Gamified

Is Marathon already dead? Sony just raised PS5 prices for the second time in a year. And the CEO of an $11 billion company used ChatGPT to try dodging a $250M payout. Plus Chris Heatherly serves up a rumor about Disney. 2:55 Is Marathon Already Cooked? 19:20 PS5's are 30% More Expensive 36:48 Metacritic's Top 10 Publishers 48:08 Disney is Working on "Playable TV" 1:01:29 How Much...

Episode 153: The panel goes to war over Nintendo vs Marvel, dunks on Epic's disaster, dissects the $80B metaverse failure, and debates whether Crimson Desert's AI art scandal even matters. 4:00 Big Deal?: Crimson Desert AI Art Scandal 19:55 Buy or Sell: Cyberpunk TCG Kickstarter ($13M Raised) 35:49 Autopsy: What Killed the Metaverse? ($80B Lost) 46:45 Quickfire: GameStop Declares Xbox 360...

Topics on today's show - 143 million Pokemon Go players unknowingly built a 30 BILLION image AI dataset. Microsoft announced Gaming Copilot for Xbox - an AI that can play the game for you. NVIDIA showed DLSS 5 and the internet lost its mind (in a bda way). Slay the Spire 2 sold 3 million copies at $25 - did they leave millions on the table? GDC rebranded as a "Festival" and nobody ca...

Game Modes + Topics for this episode: 0:37 Netflix Valued Warner Bros Games at Zero 13:55 Marathon's Massive Sentiment Reversal 26:44 NY AG Sues Valve Over CS2 Loot Boxes 43:33 Where Does Gaming UGC Go From Here? 59:30 Pokemon Gen 10 Revealed 1:22:09 Should Celebrities Be Making Games? Red Flag or Green Flag — Paramount just acquired Warner Bros Discovery, including Mortal Kombat, Batman Arkha...

Gamified brings 6 game industry workers from founders to business developers to discuss what's going on each week in 60-second bursts. Every topic has a 'game mode' that makes the topics more entertaining and the takes a little hotter. Game Modes + Topics for this episode: 1. What's the Word -- Sony quietly shut down Bluepoint Games, the studio behind some of the most beloved remak...

Gamified brings 6 game industry workers from founders to business developers to discuss whats going on each week in 60-second bursts. Every topic has a 'game mode' - that make the topics more entertaining and the takes a little hotter. Game Modes + Topics for this episode: 1. What's the Word — Blizzard surprise-dropped a brand new class for a 25-year-old game, Diablo 2 Resurrected 2. S...

What’s the Word on Highguard trailer revealed at The Game Awards? Off the Grid launches ranked mode 1 year after launch - is it too little too late? Sentiment score for Steam’s new discovery system Which side is winning in 5 years - indie or AAA? 2025 was the year of the ______? MVP of the Year Today’s Panelists: - Dub @uhhdub - Kohji @ParallelTCGpod - Chris @chrisheatherly - Jerry @TGIFresco - Si...

Doodles mint stalls BEST AND WORST OF 2025 One thing to be excited about in 2026 Today’s Panelists: - Dub @uhhdub - Hantao @Hantao - Jonah @JonahBlake - Slayer @SlayerXgg - Charlie @0xChuckstock - Gorilla @CryptoGorilla - Oliver @OliverMaroney

What’s the word for Netflix trying to acquire Warner Bros? Keep or kill - should Steam drop the “made with AI” label? Bullish or bullshit on Fableborne “buying back” token allocation from NFT holders and airdropping USDC? Sentiment Score on Trump game launching on Open Loot What’s the word for Cambria generating over 1m in just a couple of days? Today’s Panelists: - Dub @uhhdub - Jerry @TGIFresco...

Is Gaming SO back? ZACH XBT Is Decentralized social media dead? Today’s Panelists: - Jordan @JordanEureka_ - Matthew @BuxtonMatthew - Iceyyy @iceyyy_gaming - Dub @uhhdub - Hantao @Hantao - Jonah @JonahBlake - Slayer @SlayerXgg - Charlie @0xChuckstock - Tony @Tvalc

Bullish or Bullshit on Kill Bill short film being released in Fortnite? What's the Word for a web3 game framing themselves as an olympic esport? What’s the Word for Roblox CEO saying prediction markets in Roblox is a “brilliant idea”? Who’s side are you on: Square Enix who are replacing most of their QA team with AI, or Balder’s Gate 3 team member who says replacing human QA with AI is stupid?...

WTF is a Kabuto King? Is $MSTR about to collapse? $JESSE launch Today’s Panelists: - Dub @uhhdub - Chris @chrisheatherly - Slayer @SlayerXgg - Jonah @JonahBlake - Payton @paytkaleiwahea - Matthew @BuxtonMatthew

What’s the word for “husbando” dating sim with almost 1B in revenue? 77 bit founder putting personal funds on the line for 77 days of life for his company to succeed or else it dies - what are the odds he succeeds? What’s the word for Philippines being the #1 revenue generating country for Legend of YMIR over the last 30 days? Games with anticheat as well as non-steam games cant be played on the s...

Today's Panelists: - Matthew @BuxtonMatthew - Slayer @SlayerXgg - Jerry @TGIFresco - Dub @uhhdub - Jonah @JonahBlake - Tony @tvalc - Chris @chrisheatherly - Kate @kateirwin - Jordan @JordanEureka_

Football. Fun - is it a web3 game? Sentiment Score - Mystic Axie sells for 3 ETH What's the word? Web 3 gaming vs Crypto Gaming vs Blockchain Gaming vs Gaming Dump / Date / Marry - Parallel TCG, Parallel Colony, Parallel Sanctuary Gallaxia / Planet X - What are the odds of it's success? Play or Pass? - Atia's Legacy, Grand Arena, Pudgy Party With panelists: - Payton @paytkaleiwahea - J...

What's the word for Payday going back to focus on an older title? Bullish or Bullshit on Community Gaming sunsetting support for their token to focus on their other product Forkast? Dump, date, marry - Steam’s new hardware Bullish or Biased - Atia’s legacy feedback Sentiment Score - Animoca finding a way to get listed on the Nasdaq without an IPO GAM3S Awards - predictions for Game of the year...

Is Azuki’s IP expansion the right move? IcoBeast said that “airdrop farmers” are the single worst foundation for a community - was he wrong here? Potential dividend cheque - should we expect this to move the market? Today’s Panelists: Dub @uhhdub Chris @chrisheatherly Slayer @SlayerXgg Tony @tvalc Phin @PhinTotten Jonah @JonahBlake Jerry @TGIFresco Gorilla @CryptoGorillaYT Jon @jradoff

Sentiment score on Legend of Ymir What’s the bigger deal - Kuroro Beast stealth launching their token on the Believe platform on Solana OR Moonfrost abruptly announcing they are leaving web3 to launch the game on Steam with no crypto or NFTs? Agree or disagree with Jonah - "All of entertainment competes with all of entertainment" Predictions for the GAM3S.GG rewards Today’s Panelists: -...

YouTube is coming after Crypto? Is ETHOS the ultimate version of InfoFI? NFL on FDF is right around the corner…what do we expect? Today’s Panelists: - Charlie @0xChuckstock - Gorilla @CryptoGorillaYT - Chris @chrisheatherly - Dub @uhhdub - Jonah @JonahBlake - Slayer @SlayerXgg - Jordan @JordanEureka_ - Matthew @BuxtonMatthew - Hantao @Hantao

What’s the word for Halo releasing on PlayStation? What was Iceyyy talking about in his post? What’s the great marketing strategy no one is replicating? What’s the word for Counterstrike’s skin changes? ParagonsDAO Parallel assets all being acquired for $220k For or against microtransactions in games? In 2024, they accounted for 58% of revenue and Ubisoft claims it makes the games “more fun” Today...

The MegaETH presale is finally open Can BAYC actually deliver on the hype they just created? Today’s Panelists: - Oliver @OliverMaroney - Charlie @0xChuckstock - Jonah @RealJonahBlake - Matt @BuxtonMatthew - Slayer @SlayerXgg - Dub @uhhdub - IcoBeast @beast_ico - Hantao @Hantao - Chris @chrisheatherly

What’s the word for Netflix saying not enough people know they offer games, yet they had a Gamescom activation with no games at it… Sentiment score on Tale of Meteora, a game using liquidity pools as a core part of their loop to try solve the sustainability problem Oh Baby Games mint and strategy Trading is the ultimate game vs everything is gaming is a bs quote

MegaETH buys back 4.75% - does this matter? What needs to change to save Web3 gaming? Meteora’s meteoric rise - How should we set our expectations here? Has InfoFI found its sweetspot? Today’s Panelists - Hantao @Hantao - Slayer @SlayerXgg - IcoBeast @beast_ico - Phin @Phin_totten - Jonah @RealJonahBlake - Charlie @0xChuckstock - Chris @chrisheatherly - Dub @uhhdub

What’s the word for Rekt Game’s $7m raise? What’s the word for Reaper Actual already paying massive web2 streamers for a game that’s still in early alpha? What’s the word for Game Pass allegedly losing 300m in sales for Black Ops 6? Dead or Alive? Illuvium shows footage of their MMO - is this the start of their comeback arc? Today's Panelists: - Kohji @ParallelTCGpod - Michael @MichaelSatoshi...

The flash crash of 2025 Airdrops are so back? Is Limitbreak FINALLY about to release their game? Today’s Panelists: - Tony @tvalc - Slayer @SlayerXgg - Charlie @0xChuckstock - Oliver @OliverMaroney - Dub @uhhdub - Hantao @Hantao - Easy @EasyEatsBodega - Jonah @RealJonahBlake - Jonny @0xHustlepedia