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

1. Activision/Blizzard buys Switzerland’
2. Sony “offline” entertainment - the war on Sony
3. Time to ‘fess up.
4. Adding insult to grievous injury
5. Identity theft protection after the barn has burnt down
6. Take one for the team…on the chin
7. Incoming
8. My heart bleeds for you
9. On small step for devs, one giant kick in the gnads for Sony
10. A lick and a promise
11. 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:

1.       Intro –welcome LeTrange/Robert Rolland

2.       The nine month war – Julie takes up the challenge

3.       Phat Hoe, Town Ho, and fighting words.

4.       New undies, New Hat, New attitude (imagine that!)

5.       Sansha pirates “bust-a-move”

6.       Orcas, Freighters,  and lookin’ cool

7.       Un-learning a lesson, the salvaging ship of doom

8.       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.