Input: A Video Games News Show

It's that time of the year where all of the biggest stars in gaming gather to celebrate this medium we all love, The Inputies™!

We have done this show for two years. Have done over 100 episodes, and have all learned a lot in the process. It wasn't always pretty and I, Jurge Cruz, would bet at least 15% of the episodes we somehow figured out to record on a weekly basis, are bad. Still, there were also some guaranteed bangers.

It's fitting in tradition with this show that I'm writing up this post while I need to go run out and do something else because boy howdy this show sure was an improv comedy at times.

Anyway, thank you to anyone who has listened to this show, bought a shirt, tweeted us something nice, and maybe even came on it. This certainly was a wild learning experience and I'm proud of some of the content we put up on this podcast feed.

Sincerely. Thank you. 🙏

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Input is a product of Irrational Passions

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This is the final episode of Input with Logan Wilkinson as a member of Irrational Passions! Wow!

This show would obviously not be possible without the contributions of Logan and his Domino's pizza loving ass. His passionate and very detailed approach has given Input that special flavor. Join us as we look back on the last 103 episodes of the show with him.

Input is now going on hiatus. It could be one week, it could be a couple months. Making a show takes time, and hey, we don't get paid to do this show. We just really like doing it. So, we will try and think through what the future of the show looks like. That could be the same format, it could be a new format. Regardless, we will see ya then!

Some of Logan's Favorite Episodes 

Input Stories - Belinda Garcia

The 2018 Inputies

Input Stories - Genevieve St-Onge

Our episode after Parkland

Input Stories - Kyle Seeley

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Jurge is still missing in the cornfields of Nebraska but Jarrett and Logan digest the heavy Game Informer layoffs and what they mean for both GI and Gamestop as a whole. After that the two run through a new update on the conflict mineral story by Rebekah Valentine from a few weeks ago.

Stories Discussed: 

Game Informer Editorial Team Suffers Layoffs

Nintendo Update to the Conflict Mineral Story

Works Mentioned:

GameStop lays off 120 corporate staffers as stock continues to tumble by Kyle Orland

Input Ep. 94: Taking a Close Look at Gamestop's Financial Issues

The Decline of Gamestop....What Happened by The Company Man

'Big Short' Investor Michael Burry is Now Going Long on GameStop by Tae Kim

Nintendo continues marginal improvements to ethical mineral sourcing by Rebekah Valentine

Input Ep. 97: Gaming Manufacturers & Human Rights Abuses

Shoutouts: 

Microsoft contractors have listened to voice recordings from the Xbox One by Chris Welch

'Hotline Miami' Showed the Futility of Ultra- Violence as Critique by Cameron Kunzelman

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Jurge is still on his month long work vacation, so Jarrett and Logan dive into a updates heavy episode as they talk Rockstar Lincoln's workplace actually improving things for employees and the ESA being an utter joke....yet again.

Works Mentioned: 

After it Doxxed 2000 Journalists, Why Should We Ever Trust the ESA Again? By Austin Walker

Months After Labor Controversy, Rockstar Converts Gmae-Testers To Full Time by Stephen Totillo

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Jarrett and Jurge sit down with Khee Hoon Chan to discuss one of their recent pieces on China forcing a games publisher to close and the effects it had on the region as a whole.

Work Discussed:

China Forced one horror game publisher to close, but the whole region felt it by Khee Hoon Chan

Shoutouts:

Who Better to Review a Game for Accessibility then a Disabled Gamer by Alyse Stanley

How do you Solve  a Problem like Fire Emblem: It's Time To Stop Treating Queer Romances Like It's a Spoiler by Kenneth Shepard

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Khee Hoon - @crapstacular

Jarrett and Logan sit down to discuss the ongoing saga between Rick Fox, Amit Raizada, and the Echo Fox esports brand.

Rick Fox Accuses Fellow Esports Organization Investor Of Trying To 'Engineer A Firesale'

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On this very special hundredth episode of Input, Jurge and Logan dive into a wide ranging conversation and interview with Popagenda's Belinda Garcia about her journey into games, her experiences with Pop, and the insatiable, deeply powerful sense of optimism and hope that fuels her daily.

Also we'd just like to say thank you to each and every person who has listened, downloaded, reviewed us, or just generally ever given us a second of their time. We are incredibly proud of hitting our hundredth episode and all of you who have been with us on this journey mean so much to us. We think this is one of Input's very very best episodes and also a great place to hop on board as well! Hope you enjoy the episode as much as we did. Now, onto the next hundred.

Shoutouts: 

Popagenda website

Twitter: @popagendaco

Popagenda Games!!

Guacamelee 2

The Messenger

Blood Roots

Geneviève St-Onge Input Stories

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Jurge and Jess sat down with writer Blake Hester to talk through his fantastic piece on video games, porn ads, and publishers powerlessness to reduce their characters appearing in them.

Topic Discussed: 

A Conversation with Blake Hester on his US Gamer piece.

Works Mentioned: 

Video Game Characters Keep Popping Up In Porn Ads, And Publishers Might Not Be Able To Stop It by Blake Hester 

Shoutouts: 

'It Made Absolutely No Sense:' The Story of 'BMX XXX' by Blake Hester

How Pornhub Enables Doxing and Harassment by Samantha Cole and Emanuel Maiberg

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Blake -@metallicaisrad

Jarrett and Logan dive into the messy and problematic world of almost, but not quite, illegal shady site G2A.

Topics Discussed: 

G2A tried to pay journalists to run pre-written articles

Works Mentioned:

Shady Market G2A Offers To Pay Journalists To Run Pre-Written Article Defending Them by Nathan Grayson

Shoutouts: 

Media Molecule: LittleBigPlanet would have really benefited from Early Access by Matt Handrahan

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers Review by Ginny Woo

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Jarrett, Jurge, and Logan are joined by the wonderful and supremely talented Rebekah Valentine from gameindustry.biz to discuss her fantastic reporting on which tech companies may have funded human rights abuses. This is one of best conversations we've had on the show yet.

Discussion Topics: 

Conversation around Rebekah's tech and human rights funding piece.

Works Mentioned: 

Which gaming hardware manufacturers may have funded human rights abuses in 2018? by Rebekah Valentine

Shoutouts: 

The Subtle Art of Crisis Management by Khee Hoon Chan

Devotion's Chinese publisher has had its business license revoked by Dustin Bailey

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Rebeka – @duckvalentine