Show 81 is live! This week the main topic of discussion is World of Tanks, with guest Stuart Beresford returning to the show. We also discuss “Terminal World” by Alastair Reynolds. Links for this week’s show: http://www.worldoftanks.com/ http://www.walkerofworlds.com/2010/02/news-alastari-reynolds-new-blog-and.html Warning, Warning Will Robinson – this show has an explicit rating
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Real Women Hull Tank
So you say your buddy finally managed to obtain the uber sword of uberness in World of Clonecraft and now they think they are tough? Do you know someone who regularly risks life and virtual limb by piloting the hideously expensive spacecraft of uberness through the virtual pirate infested space lanes of low security space…
Do You need a good spankin’?
Apparently Ubisoft things you do. Not content to destroy their reputation with the most draconic digital rights management system in the business, Ubisoft has managed to prove Dr. Carol Lieberman right and sink to brand new unimagined lows at the same time (see below if you can stomach the garbage). Just when you think there’s nowhere…
Tender Mercy
The creative directors for Trion Worlds (Rift), CCP (Eve Online) and the artists’ formerly known as Mythic all need to sit down and have a long heart to heart talk. Why? Simple. When Paul Barnett was a guest on the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show he spoke at length about the game mechanic…
We’re not in Azeroth any more – Thank God
We’re not in Azeroth any more… And thank God for that. Back in 2007 Dr. Richard Bartle (Hi Doctor!) stirred up a hornets’ nest simply by saying that if he could get rid of World of Warcraft (WoW) he would. At the time I raised a stink about it, but later proffered an apology…
When Videogames Go Bad
Last night I was watching the original 1951 version of The Day the Earth Stood Still. In the movie an alien named Klaatu (played by Michael Rennie) gets himself killed by trigger happy humans – not an incredibly smart thing to do considering he had already proven the ability to make good on a command…