With Sony delaying this week's PlayStation 5 event due to ongoing world events, our original plans for this episode fell by the wayside so we instead present a more lighthearted fare with Logan, Trevor, and Frank pitching some dream remasters.

This week's main stories/shoutouts:

Spawn On Me podcast "A Lesson in Blackness:" https://youtu.be/3SOlT1x8WXs

Black Lives Matter donations: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019

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Logan and Trevor theorize how much the games industry will actually change once the pandemic starts clearing up and run down the April NPD sales highlights.

This week's main stories:

Don't Expect Huge Change Post-COVID: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-22-dont-expect-huge-change-in-the-post-covid-industry-opinion

April NPD Highlights: https://venturebeat.com/2020/05/22/april-2020-npd-u-s-game-spending-breaks-records/

Shoutouts:

Questions about Palpatine: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3azndw/we-have-a-lot-of-questions-about-sheev-palpatine-waypoint-radio

Crusaders Kings III: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9355np/crusader-kings-iii-wants-to-be-a-medieval-soap-opera-for-everyone

Assigning Credit in "Solo" Games: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qj4pzd/how-we-assign-credit-in-solo-game-development-waypoint-radio

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Trevor and Logan are joined this week by special guest Jarrett Green from Irrational Passions to discuss the plans for a Digital Gamescom and Ubisoft's lawsuit against Google and Apple.

Follow our guest: @JarrettJawn

This week's main stories:

Digital Gamescom: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-18-gamescom-2020-interview

Ubisoft Sues Apple and Google: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-16/ubisoft-sues-apple-google-over-alibaba-s-rainbow-six-ripoff

Shoutouts:

DOTA2 Team Banned: https://kotaku.com/world-class-dota2-team-newbee-banned-over-alleged-match-1843485260

Disney vs. Club Penguin Online: https://kotaku.com/disney-shuts-down-club-penguin-private-servers-due-to-h-1843522923

Animal Crossing Roleplaying: https://uppercutcrit.com/paradise-lost-transforming-animal-crossing-into-a-nightmarish-hellscape/

Live Action Scooby Doo: https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/15/21259234/scooby-doo-live-action-james-gunn-monsters-unleashed-sarah-michelle-gellar-matthew-lillard

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Welcome to the first episode of That News You Care About, the new weekly video game news show from That Nerdy Site.

For this first episode Logan and Trevor dive into the ongoing saga surrounding Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part II and how something like Ubisoft Forward will impact the future of E3?

This week's stories:

TLOU2 Delay: https://www.ign.com/articles/the-last-of-us-part-2-delayed-indefinitely-no-new-release-date-set

TLOU2 Leaks: https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/27/21238104/the-last-of-us-part-2-leak-gameplay-spoilers-ellie-joel-naughty-dog-sony-ps4-story-ending

Naughty Dog Crunch: https://kotaku.com/as-naughty-dog-crunches-on-the-last-of-us-ii-developer-1842289962

TLOU2 Leaks Update: https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/4/21246344/the-last-of-us-2-leak-hackers-exploit-naughty-dog

Ubisoft Forward: https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/11/21254676/ubisoft-forward-e3-style-showcase-july-12

Zynga WFH: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-07-zynga-coo-we-could-work-from-home-forever-if-needed

Imaginary Social Life Games:https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdqyv/video-games-imaginary-social-life

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