No Prisoners, No Mercy

Welcome to Show 143   O.K. we could have sworn we uploaded this one but we see it didn't make it all the way to Virginworlds - mia culpa (ouraculpa?).  This time out we sat down and spent some time talking with the man who is called "The Disney of Steampunk" none other than Eric "Lord Bobbins" himself.   Eric is the founder and driving force behind Teslacon.  He has worn many hats in his time, amoung them is working on Star Wars. We have spoken about him many times and now here he is.   See you online,   Julie and Fran

Welcome to Show 142, Welcome to the science fiction show. In the first half of the show three of us sit down and talk about the king of the monsters who has a new movie out - Godzilla. In the second half of the show we welcome gaming author Tom Wright to the show.   See you online, Julie, Fran and Evelyn

Welcome to Show 141! This time out we sit down with R.W. Harper and discuss Elder Scrolls Off and Online as well as Wildstar.   The subject and sites discussed are below:   Subjects: 1.       Elder Scrolls On and Off line – the straight skinny 2.       Trends in Game Design 3.       Star Wars the Old Cash Grab and other Business Models 4.       Moon Pies, R.C. Cola, and Cornbread south of Kentucky 5.       Wild about Wildstar and Carbine Studios 6.       Broadsword games, Disney and Lucas Arts 7.       AAA vs. Flappy Poo     Cites and Sites: http://www.broadsword.com/about.html  http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/

Welcome to Show 140! This time we welcome Saylah from Mystic Worlds back to the show to talk about about the news of the day.   This time out the main topics of discussion are paying to not play and Elder Scrolls Online.  Total topics are below. See you online, Julie and Fran 1. Paying for not playing, let me know if I had a good time. 2.  EQ Landmark - when is a game not a game? When there is no game play.   3. Playing to get paid, Empty Landmarks. 3.  Elder Scrolls Online - Have it our way. Skyrim is about You, Elder Scrolls Online is about everyone. Everything old is old again.  4. Star Citizen - drinking the Koolaide, the giant on the horizon. 5. Women in the military. 6. Virtual reality sickness   Articles: Forbes Magazine articles http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/01/02/predicting-the-biggest-disaster-of-2014-the-elder-scrolls-online/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/01/09/will-the-elder-scrolls-online-have-the-last-laugh-with-its-subscription-fee/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/insert

Welcome to show 139, This time out we have gone mobile - time to talk about the offerings for mobile gamers out there. We have been through some Elder Scrolls Online beta and talk a bit out that as well. Here are the subjects and articles cited (below). See you online, Julie and  Fran Welcome to  Show 139. Here are the subjects this time out.  1.       Chris Robert’s Star Citizen 2.       Order and Chaos Online – go mobile or go home 3.       Greedy Birds Go – a letter from a dad 4.       Is “free to play” killing mobile gaming? 5.       Dungeon Keeper,  Wallet Reaper, Dollar Keeper 6.       Lego my ego 7.       Elder Scrolls Online (some early impressions)   Articles:   http://www.themarysue.com/nintendo-losing-tons-of-money/ http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/210254/EA_says_Dungeon_Keeper_rating_system_makes_it_easier_for_players.php http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26118022 http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/10956-Dungeon-Keeper-Mobile-Review-Wallet-Reaper

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 137! This time out we welcome Chris Dodson back to the show.  We spend time talking about Everquest Landmark and Everquest Next -and Julie has to eat some crow.  Along the way we talk about computer securty.  We end up the session talking about what makes a great game bad and a good game great. See you online, Julie Whitefeather 1. Credit where credit is due -  Sony Online 2. Everquest/Everquest Landmark 3. Down and out in Norrath - shining SOE moments 4.  Where your roots are - and not where your grandma came from 5. Computer Security - Security Now - Leo LaPorte 6.  the failure of a great game 7.  What makes a good game great?

Welcome to Show 136 It's starting to look alot like Christmas- time for a Christmas show. Subjects this week include Everquest Next, Star Citizen, exploding pigs and more; the full list is below including links to arts and videos discussed. See you online Julie and Fran   Topics for the Show - BBC America/Victorian London - Everquest Next/Everquest Landmark/Everquest 1 - Warlords of Draenor - player housing - Would you pay to be a beta tester? - Chris Roberts/Star Citizen - Baby its space outside - Portal 2 - Exploding Pigs - Amazon/UPS and Drones - Skyrim/Minecraft Mashup - What main stream media thinks about the videogame industry. Videos Discussed: Charlie Brooker and Jon Show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FLVjfFKy58   Conan O'Brien at Blizcon 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdzE4ks3lHo   X-box One His and Hers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn5u_RJO7YY 　 Articles Discussed: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/128885-Dark-Matter-Publisher-Claims-Its-An-Episodic-Series?utm_so

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

Welcome to the Government Shut Down Special! This time out we sit down with Slunker from 2Lazy2beOtaku to discuss Neverwinter Online vs. Dungeons and Dragons Online, World of Warcraft, Decline of Free to play, hirlings vs. grouping, Star Citizen and More. See you online, Julie and Fran

Welcome at last to Show 133! After a long bout with the plauge (or at least what seemed like it) Fran and I have both returned to the airwaves.  At long last welcome to the show. This time out we share alot of laughs and stories about Julie's adventures in that cubist's dreamworld, Minecraft. See you online,Julie and Fran

Welcome to show 132! In the first half of the show Fran gives us her best zombie imitation as we discuss this year's Chicago Comic Con. In the second part of the show we are joined by Steve Griffing from 2Lazy2bOtaku for a round of discussion about Microsoft Versus Soney and more. See you online, Fran and Julie   First Part of the Show with Fran and Julie 1. The Chicago Comic Con 2013　 Second part of the show with Steve Griffing 1. If you can’t take the heat get out of the desert 2. Microsoft versus Sony – NSA connection optional 3. Console versus PCs 4. Do games need an online community to be successful? 5. Playing around: Dungeons and Dragons, Never Winter Nights 2, Cyberpunk 2020 6. Games gone by: SWOTR, WoW and STO 7. Imperfect world – operator error 8. LOTR and the Riders of Lohan 9. It feels so good when you stop Sites/Emails: Steve Griffing: Slugerino@gmail.com Steve Griffing can also be heard on 2lazy2botaku.com

Welcome to Show 131 This time out Julie, Fran and Chris spend time talking aabout the, Star Trek Online, Xbox, the videogame industry in America and Japan and more. See you online,Julie and Fran Subjects: 1. STO, Z Axis, and Outer Space Spreadsheets2. Who killed anime? Tank Girls Gone Wild (un panzer)3. Microsoft XBOX – let them eat Xbox        a. Red Ring of Death        b. Same old, same old games        c. Death of a (videogame) salesman        d. DLC keeping it going        e. The Price is right – All Steamed up         f. The vocal minority, the squeakiest wheel, and Microsoft4. The reports of the death Triple A Development are not greatly exaggerated 5. Gaming, Comics and anime in Japan6. Video Gaming: Future Imperfect7. The Media is the Massage (Marshal McLuhan was right)8. Bringing gaming home again  

welcome to show 130! This time out we talk about the NSA, the dark side of achievements, xbox-one, Assassins Creed and more! See you online, Julie and Fran

Welcome to show 129! This week the show is co-hosted by Tom Waits....ok sort of...kind of....oh heck you will hear what we mean. Some of the topics for this week: 1. Never Sleep with your sister 2. Brother can you spare 6 Billion Dollars 3. Dust 514, Guildwars. 4. Defiance and Trion Worlds 5. Agents of Shield/Phil Coulson 6. Et Tu Amazon? 7. Oculus Rift 8. The bottom of the gaming barrel...how low can you go? 9. EA learns a lesson - Sims 4 10 Kill Bill - He's Dead Jim

Welcome to Show 128! This time out we spend the first half of the show talking about all the news of the day (subjects listed below)…all the news that tickles our fancy and we have pretty ticklish fancies. In the second half of the show we welcome guest Mord Fiddle from Fiddler’s Edge. See our website at www.noprisonersnomercy.com for full show notes including articles discussed.  See you online,Julie and Fran

Welcome to the Show 127! This is the Eve Online CSM8  (counsel of stellar management) election special.  The elections are taking place right now! Time for you who play Eve Online to get out there and vote! If you are a high sec industrialist tell those nul sec thugs what they can do with it! If you are a nul sec player get out there and tell CCP you want to  drag the high sec industrialists out to low sec space kicking and screaming!  If you don't play Eve Online give a listen to the show so you can have a few laughs and find out a bit about the game. See you online, Julie and Fran

Welcome to Show 126 Fran and I welcome Steve and Chris in the second half of the show, but first the news... Julie and Fran Lord British, Kickstarter and Shroud of the Avagar Sim City - A tale of one city Mass Effect 3 - Happily Ever After Paul Barnet, Zynga and cow clickers Endgame, teabags and EQ1 with Chris, Steve, Fran and Julie Eve Online - and the one player war                        You have got to be kidding

Welcome to Show 125! This time out Chris Dodson from 2 Lazy 2 be Otaku introduces Julie and Fran to the joys of futuristic PvP. We finally managed to pry JUlie away from Borderlands 2 so she can join us as we explore Planetside 2. See you online, Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac

Welcome to Show 124! This time out Slunker from 2 Lazy 2 be Otaku, Fran and I talk about the following subjects: 1. Imitation is the sincerest of form of flattery – Japanese artists, American artists,  fans and fair use.2. The Hobbit, Tolkien, Peter Jackson, and Hollywood3. Steambox vs. consoles4. Elderscrolls on and offline, diversity of classes, and why we keep playing  mmos See you online! Julie and Fran