The Geek Digest

By The Geek Digest

A weekly podcast from content creators Victoriashaz and Zzayphod on gaming, technology, and pop culture.... more

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October 22, 2019 35. Fortnite is BACK! Blizzard and the China/Hong Kong situation.

This week Victoria and Zzayphod discuss the promotion and release of Fortnite Chapter 2. It’s back with a vengeance! We also spend a LONG time discussing Blizzard, the Hearthstone incident and companies that are cowing to China’s will just for the money.

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53min
October 08, 2019 34. TwitchCon 2019 Recap, Lootboxes, PS4 Crossplay, Red Dead Redemption to PC, John Kirby dead at 79.

This week, Zzayphod give his recap of TwitchCon 2019, and Victoria and him discuss the announcements that were made during the convetion. They also discuss the Streamlabs acquisition by Logitech, PS4 Crossplay, Lootboxes as a big money maker, and legendary Nintendo lawyer and Kirby’s namesake, John Kirby passes away at the age of 79.
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55min
September 24, 2019 33. Twitch's guidelines in the spotlight again, E3 2020 making a shift.

On a slow news week, Victoria and Zzayphod discuss the recent bans to content creators on Twitch and how that affects streamers on the platform. They also discuss E3 2020 wanting to rebrand and go after “celebrities, influencers, and fans”, and shift away from a trade show atmosphere.
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49min
September 17, 2019 32. Lootboxes, Nintendo Ring Fit Adventure, Gaming Layoffs, and Game Publisher Nicalis Toxicity

This week, Victoria and Zzayphod discuss the European study published regarding lootboxes and their recommendation for the gaming commission. They break down Nintendo’s Ring Fit Adventure and the weird video showing it off. They discuss the layoffs at Rooster Teeth and Gamestop closing more stores. Then they wrap up by discussing the story surrounding indie game publisher Nicalis and the toxic work environment created by the founder and President Tyrone Rodriguez.

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September 10, 2019 31. Nintendo Direct Recap, Chucklefish Games Accused of Not Paying Employees

This week Victoria and Zzayphod discuss ALL the news announced in the Nintendo Direct, and also a story about publisher Chucklefish stiffing developers who worked on Starbound — also they tangent…like a lot.
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47min
September 03, 2019 30. WoW Classic, Telltale Returns, Cyberpunk 2077 "Drama", Funimation Voice Actors in hot water.

This week Victoria and Zzayphod discuss the unmatched enthusiasm for Wow Classic and how popular the game really is. Telltale Games is making a return with a new company purchasing the rights to Telltale’s old properties. Cyberpunk 2077 removes “binary” gender options from their game and the neckbeards go wild. Funimation voice actors are in some hot water for some very offensive remarks on a leaked audio clip.
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53min
August 27, 2019 29. GameStop is slowly dying, The Spiderman Situation, Death Stranding and other Gamescom updates, and another Bioware producer leaves the company.

This week, Victoria and Zzayphod discuss GameStop laying off over 100 employees and seriously cutting back on overhead. We also give our take on the Disney/Sony Spiderman situation — “I don’t feel so good Sony.” We give a rundown of Death Stranding at Gamescom from Germany and other announcements, and discuss the 2nd lead producer to leave Bioware in the last few weeks.

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38min
August 20, 2019 28. Walmart Removes "violent" imagery from stores, Take Two/2K Interactive goes after Youtuber, Epic faces class action suit after breach, Discord introduces game streaming.

This week Victoria and Zzayphod discuss Walmart’s decision to remove “violent” imagery from all their stores including video promotions. We give our opinion on Take Two/2K Interactive going after Youtuber “Supmatto” for allegedly stealing copyrighted material and discussing it on his channel. We give our take on Epic games facing a class action lawsuit for a data breach they failed to reveal, and talk about Discord’s new feature allowing games to be streamed in individual voice channels.
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59min
August 06, 2019 27. Ninja Quits Twitch, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Battle Royale, E3 Journalist leak

This week we discuss the big shift in Ninja leaving Twitch for Mixer, the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare announcement of a 100 player mode, a big leak of E3 journalists data from the E3 website, and more!
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56min
July 31, 2019 26. Grand Theft Auto opens a casino, Google Stadia is not a great service, Marvel Cinematic Universe announces a bunch of movies, and Nintendo repairs broken Joycons for free. Sponsored by CatTosserMonthly.com!

This week, Victoria and Zzayphod discuss the opening of the Diamond casino in Grand Theft Auto V. Also, more details were confirmed for Google Stadia and their users access to games. We breakdown the slew of Marvel announcements that came out of SDCC 2019, and update on Nintendo and their users repairs of Joycon issues.
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46min

FAQs about The Geek Digest:

How many episodes does The Geek Digest have?

The podcast currently has 66 episodes available.