“I told you the sun would finally explode” – Paul Barnett on the No Prisoners No Mercy Show It never ceases to amaze me the number of people who leap out of the blogosphere’s woodwork screaming at unsuspecting passers-by that whatever particular game is popular with an all too fickle market that it is doomed…
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Oh boy now I can die happy
Oh Boy! Star Wars 3d. Not just the new version of Star Wars where Darth Vader says “nooo!” (ableit muffled), not just blue ray Star Wars, STAR WARS 3D! Now I can die happy.
No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 101 is live!
Welcome to Show 101! This week we spend time contrasting Star Wars the Old Republic and World of Warcraft. After that we discuss evil versus good in SWTOR. This week we also revisit the subject started by Dr. Richard Bartle in Show 101 freedom to be yourself in virtual worlds. We finish up the show…
Average Brown Wookie and other themes
Let’s talk about music. No not the kind you hear when you turn on the am band of your radio (for those of you who still have radios) and hear the same three songs repeated endlessly. What I had in mind was the music of people like Matt Uelman and Peter Mcconnell. Matt Uleman brought…
Romancing the Wookie
TWO’S A COMPANY – For those of you not in the know, Star Wars the Old Republic (SWTOR) has companion characters. This is nothing new to those of you out there who like stand alone pc games like the Fallout series or Bioware’s own Mass Effect series. For MMOs, however, it is a relative new…
Evil is as evil does
EVIL IS AS EVIL DOES – When I was young I used to hear Annette Funicello repeat “beauty is as beauty does” every week on the Mickey Mouse Club. For years I wondered what in the world she was talking about. I realize that I am twisting the phrase into contortions that would make Chaucer*…