The Game Professors

Join the Professors for a deep dive into the biggest shifts in gaming and tech! We start with a discussion on the rumored Netflix-Xbox subscription alliance and Micron's 300GB shoving more Ram into our cars making the"Supercomputer on Wheels." From there, we track the chronological fallout at Epic Games with their recent layoffs and the removal of three Fortnite modes. We then take a...

Join the Professors as we dive into a packed course on the latest gaming chaos. We start with an in-depth look at Marathon’s uphill battle for profitability and the concerns surfacing at Bungie. Next, we navigate Starfield’s leap to PlayStation 5 and the game-changing "Free Lanes" flight update. We then break down how Sandfall Interactive defied AAA norms by using 95% Blueprints for their latest h...

Join the Professors for Course #23! We start with our most in-depth dives yet: the sudden 45-day death of Highguard and its relation to Marathon. Nintendo's strategic acquisition of Bandai Namco Studios Singapore. We then break down Capcom crushing on PC hard while Sony reportedly pulls the plug on single-player PC ports. The US government blocks a 2D game for being "too realistic,"...

Join the Professors for Course #22 as we grade the week's biggest gaming disasters! We kick off with Hideki Kamiya’s viral curse on story leakers and the "legal evolution" of a Pokémon shop that got robbed and then bullied by Nintendo. We go inside xAI’s "war rooms" where Elon Musk is forcing Grok to grind League of Legends before tackling the absolute chaos at Xbox followi...

Join the Professors as we deep-dive into the massive PlayStation State of Play, the breakout hit Mewgenics, and our time as superhero dispatchers in Dispatch! We start with the announcement of a game that Heru has been dying to play, also the God of War trilogy remake, and MGS Master Collection Vol. 2. Then we tackle an apparent Steam Deck shortage and the HDD "Price Apocalypse." We anal...

Join the Professors for Course #20 as we dive into the $12,000 'Goliath' CPU cooling project that ranks among some of the top Cinebench scores in the world. A potential Resident Evil 5 Remake on the heels of the new RE9, and the sudden collapse of Wildlight Entertainment. Then we analyze HP’s 'Forever Rental' gaming rigs and the record-breaking $20M Pokémon Super Bowl LX ad. Then w...

Join the Professors for Course #19 as we navigate a semester of industry-shaking news and devastating studio collapses. We lead with an in-depth Business and Econ session, dissecting the death of 8K TVs as LG and Sony retreat from the resolution arms race. We then dive deep into the technical weeds of Intel’s new "Z-Angle" memory and the rise of China’s CXMT in the RAM market. In Lab Wor...

Join the Professors as we deliver an in-depth analysis of Ken Levine’s upcoming project, Judas, where we break down the unique Narrative system and the five-year R&D journey behind its reactive NPCs. We also circle back to Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella’s warnings about AI losing "social permission" due to its massive environmental footprint. Following its younger brother DDR4 RAM mov...

Join the Professors for Course #17, as Bezos wants our PC’s, and his "Grid Compute" vision to replace your hardware. There was a massive GPU "end-of-life" scare, and  a report on multiple instances of new Ryzen chips experiencing some burn out. The free game Blood West sees a Steam spike, and why Cory in the House is the king of Metacritic memes. We also break down the Monster...

Join the Professors as we discuss potential DRAM supply from the $100 billion Micron "mega-fab" project, the bizarre rise of targeted RAM theft, and the rumored StarCraft shooter from Blizzard. We also breakdown the final shutdown of Anthem and Mark Darrah's revelation about local server code that could have saved it. We head to the Lab to dissect the Code Violet PC controversy and M...

Join the Professors as we dive deep into two massive gaming industry stories that are reshaping the landscape! We're covering the PlayStation 5 ROM key leak that could accelerate emulation and modification for this generation, Razer's new desktop holographic AI waifu, and celebrating a 92-year-old Japanese grandmother dominating Tekken 8. Plus, we're tackling Discord's confidential...

Join the Professors for the FINAL course of the year! We start by honoring the legacy of industry titan Vince Zampella and addressing the reality behind those Asus DRAM rumors. In Shop Class, security is nonexistent as we analyze the $339T Rainbow Six Siege hack, PSN social engineering vulnerabilities, and the Escape From Tarkov account wipes. Next, Civics covers the collapse of FaZe Clan as the t...

Join the Professors as we dive deep into the wild world of PC hardware economics, from Nvidia GPU production cuts to the bizarre reality of older Ryzen CPU’s chips selling for more than their newer 9800X3D successors, all against sliding console and hardware sales across the industry. From there, we break down Steam’s looming end of 32-bit Windows support, plus Nintendo’s Switch 2 getting hammered...

Join the Professors as Heru and Plague dive deep into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's incredible Game of the Year victory—uncovering how a $10 million French indie studio with small team of developers beat the AAA titans, the inspiring story of self-taught composer Lorien Testard's soundtrack, and the free "Thank You Update" that drove sales to 6+ million copies. We break down The...

Join the Professors as we look at the The Game Awards 2025 nominees, with the event happening tomorrow! Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sets the bar with 13 nominations! We break down the major contenders, standout performances, and who’s the most nominated publisher. Next, we continue to explore the hardware crisis hitting gaming PCs hard—AI demand is hoarding memory chips, causing DDR5 and PC prices...

Join the Professors as Heru and Plague dive into whether Astro Bot truly deserves the crown for 2024's Game of the Year! Discover why Micron's exit from consumer memory continues to threaten affordable PC components, how Sony's Steam strategy generated over $1.5 billion in gross revenue, and the confirmation of Valve's mysterious "Lepton" Android compatibility layer for the upcoming Steam Frame VR...

Join the Professors as we dive deep into the memory crisis that's making 64GB of RAM cost more than a PS5 (no one is selling but in case you're wondering spleens go for around $500)! We break down the catastrophic DDR5/Memory price surges—with some kits skyrocketing nearly 200% since September—and explore why AI datacenters are hoarding semiconductor production and leaving PC builders deva...

Join the Professors as Heru and Plague dive deep into the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, breaking down the campaign's disappointing shift to fantasy, multiplayer improvements, and the controversial AI art scandal that has the community up in arms. Then, we analyze the gaming industry's rapid AI adoption, exploring Krafton's massive restructuring toward agentic AI, widespread deve...

Join the Professors as we dive into the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, dissecting its extraction-inspired Endgame mode, and how it stacks up against Arc Raiders in today’s fiercely competitive shooter market. Next, find out Halo Infinite’s support is ending and what it means for the future of Master Chief, before shifting gears to break down Rockstar’s latest GTA 6 delay and the swirl of un...

Join the Professors as we dive deep into PlayStation's controversial dynamic pricing strategy and potentially sprinkle it with a spicy take or two. We’ll break down why Arc Raiders is absolutely crushing it as the extraction shooter everyone's talking about. Travel topside with us as we unpack our thoughts about this critically acclaimed extraction shooter and briefly discuss its optimizat...

Join the Professors as we dive deep into gaming's business shakeups and market madness! Heru and Plague dissect Microsoft's aggressive 30% profit margin mandate for Xbox—exploring studio closures, massive layoffs, and the shift to multi-platform releases including Halo: Campaign Evolved coming to PlayStation. We unpack Amazon's devastating 14,000-person layoff with New World entering m...

Join the Professors as they dissect the TwitchCon 2025 disaster that has the twitch community in uproar. Heru and Plague break down the shocking assault on streamer Emiru, the mishandling of VTuber fan gifts, and the questionable behavior of Twitch's CEO during the crisis—all exposing serious security failures at what should have been a celebration of streaming culture. They also dive into har...

Join the Professors as Heru and Plague dive deep into Battlefield 6's massive launch success with 747K peak Steam players, TPM 2.0 security requirements changing the PC gaming anti-cheat landscape, and Ubisoft's cancelled Assassin's Creed project. We also explore Xbox's scrapped handheld plans, Unity's major security vulnerability affecting millions, and gaming handheld sales. Heru and Plague woul...

Join the Professors for Course #2: GamePass, Play, or Pay? Join the Professors as Plague and Heru dive deep into Microsoft’s big Game Pass shake-up, unpacking Essential, Premium, and Ultimate tiers, day-one exclusives, price spikes, and subscriber backlash. Next, we switch gears to the wider gaming economy, from digital-first strategies and Costco’s console pullback to FTC commentary on consolidat...

Join the Professors in our very first episode as we dive into major gaming news, including Escape from Tarkov's Steam launch, World of Warcraft's upcoming player housing and updates, and the highly anticipated release of Ghost of Yōtei. We also discuss Kojima Productions' new projects, recent game sales successes, and industry happenings like Electronic Arts' massive buyout. Plus,...