Welcome to Show 265, This time out we talk about why some games "have legs" and some do not? Why are some games a flash and a pan and some seem to be around forever? What makes something the "it" game? See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
This time out the No Prisones, No Mercy Gang talks about the following subjects: See you online! 1. A few notes about Elden Ring 2. Conan Exiles 3. Games we play to relax 4. Artificial intelligence in and out of video games 5. Intelligence - artifical and the lack thereof 6. What are we playing
Welcome to the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out we discuss the following subjects: 1. Microsoft acquiring activision blizzard 2. When the producer doesn't understand the product 3. Where is entertainment headed? 4. What are we playing 5. fremdschämen See you online The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out we are please to welcome to the show author, screenwriter, and film producer Dedra Stevenson! See You Online The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to show 261, This time out we discuss the following subjects. 1. NFTS and the game industry (see below) 2. What makes a great villain? 2. Star Trek Sites Cited: https://futurism.com/the-byte/650000-nft-yacht-metaverse https://kotaku.com/we-live-in-hell-and-this-ubisoft-nft-that-requires-you-1848202326 https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/news/2022/html/a_new_years_letter_from_the_president_2.html
This time out we have the second part of a two part show - an interview with authors M.K. Wiseman and D. Lieber. Ms. Lieber is the author of urban fantasy, paranormal fantasy, and steampunk adventure urban fantasy novels. Her latest books are The Assassins Legacy and The Treason of Robyn Hood. Ms. Wiseman is a "full-on fantasy and steampunk geek, with a touch of the sci-fi." Her books latest books include Sherlock Holmes & the Singular Affair, Sherlock Holmes & the Ripper of Whitechapel...
Welcome to Show 259 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out we have the first part of a two part show - an interview with authors M.K. Wiseman and D. Lieber. Ms. Lieber is the author of urban fantasy, paranormal fantasy, and steampunk adventure urban fantasy novels. Her latest books are The Assassins Legacy and The Treason of Robyn Hood. Ms. Wiseman is a " I am a full-on fantasy and steampunk geek, with a touch of the sci-fi." Her books include the soon to be released Sherlock Holmes &...
This time out we talk about hate raids on Twitch, their causes, background and what is being done to stop them. See You Online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to Show 257, Here are the subject this time out: 1. EA dancing on corpses 2. The Metaverse - technology, history, social aspects, expectations 3. World of Warships 4. A funny gaming story from the military Articles: https://www.howtogeek.com/745807/what-is-the-metaverse-is-it-just-virtual-reality-or-something-more/ https://www.thebit.nz/news/facebooks-metaverse-faces-a-hardware-problem/ https://techxplore.com/news/2021-07-metaverse-internet-revolution.html https://cryptomode.com/binamon-...
Welcome to Show 256 - This time out we are proud to welcome Dr. Richard Bartle to the show. Dr. Bartle, Fran and Julie talk about one of the subjects of the moment - The Metaverse. See You Online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 255 Topics this time out: 1. What makes a game interesting, What makes a character interesting 2. Evil Races are bad game design - extra credits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymUEPKTEQaQ See You Online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to Show 254, The gangs all here...almost. This time out we talk about how people express their real self in virtual worlds - or do they? See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team Sites Cited: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/competition-watchdog-to-probe-google-and-amazon-over-fake-reviews/#p3 https://kotaku.com/u-s-healthcare-is-so-trash-this-game-s-localization-ne-1847169929 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/unique-everybody-else/202106/how-people-express-their-r...
Welcome to Show 253 - here are the subjects this time out. 1. Congratulations Dave Filoni 2. Game Companies - the good, the bad and the really bad 3. Remastered or creatively bankrupt? 4. The Ship of Thesus - is commander shepard in Mass Effect 2 actually Commander Shepard? 5. RIP Kentaro Miura The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
1. NFT- money for nothing 2. What makes a game difficult, fun and just generally no fun? Cites Sited: https://futurism.com/charmin-debuts-toilet-paper-nfts https://www.coindesk.com/brooklyn-bridge-nft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCc69RlV2qI https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CheckPointStarvation
Welcome to Show 251, The gangs all here! This time out we sit down and talk about the good and the bad of the game we have been playing - Final Fantasy 14. See You Online The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 250. This time the gang talks a frustrating game mechanic - When is a game too long? When has a grind been stuck in front of you before you get to the new or good content? How many times have you been sent in a "fetch quest" only to be told by the quest giver to deliver it to the npc you just ran past? How my any times have you seen a game advertise how big the open world is only to discover there is nothing to do IN that world? See you online, The No P...
This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy team talks about the following subjects: 1. If Julie falls in the middle of the forest and no one is around to hear does the family dog hear? 2.Accessability in Video Games 3. Point - counterpoint/Final Fantasy IV 4. Games that we play that aren't game See you online!
Welcome to Show 248. Here are the subject this time out. The gangs all here. 1. Cyberpunk 2077 - a warning about reviews and releases 2. The Authority of Print 3. Cutting out the middleman 4. The Unsilent Minority 5. Reviews or reassurance
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 247. This time out we discuss the following subjects: 1. HUG Mods...bring it in 2. A few bits of news 3. Carpet Baggers or Developers 4. Vocaloids and Vtubers and Twitch See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to show 246. This time out Julie, Fran, Steve and Chris talk about the following subjects: 1. MMO scams: https://www.mmobyte.tv/mmorpg-scams-you-need-to-be-aware/ 2. Star Wars Squardrons, EA and replayability 3. ECCO
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 Show 244, This time out we talk about Star Trek and Star Wars. With the next season of Star Trek Discovery about to come out and new Star Wars series on the way it seemed like a good time to discuss the subject. This time we welcome Troy to the show as our guest. See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 243. Here are the subject this time out: 1.EA vs the investor - when is enough too much 2.Epic vs. Apple - Is Epic really the "underdog" 3.What are we playing - filthy vampires and ork mimes Sites Cited: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Y-Z8gl1Zc https://www.macrumors.com/guide/epic-games-vs-apple/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euiSHuaw6Q4 https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2020/08/14/an-epic-antitrust-battle-for-apple-and-google-789925 ht...
Welcome to the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out we talk about the following subjects: 1. Play station network loosing transaction history and licenses for purchased games 2. Digital vs. Physical versions of games 3. Impartiality in reviews - saving the drama for your mama 4. Nintendo 5. Videogame prices and Virtual Private Networks 6. When "hours of stimulating gameplay" ruin the fun See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
Welcome to Show 241 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out we talk about the following subjects. See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy Teacm 1. Game Companies who listen to their Fans and Fans who wished they hadn't. 2. When is it an MMO and When is it a live Service...and does it matter? 3. Game Developers who make font size adjustable and those who don't...and Why. Sites Cited: https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2016/03/17/yes-great-games-can-be-crafted-by-fan-complaints-a...
Welcome to Show 240 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy. This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy Team talk about the following subjects. See you online! 1. Fallout 76 Wastelands 2. A gamers view of the pandemic 3. Esports are the only sports 4. Do we play games because they are the new hottness? 5. Fallout 76 Wastelanders 6. It's never been easier to be a hero
Welcome to Show 239 This time, while we are all shut in, we are pleased to spend time with author and filmmaker, Dedra Stevenson. We spend time talking about how to stay creative make it through this difficult time. The No Prisoners, No Mercy Show
Welcome to Show 238, This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy Team discusses the following subjects. 1. The life cycle of video games. Fran, for example, is a die hard wow fan and even she doesn't care about the new expansion. Why do games become extremely popular and then fade? Is it video game tourism? 2. Avatars of people's dead relatives in virtual reality - Creepy or closure? Sites Cited: Biggest MMO Failures in History https://www.pcgamer.com/the-biggest-mmo-failures-in-history/...
Welcome to the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 237! This time out we talk about accessibility in video games, what developers can do to make games more accessible, the witcher, and Pokemon Go. See you online The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team Sites Cited: http://gameaccessibilityguidelines.com/full-list/ https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/08/accessibility-finally-matters-to-the-game-industry-but-it-needs-to-do-better/ https://io9.gizmodo.com/what-the-witcher-gets-wrong-and-right-about-disabilit-1840609870...
Subjects this time out: Micky the Rat owns your childhood, Hollywood threatens a "general philosophers strike", Google Stadia, sites cited: https://roguerocket.com/2019/11/19/disney-plus-accounts/ https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/18/google-stadia-review-pros-and-cons-of-googles-streaming-game-service.html https://www.zdnet.com/article/thousands-of-hacked-disney-accounts-are-already-for-sale-on-hacking-forums/ https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2483451/judd-apatow-and-more-hollywood-directors-up-in-arm...
