Niki, Lotus, and John celebrate 100 episodes and discuss GameStop’s potential purchase of eBay, usTwo’s CEO saying some wild stuff into a microphone, the final death of Paste Games, and more!
00:00:00 Intros & At Least It’s Friday
00:06:05 GameStop could be prepping for an eBay takeover
00:13:50 Saudi Arabia is divesting from some entertainment properties
00:20:36 Atari acquires emulation studio Implicit Conversions
00:24:39 MTG: Arena devs unionize
00:28:48 usTwo CEO speaks way too candidly about labor relations within company
00:39:45 GreedFall dev Spiders being liquidated; mismanagement alleged
00:44:22 GameMaker integrates with Claude Code
00:48:00 The program is interrupted by Niki’s neighborhood “Snacks Man”
00:51:55 Mac Minis are super expensive now because of AI
00:58:58 Last Flag not continuing content updates or console development
01:05:15 Thick as Thieves gets shorter, cheaper
01:08:08 AV Club Games is no more, which spells the end of Paste Games
01:14:50 Flotsam is a cell-shaded city builder on sea that Lotus really likes
01:22:22 Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is playing with dolls
01:36:00 CorgiSpace is a collection from one of the medium’s most prolific creators
01:42:44 Titanium Court avoids Balatro time suck because of reading
01:44:00 Niki continues to build a NAS
01:54:55 We answer your Hive Questions for Episode 100
03:06:40 Outro
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