Virtual Economy

Virtual Economy

76 episodes

The business of video games can be complicated. In each episode of Virtual Economy, hosts and analysts Amanda Farough and Michael Futter break down the biggest business news in the video game industry.

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Episode 164: The Game Awards Needs to Change (Season Finale)

Published: Dec. 27, 2023, 8:13 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 163: Embracer Group Claims Layoffs are How We Will Win (News Show)

Published: Dec. 15, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 162: The Stark Contrast Between Positive Earnings and Gruesome Layoffs (News Show)

Published: Nov. 15, 2023, 9:49 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 161: Phil Spencer is Bobby Koticks Daddy Now (News Show)

Published: Oct. 30, 2023, 3:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 160: A Bad Year for Game Creators is a Bad Year for Games (News Show)

Published: Oct. 8, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes

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Bonus Episode 9: The State of Indie Publishing with Z from Serenity Forge

Published: Oct. 1, 2023, 5:01 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 159: Unity Says, Nice Game Youve Got There... Itd be a Shame if Something Happened to It (News Show)

Published: Sept. 20, 2023, 1:58 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 158: Microsoft, Activision, and Ubisoft are a Thrupple Now (News Show)

Published: Aug. 26, 2023, 1:28 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 157: The ESRB Is Getting Weird (News Show)

Published: Aug. 6, 2023, 4:19 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 156: Xbox Live is Dead, Long Live Xbox Game Pass (News Show)

Published: July 22, 2023, 3:13 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 155: FTC Cage Match (News Show)

Published: July 3, 2023, 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 154: What Happens When a $2B Deal Evaporates Overnight? (News Show)

Published: June 11, 2023, 7:43 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 153: The UK CMA Throws a Temper Tantrum Over the Activision Acquisition (News Show)

Published: May 23, 2023, 5:39 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 152: Segas Angry Birds Acquisition and Life After Microsoft/Activision (News Show)

Published: May 5, 2023, 6:58 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 23 seconds

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Bonus Episode 8: The UK CMA Murdered the Microsoft/Activision Deal

Published: April 26, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 15 seconds

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GDC 2023: I Fought the Law 2 - Legal Rumble in the Bay

Published: April 23, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 151: E3 Cant Claw Itself Out of the Grave (News Show)

Published: April 5, 2023, 1:36 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 150: Square Enix Says No Flippin Thanks to its Web3 CEO (News Show)

Published: March 17, 2023, 1:34 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 149: The Great Games as a Service Massacre (News Show)

Published: Feb. 20, 2023, 6:18 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 1 second

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Episode 148: Dungeons & Dragons, New Coke, and Other Terrible Mistakes (News Show)

Published: Jan. 30, 2023, 10:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 147: Ubisoft in Crisis (Season 4 Premiere)

Published: Jan. 17, 2023, 11:58 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 146: GameStops Still Hemorrhaging Money (News Show)

Published: Dec. 16, 2022, 8:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 30 seconds

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Bonus Episode 7: What to do When Your Brand Isnt Working for You Anymore

Published: Dec. 6, 2022, 7:49 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 54 seconds

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Bonus Episode 6: How Equity Funding Works (With Kelly Wallick)

Published: Nov. 28, 2022, 7:20 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 145: NetEase Thinks Activision is a Big Jerk (News Show)

Published: Nov. 23, 2022, 9:53 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 144: Weird Corporate Shenanigans (News Show)

Published: Nov. 13, 2022, 6:22 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 143: Microsoft and Sony Stumble on Subscriptions (News Show)

Published: Nov. 2, 2022, 8:29 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 142: The Console Supply Must Flow (News Show)

Published: Oct. 26, 2022, 1:25 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 141: We Need to Talk About the Voice Acting and Bayonetta Brujaha (News Show)

Published: Oct. 18, 2022, 11:02 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 140: E3, WISE FWOM YAW GWAVE (News Show)

Published: Oct. 3, 2022, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 139: Yves Guillemot Cant Fix Ubisofts Culture Problems (News Show)

Published: Sept. 22, 2022, 1:54 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 138: Amazon and EA: Will They Do The Horizontal Mambo? (News Show)

Published: Sept. 1, 2022, 2:37 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 137: Embracer Ate Middle-earth Enterprises for Second Breakfast (News Show)

Published: Aug. 23, 2022, 5:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 136: Activision Is Bleeding Players (News Show)

Published: Aug. 9, 2022, 6:37 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 135: Minecraft Tells NFT Twerps to Go Block Themselves (News Show)

Published: Aug. 2, 2022, 10:56 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 14 seconds

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Bonus Episode 5: Equity and Underrepresentation in Game Development with Code Coven

Published: July 26, 2022, 3:51 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 134: GameStop and Unity Want Those Payoffs for Layoffs (News Show)

Published: July 21, 2022, 5:42 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 133: The Video Game Industry Celebrated Pride with a Bear Market (News Show)

Published: July 3, 2022, 8:31 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 132: Slurping From The Game Firehose (News Show)

Published: June 25, 2022, 6:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 131: GameStop is Bleeding (News Show)

Published: June 9, 2022, 9:47 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 1 second

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Episode 130: A Soft Boiled Quarter (News Show)

Published: June 1, 2022, 4:15 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 129: Jim Ryans Tone Deaf Meow Meow Storytime Hour (News Show)

Published: May 24, 2022, 4:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 43 seconds

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Bonus Episode 4: A Conversation About Preservation with Limited Run & Hit Save

Published: May 21, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 128: You Can Stop Buying GTA V Now (Earnings Show)

Published: May 17, 2022, 3:53 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 127: The Game Industry Is Deathly Quiet on Abortion Rights (News Show)

Published: May 10, 2022, 12:58 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 126: Square Enixs Shocking Western Sell-Off (News Show)

Published: May 3, 2022, 1:44 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 125: Activision Union Busters Rack Up Another L (News Show)

Published: April 25, 2022, 5:31 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 124: Some Activision Shenanigans Afoot in the California Governors Office (News Show)

Published: April 19, 2022, 8:50 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 13 seconds

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GDC 2022: Iron Galaxys Commitment to a Nurturing Workplace with Chelsea Blasko (Bonus Episode)

Published: April 16, 2022, 3:02 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 40 seconds

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GDC 2022: I Fought the Law and the Law Won (Bonus Episode)

Published: April 8, 2022, 2:35 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 123: What Sony is *Really* Doing with PlayStation Plus (News Show)

Published: April 3, 2022, 11:08 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 122: Activision Blizzard Sued for Wrongful Death (News Show)

Published: March 6, 2022, 8:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 31 seconds

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Bonus Episode 3: A Ukrainian Perspective (Interview with Oleksandr Molodkin)

Published: March 3, 2022, 5:48 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 121: You Can Listen to This Episode While Playing Elden Ring (News Show)

Published: Feb. 26, 2022, 10:37 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 120: Does Nintendo Have an Obligation to Preserve Its Legacy? (News Show)

Published: Feb. 21, 2022, 11:19 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 119: Get That Bread (Earnings Show)

Published: Feb. 18, 2022, 1:17 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 118: Bad Management Decisions Open a Can of Worms (News Show)

Published: Feb. 13, 2022, 4:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 117: Earnings are Part of This Complete Breakfast (Earnings Show)

Published: Feb. 8, 2022, 6:22 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 116: The Real NFT Was the Friends We Lost Along The Way (News Show)

Published: Feb. 6, 2022, 7:04 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 115: LEGO of Your Crunch Culture (News Show)

Published: Jan. 24, 2022, 12:16 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 114: Phil Spencer is Gonna Be Bobby Koticks Business Daddy (Bonus Episode)

Published: Jan. 18, 2022, 9:46 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 113: So... What Did We Miss? (Season 3 Premiere, News Show)

Published: Jan. 17, 2022, 11:54 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 112: Season Two Finale

Published: Dec. 14, 2021, 6:12 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 111: Take-Twos Trademark Shenanigans (News Show)

Published: Dec. 5, 2021, 5:17 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 110: Activisions Board Must Fire Bobby Kotick (News Show)

Published: Nov. 22, 2021, 6:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 109: Yearnings for Earnings (News Show)

Published: Nov. 14, 2021, 11:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 108: Devolver Whips It Real Good (News Show)

Published: Nov. 7, 2021, 11:59 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 107: Bobby Kotick Starring in: Accountability Theatre (News Show)

Published: Nov. 1, 2021, 10:20 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 106: Activision Blizzard Cant Slip the Hook (News Show)

Published: Oct. 26, 2021, 5:43 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 105: Corporations Are Not Your Friends (News Show)

Published: Oct. 16, 2021, 11:43 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 104: So... We Heard You Like Money (News Show)

Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 5:26 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 103: Bobby Kotick Got Subpoenaed By The SEC... LETS GOOOOOO! (News Show)

Published: Sept. 28, 2021, 2:03 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 102: Activision Blizzard Did a Labor No No... Again (News Show)

Published: Sept. 19, 2021, 7:39 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 101: How to Destroy Your Studios Reputation With One Tweet (News Show)

Published: Sept. 12, 2021, 6:11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 100: We Did Not Make an NFT of This Show (News Show)

Published: Sept. 5, 2021, 6:26 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 99: Maybe Dont Abuse Steams Refund System (News Show)

Published: Aug. 30, 2021, 8:13 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 50 seconds

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Bonus: #TwitchDoBetter with RekItRaven

Published: Aug. 24, 2021, 3:13 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 98: Fighting For the Little Guy... By Stealing Their Ideas (News Show)

Published: Aug. 21, 2021, 9:37 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 11 seconds

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Bonus: Raw Furys Future with Jonas Antonsson

Published: Aug. 16, 2021, 1:36 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes

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Episode 97: What Goes Up... (Earnings Show)

Published: Aug. 9, 2021, 7:16 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 96: How Not to Fire 150 People (News Show)

Published: Aug. 8, 2021, 12:16 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 95: Activision Blizzard Leadership Has Failed (News Show)

Published: Aug. 1, 2021, 7:23 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 94: The State of California v Activision Blizzard (News Show)

Published: July 24, 2021, 11:24 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 93: Steam Deck, SWOLED, and Other Nonsense Words (News Show)

Published: July 18, 2021, 5:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 92: Its Time For Quick Hits! (News Show)

Published: July 17, 2021, 8:43 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 91: Revenge of PAX Pox (News Show)

Published: June 26, 2021, 4:15 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 90: Bobby Kotick is Paid too Much (News Show)

Published: June 19, 2021, 5:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 38 seconds

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Episode 89: E3 is a State of Mind

Published: June 18, 2021, 5:18 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 88: Oh dear god, its E3... sort of. (News Show)

Published: June 12, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 87: GameStop is getting into NFTs and we want to die (News Show)

Published: May 29, 2021, 7:37 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 86: Is Warner Bros Interactive Headed for an M&A Feeding Frenzy? (News Show)

Published: May 22, 2021, 8:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 1 second

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Episode 85: Buckle up for EARNINGSPALOOZA! (Earnings Show)

Published: May 17, 2021, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 84: Stadia is Alive and Well and Other Optimistic Thoughts (News Show)

Published: May 15, 2021, 6:31 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 83: Why is Blizzard bleeding users? (Earnings Show)

Published: May 10, 2021, 9:53 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 82: Epic vs. Apple: The Fight for Your Money (News Show)

Published: May 8, 2021, 9:29 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 81: Is Time Finally Running Out for Loot Boxes? (News Show)

Published: May 1, 2021, 6:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 80: CDProjekts Ship Now, Apologize Later Strategy Worked... Sorta (News Show)

Published: April 25, 2021, 4:45 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 79: Epic Games Store isnt Bleeding Out (News Show)

Published: April 18, 2021, 4:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 78: Discord, Twitch, Trust and Safety (News Show)

Published: April 10, 2021, 5:56 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 77: Why MLB The Show is on Game Pass on Opening Day (News Show)

Published: April 3, 2021, 6:50 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 75: Activision is laying people off… in this economy. (News Show)

Published: March 20, 2021, 9:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 74: What Happens When a Developer DMCAs Their Own Game? (News Show)

Published: March 6, 2021, 8:50 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 38 seconds

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Episode 73: Stadia: Complete Catastrophe or Mismanaged Mess? (News Show)

Published: Feb. 28, 2021, 6:53 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 72: The Last Temptation of “DeepF-ingValue” (News Show)

Published: Feb. 20, 2021, 11:37 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 71: Sure, revenue is great. But have you ever tried engagement? (Earnings Show)

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 70: E3 Phone Home (News Show)

Published: Feb. 13, 2021, 10:39 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 1 second

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Episode 69: How nice are the earnings? Pretty nice. (Earnings Show)

Published: Feb. 7, 2021, 9:11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 68: Pour one out for Stadia (News Show)

Published: Feb. 7, 2021, 2:03 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 67: GameStonk… Well that escalated quickly (News Show)

Published: Jan. 31, 2021, 1:39 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 66: How A Daytrader Reddit War Made GameStop the Biggest News of the Week (News Show)

Published: Jan. 23, 2021, 8:34 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 65: Lucasfilm Games’ Empire Returns Full Throttle… Indiana (News Show)

Published: Jan. 16, 2021, 6:59 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 64: Get Lost, 2020. Hello… Oh. Oh no. (News Show)

Published: Jan. 9, 2021, 9:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 63: CD Projekt burns bridges with partners, players, and its own future (News show)

Published: Dec. 19, 2020, 8:17 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 62: GameStop’s Earnings Saved By COVID Tax Credits (News show)

Published: Dec. 13, 2020, 5:18 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 61: BioWare’s Leadership Shakeup and PAX’s Live Event Optimism (News show)

Published: Dec. 6, 2020, 8 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 60: Getting Accessibility Right (Launch Special with Steve Saylor)

Published: Dec. 5, 2020, 9:54 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 59: Future Sight: Trends and learnings from the Xbox Series X|S and PS5 launches (Launch Special)

Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 6:58 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 58: Capcom leaks, Embracer’s chic, and Apple squeaks (News show)

Published: Nov. 21, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 57: Next-Gen is Now - Xbox Series X and PS5 are HERE (Launch Special)

Published: Nov. 14, 2020, 9:57 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes

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Episode 56: Take-Two Doesn’t Believe In Subscriptions (Earnings Show)

Published: Nov. 9, 2020, 1:47 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 55: You Can’t Buy PS5 In Stores. Thanks, 2020. (News Show)

Published: Nov. 7, 2020, 6 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 54: Pandemics Are Terrible… Unless You’re a Video Game Investor (Earnings Show)

Published: Nov. 1, 2020, 9:02 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 53: Cyberpunk’s Delay Means More Crunch For Developers (News Show)

Published: Oct. 31, 2020, 4:18 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 52: EA’s Getting Sued for Loot Boxes, eh (News Show)

Published: Oct. 24, 2020, 8:32 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 51: Is Microsoft Throwing GameStop a Life Preserver? (News Show)

Published: Oct. 18, 2020, 3:29 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 50: Amazon’s Crucible is Dead (News Show)

Published: Oct. 10, 2020, 9:16 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 49: Taking Good Care of Developers Starts at the Top (with Chelsea Blasko, Co-CEO at Iron Galaxy)

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 8:52 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 48: Crunch Sucks (Let’s Talk About Why) (News Show)

Published: Oct. 3, 2020, 9:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 47: Bethesda, Microsoft, and a Funny Story About PS5 Exclusivity (News Show)

Published: Sept. 26, 2020, 8:44 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 46: PlayStation 5 Pricing and Preorder Pain (News Show)

Published: Sept. 19, 2020, 10:33 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 45: Xbox Console Prices: Enter the eXtra Small Small (News Show)

Published: Sept. 12, 2020, 10:42 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 44: The case of the missing Xbox Series X and PS5 prices (News Show)

Published: Sept. 5, 2020, 10:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 43: How to Pitch (with Eggnut’s Nikita Danshin and Aleksandra Korabelnikova)

Published: Sept. 2, 2020, 3:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 42: Epic vs. Apple: Round 3 (News Show)

Published: Aug. 29, 2020, 4:12 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 41: An Indie Roundtable With The Galaxy Fund Recipients (Geneva Heyward, Jules Porter, Esq.)

Published: Aug. 27, 2020, 7:53 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 40: Epic, Apple, and the Developers Caught in the Crossfire (News Show)

Published: Aug. 22, 2020, 3:02 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 39: EA Shareholders Vote NO on Exec Compensation (News Show)

Published: Aug. 15, 2020, 4 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 38: The EVE Effect: Using games to find agile employees (with Tryggvi Hjaltason, CCP Games)

Published: Aug. 12, 2020, 11:38 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 37: Animal Crossing Ate Everyone’s Lunch (Earnings and News Megasode)

Published: Aug. 10, 2020, 12:06 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 36: Take-Two Defends Increased Game Pricing (Earnings Show)

Published: Aug. 5, 2020, 8:34 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 35: Roblox Is Making Kids Rich (News Show)

Published: Aug. 1, 2020, 6:47 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 34: Beyond Good And Yves (Earnings Show)

Published: July 29, 2020, 5:22 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 33: Philosophical Differences (News Show)

Published: July 18, 2020, 6:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 32: Diversity, Inclusion, and YOU! (with Kate Sanchez)

Published: July 15, 2020, 9:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 31: Another Chat About Broken Executive Compensation (News Show)

Published: July 11, 2020, 4:58 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 30: The First Rule of GameClub (with Dan Sherman)

Published: July 8, 2020, 7:28 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 30 seconds

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Episode 29: Game Prices on the Rise (News Show)

Published: July 4, 2020, 7:13 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 28: An Overdue Conversation (News Show)

Published: June 27, 2020, 7:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 27: The Galaxy Fund (with Evva Karr)

Published: June 25, 2020, 8:25 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 26: A Conversation About Not-E3 Trends, Broken Video Game Executive Payment, and GameStop’s Woes (News Show)

Published: June 20, 2020, 9:32 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 25: Feeding the Beast (with Troy Baker)

Published: June 16, 2020, 8:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 24: Console Wars are Stupid (News Show)

Published: May 30, 2020, 4:26 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 23: QA and IT are the Real Heroes (with Kari Toyama, Lead Producer, Disintegration)

Published: May 28, 2020, 2:52 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 22: Big Ups, Big Downs (Financial Report Episode)

Published: May 22, 2020, 7:28 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 21: Legal Beagles

Published: May 21, 2020, 9:23 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 20: Cultural Moment (with Shawn Alexander Allen, NuChallenger)

Published: May 20, 2020, 4:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 seconds

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Episode 19: Bootstrapping (with Ryan Canuel, Petricore Games)

Published: May 15, 2020, 8:08 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 18: Epic <3 Sony? Unreal!

Published: May 14, 2020, 4:38 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 17: A Podcast Currently Run by Aliens (with Xalavier Nelson, Jr., Strange Scaffold)

Published: May 8, 2020, 8:49 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 16: XSX Marks Its Spot

Published: May 7, 2020, 9:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 15: The Ethical Minefield Around Leaks

Published: April 30, 2020, 8:57 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 14: Esports Good Guys and Bad Guys (with Ryan Morrison, Morrison Rothman LLP)

Published: April 23, 2020, 8:14 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 13: Modeling Gig (Bonus)

Published: April 17, 2020, 8:11 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 12: One More Time (with Jean Leggett, One More Story Games)

Published: April 16, 2020, 9:42 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 11: From a Certain Point of SKU (with Tak Fujii and Szabó Marcell, DMM Games)

Published: April 10, 2020, 3:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 10: Bottlenecks (with Josh Fairhurst, Limited Run Games)

Published: April 8, 2020, 11:52 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 9: Delayed Indefinitely

Published: April 3, 2020, 10:58 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 8: We Survived the Longest Month Ever (with Dave Oshry, New Blood Interactive)

Published: April 1, 2020, 4:08 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 7: Epic Games to publishers: “Your move” (with Evva Karr, Glitch)

Published: March 27, 2020, 9:32 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 6: The Machine Gun is the Metaphor (with Walt Williams)

Published: March 26, 2020, 4:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 5: We'll do it live (with Scott Hartsman)

Published: March 23, 2020, 7:24 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 4: Maybe don’t do that... (with Victoria Tran, Kitfox Games)

Published: March 20, 2020, 11:29 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 3: Disruptions...? (with Mat Piscatella, NPD Group)

Published: March 19, 2020, 9:45 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 2: Define "Legal" (with Brandon J. Huffman, Odin Law & Media)

Published: March 18, 2020, 8:47 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 1: That's Not What "Going Viral" Means... (with Steph Tinsley, Tinsley PR)

Published: March 17, 2020, 9:48 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 0 - The State of Things

Published: March 16, 2020, 7:21 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 12 seconds

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