EA doesn't want to give up and say gambling!

https://www.pcgamer.com/brussels-prosecutors-launch-investigation-into-ea-over-refusal-to-remove-loot-boxes/

Tell Tale shuts down!

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/09/21/telltale-games-reports-shutting-down/

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/09/22/telltale-games-confirm-huge-layoffs-and-majority-studio-closure/

Devil May Cry 5 Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT0I9-2_pfg

The Light Keeps Us Safe Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLzmwFhvbUE

Current events episode! Hooray!

We're back! From outer space! We just walked in to find all this recording equipment in this place! We could talked about more stuff, we could have done more things, but who would have known that having different schedules would suck so much.

Fox and Disney get their peanut butter and chocolate mixed!

https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/27/media/disney-fox-merger-vote/index.html

Nia Wilson stabbed while waiting for BART

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/07/22/macarthur-bart-station-closed-for-police-activity/

Seizure "Predicting" Dogs

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/seizure-alert-dogs/

The creator of The Signal From Tolva and Sir, You Are Being Hunted, released a new trailer for another new game. Remember, the light keeps us protected.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsxS8EntqOM

James Gunn Fired, and apparently will not be re-hired.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45013722

Chris Hardwick accused of abuse.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/17/entertainment/chris-hardwick-chloe-dykstra-allegations/index.html

Subsequently Reinstated

http://www.vulture.com/2018/07/chloe-dykstra-speaks-out-after-amc-reinstates-chris-hardwick.html

Maplestory M

https://maplestorym.nexon.com/enLaunch#section0

Gunbound M

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DargomStudio.GunboundM.Global&hl=en_US

This week is a John and James cast, where they shoot the breeze and talk current events, then Dark Souls.

No edits, No show notes, raw Dapper Shark!

Today's show will get a little dark, and then lighten up in the end. We talk about the situation brought up by the show notes below.

Oldbear sexual harassment accusations

https://www.pcgamer.com/prominent-final-fantasy-14-community-leader-accused-of-blackmail-and-sexual-harassment-by-over-a-dozen-women/

Revenge Porn accusations

http://anonymousjanestruth.com/revenge-porn/

No show notes this week, we just talk at you!

Turns out that whole DDoS that the FCC purported to experience may have been bullshit! Who figured?

https://gizmodo.com/fcc-emails-show-agency-spread-lies-to-bolster-dubious-d-1826535344

I sincerely wonder what Valve is thinking, because as a company this isn’t a good business move.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44393415

Paladins makes it way to Switch, surprising considering they still have a fair few glaring bugs to iron out, but this may very well help them grow substantially. Switch Trailer below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8VomG_49pU

On the tail end of that, you can try out the nascent stages of Realm Royale, the battle royal style game set within the Paladins universe. It does have some unique things to it, I may actually have to try this, but I don’t imagine it is going to hold my attention.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/06/08/realm-royale-injects-battle-royale-with-tasty-new-ideas/

Bad Robot creates a game division, so they can have J.J. Abrams bail out in the middle of production process there too! Also, Co-development is something to unpack. For that we will take a brief look at a show called Defiance.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/06/08/j-j-abrams-bad-robot-games/

Final Fantasy XV Finally Gets Mod Support On PC

https://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-xv-finally-gets-mod-support-on-pc-1826674555

Latest Hearthstone Patch Is Full Of Stealth Nerfs And Bugs [Update: Some Fixes]

https://kotaku.com/latest-hearthstone-patch-is-full-of-stealth-nerfs-and-b-1826650748

New Diablo thing? Hopefully it isn’t a battle royal.

https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/05/blizzard-is-hiring-for-an-unannounced-diablo-project/

Google Pixel 3 XL prototype shows an all-glass back, giant display notch

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/06/google-pixel-3-xl-prototype-shows-an-all-glass-back-giant-display-notch

Runescape is closing down soon, and a gaming staple for over a decade will meet its end.

https://www.pcgamer.com/runescape-classic-is-closing/

Fallout 76! What is it? Who knows!

https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/30/17405406/bethesda-fallout-76-trailer

Bluehole have decided they wish to sue Epic games over Fortnite. I do not think this is a wise decision.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/05/29/pubg-corp-to-sue-epic-games-over-fortnite-similarities/

Pokemon Let’s Go, in Pikachu, and Evee flavors! This caused a lot of people to get upset. Short sighted people.

https://kotaku.com/a-simplified-pokemon-game-is-coming-to-the-nintendo-swi-1826406743

Look, Diane was it? I don’t know what kind of porn you are into, but if you think it is causing shootings, you should seek help.

http://whnt.com/2018/05/30/tennessee-lawmaker-says-pornography-is-a-root-cause-of-school-shootings/

Megaman 11 gets a pre-order trailer, and shows off some rockman shooting rockman! Get it? Because in Japan he is Rockman, and there is also a man made of rocks?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2PAI5JNAT8

Megaman X collection(s?) Hype! Why do they split in the middle? For profit of course!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usis7p46Vxs

Roseanne Barr, of Roseanne fame, made some racist tweets, and there were actually consequences to her actions! If you don’t think they were racist, I urge you to consider that she admitted to having been wrong, which literally means she thought she did it too, and also, that maybe you don’t understand the context. Also Also, apparently we are blaming drugs on our behavior and that is supposed to be a get out of being racist free card?

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/30/615421269/roseanne-barr-says-ambien-played-role-in-racist-tweet-that-spiked-her-shows-rebo