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).

1.      The Last Star fighter real life application…sort of

2.      Mass Effect 3 and the BBB

3.      Sony paddles upstream

4.      Glenn Miller

5.      Geeks are cool/Will Wheaton

6.      Star Trek Online – what has changed? What has not?

7.      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:

1.      “Prey for Vengeance” by Chris Dodson

2.      Everquest I and II – chimps, nerd rage, and pariahs

3.      Dungeons and Dragons Online – insipid names, reincarnation, and game play

4.      Gaming Communities and the “MMO single player experience”

5.      Mobile gaming and the classic gaming experience

6.      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.

1.      Aliens in the past, Guild Wars 2 and Zorro in the future

2.      Print is Dead

3.      Slight Mad Studios show publishers the door; Doublefine and Kickstarter use crowd publishing to give publishers the old heave-ho

4.      Stuck in the virtual mud – puzzles are not strategy, but sometimes they are brick walls

5.      It’s all Andy Mahood’s Fault - Simulation Games

6.      Have games become more about how they look than how they play?

7.      Playing in the dirt – Dirt 2 off road racing

8.      Microsoft and Ubisoft – usually we get kissed first

9.      Sopa and Pipa part 2 – Act 2

10.  Pond takes a dive

11.  Marks “Notch” Persson goes off, Dear Esther takes off

12.  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?

1. I told you the Sun would finally explode
2. Indie Game the Movie
3. One woman’s heaping pile of dingo dung
4. Star Wars is not a 57 Chevy
5. The Single Player Game Viewpoint
6. Illum – who is at fault?
7. Winning an MMO
8. 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.

1.     1. A day late and 26.95 shorter - Returning to World of Warcraft

2.     2. Cut Scenes in WoW and SWTOR

3.     3. Story in SWTOR and WoW

4.     4.  Linear Questing In WoW and Star Wars the Old Republic

5.     5. A very Grinch Christmas in Azeroth

6.     6. It’s my party and I’ll leave when I want to

7.     7.  Evil is as evil does -  Evil versus good in SWTOR  (The return of Good Nun/Bad Nun)

8.     8. The freedom to be yourself in virtual worlds (revisited)

9.     9. What is a “Sith” anyway?

10.  10. 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