Logan and Trevor discuss the recently announced Steam Deck and how well we think it is positioned to succeed.

This conversation inspired by the article "Why the Steam Deck won't flop like Valve's Steam Machines" by Sean Hollister of The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/18/22579747/valve-steam-deck-steam-machines-editorial

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Jono Pech - Narrative Designer, Lead Writer, and Sound Designer for the upcoming game Trigger Witch - joins Logan and Trevor to discuss his experience working with the small 3-person studio Rainbite on their upcoming project out at the end of July.

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Rainbite / Trigger Witch: @rainbite

https://www.atebit.net/ 

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Lots of news this week as Logan and Trevor discuss Indies venting their PlayStation frustrations, what they want from Grand Theft Auto VI, and the response to the Switch OLED announcement.

Time Stamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:51 - "Why Indie Publishers Are Fed Up With PlayStation" by Rebekah Valentine, IGN

https://www.ign.com/articles/why-indie-publishers-fed-up-playstation

22:17 - "Don't expect Grand Theft Auto 6 anytime soon" by Tom Phillips, Eurogamer

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-07-05-dont-expect-grand-theft-auto-6-anytime-soon

44:15 - "The new Nintendo Switch isn’t 4K, to almost everyone’s surprise" by Michael McWhertor, Polygon

https://www.polygon.com/22565075/new-nintendo-switch-oled-model-4k-pro-nvidia-dlss

53:16 - Outro

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Spurred on by the recent Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster announcements, Logan and Trevor discuss elements that make up a good remaster.

Time Stamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:04 - "Final Fantasy Remasters Reignite Controversies Over Pixel Art" by Patrick Klepek, Waypoint

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj83yp/final-fantasy-remasters-reignite-controversies-over-pixel-art

46:57 - Shoutouts

"The Sniper Ghost Warrior Press Event Made Me Pretend To Kill Arabs And I Hated It" by Eric Switzer, TheGamer

https://www.thegamer.com/sniper-ghost-warrior-contracts-2-press-event-military-training-experience-arab-middle-east/

"Game Publisher Apologizes for Asking Journalists to Shoot People Dressed as Arab Stereotypes" by Matthew Gault, Waypoint

https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5gdqb/game-publisher-apologizes-for-asking-journalists-to-shoot-people-dressed-as-arab-stereotypes

"Don't Piss Off Bradley, the Parts Seller Keeping Atari Machines Alive" by Steve Kupferman, Waypoint

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kvkx9/dont-piss-off-bradley-the-parts-seller-keeping-atari-machines-alive

54:40 - Outro

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Logan and Trevor discuss what they'd want to see if PSX came back as well as Ireland partnering with Assassin's Creed for a tourism campaign.

Time Stamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:56 - "PlayStation Experience May Be Making a Comeback in 2021" by Richard Warren, GameRant

https://gamerant.com/playstation-experience-comeback-trademark-2021/

22:28 - "Assassin's Creed Valhalla Is Being Used To Attract Tourists" by Zack Zwiezen, Kotaku

https://kotaku.com/assassins-creed-valhalla-is-being-used-to-attract-touri-1847141189

32:22 - Shoutouts

"Square Enix Reportedly Co-Developing a Final Fantasy 9 Animated Series" by Kat Bailey, IGN

https://www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-9-animated-series-announced

"Call Of Duty: Warzone Players Found A Door That Instantly Kills Anyone Who Touches It" by Zack Zwiezen, Kotaku

https://kotaku.com/call-of-duty-warzone-players-found-a-door-that-instant-1847137394

36:53 - Outro

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Trevor and Cameron sit down to to tabulate our E3 prediction results and discuss the highs and lows of the week.

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Logan and Trevor are joined by Cameron and Frank this week to get all of their E3 2021 predictions on the record so we can all look back at this in a week and see how wrong we were.

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Logan and Trevor discuss the fact that, yes, of course Far Cry is political. They also revisit the reaction and events that surrounded Mass Effect 3's original ending.

00:00 - Intro

00:05:06 - Far Cry 6 is Political

"Ubisoft Doesn't 'Want To Make A Political Statement' Specifically About Cuba With Far Cry 6" by Jade King, The Gamer

https://www.thegamer.com/ubisoft-spoke-to-actual-guerilla-fighters-but-doesnt-want-to-make-a-political-statement-with-far-cry-6/

 "The Politics of Far Cry 6" by Navid Khavari, Ubisoft

https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/jzZzBMLk8k4XAWgNpXfju/the-politics-of-far-cry-6

"We shouldn't need Ubisoft to tell us that 'Far Cry 6' is political" by Mikhail Klimentov, The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/06/01/far-cry-6-politics-ubisoft/ 

00:23:51 - The Story Around Mass Effect 3's Ending (light spoilers)

01:04:39 - Shoutouts:

"Inside IGN's Battle for Editorial Independence," by Steven Strom, Fanbyte

https://www.fanbyte.com/news/ign-editorial-independence/ 

01:06:55 - Outro

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Logan and Trevor discuss last week's news that Ubisoft has "made minimal changes" following last year's abuse allegations.

00:00 - Intro

00:31 - Main topic: Ubisoft, One Year Later

"Ubisoft has reportedly made minimal changes following abuse allegations," by Marie Dealessandri, GamesIndustry.biz
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-05-18-ubisoft-has-reportedly-made-minimal-changes-following-abuse-allegations

"Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says 'considerable progress has been made' since abuse allegations," by Jeffrey Rousseau, GamesIndustry.biz

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-05-24-ubisoft-shares-update-to-allegations-made-last-summer

18:21 - Shoutouts:

"Twitch Adds Over 350 New Tags Like 'Black', 'Transgender' And 'Disabled'" by Luke Plunkett, Kotaku
https://kotaku.com/twitch-adds-over-350-new-tags-like-black-transgender-a-1846952407

"No Need To Wait: Fans Made Their Own Version Of Overwatch 2" by Ash Parrish, Kotaku
https://kotaku.com/no-need-to-wait-fans-made-their-own-version-of-overwat-1846959041

"Shhhrrreeekkkk," by Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/movies/22434538/shrek

"Shrek at 20: an unfunny and overrated low for blockbuster animation," by Scott Tobias, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/may/17/shrek-20-unfunny-overrated-low-blockbuster

24:39 - Outro

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This week's episode is all about the ever-evolving story surrounding IGN's attempts to raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Palestine and the corporate overreach of its parent companies to remove the story.

Main topic: IGN and Palestine

"IGN Takes Down Article And Tweet Sharing Palestinian Aid Groups" by Zack Zwiezen, Kotaku

https://kotaku.com/ign-takes-down-article-and-tweet-sharing-palestinian-ai-1846905689

"IGN, Game Informer express, retract support for Palestinian civilians" by Brendan Sinclair, GamesIndustry.biz

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-05-17-ign-game-informer-express-retract-support-for-palestinian-civilians

"IGN Staff 'Pissed' After Meeting About Deleted Palestine Charity Post," by Patrick Klepek, Vice

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4avwpb/ign-staff-pissed-after-meeting-about-deleted-palestine-charity-post

"An Open Letter to Leadership at IGN, Ziff Davis, and J2 Global" by Employees of IGN

https://ignemployees.medium.com/an-open-letter-to-leadership-at-ign-ziff-davis-and-j2-global-f7171d5ad42f

"IGN staff pen letter to management following quiet removal of Palestine charity article" by Mikhail Klimentov, The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/05/17/ign-palestine-letter-explained/

Shoutouts:

"A Message to the Video Game Industry" by Tamoor Hussein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9F4trpHzKo

Decolonize Palestine FAQ

https://decolonizepalestine.com/faq/

Free Palestine

https://savepalestine.carrd.co/

"Help Palestinian Civilians In Need By Donating To Charity" by GameSpot Staff

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/help-palestinian-civilians-in-need-by-donating-to-charity/1100-6491550/

Kinda Funny Fundraiser for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund:
https://twitter.com/GameOverGreggy/status/1394331293874212864

Tamoor Hussein's Fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians:

https://twitter.com/tamoorh/status/1394375167594336256

"Short History of the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" by Youssef Maguid

https://twitter.com/youssefmaguid/status/1393216936645775360

"Let's Talk About IGN and Palestine - Kinda Funny Games Daily 05.17.21" by Kinda Funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL_qK9QhwL4

And now for something completely different:

"Why Starfield Won't Be On PlayStation 5" by Jeff Grubb, Venture Beat

https://venturebeat.com/2021/05/17/why-starfield-wont-be-on-playstation-5/

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