No Prisoners, No Mercy

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 histor...

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...

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...

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-...

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-...

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-h...

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 t...

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...

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:  htt...

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...

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 Inst...

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 cha...

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 computers 2....

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 V...

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...

Welcome to show 163! This time out we are pleased to welcome Brian Hicks, Producer at Bohemia Interactive working on DayZ!  We spend some time talking about Brian and what got him interested in game development, the development of DayZ now that it has gone stand alone, and how early access is helping DayZ and the  industry.   See you online,   The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team

Welcome to show 162, Fallout 4 is in (at least getting close) and “The Smed” is out.  This week we welcome Steve “Slunker” Griffing back to the show as we talk about the subjects below: Next time: We welcome special guest Brian Hicks from Bohemia Interactive, producer for DayZ!  Topics 1.        Diversity in video games versus the developer’s vision for the game and the target audience. What is th...

Welcome to show 161 *checks to make sure it is really show 161 and not 163* Yes it really is show 161.   Julie, Fran and Chris welcome special guest Rod Harper to the show! This time out Fran takes an arrow in a knee, Chris has burning issues, and Rod heats his pc.  The shows are a bit out of order to accommodate schedules for industry interview. Subjects this time out:   1.   Console Games vs. PC...

Welcome to Show 160! This time out Fran, Julie and Chris discuss (although not always so quietly) the following subjects.   Anita Sarkesian hate posters Polygon article about whitecasting Ethics in Game Journalism and Witcher 3 Batman Arkham Knight and Destiny At the Movies – origin stories and remakes Early Release Games – Assassins Creed, Starmade, Space Engineers, Medieval Engineers, Elite Dang...

Welcome to a very special, and controversial issue of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show – show number 159.  If controversial subject upset you, this is not the episode for you, and we will see you next time for show 160.  If, after listening to the show, you ask yourself why bring up the subject at all it is because the article came across our news feed from a gaming website (among other things).  I...

Welcome to Show 158! Join us as we discuss the subjects below.  This week Chris looks for the manly size economy 55 gallon drum shampoo. Julie spreads parkour on her sandwich. Fran leaps through fire to stop being hooked on a feeling. 1.        Pre-order Rot – how do we get it to continue? 2.        Day 1 DLC 3.        Nintendo goes mobile and stops whale hunting (article) 4.        Starmade  - Mi...

Welcome to show 157 with Julie, Fran and Chris! This time out we all aim to misbehave as Firefly Online is out (and due out this spring).  Along the way we discuss the topics below.   Chris Dodson (he of 2lazy2be otaku fame) has a few words to say about a subject from an earlier show. 1.        The Evil of Pokemon 2.        Candy Crushed Fingers 3.        Firefly Online – aiming to misbehave and k...

Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 156!   This time out Julie, Fran and Chris (our new regular contributor) sit down with long time industry professional Rod Harper about recent changes in the gaming industry, the Unity game engine, and what it takes to be an indie game developer.  If you have ever wanted to do your own indie game this is the show for you!     See You Online