Inspired by Jeff Vogel's blog post of the same name, the gang tackles the interesting question - are there really too many games? Discussed from a player/consumer point of view. We also touch on innovation vs yearly cycles and general Mac gaming Journalism.

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Microsoft has purchased Activision-Blizzard and now Sony has bought Bungie. What does all this consolidation mean for the gaming industry? How might it affect gaming consumers? Sam, Ted & Jon discuss the pros and cons of these developments.

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The MGC Team is back in action! Jon, Ted & Casper discuss Microsofts big purchase of Activision-Blizzard and how it might affect Mac gaming. Casper has some PS3 emulation adventures on his M1 Max and we highlight some notable Mac ports/releases happening in 2022.

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Jon chimes in with a few notes about the holidays, upcoming content and a brief shot hiatus. Will be back end of January/early February! 

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Lily & Jon chat about their favorite games and moments from 2021 and what the titles they are most excited about for 2022.

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Jon & Ted team up to chat about MMO’s, Elderscrolls games, Mac porting/publishing history and some 2021/2022 tidbits.

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The gang’s all here for the monumental episode 20! We continue the conversation around problems in game studios, Blizzard, Riot, Ubisoft and more. And don’t miss Caspers WINE adventures with his shiny new 24-core M1 Max. Finally, we review the excellent new Arcane on Netflix.

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Ted deep dives Apple Arcade and Lily lends her insight into gaming subscriptions. Our gaming bubble walls have been broken by all the Crypto nerds and we realize that releasing game modes separately is actually great. Finally, we start to cover harassment and abuse in gaming workplaces, starting with Blizzard.

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Lily is back for an episode, hooray! We hear from her and Ted if they consider games as art and then we dive into our backlog strategies (if any) as well as games we consider ageless. There’s some Apple and gaming tidbits sprinkled in too.

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The gang discusses some Apple related tidbits then dives into the big question: are games art, or just entertainment?

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