Input: A Video Games News Show

Jurge and Logan discuss Jason Schreier's piece on the tumultuous, chaotic, and toxic development on Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and the emotional toll it took on many freelance and contracted employees.

Topics Discussed: 

The toxic cost behind Black Ops 4

Works Mentioned: 

The Human Cost of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 by Jason Schreier

Roblox's famous 'oof' death sound allegedly came from a Tommy Tallarico game by Dean Takahashi

Shoutouts:

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

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Logan, Jarrett, and Jurge assess Amazon's on going game software strategy, and debate is new revelations in the ongoing lawsuit against Gearbox's Randy Pitchford mean anything.

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Jarrett, Jurge, and Logan discuss The Company Man's video about the rise and fall of GameStop and what gleans to be the major failings underpinning the company's current tumult, how dire it actually is, and directions that may provide avenues out.

Topics Discussed:

Fall of GameStop

Works Mentioned:

The Decline of GameStop…..What Happened by The Company Man

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Jarrett and Logan ponder the massive and wonderful well researched piece by Cecelia D'Anastasio delving into the world of Esports and how it may not be booming quite as much as we thought, or even really succeeding at all.

Topics Discussed: 

The Business of Esports

Trump's Tariffs, China, and impact on Games

Works Mentioned: 

Shady Numbers and Bad Business: Inside The Esports Bubble by Cecelia D'Anastasio

Trump administration 25 percent tariff proposal targets U.S. board game, game console imports by Mike Futter

Shoutouts:

The Birth of a League by Grant Wahl and Brian Straus

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Jurge and Logan discuss Brian Crecente's excellent article on the ESA and turmoil roiling the organization that runs the industry event E3.

Discussion Topics:

What happened to the ESA and what does the future even look like for E3?

Works Mentioned: 

Inside the Disarray Facing the Video Game Organization Behind E3 by Brian Crecente

Shoutouts: 

The Aberrant Gamer: An Evening with Sander Cohen by Leigh Alexander

Now is the Best Time: A Critique of Bioshock Infinite by Leigh Alexander

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This episode of Input has Jarrett and Jurge discuss a couple updates on stories covered on the show before. Unionizaiton, workers rights, and the USB drive saga continues.

Randy Pitchford Saga

• Randy Pitchford Tweetstorms Game Informer Over 'borderlands 3' Microstransactions - By Steven Asarch

• Borderlands 3 Will Have Lootboxes by Elise Falvis

Riot Workers and Those At The Top

• Over 100 Riot Games Employees Walked Out to End Forced Arbitration By Matthew Gault and Nicole Clark

• Input #90 / Input #56

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Jarrett and Logan mull over the latest in the Riot lawsuit saga. Works Mentioned:

Current and Former Employees Sue Riot Games For Gender Discrimination by Kotaku

Riot says women waived right to sue when they were hired by GamesIndustry "League of Legends' Studio Faces Employee Walkouts Promises Changes by Patrick Klepek

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Jarrett and Logan think over the recent videos by Filip Miucin finally apologizing for the plagiarism scandal that engulfed him last year and discuss forgiveness, moving on, and where he goes next.

Topics Discussed: 

Filip Miucin Apology Videos

Works Mentioned: 

My Apology.

RE: My Apology.

Input Ep. 54 Plagiarism Scandal, EmuParadise Closes, and Discord Newz

Input Ep. 55: Following up on the Miucin Debacle

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Jarrett, Jurge, and Quin discuss Patrick Klepek's piece regarding Sargon of Akkad's political aspirations, and what that should remind us about the relation between online personalities and their place in our real world.

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• We Need to Get Ready for GamerGate Politicans 

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Jarrett and Logan make sense of the news that Gizmodo has been sold off and bought yet again. What does it mean for the various holdings under Gizmodo and the long term future looks like for places such as Deadspin and Kotaku.

Topics Discussed:

Gizmodo is bought by Great Hill Partners

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• Gizmodo Media Group acquired by private equity firm Great Hill Partners by Anthony HaGoogle PlayiTunesSpotify

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