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The Disney+ streaming service has released a list of all the content that will be available at launch, between movies, series and original content the number sits around 850. We talk about how this measures up to other streaming services and what the future of streaming will look like if media companies keep breaking up their content into different services and platforms.

Joe and Norris spent 3 days out at the Esports Business Summit and got all kinds of interviews and content. On this episode of the podcast they talk to Michael Brooks the Executive Director for NACE, Andy Maisner the President of TV Pro Gear and Norris and Joe talk about Gears of War competitive

Ric Flair has recently trademarked ‘The Man’ and is suing Vince McMahon and the WWE, but not for the reason you’d think...Nate, Joe and Norris take a walk down their wrestling memory lane talking about everything from the Mantaur to Conspiracy Theory Victim Chris Jericho and Robbie was there too, I guess.

Video Games and Technology proliferate a majority of our life in today's society. There are a lot of people who use such things to decompress or de-stress. For the Checkpoint Crew and many others in the gaming and esports industry gaming is also work and there needs to be other ways to decompress when even games are stressful. So, the guys talk about all the non video game ways they de-stress.

Nerd Radio is a podcast about all things nerdy by James Campbell and Chuck Bean. We talk to each of them about their geeky histories and all thing nerdy.

Joining the Checkpoint XP crew for this week's podcast is a Luis “Speedy” Gonzalez from the Geek Culture Congress Podcast. We talk about everything nerdy under the son from comics and Marvel Movies to Anime and Cowboy Bebop adaptation. We also take a look back to our conversation with his co-host Joey Franchize from our opening week of the Checkpoint XP grand studio opening.

Millennials have been accused of ‘killing’ a lot of industries and said to not have any brand loyalty. We talk in depth about the spending habits of the gamers and how brand loyalty is alive and well within the geek culture. We also discuss the way our fandoms grew to influence the way we dress and how we identify with our brands.

ESPN released a short story about NBA athletes who play and love video games. We talk about how gaming and gamers are a lot more mainstream today then they have ever been. It’s not just cool to see celebrities who have an interest in gaming, now gaming itself can make you a celebrity. While someone like Ninja is the biggest name in the scene, is it possible to get bigger? Have we seen the Golden Gods of Gaming born yet?

This week on the Checkpoint XP Podcast we share our conversation with Sara Jones of the Laughing In The Dark Podcast from the Beasley XP studio grand opening week. We got to know Sara and learned about her podcast where she takes comedians to haunted locations for an interview. 

The guys discuss the most recent season of Stranger Things. Everything from the best character arcs, to the new characters, where the series could go from here and where they'd like to see it go.