On this week's show, the crew deals with several major post-scripts from last week's jam-packed news discussion block. Fortunately, Lotus, Niki, and John are joined by certified GOAT Michael Higham to unpack it all.

1. Michael beat Resident Evil Requiem and John played it on Switch 2
2. The global storage shortage gets very real with Seagate and Western Digital allocating stock of hard drives through 2026
3. Valve is revisiting the timeline of their new hardware suite
4. Steam Deck OLED stock is out intermittently in major regions
5. Sony and Nintendo both evaluating delays and price hikes for hardware
6. TiMi's Montreal studio closing
7. Turns out we were right about pretty much everything we discussed regarding Tencent and Highguard last week
8. Microsoft Japan under investigation for monopolistic practices
9. Discord delaying age verification amid backlash
10. skate developer laying off unknown number of staff
11. New York Attorney General suing Valve over loot boxes
12. UK Advertising Committee issues enforcement over loot boxes
13. Eurogamer hit with layoffs
14. Blueprint pitched a Bloodborne remake before its closure
15. Pokemon Winds & Waves revealed for 2027 release
16. Michael and Niki played Marathon
17. Niki and John played Vampire Crawlers
18. Niki played Titanium Court
19. Michael played Cicadamata
20. The crew answers your burning HIVE QUESTIONS from our lovely Discord

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