Logan and Trevor discuss how Geoff Keighley can use his platform to advocate for a better industry.

Main Story:

"The Game Awards Won't Take Sides On Activision Fallout To Focus On Reveals," by Ethan Gach, Kotaku

https://kotaku.com/the-game-awards-wont-take-sides-on-activision-fallout-t-1848158706

"What to expect at the 2021 Game Awards," by Shannon Liao, The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/12/03/game-awards-announcements/

Shoutouts:

"Activision's Call of Duty Game Testers Plan Walkout Over Job Cuts," by Jason Schreier, Bloomberg News

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-06/activision-s-call-of-duty-warzone-qa-team-to-strike-at-raven-software

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With December now upon us, Logan and Trevor discuss the games they still want to squeeze in this month before Game of the Year conversations.

Shoutouts:

"Here's Why Movie Dialogue Has Gotten More Difficult To Understand (And Three Ways To Fix IT)," by Ben Pearson, SlashFilm

https://www.slashfilm.com/673162/heres-why-movie-dialogue-has-gotten-more-difficult-to-understand-and-three-ways-to-fix-it/?utm_campaign=clip

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Logan and Trevor discuss the issues and disappointments surrounding the recent Grant Theft Auto Trilogy Remaster.

Shoutouts:

"Grand Theft Auto trilogy's Definitive Edition missed the point of a remaster," by Cameron Kunzelman, Polygon

https://www.polygon.com/reviews/22792109/grand-theft-auto-the-trilogy-review-definitive-edition-ps5-ps4-xbox-one-series-x

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Logan and Trevor make their 2021 Game Awards predictions.

Time Stamps and Links:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:51 - The Game Awards 2021 Predictions

https://thegameawards.com/nominees

01:00:19 - Activision Blizzard update:

"Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual-Misconduct Allegations at Videogame Giant," by Kirsten Grind, Ben Fritz, and Sarah E. Needleman, The Wall Street Journal

https://www.wsj.com/articles/activision-videogames-bobby-kotick-sexual-misconduct-allegations-11637075680

"Bobby Kotick must resign," by Chris Plante, Polygon

https://www.polygon.com/22785788/bobby-kotick-resign-activision-blizzard-controversy-allegations

"Activision Blizzard workers walk out, call for CEO Bobby Kotick's resignation," by Nicole Clark and Nicole Carpenter, Polygon

https://www.polygon.com/22786117/activision-blizzard-walk-out-bobby-kotick-resignation-demands

01:07:37 - Outro

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Inspired by the release of Call of Duty: Vanguard, Logan reflects on the Call of Duty franchise. Trevor's there too.

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On this week's show, Logan and Trevor discuss the news that PAX South has been suspended indefinitely.

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On this week's show, Logan and Trevor catch up over the games they've been playing, including Final Fantasy XIV, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, Fortnite, Alan Wake Remastered, Forza Horizon 4, and Super Meat Boy.

Shoutouts:

"The Arkham Files" by Barrett Courtney and Roger Pokorny, Kinda Funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KpGFBlND8I&list=PLy3mMHt2i7RK1Ovtk9Pf8Lsj1Z5ajXkhg

"Every James Bond Movie Ranked From Worst to Best (Including No Time to Die)" by Kyle Wilson, ScreenRant

https://screenrant.com/james-bond-movies-ranked-worst-best/

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Logan and Trevor discuss the pros and cons of reviews in 2021.

Links:

Main Topic:

"The video game review process is broken. It's bad for readers, writers and games." by Mikhail Klimentov

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/10/12/video-game-reviews-bad-system/

Shoutouts:

"'Call of Duty: Vanguard': Video game deploys diversity strategy for different WWII story," by Mike Snider, USA Today

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2021/10/15/call-duty-vanguard-video-game-diversity-world-war-ii/5922474001/

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Logan and Trevor discuss the recent Twitch hack and G4's return to television.

Time Stamps and Links:

00:00 - Intro

02:28 - Twitch Hack

"Twitch confirms it was hacked after its source code and secrets leak out," by Tom Warren, The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/6/22712365/twitch-data-leak-breach-security-confirmation-comments

"Twitch's security problems started long before this week's hack," by Tom Warren and Ash Parrish, The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/7/22714160/twitch-hack-security-data-breach-problems

18:38 - G4 Returning Next Month

"G4 TV returns November 16th with Attack of the Show, Xplay and more,| by Richard Lawler, The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/22722479/g4-tv-launch-november-16-gaming-tv

43:28 - Outro

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Logan and Trevor are joined by Frank this week to give their thoughts on PlayStation's acquisition of Bluepoint Games.

Time Stamps and Links:

00:00 - Intro

00:48 - PlayStation Acquires Bluepoint Games

"Welcoming Bluepoint Games to the PlayStation Studios family" by Herman Hulst, PlayStation Blog

https://blog.playstation.com/2021/09/30/welcoming-bluepoint-games-to-the-playstation-studios-family/

"Sony acquires Bluepoint Games, the studio behind its incredible remasters and remakes," by Sean Hollister, The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/29/22555358/sony-housemarque-returnal-developer-acquisition-bluepoint

25:38 - Sora in Smash

34:41 - Shoutouts:

"Kratos Voice Actor Christopher Judge Says He Is the Reason God of War: Ragnarok Was Delayed," by Adam Bankhurst, IGN

https://www.ign.com/articles/god-of-war-ragnarok-kratos-voice-actor-christopher-judge-delayed-ps5

"Why Marcus Fenix Is a Better Character Than Master Chief," X-Play, G4TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbBWAHC2muY

"Miami Vice's Journey From Misfire to Masterpiece," by Bilge Ebiri, Vulture

https://www.vulture.com/2021/10/miami-vices-journey-from-misfire-to-masterpiece.html

40:53 - Outro

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