:::SPOILER ALERT:::

Halo Infinite Talk between

(7:31-11:26)

Cory Barlog speaks to GameInformer about God Of War's PC port saying PC Studios pushed Sony for PC ports (25:44), Phil Spencer in an interview with the New York Times about "Virtue Shaming" Activision (35:18), and Take-Two buys Zynga (43:32)......Yea that's how we feel too. Finally we end once again with Tidbits (54:50)

GBA Tomb Raider

https://gbatemp.net/threads/openlara-a-stunning-gba-port-of-the-1996-classic-tomb-raider.606212/

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"Gaming Discourse Intro" French 57

"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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In today's episode of the Gaming Discourse, we cover a small range of topics including:

The Jason Schreier story covering Ken Levine at Ghost Story, his management style, and Ghost Story's tenure at Take Two Interactive (37:33). Sony releases details about the next generation of PlayStation VR headsets (51:20). Jeff Ross takes to twitter to talk about the sales of Days Gone and how Sony Management treated it (1:04:52). Finally we wrap up with Tidbits from Richard (1:18:03).

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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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It feels like I haven't written a description since last year...Ok I'll Leave - Connor

We recap some of the largest stories from 2021 (9:48) and list our favorite games from the year.

Honorable Mentions: (41:48)

-Tales of Arise, Bandai Namco

-Forza Horizon 5, Playground Games

-Ratchet and Clank, Insomniac

-Returnal, Housemarque

Hidden Gems: (47:12)

-Cloud Climber, Two Star Games

-Cruelty Squad, Consumer Softproducts

-Blood Spear, The Blood Spear Dev Team

-Sprocket, Hamish Dunn

-Dyson Sphere Program, Youth Cat Studio

-Industria, Bleakmill

-In Sound Mind, We Create Stuff

-Ender Lillies, Live Wire/Adglobe

-Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labryinth, Team Ladybug

-Wildermyth, Worldwalker Games

-Life and Suffering of Sir Brante, 101XP

-Dorfromantik, Toukana Interactive

Soundtrack/Sound Design: (59:08)

-Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Cold Iron Studios

-Midnight Protocol, Iceberg Interactive

-Death’s Door, Acid Nerve

-Persona 5: Strikers, Atlus

-Deathloop, Arkane Studios

Performance/Character: (1:06:48)

-Lady Dimitrescu, Maggie Robertson, Resident Evil VIII

-Olivier, Robin Atkin Downes, Chernobylite

-Selene, Jane Perry, Returnal

-Colt/Juliana, Jason Kelley/Ozioma Akagha, Deathloop

-Cast of Guardians of the Galaxy, Eidos Montreal

Co-Op Games: (1:16:58)

-Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Cold Iron Studios

-Devour, Joe Fender/Luke Fanning

-GTFO, 10 chambers

-Halo Infinite, 343 Industries

Favorite Games: (1:29:24)

-EVERSPACE 2, Rockfish Games

-RE4 VR, Armature Studio

-Deathloop, Arkane

-Resident Evil Village, Capcom

-Death’s Door, Acid Nerve

-Wildermyth, Worldwalker Games

-Humankind, Amplitude

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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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People Make Games Roblox Follow-Up - 26:17

Raven Software Layoffs - 48:57

Ubisoft Defends NFT Platform-57:05

Tidbits-1:09:29

People Make Games video about Roblox:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTMF6xEiAaY&t=1038s

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"Gordon's aliiiiiive?" - Brian Blessed (but about Tyler not Flash Gordon)

This week Tyler returns from his vacation to talk about the Bungie's abuse allegations and the subsequent Stepping down of the Head of HR (24:06), and Splinter cell is receiving a remake from Ubisoft Toronto. As always we end on "little bits of news...Tid bits if you will" (49:17)

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No NFTs were made fungible in the making of this podcast

Spoiler alert for Deathloop between (3:20)-(5:28)

In today's episode Richard Mans the helm and we give a neat little wrap up to the Video Game Awards (18:00), then talk NFTs in Ghost Recon Breakpoint (29:44) and Activison-Blizzard discouraging employees to Unionize (33:32). Finally as always we end the show on Tid Bits (38:18)

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**ATTENTION**

We make jokes about Tyler being dead, he is in fact, Very alive

On this special Two Player edition of The Gaming Discourse is helmed by our very own Richard. We talk about the Battlefield Franchise gaining Vince Zampella taking over as the "New overall Boss" (19:32), Jason Schrier reporting on Playstation+ getting a subscription update (25:21), Take Two Interactive issues Trademark Infringement Claim against the game It Takes Two (30:52) and we wrap up with the Tid Bits (36:02).

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"XBAWCKS - Phil Spencer" - Gaming Discourse

Dragon Age 4 Senior Creative Director has left Bioware (21:29), Former IT Security Analyst sues Sony over Gender Discrimination (33:37), and we cover this weeks Tid Bits (37:14)

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27:00 - WSJ Activision Blizzard Story

45:52 - Phil Spencer Talks Game Preservation

53:50 - Star Citizen Has Raised More Than $400M

1:01:38 - Tidbits & NPD Numbers (From Mat Piscatella)

-Games We're Playing:

Deathloop

https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/1252330/

"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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