author and filmmaker, Dedra Stevenson. We spend time talking about how to stay creative make it through this difficult time.
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Welcome to Show 238,
This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy Team discusses the following subjects.
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The life cycle of video games. Fran, for example, is a die hard wow fan and even she doesn't care about the new expansion. Why do games become extremely popular and then fade? Is it video game tourism?
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Avatars of people's dead relatives in virtual reality - Creepy or closure?
Sites Cited:
Biggest MMO Failures in History
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-biggest-mmo-failures-in-history/
Welcome to the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 237!
This time out we talk about accessibility in video games, what developers can do to make games more accessible, the witcher, and Pokemon Go.
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Sites Cited:
http://gameaccessibilityguidelines.com/full-list/
https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/08/accessibility-finally-matters-to-the-game-industry-but-it-needs-to-do-better/
https://io9.gizmodo.com/what-the-witcher-gets-wrong-and-right-about-disabilit-1840609870
http://www.caniplaythat.com/about-can-i-play-that/
https://ablegamers.org/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/10/21060877/pokemon-go-record-revenue-2019-niantic-labs-ar-growth
Subjects this time out:
Micky the Rat owns your childhood, Hollywood threatens a "general philosophers strike", Google Stadia,
sites cited:
https://roguerocket.com/2019/11/19/disney-plus-accounts/
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/18/google-stadia-review-pros-and-cons-of-googles-streaming-game-service.html
https://www.zdnet.com/article/thousands-of-hacked-disney-accounts-are-already-for-sale-on-hacking-forums/
https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2483451/judd-apatow-and-more-hollywood-directors-up-in-arms-over-new-netflix-feature
Welcome to Show 235,
This time out we talk about Star Trek and Star Trek Online.
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Welcome to Show 234 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out the team talks about the following subjects:
- Professional players protest - what is it all about
- Blizzards history with the gaming market in china
- Publisher Profit vs. The gamer - paying for content
- Metal Guild Solid 5
- Space Engineers
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Welcome to a very special edition of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show! Join us as we welcome back to the show one of the people who started it all...Dr. Richard Bartle.
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Welcome to show 232!
If you are like us you are always on the lookout for a new game. Sometimes its something you have overlooked. Join us as we talk with game developer Rod Harper about a return to Final Fantasy.
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Welcome to Show 231,
This time out we talk about 2k games, Apex Legends, and more
Sites Cited:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcGZQDOOU6Y
https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/18/20811014/apex-legends-iron-crown-skins-developers-rant-ass-hats-freeloaders-pc-ps4-xbox-one
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-blames-video-games-el-paso-dayton-mass-shootings-1229106
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 230,
This time out we discuss the following subjects:
- Hoverboards are real
- Simulator games. Cooking, truck, train
- Roleplaying in videogames
- Mickey the rat owns your childhood
- Strategy games...one more turn
- Retirement home for older gamers
Sites Cited:
https://www.gameskinny.com/qrfc6/9-strangest-simulator-games-you-need-to-know-about
https://screenrant.com/rogue-one-princess-leia-actress-cgi-carrie-fisher/
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/disney-fox-layoffs-2-1203288499/
http://psychochild.org/?p=1532
https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/4/20753648/jet-powered-hoverboard-english-channel-crossing-franky-zapata-success
https://youtu.be/nLqW7G879
Welcome to show 229 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show
This time out we talk about writing for video-games - what makes it good? What makes it bad? Along the way we talk about some of our favorite games.
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Welcome to Show 228!
This time out the No Prisones, No Mercy Team talks about the following subjects:
- strategy games
- Strategy Games: I have been trying my had at strategy games and see some people on the internet that claim they are a thing of the past. Is this true?
- Is Facebook on its way out?
- Is EA as bad as everyone claims? What can they do about it if they are?
Sites Cited:
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-history-of-the-strategy-game/
https://www.geek.com/news/what-happened-to-the-real-time-strategy-genre-1649869/
https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-ftc-fine-five-billion/
https://www.giantbomb.com/forums/general-discussion-30/is-rts-a-dead-genre-1816313/
https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/07/09/sean-murray-talks-about-how-companies-like-ea-and-bethesda-should-handle-rocky-game
https://screenrant.com/ea-bad-guy-originals-loot-box-microtransaction/
https://www.slashgear.com/ea-doesnt-know-why-theyre-the-bad-guy-well-heres-why-13583797
The real cost of facebook:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pFX2P7JLwA
Welcome to Show 227,
This time out we talk about the following subjects:
- Electronic Arts, Parliment, and Surprise Mechancis
- Leage of Legends and Bans
- Netflix cancels Good Omens...sort of...
- Disney beats us over the head with a major deciduous forest.
- A warning about a dangerous hack
- Main Topic: Will Classic WoW Kill Wow?
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Welcome to Show 226
Subject this time out:
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The "straight skinny" on Star Citizen. Has it been mismanaged? Have reports of what is going on at Star Citizen been exaggerated? What really goes into making a triple-A game?
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Where did Anthem go wrong? Have we seen changes in the industry that has caused this?
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Have business models that depend on microtransactions and loot boxes reached the point where the government is finally going to regulate the industry? Has the game industry reached the point where it is on government radar? Is it a moral conundrum? What will happen when the government finally steps in to police the games industry?
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Is the walk-off at riot games a change in the way the industry works?
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What have we been playing - a game bricks Fran's phone
Articles:
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-05-03-star-citizen-development-reportedly-troubled-by-mishandled-money-micromanagement
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/342217/Riot_Games_walkout_sees_150_developers_protest_forced_arbitration.php
https://kotaku.com/u-s-senator-introduces-bill-to-ban-loot-boxes-and-pay-1834612226
Welcome to Show 225:
This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy Team talks about the following subjects:
- Steam anything goes - until the U.K. Government steps in
(https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-03-07-rape-day-prompts-call-for-uk-government-review) - Elder Scrolls Blades
(https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/blades) - Battlestar Galactica: The Souls of the Cylons, Star Trek, and The Expanse
- Update on Star Citizen
interview about Battlestar Galactica
Souls of the Cylons:
https://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/movies/2005/05/the-souls-of-cylons.aspx
Welcome to Show 224,
Topics for the show are as follows:
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Steam and the anything goes mentality - now they have competition in the form of epic, discord and gog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUHl9ZThXU0
https://tagn.wordpress.com/2019/03/08/steam-policy-plays-out-as-expected/ -
With Epic Games, Good Old Games, Discord and Origin now competing against steam is this a case similar to what we see with streaming services with everyone trying to grab a "piece of the pie" when there is only so much pie to go around? Will We see the same thing as is happening with "Battle Royale" mode with every game offering them to the point we are sick of it?
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/03/disney-to-close-vault-for-good-as-it-moves-film-library-to-streaming-service/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-_xOhBaf8w
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Mobile gaming vs. PC Gaming - have corporations begun to step away from rampant corporate greed such as we saw with EA's Dungeon Keeper and other "Pay or Wait" games?
https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/nintendo-mobile-microtransactions-1203156557/ -
Gopher - just make good games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-_xOhBaf8w
Welcome to Show 223:
This week we take about tales of Warcraft, Portals, and whether or not you really can go back to the good old days - and were they all that good to being with?
Artices:
https://www.mmorpg.com/world-of-warcraft/news/world-of-warcraft-portal-removal-in-815-sparks-a-firestorm-of-controversy-1000051725#GaDkz4wYgObpeqrq.99
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/338327/209_were_laid_off_from_Blizzard_as_part_of_earlier_Activision_Blizzard_cuts.php
https://biobreak.wordpress.com/2019/03/08/world-of-warcraft-how-could-you-get-me-back/
https://www.mmorpg.com/news/activision-blizzard-teams-up-with-newzoo-for-mobile-games-report-betting-on-billions-1000051702
Welcome to show 222. This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy gang talks about the following subjects:
- Esports and farming simulators:
https://unrealitymag.com/guy-trained-on-video-games-beats-formula-1-driver-on-a-real-track/
https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/23/farming-simulator-is-getting-its-own-esports-league/
- Player Retention and live services
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RaphKoster/20190131/335683/What_Drives_Retention.php
Welcome to Show 221.
This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy team discuss the following subjects.
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When games like Tell Tale Games and Wildstar close do we have the right to complain if we haven't played it in some time? Why did the games close?
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If we could turn back the clock and bring back any of the games we have played in the past, what would it be and why?
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What is good writing? Getting involved in writing.
See You Online
Welcome to Show 220.
We talk about her latest awards, her new book Desert Magnolia as well as her other books, and about acceptable (or lack thereof) between cultures. We also talk about her award winning film lemonade and Blue Jinni Media.
In the offering is advice from two professional writers about getting involved in writing.
Sites Cited and Contacts:
Website: https://bluejinnimedia.com
Lemonade the Film: https://bluejinnimedia.com/lemonade-the-film/
Email: info@bluejinnimedia.com
@Hakimastale and @bluejinnimedia on twitter and #dedrastevenson and #bluejinnimedia. On Instagram
Welcome to Show 219 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show - This time out we are excited to have with us the writers and producers of the Dr. Evermore television show. Join us as we find out how Dr. Evermore's art inspired the show.
See you online,
The No Prisponers, No Mercy Team
Cites for the Sites:
Dr. Evermore - a short documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ0n67eAOKw
Legion M who is producting the show:
https://legionm.com/
Contacts for our guests:
Evermor Instagram: evermortv
Erik & Perry Writer Instagram: ronin7entertainment
Evermor FB: @evermortv
Perry writer FB: @childofatlantis
Dr. Evermor Park FB: @worldofdrevermor
Evermor Twitter: @evermortv
Perry writer Twitter: @childofatlantis
Tya Kottler Twitter: @DrEvermor
This time out Julie, Fran, Chris and Steve discuss the Blizzard of ire aimed at Activision and Diablo Immortal. What companies have done this before? How could Activision not known their audiance? Or do they?
See you online,
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
- Accessiblity in videogames
- Book reviews: RPG books - stories set in games
- Multiplayer games - will Fallout 76 be a flash in the pan?
- Blizz-conned: Diablo Immortal
- What are we playing?
Books and Sites Cited:
https://www.audible.com/pd/Challenge-Audiobook/B074G4GPMC?qid=&sr=&ref=a_series_c5_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=284b47b1-a5db-4711-9667-612f2ac7458e&pf_rd_r=3QYF0XYGA3CAQ15BYV7F&
https://www.audible.com/pd/Survival-Quest-Audiobook/B01CRDD6ZS?qid=&sr=&ref=a_series_c5_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=284b47b1-a5db-4711-9667-612f2ac7458e&pf_rd_r=PM5N8A8NQH3ENE6PM40K&
https://www.audible.com/pd/Ascend-Online-Audiobook/B073PG4DX8?qid=1541314974&sr=sr_1_1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=RSEVK9XF3JRJB8SNAYSR&
https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Land-Founding-A-LitRPG-Saga-Audiobook/B071DNLS1F?qid=&sr=&ref=a_series_c5_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=284b47b1-a5db-4711-9667-612f2ac7458e&pf_rd_r=7FS3MKAN4VVD9CXHC8YZ&
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 215.1
This time Fran and I sit down and talk with Jen Usellis, otherwise known as the Klingon Pop Warrior. We talk about the Extra Life video game marathon for charity and her 24 hour broadcast.
See You Online
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Links:
http://www.extra-life.org/participant/jenbom
http://www.twitch.tv/ladyskymack
http://www.klingonpopwarrior.com
http://www.facebook.com/klingonpopwarrior
Welcome to Show 2015 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show
This time out we talk about the following subjects:
- NPCs- the good, the bad and romancing the pixel
- Anthem - stand(off) or deliver
- Some of our favorite NPC stories
- ECO
- Riders of Icarus
Artices Cited:
https://kotaku.com/anthems-npcs-are-a-radical-shift-for-bioware-1828764719
See you online!
Welcome to Show 214!
This time out Julie, Fran and Chris talk about their reaction to WoW's latest expansion; beyond that when are we done with an MMO? Is it the treadmill that developers sometimes put players on in order to get them to keep playing and paying for the game? What do developers do to keep us playing in the first place?
See You Online
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 213
Battle for Azeroth: the love/hate relationship. As Sylvanas Windrunner goosesteps into Teldrassil we ask ourselves when is lore "just lore"? Do those individuals or corporations that own an intellectual property have a responsibility to the fans beyond a profit margin?
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to Show 212. This time out the team discusses the following subject:
- Blizzard, Chris Roberts and the great retcon
- Wow Pulls a Wimpy
- Can a game come back after losing it's audiance?
See you online.
Welcome to Show 211 - this time out we discuss the following subjects:
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
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Morality in Video Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvNMXZFc8og
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Self publishing vs. Creativity: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-06-07-robots-have-taken-over-1980s-east-coast-sweden-in-avalanches-new-game-generation-zero
This being Avalanche's first self-published game has also meant no outside interference. "We are calling all the shots but we are also taking all the risks," wrote Kraftling. "Some would probably say that an action game with tactical elements set in rural Sweden is a risk in and of itself, as opposed to, say, making a zombie survival battle royale game or something." - Emil Kraftling, game director, Avalanche Studios
- Valve says it will allow any games: https://steamed.kotaku.com/valve-says-it-will-now-allow-everything-on-steam-unles-1826612274
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 210! This time the team talks about the following subjects:
- Steam now allows anything online except what is illegal or "straight up trolling"
2. Fallout 76, the next fallout game will not allow external player mods 3. Ark Mobile - will "mobile make a difference" 4. While Epic is suing Fortnite cheaters as young as 14, the Fortnite developer is in turn being sued by PUBG corp. Battlefield V has a "battleroyal mode" (with women characters). 5. The passing of two greats.
Welcome to Show 209 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show.
The gangs all here. This time out we talk about the following subjects.
- The death of immersion through storytelling in videogames
- GDPR - If you aren't paying for something, you are the product
- Privacy and APPS from the developers point of view
- What are we all playing
Sites Cited:
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JoshBycer/20170526/298785/The_Divide_Between_Consumers_and_Game_Designers.php
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-04-17-what-does-gdpr-do
- Tribute to Total Biscuit
- Avengers Affinity War - Spoiler Warning!!
- Middle Shelf Games
4.Players that have been cultivated like a crop
5.Waiting for a market correction in video games
6.Daybreak Games
Sites Cited:
http://www.thejimquisition.com/why-we-need-middle-shelf-games-the-jimquisition/
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/04/after-sanctions-daybreak-games-changes-its-tune-on-its-russian-affiliation/
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 207.
This time our the No Prisoners, No Mercy team talks about the following subjects - see you online.
- Facebook and corporate overreach
- What does privacy mean to us?
- Biting the hand that entertained you - when does constructive criticism end and damaging the game or community begin?
- Do gamers become vitriolic they hurt the industry?
- Robotech and Harmony Gold
Cites Cited:
https://biobreak.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/biting-the-mmo-hand-that-entertained-you/
Welcome to Show 206 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show!
This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy Team talks about the following subjects.
See you online!
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Why does your game still cost sixty dollars? Shouldn't digital distribution and microtransactions together mean it can be free? - an industry insiders view of the true cost of development and publishing videogames.
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Why is permadeath is alive and well in video games?
https://www.gamesradar.com/why-permadeath-just-wont-die-video-games/
There was even a couple of games where permadeath meant you couldn't
play again. https://kotaku.com/one-year-later-those-two-perma-permadeath-games-arent-1788301072
- Eco the game.
Steve Griffing's Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbD2uXlaFwnLmfwqpXtXag
Welcome to Show 205 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy team talks about the following subjects.
See you online.
- Buzzwords and Bandwagons - Can videogames influnce for the better or worse? What about betting games, casino games, or movies?
2.When is it time for a game series or mmo to call it a day? Is World of Warcraft "too long in the tooth"? - What game mechanics can revive interest in a game?
- What would you ideal game be like?
This time out we take some time to address a serous issue.
Articles Cited:
https://kotaku.com/kentucky-governor-blames-violent-video-games-for-shooti-1823075688
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/no-mass-shootings-australia-20-years-how-did-they-do-n597091
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/15/us/nikolas-cruz-fbi-warned/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/18/us/florida-school-shooting-updates/index.html
http://noprisonersnomercy.com/2018/02/the-sad-truth/
Welcome to show 203!
This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy Team talks about the following subjects
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A primer for pvp games - the good, the bad and the frustrating
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Whether or not realistic combat games translate to real world skills (I have read more than one article about gamers with "mad skills" that became drone pilots)
Article
https://www.wired.com/story/even-realistic-videogames-like-call-of-duty-wont-help-us-win-wars/
3. Do we really need professional reviewers of movies and games. More than once I have read reviews saying movies (like the latest Star Wars movie) are terrible - only to go on
to make incredible amounts of money (Star Wars the Last Jedi has now made more than one billion dollars world wide). Many times I find myself saying as I read a reviewer that
hated a fun movie "if you want heavy handed drama go watch an Ingmar Bergman movie". With so many streaming services is the service of a "professional reviewer" about as
useful as a buggy whip? Do they still have an affect on the movie and gaming industry.
Welcome to Show 201 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Podcast,
This time out we talk about "best" versus "best selling" games and why the two don't always coincide.. What do they have in common? We spend some time talking about success versus profit and then move on to "Internet Tribalism" and perception.
See you online.
Sites Cited:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2017/01/23/the-top-video-games-of-2017/#1a44bae81475
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/12/2017s-best-selling-video-games--so-far-nintendo-microsoft-sony.html
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/892-best-pc-games.html#s8
Welcome to Show 201 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out Julie and Chris sit down to talk about an issue that is important to all of us...call it internet freedom, call it internet without boarders or net neutrality, it's important.
Happy New Year!
In part 2, Fran and I sit down with long time industry professional, author and partner in Blue Jinni Media. With the advent of virtual reality ever more present in the market place we sit down with Mr. Harper to discuss it's future and effect on game development. Will console VR outpace PC VR? Will the first success at VR games result on game publishers jumping on the band wagon? Will that drag down the industry or bolster it's success? Is it here to stay or will it be the next "laserdisk" fad? How has the game industry changed in the last 100 shows?
How many people will be suseptable to virtual reality sickness?
Join us for a peak at what may be the future of the game development industry.
See you online,
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to Show 200! The show so nice we had to record it twice. This is part one of two part. In part one Julie and Fran sit down with Dr. Richard Bartle to talk about his life and the early days of videogames that made it what it is today.
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How does the decline of pc sales and the increase of mobile gaming, virtual reality and MOBA games effect the gaming industry.
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Dr. Bartle gives us the "nickle tour" of his life and what lead to the development of the "primordial ooze" from which all videogames where developed....M.U.D. (Multi-User Dungeon)
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Dr. Bartle, Roy Trubshaw and the making of M.U.D.-building a better world
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Pioneers in the game development - did you know Mark Jacobs gave up a job as a lawyer to make games?
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The early days of Muse.
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Industry pioneers Jessica Mulligan, Bridgette Patrovsky, Richard Bartle and some descrimination at Interplay.
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When videogames added graphics - the first graphic worlds; Ultima Online, Meridian 59, and Everquest.
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Everquest and DikuMUD gameplay (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DikuMUD)
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What makes a compelling game?
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Mud on a Rasberry Pi, Dungeons and Dragons, board games and other pursuits.
Welcome to show 199!
This time Fran, Julie and Chris talk about the following subjects:
- Jim Sterling pushes Chris' buttons
- Not buying a game - sending a publishers a message. When game publishers put game content behind loot boxes its time to send the publisher a message.
- When gamers become apologists
- Difficulty in Video Games, Gamespot video, Cuphead
Sites Cited:
Shadow of Mordor Nemisis system
https://www.polygon.com/middle-earth-shadow-of-war-guide/2017/10/9/16439610/the-nemesis-system-and-you
Cuphead, And The Problems With Difficulty In Video Games
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/cuphead-and-the-problems-with-difficulty-in-video-/1100-6454074/
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 198.
Your personal information was hacked, but don't feel bad - there are 143 million other Americans in the same boat. When will the excriment hit the oscillating air current distribution device? What is the solution? Are gamers especially susceptible?
Next, is videogaming culture racist?
Articles Cited:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=19&v=ZBma82g3Uag
https://www.themarysue.com/why-is-pewdiepies-fanbase-convinced-that-gaming-culture-is-racist-because-it-is/
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 197
This time out we are talking about science fiction - Blade Runner: 2049 and the original Blade Runner, and how it effected the science fiction genre.
See you online, and in line,
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Sites Cited
Blade Runner 2049' Is A Box Office Bomb: 10 Reasons It Was Doomed
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/10/08/10-reasons-blade-runner-2049-was-doomed-at-the-u-s-box-office/#26a2c6f824fb
Welcome to Show 196.
This time out Fran, Julie and Rod talk about the following subjects.
- Fran grinds an axe – racing to the boss
- The wrong kind of connections – high profile and other hacks
- Security Blanket - Staying Secure
- Fair Use laws - cover your butt before someone comes after it
- Why do games fail? - An industry view
- Destiny, Destiny 2, Total Warhammer, Elite Dangerous, Secret World Legends
Sites Cited:
https://www.lastpass.com
Welcome to Show 195 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show!\
When is a paid mod not a paid mod? Are games being sold to us piecemeal? This time out Rod, Steve, Fran and Julie talk about paid mods, third party DLC, Creation Club and Minecraft Market Place.
Sites Cited:
https://gamerant.com/bethesda-creation-club-paid-mod/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjCUuREQA24
This time out Fran, Julie, Steve and Rod talk about monetization of video games. In the second half we talk about the legality of videogame companies using your data and data privacy. 1. Greed to play - amazon pays back 70 millions dollars
- Deja-vu all over again - microsoft sells player made content - call of duty infinite warfare being tied to the remastered version which was sold with microtransactions in a $60 dollar game. 3. Incentive, Revenue Opportunity and other ways to make money 4. Legality of videogame companies using your data 5. Android Application phone home 6. Electronic tracking and metadata 7. Terms of Disservice Mekorama http://www.mekorama.com/ Infinite Arms infinite-arms.com 10 most expensive items sold in videogames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lNOKOPQERM Toys needed to play Skylanders Trap Team www.ign.com/wikis/skylanders-trap-team/Minmum_Toys_Needed
Welcome to show 193. Here this time out we discuss the following subjects.
See you online.
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
- Zombies and the future - zombie race car drives, zombie strippers and zombie footballers
- Star Trek Discovery
- Brain dead politicians
- 10 things mmos must have to be great - better game design
- Inovations in game design
Articles and Sites Cited
http://www.mmogames.com/gamearticles/10-things-mmos-must-have/
http://io9.gizmodo.com/so-george-romeros-next-of-the-dead-movie-is-basically-a-1795373715
http://readyplayeronemovie.com/
Welcome to show 192. Here are the subjects for this time out.
- Video Game Movies and Games Made from Movies
- Keeping up with tech curve - the future of videogames and hardware requirements
- Is it possible to bring players back to a pvp game, once the game has lost players. How does a game developer maintain balance? Is it even possible?
- Bringing players who don't pvp into a pvp game where the players have the reflexes of a rattlesnake on meth. Which developer will come up with a solution?
- When the asshat quotient rises.
- What makes a good movie sequel? Star Trek Discovery - the sequel that almost wasn't.
Sites and Articles Cited
https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2017/05/09/why-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-is-the-most-important-marvel-movie-in-years/#2b4f182e4897
http://www.lorehunters.com/
See you online,
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Warning - this show contains strong language
This time out we offer show 191.1 on a subject that has been the subject of a good deal of contention - gamergate. The videoclip discussed contains harsh language - we will let you be the judge of its content. We don't all agree and the subject at hand but it is the differences that make for an interesting discussion. The discussion was originally to be an addendum to an upcoming show.
The Video Discussed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3r0atokQvc
Welcome to show 191 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show.
This time out we discuss destructive behavior in videogames. Have the donkeyhats made your virtual life miserable? Are they somehow actually destroying your favorite game?
Sometimes destructive behavior isn't even intentional. It's time to take a look at it all!
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
articles discussed or mentioned:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4072704.stm
https://www.engadget.com/2012/01/31/dutch-supreme-court-declares-runescape-theft-a-real-world-crime/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/152673/virtual_theft.html
https://www.engadget.com/2010/09/11/eve-online-player-steals-45-000-worth-of-isk-in-massive-investm/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4137782.stm
http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1983234,00.html
Welcome to Show 190 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. We start out the show by talking about whether reviews really matter - case in poin Mass Effect: Andromenda. Next we take a look at what really goes into making a video game from the standpoint of someone who made them for decades. Are we holding videogames to unreasanable standards? We also take a look who has an effect on the videogame market as opposed to who thinks they do, and why. Articles Discussed: rock paper shotgun review of mass effect andromeda
http://deadline.com/2016/10/star-trek-discovery-bryan-fuller-steps-down-showrunner-1201843506/ Main topics of conversation: 1. Mass effect andromeda – do reviews matter?
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What really goes into making a game – a professional viewpoint
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Who has an effect on the videogame market vs. who thinks they do
Welcome to Show 189,
The first half of the show was an impromptu session where we shared some laughs about guild drama we have experienced in the past. In the second half of the show we tackle the subject of "whitewashing" in movies, concentrating on the recent movie Ghost in the Shell.
See you online,
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Articles Mentioned:
https://www.engadget.com/2012/12/24/drama-mamas-how-to-leave-your-guild-without-drama-or-burning-br/
Drama Mamas: How to leave your guild without drama or burning bridges
http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/9/11612530/ghost-in-the-shell-anime-asian-representation-hollywood
Welcome to Show 188...take 2.
Our previous efforts failed due to factors including faulty software and faulty computers. Here, finally, is the completed version. This time out we discuss the following subjects:
- names that are better on the harder difficulty
- Is there an exodus back to triple - A
- Green Light Process (and the lack thereof), abandonware and asset flipping
See you online,
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
This time out we welcome Rod, Chris, Julie and special guest Calfury. The following subjects are on offer.
See you online,
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
- Zombie dodo birds and shai-hulud
- Hero's Song, The Smed and Crowdfunding
- Indie-posers and back-channel publishing companies
- Early Release, Steam Green light and abandonware
- Videogame Gambling
- Action movies and scripts written on cocktail napkins
- Left Click to Win
Articles this time out:
http://www.avclub.com/article/steve-bannon-used-be-ceo-world-warcraft-gold-farmi-250081
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-01-04-pixelmage-games-closes-before-completion-of-heros-song
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hero-s-song-game-rpg#/updates
Welcome to Show 186!
The subjects this time our are as follows:
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Mark Hamill reimagining the Joker
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Ark Not so technologically Evolved
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How do you know you are done with a game?
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Why do we go back?
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Not putting your money where a publishers mouth is - do we dislike certain games or publishers because we are told to?
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In a Tur-bind
Welcome to Show 186!
This time out it is our pleasure to welcome renown author Dedra Stevenson back to the show. Ms. Stevenson is the Author of The Hakima's Tale Trilogy, Desert Magnolia and Skinwalker: The Ressurection. Join us as we discuss her latest book.
See you online,
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to show 184!
This time out Julie, Fran and Chris get together and discuss the following topics.
See you online,
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
- Gaming computers
- Caveman Huckleberry Finn, early access hell and love shacks
- Ken doll hair, hair hats and other character options
- Feeling the gerbil wheel
- Wow on the low end
- Steampunk, twi'leks and the one person who hasn't seen Star Wars
- Professor Ernst Blomberg and Vampire Killing Kits
Welcome to Show 183!
This time out Steve and Julie sit down and talk about remastered game and whitewashing in media. We also explore why a game about farming is more popular than the latest iteration of Call of Duty. Join us for these subjects and more.
See you online,
Fran and Julie
Hidden Improvements in Skyrim Special Edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6EjcESYIXk
I see a duckie and a horsie
http://noprisonersnomercy.com/2016/11/i-see-a-ducky-and-a-horsie/
Welcome to Show 182 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This week we discuss citizencon. Next, whether the initials are fps, moba or rpg sometimes we get angry in and at video games- but why? We follow that with a discussion on what attracted us to mmorpg gaming in the first place.
Articles:
http://tay.kinja.com/getting-angry-at-video-games-1787545349
http://massivelyop.com/2016/10/16/the-daily-grind-what-made-you-try-out-your-first-mmorpg/
Welcome to Show 181,
This week Fran, Julie, Chris and Steve sit down and talk about MOBA games, including two brand new ones.
Articles Cited:
guns go boom mingles with jingles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yG5H-voc1I
No Mans Sky under investigation
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/236467-no-mans-sky-is-now-under-investigation-for-false-advertising
Welcome to show 180 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show - This time out we talk about the World of Warcraft Legion Expansion. We wanted to wait until we hit the level cap until we gave us our impressions of the new expansion.
In the second half of the show our own Julie and Slunker sit down and talk about pvp - why do we as gamers do player versus player in the first play? Does the style of pvp matter? Is it the structure of the game? Is it the purpose of the pvp? Why do we like it or hate it? When is pvp counter productive and even hurt the game?
See you online,
Julie
Address of Fran's new Podcast: http://stomp.libsyn.com/
Welcome to Show 179 of the No Prisoner, No Mercy Show. This week some of the subjects are Pokemon go and went, World of Warcraft Legion and a bit of Black Desert Online. The subject of discussion this time out is "Does Lore Matter to You"
See you online,
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to Show 178 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show,
It's been a rough month for us, but we are back in the groove. We should almost call this our comeback show.
And what a comeback it is! If you like wargames, real time strategy, or table top games this show is for you. We have a special guest who started the first wargaming site on the internet! Join us for some fun and a bit of gaming history as we sit down with Rod Harper!
This show is dedicated to the memory of John Taylor and Robin Rapata.
Welcome to show "before the next one and after the last one". This time out Steve, Chris, Fran and Julie spend time having fun and talking about the folling subjects:
Pokemon Go, Companies that do it right (Blizard and Turbine) and those who do it wrong/
WB Games, PC Ports, Dungeons and Dragons - offline, online and on the tabletop, Lord of the rings online. Turbine, the bandwagon other developers jumped on. Perfect World games.
What Blizzard does wrong (Garrisons) and what they do right (Legion)
See you online,
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to Show 176 -
This time out Fran, Julie, Chris and Steve get together to discuss legacy servers (Barren's chat we hardly knew ye), Garrisons, Julie's game master days, "Don't tell me how to play your game", Garrisons are the worst thing that ever happend to WoW, Windows 10 and other aggrivations. Then Chris tells us his story of the fortnight including his naughty Black Desert dog. Lastly we revisit Black Desert Online.
Articles:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-04-11-blizzard-issues-cease-and-desist-to-private-wow-server
http://kotaku.com/the-reason-blizzard-cant-make-world-of-warcraft-legacy-1781438526
Welcome to the World of Warcraft Movie Show
This time out Fran and Julie sit down to take in a movie and talk about the results - the good, the bad and the not so good. Time to review the moview about Fran's favorite game.
See you online (and in the theater)
Fran and Julie
Articles Cited:
http://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2016/06/the-warcraft-fans-dilemma-a-movie-but-its-based-on-the-1994-dos-game/
Welcome to Show 175
This time out Fran, Julie, Steve and Chris sit down to talk about the game of the moment, Black Desert Online. Along the way we talk about Skyforge and have alot of laughs. Join us again as we talk about our favorite MMOs and maybe yours.
See you online,
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to show 174 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out Fran, Julie, Chris and Steve talk about Augmented reality, Steam's skivvy unvle and more. \
See you online.
- Go and Augmented Reality
- Universal Windows Platform – Steam’s skivvy uncle
- Comic book heroes dark, blue and zaftig
- Vetted in Forchan, popularized in Reddit
- Kicking your first kickstarter to the curb
- Non-Accessiblity and World of Warships
Articles Discussed:
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/09/10/pokemon-go-adds-augmented-reality-and-gps-to-the-formula-for-real-world-catch-em-all.aspx
http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/03/04/epic-games-boss-attacks-microsofts-universal-windows-platform
http://kotaku.com/successful-100-000-kickstarter-dev-calls-it-quits-due-1763162848
Welcome to show 173!
This time out Fran, Julie, Chris and Steve sit down and talk about the following subjects.
Subjects:
- Shovelware
- Blizzard’s Butt Apology/apologizing for artwork
- A not so family friendly event at Nintendo
- NC Soft layoffs/Wildstar
- World of Tanks/Girls und Panzer
- How not to market a videogame
- Daybreak Game Company
Articles Cited:
http://www.wired.com/2016/04/alison-rapp-nintendo-harassment/
http://kotaku.com/blizzard-removing-overwatch-butt-pose-after-fan-complai-1767613551
Welcome to show 172!
Welcome to the war gaming show. This time out Julie, Fran, Chris and Steve talk about Wargames and more. What is the fascination with military games? What is their history? Where are they going?
- Why are combat games popular?
- War gaming and Saving Private Ryan
- Twitch gameplay, strategic gameplay and “wire-fu”
- World of Warships
- War gaming and History
- Disparity in PvP
- Story of the Fortnight
- What are you playing?
Welcome to show 171 where we find our intrepid heroes discovering, by way of The Beginners Guide, that “not all videogames have to be an experience that you interact with – sometimes it’s just an experience that you experience.” Sometimes a cigar IS just a smoke.
- Steam controllers and other kit
- Visual novels, anime, Clannad and Steve Jackson Apps
- Is the Oculus Rift the “great democratizer?” What is the gateway to VR for gamers?
- Walking Simulators and The Beginners Guide
- Is Facebook experimenting on you?
Links
http://store.steampowered.com/app/324160/
http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/6/10723982/oculus-rift-price-no-longer-for-everyone
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2016/02/24/mark-zuckerberg-has-a-plan-to-make-virtual-reality-social/#46e8f1917959
http://store.steampowered.com/app/303210/
http://boingboing.net/2015/10/02/the-beginners-guide-is-a-gam.html
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 170,
This time out we bring you the Star Citizen show with guest host Saylah. Saylah, Julie and Fran bring you the flip side of what has been happening with Chris Roberts’ new game! Show links are below:
Mystic Worlds: http://notadiary.typepad.com/
Mystic Worlds on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/lauren-michele-12/tracks
Mystic Worlds on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq5UB9mFw8C8-VPbCx2Y2pQ
Star Citizen Current Game Features: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/feature-list
ARK Starmap: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/starmap
YouTubes with good learning videos:
BoredGamer: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEq9W3I6b0wU0UiyxzVThZYYiZHZgnQNj
STLYoungblood: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-g2bRjGQpvE9x86YDN69rSu5h2Am7Gdk
Tactical Advance: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1EW1I7nEteqNy7VJvMsD7BDtFSHksfTN
Welcome to Show 169!
Join Chris, Steve, Julie and Fran for some fun, laughs and the lively art of conversation as they discuss the following topics:
- Nerf Wars the Foam Awakens
- Net non-neutrality: Win one for our side – taking internet providers to task
- “Damn the video cards, full speed ahead” – are developers outpacing the ability of gamers to keep up.
- Day One Bethesda –depending on the community to take up the slack
- Thank God for “pre-order rot” and indie developers
- Settling for Settlements – post apocalyptic Minecraft – Nature finds a way.
- Amazon aswesomesauce and software pushback
- Mass media or propaganda?
- Microsoft Minecraft – sorry Notch we don’t miss you.
- Story of the fortnight
- What we have been playing and wrap-up
- Outtakes
Welcome to Show 168,
This time out we are proud to welcome the author of the Hakima’s Tale Trilogy, Nominee for UAE Woman of the Year, Dedra Stevenson. In the second half of the show we will welcome author Rod Harper. We hope you enjoy listening to the show as much as we did recording it.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Links for the Show
ww.bluejinnimedia.com
@Hakimastale, @bluejinnimedia
Instagram as Bluejinnimedia
On Facebook as The Hakima's Tale, Desert Magnolia and Blue Jinni Media
Welcome to Show 167!
Fran and Julie are back from vacation – this time out Fran, Julie, Chris and Steve sit down for some fun to discuss the following subjects:
- New Releases: Fallout 4 (Nov. 10) Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void (Nov. 10) and Rise of the Tomb Raider (Nov. 10 but only on Xbox one)
- Fallout 4 – Just about 2 days until Fallout 4 release. The modders are already planning on how to change the game.
- http://www.techtimes.com/articles/104375/20151108/fallout-4-release-date-drawing-near-everything-you-should-know-to-get-ready-for-the-wasteland.htm
- http://www.tentonhammer.com/feature/top-5-mods-we-want-see-fallout-4
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYg69CzFum0
- Spectre (at $73 million) tops The Peanuts Movie (according to Variety Magazine: http://variety.com/2015/film/box-office/box-office-spectre-tops-the-peanuts-movie-with-73-million-1201636074/) but Halo 5 leaves it in the dust at $400 million (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/halo-5-made-more-money-in-first-24-hours-than-spectre/0158486)
- Spectre Needs to make $650 million to break even (http://variety.com/2015/film/box-office/spectre-box-office-1201633311/)
- $34 million dollars worth of cars were smashed in the making of Spectre (http://mashable.com/2015/10/02/james-bond-spectre-cars/#iWxXOokT35qp)
- Activision buys Candy Crush Developer King for $5.9 Billion (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/161281-Activision-Buys-Candy-Crush-Saga-Dev?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news)
- King is currently valued at $7 billion dollars
- Activison Blizzard opens its own television and film studio: (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/activision-blizzard-opens-television-and-film-studio/0158771)
- Batman Arkham Knight on PC still broken…and may never be fixed according to publisher Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/warner-warns-that-batman-arkham-knight-on-pc-may-never-be-fixed/0158359)
- More Women own video consoles then Men:
- “The gender demographics for gaming console owners in the United States, according to a Pew Research Center study, break down as follows: 42% of women in the USA own consoles, and 37% of men do.” (http://www.themarysue.com/game-console-demographics/)
Welcome to Show 166!
This time out Julie, Fran, Chris and Steve sit down for a trip down memory lane as we discuss the history of videogames from pong, playing in the mud, and suitcase sized laptops all the way up to present day. And yes, we will admit, we had so much fun we got carried away with the whole concept (Chris had nothing to do with it…really!)
- Pong, Atari 2600 and early computers
- Playing in the mud – text based games
- Quaking in your boots - LAN Parties
- Set in Amber – Amber screens, Dial Up Games, the worst game in history, and main frames in the night
- Home on Lagrange
- Early Console Games – Playstation before they had a number, Nintendo, Square Soft before they added Enix.
- Global Village – the era of the internet
- Full Steam Ahead
- Vanilla Wow, The Flagship Sinks, Fallout out and Fallen Earth
- Gaming goes mobile
Welcome to Show 165!
This time out it is our very great pleasure to welcome Adam Cogan, Design Director, for Sparkplug Games. Mr. Cogan has been working on a long overdue and anxiously awaited game, Firefly Online – and he is here to tell us all about it.
Sites Cited in the show:
https://www.facebook.com/FireflyOnlineGame
https://keepflying.com/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/343750
Serenity Valley Smugglers Association
https://www.facebook.com/Serenity-Valley-Smugglers-Association-and-Saloon-471302786351989/timeline/
Welcome to Show 164!
This time out Fran, Julie, Chris and Steve site down and talk about the following subjects (see below). Next time we welcome Adam Cogan from Sparkplug Games, who will talk to us about their upcoming game “Firefly Online”.
See you online,
Fran, Julie, Chris and Steve
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The Smed, Zeekill and the “White Hat Hacker” – did Sony provoke attacks? 2. White hat hackers
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Video game movies. Keven Smith and “The Hollywood Formula”
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Xbox One, Fallout 4, Bethesda , Ubisoft learns their lesson, Assassins Creed Syndicate (and finally a female protagonist!), Square Enix finally gives in and remakes Final Fantasy 7.
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Square Enix and the best and worst of the Final Fantasy Series (on and offline)
Welcome to show 163!
This time out we are pleased to welcome Brian Hicks, Producer at Bohemia Interactive working on DayZ! We spend some time talking about Brian and what got him interested in game development, the development of DayZ now that it has gone stand alone, and how early access is helping DayZ and the industry.
See you online,
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to show 162,
Fallout 4 is in (at least getting close) and “The Smed” is out. This week we welcome Steve “Slunker” Griffing back to the show as we talk about the subjects below:
Next time: We welcome special guest Brian Hicks from Bohemia Interactive, producer for DayZ!
Topics
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Diversity in video games versus the developer’s vision for the game and the target audience. What is the developer doing with the narrative? Does it matter if a story is being told from a particular character’s viewpoint? What is the story the developer is trying to tell? Or are we asking developers to include a particular gender just for its own sake?
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Game Developers that ask us to buy what is a rehash of the same game each year? Is the annual edition trend dying out?
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EA takes it on the chin
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China lifts the ban on console games, Chief Keefe not welcome in Indiana even by hologram, Alliance playing for the proper…er…horde side – mercenaries in WoW
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When beta wasn’t marketing/the evil of preorder and early access
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Game Development and Moving Benchmarks
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What we have been playing – Ark Survival Evolved, Lotro, Terra Online
Welcome to show 161 checks to make sure it is really show 161 and not 163 Yes it really is show 161.
Julie, Fran and Chris welcome special guest Rod Harper to the show!
This time out Fran takes an arrow in a knee, Chris has burning issues, and Rod heats his pc. The shows are a bit out of order to accommodate schedules for industry interview.
Subjects this time out:
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Console Games vs. PC Games
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Derek Smart vs. Star Citizen
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What size is that asshat?
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Games that we play even though we won’t respect ourselves in the morning.
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Physics and size D, Ubisoft and EA
Welcome to Show 160!
This time out Fran, Julie and Chris discuss (although not always so quietly) the following subjects.
Anita Sarkesian hate posters
Polygon article about whitecasting
Ethics in Game Journalism and Witcher 3
Batman Arkham Knight and Destiny
At the Movies – origin stories and remakes
Early Release Games – Assassins Creed, Starmade, Space Engineers, Medieval Engineers, Elite Dangerous
Eve Online
Articles discussed:
http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/3/8719389/colorblind-on-witcher-3-rust-and-gamings-race-problem
http://www.themarysue.com/i-stand-with-tauriq/
Welcome to a very special, and controversial issue of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show – show number 159. If controversial subject upset you, this is not the episode for you, and we will see you next time for show 160. If, after listening to the show, you ask yourself why bring up the subject at all it is because the article came across our news feed from a gaming website (among other things). If you are ready to brave the waters, tune in and listen. You will find the articles cited in the notes attached to the show.
Welcome to Show 158!
Join us as we discuss the subjects below. This week Chris looks for the manly size economy 55 gallon drum shampoo. Julie spreads parkour on her sandwich. Fran leaps through fire to stop being hooked on a feeling.
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Pre-order Rot – how do we get it to continue?
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Day 1 DLC
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Nintendo goes mobile and stops whale hunting (article)
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Starmade - Minecraft and Eve Online in outer space
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Grand Theft Auto – the movie
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Ubisoft Learned their lessons – Victorian Assassins
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Zero Punctuation does Sim City – snark of the highest order
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Triple A changing the way they don’t listen to consumers – the industry has changed the way they do business – has it made a difference?
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OMFG – Operation Make Faster Game
Articles and Sites Cited:
http://www.wired.com/2015/05/nintendo-mobile-whales/
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/how-can-we-stop-the-pre-order-rot/0148883
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-05-21-rockstar-launches-bbc-lawsuit-over-grand-theft-auto-drama
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/800-The-Sims-3
Welcome to show 157 with Julie, Fran and Chris!
This time out we all aim to misbehave as Firefly Online is out (and due out this spring). Along the way we discuss the topics below. Chris Dodson (he of 2lazy2be otaku fame) has a few words to say about a subject from an earlier show.
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The Evil of Pokemon
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Candy Crushed Fingers
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Firefly Online – aiming to misbehave and keep on flying
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Buy a Token
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Radioshack gives us one last finger
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Star Trek, IKS Cuddly Wuddly, and flying garbage skows
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Starmade – minecraft in space
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Violence in videogames part 2
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Blood Borne bottoms out our most disgusting game list
Articles and Sites Cited:
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/american-televangelist-says-pokemon-is-origin-of-teen-homosexuality/0148304
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2015/04/13/man-ruptures-tendon-hand-playing-candy-crush-saga
http://www.mmogames.com/gamenews/42506/firefly-online-introduces-cortex-companion-app/
http://us.battle.net//wow/en/blog/18637509
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/bankrupt-radioshack-selling-off-personal-details-of-117m-customers/0147150
https://keepflying.com/
http://star-made.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y98otfH9X8
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/10092-Bloodborne-review
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 156!
This time out Julie, Fran and Chris (our new regular contributor) sit down with long time industry professional Rod Harper about recent changes in the gaming industry, the Unity game engine, and what it takes to be an indie game developer. If you have ever wanted to do your own indie game this is the show for you!
See You Online
Welcome to Show 155,
Here are the topics this time out, This time out we talk about the BAFT Awards, ransomeware for gamers, and a game from the evil empire that is rated "E for Exploitive"
see you online,
Julie and Fran
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Ransomware
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BAFTA Videogame Awards
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Chappie – Do artificial intelligent beings have artificial souls?
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Stop throwing pizza’s on Walter White’s Roof
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Why do fans attend conventions (and why does William Shatner want you to “get a life”?
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Duck, duck…nuclear power plant
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Five Nights at Freddies
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The Flop (wolf) among – Tell-Tale Games versus Inkle Games
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Julie buys a game from the Evil Empire – Titanfall
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This game rated “E” for exploitive
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Ed Obanon vs. NCAA and EA
Welcome to show 154
It’s hard to believe that our favorite Rocket Man, Leonard Nimoy , is gone. Although he was the star of stage as well as screen his role as Spock inspired a generation of American astronauts and engineers. He will always hold a special place in our heart.
This time out we talk about Borderlands2, Minecraft, and modding Minecraft to play Borderlands 2. We also talk about the newest version of Borderlands the Pre-Sequel, and a bit about the newest downloadable content. In the second part of the show we talk about hopes and fears for the future of Virtual Reality – which isn’t far off.
Additional Subjects in the News:
Electronic Arts closes down Maxis
Square Enix wants to become the company you want them to be
Leonard Nimoy
Articles:
Devs Talk Hopes and Fears for VR
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/devs-talk-hopes-and-fears-for-vr/1100-6425787/
An Updated List Of Studios EA Has Bought And Then Shut Down
http://kotaku.com/an-updated-list-of-studios-ea-has-bought-and-then-shut-1689498614
Square Enix Asks What Game You Want It to Make Next
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/square-enix-asks-what-game-you-want-it-to-make-nex/1100-6425781/
Welcome to Show 153!
This time out Steve, Fran and Julie have a great time talking about the following subjects. Please join us for another round of No Prisoners No Mercy.
See you online
Julie and Fran
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Violent games aren’t anything new
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Hatred Game or “ho-hum” game
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When violence is the means and not the point
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News of the Week
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Kickstarter, videogames and the failure of trust
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Keeping games alive
Welcome to Show 152!
It's been awhile hasn't it? Having survived two bouts of serious illness, one reorganization of the workplace and still surviving a foot and a half of snow in one 24 hour period we are back. WARNING: This time out the show is a more serious one. We start out with a discussion of some of the most controversial games of all time. We follow up with a discussion of the new game "Hatred." In the second half of the show we talk about violence directed at videogame developers, and journalists. TAKE NOTE: THE SHOW CARRIES AND EXPLICIT RATING.
Articles Discussed:
http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/16/bioware-writer-quits-after-death-threats-to-family-3925970/
http://khon2.com/2014/10/14/female-video-game-developer-gets-death-threats/
http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/20/7020277/ceo-behind-hatred-neo-nazi-anti-islamic-responds
http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/hatred
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/gog-responds-to-controversial-ultraviolent-killing/1100-6423023/
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/hatred-rated-adults-only-in-north-america/1100-6424713/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatred_%28video_game%29
See you onine
Julie and Fran
Welcome to Show 151,
Join us for a discussion on Sony, The Interview, another round of videogame hacking, and the Warlords of Draenor.
See You Online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to Show 150!
Join us for an interview with GM Tranzor from Wicked Interactive. We talk about first person shooters, Killer clowns with claymore cakes and more!
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to Show 149 - The Final Fantasy Special (part 2)
This time out we discuss why a McDonalds hamburger wrapper in your glove compartment will keep your game from starting and evil Doctor Seuss. We also discuss mandatory dungeons, Looking for (and evading) player abuse, gaming catheters and spotted dick.
See you online,
Julie, Fran, Chris and Slunker
Welcome to Show 148,
This time out we welcome Slunker and Chris from 2Lasy2BOtaku and the resulting combination is a show filled with fun and laughter. The subjects this time out are as follows:
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Final Fantasy 14 - Prelude
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Square Enix, catalogic wads, teabags and other stories
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Game of the week club
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Imitation is the sincerest form of making a player comfortable
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Anime, pink police tanks, and other stories
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Leaving 2.5 billion on the dresser
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The story of the fortnight
Welcome to Show 147,
Guest Jessica “Allahweh” Brown from gaminggoddess.net returns to the show. Join us for laughs and interesting conversation. The subjects are as follows:
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Touring the games industry out of existence
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Are they really listening or recycling concepts?
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Early Access – paying to test part of a game
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Get started early to beat the rush to leave the game.
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Keep the money coming – clearing the barriers to entry
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Beating the game – When games kill
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The future of gaming
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Demographics of gaming –the same old trope
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Casual gaming – killing me softly with your greed
This time out it appears that Saylah has drunk the ArcheAge Kool-Aid and spit the Wildstar Kool-Aid out. Join us for laughs and fun as we explore the next “it” game out there: ArcheAge. What is it? How does it work? What is it not? Is it like other imports such as Voyage Century? Find out on the ArcheAge Special with guest Saylah from Mystic Worlds.
Fran and Julie
Welcome to Show 145,
This time out we welcome Keegan White, game master from Suba Games, to the show. Join us as we have a great time talking to Keegan about their latest games, his favorite games and ours and the industry.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
WELCOME TO THE WILDSTAR SPECIAL!
Wildstar has been out a bit over a month now and we are wild about wildstar. Spend some time with Julie, Fran and Saylah from Mystic Worlds as they discover what is in now that it is out - and what is out and why.
See you online,
Julie, Fran and Saylah
Welcome to Show 143
O.K. we could have sworn we uploaded this one but we see it didn't make it all the way to Virginworlds - mia culpa (ouraculpa?). This time out we sat down and spent some time talking with the man who is called "The Disney of Steampunk" none other than Eric "Lord Bobbins" himself. Eric is the founder and driving force behind Teslacon. He has worn many hats in his time, amoung them is working on Star Wars. We have spoken about him many times and now here he is.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to Show 142,
Welcome to the science fiction show. In the first half of the show three of us sit down and talk about the king of the monsters who has a new movie out - Godzilla. In the second half of the show we welcome gaming author Tom Wright to the show.
See you online,
Julie, Fran and Evelyn
Welcome to Show 141!
This time out we sit down with R.W. Harper and discuss Elder Scrolls Off and Online as well as Wildstar. The subject and sites discussed are below:
Subjects:
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Elder Scrolls On and Off line – the straight skinny
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Trends in Game Design
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Star Wars the Old Cash Grab and other Business Models
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Moon Pies, R.C. Cola, and Cornbread south of Kentucky
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Wild about Wildstar and Carbine Studios
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Broadsword games, Disney and Lucas Arts
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AAA vs. Flappy Poo
Cites and Sites:
http://www.broadsword.com/about.html
http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/
Welcome to Show 140!
This time we welcome Saylah from Mystic Worlds back to the show to talk about about the news of the day. This time out the main topics of discussion are paying to not play and Elder Scrolls Online. Total topics are below.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
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Paying for not playing, let me know if I had a good time.
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EQ Landmark - when is a game not a game? When there is no game play.
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Playing to get paid, Empty Landmarks.
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Elder Scrolls Online - Have it our way. Skyrim is about You, Elder Scrolls Online is about everyone. Everything old is old again.
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Star Citizen - drinking the Koolaide, the giant on the horizon.
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Women in the military.
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Virtual reality sickness
Articles:
Forbes Magazine articles
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/01/02/predicting-the-biggest-disaster-of-2014-the-elder-scrolls-online/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/01/09/will-the-elder-scrolls-online-have-the-last-laugh-with-its-subscription-fee/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/02/08/the-elder-scrolls-online-should-choose-between-60-up-front-or-15-a-month/
Welcome to show 139,
This time out we have gone mobile - time to talk about the offerings for mobile gamers out there. We have been through some Elder Scrolls Online beta and talk a bit out that as well. Here are the subjects and articles cited (below).
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to Show 139.
Here are the subjects this time out.
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Chris Robert’s Star Citizen
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Order and Chaos Online – go mobile or go home
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Greedy Birds Go – a letter from a dad
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Is “free to play” killing mobile gaming?
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Dungeon Keeper, Wallet Reaper, Dollar Keeper
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Lego my ego
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Elder Scrolls Online (some early impressions)
Articles:
http://www.themarysue.com/nintendo-losing-tons-of-money/
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/210254/EA_says_Dungeon_Keeper_rating_system_makes_it_easier_for_players.php
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26118022
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/10956-Dungeon-Keeper-Mobile-Review-Wallet-Reaper
Welcome to show 138!
This time we welcome Saylah from Mystic Worlds back to the show. The main topic of the show this time is CCP's Eve Online. As long time players of the game factionn warfare has always been something that has both attracted and mystified us. Saylah his here to share laughs and show us all how to get started. In the second part of the show we talk about Chris Robert's Star Citizen versus Eve Online.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to Show 137!
This time out we welcome Chris Dodson back to the show. We spend time talking about Everquest Landmark and Everquest Next -and Julie has to eat some crow. Along the way we talk about computer securty. We end up the session talking about what makes a great game bad and a good game great.
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather
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Credit where credit is due - Sony Online
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Everquest/Everquest Landmark
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Down and out in Norrath - shining SOE moments
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Where your roots are - and not where your grandma came from
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Computer Security - Security Now - Leo LaPorte
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the failure of a great game
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What makes a good game great?
Welcome to Show 136
It's starting to look alot like Christmas- time for a Christmas show. Subjects this week include Everquest Next, Star Citizen, exploding pigs and more; the full list is below including links to arts and videos discussed.
See you online
Julie and Fran
Topics for the Show
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BBC America/Victorian London
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Everquest Next/Everquest Landmark/Everquest 1
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Warlords of Draenor - player housing
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Would you pay to be a beta tester?
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Chris Roberts/Star Citizen
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Baby its space outside - Portal 2
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Exploding Pigs
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Amazon/UPS and Drones
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Skyrim/Minecraft Mashup
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What main stream media thinks about the videogame industry.
Videos Discussed:
Charlie Brooker and Jon Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FLVjfFKy58
Conan O'Brien at Blizcon 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdzE4ks3lHo
X-box One His and Hers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn5u_RJO7YY
Articles Discussed:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/128885-Dark-Matter-Publisher-Claims-Its-An-Episodic-Series?utm_source=feedly
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/11/sony-online-entertainment-is-charging-60-to-alpha-test-a-free-to-play-mmo/
http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/3/5171250/watch-mandy-patinkin-help-jimmy-fallon-succeed-at-candy-crush
http://kotaku.com/to-be-fair-1475812825
http://www.bethblog.com/2013/12/03/see-skyrims-minecraft-mash-up-today-on-twitch/
http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/01/amazon-is-experimenting-with-autonomous-flying-delivery-drones/
http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/03/ups-also-said-to-be-testing-drone-delivery-constant-robot-background-hum-increasingly-inevitable/
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/205961/Video_Heres_what_the_mainstream_media_thinks_of_video_games.php
Welcome to Show 135!
This week we welcome to Saylah to the show to talk about Final Fantasy, World of Warcraft, gaming news and more.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to the Government Shut Down Special!
This time out we sit down with Slunker from 2Lazy2beOtaku to discuss Neverwinter Online vs. Dungeons and Dragons Online, World of Warcraft, Decline of Free to play, hirlings vs. grouping, Star Citizen and More.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome at last to Show 133!
After a long bout with the plauge (or at least what seemed like it) Fran and I have both returned to the airwaves. At long last welcome to the show. This time out we share alot of laughs and stories about Julie's adventures in that cubist's dreamworld, Minecraft.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to show 132!
In the first half of the show Fran gives us her best zombie imitation as we discuss this year's Chicago Comic Con. In the second part of the show we are joined by Steve Griffing from 2Lazy2bOtaku for a round of discussion about Microsoft Versus Soney and more.
See you online,
Fran and Julie
First Part of the Show with Fran and Julie
- The Chicago Comic Con 2013
Second part of the show with Steve Griffing
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If you can’t take the heat get out of the desert
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Microsoft versus Sony – NSA connection optional
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Console versus PCs
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Do games need an online community to be successful?
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Playing around: Dungeons and Dragons, Never Winter Nights 2, Cyberpunk 2020
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Games gone by: SWOTR, WoW and STO
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Imperfect world – operator error
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LOTR and the Riders of Lohan
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It feels so good when you stop
Sites/Emails:
Steve Griffing: Slugerino@gmail.com
Steve Griffing can also be heard on 2lazy2botaku.com
Welcome to Show 131
This time out Julie, Fran and Chris spend time talking aabout the, Star Trek Online, Xbox, the videogame industry in America and Japan and more.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Subjects:
- STO, Z Axis, and Outer Space Spreadsheets
- Who killed anime? Tank Girls Gone Wild (un panzer)
- Microsoft XBOX – let them eat Xbox
a. Red Ring of Death
b. Same old, same old games
c. Death of a (videogame) salesman
d. DLC keeping it going
e. The Price is right – All Steamed up
f. The vocal minority, the squeakiest wheel, and Microsoft - The reports of the death Triple A Development are not greatly exaggerated
- Gaming, Comics and anime in Japan
- Video Gaming: Future Imperfect
- The Media is the Massage (Marshal McLuhan was right)
- Bringing gaming home again
welcome to show 130!
This time out we talk about the NSA, the dark side of achievements, xbox-one, Assassins Creed and more!
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to show 129!
This week the show is co-hosted by Tom Waits....ok sort of...kind of....oh heck you will hear what we mean.
Some of the topics for this week:
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Never Sleep with your sister
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Brother can you spare 6 Billion Dollars
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Dust 514, Guildwars.
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Defiance and Trion Worlds
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Agents of Shield/Phil Coulson
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Et Tu Amazon?
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Oculus Rift
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The bottom of the gaming barrel...how low can you go?
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EA learns a lesson - Sims 4
10 Kill Bill - He's Dead Jim
Welcome to Show 128!
This time out we spend the first half of the show talking about all the news of the day (subjects listed below)…all the news that tickles our fancy and we have pretty ticklish fancies. In the second half of the show we welcome guest Mord Fiddle from Fiddler’s Edge. See our website at www.noprisonersnomercy.com for full show notes including articles discussed.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to the Show 127!
This is the Eve Online CSM8 (counsel of stellar management) election special. The elections are taking place right now! Time for you who play Eve Online to get out there and vote! If you are a high sec industrialist tell those nul sec thugs what they can do with it! If you are a nul sec player get out there and tell CCP you want to drag the high sec industrialists out to low sec space kicking and screaming! If you don't play Eve Online give a listen to the show so you can have a few laughs and find out a bit about the game.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to Show 126
Fran and I welcome Steve and Chris in the second half of the show, but first the news...
Julie and Fran
Lord British, Kickstarter and Shroud of the Avagar
Sim City - A tale of one city
Mass Effect 3 - Happily Ever After
Paul Barnet, Zynga and cow clickers
Endgame, teabags and EQ1 with Chris, Steve, Fran and Julie
Eve Online - and the one player war
You have got to be kidding
Welcome to Show 125!
This time out Chris Dodson from 2 Lazy 2 be Otaku introduces Julie and Fran to the joys of futuristic PvP. We finally managed to pry JUlie away from Borderlands 2 so she can join us as we explore Planetside 2.
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
Welcome to Show 124!
This time out Slunker from 2 Lazy 2 be Otaku, Fran and I talk about the following subjects:
- Imitation is the sincerest of form of flattery – Japanese artists, American artists, fans and fair use.
- The Hobbit, Tolkien, Peter Jackson, and Hollywood
- Steambox vs. consoles
- Elderscrolls on and offline, diversity of classes, and why we keep playing mmos
See you online!
Julie and Fran
Welcome to Show 123,
This time out we spend time with the gents from MMO Radio: Chris Coke and Adam "Ferrel" Trzonkkowski. The subject this time is something which has been in the news a great deal lately - violence in videogames. Do they cause violence? Is there any evidence that says that they do?
A long the way we have some fun and some laughs.
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
Welcome to Show 122!
It has been far too long between shows this time. Our New Years resolution is to cut that garbage out. This time out we talk about EA vs. Valve, Gabe Newell building up a head of steam, WII U and DRM, Capcom and the community, The Hobbit and EA vs. The World.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to Show 121,
It's been so busy lately the only way to see above the paperwork is with a periscope. We finally took enough time out to do another podcast. Here are the topics for this week:
- Steam punked
- The smoking lantern is NOT lit!
- Skyrim ends in a street brawl, and the Good Ship California
- Dungeons and Dragons, Neverwinter Nights Online shall not be forgotten
- Ralph Wrecks it and men with Iron Fists
- The shine is off the GW2 Lilly
- Old Hobbits die hard/Foresaken World
- Courting the Angels
- Star Ocean until the end of time
- All Your Dreams are belong to Micky Mouse
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
Welcome to Show 120!
This week we welcome Eric Petway back to the show. As you may know, the man who brought us the Wing Commander series, Chris Robinson, has returned to game developement with a vengence. This time out the same man who also bought us movies like The Punisher and Lord of War is well on the way to producing a new emersive outer space based game entitled Star Citizen - the main topic of this weeks show. Along the way we talk about am indie game called Faster Than Light and Artemis, a spaceship bridge simulator.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to Show 119!
This time we welcome Slunker from 2 Lazy 2 be Otaku in the second half of the show. In the first half of the show we talk about the news of the day...including an explorer to jumped to earth from the edge of space. That, my friends, really is one giant leap for a man!
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Subjects:
Freefall from the edge of space
Politicians, Orcs and WoW (Oh my!)
The Virtual Explorer
The Next Big Game?
Role Playing Games/Japanese Role Playing Games
Dream Machines and Consoles
Riding the virtual rails to endgame
DayZ and WarZ
Anime/Jazz/Cowboy Bepop
The Shadow Cabal
…and more with Slunker from 2Lazy2BOtaku!
Contacts:
www.2lazy2botaku.com
slugreno@gmail.com
Videos discused:
The Shadow Cabal (movie)
Arrowstormentertainment.com
Cowboy Bebop - video.adultswim.com/cowboy-bebop/
Welcome to show 118!
This week we are joined by Chris Dodson from the 2Lazy2B Otaku show and Saylah from Mystic Worlds. It’s been awhile since we have had a "burnt undies" session and it’s high time we did. Saylah and Chris are here to oblige us with a very large axe to grind about Guild Wars 2.
Hyping for the best
Running with scissors (to the horizon)
This little beta went to market
Not going with the (over) flow
...and more
Artice from Arstechnica cited:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/10/hack-temporarily-turns-wow-towns-into-piles-of-corpses/
Welcome to Show 117!
Our guest this week is Tipa from West Karna. Tipa, Fran and Julie sit down to discuss emergent gameplay and why Funcom took a slide.
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EA goes on the block while the getting is good
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DayZ stands alone
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MMOs movin’ on/Funcom take’s chances
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Shipping F2P/getting smarter
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A funny thing happened on the way to the forums
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Emergent game play
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Get emotional with the flashlight of doom.
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What does it take to get you to come back to Eve?
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Life Onabridged: A bridge not too far
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
Welcome to Show 115
This week we have a special guest – the Disney of Steampunk, the founder of Teslacon, Lord Bobbins. Instead of playing an adventure on a computer Teslacon is an immersive convention that lets you step back into the Victorian age and live the adventure of a virtual trip to the moon! This year there will be an attempt to set a world record. There will be brass bands. When Lord Bobbins is in his alter ego he is known as Eric Larson, who has done 22 conventions as well as working on the Star Wars movie, at Pixar and at Disney.
See You Online,
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 114!
It's Augusts 28th and time for the beginning of the long awaited mmo (it seems like each new game is long awaited) Guild Wars 2. So we have invited Jessica Brown (Ironman Mode, Anjel Syndicate, Allaweh.com) and Saylah (Mystic Worlds) to fill us all in on the low down on Guild Wars 2. Does the game live up to the reputation? Saylah thinks so. After all, she has had the game on pre-order for three years. Jessica has upped the Ante by pay $150.00 for the Guild Wars 2 collector’s edition.
Along the way we spend some time discuss the ups and downs of The Secret World one month out and why Star Wars the Old Republic has gone free-to-play.
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather
Welcome to Show 113 and 3/8!
This time out we welcome two of the developers of DayZ, Matt Lightfoot and Dean "Rocket" Hall. The number of players they have acquired in the space of a few short months is simply astounding (more than EA still has for Star Wars the Old Republic). DayZ, as our listeners probably know, is the mod for Arma II that has had a runaway success. DayZ has been described by Kotaku as "probably one of the best zombie games ever made!" Some of the subjects we discuss with the game’s developers are listed below.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Topics:
Introductions all around
DayZ and Combat Medics
Driving Miss DayZ - the background of the game and the mod
Happy Dayz – how DayZ works including some stories
DayZ – the good, the bad and the emergent
Why zombies? Why only 49 minutes?
Disaster Scenarios – how do you feel?
Raw game design - beyond survival, story, and linear game design
Experiencing a game - It’s all in your head.
Up for the challenge – the intelligent gamer
Game Smart: vote with your wallet, talk to the gaming community and the industry.
Welcome to Show 112!
This time out we welcome long time listener and avid gamer Eric Petway to the show. We start out talking about Aliens: Colonial Marines. Next we delve into The Secret World and finish with a talk about the gaming community.
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
This time we welcome Mr. K. and Mr. S. from the AFON Show. Initially we heard of them both because we all share love of the NERF Hobby. This means, of course, we have to have a chat about our mutual love of NERF with two gents whom the Hasbro Company holds in such high regard that they flew them both to New York.
What caught our eye, however, was that both Mr. K. and Mr. S. are both trained video game developers. We have often discussed the video game industry from the standpoint of individuals who have been involved with it for a long time. We thought it was time to discuss it with two individuals who are just starting out.
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
Welcome to Show 110!
This time out our guest is noted game developer, producer and author Mr. R.W. Harper. Mr. Harper has taken time out of his busy schedule to talk to us about trends in the game and book publishing industries and where each is going. This show is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend Emma Lloyd – we will miss you greatly. Stay with us after the show for a 15 minute segment about Emma where she tells us about meeting and caring for the Queen of England and her sister when they were young.
As always, we try to introduce our listeners to new styles of music. This time out you will have a chance to learn a bit about the Hi-di-ho man himself, Mr. Cab Calloway.
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
Subjects:
- Bird land – the hard way
- What effect will 38 studios closures have on the games industry?
- Are independent games the wave of the future?
- Is the “triple a” game the way of the past?
- Trends in the game development industry
- How are MMOs changing?
- The future of game and book publishing
- …and more
Welcome to show 109!
This time out we talk about 38 Studios and Star Wars The Old Republic – What went wrong? Will it affect the future of the gaming industry>
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
Welcome to Show 108!
This time out, we welcome Jessica Brown from Anjelsyndicate.org to talk about recent events in mmo and console gaming. Along the way we learn about Count Basie, Freddie Green, Duke Ellington and find out there is such a thing as military intelligence.
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
Welcome to Show 107!
This week, we start with a bit of news and breakfast with the No Prisoners, No Mercy team. Then we welcome Nathan “EmCeeKhan” Baumbach from Ironman mode.com joins us to talk about videogames, and more (and we are still convinced he is either a fugitive superhero).
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The Last Star fighter real life application…sort of
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Mass Effect 3 and the BBB
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Sony paddles upstream
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Glenn Miller
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Geeks are cool/Will Wheaton
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Star Trek Online – what has changed? What has not?
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Star Wars the Old Republic vs Star Wars Galaxies
Welcome to show 106!
This week is about Pandas, the real mass effect, naughty mittans getting mad at kittens and lunar landings. Then we welcome Sean Edwards from Shovsoft, developer of Lunar Flight, who flies us to the moon. This time out you will find out why Fran and Julie love Duke Ellington madly! For more information go to www.noprisonersnomercy.com
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Articles/web sites discussed:
Mittani Banned for 30 days: http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/03/28/the-mittani-gets-hit-with-ban-and-resigns-in-wake-of-eve-online/
Mittani encourages player to commit suicide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbYNLmtAMAw
Bully For You: http://skycandy.org/2012/04/bully-for-you/
Blizzard Struggles to hold the mmo throne with Mists of Pandaria: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/03/more-funding-will-bring-obsidian-entertainment-on-board-for-wasteland-sequel-development.ars
Is Bioware Caving over fan feedback: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/03/bioware-taking-fan-criticism-to-heart-in-crafting-new-mass-effect-3-content.ars
Bioware Trolled by Delivery of 400 Plus Cupcakes: http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2012/03/biowarecupcakes/
Lunar Flight Simulator: http://www.shovsoft.com/lunarflight/
Welcome to Show 105,
This week we sit down to talk about Chris Dodson from the 2Lazy2beOtaku podcast about gaming and his new book. The subjects this week are as follows:
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“Prey for Vengeance” by Chris Dodson
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Everquest I and II – chimps, nerd rage, and pariahs
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Dungeons and Dragons Online – insipid names, reincarnation, and game play
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Gaming Communities and the “MMO single player experience”
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Mobile gaming and the classic gaming experience
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Publish it and patch it
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 104!
The topics for this week are listed below. You will also find a list of the articles discussed as well as a discussion on this week’s musical education featuring early jazz musicians.
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Aliens in the past, Guild Wars 2 and Zorro in the future
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Print is Dead
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Slight Mad Studios show publishers the door; Doublefine and Kickstarter use crowd publishing to give publishers the old heave-ho
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Stuck in the virtual mud – puzzles are not strategy, but sometimes they are brick walls
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It’s all Andy Mahood’s Fault - Simulation Games
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Have games become more about how they look than how they play?
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Playing in the dirt – Dirt 2 off road racing
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Microsoft and Ubisoft – usually we get kissed first
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Sopa and Pipa part 2 – Act 2
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Pond takes a dive
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Marks “Notch” Persson goes off, Dear Esther takes off
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It’s a snap – go to www.noprisonersnomercy.com for notes
Articles Discussed:
Eisenhower and the Aliens:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100947/Eisenhower-secret-meetings-aliens-pentagon-consultant-claims.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/eisenhower-met-aliens-says-timothy-good_n_1277133.html
http://blastr.com/2012/02/did-eisenhower-hold-secre.php
Post Apocalyptic Zorro: http://blastr.com/2012/02/believe-it-or-not-were-ge.php
It’s all Andy Mahood’s Fault: http://noprisonersnomercy.com/2012/02/its-all-andy-mahoods-fault/
Giving Publishers the Old Heave-Ho
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/02/double-fine-seeks-to-cut-out-publishers-with-kickstarter-funded-adventure.ars
Publishers Beware - Kickstarter
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/02/publishers-beware-can-other-game-developers-copy-double-fines-kickstarter-millions.ars
A little Help Please…
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/02/should-games-offer-more-help-when-we-get-stuck.ars
SOPA and PIPA Part 2 – ACTA
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/02/17/anonymous-hacks-us-government-websites-protest-acta
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/acta-referred-to-european-court-as-support-falters.ars
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120126/12313917555/polish-politicians-don-guy-fawkesanonymous-masks-to-protest-acta-signing.shtml
Pond takes a dive: http://blastr.com/2012/02/karen-gillan-insists-amys.php
Henry and Aaron: It’s a Snap http://blastr.com/2012/02/the-funniest-bloodiest-te.php
Make me an offer I can’t refuse…
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/02/minecraft-developer-makes-serious-offer-to-fund-psychonauts-sequel.ars
http://www.edge-online.com/news/notch-stop-hyping-internet
Welcome to Show 103!
This time out we start with some news about Doom Sayers vs. Bioware, Ubisoft, tragedy in Taipei and more. Then Zeke from Ironmanmode.com joins us to talk about how he is turning videogaming into dollars for Charity. We follow up with a discussion about the indie game that went viral called Minecrack…er…minecraft.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Articles and web sites discussed:
http://gamasutra.com/view/news/40044/The_Old_Republic_hits_17_million_subscribers_worldwide.php
http://gamepolitics.com/2012/01/27/family-research-council-attacks-star-wars-old-republic-same-sex-relationships
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/02/03/conan-obrien-shows-off-swtor-same-sex-footage/
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/02/drm-server-transition-to-make-some-ubisoft-games-unplayable-starting-tomorrow.ars
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/115734-Ubisoft-Apologizes-for-DRM-Server-Switch-Screwup
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/02/03/man-dies-while-gaming-no-one-notices
http://www.ironmanmode.com/
http://www.childsplaycharity.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmore_James
Welcome to Show 102!
Its the end of January 2012 and the honeymoon with Bioware is over. Time to take a look around the internet to find out what people are saying. Then we talk a bit about S.O.P.A., P.I.P.A. and B.Y.O.B. Then we answer the question who is this Robert Johnson?
- I told you the Sun would finally explode
- Indie Game the Movie
- One woman’s heaping pile of dingo dung
- Star Wars is not a 57 Chevy
- The Single Player Game Viewpoint
- Illum – who is at fault?
- Winning an MMO
- Who is this Robert Johnson guy?
Articles Cited:
http://ardwulfslair.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/wow-killer-my-ass/
http://ardwulfslair.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/wow-killer-my-ass/
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/11/activision-ceo-star-wars-the-old-republic-may-not-make-ea-any-money.ars
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2012/01/doomcasting-swtor.html
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/01/an-indie-game-movie-will-make-you-cry.ars
http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2012/01/star-wars-the-dead-republic.html
http://noprisonersnomercy.com/2010/04/zen-and-the-art-of-asteriod-mining/
http://www.gamebynight.com/?p=3298
http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/swtor-in-which-bioware-finally-nail-single-player-gameplay/
http://www.youhaventlived.com/qblog/2012/QBlog090112A.html
Welcome to Show 101!
This week we spend time contrasting Star Wars the Old Republic and World of Warcraft. After that we discuss evil versus good in SWTOR. This week we also revisit the subject started by Dr. Richard Bartle in Show 101 freedom to be yourself in virtual worlds. We finish up the show with a brief discussion on yellow journalism.
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- A day late and 26.95 shorter - Returning to World of Warcraft
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- Cut Scenes in WoW and SWTOR
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- Story in SWTOR and WoW
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- Linear Questing In WoW and Star Wars the Old Republic
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- A very Grinch Christmas in Azeroth
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- It’s my party and I’ll leave when I want to
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- Evil is as evil does - Evil versus good in SWTOR (The return of Good Nun/Bad Nun)
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- The freedom to be yourself in virtual worlds (revisited)
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- What is a “Sith” anyway?
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- Yellow Journalism
Articles Cited:
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/01/13/raph-koster-immersion-is-not-a-core-game-virtue/
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-30-lucasarts-to-take-around-35-percent-of-old-republic-revenue-report
http://pc.ign.com/articles/114/1147536p1.html
http://n4g.com/news/907301/physical-copies-of-star-wars-the-old-republic-sold-out-on-origin
via Forbes.com
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/setView/news/gameId/367/showArticle/23086
http://www.mmocrunch.com/2012/01/03/swtor-uk-sales-plummet-after-one-week/
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2012/01/swtor-sold-out.html
http://torwars.com/2012/01/10/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics-swtor-sales-in-the-uk/
Welcome to show 100!
Literally months in the making coordinating schedules with guests from all over the world. The best of the best moments of the past 100 shows. This show includes community guests, industry professionals and even Dr. Richard Bartle!
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Part 1
Music:
1. Star Wars Theme, Paul Barnet
2. La Grange, ZZ Top – Scott Hartsman
3. Hang on St. Christopher, Tom Waits – Shannon Posniewski
4. Life in the Fast Lane, Eagles – Bill Roper
Topics:
1. Women in games and women gamers
2. EA joins Sony in trying to waive their liability.
3. Is the Subscription model DOA?
4. The wrong way to go free 2 play
5. Should developers go mobile or go home?
Guests: Darren from Catholic Gamer, Brent from Virgin Worlds and Karen Bryan from Massively
Part 2: with R.W. Harper
Music:
1. Concerning Hobbits, Marie Croall
2. Bill Roper phone call Blondie Call me bit
3. Low Rider, Funcom community managers
4. Star Wars Sith Theme, Paul Barnett
5. Alganon Developers, Life in the fast lane
Subjects:
1. Star Wars the Old Republic
Part 3: with Dr. Richard Bartle
Music:
1. Soul Man, James Brown, Dr. Richard Bartle
2. Sharp Dressed Man, ZZ Top, R.W. Harper
3. Colin Dwan, ZZ Top, Tush
4. Richard Cheese, Star Wars Cantina Parody
Topics:
1. The Decline of Virtual Worlds, Games people play and who pays for them,
2. Virtual Worlds that let players be free to be themselves.
3. Survey says puppies play games too.
Welcome to the Star Wars The Old Republic Show!
This time we welcome the hardest working man in the video game industry, Mr. R.W. Harper, back to the show to talk about the latest and greatest game in the mmo world - Star Wars The Old Republic. If you wanted to know what it was that Princess Leia was smiling about, now is your chance!
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to show 98,
This time we talk about zombies, and Teslacon. Then we welcome industry guest, R.W. Harper to the show to talk about Lotro and more!
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
This is a test of the emergency show note system. If these we actual show notes you would be instructed to open your internet feed to www.noprisonersnomercy.com. But these aren’t actual show notes - this is a test of the emergency show note system. If these were actual show notes we would remember more than talking about World of Warcraft, anthropomorphic pandas, Terra Nova, Puss-N-Boots and Richard Garriott and wouldn’t have lost the show notes amidst the other three hours of shows we are currently working on.
Thank goodness this is only a test.
Much has happened with CCP of late – Tobold believes that CCP will be out of business in 2012. If things remain as they are there is little doubt that he is right. This time Julie, Fran and Tipa sit down to discuss what may have gone wrong with CCP and Eve Online and where it is going.
Julie and Fran
Articles Cited:
Article from the Nosy Gamer about the financial viability of CCP:
http://nosygamer.blogspot.com/2011/06/fun-financial-facts-about-ccp.html
And the files themselves:
http://dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/Herschel/CCP_Financial_Statements_2010.pdf
Information on CCP’s “new customer relations department”
http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&nbid=3005
Welcome to Show 95: This time Julie, Fran and Tipa (of West Karana fame) sit down to talk about Star Wars the Old Republic. Other tops of conversation include integration of social media and gaming, invasive software and more. Stay tuned afterwards for a preview of show 100 which will include, Darren Love from Catholic Gamer, Brent from Virgin Worlds and Karen Bryan from Massively, R.W. Harper and none other than Dr. Richard Bartle!
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to Show 94!
This week Julie is back in the driver’s seat and Fran is riding shotgun. The topics of discussion are as follows – See you online.
Gamestop is caught with their hands in the virtual cookie jar as they pull Onlive codes out of Deus Ex Boxes.
Electronic Arts tries to drop a virtual spy in our computers by way of Origin - but backs off on requiring an Origin account for SWTOR.
Gabe Newell reacts to DRM, piracy and entry into the Russian Market. In the meantime Julie gets steamed about digital service (and the lack thereof).
Julie makes her first prediction for 2012, raves about SWTOR, but isn’t wowed by WoW.
Women who aren’t in gaming but are in the military. Caveat Emptor – Julie gets tipped over the Brink. Activision doesn’t take the lead.
warning: This show has an explicit rating!
Welcome to show 93!
This week Fran is in the drivers seat while Julie rides shot gun. We all sat down and talked with Mandy Kliniskis to talk about game (the best and the worst), ComicCon, superheroes, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, movies and zombies. See the our companion website,
www.noprisonersnomercy.comfor pictures of the artwork Mandy about during the show.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to Show 92!
This week we took some time to delve into the world of anime…and our guide is Chris “Roundpeg” Dodson from 2 Lazy 2 be Otaku. Join as we explore the good, the bad and the ugly sides of anime and their connection to gaming. Chris also has an extensive list of anime suggestions he provided us with, which we will be sharing on our companion website www.noprisonersnomercy.com
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Note: This show has an explicit rating!
Subjects of Discussion this week in the first half of the show are Fallout New Vegas, the monetizing of Diablo 3 and digital rights management. Next we touch on Rage by ID Games. We end up the first half of the show with a discussion on Cowboys and Aliens and Captain America.
In the second half of the show we are joined by Marie Croall, and Joseph Wilmon of Gamers First to talk about the upcoming changes in Fallen Earth.
Articles Cited:
Ars Guide: How to ruin your pc port in five easy steps: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/ars-guide-how-to-ruin-your-pc-port-in-five-easy-steps.ars
Diablo 3 will let you buy items for real world cash: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/diablo-3-will-let-you-buy-and-sell-items-for-real-world-cash.ars
Diablo 3 beta: More Story, Always Online, No Mods: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/diablo-3-rundown.ars
Bobby Kotick and his money hat: http://thegamesmen.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/kotick_douche_01.png
E.T. Researchers Blast Cowboys and Aliens for getting it wrong: http://blastr.com/2011/08/et-researchers-blast-cowb.php
This week we welcome Brent from Virgin Worlds back to the air waves. This subjects of discussion for this week are as follows – see you online.
Julie and Fran
1. “monocle-geddon”, CCP takes a beating, Walking in a room in a station
2. Sony Online Entertainment, The Agency, and Star Wars Galaxies
3. Bioware and Star Wars knights of the Old Republic
4. Google guns for Zuckerberg, the apple takes a bite out of Adobe and how the big guys get hacked – followed up by a discussion on “hacking and leaving”
5. The National Endowment for the Arts makes Roger Ebert eat his words.
We’re having a heat wave…and Fran and Julie are caught smack dab in the middle of it. This week Fran and Julie run the gamut - the main topics being 60 dollar monocles. In the second half of the show we talk about the new content released by Bethesda for Fallout New Vegas, entitled “Old World Blues.”
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to Show 88!
This week we welcome the J.K. Rowling of the United Arab Emeriates, Dedra Stevenson. In the second half of the show Darren Love returns to the air to talk about his new website, upcoming show, and gaming.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
This week we sat down with Evelyn Hampton (mother of the late author J.T. Hampton) and discussed our road trip and steampunk culture.
Welcome to show 85 - a No Prisoners, No Mercy Sepecial Report on the war on Sony. Make no mistake friends at this point it has indeed been a war. For an list of articles discussed refer to our companion website www.noprisonersnomercy.com
- Activision/Blizzard buys Switzerland’
- Sony “offline” entertainment - the war on Sony
- Time to ‘fess up.
- Adding insult to grievous injury
- Identity theft protection after the barn has burnt down
- Take one for the team…on the chin
- Incoming
- My heart bleeds for you
- On small step for devs, one giant kick in the gnads for Sony
- A lick and a promise
- Divide and be conquered
Julie and Fran
Warning: This show has an explicit rating.
Show Notes: Welcome to Show 84!
This time we start with a tale of divine intervention and the unlucky thief. Sister Julie gets her kicks somewhere besides Route 66 (and along with way get’s rapped but not on the knuckles). Next the first shoe drops for Trion Worlds in Kabniel’s last hurrah. Along the way we discuss why, after three shots at it by triple-A developers, the public quest game mechanic still has not been properly executed.
In the second half of the show we talk about Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA) vs. George Hotz and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. As a result Anonymous appears to have brought the hammer down on SCEA.
Warning: Show 84 has an explicit rating
Welcome to show 83!
This week we welcome Mechanoid Kryten, founder of Griefer Geddon, and Geoffwice, vice-division captain from The Older Gamers (we are not sure what vice he is in charge of I guess you will have to listen to the show to find out), This week we talk about what Griefer Geddon has planned for the future. Who did Julie taunt into hurling burning nun dolls over the convent wall and why? Who is the real Mechanoid Kryten when she is not taunting Helicity Boson? (no, she is not Helicity Boson’s alt). Eve Online Industry, Android apps, and how to trap a griefer are also subjects of the day. And just why is it that the devs from CCP, Trion Worlds and the artists formerly known as Mythic sit down for a beer?
Welcome to show 82!
This time we welcome R.W. Harper - game producer, writer at LoreWriter.com and also known as Kabniel from Rift Herald. Join us for an hour of laughter and discussion as we found out whether Rift's bite is as big as it's bark now that the mmo has gone live.
Websites for this week's show"
www.lorewriter.com
www.rift-herald.com
Welcome to show 81!
This week the main topic of discussion is World of Tanks, with guest Stuart Beresford returning to the show. We also discuss "Terminal World" by Alastair Reynolds.
Links for this week's show:
http://www.worldoftanks.com/
http://www.walkerofworlds.com/2010/02/news-alastari-reynolds-new-blog-and.html
Welcome to the Eve Online Show! This week Julie meets a challenge by talking calmly (for the most part) about Eve Online. If the music sounds familiar this week the segues are taken from parodies by Curzon Dax prior to one of the biggest swindles in Eve Online history – for more information see the extended show notes at www.noprisonersnomercy.com
Notes:
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Intro –welcome LeTrange/Robert Rolland
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The nine month war – Julie takes up the challenge
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Phat Hoe, Town Ho, and fighting words.
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New undies, New Hat, New attitude (imagine that!)
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Sansha pirates “bust-a-move”
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Orcas, Freighters, and lookin’ cool
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Un-learning a lesson, the salvaging ship of doom
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One word – plastics and P.I. (O.K. one word and 2 initials)
(Warning: This show has an explicit rating)
Welcome to Show 79: Rift podcast part 2 – dinnertime aboard the Airship Embracement
Topics include:
Flank speed – how many elves does it take to balance a dwarf?
Massively develops time warp technology.
Throwing the ship in reverse – how good does your mmo do Wow?
Full Speed Ahead - What’s new under the (Telaran) Sun?
Paths to leveling in Rift other than questing.
Will Rift grab players by the subscription rate?
Rift throws a “come as you are” party.
Karen and Saylah pitch Rift – dynamic content
Borrowed and improved – Trion worlds doing it the right way this time.
Will Asshaticus R. rear its ugly head again?
Will lower end content suffer as the average population level increases?
Does Rift “have legs”? – Lessons learned.
Come join Julie, Fran, Saylah, Tipa and Karen as we discuss what is new under the Telaran sun and what is not – and along the way share a lot of laughs.
Welcome to The Rift Show! This week Julie, Fran and Saylah talk all about the new Trion game.This show is offered in memory of Tyrone Hampton.
Welcome to show 77 - this week we talk about steampunk, wikileaks, net neutrality (or lack thereof) hits the British Isles and Eve Online. This week Stuart, a listener from the British Isles, joins us in the second half of the show.
See you Online,
Julie and Fran
What would we talk about on December 7th, 2010 but Cataclysm? Well perhaps (and more importantly) Pearl Harbor Day, had we planned for it ahead of time. But before Blizzard even discussed having goblins as a character option our own Julie said she would come back to the game if they were playable – which means Rob Pardo listens to our show. That’s our story and we’re sticking to it. After the show stay tuned for news of the comings and goings in Everquest II,
See you online (on the Proudmoore Server)
Julie and Fran
Welcome to Show 75!
This week we talk about elementals, Lore, worgens and more in the first half of the show. In the second half of the show we have an interview with the executive producer of Champions Online, Mr. Shannon Posniewski.
Julie and Fran
EXPLICIT LANGUAGE IN THIS EPISODE
SPOILER WARNING – Cataclysm: Time mark 40:15 to 54:24
The Amazing Karnak lives again
Being prepared and reading tea leaves
The reverse Doctor Dolittle and her pets
Lip smacking bad and other pet peeves
Elemental Busters
Warring Worgen: you and me, all along
The secret life of grandmother Wahl
An interview with Shannon Posniewski, Cryptic Studios
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy show 74!
From what was once an inarticulate mass of lifeless tissues comes …THE NO PRISONERS, NO MERCY SHOW 74! This week Julie tries to dub her own dialogue and makes a mistake (either that or she is having an identity crisis). Molly makes a return visit by way of a classic clip from show 18 to give us all SPOILER WARNING (yes that smell is spoiled dog). Julie has so much fun in the Lost Isles in Cataclysm she has to censor herself. Fran and Julie spend “Thirty Seconds Over the Lost Isles”. Julie “Illinois Jones” discusses the archeology profession with Fran. Blizzard takes the rubber tip off hunter’s arrows. The NPNM team realizes some games aren’t even worth playing for free. The NPNM team puts a positive spin on Jack Emmert. The “Red Shirt Guy” confounds Chris Metzen and ends up a World of Warcraft character (Yay!!). The U.S. Air force turns out to be fans of the Transformers. The artists formerly known as Mythic take Warhammer “pay to not play”. To skip the cataclysm spoilers fast forward to time 29:45
Julie and Fran
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 73!
This week we start out with a discussion with our own big news of the week - having breakfast with Martog and Gowron. Next up is about the big news coming out of Cryptic: Champions Online going free 2 play and Star Trek Online launching player created content! This week the Pirate Bay made plans to shoot their servers into orbit - But only after failing to purchase the Micronation of Sealand. This is always something to be Mad-as-hell about and this week it's over Fallout: New Vegas. In the second half of the show Mr. Vlad Loscutoff, founder of MobRule Studios, spends some time talking to us about independant game development. For full shownotes go to www.noprisonersnomercy.com
See you online,
Julie and Fran
The sisters call out Chris Columbus for being 500 years late. Sister Julie gives in to that new beta smell. Once again the NPNM team gets MAD AS HELL, and this time takes aim at WoW patch 4.01 - Learning along the way that there IS somewhere to go from bottom. The NPNM team has their own special interpretation of WoW’s massive subscriber base. It turns out that numbers may fib a bit, but never outright lie. The smell you THINK you smell is NOT spoiled dog – it’s a Cataclysm spoiler warning. (To skip Cataclysm Spoilers jump to time 45:48 in the show). On the after show we chat about EQ2 extended changes. For links to news and articles discussed on the show go to www.noprisonersnomercy.com
Who’s bad is it? We talk about our Brewfest experience. The sisters get mad as hell about a game that not only scrapes the bottom of the barrel, but is made out of what is underneath the barrel. We discuss a thorn in our sides that we share with Blizzard’s own lead systems designer Ghostcrawler. Next Mr. Shannon Posniewski, executive producer for Champions Online joins us. (During the discussion with the Poz we had to call him back and we reached a pizza parlor…or so we thought). After the show we will have a short chat session about EQ2.
This week Julie and Fran welcome Senior Designer for Fallen Earth Marie Croall, from Icarus Studios in their second half hour. In the first half the fabulous sisters will share news and commentary on the mmo news of the week. Along the way Google, Verizon and AT&T end up the subject of this weeks Mad As Hell.
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy show 69.
This week the fabulous sisters (if we do say so ourself) talk about pink caddilacs, ogres In Nagrand wearing Manziers, sister Fran's schoool of leveling (ding!), getting frelled by Blizzard as well as...
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Rep mounts in Wow and Lotro where Julie puts her nose to the grindstone and grinds it back to the medula oblongata
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Mafia II
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Zynga finds out a rose by any other name does not smell as sweet
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Final Fantasy XIV
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The Schwarzenegger double standard
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"Banned in Boston" - Medal of Honor
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EA finds also finds out that a rose by any other name does smell as sweet as long as it isn't spelled E-D-G-E. The sisters realize this is Deja Vu all over again with Groucho Marx.
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NC Soft gets hit with a suit that claims the Devil didn't make the plaintiff do it even though he hasn't bathed in 20,000 hours.
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EA and APB on the PDQ and the "real" story
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The sisters take a brief look at a bunker somewhere in Stockholm, Sweden
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Love is in the virtual air and uses augmented reality
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Our good friend and author J.T. Hamption stops by briefly at the end of the show to share Sister Julie's birthday and chat about the Chicago Comic Con.
Bonus Content after the show:
Net Neutrality by Senator Al Franken
Web sites:
www.lorewriter.com
featuring fiction by R.W. Harper and Yours truly Sister Julie
www.biobreak.com
(one of our must read sites)
http://www.pinkpigtailinn.com/
(Larisa's marvelous site)
www.noprisonersnomercy.com
www.gamepolitics.com
Additional Notes:
Unamused, Warner Bros. requested that the Marx Brothers at least outline the premise of their film. Groucho responded with an utterly ridiculous storyline, and, sure enough, received another stern letter requesting clarification. He obliged and went on to describe a plot even more preposterous than the first, claiming that he, Groucho, would be playing “Bordello, the sweetheart of Humphrey Bogart.” No doubt exasperated, Warner Bros. did not respond. A Night in Casablanca was released in 1946.
Welcome to Show Number 68!
Fallout: New Vegas is discussed, including the talents of Wayne “Mr.
Las Vegas” Newton. Fran and Julie see the handwriting on the wall (it
spells net neutrality). Also discussed - World of Warcraft, The
Transformers mmo, Bill Roper, Medal of Honor, Star Wars, Blue Ray and
laser disks the size of a tire on a buick.
The topics of the week are Guild Wars 2, including the dynamic events
system, and Julie decides that it really could be the future of mmos.
Next we talk about World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm expansion. We save
the best for last and spend a few minutes with Dr. Richard Bartle and
chat about his upcoming award as a legend of gaming.
Julie and Fran
Sites we discuss on the show:
blog.weflyspitfires.com/
biobreak.wordpress.com/
usuallyfine.blogspot.com/
www.tgdaily.com/
Welcome to Show 67!
Bobby Kotick et al, easy going guys, slap a bear in the face. Blizzard tries to turn rotten lemons into lemonade and fails, but manages to keep spaceships out of World of Warcraft (sort of). The sisters step through the really, REALLY Dark Portal with some fantastic ideas from The Pink Pigtail Inn [http://www.pinkpigtailinn.com/] and realize that it’s the journey that counts and not the destination. Breakfast isn’t ready because Julie can’t fry an egg in her bra, but the sisters pass the roles anyway. And Fran puzzles out the first great game.
Julie and Fran
Welcome to route 66! This was a week of bad computers, Everquest 2 players getting slapped down and the great wall of SOE going up. Along the way we find out why you can start sending your hate mail to Mickey Rat, and why Senator Al Franken is concerned about two companies that have been stomping around yelling Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum (we agree). We fill out the rest of the show with talk of trailers and why Ed Norton is out and Karl Urban is in.
Julie and Fran
Welcome to show 65!
This week we continue our back to the future format with a discussion of the recent events in the videogame industry. We continue with talk about some important blocks (including the two below) as well as why the 800 pound Blizzard Gorilla took one in the gnads’ and what may happen as a result.
Two important links discussed in this show:
http://quinnae.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/world-of-warshaft/
http://tagn.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/we-learn-about-account-security-with-club-penguin/
Welcome to Show 64!
This week it’s back to the future. No, not some movie about time travel. We mean back to the old format - Just two nuns, Fran’s delightful sense of humor and the news of the week.
Grabbing for the brass ring or the nose ring?
Fad or Fame? Day late and Dollar Short?
The Department of Homeland IN-security
What do you call a football stadium full of lawyers? “Will the defendants in rows A through F please rise?” And a discussion prompted by the new All Points Bulletin game: What would you put up with in a game to keep the Free in “Free to Play”? What would you put up with in your favorite subscription game to have it be free to play?
Welcome to show 63. This week we start off with a pre-show with discussion of some of the news of the week, including Eve Online planetary expansion. In the second half of the show we welcome Ravious from Kill Ten Rats, Saylah from Mystic Worlds, and Tipa from West Karana in the second round of a team-tag grudge match: Ravious vs. Saylah and Tipa (O.K. so it was more of a polite, "miff match").
Welcome to Show 62! This time author Dedra Stevenson comes to us all the way from the United Arab Emirates to talk to us about The Hakima’s Tale Trilogy (now in print in the UAE and being released here). Come share the fun and laughter as we talk to Ms. Stevenson about her works, her life, what life is really like in the UAE and more.
Join us for the triumphant return of Good Nun, Bad Nun! By request we have brought back this feature. This week we are joined by Saylah from Mystic Worlds, and Tipa from West Karana as we debate Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online!
Where has Turbine succeeded?
Where have they failed?
How can it be improved?
Will Sister Julie ever recover her voice?
This week our guest is Mr. Kedhrin Gonzalez, Lead Designer for Illfonic Studio. Join us for an hour of fun and laughter (ok 40 minutes - its like a psychiatrist’s hour only cheaper). Mr. Gonzalez will tell us all about the new game studio founded by grammy award winning R & B artist Raphael Saadiq, as well as their latest games.
Sr. Fran & Sr. Julie
What do you know about know about “The Poz”? No, we are not talking
about the cousin of Arthur Fonzarelli from “Happy Days.” We are
talking about the man who will be steering Champions Online in the
direction of happy days to come. Yes none other than Mr. Shannon
“Poz” Posniewski, the new executive producer for Champions Online.
Share an hour of fun and laughter with Julie, Fran and Poz and find
out the answer to such burning issues as…
Who at Cryptic wear a size 13 shoe with flames down the side?
What other noted game developer did Poz go to school with and why did
that person dance for money at an early age?
What does Poz do in his spare time?
What is Bill Roper up to now? (Aside from 6 feet tall)
What does the new executive producer for Champions think about where
the game has been and where it is going?
Why is approach to Player Vs. Player different for Champions than it
is for other games? Where does it shine and when did it have its
“light under a bushel basket”?
Yes for all you adoring fans out there who can’t wait to get your
hands (or ears) on the next release of No Prisoners, No Mercy show 58
is live!
Join Sr. Fran (as Huckleberry Hound), and Sr. Julie (as Tom Waits) as
they talk to Tipa from West Karana and Saylah from Mystic Worlds about
net neutrality (that’s the internet not fishing in Switzerland),
Zynga, developers circling facebook, Eve Online, and a certain
socialogist who thinks that WoW will one day be the afterlife…and you
thought WE were crazy!!??? Join us for the fun!
You can read about the article involving WoW and the afterlife
here:http://noprisonersnomercy.com/2010/03/the-crystal-ball-may-have-gone-dark/
We hope you enjoy the show as much as we did producing it. Tune in
next time for an hour with Cryptic Studio's own Mr. Shannon Posniewski
- the new executive producer of Champions Online.
Fran and Julie
Welcome to Show 57!
This week we have a very special show for you. Listen (that's an
order) to show 57 as Fran and Julie welcome Mr. Joe "Rekhan" Blancato,
Cryptic Studios Marketing Specialist for Star Trek Online and
Champions Online. A great time was had by all as Joe shares inside
insights on Cryptic Studios and Star Trek Online.
Julie and Fran
Fran and Julie Welcome Saylah and Tipa for a hen party! Topics discussed include: free to play games, draconic rights management, gods and heroes, and more! Best show yet!
Julie and Fran
Welcome to show number 55! This week Fran and I welcome Glen "Famine" Swan and Oliver Kunz from Funcom. The discussion covers the new expansion for Age of Conan, their latests mmos (including a discussion about "The Secret World" mmo. Join us as we discuss that and more on the latest No Prisoners, No Mercy show. Julie and Fran
Welcome to show 54! This week the game development community meets the blogging community in a round table discussion. Fran and Julie welcome R.W. Harper from Lorewriter.com, Saylah from Mystic Worlds, Tipa from West Karana and Syp from Bio Break for a discussion on immersion in video games. We hope you enjoy the show as much as we did producing it~ Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
Welcome to show 53.5
This week we have a special show, at the request of a listener - this
week Fran is driving the bus and Julie is sitting in the side seat.
Julie and Fran
Welcome to show 53!
This week Fran and I while away a couple of pleasent hours with Jim
"Tork" Younkin, community manager and "evangelist" and Hue Henry,
director of design, for the Quest Online studio. Actually Jim Younkin
isn't the first member of the game development industry that has been
a guest on the show that describes himself as an "evangelist" but he
is, perhaps, on of the most enthusiastic we have met.
Julie Whitefeather
Fran Kosac
Welcome to show number 52! This week we welcome Tipa from West Karana to the show. Join us as we discuss, Eve Online, Star Trek Online and more. Julie and Fran
Welcome to show 51! This week we welcome Syp from Biobreak to the show as we talk about World of Warcraft, independent developers and, of course, Fallen Earth. Upcoming guests will be Tipa from West Karana (already recorded), Jim "Tork" Younkin (community manager for Alganon) who will be bringing their lead designer with him. Julie and Fran
Welcome to our BIG ANNIVERSARY SHOW!
We have actually been on the air about a year and a half now, all
shows included, but we are claiming this one as our anniversary show.
We have a fantastic show this time. Not one, but two professional
developers. First up is Mr. Bill Roper from Cryptic Studios. After
that is our own R.W. Harper (we would tell you where he works but then
he would have to kill us). Two hours of in depth discussion, lots of
fun and truck loads of laughs.
Julie and Fran
Welcome to show number 49. This week we have a round table discussion
with JMO/Jeremy from the MMO Voices Podcast and Tipa from West Karana.
Many laughs are had although at the end of the podcast....well you
will hear. Join us next week for two developers on our anniversary
show - R.W. Harper and Bill Roper.
See you online
Julie Whitefeather
Fran Kosac
Good morning everyone,
Show number 48 has been completed at last and uploaded - our apologies
for the delay (matching sound levels was a bit difficult this time
around).
Our guests this week our Mr. Colin Dwan, project manager for Fallen
Earth over at Icarus Studios as well as our good friends JMO (who now
admits he is actually Jeremy) from mmovoices and their podcast as well
as Tipa from West Karana. Mr. Dwan catches us all up with how the
release went for Fallen Earth and what it was like to release a major
mmo from an indie developer. The JMO, Tipa, Fran and Julie run talk
about the issues of the day, including a few "rants" from the West
Karana website.
Talk to you online - Julie and Fran
Welcome to show 47!
This week we have a monster show for you...not about monsters, but 2
and a half hours of gaming goodness. Join us for discuss games and
along with way laugh until we cry. This week we are joined by guests
Keen from Keen and Graevs gaming blog, Ricknas Sarn from The Witty
Ranter podcast, and Giskard from The Engineering Guild.
Fran and Julie
Welcome to Show Number 46! The week we talk about Aion Online.
Following that we sit down for a little chat with Giskard, of The
Engineering Guild modding community, about multiplayer games and the
upcoming game Dragon Age: Origins. After that we are pleased to bring
you the first in a series of interviews with none other than Dr.
Richard Bartle (to whom I give a long overdue on air apology).
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather
Welcome to Show Number 45!
This week we talk about Gamers (the movie not mmos) and Games (mmo
news not the movie). We also had a chance to sit down with the
founder of "The Artist Formerly known as Giskard" about what's
happening in the world of multiplayer games. At the end of the show
(albeit briefly), NCSoft defecates into an orafice that was meant for
that purpose.
See you online
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
Welcome to show number 44!
Join us for over an hour of gaming goodness. This week we have more
mad as hell (ok maybe just sort of "irked" as hell), and short shorts
news. Along the way we venture down memory lane as we discuss a bit
about Ultima Online (after all the new the Stygian Abyss expansion is
out). This week we also have two guests. First, Tom joins us for
another episode of "High Noon". After that we are treated to a
discussion of Champions online with our good friend R.W. Harper from
Lorewriter.com - whose but I promised to kiss on main street (you will
hear why). R.W. said, fortunately for me, he will settle for a slice
of pizza and a beer.
Julie Whitefeather
Fran Kosac
Welcome to show 43!
Join us for an hour and a half of laughter, discussion and fun on No
Prisoners, No Mercy show number 43. This week Fran and I talk about
the Activision/Blizzard's big news, after which we have a double
header for you. First we will get a chance to meet the real Total
Biscuit from Wcradio. Next we have Colin Dwan, project manager for
Fallen Earth to talk to us about the game that is about to release.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Welcome to Show 42!
Join us for another hour of gaming goodness as we discuss the news of
the day in short-shorts and another Mad as Hell. This week we have a
special guest Scott "His Majesty" Hartsman (note of course that the
special name we apply to him is our note of adoration and not his self
applyed epithet. Next week's special guest will be Total Biscuit from
wcradio.com and the "BluePlz" show!
Julie and Fran
Welcome to show 41!
Join us for nearly an hour and a half of gaming goodness including
short-shorts news and commentary and Mad as Hell. This week we also
welcome to the show two special guests: Total Biscuit from
wcradio.com, and the man himself (insert musical fanfaire here) Scott
Hartsman...
...both of which will also be returning on future shows.
See you online,
Fran Kosac and Julie "Easy and Fun" Whitefeather
Welcome to show 40! Welcome to an "easy and fun" (inside joke)...er...exciting edition of No Prisoners, No Mercy. We have some fabulous guests: Keen from Keen and Graevs Gaming blog is back as well as part 3 of the interview series with Paul Barnett. This week Paul Barnett talks about "Life, the Universe and Man-dolls". We also have short-shorts news and commentary and a special last minute addition "EA steps in it." See you online Julie and Fran
Welcome to show number 39!
This week we have two guests: Saylah from Mystic Worlds and Paul
Barnett, Creative Director of Mythic Entertainment.
This week we have a short short-shorts news and commentary, a new
occassional feature called "High Noon" and, of course, part two of the
three part interview with Paul Barnett. This week Paul talks about
"understanding the industry." We hope you enjoy the show - you WILLL
enjoy the show!
Julie and Fran
Welcome to a very special No Prisoners, No Mercy!
On show 38 we have the usual features – short shorts news and commentary, and a three part Mad as Hell. There is also a discussion about some of the fantastic new features that we found as part of the Aion Beta.
The week we also have a very special guest: Mr. Paul Barnett, Creative Director of Mythic Entertainment, the company that brought us all Warhammer Online. This show features the first part in a three part series of interviews with Paul Barnett. They will appear on the next three shows as follows:
Paul Barnett talks about
Warhammer
Paul Barnett talks about
understanding the industry
Paul Barnett talks about Life, the Universe and Man Dolls
We know you will have as much fun listening to the show as we did recording it.
Julie and Fran
Welcome to show 37!
This week we have short-shorts (the news type not nuns wearing
short-shorts) and we talk about the new Land of the Dead content in
Warhammer Online.
We also talk about gaming, Richard Bartle, blogging and anything else
that came to our minds with Saylah from Mystic Worlds and Tipa from
West Karana.
The land of the dead pictures we spoke about will be linked in the show thread.
Julie and Fran
Welcome to show 36!
It is said that you can't please all of the people all of the
time...but we can try.
This 2 hour show features the usual format in the first hour featuring
short shorts (news commentary), a discussion about the new Warhammer
Online content, and Mad as Hell.
The second hour is all about Runes of Magic and is in the interview format.
The show features guests Keen from Keen and Graevs gaming blog and
Saylah from Mystic Worlds. No Flame Proof Undies - sorry. We haven't
been flamed in a long time. We can't decide if we are doing something
wrong or doing something right!
Julie and Fran
Welcome to show number 35!
Join us for an hour of laughter, discussion and a bit of ranting. This
week weeks topics include Star Trek, strip teasers, news - and Mad as
Hell has returned.
Julie and Fran
Those who have listened to our show have frequently heard it introduced by a woman with a delightful Irish brogue – that voice belongs to Emma Lloyd. Emma is a dear friend who was born in Ireland and lived in England during World War 2. While Emma has been a guest on the show before, this time we asked her to help us celebrate Memorial Day by sharing her memories of Ireland and England during the great “War to end all Wars.” As Emma shares with us during the interview, we pray that there will never be another war like WWII. As you will hear throughout the interview, Emma herself is a bit of living history. Notes to the interview: Among the many famous people that Emma met, one of them that she refers to is Queen Mary. The Queen Mary that she is referring to here is Mary of Teck, the Queen consort to King George V, Queen Mother of George VI, who was king of England during World War II. She also speaks of Margaret and Elizabeth. These are, of course, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and her sister who is now Queen Elizabeth II of England. Both Margaret and Elizabeth remained in England during World War II, despite pressure from the British government to evacuate to Canada. The “Anthony Eden” she refers to is Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, who was the British Foreign Secretary between 1935 and 1955, including World War II. Anthony Eden later went on to become Prime Minister of England between 1955 and 1957. During the interview she refers to “Doodlebugs” – this was a common nick name for the V1 jet propelled bombs that Germany Launched at Britain during World War II. Julie and Fran
Welcome to Wormhole Extreme! This week we have another guest. Join us as we talk about faction warfare, wormholes and more. Upcoming shows will include guests Saylah from Mystic Worlds and Tipa from West Karana. Julie
Welcome to show 32!
This week we welcome our guest Giskard. Join us as we talk about
gaming, modding games, Fallout 3, Oblivion and more.
The Engineering Guild website can be found here:
http://www.theengineeringguild.co.uk/
This week it is our great pleasure to bring to you special guest Mr. Colin Campbell of GameBizBlog.com. Mr. Campbell talks with us about videogamer journalism, the videogames industry and more. And, by request, Mad as Hell is back. Julie and Fran
Welcome to show 30! This week we have a guest - Saylah from Mystic Worlds. Saylah, Fran and I talk about why Time/Warner recently told us all "pucker up baby"; and how Senator Chuck Schumer told Time/Waner to "kiss off". In our featured story, Saylah shares with us all her Eve Online secret: "The casual players license to print isk." Fran and I have a tribute to Dave Arneson and more! See you online, Julie Whitefeather
Welcome to show 29! Come join the sisters as the broadcast from their "Sweet Home Chicago" and in the process tell Time/Warner that "usually they get kissed first." This week we discuss all the news of the week that's fit to print and gripe about (or praise in the case of Rob Pardo - we're not worthy). And before it is all through we will talk about Eve and a new rescue service for those voyagers lost in W-Space. Even if you don't listen to the show (and why not if you don't) you MUST read this incredibly important article on how Time/Warner is trying to stick it to us all: The Meter is Running can be found here: http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/44497
-Julie and Fran
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 28I Join us for over an hour and a half of news, laughter, gaming goodness and passion about gaming! This week we have short shorts, a discussion about streaming gaming technology - why it may not work and how it will if it can, and flame proof undies with more euphemisms for Dr. Manhatten's "Blue Meanie" than the show hosts even new existed in listener mail. Julie and Fran
Welcome to show 27 - naked man. This week we have warhammer, short shorts, the adventures of naked man and more. Join us for laughter, news and discussion about the passion we all share. Julie and Fran
Welcome to show 26: Half a year plus of podcasting! This week we have short short shorts, flame proof undies, Mythic gets desperate and what makes good pvp great - is Darkfall providing what Wahammer is missing? Join us for an hour and a half of laughter, news and discussion about the passion we all share. Julie and Fran
Welcome to show 25! The theme for this show is survival, whether it is surviving a zombie apocolypse, the videogame market or wicked witches. This week we have a special guest - Mr. R.W. Harper, Senior Producer from from Gorrilla Systems. This week we talk about Fran's cackle and more... 1. Wicked witches of the North 2. How to survive a zombie attack 3. Very short shorts 4. Interview with R.W. Harper on the future of gaming 5. An open letter
Welcome to Show 24.1 - it's a short show but a show of firsts. The first first is our first contest! The second first is a report on eve online by Letrange. See you soon for show 25.
Welcome to show 24 - be warned this show has an explicit rating. This week we discuss whether or not the behavior of people behind the scenes affect how you feel about their work. In "short shorts" we discuss batleths, bombs and more. In this 2 hour long show of gaming goodness we discuss your answers to where has the Warhammer love gone (that and 450,000 customers). Of course no show would be complete without heating up things a bit with another red hot episode of "flame proof undies." Julie and Fran
Welcome to show 23.1! This time we talk to Saylah from Mystic Worlds about new podcast project - one that bring you fiction from mmos. The new podcast can be found in it's temporary home here: http://notadiary.typepad.com/gamersfictionpodcast/ Topics for this week: 1.) An interview with Saylah from Mystic Worlds 2.) The massive fires in Australia hit home
Welcome to Show 23: The Road to Naxxramus. This week we talk about
World of Warcraft, Raiding, Warhammer Online and the upcoming new
content and more...
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Mad as hell: The Road to Naxxramus
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Short Shorts
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Too little to late?
-
Flame Proof Undies
Articles discussed:
http://www.popcultureofdestruction.com/2008/09/10/the-rockstars-of-war/
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=22005
http://chaosmoon.gameriot.com/blogs/WAAAGH/T1-Forever
The Road to Naxxramus (with apologies to Bing Crosby and Bob Hope)
We're off on the road to Naxxramus
This Griffon is tough on the spine
Who is going, what are spec is, why are they so mean
I'll bet you 8 to 5 that we meet Hegian they uncleam
Off on the road to Naxramus
My bow and my cat are just fine
Now they're asking how big they are, What's our dps?
We get to go to Naxxramus if we can pass the test
We certainly to get around,
Like a scourge plague hound we are Naxxramus bound
Welcome to Show 22!
One of our favorite sites is gamepolitics.com - we love games and politics and this site has them both. This week No Prisoners, No Mercy gets all political and answers a question or two along the way; and Fran finally wins an impromptu "Good Nun, Bad Nun".
1. Mad as Hell: Where is everybody?
2. Short shorts
3. Patch day
4. Flame Proof Undies
"U.S. Democracy Server Patch Day" by Sean Hyde-Moyer is from chromecow.com and can be found here:
http://www.chromecow.com/2009/01/20/us-democracy-server-patch-day/
Welcome to show 21, this week we have guests - Marisa Antonaya from the "skinnydipping in the RvR Lake" blog, and JMO from the "Notacast" podcast. 1. Mad as Hell 2. You need me on the wall - or do we 3. A few good warband leaders 4. Flameproof Undies Marisa Antonaya's article about Warband Leadership can be found here: JMO's Podcast "notacast" can be found on Itunes here:
Happy New Year. The first 32 minutes of our show was recorded under a rain barrel inside the ladies room at the Jackson avenue subway station... ... so we tried a new location for the first 32 minutes and it didn't quite work out but it isn't all that bad as you will hear. Here are the subjects for today: 1. Mad as Hell: "It's still too short" 2. Short Shorts 3. Nerd-in-chief 4. I can see the future 5. E.D.D. - It's lonely at the top 6. Flame Proof Undies
Happy New Year and welcome to show 19! 1. The bathrobe of silence 2. Happy birthday to "The Man" 3. Mad as hell: Getting the spirit 4. Outmoded 5. One giant leap for games... 6. One giant leap for gamers... 7. Flame proof undies
Welcome to No Prisoners No Mercy Show 18! Time for our Christmas show, and in thanks to those of you who were patiently waiting, here is our Christmas show. This week our poo eating dog we have nick named "The Stink Machine" (you will find out why) manages to sneak into the act. Merry Christmas to all of you from all of us! 1. The Phone Call 2. Mad as hell: Black Christmas 3. Pinball Wizard 4. Capped out or Crapped out 5. Al's used armor emporium 6. Feasting and Brawling 7. Going to hell in a video game 8. Hardcore no more? Articles cited: http://thegreenskin.com/2008/12/17/to-get-rank-40-is-but-a-dream/ http://relmstein.blogspot.com/2008/12/gearing-up-for-arena-season-5.html:
http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/51594
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Massively/~3/2pvPW5Yb5F4/
http://hallower1980.blogspot.com/2008/12/dantes-inferno-tread-carefully.html
http://tobolds.blogspot.com
Show 17: The Crafting Show. If you like crafting this show is for you. Guests JMO, Saylah and Letrange discuss crafting in Warhammer Online. They explores the where and how of it with Julie and Fran and compare it with crafting in other games.
This show is dedicated to the memory of Alice Kosac who gave us so much laughter: mom we will miss you dearly.
This week on No Prisoners, No Mercy our guests Saylah and JMO return and are joined by Letrange from our Warhammer Guild for a two part series. Subjects for the week: 1. Mad as hell: puppy hangings, and evil wizards 2. Wilford Brimley Walruses, Wolverines and baby stealing 3. Guests Saylah, JMO and Letrange on "And now he's concerned?" 4. A round of thanks, and a few confessions 5. Burnt Undies: Lucy you got some 'splainin' to do. Next Week: Saylah, JMO and Letrange return to discuss crafting in Warhammer.
On this week's show our guest is Saylah from the Mystic Worlds website.
- Introductions
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nice work if you can get it
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War low population problems by Saylah discussed with the author
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How now down…healer
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Body counts and crafting
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Wow to War to Wow I hate you by Saylah discussed with the author
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War of Wars/World of Warhammer
Note: yes Fran realizes she said “order and horde” together in the same sentence. Also, update on the player who leveled to 79 rapidly and was banned - hours later he was reset to level 70.
Articles discussed:
Wow to war to wow I hate you
War: Low populations problems
- Bewitched, bothered or bewildered?
- Takin' names but not kickin' butt
- Community: what we have here is a failure to communicate
- Be careful what you ask for
- Death Wish
- Stop Non-stop flights?
- What's my (arche)type
- Chatter Box
- Mad as Hell: Booze, Broads and Blow
- Flame Proof Undies
Articles Cited:
http://thegreenskin.com/2008/11/03/making-a-game-vs-an-experience/
- Mad as hell and not going to take it any more: Scenarios and the bossy nun
- Shocked as hell: Where is my Barrens Chat (oh there it is...)
- Tanks for the memories (revisited)
- Stick to your guns gents - the gauntlet has been cast down
- Heating up realm vs. Realm
- Mythic and the un-silent minority
- Nordenwatch Clam Bakes
8, Tome sweet tome: bestial tokens and virtual bling - Tomes: Squeaky puppies and other tome tactics
- Paul Barnett: What's your type?
- Anthropomorphic goblins
- Flame Proof Undies
Sites cited:
A list of tactics including tome tactics:
http://www.wardb.com/search.aspx?browse=6.3#spells:0-6+7
An
explanation of tome tactics (and a great blog site):
http://waaagh.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/tome-tactics-our-last-best-hope-for-peace/
Interview
with Paul Barnett over at Ten Ton Hammer:
http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47465
Site for
notes too long for show notes:
http://groups.google.com/group/noprisonersnomercy
- Mad as Hell: Hat's off to Blizzard
- Curt Schilling gets a hit: once too often
- Activision/Blizzard and Mythic face of Mano e Mano
- Good Nun, Bad Nun takes on raids and pvp
- Big News of the Week from the big guy Mark Jacobs
6.. Eeek, the insane goblin, and the guy with the thing - Listener Mail and Pimps
- Putting on the serious hat
- Guest: Saylah from Mystic Worlds
- Flame Proof Undies
Mark Jacobs interview: http://www.eurogamer.net/mmo/
Mystic worlds: http://notadiary.typepad.com/mysticworlds/
- Mad as Hell: Virtual market crashes, No heals for you
- "Boss says make it bigger"
- The Soup...er...heal nazi
- Rob Pardo loses some sleep
- Tattooed legs and spam
- Goblin Shaman, Gork and Mindy
- Goblin et al, getting some tact(ic)
- The Happy Dwarf - listener mail
- It's my party
- War or WoW
- Flame Proof Undies - mistells
Note: In honor of our guest, Geist, on our Flame Proof Undies Section who tells us about Mistells, our segue track has managed a small time warp and "mis-segued" before his section - sort of Ironic huh?
- Mad as Hell: Charging EA Rent
- Sticking it to an IP
- Gimli the Dwarf in Drag
- Put on your flame proof undies
- Jinx for rent
- A proposition by nuns
- Keith Richards and other healers
- Stifling Mergers
- Kill the dude with the thing
- Propaganda The interview with Jeff Hickman can be found here: www.morpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/239/feature/2279 The Propaganda Art for Warhammer Online can be found here: www.warhammeronline.com/art/index.php Kill the dude with the thing can be found here: www.gamespy.com/pc/warhammer-online/
No prisoners, no mercy show 8: Spamalot
1.) I’m as…kinda upset…as hell and not going to take it any
more
2.) The Easter Bunny, Santa Clause and Order Tanks
3,) Ques and
Server
4.) Laugh your ass off
5.) Tip sheet
A special thanks to servitor at http://theservitor.blogspot.com/ for allowing us to use “but reporting habits that make game developers cry.” If you haven’t checked out Mark Jacobs blog at http://onlinegamesareanichemarket.wordpress.com/ what are you waiting for? Go read it now! That’s an order - We’re nuns and we have rulers.
Show 7 of No Prisoners, No Mercy: We love war hammer. If we didn‘t we wouldn’t talk about it so much and play it for so many hours at a time. But if we point out some virtual snot dripping from Warhammer’s virtual nose it’s only because we love Mythic so much.
1.) Mad as hell and not going to take it any more: the kid gloves are off and the ruler is out
2.) Well stewed Julie; Fran knows best
3.) Drilling my own teeth - the cost of starting in a well established mmo
4.) Azeroth, The Barrens: home of the fastest dogs in the world - it’s a mile between trees
5.) Groupies: WoW vs. War - getting a group
6.) I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way
7.) My DPS is bigger than yours
8.) A quickie in Warhammer
9.) Tobold sells his soul for $15.00: Bottles and Blankies
10.) Making it accessible: Wow vs. War
11.) Crapfest
Special note to Crapfest (and the reason this section is not called Brewfest): while this used to be our favorite WoW festival taking away the ability to earn a special mount with Brewfest games took all the fun out of it for us.
Mad as Hell and not going to take it any more:
- EU Warhammer beta failure
- Mark Jacob’s Blog
- This is Beta, not Sparta
- Karma/actions in game out of game
- RvR pet peeves
Listener mail:
- Hammer wiki: http://warhammeronline.wikia.com/wiki/HammerWiki
- Tournament for e-sport
- e-sport gear in WoW http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/pvp/tournament/faq.xml
World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King:
- Brash endeavors, new hunter pets for WoLK –
http://petopia.brashendeavors.net/html/articles/wotlkpets.php
- Interesting new things for Warlocks in WoLK
JT Hampton – Horror Novelist Extraordinaire
- JT talks about his new upcoming novels, and how he came
about to write “Inferno” his current novel out in publication already. * JT’s own site http://www.twilightofthedamned.com
Another week and time for another edition of No Prisoners, No Mercy. We have uploaded show 5. We will being doing a special feature over the weekend on J.T. Hampton and our regular show will record again next Wednesday. I can never thank you enough for the opportunity that this gives us. Thank you so much for all your hard work.
Julie
Here are the show notes for show 5:
1.) Hip Hop Hell
2.) Good Nun, Bad Nun
3.) Waaagh
4.) News Talk
5.) Listener comments
6.) Good Nun, Bad Nun - round 2
Web sites cited:
www.primagames.com/features/warhammer/quiz/
www.blacklibrary.com
www.multiplayer.mtv.com
www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=228691
Show 4: A special Waaaghammer edition
1.) Mad as hell and not going to take it any more
2.) Waaagh
3.) Everything old is new again, or at least people wish it was
4.) A funny thing happened on the way to the forums
5.) What is it with the Ironbreaker grudges?
6.) Taking aim at perfect targets
7.) Three thumbs up for Mythic - what’s up next
1.) Richard Garriot eats crow and serves a little to Julie
2.) Hammertime
3.) Tooting Bill Roper's horn
4.) Hells Gnomes and more - has Activision/Blizzard jumped the shark?
5.) Good Nun, Bad Nun - who's on first
6.) Author J.T. Hampton talks about his favorite mmo (the first in a series)
7.) Ending music - as "classical" as it will ever get
Next time: Sledgehammer and more
Show 2: Rob Pardo is in League with the Devil Host: Julie Whitefeather Guest: Fran Kosac 1.) Rob Pardo is in league with the devil 2.) In virtual space no one can hear the monsters scream 3.) Fool me once shame on you... 4.) That old beta magic 5.) Farmers feel the spirit 6.) The Older Gamers can be contacted at www.theoldergamers.com Next week: Richard Garriott eats crow or...the harbingers of the harbingers of failure
This week’s show: The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated
Topics include:
1.) Just who the heck is “Julie Whitefeather” anyway?
2.) Why is a nun doing a podcast? Is she really a nun?
3.) Yes, Virginia there is a reason for an NDA and this it.
4.) Hoisted on a “publisher’s petard”
5.) Why Rob Pardo is still “The Man”
6.) Why I could care less what Richard Bartle thinks.
7.) Going to Hellgate in a handbasket