Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 104!
The topics for this week are listed below. You will also find a list of the articles discussed as well as a discussion on this week’s musical education featuring early jazz musicians.
1. Aliens in the past, Guild Wars 2 and Zorro in the future
2. Print is Dead
3. Slight Mad Studios show publishers the door; Doublefine and Kickstarter use crowd publishing to give publishers the old heave-ho
4. Stuck in the virtual mud – puzzles are not strategy, but sometimes they are brick walls
5. It’s all Andy Mahood’s Fault - Simulation Games
6. Have games become more about how they look than how they play?
7. Playing in the dirt – Dirt 2 off road racing
8. Microsoft and Ubisoft – usually we get kissed first
9. Sopa and Pipa part 2 – Act 2
10. Pond takes a dive
11. Marks “Notch” Persson goes off, Dear Esther takes off
12. It’s a snap – go to www.noprisonersnomercy.com for notes
Articles Discussed:
Eisenhower and the Aliens:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/eisenhower-met-aliens-says-timothy-good_n_1277133.html
http://blastr.com/2012/02/did-eisenhower-hold-secre.php
Post Apocalyptic Zorro: http://blastr.com/2012/02/believe-it-or-not-were-ge.php
It’s all Andy Mahood’s Fault: http://noprisonersnomercy.com/2012/02/its-all-andy-mahoods-fault/
Giving Publishers the Old Heave-Ho
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/02/double-fine-seeks-to-cut-out-publishers-with-kickstarter-funded-adventure.ars
Publishers Beware - Kickstarter
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/02/publishers-beware-can-other-game-developers-copy-double-fines-kickstarter-millions.ars
A little Help Please…
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/02/should-games-offer-more-help-when-we-get-stuck.ars
SOPA and PIPA Part 2 – ACTA
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/02/17/anonymous-hacks-us-government-websites-protest-acta
Pond takes a dive: http://blastr.com/2012/02/karen-gillan-insists-amys.php
Henry and Aaron: It’s a Snap http://blastr.com/2012/02/the-funniest-bloodiest-te.php
Make me an offer I can’t refuse…
