No Prisoners, No Mercy - Show 104

Welcome to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 104!   The topics for this week are listed below.  You will  also find a list of the articles discussed as well as a discussion on this week’s musical education featuring early jazz musicians.   1.      Aliens in the past, Guild Wars 2 and Zorro in the future 2.      Print is Dead 3.      Slight Mad Studios show publishers the door; Doublefine and Kickstarter use crowd publishing to give publishers the old heave-ho 4.      Stuck in the virtual mud – puzzles are not strategy, but sometimes they are brick walls 5.      It’s all Andy Mahood’s Fault - Simulation Games 6.      Have games become more about how they look than how they play? 7.      Playing in the dirt – Dirt 2 off road racing 8.      Microsoft and Ubisoft – usually we get kissed first 9.      Sopa and Pipa part 2 – Act 2 10.  Pond takes a dive 11.  Marks “Notch” Persson goes off, Dear Esther takes off 12.  It’s a snap – go to www.noprisonersnomercy.com for notes   Articles Discussed:   Eisenhower and the Aliens: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100947/Eisenhower-secret-meetings-aliens-pentagon-consultant-claims.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/eisenhower-met-aliens-says-timothy-good_n_1277133.html http://blastr.com/2012/02/did-eisenhower-hold-secre.php   Post Apocalyptic Zorro: http://blastr.com/2012/02/believe-it-or-not-were-ge.php   It’s all Andy Mahood’s Fault: http://noprisonersnomercy.com/2012/02/its-all-andy-mahoods-fault/   Giving Publishers the Old Heave-Ho http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/02/double-fine-seeks-to-cut-out-publishers-with-kickstarter-funded-adventure.ars   Publishers Beware - Kickstarter http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/02/publishers-beware-can-other-game-developers-copy-double-fines-kickstarter-millions.ars   A little Help Please… http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/02/should-games-offer-more-help-when-we-get-stuck.ars   SOPA and PIPA Part 2 – ACTA http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/02/17/anonymous-hacks-us-government-websites-protest-acta   http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/acta-referred-to-european-court-as-support-falters.ars   http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120126/12313917555/polish-politicians-don-guy-fawkesanonymous-masks-to-protest-acta-signing.shtml   Pond takes a dive: http://blastr.com/2012/02/karen-gillan-insists-amys.php   Henry and Aaron: It’s a Snap http://blastr.com/2012/02/the-funniest-bloodiest-te.php   Make me an offer I can’t refuse… http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/02/minecraft-developer-makes-serious-offer-to-fund-psychonauts-sequel.ars http://www.edge-online.com/news/notch-stop-hyping-internet