Believing Heart Podcast

All good things must come to an end. And most not so good things end too. I'll let you decide what this one is

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Intro/Outro: Lollipop Cruise by Oddboy18

Mario In Review:

https://youtu.be/qFNbbUJo4p0

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Hear my thoughts on the Shovel Knight DLC, Season 3 of the Mandalorian, the not so latest episode of The Last of Us, plus some news about Mario Kart and Sonic the Hedgehog.

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Intro/Outro: Lollipop Cruise by Oddboy18

Mario Kart 8 DLC:

https://www.polygon.com/23621879/mario-kart-8-deluxe-switch-booster-course-dlc-4-release-date

Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon Online Shut Down:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/nintendo-takes-wiiu-games-i-mario-kart-8-i-and-i-splatoon-1-i-offline

Sonic Jail Time:

https://kotaku.com/yuji-naka-square-enix-insider-trading-court-1850179277

Timecodes:

00:00 Intro

00:22 Mario Kart 8 DLC

00:56 MK8 and Splatoon Online Shut Down

01:32 Sonic Jail Time

02:17 SK Specter of Torment

10:05 The Mandalorian S3

13:39 The Last of Us

15:36 Outro

This week wound up being a pretty heavy news week! I briefly touch on the upcoming Super Mario Movie, layoffs, and some game announcements like in the State of Play, Elden Ring, and Hitman.

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Intro/Outro: Lollipop Cruise by Oddboy18

Mario Movie:

https://www.polygon.com/23610090/nintendo-direct-march-2023-super-mario-bros-movie-trailer

https://www.polygon.com/23618714/super-mario-bros-movie-release-date-announced-2023

Elden Ring DLC:

https://www.polygon.com/23618241/elden-ring-expansion-shadow-of-the-erdtree-release-date

Sony State of Play:

https://www.polygon.com/23612341/sony-state-of-play-february-2023-everything-announced-trailers

IOI New Game:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/hitman-developer-ioi-expands-production-slate-with-online-fantasy-rpg

Square Enix Merger:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/forspoken-dev-luminous-productions-is-being-merged-into-square-enix

RIP Angry Birds:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/rovio-delisting-original-angry-birds-so-players-might-try-its-live-service-games

Industry Layoffs:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/ea-lays-off-over-100-qa-workers-from-baton-rouge-office

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/meta-is-reportedly-planning-to-lay-off-more-employees

Timecodes:

00:00 Intro

00:41 Mario Movie

01:21 Elden Ring DLC

03:05 Sony State of Play

06:08 IOI New Game

07:11 Square Enix Merger

07:59 RIP Angry Birds

09:06 Industry Layoffs

09:42 I'm Reading A Book

10:43 Last of Us

13:58 Outro

I give a but of a podcast update at the end (if you run a podcast hire me as a producer), but before that some recent news, like how I'm going to sit through a boring presentation for no reason, and how work from home is good actually.

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Intro/Outro: Lollipop Cruise by Oddboy18

Activison Ends Work From Home

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/activision-blizzard-reportedly-planning-to-end-remote-work

Sega Salary Raises:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/sega-increasing-average-monthly-salary-of-workers-by-30-percent

Playstation State of Play:

https://www.polygon.com/23608838/playstation-state-of-play-2023-february-ps5-ps-vr2

Call of Duty on Nintendo:

https://www.polygon.com/23546288/microsoft-activision-blizzard-acquisition-deal-merger-ftc-latest-news

Timecodes:

00:00 Intro

00:29 Activision Ending Work From Home

03:52 Sega Raises

04:58 Playstation State Of Play

06:45 Call of Duty on Nintendo

08:04 Hi Fi Rush

11:35 I've Been Writing A Lot

15:32 Podcast Update

18:05 Outro

This week I did a lot of recapping the actual stuff I've actually been doing! I played a game this week! Who woulda thought! I also discuss news, a lot involving Microsoft or things Microsoft have purchased in recent years.

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Intro/Outro: Lollipop Cruise by Oddboy18

Gamepass Eats Sales:

https://kotaku.com/xbox-game-pass-sales-decline-cma-report-activision-deal-1850109961

Minecraft Updates:

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/cherry-blossom-biome-coming-minecraft-120

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/sniffer-coming-minecraft-120

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/archeology-coming-minecraft-120

Psychonauts 2 Documentary:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/double-fine-releases-documentary-on-i-psychonauts-2-i-development

Mario Movie Add:

https://www.pcgamer.com/cult-pc-gaming-icon-super-mario-resurrects-his-80s-rap-classic-in-nostalgic-super-bowl-ad/

Timecodes:

00:00 Intro

01:11 Gamepass

03:33 Minecraft

04:05 Psychonauts 2

04:51 Mario Movie

05:50 New Computer

09:43 Hi-Fi Rush

14:40 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

17:44 The Last of Us

20:22 The Bad Batch

21:54 Outro

I can't express how excited I got during this direct, both for myself and for others. Such a good time. Plus a bunch of other things happened this week too.

Side note, sorry for the tardiness. I explain a bit in the episode, but a bunch of things are going wrong right now, lol.

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Intro/Outro: Lollipop Cruise by Oddboy18

Nintendo Direct Recap:

https://kotaku.com/nintendo-direct-metroid-prime-pikmin-zelda-totk-trailer-1850090239

Nintendo Direct Bomb Threat:

https://kotaku.com/nintendo-direct-police-cops-cal-state-threat-email-joke-1850088816

Nintendo Pay Raise:

https://kotaku.com/nintendo-switch-union-pay-raise-layoffs-pokemon-scarlet-1850082365

Switch Third Best Selling Console:

https://www.polygon.com/23589062/nintendo-switch-third-best-selling-game-console

Dwarf Fortress Profits:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/bay-12-games-has-earned-over-7-2-million-since-launching-dwarf-fortress

Meta (Facebook) Loss:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/meta-lost-13-7-billion-on-reality-labs-in-2022

Knockout City Shutters:

https://kotaku.com/knockout-city-private-servers-shut-down-online-game-pc-1850068534

Back 4 Blood Shutters:

https://www.pcgamer.com/back-4-blood-wont-get-any-more-new-content-as-turtle-rock-pivots-to-an-all-new-game/

Titanfall Apex Legends Game Cancelled:

https://kotaku.com/titanfall-3-apex-legends-respawn-ea-cancelled-layoffs-1850061241

Timecodes:

0:00 Intro

1:08 Nintendo Direct Recap

18:26 Nintendo Direct Thoughts

19:10 Nintendo Direct Bomb Threat

20:13 Nintendo Pay Raise

20:44 Switch Third Best Selling Console

21:53 Dwarf Fortress Profits

22:33 Meta (Facebook) Loss

23:06 Knockout City and Back 4 Blood Shutters

24:27 Titanfall Apex Legends Game Cancelled

26:28 Outro

Xbox has updated some games, and updated their prices for Japan, plus I talk about E3, The Last of Us, Vampire Survivors, and starting my journey to building a new PC

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Intro/Outro: Lollipop Cruise by Oddboy18

Proletariat Union Update:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/proletariat-claims-cwa-s-adversarial-tactics-led-to-union-withdrawal

PSVR2 Update:

https://kotaku.com/playstation-vr2-price-preorder-sony-ps5-virtual-reality-1850052811

Xbox Developer Direct:

https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-and-bethesda-developer-direct-january-2023-everything-announced

Xbox Price Hike:

https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-series-xs-prices-raised-in-japan

RIP E3 (again):

https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-nintendo-sony-skipping-e3-2023

Jedi Survivor Delayed:

https://twitter.com/EAStarWars/status/1620527593580806145

Apex Mobile and Battlefield Mobile(Didn't see this!) are shutting down:

https://www.ea.com/news/ea-mobile-strategy-realignment

Rumbleverse is shutting down:

https://irongalaxystudios.com/our-galaxy/open-letter-to-the-rumbleverse-community

Timecodes:

0:00 Intro

0:36 Proletariat Union Update

1:17 PSVR2 Update

3:13 Xbox Developer Direct

7:36 Xbox Price Hike

9:43 RIP E3 (again)

12:20 Jedi Survivor Delayed

13:46 Apex Mobile is shutting down

14:02 Rumbleverse is shutting down

16:49 The Last of Us Show

18:01 Vampire Survivors

19:15 Firewatch

20:55 PC Building (I'm scared)

23:08 Outro

This week I go through some updates on previous stories I've talked about, some union updates, and go into those affected by recent layoffs.

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Intro/Outro: Lollipop Cruise by Oddboy18

Get In The Car Loser DLC:

https://twitter.com/christinelove/status/1617669523976372224

PSVR2 Lineup:

https://www.polygon.com/23562760/psvr-2-games-list-playstation-vr-release-date-pre-order

Google Being Sued:

https://www.ign.com/articles/google-is-being-sued-by-the-us-government-in-antitrust-fight

Ubisoft Strike Update (I think this should still go to the right article, looks like the urls got mixed up):

https://kotaku.com/overwatch-2-custom-game-mode-sexual-assault-blizzard-1850025765

Proletariat No Longer Unionizing:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/proletariat-withdraws-election-for-unionization-cite-ceo-as-cause

ZeniMax QA Union still at the bargaining table:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/microsoft-will-bargain-with-unionized-qa-staff-amidst-mass-layoffs

Last of Us Co-Creator calls for Unions:

https://www.ign.com/articles/last-of-us-co-creator-says-lack-of-credit-on-hbo-show-is-an-argument-for-unionization

Last of Us Sales Skyrocket:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/console/-i-the-last-of-us-part-i-i-received-a-large-sales-spike-post-hbo-show

Persona 3/4 Not Crediting Translators:

https://kotaku.com/persona-localisation-translation-credits-sega-3-4-1850017066

Giant Bomb and Gamespot Layoffs:

https://kotaku.com/giant-bomb-gamespot-metacritic-fandom-layoffs-1850008228

Washington Post Launcher Layoffs:

https://kotaku.com/washington-post-launcher-layoffs-giant-bomb-games-media-1850025471

Microsoft Layoffs:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/microsoft-laying-off-10-000-employees-from-overall-workforce

https://www.polygon.com/23561210/microsoft-layoffs-xbox-bethesda-halo-infinite-343-industries

Riot Games Layoffs:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/riot-games-to-lay-off-nearly-50-staff-as-part-of-strategic-shifts-

Google Layoffs:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/google-lays-off-12-000-employees-in-a-week-of-mass-layoffs

Timecodes:

00:00 Intro

00:22 GITCL DLC 

00:38 PSVR2 Lineup

04:47 Google Being Sued

06:12 Ubisoft Strike Update

06:51 Proletariat No Longer Unionizing

08:21 ZeniMax QA Union still at the bargaining table

08:59 Last of Us Co-Creator calls for Unions

09:52 Last of Us Sales Skyrocket

10:28 Persona 3/4 Not Crediting Translators

12:00 Giant Bomb and Gamespot Layoffs

12:51 Washington Post Launcher Layoffs

13:45 Microsoft Layoffs

14:31 Riot Games Layoffs

14:43 Google Layoffs 

15:29 Outro

Unions continue to be a good thing, Vampire Survivors is pretty good, and this Microsoft Activision Acquisition seems to be a lot harder than they wanted it to be.

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Intro/Outro: Lollipop Cruise by Oddboy18

Suicide Squad Leak

https://www.ign.com/articles/leaked-suicide-squad-screen-appears-to-reveal-live-service-game-with-a-battle-pass

Microsoft Activision Aquisition

https://www.destructoid.com/eu-microsoft-activision-blizzard-purchase-reuters/

Ubisoft Strike

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/culture/ubisoft-paris-called-to-strike-after-catastrophic-communication-from-yves-guillemot

Unity Layoffs

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/unity-software-to-lay-off-nearly-300-employees

Timecodes:

0:00 Intro

0:47 Suicide Squad Leak

3:17 Microsoft Activision Acquisition

5:13 Ubisoft Strike

7:48 Unity Layoffs

9:00 I need a new computer

12:14 Vampire Survivors

15:56 Bad Batch

17:19 Outro 

Unions continue to be a good thing, as well as accessibility. Plus I look ahead at some indie games coming out this year, and talk about some shows from last year

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ZeniMax Union 

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/qa-staff-at-zenimax-studios-unanimously-votes-to-unionize

More PS5s

https://kotaku.com/sony-ps5-supply-stock-availability-where-to-find-1849953356

Sony's New Controller

https://www.polygon.com/23540502/ps5-accessibility-controller-project-leonardo-sony

23 Upcoming Indie Games

https://www.polygon.com/gaming/23507157/2023-upcoming-indie-video-games-pc-nintendo-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox

Timecodes:

0:00 Intro

0:47 ZeniMax QA Union

3:09 More PS5s In The Wild

5:50 Sony's Accessibility Controller

8:09 What I've Been Doing

8:47 Lil Gator Game

10:15 Audacity Glitch, don't know what's up with that

11:18 Indie Games Coming This Year

15:52 Dragon House

19:40 Stranger Things S4

23:48 Outro