The Mashcast: Gaming Community, Culture, and Industry

Bethesda recently made the news by sending cease and desist letters to gamers selling their unopened games on Amazon. From that we open up a discussion about the used games market and how it has impacted the games industry.

We all love games, but sometimes the creators and fandom can butt heads. In this episode we discuss what happens when game communities and game developers disagree with each other.

Some believe games should be politics free, while others think it's inevitable that politics and games merge. In this episode we discuss the place of politics in games and in game communities.

E3 2018 is finished, and while some of our predictions came through, some disappointment did happen. We discuss our thoughts on the major press conferences and some games.

E3 is right around the corner, and in this episode we talk leaks, rumor, and speculate what we'll see at E3 2018.

Rumor has it Nick and Christina talk about rumors in the video game industry.

Last episode we lightly touched on how mods brought forth today's biggest games. On this episode, we dig a bit deeper into modding and it's impact.

On this episode, we discuss the impending Battle Royale "Bloodbath" and talk false sense of accomplishment in games.

In this episode, we decide to air out some of our recent grievances. Jaa talks the lack of direction in BOTW, Christina talks about gamer entitlement, and our special guest, Mikey Kenny, talks about Ni No Kuni 2.

A look at Digital Distribution and we engage in the HZD vs BoTW debate!