This week, John and Niki are joined by Jesse Vitelli, fresh off a five day subathon on his Twitch channel after being laid off at Restart.Run. Together, they take a hard look at Matt Karch’s history of odd behavior, Netflix’s most recent studio closures, and Star Wars Zero Company.
00:00:00 Intro & Raising Cane’s talk
00:11:25 Saber Interactive CEO Matt Karch did something very weird and has done many weird things previously to this new weird thing
00:34:14 Netflix closes Night School, Moonloot, and lays off others
00:41:35 Restart.Run’s remaining leadership releases a bizarre statement
00:48:23 Pokémon Pokopia sold five million copies
00:54:00 Take-Two looks to be getting deeper into simulation sports
00:56:00 Wolverine & Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave previews dropped
01:11:20 South of Midnight now listed as self-published, but is that the whole story?
01:12:55 Esoteric Ebb serves the best of Disco Elysium without some of the baggage
01:20:30 Knytt Classic is a faithful update of a 2006 freeware standout
01:23:27 Niki’s in the Splatoon Raiders endgame now
01:26:55 Star Wars Zero Company is a lot more than a new XCOM
01:47:00 HIVE QUESTIONS
02:20:55 Outro
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