HydroCast (formerly GAHCast)

In this episode, FluufAlpaca and Hydrowave99 talk about FluufAlpaca's proposal to Hatsune Miku. Additionally, they talk about the many topics that have happened over late May to early June, including various showcases in video games and the M2 chip from Apple.

Timestmaps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:12:31 - Embracer Group (Plans with Square Enix Studios / KOTOR Remake)

0:17:29 - New Platforms for Games (Witcher 3 / Cyberpunk 2077 Anime / Skyrim / Fall Guys / Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+)

0:35:04 - Pokémon (Scarlet and Violet Information / DP Sound Library Shutdown)

0:54:43 - Sonic Frontiers / Sonic Central

1:17:03 - The Showcase Extravaganza (Summer Games Fest, Xbox + Bethesda Showcase, Sony State of Play, 505 Games Showcase, Devolver Digital Showcase)

3:19:21 - Other Gaming Showcase News (Nintendo Skipping Gamescom 2022 / Capcom / Final Fantasy VII / E3 2023)

3:36:46 - PlayStation Plus Games

4:12:27 - Gaming Acquisitions (EA Looking to Sell or Merge / Take-Two and Zynga Acquisition Close)

4:32:50 - Electronic Arts (John Madden on Cover of Madden 23 / Dragon Age: Dreadwolf)

4:41:49 - Xbox (Keystone / Xbox App on Samsung TV’s)

4:57:28 - Activision Blizzard (Sexual Harassment)

5:14:17 - Call of Duty (Modern Warfare II Release Date, Information, and Possibly Coming to Steam? / Warzone Players Farming King Kong’s Nuts for XP)

5:27:43 - Diablo Immortal (Microtransactions / Won’t Release in Countries with Loot Box Laws)

5:45:46 - Steam Deck (iFixit to Sell Nearly Every Part / Docking Station Delayed)

5:55:11 - Sega Mega Drive Mini 2

6:02:11 - FCC Boosting Rural Broadband Speeds

6:10:43 - Apple (WWDC 2022 + M2 Chip / BTS Music Series)

6:46:14 - Google (Google Ads Antitrust / Android 13 Braille Display Support) 6:59:37 - Microsoft (Build 2022 / Employee Work Initiatives / Alex Kipman)

7:19:40 - Sheryl Sandberg (Leaving Meta / Investigation)

7:43:18 - NFT / Crypto (Spotify / Coinbase / FTC Report / Bill to Regulate Cryptocurrency / Bored Ape Discord / Chipotle)

8:09:27 - Elon Musk (Twitter / Halting Remote Work / Cutting Staff)

9:14:48 - Epic Games v. Google Won’t Stop Bandcamp’s In-app Payments

9:18:21 - New York Passing Laws (Cryptocurrency Mining and Right to Repair)

9:34:28 - UK Investigation on Apple and Google’s “Duopoly”

9:43:27 - European Union Making USB-C Mandatory for all Phones, Including iPhones

9:55:30 - AMD Computex 2022 (Ryzen 7000 Series CPUs)

10:05:17 - James Webb Telescope (Color Images / Micrometeoroid Impact)

10:20:12 - Outro

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Links all things GAHCast, including other ways to follow the show, the official Discord server, and the Hydrowave99 Reddit: https://linktr.ee/gahcast

In this episode, FluufAlpaca and Hydrowave99 talk about various topics, including the delays of Starfield and Redfall, EA and FIFA splitting, Elon Musk pausing Twitter deal over bots, the death of the iPod, and much more.

Timestmaps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:23:30 - 505 Showcase

0:30:01 - Nintendo (Next Gen Switch and Indie World)

0:58:48 - Electronic Arts (FIFA Split and Need for Speed)

1:11:07 - Starfield and Redfall Delay

1:17:06 - Activision Blizzard Diversity Tool

1:32:34 - Square Enix (Balan Wonderworld / Establishing New Studios)

1:41:26 - Elon Musk and Twitter

1:58:55 - Google I/O Recap

2:08:39 - Microsoft Adaptive Accessories

2:22:02 - AMD Refreshes Desktop GPUs

2:31:08 - NFTs on Instagram

2:38:04 - OpenSea Tackling Fake NFTs with New Measures

2:45:35 - Death of the iPod

3:03:07 - Scientists Grow Plants in Moon Soil

3:14:58 - Outro

Sources are available here: https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/22a0d0d3-2aa3-4b3a-7fdd-14f44bbb9187

Links all things GAHCast, including other ways to follow the show, the official Discord server, and the Hydrowave99 Reddit: https://linktr.ee/gahcast

In this episode, FluufAlpaca and Hydrowave99 talk about several key topics, including Sonic Origins plus Sega's super games, Meta Quest, Elon Musk preparing for a Twitter takeover, Netflix, and more. Additionally, the two of them revisit Frantic Fanfic for some interesting stories that have to be told.

Timestmaps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:20:07 - Showcase Announcements

0:33:19 - Halo Infinite

0:45:22 - Activision Blizzard

1:13:49 - Embracer Buying Square Enix Western Studios

1:23:15 - More Acquisition Stories

1:44:23 - Another Delisting Catastrophe

1:56:25 - Nintendo Labor Story

2:11:46 - Yuji Naka vs. Square Enix

2:23:46 - Fortnite - Xbox Cloud Gaming Partnership

2:27:31 - Pokemon GO

2:32:04 - Babylon’s Fall Dropped to 1 PC Player

2:37:03 - Final Fantasy XVI Near Completion

2:40:45 - Fisher Price Controller and Elden Ring

2:46:46 - Elon Musk Buys Twitter

3:39:41 - Internet Providers End Lawsuit Against California Net Neutrality Law

3:43:55 - UK Big Tech Regulator

3:53:14 - Microsoft Edge VPN

3:57:13 - AMD Dragon Range CPUs

4:04:49 - Epic Games Asking Court to Stop Google’s Removal of Bandcamp

4:11:20 - NFT Crash

4:28:25 - Nvidia Paying $5.5 Million for Lack of Crypto Disclosures

4:36:07 - Apple Self Service Repair Program

4:40:28 - Apple, Google, and Microsoft on Passwordless Sign-Ins

4:44:43 - Google 4:57:45 - Social Media Content (YouTube / TikTok)

5:09:59 - Facebook Podcast Shutdown

5:15:48 - Spotify Island in Roblox

5:21:09 - Microsoft Open Sources 3D Movie Maker

5:27:33 - Frantic Fanfic

5:44:00 - Shoutout to AGGSnipes

5:45:59 - Outro

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Links all things GAHCast, including other ways to follow the show, the official Discord server, and the Hydrowave99 Reddit: https://linktr.ee/gahcast

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In this episode, FluufAlpaca and Hydrowave99 talk about several key topics, including Sonic Origins plus Sega's super games, Meta Quest, Elon Musk preparing for a Twitter takeover, Netflix, and more.

Timestmaps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:10:09 - PlayStation and Xbox Free to Play Ads

0:20:53 - Halo Infinite

0:33:46 - Nintendo Labor Issue

0:39:49 - Gameboy Advance Emulator Leak

0:46:35 - SEGA

1:03:25 - WATA Grading Modern Games

1:07:25 - NFTs in Gaming

1:18:19 - Activision Blizzard

1:26:17 - Meta Quest

1:46:12 - Elon Musk and Twitter

1:58:03 - Google to Block Third-Party Call Recording Apps

2:04:02 - Lapsus$ stole T-Mobile Source Code

2:08:08 - Netflix

2:17:18 - BTS Dance Lessons on Apple Fitness+

2:22:02 - Google Partnership with U.S. Department of State

2:28:11 - Outro

Sources are available here: https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/533c8d4b-cdf8-40cb-4d65-2383d059e940

Links all things GAHCast, including other ways to follow the show, the official Discord server, and the Hydrowave99 Reddit: https://linktr.ee/gahcast

In this episode, FluufAlpaca and Hydrowave99 talk about several key topics, including the various things happening with Nintendo and Sony, Halo, Kingdom Hearts IV and its connection to the Nvidia Leak, the situation with Elon Musk and Twitter, Wikipedia editors voting to halt accepting cryptocurrency payments, various topics about astronomy, and more.

Timestmaps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:15:36 - PlayStation

0:25:58 - Sony And Nintendo Changing Subscription Policies

0:29:09 - Nintendo

0:49:10 - Halo

1:01:55 - Witcher 3 Next Gen Delay

1:09:03 - Quakecon Will Be Digital Only

1:14:01 - Kingdom Hearts IV Announced

1:28:10 - Vicarious Visions Completes Merger With Blizzard

1:33:45 - Activision Blizzard

1:53:24 - Elon Musk and Twitter

2:12:19 - YouTube Shorts Creators Can Remix Videos

2:22:16 - Google Switch to Android App

2:25:08 - TikTok Dislike Button for Comments

2:33:25 - Wikipedia Votes to Stop Accepting Cryptocurrency Payments

2:40:48 - Largest Comet Nucleus Ever Seen

2:44:31 - James Webb Telescope Ready for Calibration

2:52:32 - Outro

Sources are available here: https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/2299065f-945c-495b-712f-50c4f585df19

Links all things GAHCast, including other ways to follow the show, the official Discord server, and the Hydrowave99 Reddit: https://linktr.ee/gahcast

In this episode of GAHCast, FluufAlpaca and Hydrowave99 talk about not joking about rubber ducks and BABYMETAL, since Hydrowave99 challenged himself, and instead watch an interview about the situation with Abandoned, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint halting updates, various announcements involving Epic Games, the United Kingdom's plans of embracing cryptocurrency and making their own NFT, the ever-growing story of Elon Musk and Twitter, and more.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:25:28 - Abandoned Interview

0:55:32 - Ghost Recon Halts Updates

1:10:42 - Expired PSOne Classics on PS3

1:20:56 - Max Payne 1+2 Remake

1:28:11 - Sega’s Super Game

1:39:49 - SNK’s Shares Owned by Saudi Prince

1:47:51 - Activision Blizzard Giving QA Testers Full Time Jobs and Higher Pay

1:51:33 - New Tomb Raider

1:55:52 - Unreal Engine 5 Now Available

2:00:38 - Epic Games / Lego Metaverse

2:07:44 - Epic Games Mobile App for 3D Models

2:16:08 - Anker 3D Printer

2:20:11 - Steam Deck Shipments Increase

2:27:49 - Google and iFixit Partnership

2:30:10 - Google Maps Update

2:35:56 - Apple WWDC

2:41:17 - Windows 11 New File Explorer

2:47:41 - UK Embrace Cryptocurrencies / Making Their Own NFT

3:05:37 - Meta May Return to Digital Currencies

3:11:46 - Elon Musk

3:40:31 - Outro

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Links all things GAHCast, including other ways to follow the show, the official Discord server, and the Hydrowave99 Reddit: https://linktr.ee/gahcast

In this episode of GAHCast, FluufAlpaca and Hydrowave99 talk about the Halo Infinite Season 1 Outcomes Report, the situation with Abandoned, new graphics cards from both Nvidia and Intel, changes to Crunchyroll's ad-supported viewing, and more.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:14:13 - Halo Infinite Season 1 Outcomes Report

0:43:43 - Abandoned

0:51:42 - PlayStation Plus

1:05:05 - Fortnite No Build Permanent

1:08:41 - Xbox Cloud Game Publishing Division

1:18:52 - E3 Cancelled

1:26:08 - Breath of the Wild Delay

1:33:54 - Bungie Angry About False DMCA Takedowns

1:50:55 - Activision Blizzard

2:15:03 - Asus Graphics Card Prices are Being Lowered

2:21:52 - Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti Pricing / Release

2:31:19 - Intel Arc

2:49:14 - Microsoft Build 2022

2:50:30 - Apple, Facebook, and Discord Gave User Data to Hackers

2:56:34 - FedEx Autonomous Drone Cargo Delivery

3:02:43 - Unicode Won’t Add More Flag Emojis

3:15:37 - Crunchyroll Changes to Ad-Supported Viewing

3:20:49 - Outro

Sources are available here: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AtT3oW1gphMGgdwWceJL6SkdU-ZTdA?e=fAHwRG

Links all things GAHCast, including other ways to follow the show, the official Discord server, and the Hydrowave99 Reddit: https://linktr.ee/gahcast

In this episode of GAHCast, FluufAlpaca and Hydrowave99 talk about key topics, including the controversy with Gran Turismo 7, Nintendo not turning the servers back on for the Wii and DSi shops, Fortnite No Build mode, Nvidia NeRF Ai, the situation with Lapsus$ hacking Microsoft and Okta, Uber, the passing of key figures in technology, and much more.

Timestamps

0:00:00 - Intro

0:08:42 - PlayStation (Gran Turismo 7, Haven Studios and PS5 Update)

0:37:30 - Nintendo (Wii / DSi Shop, Dragalia Lost, and Groups for Switch)

1:00:54 - Fortnite No Build Mode

1:06:06 - Witcher 4

1:12:09 - GTA+

1:22:54 - Another Activision Blizzard Lawsuit

1:27:22 - Steam on Chrome OS

1:31:36 - Windows 11 Watermark

1:34:56 - Uber

1:46:39 - Nvidia NeRF AI Turns 2D Photos Into 3D Objects

1:56:13 - Lapsus$

2:17:39 - Notable Deaths in Technology

2:35:19 - Outro

Sources are available here: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AtT3oW1gphMGgdwSOrMiuzL4pQ8mKg?e=BHIdX7

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In this episode of GAHCast, FluufAlpaca and Hydrowave99 talk about the situation happening at The Initiative, EA Play being cancelled, the ID@Xbox that announced several indie games, the Prohibitive Anticompetitive Mergers Act that could prohibit some major acquisitions, and the deal between Amazon and MGM officially closes. These topics and more are all discussed in this week's episode.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:18:15 - The Initiative Situation

0:28:35 - EA Play Cancelled

0:33:28 - ID@Xbox

0:49:20 - PlayStation DualSense Controller Upgrades

0:55:07 - Gran Turismo 7 Shutdown

1:03:48 - The Quarry Announcement

1:10:52 - Google I/O

1:15:35 - Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act (PAMA)

1:26:43 - Netflix Sharing

1:33:26 - James Webb Telescope Alignment Update

1:39:15 - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Processor Pricing and Release Date

1:50:46 - Amazon-MGM Deal Closes

2:01:33 - Comment of the Day / Permanent Day Light Savings Time

2:06:40 - Outro

Sources are available here: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AtT3oW1gphMGgdwIPywDVRv4wfO3Hg?e=qB4Yf5

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In this episode of GAHCast, FluufAlpaca and Hydrowave99 talk about a number of topics, including the State of Play, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, numerous acquisitions, such as Netflix buying Next Games and Epic Games buying Bandcamp, governments tackling the issues with cryptocurrencies, the Nvidia cyberattack, and the Vtech gaming chair for babies and toddlers. All this and more in this exciting episode!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:22:45 - Spartacus Pricing

0:30:05 - Design of PSVR2 Revealed

0:40:23 - State of Play

0:50:58 - Nintendo Buys SRD

0:56:25 - Nintendo Missions and Rewards

1:00:00 - Pokémon Presents

1:15:18 - Pixelmon NFT Game

1:24:53 - Street Fighter 6 / Capcom Fighting Collection Reveal

1:29:28 - Square Enix Music Channel

1:32:06 - EA WWE

1:39:22 - Call of Duty Warzone Coming to Mobile

1:42:01 - Gamescom

1:45:31 - Gaming and Technology Acquisitions

2:05:31 - Graphics Card Prices Improve

2:13:33 - Limewire NFT

2:18:02 - Biden Executive Order Towards Cryptocurrency

2:26:07 - UK Shutting Down Bitcoin ATMs

2:31:31 - Truth Social Launch

2:43:52 - UCIe Chiplet Standard Supported by Intel, AMD, and ARM

2:51:03 - US Carriers Shutting Down 3G

2:58:11 - Ethernet co-inventor David Boggs Dies at 71

3:05:17 - Nvidia Cyberattack / Leak

3:23:03 - Cyberattack forces Toyota to suspend vehicle production in Japan

3:24:33 - Far Cry: Beyond

3:36:20 - Toddler Gaming Chair

3:48:10 - Outro

Sources are available here: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AtT3oW1gphMGgdt6CfP-HuX9sKeVmA?e=ge6mKG

Links all things GAHCast, including other ways to follow the show, the official Discord server, and the Hydrowave99 Reddit: https://linktr.ee/gahcast