Howdy, y'all, and welcome back for more Arcade audio goodness. As a special treat, we've got a super-sized episode for you this week! We start off with two Ludicrous Leadoffs which has us discussing Flappy Bird being reincarnated as a MacOS notification, followed by having a chuckle over how the Apple vs. Epic Games trial got started. Speaking of that Apple vs. Epic Games trial, we discuss one of the bigger revelations to come from it so far, that being the reveal that Fortnite has made over $9 billion in revenue so far. Continuing on with gaming legal affairs, we discuss Sony possibly looking at a class-action lawsuit over its own digital game sale practices as well as the company announcing it has invested in Discord and will integrate the chat platform to the PlayStation Network in 2022. From there, we get around to some Nintendo news that revealed a new way to get people into programming and game development with their Game Builder Garage software coming in June, as well as their announcement of an American citizen being brought on board in a high-ranking position. We round out the news of the week with a discussion of the latest games being inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. In our Blast From the Past segment, we mark anniversaries for the movie Twister, and the kids cartoon series Captain Planet and the Planeteers. Continue reading →