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

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!