No Prisoners, No Mercy

Welcome to Show 182 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This week we discuss citizencon. Next, whether the initials are fps, moba or rpg sometimes we get angry in and at video games- but why? We follow that with a discussion on what attracted us to mmorpg gaming in the first place. Articles: http://tay.kinja.com/getting-angry-at-video-games-1787545349 http://massivelyop.com/2016/10/16/the-daily-grind-what-made-you-try-out-your-first-mmorpg/

Welcome to Show 181, This week Fran, Julie, Chris and Steve sit down and talk about MOBA games, including two brand new ones. Articles Cited: guns go boom mingles with jingles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yG5H-voc1I No Mans Sky under investigation http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/236467-no-mans-sky-is-now-under-investigation-for-false-advertising

Welcome to show 180 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show - This time out we talk about the World of Warcraft Legion Expansion. We wanted to wait until we hit the level cap until we gave us our impressions of the new expansion. In the second half of the show our own Julie and Slunker sit down and talk about pvp - why do we as gamers do player versus player in the first play? Does the style of pvp matter? Is it the structure of the game? Is it the purpose of the pvp? Why do we like it or hate it? When is pvp counter productive and even hurt the game? See you online, Julie Address of Fran's new Podcast: http://stomp.libsyn.com/

Welcome to Show 179 of the No Prisoner, No Mercy Show. This week some of the subjects are Pokemon go and went, World of Warcraft Legion and a bit of Black Desert Online. The subject of discussion this time out is "Does Lore Matter to You" See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team

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 "before the next one and after the last one". This time out Steve, Chris, Fran and Julie spend time having fun and talking about the folling subjects: Pokemon Go, Companies that do it right (Blizard and Turbine) and those who do it wrong/ WB Games, PC Ports, Dungeons and Dragons - offline, online and on the tabletop, Lord of the rings online. Turbine, the bandwagon other developers jumped on. Perfect World games. What Blizzard does wrong (Garrisons) and what they do right (Legion) See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team

Welcome to Show 176 - This time out Fran, Julie, Chris and Steve get together to discuss legacy servers (Barren's chat we hardly knew ye), Garrisons, Julie's game master days, "Don't tell me how to play your game", Garrisons are the worst thing that ever happend to WoW, Windows 10 and other aggrivations. Then Chris tells us his story of the fortnight including his naughty Black Desert dog. Lastly we revisit Black Desert Online.   Articles: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-04-11-blizzard-issues-cease-and-desist-to-private-wow-server http://kotaku.com/the-reason-blizzard-cant-make-world-of-warcraft-legacy-1781438526

Welcome to the World of Warcraft Movie Show This time out Fran and Julie sit down to take in a movie and talk about the results - the good, the bad and the not so good. Time to review the moview about Fran's favorite game. See you online (and in the theater) Fran and Julie Articles Cited: http://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2016/06/the-warcraft-fans-dilemma-a-movie-but-its-based-on-the-1994-dos-game/

Welcome to Show 175 This time out Fran, Julie, Steve and Chris sit down to talk about the game of the moment, Black Desert Online. Along the way we talk about Skyforge and have alot of laughs. Join us again as we talk about our favorite MMOs and maybe yours. See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team

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 173! This time out Fran, Julie, Chris and Steve sit down and talk about the following subjects. Subjects: Shovelware Blizzard’s Butt Apology/apologizing for artwork A not so family friendly event at Nintendo NC Soft layoffs/Wildstar World of Tanks/Girls und Panzer How not to market a videogame Daybreak Game Company Articles Cited: http://www.wired.com/2016/04/alison-rapp-nintendo-harassment/ http://kotaku.com/blizzard-removing-overwatch-butt-pose-after-fan-complai-1767613551

Welcome to show 172! Welcome to the war gaming show. This time out Julie, Fran, Chris and Steve talk about Wargames and more.  What is the fascination with military games? What is their history? Where are they going? Why are combat games popular? War gaming and Saving Private Ryan Twitch gameplay, strategic gameplay and “wire-fu” World of Warships War gaming and History Disparity in PvP Story of the Fortnight What are you playing?

Welcome to show 171 where we find our intrepid heroes discovering, by way of The Beginners Guide, that “not all videogames have to be an experience that you interact with – sometimes it’s just an experience that you experience.” Sometimes a cigar IS just a smoke.   Steam controllers and other kit Visual novels, anime, Clannad and Steve Jackson Apps Is the Oculus Rift the “great democratizer?” What is the gateway to VR for gamers? Walking Simulators and The Beginners Guide Is Facebook experimenting on you?   Links http://store.steampowered.com/app/324160/ http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/6/10723982/oculus-rift-price-no-longer-for-everyone http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2016/02/24/mark-zuckerberg-has-a-plan-to-make-virtual-reality-social/#46e8f1917959 http://store.steampowered.com/app/303210/ http://boingboing.net/2015/10/02/the-beginners-guide-is-a-gam.html

Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 170,   This time out we bring you the Star Citizen show with guest host Saylah.  Saylah, Julie and Fran bring you the flip side of what has been happening with Chris Roberts’ new game! Show links are below:   Mystic Worlds: http://notadiary.typepad.com/ Mystic Worlds on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/lauren-michele-12/tracks Mystic Worlds on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq5UB9mFw8C8-VPbCx2Y2pQ   Star Citizen Current Game Features: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/feature-list ARK Starmap: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/starmap   YouTubes with good learning videos: BoredGamer: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEq9W3I6b0wU0UiyxzVThZYYiZHZgnQNj STLYoungblood: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-g2bRjGQpvE9x86YDN69rSu5h2Am7Gdk Tactical Advance: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1EW1I7nEteqNy7VJvMsD7BDtFSHksfTN

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

Welcome to Show 168, This time out we are proud to welcome the author of the Hakima’s Tale Trilogy, Nominee for UAE Woman of the Year, Dedra Stevenson. In the second half of the show we will welcome author Rod  Harper.  We hope you enjoy listening to the show as much as we did recording it. See you online, Julie and Fran   Links for the Show ww.bluejinnimedia.com @Hakimastale, @bluejinnimedia Instagram as Bluejinnimedia On Facebook as The Hakima's Tale, Desert Magnolia and Blue Jinni Media

Welcome to Show 167! Fran and Julie are back from vacation – this time out Fran, Julie, Chris and Steve sit down for some fun to discuss the following subjects:   New Releases: Fallout 4 (Nov. 10) Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void (Nov. 10) and Rise of the Tomb Raider (Nov. 10 but only on Xbox one) Fallout 4 – Just about 2 days until Fallout 4 release. The modders are already planning on how to change the game. http://www.techtimes.com/articles/104375/20151108/fallout-4-release-date-drawing-near-everything-you-should-know-to-get-ready-for-the-wasteland.htm http://www.tentonhammer.com/feature/top-5-mods-we-want-see-fallout-4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYg69CzFum0 Spectre (at $73 million) tops The Peanuts Movie (according to Variety Magazine: http://variety.com/2015/film/box-office/box-office-spectre-tops-the-peanuts-movie-with-73-million-1201636074/) but Halo 5 leaves it in the dust at $400 million (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/halo-5-made-more-money-in-first-24-hours-than-spectre/0158486) Spectre N

Welcome to Show 166! This time out Julie, Fran, Chris and Steve sit down for a trip down memory lane as we discuss the history of videogames from pong, playing in the mud, and suitcase sized laptops all the way up to present day. And yes, we will admit, we had so much fun we got carried away with the whole concept (Chris had nothing to do with it…really!) 1. Pong, Atari 2600 and early computers2. Playing in the mud – text based games3. Quaking in your boots - LAN Parties4. Set in Amber – Amber screens, Dial Up Games, the worst game in history, and main frames in the night5. Home on Lagrange7. Early Console Games – Playstation before they had a number, Nintendo, Square Soft before they added Enix.8. Global Village – the era of the internet9. Full Steam Ahead10. Vanilla Wow, The Flagship Sinks, Fallout out and Fallen Earth11. Gaming goes mobile

Welcome to Show 165! This time out it is our very great pleasure to welcome Adam Cogan, Design Director, for Sparkplug Games.  Mr. Cogan has been working on a long overdue and anxiously awaited game, Firefly Online – and he is here to tell us all about it. Sites Cited in the show: https://www.facebook.com/FireflyOnlineGame https://keepflying.com/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/343750 Serenity Valley Smugglers Association https://www.facebook.com/Serenity-Valley-Smugglers-Association-and-Saloon-471302786351989/timeline/

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)