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Microsoft purchasing Activision Blizzard in a deal worth nearly $69b (nice) that rivals the Disney & Fox merger ($71.3b) sends shockwaves through the gaming and media world. Danny shares his reactions sans Spencer bcuz he's a lil sick boi as to what this potentially means for GamePass, Xbox, Nintendo, PlayStation, and most importantly, gamers.

Spencer and Danny close out on a high note, talking about our picks for best albums, best video game, favorite tech, and favorite movies. We thank everyone for listening this year! We're just getting started.

Part 1 of a 2 part end of year podcast, and we're starting off with the bad news. Spotify Wrapped (is it juiced?), terrible games, travel woes, Bezos takes down the internet.

Gen Zer Josue makes an argument in favor of Call of Duty: Vanguard, talking how good Halo Infinite Multiplayer has been for a week, and some black friday/cyber monday tips.

Danny talks about how Jake Gyllenhaal should just return the scarf mentioned in Taylor Swift's rerelease of Red, but mostly about how Silk Sonic needs more love because Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak crushed it.

Also, a 2nd half rant about how Returnal was snubbed for Game of the Year nomination. At least Halo Infinite multiplayer is fun.

Danny breaks down his thoughts on the tragedy at the Travis Scott Astroworld Festival in Houston, why Travis should be held accountable (00:00).

As a palate cleanser, Danny shares his rebuttal to the voices saying gaming has gotten dull or boring (32:40).

Spencer returns before a month long hiatus to discuss ghosts in cell phones (00:00), why we think the idea of a virtual world is cool, but not if it's coming from Facebook (19:00), and some early Black Friday shopping tips (40:00).

Spencer ran away because Danny beat him at fantasy football this week, so it's a solo Danny episode. The problems with Nintendo Switch Online besides the price, why you should emulate instead, & how cool it is that Apple silicon is working out with the new 14 & 16 inch MacBook Pros.

This week Danny & Spencer discuss Metroid Dread & Back 4 Blood as new games they're enjoying. The big tech news this week is the return of actual Pro grade MacBooks from Apple, why Danny is excited by the prospect of M1 Pro and M1 Max Apple silicon. Music this week by Pink Pantheress, and some NBA jibber jabber.

Spencer tries to console Danny about the White Sox, the lackluster Battlefield 2042 beta, & what we can learn from the Twitch hack that revealed payouts to top streamers over the past 2 years.