Featuring:
Merve
Lovely Bones
Lutair
The Kappa

Editor:
The Kappa

Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
2:00 – Harassment and Abuse in the Games Industry
1:09:25 – PlayStation 5: The Future of Gaming
1:32:00 – PC Gaming Show
1:46:25 – Future Games Show
1:52:05 – EA Play Live
2:07:20 – Other Summer Gaming Streams
2:14:05 – Conclusion

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep65

Podcast header background: “Ivory Off White Paper Texture” from Photos Public Domain. Podcast header font: Another Typewriter by Johan Holmdahl. Linkdump and content warnings after the jump. Due to the subject matter of this episode, listener discretion is advised.

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CONTENT WARNING: DISCUSSIONS OF ABUSE, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, RAPE, AND DISCRIMINATION

• Allegations of racism in management at Mixer. (Source: Kotaku)
• Sexual assault allegations at Ubisoft. (Source: Gamasutra)
• Stories of sexual harassment in the streaming community. (Source: Vice)
• Stories of employee abuse and sexual harassment at IGN from accusers Kallie Plagge, Eric Sapp, and Mitch Dyer. (Source: Twitter)
• Accusations of sexual assault and harassment against Chris Avellone. (Source: Gamasutra)
• The survivor stories spreadsheet for the streaming industry. (Source: Medium)
• Moira Donegan’s essay outing herself as the creator of the Shitty Media Men list. (Source: The Cut)
• Information on the Twitch partnership program. (Source: Twitch)
• Allegations of infidelity and lying to partners against Ashraf Ismail of Ubisoft. (Source: Kotaku)
• Chloi Rad on sexist mistreatment at IGN. (Source: Twitter)
• Tina Amini is the current editor-in-chief at IGN. (Source: IGN)
• Mariah Carey has been accused of workplace abuse and sexual misconduct by several people, examples here and here. (Sources: Rolling Stone and Grazia)
• Allegations of workplace mistreatment at Cards Against Humanity. (Source: Polygon)
• Sexual harassment allegations against OPG CEO Omeed Dariani. (Source: Ginx)
• Kitboga’s Twitch channel.
• Information on the sexual misconduct allegations against Tyler Malka. (Source: Vice)
• Brian Altano’s Twitter thread on why there’s workplace abuse in the games industry.
• Correction: The senior executive at Riot Games who was suspended over workplace misconduct was the COO, Scott Gelb. Riot does not have a CFO. (Sources: Wikipedia and Riot Games)
• Accusations of sexual misconduct against Jesse Lacey of Brand New. (Source: Uproxx)

• List of summer gaming streams. (Source: ResetEra)
• Recaps of the PS5 showcase, here and here. (Source: PlayStation Blog and GameSkinny)
• Archive of The Avocado’s live-chat for the event.
• Archive of the event’s stream. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Announcement trailer for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Announcement trailer for Sackboy: A Big Adventure. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Announcement trailer for Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Announcement trailer for Gran Turismo 7. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Showcase trailer for Little Devil Inside. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Announcement trailer for Bugsnax. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• PlayStation blog entry on Kero Kero Bonito’s theme song for Bugsnax.
• The name of the island from Bugsnax is Snaktooth Island. (Source: USGamer)
• Reveal trailer for Goodbye Volcano High. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Teaser trailer for Stray. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Titanfall Wiki article on “The Beacon,” the level featured the robots Merve mentioned. (Source: Fandom)
• Gameplay reveal trailer for GhostWire: Tokyo. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Gameplay reveal trailer for Godfall. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Steam store page for Ryse: Son of Rome.

CONTENT WARNING: SLURS

• Recap of the event. (Source: IGN)
• Archive of The Avocado’s live-chat for the event.
• Archive of the event’s stream. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
• Gameplay trailer for Evil Genius 2: World Domination. (Source: Rebellion on YouTube)
• PC Gaming Show 2020 trailer for Dwarfheim. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
• Teaser trailer for Project Wingman. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
• PC Gaming Show 2020 trailer for Rogue Lords. Correction: The game is not called “Rogue Wars.” (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
• PC Gaming Show trailer for The Forgotten City. (Dear Villagers on YouTube)
• Short trailer for Haven. (Source: TheGameBakers on YouTube)
• PC Gaming Show trailer for Cris Tales. (Source: MDE Gaming on YouTube)
• Teaser trailer for Twin Mirror. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
• Beta trailer for New World. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
• New Blood interview from the PC Gaming Show 2020. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
• Persona 4 Golden PC reveal. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
• PC Gaming Show trailer for Humankind. (Source: IGN)
• Mortal Shell gameplay from the PC Gaming Show 2020. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
• Teaser for Icarus. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)

• Recaps of the Future Games Show, here and here. (Sources: GamesRadar+ and Tom’s Guide)
• Archive of The Avocado’s live-chat of the event.
• Archive of the event’s stream. (Source: GamesRadar on YouTube)
• Announcement trailer for Dustborn. (Source: GamesRadar on YouTube)
• Announcement trailer for Morbid: The Seven Acolytes. (Source: GamesRadar on YouTube)

• Recap of the event. (Source: Tom’s Guide)
• Archive of The Avocado’s live-chat for the event.
• Archive of the event’s stream. (Source: Electronic Arts on YouTube)
• The Origin store.
• Reveal trailer for It Takes Two. (Source: GamersPrey on YouTube)
• Official teaser trailer for Lost in Random. (Source: Electronic Arts on YouTube)
• Skate 4 announcement teaser. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
• Article about Lamar Jackson making the cover of Madden NFL 21. (Source: Louisville Courier Journal)
• Gameplay trailer for Star Wars: Squadrons. (Source: EA Star Wars on YouTube)

• Archive of The Avocado’s live-chat for the New Game+ Expo.
• Archive of the New Game+ Expo stream (Source: New Game Plus Expo on YouTube).
• Archive of The Avocado’s live-chat for Night City Wire.
• Archive of the Night City Wire: Episode 1 stream. (Source: Cyberpunk 2077 on YouTube)
• Clarification: Persona 5 Scramble was developed as a collaboration between studios owned by Koei Tecom and Atlus, but Atlus is in charge of publishing it. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Announcement trailer for Tell Me Why. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
• Announcement trailer for Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time. (Crash Bandicoot on YouTube)
• Official reveal trailer for New Pokémon Snap. (Source: GameSpot on YouTube)
• Official trailer for Pokémon Unite. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
• Archive of the Marvel’s Avengers War Table stream. (Source: Marvel’s Avengers on YouTube)
• Wikipedia article for the Deadpool video game.
• Wikipedia article for the X-Men Origins: Wolverine video game.
• Wikipedia article for Marvel Heroes.
• Wikipedia article on High Moon Studios. They are currently owned by Activision.
• Confirmation: The Night City Wire stream has roughly ten times the number of likes+dislikes as the War Table stream, so Merve’s “order of magnitude” comment was pretty much correct. (Sources: Cyberpunk 2077 and Marvel’s Avengers on YouTube)
• Clarification: The entire War Table stream archive is available on the Marvel’s Avengers YouTube channel, but a half-hour excerpt containing an extended gameplay reveal is available on the Marvel Entertainment YouTube channel, and that video has fewer than 20,000 total likes and dislikes. (Sources: Marvel’s Avengers and Marvel Entertainment on YouTube)

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