Episode 148: Dungeons & Dragons, New Coke, and Other Terrible Mistakes (News Show)
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Wizards of the Coast squandered goodwill to find itself right back where it started. Also: Earnings season has begun, the GDC State of the Industry report shows developers put the smackdown on Web3, NPD for December shows a bit of lift, and (as we grimly expected) we\\u2019re in the layoff bad times.
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TIME STAMPS
- [00:01:17] - Learnings for the GDC State of the Industry Report
- [00:26:42] - Wizards of the Coast Fizzles OGL Update
- [00:30:05] - Microsoft Q2 FY23 Earnings
- [00:41:33] - Investment Interlude
- [00:45:38] - Quick Hits
- [00:52:36] - Labor Report
- [00:57:05] - NPD for December 2022
SOURCES
- Earnings Release FY23 Q2 | Microsoft
- Microsoft Corporation Form 8-K | United States SEC
- Xbox\'s Phil Spencer Says Microsoft\'s 10K Layoffs \'Hurts\' In Email To Staff | Kotaku
- A Working Conversation About the Open Game License (OGL) | D&D Beyond
- OGL 1.0a & Creative Commons | D&D Beyond
- Unity lays off almost 300 staff | Eurogamer
- Riot Games to lay off nearly 50 staff as part of "strategic shifts" | Game Developer
- Hasbro lays off 15% of staff to cut costs | Eurogamer
- Ex-Sega developer highlights lack of credit for translators | Eurogamer
- Workers at World of Warcraft studio Proletariat withdraw union petition | Polygon
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