We return this week to chat about Celine Dion, watching the Olympics in 2024, the hype of EVO 2024, sweeping unionization across the industry, Ubisoft's series of blunders and much more before we get deep in the weeds with very old video games!

0:00 - Intro 1:10 - My Heart Will Go On 9:00 - The Olympics 19:15 - EVO 2024 31:50 - Fallout London 37:10 - Stardew Valley ConcernedApe will never charge for DLC 40:30 - World of Warcraft devs unionize 43:20 - SAG-AFTRA voice actor go on strike 47:40 - Humble Games lays off entire publishing wing 49:40 - Concord's second beta drops off 56:00 - Versus Marvel Rivals 1:02:20 - Ubisoft's unecessary response to trolls 1:11:40 - Robert Downey Jr. is Victor Von Doom 1:18:35 - Zeke's NES arc 1:45:00 - Video game violence 1:52:00 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by first time guest PirateSoftware this week to hack into his journey leading into becoming a full-time streamer. We then move into the enterprise security software: Crowdstrike that has crippled many industries last week. How did it happen? Who's at fault? The Bethesda workforce unionizes, kids don't know what keyboards or controllers are, shady games on Steam and much more!

0:00 - Intro 2:30 - God of Thunder 7:00 - Profession vs Hobby 12:00 - Minmaxxing 17:00 - Farrets 22:40 - Hackers 30:00 - Defcon 34:00 - Social engineering 43:10 - An intervention 56:00 - Voice changer 1:15:00 - 2FA 1:27:10 - The Crowdstrike outage 1:54:20 - The workers of Bethesda unionize across the board 2:00:00 - FTC investigating Microsoft after Game Pass price increase 2:12:30 - EA Sports College Football 2025 early access sells a lot. 2:20:00 - Brain waves 2:28:00 - Mobile games 2:40:30 - Banana 2:45:50 - Crypto in games 2:53:00 - Path of Exile Login 2:58:10 - Shoutouts

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We've returned to lots of games and lots of news this week! Twitch breaking streaming records over the week as subscription prices increase as well as resolutions increase with new tools for above 1080p streaming! XBOX Game Pass also changes. Palword expands with help from Sony. Ubisoft receives the ire of Japan and One Piece?! Then we get into a spoiler-filled discussion of Elden Ring, then our impressions of Concord and Once Human!

0:00 - intro 1:05 - Throat goat 11:00 - Terraria sells a lot 12:55 - Siphoning internet 23:00 - Twitch breaking streaming records 26:30 - Twitch subscription prices increase 36:00 - Enhanced Broadcasting 39:00 - What's Pog? 44:50 - Game Pass changes and price increase 56:00 - Gothic/Elex devs Pirahna Bytes closes 1:00:00 - Palworld expands 1:07:00 - The First Descendent's Destiny icons 1:13:40 - Ubisoft gets clapped by Japan and One Piece? 1:21:00 - The Lands Betwixt (spoilers) 2:01:30 - Concord the beta 2:21:30 - Once Human 2:48:00 - Privacy Policy 2:52:05 - Shoutouts

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