Few people can predict the future with any degree of certainly. Every now and then someone comes along like Steve Jobs who predicts that the future is mobile application and has the power to help make it true. As for myself, the only thing I am sure about (other than death and taxes) is the…
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And I shall call it “the wheel”
One of the articles that recently caught my attention was the new one over at Gamasutra featuring none other than Richard Garriottt . However it is not the fact that Richard Garriott and his company Portalarium are getting into social gaming (i.e. Facebook Applications) that I thought was interesting. Rather it was some of the…
Stand by your man
Welcome to the “Stand by Your Man” issue… Stand by your man And show the world you love him Keep giving all the love you can Stand by your man From “Stand by your man” by Tammy Wynette No, we haven’t suddenly taken a liking to Tammy Wynette here at No Prisoners, No Mercy. I…
The Ultimate Game
”We’re not talking even grow to beat up the 800-lbs gorilla, we’re just talking survival. We’ve all seen now what happens to MMOs when either they launch and don’t meet the quality bar or they think they can’t meet that quality bar: they don’t survive.” – Scott Hartsman, from “Talking Kunark with…
Tipping the Scales
One of the aspects of gaming that Fran Kosac, the co-host of the No Prisoners, No Mercy (NPNM) show, and I discussed with Doctor Bartle yesterday was the reason that he and Mr. Roy Trubshaw created MUD (the original text based multi-user game). Doctor Bartle has said that he created the game so people would have…
What’s Up Doc?
No, this is not a post about Bugs Bunny. It is, however, an interview with a man who, despite deserving to be called “Doctor” insisted from the first that we call him “Richard”. It is a quick note about our interview with the man himself… Dr. Richard Bartle Never announce the interview until the film…