Regal and Swimfan discuss the less-than-pristine release of Pokemon Scarlet/Violet, why it may have happened from business, engineering, and company structure perspectives, and what could maybe be done to improve the outcome. Then, they discuss speedrunning as a whole, Swimfan's speedrunning psychosis, the appeal of the activity, and how it illustrates the intersection between competition and community. This will all be on next week's test.

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:31 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet

0:25:00 Dev team sizes & timelines

0:28:00 Social media development

0:34:00 Engineering and iterating

0:45:45 Speedrunning

1:35:25 Randomizers tangent

1:38:39 Building a community through competition

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