No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 101

No Prisoners, No Mercy

Jan 19, 2012•1 hr 9 min

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Episode description

Welcome to Show 101!

This week we spend time contrasting Star Wars the Old Republic and World of Warcraft. After that we discuss evil versus good in SWTOR. This week we also revisit the subject started by Dr. Richard Bartle in Show 101 freedom to be yourself in virtual worlds. We finish up the show with a brief discussion on yellow journalism.

1. 1. A day late and 26.95 shorter - Returning to World of Warcraft

2. 2. Cut Scenes in WoW and SWTOR

3. 3. Story in SWTOR and WoW

4. 4. Linear Questing In WoW and Star Wars the Old Republic

5. 5. A very Grinch Christmas in Azeroth

6. 6. It’s my party and I’ll leave when I want to

7. 7. Evil is as evil does - Evil versus good in SWTOR (The return of Good Nun/Bad Nun)

8. 8. The freedom to be yourself in virtual worlds (revisited)

9. 9. What is a “Sith” anyway?

10. 10. Yellow Journalism

Articles Cited:

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/01/13/raph-koster-immersion-is-not-a-core-game-virtue/