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No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 283Teslacon is an immersive steampunk event that means a great deal to us. It's been awhile since we shared a bit about the great time we have each year. We also brought out an interview from the past with the man who started it all - Eric Larson. Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
2023-12-291h 17
No Prisoners, No MercyJulie Whitefeather and Fran KosacWelcome to Show 219 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show - This time out we are excited to have with us the writers and producers of the Dr. Evermore television show. Join us as we find out how Dr. Evermore's art inspired the show. See you online, The No Prisponers, No Mercy Team Cites for the Sites: Dr. Evermore - a short documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ0n67eAOKw Legion M who is producting the show: https://legionm.com/ Contacts f...
2018-12-1347 min
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 218This time out Julie, Fran, Chris and Steve discuss the Blizzard of ire aimed at Activision and Diablo Immortal. What companies have done this before? How could Activision not known their audiance? Or do they? See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
2018-11-201h 00
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 214Welcome to Show 214! This time out Julie, Fran and Chris talk about their reaction to WoW's latest expansion; beyond that when are we done with an MMO? Is it the treadmill that developers sometimes put players on in order to get them to keep playing and paying for the game? What do developers do to keep us playing in the first place? See You Online The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team
2018-09-1132 min
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners No Mercy Show 200 Welcome to Show 200! The show so nice we had to record it twice. This is part one of two part. In part one Julie and Fran sit down with Dr. Richard Bartle to talk about his life and the early days of videogames that made it what it is today. 1. How does the decline of pc sales and the increase of mobile gaming, virtual reality and MOBA games effect the gaming industry. 2. Dr. Bartle gives us the "nickle tour" of his life and what lead to the development of the "primordial ooze" from...
2017-12-221h 00No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 199Welcome to show 199! This time Fran, Julie and Chris talk about the following subjects: 1. Jim Sterling pushes Chris' buttons 2. Not buying a game - sending a publishers a message. When game publishers put game content behind loot boxes its time to send the publisher a message. 3. When gamers become apologists 4. Difficulty in Video Games, Gamespot video, Cuphead Sites Cited: Shadow of Mordor Nemisis system https://www.polygon.com/middle-earth-shadow-of-war-guide/2017/10/9/16439610/the-nemesis-system-and-you Cuphead, And The Problems With Difficulty In Video Games https://www.gamespot.com/a...
2017-11-271h 07No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - show 196Welcome to Show 196. This time out Fran, Julie and Rod talk about the following subjects. 1. Fran grinds an axe – racing to the boss 2. The wrong kind of connections – high profile and other hacks 3. Security Blanket - Staying Secure 4. Fair Use laws - cover your butt before someone comes after it 5. Why do games fail? - An industry view 6. Destiny, Destiny 2, Total Warhammer, Elite Dangerous, Secret World Legends Sites Cited: https://www.lastpass.com
2017-09-281h 00No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - show 195Welcome to Show 195 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show!\ When is a paid mod not a paid mod? Are games being sold to us piecemeal? This time out Rod, Steve, Fran and Julie talk about paid mods, third party DLC, Creation Club and Minecraft Market Place. Sites Cited: https://gamerant.com/bethesda-creation-club-paid-mod/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjCUuREQA24
2017-09-2151 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 194This time out Fran, Julie, Steve and Rod talk about monetization of video games. In the second half we talk about the legality of videogame companies using your data and data privacy. 1. Greed to play - amazon pays back 70 millions dollars 2. Deja-vu all over again - microsoft sells player made content - call of duty infinite warfare being tied to the remastered version which was sold with microtransactions in a $60 dollar game. 3. Incentive, Revenue Opportunity and other ways to make money 4. Legality of videogame companies using your data 5. Android Application phone home 6. Electronic tracking and metadata 7. Terms of Di...
2017-08-3157 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 184Welcome to show 184! This time out Julie, Fran and Chris get together and discuss the following topics. See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team 1. Gaming computers 2. Caveman Huckleberry Finn, early access hell and love shacks 3. Ken doll hair, hair hats and other character options 4. Feeling the gerbil wheel 5. Wow on the low end 6. Steampunk, twi'leks and the one person who hasn't seen Star Wars 7. Professor Ernst Blomberg and Vampire Killing Kits
2016-12-221h 00No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 183Welcome to Show 183! This time out Steve and Julie sit down and talk about remastered game and whitewashing in media. We also explore why a game about farming is more popular than the latest iteration of Call of Duty. Join us for these subjects and more. See you online, Fran and Julie Hidden Improvements in Skyrim Special Edition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6EjcESYIXk I see a duckie and a horsie http://noprisonersnomercy.com/2016/11/i-see-a-ducky-and-a-horsie/
2016-12-0140 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 181Welcome to Show 181, This week Fran, Julie, Chris and Steve sit down and talk about MOBA games, including two brand new ones. Articles Cited: guns go boom mingles with jingles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yG5H-voc1I No Mans Sky under investigation http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/236467-no-mans-sky-is-now-under-investigation-for-false-advertising
2016-10-2156 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 180Welcome to show 180 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show - This time out we talk about the World of Warcraft Legion Expansion. We wanted to wait until we hit the level cap until we gave us our impressions of the new expansion. In the second half of the show our own Julie and Slunker sit down and talk about pvp - why do we as gamers do player versus player in the first play? Does the style of pvp matter? Is it the structure of the game? Is it the purpose of the pvp? Why do...
2016-10-0658 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - show 177Welcome 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 jumped on. Perfect World games. What Blizzard does wrong (Garrisons) and what they do right (Legion) See you online,
2016-07-281h 00No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 176Welcome 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 we revisit Black Desert Online. Articles: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-04-11-blizzard-issues-cease-and-desist-to-private-wow-server http://kotaku.com/the-reason-blizzard-cant-make-world-of-warcraft-legacy-1781438526
2016-07-0757 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 1755Welcome 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-game/
2016-06-1619 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 175Welcome 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
2016-05-301h 11No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 174Welcome 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-Accessiblity and World of Warships Articles Discussed: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/09/10/pokemon-go-adds-augmented-reality-and-gps-to-the-formula-for-real-world-catch-em-all.aspx http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/03/04/epic-games-boss-attacks-microsofts-universal-windows-platform
2016-05-091h 16No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 173Welcome 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-harassment/
http://kotaku.com/blizzard-removing-overwatch-butt-pose-after-fan-complai-1767613551
2016-04-1453 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - show 172Welcome 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 the Fortnight
What are you playing?
2016-03-2755 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - show 170Welcome 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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq5UB9mFw8C8-VPbCx2Y2pQ
Star Citizen Current Game Features: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/feature...
2016-02-1149 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 169Welcome 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 to take up the slack
Thank God for “pre-order rot” and indie developers
Settling for Settlements – post apocalyptic Minecraft – Nature finds a way.
Amazon aswesomesauce and software pushback
Mass media or propaganda?
Mic...
2016-01-181h 08No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisnoners, No Mercy - Show 168Welcome 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
Instagram as Bluejinnimedia
On Facebook as The Hakima's Tale, Desert Magno...
2015-12-171h 13No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 167Welcome 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 change the game.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/104375/20151108/fallout-4-release-date-drawing-near-everything-you-should-know-to-get-ready-for-the-wasteland.htm
http://www.tentonhammer.com/feature/top-5-mods-we-want-see-fallout-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYg69CzFum0
Spectre (at $73 milli...
2015-12-011h 21No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 166Welcome 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 computers2. Playing in the mud – text based games3. Quaking in your boots - LAN Parties4. Set in Amber – Amber screen...
2015-10-291h 30No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 164Welcome 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 game movies. Keven Smith and “The Hollywood Formula”
4. Xbox One, Fallout 4, Bethesda , Ubisoft learns their lesson, Assassins Creed Syndicate (and final...
2015-09-171h 18No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 161Welcome 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 Games
2. Derek Smart vs. Star Citizen
3. What size is that asshat?
4. ...
2015-08-061h 01No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - show 160Welcome 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 Dangerous
Eve Online
Articles discussed:
http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/3/8719389/colorblind-on-witcher-3-rust-and-gamings-race-problem
http://www.themar...
2015-07-2350 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy show 158Welcome 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 - Minecraft and Eve Online in outer space
5. Grand Theft Auto – the movie
6. Ubisoft Learned their lessons – Victorian Assassins
7. Zero Punctuation does Sim City – snark of the highest order
8. ...
2015-06-181h 18No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 157Welcome 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 keep on flying
4. Buy a Token
5. Radioshack gives us one last finger
6. Star Trek, IKS Cuddly Wuddly, and flying garbage skows
7. ...
2015-05-1256 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy Show 156Welcome 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
2015-04-1059 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 155Welcome to Show 155,
Here are the topics this time out, This time out we talk about the BAFT Awards, ransomeware for gamers, and a game from the evil empire that is rated "E for Exploitive"
see you online,
Julie and Fran
1. Ransomware
2. BAFTA Videogame Awards
3. Chappie – Do artificial intelligent beings have artificial souls?
4. Stop throwing pizza’s on Walter White’s Roof
5. Why do fans attend conventions (and why does William Shatner want you to “get a life”?
6. Duck, duck…nuclear power plant
2015-03-2758 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - show 153Welcome to Show 153!
This time out Steve, Fran and Julie have a great time talking about the following subjects. Please join us for another round of No Prisoners No Mercy.
See you online
Julie and Fran
1. Violent games aren’t anything new
2. Hatred Game or “ho-hum” game
3. When violence is the means and not the point
4. News of the Week
5. Kickstarter, videogames and the failure of trust
6. Keeping games alive
2015-02-2450 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 152Welcome to Show 152!
It's been awhile hasn't it? Having survived two bouts of serious illness, one reorganization of the workplace and still surviving a foot and a half of snow in one 24 hour period we are back. WARNING: This time out the show is a more serious one. We start out with a discussion of some of the most controversial games of all time. We follow up with a discussion of the new game "Hatred." In the second half of the show we talk about violence directed at videogame developers, and journalists. TAKE NOTE: THE SHOW CARRIES AND EX...
2015-02-031h 15No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 151Welcome to Show 151,
Join us for a discussion on Sony, The Interview, another round of videogame hacking, and the Warlords of Draenor.
See You Online,
Julie and Fran
2014-12-301h 15No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 150Welcome to Show 150!
Join us for an interview with GM Tranzor from Wicked Interactive. We talk about first person shooters, Killer clowns with claymore cakes and more!
See you online,
Julie and Fran
2014-12-0345 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 149Welcome to Show 149 - The Final Fantasy Special (part 2)
This time out we discuss why a McDonalds hamburger wrapper in your glove compartment will keep your game from starting and evil Doctor Seuss. We also discuss mandatory dungeons, Looking for (and evading) player abuse, gaming catheters and spotted dick.
See you online,
Julie, Fran, Chris and Slunker
2014-11-1441 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 146This time out it appears that Saylah has drunk the ArcheAge Kool-Aid and spit the Wildstar Kool-Aid out. Join us for laughs and fun as we explore the next “it” game out there: ArcheAge. What is it? How does it work? What is it not? Is it like other imports such as Voyage Century? Find out on the ArcheAge Special with guest Saylah from Mystic Worlds.
Fran and Julie
2014-09-081h 08No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 145Welcome to Show 145,
This time out we welcome Keegan White, game master from Suba Games, to the show. Join us as we have a great time talking to Keegan about their latest games, his favorite games and ours and the industry.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
2014-08-1849 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 144WELCOME TO THE WILDSTAR SPECIAL!
Wildstar has been out a bit over a month now and we are wild about wildstar. Spend some time with Julie, Fran and Saylah from Mystic Worlds as they discover what is in now that it is out - and what is out and why.
See you online,
Julie, Fran and Saylah
2014-07-171h 18No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 143Welcome 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.
2014-07-0249 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 142Welcome 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
2014-05-3049 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 140Welcome 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...
2014-03-281h 17No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 139Welcome 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
2014-03-1152 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 138Welcome 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
2014-02-181h 00No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 136Welcome 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/S...
2013-12-121h 03No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy Show 135Welcome 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
2013-11-141h 03No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 134Welcome 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
2013-10-1649 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 133Welcome 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
2013-09-2446 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 132Welcome 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...
2013-08-171h 10No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 131Welcome 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 ...
2013-07-271h 05No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 130welcome 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
2013-06-201h 08No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 128Welcome 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
2013-04-2350 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 127Welcome 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...
2013-04-0654 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 126Welcome 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
2013-03-251h 04No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - show 125Welcome 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
2013-03-041h 09No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy- Show 124Welcome 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
2013-02-1955 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 123Welcome to Show 123,
This time out we spend time with the gents from MMO Radio: Chris Coke and Adam "Ferrel" Trzonkkowski. The subject this time is something which has been in the news a great deal lately - violence in videogames. Do they cause violence? Is there any evidence that says that they do?
A long the way we have some fun and some laughs.
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
2013-02-0345 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 122Welcome to Show 122!
It has been far too long between shows this time. Our New Years resolution is to cut that garbage out. This time out we talk about EA vs. Valve, Gabe Newell building up a head of steam, WII U and DRM, Capcom and the community, The Hobbit and EA vs. The World.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
2013-01-0447 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 121Welcome to Show 121,
It's been so busy lately the only way to see above the paperwork is with a periscope. We finally took enough time out to do another podcast. Here are the topics for this week:
1. Steam punked2. The smoking lantern is NOT lit!3. Skyrim ends in a street brawl, and the Good Ship California4. Dungeons and Dragons, Neverwinter Nights Online shall not be forgotten5. Ralph Wrecks it and men with Iron Fists6. The shine is off the GW2 Lilly7. Old Hobbits die hard/Foresaken World8. Courting th...
2012-12-101h 03No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 120Welcome to Show 120!
This week we welcome Eric Petway back to the show. As you may know, the man who brought us the Wing Commander series, Chris Robinson, has returned to game developement with a vengence. This time out the same man who also bought us movies like The Punisher and Lord of War is well on the way to producing a new emersive outer space based game entitled Star Citizen - the main topic of this weeks show. Along the way we talk about am indie game called Faster Than Light and Artemis, a spaceship bridge...
2012-11-1543 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 119
Welcome to Show 119!
This time we welcome Slunker from 2 Lazy 2 be Otaku in the second half of the show. In the first half of the show we talk about the news of the day...including an explorer to jumped to earth from the edge of space. That, my friends, really is one giant leap for a man!
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Subjects:
Freefall from the edge of space
Politicians, Orcs and...
2012-10-301h 11No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 117 Welcome to Show 117!
Our guest this week is Tipa from West Karna. Tipa, Fran and Julie sit down to discuss emergent gameplay and why Funcom took a slide.
1. EA goes on the block while the getting is good
2. DayZ stands alone
3. MMOs movin’ on/Funcom take’s chances
4. Shipping F2P/getting smarter
5. A funny thing happened on the way to the forums
6.
2012-09-2459 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 116Welcome to Show 115
This week we have a special guest – the Disney of Steampunk, the founder of Teslacon, Lord Bobbins. Instead of playing an adventure on a computer Teslacon is an immersive convention that lets you step back into the Victorian age and live the adventure of a virtual trip to the moon! This year there will be an attempt to set a world record. There will be brass bands. When Lord Bobbins is in his alter ego he is known as Eric Larson, who has done 22 conventions as well as working on the Star Wars movie, at P...
2012-09-1453 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 113-8Welcome to Show 113 and 3/8!
This time out we welcome two of the developers of DayZ, Matt Lightfoot and Dean "Rocket" Hall. The number of players they have acquired in the space of a few short months is simply astounding (more than EA still has for Star Wars the Old Republic). DayZ, as our listeners probably know, is the mod for Arma II that has had a runaway success. DayZ has been described by Kotaku as "probably one of the best zombie games ever made!" Some of the subjects we discuss with the game’s developers are listed be...
2012-08-101h 02No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners No Mercy - Show 112Welcome to Show 112!
This time out we welcome long time listener and avid gamer Eric Petway to the show. We start out talking about Aliens: Colonial Marines. Next we delve into The Secret World and finish with a talk about the gaming community.
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
2012-07-2748 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 111
This time we welcome Mr. K. and Mr. S. from the AFON Show. Initially we heard of them both because we all share love of the NERF Hobby. This means, of course, we have to have a chat about our mutual love of NERF with two gents whom the Hasbro Company holds in such high regard that they flew them both to New York.
What caught our eye, however, was that both Mr. K. and Mr. S. are both trained video game developers. We have often discussed the video game industry from the standpoint of ind...
2012-07-1743 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 110Welcome to Show 110!
This time out our guest is noted game developer, producer and author Mr. R.W. Harper. Mr. Harper has taken time out of his busy schedule to talk to us about trends in the game and book publishing industries and where each is going. This show is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend Emma Lloyd – we will miss you greatly. Stay with us after the show for a 15 minute segment about Emma where she tells us about meeting and caring for the Queen of England and her sister when they were young.
2012-06-271h 13
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Meercy - Show 109Welcome to show 109!
This time out we talk about 38 Studios and Star Wars The Old Republic – What went wrong? Will it affect the future of the gaming industry>
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
2012-06-0540 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 108 Welcome to Show 108!
This time out, we welcome Jessica Brown from Anjelsyndicate.org to talk about recent events in mmo and console gaming. Along the way we learn about Count Basie, Freddie Green, Duke Ellington and find out there is such a thing as military intelligence.
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
2012-05-151h 01
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 106Welcome to show 106!
This week is about Pandas, the real mass effect, naughty mittans getting mad at kittens and lunar landings. Then we welcome Sean Edwards from Shovsoft, developer of Lunar Flight, who flies us to the moon. This time out you will find out why Fran and Julie love Duke Ellington madly! For more information go to www.noprisonersnomercy.com
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Articles/web sites discussed:
Mittani Banned for 30 days: http://mas...
2012-04-041h 03
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 103
Welcome to Show 103!
This time out we start with some news about Doom Sayers vs. Bioware, Ubisoft, tragedy in Taipei and more. Then Zeke from Ironmanmode.com joins us to talk about how he is turning videogaming into dollars for Charity. We follow up with a discussion about the indie game that went viral called Minecrack…er…minecraft.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
Articles and web sites discussed:
http://gamasutra.com/view/news/40044/The_Old_Republic_hits_17_million_subscribers_worldwide.php
http://gamepol...
2012-02-1357 min
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 100Welcome to show 100!Literally months in the making coordinating schedules with guests from all over the world. The best of the best moments of the past 100 shows. This show includes community guests, industry professionals and even Dr. Richard Bartle! See you online,Julie and FranPart 1Music:1. Star Wars Theme, Paul Barnet2. La Grange, ZZ Top – Scott Hartsman3. Hang on St. Christopher, Tom Waits – Shannon Posniewski4. Life in the Fast Lane, Eagles – Bill RoperTopics: 1. Women in games and women gamers2. EA joins...
2011-12-292h 08
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy Show 99Welcome to the Star Wars The Old Republic Show!
This time we welcome the hardest working man in the video game industry, Mr. R.W. Harper, back to the show to talk about the latest and greatest game in the mmo world - Star Wars The Old Republic. If you wanted to know what it was that Princess Leia was smiling about, now is your chance!
See you online,
Julie and Fran
2011-12-221h 02
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 98Welcome to show 98,
This time we talk about zombies, and Teslacon. Then we welcome industry guest, R.W. Harper to the show to talk about Lotro and more!
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
2011-12-0550 min
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 96Much has happened with CCP of late – Tobold believes that CCP will be out of business in 2012. If things remain as they are there is little doubt that he is right. This time Julie, Fran and Tipa sit down to discuss what may have gone wrong with CCP and Eve Online and where it is going.
Julie and Fran
Articles Cited:
Article from the Nosy Gamer about the financial viability of CCP:
http://nosygamer.blogspot.com/2011/06/fun-financial-facts-about-ccp.html
And the files themselves:
http://dl.eve-files.com/media/corp...
2011-10-3154 min
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 95Welcome to Show 95: This time Julie, Fran and Tipa (of West Karana fame) sit down to talk about Star Wars the Old Republic. Other tops of conversation include integration of social media and gaming, invasive software and more. Stay tuned afterwards for a preview of show 100 which will include, Darren Love from Catholic Gamer, Brent from Virgin Worlds and Karen Bryan from Massively, R.W. Harper and none other than Dr. Richard Bartle!
See you online,
Julie and Fran
2011-10-1042 min
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 94
Welcome to Show 94!
This week Julie is back in the driver’s seat and Fran is riding shotgun. The topics of discussion are as follows – See you online.
Gamestop is caught with their hands in the virtual cookie jar as they pull Onlive codes out of Deus Ex Boxes.
Electronic Arts tries to drop a virtual spy in our computers by way of Origin - but backs off on requiring an Origin account for SWTOR.
Gabe Newell reacts to DRM, piracy and entry into the...
2011-09-2057 min
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - show 93Welcome to show 93!
This week Fran is in the drivers seat while Julie rides shot gun. We all sat down and talked with Mandy Kliniskis to talk about game (the best and the worst), ComicCon, superheroes, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, movies and zombies. See the our companion website,
www.noprisonersnomercy.comfor pictures of the artwork Mandy about during the show.
See you online,
Julie and Fran
2011-09-1156 min
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 89We’re having a heat wave…and Fran and Julie are caught smack dab in the middle of it. This week Fran and Julie run the gamut - the main topics being 60 dollar monocles. In the second half of the show we talk about the new content released by Bethesda for Fallout New Vegas, entitled “Old World Blues.”
See you online,
Julie and Fran
2011-07-2556 min
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 76What would we talk about on December 7th, 2010 but Cataclysm? Well perhaps (and more importantly) Pearl Harbor Day, had we planned for it ahead of time. But before Blizzard even discussed having goblins as a character option our own Julie said she would come back to the game if they were playable – which means Rob Pardo listens to our show. That’s our story and we’re sticking to it. After the show stay tuned for news of the comings and goings in Everquest II,
See you online (on the Proudmoore Server)
Julie and Fran
2010-12-071h 06
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 74Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy show 74!
From what was once an inarticulate mass of lifeless tissues comes …THE NO PRISONERS, NO MERCY SHOW 74! This week Julie tries to dub her own dialogue and makes a mistake (either that or she is having an identity crisis). Molly makes a return visit by way of a classic clip from show 18 to give us all SPOILER WARNING (yes that smell is spoiled dog). Julie has so much fun in the Lost Isles in Cataclysm she has to censor herself. Fran and Julie spend “Thirty Seconds Over the Lost Isles”...
2010-11-111h 09
No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - show 69
Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy show 69.
This week the fabulous sisters (if we do say so ourself) talk about pink caddilacs, ogres In Nagrand wearing Manziers, sister Fran's schoool of leveling (ding!), getting frelled by Blizzard as well as...
- Rep mounts in Wow and Lotro where Julie p...
2010-09-071h 09No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 68Welcome to Show Number 68!
Fallout: New Vegas is discussed, including the talents of Wayne “Mr.Las Vegas” Newton. Fran and Julie see the handwriting on the wall (itspells net neutrality). Also discussed - World of Warcraft, TheTransformers mmo, Bill Roper, Medal of Honor, Star Wars, Blue Ray andlaser disks the size of a tire on a buick.
The topics of the week are Guild Wars 2, including the dynamic eventssystem, and Julie decides that it really could be the future of mmos.Next we talk about Worl...
2010-08-2252 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - show 67Welcome to Show 67!
Bobby Kotick et al, easy going guys, slap a bear in the face. Blizzard tries to turn rotten lemons into lemonade and fails, but manages to keep spaceships out of World of Warcraft (sort of). The sisters step through the really, REALLY Dark Portal with some fantastic ideas from The Pink Pigtail Inn [http://www.pinkpigtailinn.com/] and realize that it’s the journey that counts and not the destination. Breakfast isn’t ready because Julie can’t fry an egg in her bra, but the sisters pass the roles anyway. And Fran puzzle...
2010-08-1359 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 58Yes for all you adoring fans out there who can’t wait to get your hands (or ears) on the next release of No Prisoners, No Mercy show 58 is live! Join Sr. Fran (as Huckleberry Hound), and Sr. Julie (as Tom Waits) as they talk to Tipa from West Karana and Saylah from Mystic Worlds about net neutrality (that’s the internet not fishing in Switzerland), Zynga, developers circling facebook, Eve Online, and a certain socialogist who thinks that WoW will one day be the afterlife…and you thought WE were c...
2010-04-181h 28No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 57Welcome to Show 57! This week we have a very special show for you. Listen (that's an order) to show 57 as Fran and Julie welcome Mr. Joe "Rekhan" Blancato, Cryptic Studios Marketing Specialist for Star Trek Online and Champions Online. A great time was had by all as Joe shares inside insights on Cryptic Studios and Star Trek Online. Julie and Fran
2010-04-1651 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 56
Fran and Julie Welcome Saylah and Tipa for a hen party! Topics discussed include: free to play games, draconic rights management, gods and heroes, and more! Best show yet!
Julie and Fran
2010-03-311h 08No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 55Welcome to show number 55!
This week Fran and I welcome Glen "Famine" Swan and Oliver Kunz from Funcom. The discussion covers the new expansion for Age of Conan, their latests mmos (including a discussion about "The Secret World" mmo. Join us as we discuss that and more on the latest No Prisoners, No Mercy show.
Julie and Fran
2010-03-311h 00No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 54Welcome to show 54!
This week the game development community meets the blogging community in a round table discussion. Fran and Julie welcome R.W. Harper from Lorewriter.com, Saylah from Mystic Worlds, Tipa from West Karana and Syp from Bio Break for a discussion on immersion in video games. We hope you enjoy the show as much as we did producing it~
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
2010-03-011h 40No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 53.5Welcome to show 53.5 This week we have a special show, at the request of a listener - this week Fran is driving the bus and Julie is sitting in the side seat. Julie and Fran
2010-02-1438 minNo Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 53Welcome to show 53!This week Fran and I while away a couple of pleasent hours with Jim"Tork" Younkin, community manager and "evangelist" and Hue Henry,director of design, for the Quest Online studio. Actually Jim Younkinisn't the first member of the game development industry that has beena guest on the show that describes himself as an "evangelist" but heis, perhaps, on of the most enthusiastic we have met.Julie WhitefeatherFran Kosac
2010-02-011h 54No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 49Welcome to show number 49. This week we have a round table discussion
with JMO/Jeremy from the MMO Voices Podcast and Tipa from West Karana.
Many laughs are had although at the end of the podcast....well you
will hear. Join us next week for two developers on our anniversary
show - R.W. Harper and Bill Roper.
See you online
Julie Whitefeather
Fran Kosac
2009-11-281h 19No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 48Good morning everyone,Show number 48 has been completed at last and uploaded - our apologiesfor the delay (matching sound levels was a bit difficult this timearound).Our guests this week our Mr. Colin Dwan, project manager for FallenEarth over at Icarus Studios as well as our good friends JMO (who nowadmits he is actually Jeremy) from mmovoices and their podcast as wellas Tipa from West Karana. Mr. Dwan catches us all up with how therelease went for Fallen Earth and what it was like...
2009-11-161h 19No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 45Welcome to Show Number 45!
This week we talk about Gamers (the movie not mmos) and Games (mmo
news not the movie). We also had a chance to sit down with the
founder of "The Artist Formerly known as Giskard" about what's
happening in the world of multiplayer games. At the end of the show
(albeit briefly), NCSoft defecates into an orafice that was meant for
that purpose.
See you online
Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
2009-09-281h 05No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 44Welcome to show number 44!
Join us for over an hour of gaming goodness. This week we have more
mad as hell (ok maybe just sort of "irked" as hell), and short shorts
news. Along the way we venture down memory lane as we discuss a bit
about Ultima Online (after all the new the Stygian Abyss expansion is
out). This week we also have two guests. First, Tom joins us for
another episode of "High Noon". After that we are treated to a
discussion of Champions online with our good friend R.W...
2009-09-161h 11No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 43Welcome to show 43!Join us for an hour and a half of laughter, discussion and fun on NoPrisoners, No Mercy show number 43. This week Fran and I talk aboutthe Activision/Blizzard's big news, after which we have a doubleheader for you. First we will get a chance to meet the real TotalBiscuit from Wcradio. Next we have Colin Dwan, project manager forFallen Earth to talk to us about the game that is about to release.See you online,Julie and Fran
2009-09-021h 26No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 41Welcome to show 41!
Join us for nearly an hour and a half of gaming goodness including
short-shorts news and commentary and Mad as Hell. This week we also
welcome to the show two special guests: Total Biscuit from
wcradio.com, and the man himself (insert musical fanfaire here) Scott
Hartsman...
...both of which will also be returning on future shows.
See you online,
Fran Kosac and Julie "Easy and Fun" Whitefeather
2009-08-131h 28No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 30Welcome to show 30!
This week we have a guest - Saylah from Mystic Worlds.
Saylah, Fran and I talk about why Time/Warner recently told us all "pucker up
baby"; and how Senator Chuck Schumer told Time/Waner to "kiss off". In our
featured story, Saylah shares with us all her Eve Online secret: "The casual
players license to print isk." Fran and I have a tribute to Dave Arneson
and more!
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather
2009-04-271h 03No Prisoners, No MercyNo Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 2Show 2: Rob Pardo is in League with the
Devil
Host: Julie Whitefeather
Guest: Fran Kosac
1.) Rob Pardo is in league with the devil
2.) In virtual space no one can hear the monsters
scream
3.) Fool me once shame on you...
4.) That old beta magic
5.) Farmers feel the spirit
6.) The Older Gamers can be contacted at www.theoldergamers.com
Next week: Richard Garriott eats crow or...the harbingers of
the harbingers of failure
2008-08-1432 min