It's Noah and Nathaniel this week and here's what we've got: The future is Zelda is almost upon us, E3 is really dead this time and whoa, there's other news, too.
THINGS MENTIONED:
This NPR story about E3's death: https://www.npr.org/2023/12/13/1218999254/e3-once-the-superbowl-of-video-games-has-been-canceled-for-good
GamesIndustry.biz: E3 is dead, now what?: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/e3-is-dead-now-what
YouTuber Arlo on "the AAA bubble": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWTzmELv7N4
Polygon: Zelda devs on future of Zelda: https://www.polygon.com/legend-zelda-tears-kingdom/24001489/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-totk-developer-interview
The Switch is still selling like hotcake: https://gamerant.com/nintendo-switch-sales-pass-xbox-360-us/
Aftermath.site's breakdown of the Video Game History Foundation's cool new digital archive announcement: https://aftermath.site/the-video-game-history-foundations-new-online-library-looks-like-a-wonder-of-the-world
Polygon on that canned zombie game: https://www.polygon.com/23997116/the-day-before-fntastic-twitter-steam-reviews-canceled
Skill Up on YouTube on The Day Before's failure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdQXfXm8rjg
PCGamer: Hasbro layoffs despite Baldur's Gate 3's success: https://www.pcgamer.com/theres-almost-nobody-left-ceo-of-baldurs-gate-3-dev-swen-vincke-says-the-dandd-team-he-initially-worked-with-is-gone-due-to-hasbro-layoffs/
Aftermath: "Valve said not to huff the Steam Deck, so I huffed two": https://aftermath.site/valve-said-not-to-huff-a-steam-deck-so-i-huffed-two
This weird YouTube video that shows Luigi playable in Mario 64: https://youtu.be/3cHzwNRLddI
Variety on Hideo Kojima's movie he's working on with A24: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/death-stranding-movie-a24-hideo-kojima-1235837362/
Nintendo Life showing off the now-removed fanmade Link's Awakening PC port: https://youtu.be/CXgXwDAwRaU
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