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.

See You Online,
The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team

Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 230,

This time out we discuss the following subjects:

1. Hoverboards are real
2. Simulator games. Cooking, truck, train
3. Roleplaying in videogames
4. Mickey the rat owns your childhood
5. Strategy games...one more turn
6. 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 226

Subject this time out:

1. 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?

2. Where did Anthem go wrong? Have we seen changes in the industry that has caused this?

3. 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?

4. Is the walk-off at riot games a change in the way the industry works?

5. 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 224,

Topics for the show are as follows:

1. 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/

2. 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

3. 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/

4. Gopher - just make good games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-_xOhBaf8w

Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 210! This time the team talks about the following subjects:

1. Steam now allows anything online  except what is illegal or "straight up trolling" 

Welcome to show 199!

This time Fran, Julie and Chris talk about the following subjects:

1. Jim Sterling pushes Chris' buttons
2. 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.
3. When gamers become apologists
4. 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 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 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 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.

1. Go and Augmented Reality
2. Universal Windows Platform – Steam’s skivvy uncle
3. Comic book heroes dark, blue and zaftig
4. Vetted in Forchan, popularized in Reddit
5. Kicking your first kickstarter to the curb
6. 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 169!

Join Chris, Steve, Julie and Fran for some fun, laughs and the lively art of conversation as they discuss the following topics:

1. Nerf Wars the Foam Awakens
2. Net non-neutrality: Win one for our side – taking internet providers to task
3. “Damn the video cards, full speed ahead” – are developers outpacing the ability of gamers to keep up.
4. Day One Bethesda –depending on the community to take up the slack
5. Thank God for “pre-order rot” and indie developers
6. Settling for Settlements – post apocalyptic Minecraft – Nature finds a way.
7. Amazon aswesomesauce and software pushback
8. Mass media or propaganda?
9. Microsoft Minecraft – sorry Notch we don’t miss you.
10. Story of the fortnight
11. What we have been playing and wrap-up
12. Outtakes

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

1.   The Smed, Zeekill and the “White Hat Hacker” – did Sony provoke attacks? 2. White hat hackers

3. Video game movies. Keven Smith and “The Hollywood Formula”

4.  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.

5. 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 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 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

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

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