On this shortened and Jurge-less episode of Input, Jarrett and Logan cover the few scraps of non-E3 news and then discuss some stories in need of shoutouts.

Discussion Topics: 

Steam Store Update

App Store Rule Changes

Works Mentioned: 

Steam Blog: Who Gets to Be on the Steam Store.

Apple revises App Store rules after rejecting Valve's game streaming Steam Link app by Nick Statt

Shoutouts: 

Meet the Game Dev Who Never Fires Guns in Games by Danielle Riendeau

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It's a rather short episode of Input this week as we make our way to E3, but there are some interesting stories to discuss.

Topics of Discussion: 

Playerunknown Goes to Court

Apple Needs Their 30%

Have the Marks Work For You

Stories Referenced: 

PUBG Corp has filed a lawsuit against Epic Games by Shaun Prescott 

Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app over ‘business conflicts by Nick Statt

Microsoft laid off Xbox support staff, in favor of volunteers by Colin Campbell

Shout Outs:

Started From The Bottom, Now We're Here

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All three of the boys are back together for the first time in nearly a month as they catch you up on the biggest stories of the past week.

Topics of Discussion: 

Fornite Currency Scams

Call of Duty Black Ops 4 Says Goodbye to Single Player Campaign

Steam Removing Visual Novels

John "Totalbiscuit" Bain dead at 33.

Stories Referenced: 

What's going on with the Fortnite scams taking over YouTube by Julia Alexander

'It's an Anime Titty Holocaust.' Steam Is Cracking Down on Visual Novels by Emanuel Maiberg

Treyarch confirms Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 won't have a single-player campaign by Samit Sarkar

John "Totalbiscuit" Bain dead at 33

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This week is another special All Shoutouts episode with special guest Caitlin Galiz-Rowe (@CGRRRRRRRR ) , founder of the games blog Your Geeky Gal Pal and podcast host of Adventure Log, the conversational video games podcast about games and the stories we share with them.

Topics of Discussion 

Game Unions Continued

YouTube is Changing its Image

Frostpunk does Well by Characters with Disabilities

Rip HTML5?

Stories Referenced 

Stability, Support, and Safety: Small Game Studios Need Unions Too - Dante Douglas

YouTube is turning away from its creators to become a new MTV - Julia Alexander

'Frostpunk' Treats People With Disabilities As Complex Humans, Not Gimmicks - Kevin Snow

Google's Attempt at Fixing Autoplay Videos Has Broken Countless Games - Patrick Klepek

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Logan and Jarrett are joined by the lovely, wonderful, and delightfully Australian Seamus Mullins (@SeamusMullins ) to give shoutouts to the boys favorite writings and features of the past week.

Shoutouts:

God of War's Kratos was an angry lump of muscle. I made him a struggling father. By Keza MacDonald.

Recalling the Leviathan Axe from Combat Recall

"Game Design is Like Architecture" - Video Game Jobs Described By Those Who Do Them by Kirk McKeand

Far Cry's Villains Are Sick of Far Cry by Edwin Evans- Thirlwell

The Rewarding Benefits of Replaying Video Games by Joey Thurmond

God of War Review Reaction Video From Director Cory Barlog

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his week is filled with interesting news stories that could have a big impact, and special guest Trevor Starkey (@snarkystarkey) is here to go through them with us. 

Topics of Discussion

Switch Exploit

FTC Cracks Down on Sony, Microsoft, and Nintnendo

Illegal Lootboxes

Stories Referenced

The “unpatchable” exploit that makes every current Nintendo Switch hackable [Updated] – Kyle Oreland

Now Belgium declares loot boxes gambling and therefore illegal – Wesley Yin-Poole

FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Get Rid of Illegal Warranty-Void-if-Removed Stickers – Matthew Gault

‘Let Him Fix It’: The Battle Over Who Gets To Repair Your Consoles – 
Cecilia D’Anastasio

 Shout Outs

For Honor‘s Creation Ended With A Behind-The-Scenes Break-Up

Hawaii’s Big Island Is Building A Fighting Game Community From The Ground Up

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The boys are all together again to talk about everybody's favorite problematic games developer David Cage.

Discussion Topics:

Quantic Dream Legal Threats to Journalists.

Daybreak Layoffs

Daybreak ain't know nothin' about Columbus Nova.

Valve buys Campo Santo

Works Mentioned:

Detroit Developer Quantic Dream Sues French Media Over Articles On Toxic Work Conditions by Jason Schreier

H1Z1 developers Daybreak struck with layoffs by Dustin Bailey

Daybreak Says It Has "No Affiliation" With Columbus Nova, The Company Said to Have Bought It In 2015 (And Whose Assets Are Now Being Frozen) by Justin Olivetti

Valve has acquired Firewatch studio Campo Santo by Andrew Liptak

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We also talk about Billy Mitchell in this episode.

I'm sorry.

Discussion Topics: 

The Status of Hanger 13

PlayStation 5 Rumors and Actual Reporting

Dungeons and Dragon's up for More Licensing

Billy Mitchell: The Final Chapter ?

Works Mentioned:

Billy Mitchell Releases Statement On His Disqualified Records - Eric Van Allen

Dungeons & Dragons’ creator’s unpublished work to become video games - Steven Petite

How The Makers Of Mafia III Lost Their Way - Jason Schreier

Source: The PlayStation 5 is Still A Ways Off - Jason Schreier

Shout Outs: 

The Young and the Reckless by Brendan I. Korner

HOW CRYPTOCURRENCY AFFECTS VIDEO GAMES by Andrew Carroll

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Who doesn't love award shows right? Jurge, Jarrett, and Logan sit down to talk all about the BAFTA Video Game awards shows latest offering and the importance, legacy, and unique place of it within the video game industry. The boys also talk about Billy Mitchell(again) and Steam Spy.

Discussion Topics: 

2018 BAFTA Video Game Awards

Billy Mitchell gets Konged.

Steam Spy

Works Mentioned: 

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Sweep BAFTAs While Breath of the Wild Mostly Snubbed by Matt Kim

What Remains of Edith Finch wins Bafta's top games award by Leo Kelion

Donkey Kong Champ Billy Mitchell Stripped of Title by Shabana Arif

Steam Spy announces it's shutting down, blames Valve's new privacy settings by Sam Machkovech

Shoutouts 

The Indie Games Market is in Trouble by Dante Douglas

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Happy Belated Pax 2018.

The Input Crew is here together in person once again for an episode recorded on the Pax 2018 showfloor.

Discussion Topics: 

[UPDATE] Midboss' chaotic and hostile environment

Brian Crecente Joins Variety 

Let's Discuss The Where the Water Tastes Like Wine Postmortem 

Pax East 2018 Impressions

Works Mentioned: 

Brian Crecente Joins Variety as New Video Games Editor; Variety

GaymerX and MidBoss sever ties and name new leadership (updated) ; Venture Beat

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine Postmortem; Medium

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