There comes a time, friends, when your favorite MMO ceases to sparkle, when even new videogames lose their luster, and the computer room becomes a prison; and all that is left are two gamers (who happen to be nuns) with a very large axe to grind. Come join Julie Whitefeather and Frances Kosac as they discuss the events in the videogame industry.
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 290
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Welcome to the tangent...um...No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 1. A bit more anime - That's not a moon (named Titan), 2. "He's a plant? Do you mean like a spy?" 3. Jokers and voice actors 3. Yoko Kanno, Seatbelts and Band-Maid and other music See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 289
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Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 289. This time out we discuss the failure of Concord and why we feel its a turning point in the industry. See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 288
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Welcome to show 288 This time out we talk about the following subjects. 1. Anime 2. What gives players a "Power Fantasy"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEPE2eVGE0o 3. Digital games vs physical games See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 287
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Show 287: Speculation about trends in entertainment: streaming, movie theaters, and games Have you been in a movie theater and found yourself to be the only one there? Have you read the news and found massive layoffs in the gaming industry? Do games and movies seem like a rehash of the same thing? Has your favorite game gone "live service?" We've n…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 286
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Welcome to show 286 of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out we talk about artificial intelligence. See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 285
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Welcome to Show 285. Here are the topics this time: You can buy the pants but you have to wear them here - the digital-only future Accursed Farms Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Accursed_Farms When games are delisted and e-shops shut down Early Access See you online The No Prisoners, No Mercy TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 284
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Welcome to Show 284, This time out we discuss the following subjects: 1. Is there a "disconnect" between the industry and gamers. 2. Adding DRM to older games. 3. Isometric games 4. Why does a game like Baldurs gate three succeed while expectations for Starfield fall to negative reviews? The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 283
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Teslacon 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 KosacDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 282
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Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 282 This time out we discuss various types of player goals. Whether short term, intermdiate or long term, what keeps us playing. Player Goals and narrative de-escalation Sites Cited: Player Goals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uCUZRBmam0 See You Online, The No Prisoners No Mercy Team…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 281
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Welcome to The No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out we talk about Apple Minis and Steam Decks. The No Prisoners, No Mercy TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 280
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This time out we discuss the recent Unity Game Engine Controversy and Starfield. See you online. The No Prisoners, No Mercy TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 279
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Welcome to show 279 1. Bobby Kotick, Microsoft and Activision 2. Starfield 3. Warframe 4. a.i., writers and the future Discussion: What breaks immersion? See you online The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team Sites Cited: https://kotaku.com/starfield-open-world-rpg-scifi-ship-cargo-inventory-1850796380 https://kotaku.com/starfield-release-review-accessibil…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 278
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Welcome to Show 278 Subjects: 1. Accessibility features/Cyberpunk 2077 2. Games that are good until you run out of things to do. How do you keep players playing after they reach the level cap. The No Prisoners, No Mercy TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 277
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Welcome to Show 277, Subjects for this time out: 1. Retro games 2. Videogame adaptation movies 3. Movies and people who make them 4. Audiobooks and movie rights See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 276
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Welcome to show 276, Here are the topics this time out. The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team 1. Artificial intelligence...I for one welcome our new AI overlords 2. Game Complexity, complicated game systems Sites Cited: Can an AI learn to be racist? https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffraikes/2023/04/21/ai-can-be-racist-lets-make-sure-it-works-for-everyone/?…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 275
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TRIGGER WARNING: This we one of our co-hosts talks about the loss of a friend. 1. Have toxic gamers ruined gaming? Have developers and publishers not listened to gamers? 2. Do we pay more attention to negativity? 3. Trigger Warning: Starting at 46 min. Chris talks about the passing of a friend.Door Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 274
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This time out we talk about the following subjects 1. Are cheap games bad? Are mobile games bad? 2. When good game companies go wrong 3. AI, creativity and how it effects us See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 273
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Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 273, This time out we talk about the following subjects: 1. Microsoft's patent for personalized in game advertising. 2. Solo games vs. multiplayer games vs. mmos. Which do you prefer and why? 3. Linear games with a single story arch vs. Open world sandbox. Which do you prefer and why? Does one format make for …
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No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 272
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Welcome to the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show. This time out we discuss Conan Exiles.Door Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 271
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Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 271. This time out we discuss the following topics. See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team 1. Bethesda games, mods and updates 2. Stadia and cloud gamingDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 270
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Welcome to Show 270, This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy Team talk about the following subjects: 1. Developers chasing high end graphics instead of game play, story narratives and optimization 2. With easier tools to make games some developers do not take optimzation into consideration and who has access to the consoles and computers needed to…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 269
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Welcome to Show 269, The gangs all here. This time out we talk about Final Fantasy 14 - the good, the bad, and the very, very good! Along the way we discover what some games have done right that others have done wrong. See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 268
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Welcome to show 268, This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy team welcomes a guest from the Space Game Junkie podcast back to the show. This time out we discuss the good, the bad, and the very bad of gatekeeping. See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 267
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Welcome to Show 267, This time we continue our discussion on accessability in gaming. We also welcome a special guest from The Space Game Junkie Podcast back to the show. The No Prisoners, No Mercy TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 266
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Welcome to Show 266, This time out the No Prisoners, No Mercy Podcast welcomes a guest. In part one of two we talk about accessability and games. See you online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 265
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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 TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 264
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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 playingDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - show 263
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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…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 262
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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 TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 261
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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…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 260
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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, w…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 259
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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. …
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 258
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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 TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 257
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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/new…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 256
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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 TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 255
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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 TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 254
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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-healthc…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - S how 253
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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…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 252
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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…
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No Poisoners, No Mercy - Show 251
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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 TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 250
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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…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 249
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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!…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 248
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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 reassuranceDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 247
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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 TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 246
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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. ECCODoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 245
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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 TeamDoor Julie Whitefeather and Fran Kosac
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 244
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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…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 243
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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://ww…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 242
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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. Whe…
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No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 241
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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 adjust…
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