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