Niki, Lotus, and John celebrate 100 episodes and discuss GameStop's potential purchase of eBay, usTwo's CEO saying some wild stuff into a microphone, the final death of Paste Games, and more!

00:00:00 Intros & At Least It's Friday

00:06:05 GameStop could be prepping for an eBay takeover

00:13:50 Saudi Arabia is divesting from some entertainment properties

00:20:36 Atari acquires emulation studio Implicit Conversions

00:24:39 MTG: Arena devs unionize

00:28:48 usTwo CEO speaks way too candidly about labor relations within company

00:39:45 GreedFall dev Spiders being liquidated; mismanagement alleged

00:44:22 GameMaker integrates with Claude Code

00:48:00 The program is interrupted by Niki's neighborhood "Snacks Man"

00:51:55 Mac Minis are super expensive now because of AI

00:58:58 Last Flag not continuing content updates or console development

01:05:15 Thick as Thieves gets shorter, cheaper

01:08:08 AV Club Games is no more, which spells the end of Paste Games

01:14:50 Flotsam is a cell-shaded city builder on sea that Lotus really likes

01:22:22 Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is playing with dolls

01:36:00 CorgiSpace is a collection from one of the medium's most prolific creators

01:42:44 Titanium Court avoids Balatro time suck because of reading

01:44:00 Niki continues to build a NAS

01:54:55 We answer your Hive Questions for Episode 100

03:06:40 Outro

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