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Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsNo Union In GTA VIThe Ghostcrawler led MMO has a setback. We have some more union labor strife. Playstation ups their game streaming offering. When is a patent not a patent and we have some nomination for video game of the year.
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The MMO being led by former WoW and League of Legends designer Greg Street looks to be dead as his studio officially closes after NetEase ends funding
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/the-mmo-being-led-by-former-wow-designer-greg-street-looks-to-be-dead-as-his-studio-officially-closes-after-netease-ends-funding-while-wed-love-to-make-our-game-our-first-priority-is-to-help-our-developers-find-employment/
Rockstar, the developer of Grand Theft...
2025-11-1847 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsThis Is Not Your Fathers XBox.Sorry for the bad audio and lack of intro music at the beginning. I had technical difficulties and it sounded dumb to have the music just lead into us talking
... We have some microsoft XBox news on multiple fronts. We learned some pokemon news by nefarious means. We take a look at another phycological study on video games and attention span in children. and finally we take a look at what the designer of Grand Theft Auto 5 has been up to lately.
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2025-10-2755 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsNintendo Patented What!?... We have a large game developer go private. Nintendo doing more nintendo things and what makes a good remake?
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Electronic Arts has recently confirmed that an investor group composed of Silver Lake, Affinity Partners, and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) will acquire it for around $55 billion. This consortium will acquire 100% of EA, which will no longer be listed on the stock market after the transaction is finished.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/electronic-arts-go-private-55-billion-deal-with-pif-silver-lake-2025-09-2...
2025-10-061h 01Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsGamescon 2025Show Notes
... We'll take a look at a new wave of evidence-backed digital therapies. Nintendo is doing Nintendo things and we'll take a look at everything that was announced at Gamescon.
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Your therapist might not be a person anymore—or at least, not only a person. It could be a smartwatch that vibrates just before a nightmare consumes your sleep. It could be a video game that rewires your attention span. It might even be a headset that helps you rehearse exposure therapy in a co...
2025-09-1557 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsDo Video Games Make You Smart...do video games make you smart? We have some union news. We'll talk about censorship of NSFW games along with follow up on a story we talked about last time and we have a list.
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Researchers have linked spending more time playing video games with a boost in intelligence in children, which goes some way to contradicting the narrative that gaming is bad for young minds.
https://www.sciencealert.com/playing-video-games-has-an-unexpected-effect-on-kids-iq-study-discovers
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2025-08-1159 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsMicrosoft BloodbathMicrosoft employees have a really bad day. Are digital games a good thing? We look at what some users are saying about the Nintendo Store and some more news about Microsoft and their desire to take over the world.
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Microsoft laid off more than 9000 employees this past week. Along with the devastating effect on the lives of those people the ripple effect across the tech landscape did not miss the video game world. So let's take a look at what...
2025-07-1449 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsAI in Video GamesToday we’re diving deep into a game-changing force that’s reshaping the digital worlds we explore: artificial intelligence in video games. From smarter enemies and lifelike NPCs to procedurally generated landscapes and adaptive storytelling, AI is no longer just behind the scenes — it’s at the heart of how we play, what we experience, and where the industry is headed.
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Are any of the game developers actually using AI for game development. You bet...
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Wizards of the Coast announced an exclusive publishing agreement with Giant Skull development studios out of Los Angeles to begin work on the next video game in the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. No explicit details were released about the upcoming game, save that it is currently in development for PC and console, with more information to come at a later date.
https://www.cbr.com/dnd-moves-on-from-baldurs-gate-for-new-video-game/
More than 300 quality assurance (QA) workers at Microsoft’s video game subsidiary ZeniMax Media have reached a tentative agreement with the company, marking a first-of-its-kind contract for th...
2025-06-091h 17Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsVideo Game EconomicsWe are talking about the economic state of video games and what it all means for us the gamers.
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In another sign of the hard times in the video game industry EA Lays off hundreds of employees and cancels a game in development.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/electronic-arts-lays-off-hundreds-cancels-titanfall-game-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-04-29/
It has been over six years since Epic started undercutting Steam's 30 percent revenue share for developers, asking for...
2025-05-1357 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsNintendo Switch 2The cost of the PS5 is going up. The cops get digital and all about the Switch 2.
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If you still haven't purchased a PS5, you may want to do so in the very near future. No, it's not because of tariffs, well not directly anyways. Prices for the console are rising in several regions and it's probably only a matter of time before it hits the US. So let's talk about how much, where and when.
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2025-04-2159 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsNintendo Direct Spring 25more bad news on the video game developer front. We take a nostalgic look at some game systems that didn't make the grade. We discuss if genres have any meeting and discuss the latest news out of Nintendos camp.
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We try to keep you up with the state of game development and unfortunately the trend of the last couple of years continued this past week. Eidos Montreal and Myst developer Cyan had layoffs this past month.
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2025-04-071h 06Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsDo You Even Game Bruh?One of the most successful mobile game developers finds a new overlord. Why do we even play games. A fake museum inducts some new members and Sony had it's big day since the last time we were together.
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Niantic, the company that brought us Ingress and Pokemon Go hasn't faired so well with their follow up offerings. Harry Potter was an absolute flop and the few other games trying to recapture that wanderer magic have fallen flat. As such, Niantic...
2025-03-1757 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsSwitch 2 - CES 2025Some new gaming hardware was "officially" announced. XBox showed off some new games and there was this big electronics show that happened and they talked about video game stuff while they were at it.
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Well the wait is over ... sort of. We got some information about the new Nintendo console in the works but not a lot of details. Let's take a look at what we did get.
https://kotaku.com/switch-2-reveal-trailer-date-nintendo-mario-kart-9-1851739487
https://www.polygon.com/nintendo/23899504/nintendo-switch-2-release-date-power-name-games
2025-02-031h 04Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsBest Video Game EverWhat prompted Sony to purchase Naughty Dog. We take a look at the year ahead for triple A titles. It's good to be bad and what is the best video game of all time?
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One of Sony's first developer studio aquisitions was Naughty Dog. At the time, we assumed this was because of money and the financial backing that Sony could provide. Well an article this week confirmed that but what really struck me was the numers of what it cost...
2025-01-1355 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews2024 Year End Review... It's the end of he year and that means a whole bunch of end of year retrospectives. Well you know we love a list and we have several this week dealing with those.
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The end of the year is upon us and as always that means a series of end-of-year awards and community events. The PC marketplace Steam has announced its own slate of nominees for The Steam Awards
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2024-12-3052 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsIt's Whiskey Advent TimeNo Blurb this week. Diddi was lazy. :)
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NZXT is coming under fire for its recently expanded gaming PC rental service. A recent video from Gamers Nexus accused NZXT of running a bait-and-switch, sending people less powerful systems while claiming they offer higher performance. The video expose was posted over the weekend, but the company has only now released a statement that boils down to "we'll look into it," and gamers aren't having it.
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2024-12-161h 09Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews2024 Video Game Award Nominations... we have a sale. A familiar person is bucking to take over everything mouse. Somebody has a birthday and the nominations are in.
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Santa has come a little earlier this year, bringing a price cut for the PlayStation 5 Slim. This model usually retails for $449, but Sony just announced a price cut. The price is dropping down to just $380 until Dec. 24, just in time for the holidays.
https://www.cnet.com/deals/calling-all-gamers-ps5-gets-a-price-cut-this-holiday-season/
Disney is reportedly considering Electronic...
2024-11-251h 13Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsVideo Games and the 2024 ElectionWe talk some news from Sony. What netflix is up to. Microsoft financials and the little decision we are making today.
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Remember that game that Sony put out recently called Concord. No? Well neither do we but it's failure was colosal. Let's talk about the numbers and how bad they were.
https://kotaku.com/concord-sony-biggest-flop-failure-box-office-1851676475
The PS5 pro comes out next week and the specs were released along with the updated games. Well here's the numbers and a few of the games t...
2024-11-111h 17Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsTalk With A LispEpic 1, app stores 0. leadership changes at XBox. A new game announced from a new studio and our list of the week.
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We been following the story of Epic vs Apple as it pertains to allowing the Epic Game Store on Apple devices. Well that story took a turn this week when a judge ruled that Google's play store is an illegal monopoli and must allow third party app stores on it's devices. let's look at that ruling and discuss...
2024-10-2154 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsDon't Go GrannyA beloved streamer decides to call it quits. Nintendo does Nintendo things. Ubisoft does Ubisoft things. And we have a list ... of course we do.
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A beloved figure of Skyrim's content creation scene says she's retiring from making gaming videos. Shirley Curry, better known as 'Skyrim Grandma,' posted a video this past week entitled 'No More Gaming Videos.' In that video, Curry, who is 88, said the decision "doesn't make me too happy" but shes retireing from playing Skyrim basically because s...
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RIP James Earl Jones
A founding member of British synth-pop band Heaven 17 has alleged Rockstar offered the three writers of hit song Temptation $7,500 each for its use in Grand Theft Auto 6 — a figure he has flat out rejected.
https://www.ign.com/articles/rock-star-tells-rockstar-to-go-f-yourself-after-extremely-low-offer-to-use-hit-song-in-gta-6
At gamescon (we'll get to that later) Blizzard unveiled a 4d ride called "Escape from Dalaran" and it was freaking awesome.
https://www.wowhead.com/news/inside-blizzards-exhilarating-4d-ride-escape-from-dalaran-at-gamescom-2024-345989
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2024-09-1657 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsA Little JiggleA video game industry icon is going away. We have several stories about actors in the video game industry and there is more guns and loot on the horizon.
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Back before the internet, I remember going to the corner store and buying the very latest gaming magazine. It was our only source of information about upcoming games and how to beat that last boss in doom. Well one of the very first ones is closing its pages for the...
2024-08-2651 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsMicrosoft Xbox Cloud?Microsoft was thinking along the same lines as us when it comes to future consoles but that takes money to do. Ubisoft tries to piss off their Division fan base. Lets hope Salvatore's latest foray into video games fares better than his previous one and we have another list ... of course we do.
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We would never say we told you so buuuuut we told you so. A leak of a supposedly cancelled video game console that Microsoft filed a patent for...
2024-07-2249 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsThe XBox Console Is DeadThe demise of the XBox console as we know it. Another studio forms a union and we take issue with a poll.
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Here is the press release from Microsoft - At Xbox, we’re committed to bringing the joy and community of gaming to everyone. Today, we’re announcing a collaboration with Amazon where Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members in over 25 countries can play games directly from the Xbox app on select Fire TV devices via cloud gaming, giving people even more choice in ho...
2024-07-0849 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsUbisoft, Sony and XBox Oh My!It's that time of year when the game companies put on their dog and pony shows to try an entice us (the consumer) to get enamoured enough with a game to plunk down our hard earned money on it at release. Well there were three of them since the last time we were together so we're going to wade through all of that as well as a quick story and some insight into one of our favorite topics, the state of the video game industry.
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2024-06-241h 09Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsUnfrostedSome news about the health of the video game industry. Sony tries to invigorate their VR offering and we have a couple of good lists to take a look at. Oh and we actually have a game review to go over.
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It's been a rough year for the video game industry. The games industry saw almost same number of layoffs in first five months of 2024 as in all of last year Take two is the latest company to have large cuts. Is the...
2024-06-101h 04Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsEpic IndiesApple relents on it's app store stance. The Microsoft/Blizzard merger starts to pay off and we have a list ... and another list. that's right, we have 2 lists for you tonight although they are on the same topic.
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Remember how we talked about Apple would never allow user to download games from an app store that wasn't apple, well under pressure from gamers and regulatory agencies, Apple has agreed to allow downloads from rival Epic's app store.
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2024-05-0645 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsVideo Game TVWe are having another TV centric episode. We will discuss another huge video game based hit on streaming and we may even have a list based around TV shows. Beside TV we have another tone deaf statement from an ex Blizzard exec that sort of epitomizes how out of touch they were.
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Oh Blizzard, here we go again. In a completely tone deaf message Mike Ybarra, former Blizzard president, said that gamers should tip developers when they like a game.
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2024-04-2255 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsRIP AkiraSome sad new in the comic world. There's some Playstation news and we have a couple of great lists to take a look at.
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The comic world lost a pioneer and inspiration when akira toriyama passed away this past week. His Dragon Ball comic is revered as one of the best animes ever. His creativeness and vision will be missed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/08/arts/akira-toriyama-dead.html
Some PS5 news. The PS5 pro sp...
2024-03-2554 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsNintendo, Don't Be A DickNintendo picks it's battles and the Game industry takes another hit.
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Sony lays off approxamately 85 of its work force. This include the closing of a full studio in London a week after the CEO visited and said all is well. Just another in the blood bath that is the gaming industry this year.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/24084494/sony-playstation-layoffs-2024
https://fandomwire.com/playstation-ceo-jim-ryan-closes-london-studios/#:~:text=Jim%20Ryan%20shuts%20down%20London,hand%20and%20an%20uncertain%20fate.
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2024-03-1147 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsPikachu ... WITH GUNS!!!... Labor strife in the video game industry. We discuss a pokemon wannabe as well as the future of micro transaction and oh yeah, another video game awards show and all the winners.
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We've talked quite a bit about layoffs and force reductions in the video game industry lately but why is that happening? I think we have touched on our theories but this article from polygon looks into the current development industry and why these things are happening.
https://www.polygon.com...
2024-02-261h 01Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsMicrosoft Blizzard Layoffshttp://www.joystickandmouse.com
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Embracer Group, the company attempting to forge one video game publisher to rule them all, has just presided over another round of layoffs. Eidos Montreal is letting go of 97 game developers and support staff, the company announced today on X.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/29/24054659/embracer-eidos-montreal-layoffs-deus-ex
CES 2024 happened while we were away. The big kids at the gaming table tend to use their own events to announce their own devices. Microsoft isn’t going to announce a new Xbox in Las Ve...
2024-02-0545 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews2023 Year EndWe're talking TV
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It's award season and although the big emmy show is in a couple of weeks, there is a smaller show known as the Creative Arts Emmy Awards which has a lot of the awards such as best visual effects and prosthetics and the such. The last of us was up for several awards on this as well as the golden globes so let's get into who won and how the show did.
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2024-01-1746 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsVideo Game Awards Show 2023It's all about the game show awards so lets get to it.
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The game show awards took place last week and , well it's as good as a list so let's run down the winners for you and discuss the angst around this years show.
https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/all-the-game-awards-2023-winners-revealed/2900-4977/?ftag=NL&campaignName=GameSpot-Report&date=120823&lctg=b3a7b738bd17d2fa16eb5ab92783891fb0c35bd6f93fb6c92ad5b2d8754d0c30#12
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2023-12-1953 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsIrelandBlizzcon returned and was epic again and we have all the details. IGN inadvertantly misses the mark and there were more layoffs in the video game industry. AND we have a list!!! Sort of. The video game award nominees were announced so we'll run down the games that were nominated.
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BlizzCon 2023 has happened and its opening ceremony was filled with big announcements, including Diablo 4's first expansion called Vessel of Hatred, three new expansions for World of Warcraft in The Worldsoul Saga, a new Overwatch 2 hero named Mauga, and much more. Here's all the...
2023-11-271h 16Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsBlizzcon 23 is ComingA week after the merger clears Microsoft decides to kill a good deal of that good will with it's latest policy update. Ragnar has had his hacker license revoked. Bungie and is the latest developer with financial issues The party of the year is set to take place in Anaheim and if you are going to play some of these older Ubisoft games you better get to it.
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In an apparent policy change, Microsoft...
2023-11-061h 05Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsDone DealXbox gets a lot bigger ... officially. Heads roll over Unity pricing debacle. Lots of people want to build something the Starfield lead quest designer leaves to work on a new game.
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Its oficially official, after almost two years and sometimes contentious clashes between regulators and the companies, The Microsoft - Activision/Blizzard was finalized on October 13th. Lets take a look at what the means for the gaming landscape.
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2023-10-241h 08Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsLong Live The KingThe king has returned. Epics force reduction is ... well ... epic. 3 strikes and your out and we have a new platform to stream to ... sort of.
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The king of MMO game development has returned to his castle after leading a successful quest into the gaming wilderness. That's right, the one and only Chris Metzen has returned to Blizzard entertainment to be creative director of World of Warcraft.
https://www.xfire.com/chris-metzen-returns-creative-director-world-of-warcraft/
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2023-10-091h 02Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsThe Business of Video GamesWe are going to focus a bit on the business side of video games today with a small detour into the world of will they ever learn with a dash of back to the future with XBox. So lets get into it.
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Who is the most hated company in all of gaming? Activision-Blizzard? Nope. Its not Riot Games either and even though EA is notorious for its microtransaction nonsense (and recent layoffs at Bioware...
2023-09-2557 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsGamescom 2023It's all Gamescom this week. With the cancellation of E3 this year Gamescom became the big focus of the gaming world. We take a look at all the announcements and what got us excited.
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Wow, just wow. Gamescom opened with a bang and long ass opening ceremony. There were a ton of announcements and trailers so here is the list. We'll see which one we were interested in.
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2023-09-041h 04Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsBest Games, First Half of 2023I didn't write an introduction this week ... bad host.
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Netflix is kicking off the first public tests of its cloud-streamed games. Beginning Monday, some Netflix subscribers in Canada and the UK will be able to check out Netflix games streamed to select TVs, connected TV devices, and on the web from Netflix.com.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/14/23829262/netflix-cloud-gaming-testing-tv-web
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2023-08-211h 02Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsMicrosoft Merger DramaMore Microsoft - Activision/Blizzard merger drama. There's a new switch on the horizon. Politics invades our video game worlds and Xbox home screen gets a face lift.
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Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have agreed to extend their merger agreement pending the outcome of negotiations with UK regulators. Both parties will now have until October 18th to finalize the transaction, after missing last weeks original deal deadline. Microsoft will argue its case for its proposed Activision...
2023-08-0749 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsJune 2023 Nintendo DirectBlack Panther finally gets a game. Another game developer has labor news. One of our favorite comics and TV shows makes a crossover appearance and everything announced at the Nintendo direct.
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In exciting news EA has just announced a new studio along with an upcoming game based on the Black Panther franchise. The studio is called Cliffhanger Games, and it's based in Seattle. It's made up of veterans of Monolith Productions, the developer...
2023-07-171h 00Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsXbox Games Showcase 2023The FTC goes full United States and sues to block the Microsoft - Activision Blizzard merger. Sony is ramping up it's cloud gaming game but the big event of the last week was the XBox games showcase which of course we'll dig into and give our thoughts on.
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The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Microsoft from completing its deal to buy video game company Activision Blizzard, the latest antitrust challenge to the proposed merger but one that could...
2023-06-2655 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsApple Says ”Hold My Beer”In the UK the plot thickens as it pertains to the Microsoft acquisition of Activision/Blizzard. A new trailer was released for the telltale treatment of the Expanse. Apple turns to Sony and says "Hold my Beer" and what about the current state of the gaming landscape as we know it now will be cringe worthy when we look back on it.
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Microsoft could consider pulling Activision from the UK market as one extreme option to...
2023-06-121h 05Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsOne Step CloserMicrosoft/Blizzard moves a couple of steps closer to becoming a reality. Everyone is so angry at just about everything and everyone in the video game world but hopefully they won't be when they conviene in Anahiem later this year and there were soooooooo many game announcements this week. We have all that and a game review to talk about today.
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The Microsoft aquisition of Activision/Blizzard took an interesting turn when China of all places gave...
2023-05-291h 13Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsGo Pound RocksThere's more Microsoft/Blizzard acquisition news and also some insight into the cost of making video games. Steam deck has a competitor and you can now invite a friend to play games with you in game pass ... sort of.
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Despite recent signs that it was softening its stance on Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the U.K.’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, has announced that it has deci...
2023-05-1556 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsQuidditch Anyone?Lots of Microsoft news and not much of it good. Those little flying crashing exploding birds get a new home and we may actually get to catch the snitch and whomp a bludger or two in an upcoming game.
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In a low key move on April 6th, Microsoft shut down emulation on the XBox consoles. This had the small but passionate emulator community up in arms. It brings up the question for us though ... Why? what does Microsoft get out of this?
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2023-04-2441 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsFire Up That John DeereMicrovision/Blizzard gets over a huge hurdle on its way to being approved. Continuing from our topic last show, here's another twist on the simulator games. Surprise, some players aren't happy with their FIFA ratings and there was this little conference this past weekend.
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In what could be a decisive tipping point for Microsoft’s chances of completing its deal to purchase Activision/Blizzard, the U.K. regulator — previously thought to be the most likely to block...
2023-04-0350 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsBang Those BongosGhostcrawler is off to new endeavors. How do they pick what game to work on next. Lets go farming and immersion is all the rage.
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Citing a combination of personal loss and professional considerations, Greg Street announced that he has stepped down from Riot Games today. The former World of Warcraft Lead Systems Designer has been at Riot for the last nine years, spending at least three of them heading the development a new MMORPG set in the...
2023-03-2052 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsThe Super BowlWe have a very special episode today where we are going to hit on a news worthy game article and then go into our main topic which of course was the Super Bowl and specifically what was the best commercial.
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Blizzard - Activision workers are mad at president Mike Ybarra after an all-hands meeting that was held last week. I though am going to take this as a positive because their complaints wern't about working conditions or...
2023-02-2754 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsR.I.P. AnnieThe nerd community lost a very talented actress. Blizzard paid a hefty fine but in the end it was just pocket change for them and the grammy goes to ...
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Acclaimed actress Annie Wersching has passed away at the age of 45 after a prolonged battle with cancer. She was best known for her role as Renee Walker in 24 but as I found out, she was alost the voice of Tess in the original The Last of Us video...
2023-02-1354 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsBlizzard Goes Dark In ChinaBlizzard goes dark in China. The playstation VR is HOW much and is The Last of Us the best video game adaptation ever.
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Today’s the day most Blizzard games go offline in China. After failing to reach a deal with publishing partner NetEase, Blizzard has shuttered most of its games in the country, including World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, and Diablo.
https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-games-go-dark-in-china-with-no-return-in-sight-this-is-so-tragic-says-former-hearthstone-director/
https://www.icy-veins.com/forums/topic/69664-netease-message-to-chinese-blizzard-game-players/
https://ww...
2023-01-3154 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews2022 Year in Review2022 Video Game Year in Review
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Review
Forspoken Demo - Diddi
2023-01-101h 02Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsPoop In The MailThis episode deals with the 2022 Video Game Awards and how Diddi sent his poop in the mail. Come give a listen and see if you agree with our takes.
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https://www.ign.com/articles/the-game-awards-2022-winners
https://thegameawards.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_Awards
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-game-awards-2022-results-all-the-winners/
2022-12-271h 07Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsMeasure Your Froot LoopsBy the time this episode is posted the Video Game Awards show will have happened already but today we are going to take a look at the main categories and give our take of the nominees.
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Show Notes:
2022 Video Game Award Nominees
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-game-awards-2022-how-to-watch-start-times-and-what-to-expect/1100-6509600/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_Awards
Game Review:
As Dusk Falls - JayDimes
2022-12-121h 01Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsWhat are we going to do today Microsoft ...First, sorry for no episode. The Audio for 147 was corrupt and we couldn't recover it. Now on to the show.
We discuss a couple of stories in the Microsoft XBox universe and we let you know if spending a lot of hours gaming is bad for adolescents.
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Microsoft waits until the beginning of each month to reveal the list of new games coming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service, but fans often know of at...
2022-11-2852 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsShow Me The MoneyVideo game companies spend lots of money on games but apparently not on voice actors. And we hoped the latest google service would buck the trend but nope, not gonna happen and why do we play these games anyways?
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Video games are a nearly $200 billion industry. That’s a lot of money sloshing around an increasingly small group of notoriously secretive companies. Where does it all go? At least some of it is poured back into competing storefronts an...
2022-10-241h 10Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsSony and Nintendo Eventsthere were two big events since we last had a show and that's excluding the GTA6 leak. Sony held a Playstation State of Play event and later that same day Nintendo held a Nintendo direct.
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Sony held a short State of Play event and here was what was revealed.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/playstation-state-of-play-september-2022-everything-announced/
https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-state-of-play-september-2022-everything-announced
https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/09/13/playstation-september-2022-state-of-play-recap/
The other big event...
2022-10-031h 20Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsUpcoming For UbisoftWe lose the first unionized game company. We answer that age old question, are video games good for you. Nintendo is apparently an awful place to work if you're a female and Ubisoft tells us all about their upcoming stuff.
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The first video game studio in the US to unionize is shutting down. On Wednesday, Beast Breaker developer Vodeo Games announced it had failed to secure funding to produce an additional release beyond its debut title.
https://w...
2022-09-1956 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsArkham World ... Yes PleaseThe EA saga continues. We wax poetic through an imaginary game world of http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse
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The best video games are imaginary. Often they exist completely in our heads, or in the dreamy space between their initial announcement and what we finally end up playing. This is where “Arkham World” exists. Born from a 2011 Video Game Awards gag, the completely fictitious entry in the massively popular Batman Arkham series is now all some fans can talk about.
https://kotaku.com/batm...
2022-09-0650 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsThe Musk-stationThe recession is hitting everyone even video game companies. There will be no Muskstation or Overwatch loot boxes but there will be more games on NetFlix and we take a look at what a video game should cost.
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The giants of the video game world saw their sales slide in the second quarter, as initial tailwinds from the Covid pandemic faded. In the three months ending with June, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo each posted disappointing results in...
2022-08-151h 13Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsToooooooo LongStadia tries to up it's games. Typical week with Blizzard where they win some and lose some. Another game studio gets gobbled up and we have a list of games that fell a little long.
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Show Notes
Google launched click to play a couple of months ago but this week their Stadia offering ot a big boost. They launched 11 new games thaty you can try on their platform.
https://chromeunboxed.com/stadia-9-new-click-to-play-game-trials
Blizzard Entertainment is...
2022-07-181h 16Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsBest Video Game HelmetsBlizzard continues on with its tone deaf direction. We beg Kojima to please make the game he was thinking about making. Overwatch 2 is about to be unleashed on the world and we debate the greatest helmets in video game history on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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Bobby Kotick will get to keep his seat on Activision Blizzard's board of directors despite catching flak over the alleged role he played in creating the company's toxic workplace culture. At...
2022-07-0554 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsCome On RokuIt was an all Microsoft kind of week. From their little TV gem to the big presentation with Bethesda among others that just kept dropping bomb after bomb. We'll take a look at all the announcements and give our thoughts on what made us go wow, what we thought looked cool, what we are looking forward to and what we thought was just meh on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
Show Notes
Maybe it's time for a TV upgrade. Microsoft announced this week that they entered into an agreement with Samsung that all 2022 smart...
2022-06-221h 02Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsMicrosoft Acknowledges Raven UnionWe have twists and turns of a plot nature. We revisit hell and not the dumping a studio kind and we take a look at the future of the video game development work force.
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In an internal all-hands meeting with Xbox Game Studios employees, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer said that he would recognize Raven Software’s union. This came after the QA testers at Raven voted to form the first labor union at a major studio. Later Spe...
2022-06-0658 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsWhole Foods Burger BarAnother game studio is for sale. Gotta catch em all... literally. Which game characters are making bank? Disney looks to try and create a more adult game and there be dragons on this episode of Joystick and mouse.
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Show Notes
"Square Enix Selling Tomb Raider, Deus Ex & Thief (And Their Studios As Well)
Let's see if the new owners can also be disappointed by great games that sell well."
https://kotaku.com/square-enix-embracer-deus-ex-1848866849
Osceola...
2022-05-0547 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsLet’s Have a PlaydateSony tries to play catch up with XBox, Blizzard is at it again. Theres a new handheld in town and WE HAVE A LIST!, on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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Show Notes
After months of speculation and reports, Sony finally unveiled its new PS Plus subscription service—previously referred to as codename “Spartacus”—which falls in line with the likes of Xbox Game Pass. The new service aims to streamline Sony’s offerings, effectively combining PS Plus and PS Now, wi...
2022-04-2059 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsWeek of MehThis is the week of "Oh, really, THAT happened this week. I hadn't noticed. The world of video games has taken a back seat to the Russian invasion of Ukraine but there was some news this past little bit as well as a very meh performance (again) by Sony. I guess they were saving the thunder for later.
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Amazon Luna, the retail behemoth’s cloud gaming service which launched in early access in October 2020, is now av...
2022-03-2546 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsCoffin NailsGPU's greater than posting. Stadia continues to dwindle in the rearview mirror. What Ubisoft has up its sleeve as well as everything announced ... and not announced at the latest Nintendo Direct on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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Show Notes
The company formerly known as Facebook got hammered this week and as such got over taken by NVidia in value. How and Why did a GPU manufacturer overtake the largest social media platform on the planet.
https://www...
2022-02-2352 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsEveryone Gets A Development StudioYou get a development studio and you get a development studio everybody gets a development studio. At least it's felt like an Oprah christmas special episode lately in the video game world. Let's dig into the latest games studio acquisition and see what that means for gamers, workers and the industry as a whole on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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This week Sony (We knew they had to respond in some way) purchased Bungie for 3.6...
2022-02-1148 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsMicrosoft Acquires Activision/BlizzardThere was only one real story this week in video game news and that of course was the acquisition of Blizzard/Activision by Microsoft for 69 billion freaking dollars. We'll talk about what this means for the gaming industry and what we hope comes from this purchase on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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The skinny - Initial thoughts
https://www.axios.com/microsoft-to-buy-activision-blizzard-c2e1fe64-c5f8-4c77-bfa6-2893668ad173.html
2022-01-2653 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews2021 Review ShowWelcome to our version of the 2021 video game awards where we give our take on the past year and look forward to the year to come. Oh and Alex drops a bomb.
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Biggest News Story
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_in_video_games
Best Narrative (Story)
Biggest Meh
Best Game
Favorite Game
Looking Forward to in 2022
https://www.gameinformer.com/2022
2022-01-051h 12Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews2021 Video Game AwardsThere was other news from the company that can't be named and in the Epic vs Apple ongoing saga but this week is dedicated to the Video Game Awards that were held this past week. Let's dive right in and let you know our thoughts on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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Show Notes
The show as a whole
https://www.cnet.com/news-live/the-game-awards-2021-every-result-winner-announcement-trailer-and-more/
https://www.thegameawards.com/
The musical guests
2021-12-151h 17Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsSony vs Microsoft Round 36Open mouth, insert leg. Yep, you know what company that is about. maybe Sony is finally waking up to the way people want to consume games and it's awards season on the video game front. These topics and some serious horsepower coming to a phone near you on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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Show Links
I know you guys are tired of hearing about this and frankly we're tired of having to bring it up every week...
2021-12-081h 09Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsPeel and StickBlizzard is more of a slushy mess these days, Netflix and kill is a thing now. The boss of EA is clueless (we knew this already) and are NFT's really that bad? All that and Halo built in on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Blizzard. You remember that really tone-deaf email written by Fran Townshend that was sent right after the lawsuit was brought...
2021-11-261h 19Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsGetting the Band Back TogetherThe guys got together in person to record an episode and man it felt good. We talked about the latest developments at Blizzard. Sonys lackluster announcements and the joint venture between Sega and Microsoft. Oh and some spooky game that Alex was playing.
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You know how people think their devices are listening to them, well it appears that ours, and facebook in particular is listening to us because Facebook decided this to rebrand itself as Meta focussing on t...
2021-11-031h 07Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsThe Metaverse EpisodeThe metaverse! What is it? How does it work? How do we start living a world like Ready Player One? Why should we be so excited (or terrified) about this? There's lots to unpack as we look at the evolution of this metaverse - most importantly, how this affects games. We're going to talk about all of that and more on this episode of Joystick & Mouse.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been making news lately by talking about...
2021-10-281h 01Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsJayDimes is Back!Nintendo looses its crown. Game developers are finding new, more creative ways to enhance their brand recognition. XBox has some news on that Fable game we've ... oh, wait. No they don't and an huge update (the last free one) is coming for our favorite island. We break it all down for you on this episode of Joystick and mouse. Oh yeah, one last thing. JAYDIMES IS BACK!!!!!
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The Nintendo Switch loses its crown as the king...
2021-10-2158 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews”It‘s a-me, Mario!” (ft. David Luzader)You should have learned. I didn't learn, it's one of my issues. This famous line by Mario could have been said about Blizzard entertainment. What? Not Mario ... Oh yes it is. That and everything else announced at Nintendo direct on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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Guest
David Luzader - https://twitter.com/davluz
Show Notes
It's been a couple of weeks since we've talked about Blizzard Entertainment but I think we need to g...
2021-09-291h 05Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsVideo Game Philosophy 101 (ft. Scott Johnson)Going to take a dive into the psychology of gaming today and take a look at how we project ourselves into games. When we make a decision in a game what is it that drives us to make that decision and how does it affect us? Gamers will now be able to experience the "pleasure" of building IKEA furniture and XBox cloud gaming is loose in the wild on this episode of Joystick and mouse.
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2021-09-221h 23Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews19 Games During Covid 19, Coincidence? (ft. Brian Ibbott)This week Sony held a Playstation showcase and reminded us who has the best line-up of games and why that $500 console is worth every penny. Let's dive into what was announced and look at our favorites and maybe some other angles of these announcements that weren't readily apparent on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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Our Guest
The one and only Brian Ibbott - @Coverville
Show Notes
Here's everything that was announced and shown at...
2021-09-151h 15Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsChinese Stir-Fry (ft. Searanex)Get your woks out because we are going to stir up a couple of Chinese stories today. We'll offer that with side dishes of mashed no upgrades and steamed tutorial and end it all with big ol slice of 5G cloud gaming on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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Our Guest
Searanex - https://twitter.com/Searanex
Story Links
last week we told you about China's new law limiting minors to 3 hours per week...
2021-09-081h 12Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsStop Humping Our Necks (ft. Rishi Bee)It appears Blizzard goes full TMNT about the lawsuit ... (PSSST, Not that kind of Shredder) Pinky wonders what China is up to. Is it getting toxic in here or are we all just a little more salty now and what does cloud gaming hold for us on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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Our Guest
Rishi B - @rishibh
Story Links
Here's what you don't do when somebody sues you. You don't destroy the...
2021-09-011h 11Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsIntels New Arc Reactor (ft. SteveHNH)Today we'll make you feel old. We'll talk about a company other than Microsoft trying to take over the world. We diverge a little bit and mention some big hardware news and then look to the future a bit. Now get off my lawn and listen to this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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Steve - @steveHNH
Episode Links
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2021-08-251h 05Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsTwo Lists For The Price Of One (ft. theJEN)So, you're looking for a job? Look no farther than a certain game development company in California. How do I know they are hiring. Ho, let me tell you about that, the latest stupid politician antics along with a couple of mostly wrong lists on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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Our Guest
theJEN - @thejensays
Show Links
https://www.axios.com/activision-blizzard-harassment-lawsuit-hr-da4f678a-510c-4975-9d64-f5d744aa5c02.html
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2021-08-181h 06Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsWhich Game Art Style Is Best (ft. Audie Norman)The first domino topples in the fallout from Blizzardgate, but will it help? You can now light up your life while fighting the pandemic and who needs sweaty crowds, lots of traffic and broken vocal tapes to lip-sync to when you and 45 million of your closest friends can jump in the mosh pit together virtually. We talk about this, Favorite game art styles and the latest way Microsoft is taking over the world on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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Guest Links
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2021-08-111h 12Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsAh Blizzard, What Are We Going To Do With You (ft. TvsTravis)The torches were lit, the pitch forks were brandished and the angry mob set its sights on Activision-Blizzard. What to do in the face of an angry mob? Dr Frankenstein didn't know and frankly we don't really know either but whatever the right solution is, What Blizzard did this week was not it. We'll explore what they did do, what they should have done and maybe what some others are doing on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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Guest Info
@tvstravis
Story...
2021-08-041h 03Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsPage 14 (ft. Monica Stone & Amy Frost)Warning! This episode contains discussions concerning sexual abuse.
There really was only one story this week in the video game world. The lawsuit filed by the state of California against Blizzard/Activision exposed the culture at the game development giant but maybe more importantly has started a conversation about the way women are treated in all corporations and even society at large. This week we have some very special guests (@Daniora and @WickedKitten13) to give their unique perspective and insights. We have the hard conversation about this uncomfortable topic on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
2021-07-281h 08Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsShow Me The Money (ft. Bobby Frankenberger)Today on the show we answer these questions. Did we just get the Nintendo Switch killer? is it time for a new world? What are the game companies thinking and Where is cloud gaming going and is that the right destination? That's a lot of questions that need answered so lets get to it on this episode of Joystick and Mouse. (W/ Special Guest Bobby Frankenberger)
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Bobby's Info
Twitter - @GMFunkytown
Podcast - @allaroundsci (All Around Science Podcast)
Story...
2021-07-221h 20Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsSwitches, Sonys and Cartridges, Oh My!The Switch pro is here, the Switch pro is ... what? It's not a pro? Guess we'll have to get something really exciting from the Sony state of play. What? Nothing really new from Sony either. Well then maybe we'll get a new game cartridge. They cost WHAT!? Well then let's go for the old tried and true and look at Microsoft trying to take over the world on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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2021-07-151h 05Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsDomination, Addiction and RepurposingThe veil between life and death is further lifted this week as World of Warcraft FINALLY drops its first patch of the latest expansion. We dive into, are video games addictive and a use for that old XBox console on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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T-Shirts!
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WoW Update
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Video Game Addiction
https://www.wired.com/story/what-gaming-does-to-your-brain-how-you-might-benefit/
Xbox Consoles...
2021-06-3053 minJoystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsE3 2021It's all E3 this week and there's lots to get through. The guys get together and discuss what was great and what was just meh about the annual entertainment event on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/06/12/e3-live-stream-game-reveals/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2021/06/15/nintendo-direct-e-3-nintendo-switch-game-announcements/7698416002/
https://www.polygon.com/e3/22532052/xbox-bethesda-games-showcase-e3-2021-best-announcements-trailers
https://www.polygon.com/e3/22532197/xbox-e3-2021-game-pass-announcements-starfield-halo-elder-scrolls
2021-06-181h 03Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsI Accuse The Chicken NuggetWe open the door, throw the chicken nugget out the air lock and break down another useless but fun list as well as being thankful for the 5G nanobots that we were injected with on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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2021-06-091h 08Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsGame Studies 101 - Interview with Dominic MyersWe're doing something a little different this week! Alex interviews a video game scholar, Dominic Myers, better known as GameStudies101 on TikTok. Dominic shares enlightening perspectives on video games; from the ways we build relationships with characters in video games, the state of the indie gaming industry, and how there is a budding scholastic focus on the ways video games affect people's lives.
Check out Dominic's TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@gamestudies101?lang=en
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2021-05-261h 06Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsAnd the Oscar goes to ...And the oscar goes to ... a video game company? how did THAT happen? You know we love a list to dissect but this one just was like throwing out angry gamer bait. We take a look at Yahoo's top 30 video games of all time and tell them why they are wrong. That along with Sony trying to keep up with the Jones's on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
2021-04-291h 11Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsHow old is too old?Ahh, Sony is being Sony again and usually that's not a good thing, but in this case, a lot of people are quite happy. With their announcement about leaving old game system store open it begs the question ... who cares? Today we take on the topic of old game systems and their life expectancy and how old is too old as well as something new on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
2021-04-211h 03Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsCheating In Video GamesTonight we take on the topic of cheating in video games. Is it ok? and if so when? What constitutes cheating and would any of us do it? That and does cloud gaming eliminate cheating on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
2021-04-141h 09Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & ReviewsIs Microsoft Buying DiscordThe guys get together to talk about the possible acquisition of the popular gamer chat platform Discord by Microsoft. What does this mean for the platform and the Discord community? We break it down on this episode.
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