This is not a great moment for the written word. A looming writer strike is poised to, well, strike Hollywood. VICE is shutting down Waypoint, a gaming outlet\xa0that stressed journalistic integrity over fanboy fawning. IDW announced massive layoffs and a questionable choice as their new CEO. And all this as the grim specter of AI threatens to replace human writers - hell, VentureBeat is already using it to help write and edit articles. Tony and Haygood discuss the present and future of authentic, human creative output!
\nAlso in this episode:
\n- ON THE HORIZON: Tony might eventually need a PS5 after all.
\n\u2013 ON THE COMPANY DIME: Haygood and the missus take a romantic getaway.
\n\u2013 ON THE STEAM: a free game code!
This episode was mixed by Tony Sadowski and includes Joe Haygood and Tony Sadowski on vocals. You can download the podcast directly from here or click on one of the links below to subscribe. This episode features \u201cArcade Puzzler,\u201d \u201cArcade Heroes,\u201d and \u201cCoin Op Chaos\u201d by Eric Matyas,\xa0www.soundimage.org.