Latest Main Channel Release (Big Box Gaming on Linux): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWI9-t1qtHA

In this episode I talk about the latest happenings in the Stop Killing Games campaign, a man making some thick coins (for some reason), a new LLM-powered scam targeting retro gamers and OSS users, an official Xbox 360 dashboard update, Microsoft layoffs, the return (again) of the SEGA Neptune & more!

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Episode Links:

Stop Killing Games: https://www.stopkillinggames.com

Thnickels: https://thick-coins.net

Nathan Adams on LLM Scam: https://bsky.app/profile/dinnerbone.com/post/3lsu6m67flk2p

Xbox 360 Dashboard Update: https://www.theverge.com/news/693631/microsoft-xbox-360-dashboard-software-update-ads

Microsoft / Xbox Layoffs Latest: https://www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-june-2025-tracking-the-situation-as-it-happens

Romero Games Announcement: https://bsky.app/profile/romerogames.bsky.social/post/3lt2io5pmfk2v

SEGA Neptune FPGA Console: https://www.gf1neptune.com

BTTF Turns 40: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/03/back-to-the-future-at-40

25 Years Of Diablo 2: https://gamerant.com/diablo-2-25-year-anniversary-blizzard-arpg-builds-genre

WinUAE 6 Released: https://www.winuae.net/2025/07/03/winuae-6-0-0

DOOM On Elliptical: https://www.xda-developers.com/doom-exercise-machine

Copilot Beaten By Atari 2600: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/not-to-be-outdone-by-chatgpt-microsoft-copilot-humiliates-itself-in-atari-2600-chess-showdown-another-ai-humbled-by-1970s-tech-despite-trash-talk

Video Of The Week (RandomGamingInHD SteamOS Bad PC Ports): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlgqYDSpPc8

Chapters:

00:00 Stop Killing Games

11:55 Thnickels..!?

16:14 New Scam Targeting Retro Gamers / OSS Users

20:25 New Official Xbox 360 Dashboard Update!?

26:25 Mass Microsoft Layoffs

33:12 The SEGA Neptune Is Back… Again!

39:18 Rees’s Non-Copyright-Infringing Pieces

43:38 Video Of The Week