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Welcome back to the Bros and Consoles podcast! This week, Nathan and Michael talk about gaming crunch-culture, company decisions, and a whole lot of Super Smash Brothers Ultimate! 

Timecodes: 

03:09 - Housekeeping & Corrections 

05:21 - Seg. 1: What're ya playin'? 

15:42 - Seg. 2: The Bropinion Report (#1: Can game developer crunch-culture be beaten? [Ben Quinn on The Guardian]) 

29:32 - #2: Riot Games, Does the punishment fit the crime? (Cecilia D'Anastasio on Kotaku)

34:21 - #3: Blizzard kills Heroes of the Storm E-sports (Jason Schreier on Kotaku)

40:31 - #4: NES & SNES no longer in production (Allegra Frank on Polygon)

44:41 - #5: Is 10 years okay to wait for another Smash? (Stefanie Fogel on Variety)

49:30 - #6: Police officers playing Smash! (Brittany Vincent on Variety)

54:23 - #7: Is Nintendo too far behind in their online infrastructure? (Allegra Frank on Polygon)

59:48 - #8: Super Smash Brothers Ultimate eye-wear event! (Allegra Frank on Polygon)

1:04:25 - #9: Gamers and entitlement

1:08:43 - #10: The Sonic movie hype falling... 

1:15:45 -  Seg. 3a:  The Entire List of Upcoming Software on the PlayStation Network, as listed by Justin Massongill, brought to you by the Bros and Consoles co-hosts each and every weekend! 

1:30:45 - Seg. 3b: The Weekly Nintendo Switch Picks 

1:39:21 - Seg. 4: The N.I.C. (Genesis Alpha One, by Team17, releasing Jan. 29, 2019) 

1:43:52 - Seg. 5: Sonic's Super-fast Minute! 

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