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The 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. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes The MMO being led by former WoW and League of Legends designer Greg Street looks to be dead as his studio officia...

.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 de...

... We have a large game developer go private. Nintendo doing more nintendo things and what makes a good remake? http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes 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 w...

Show 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. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com 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...

...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. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes Researchers have linked spending more time playing video games with a boost in intelligence in children, which goes some way to contradicting the...

Microsoft 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. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes: Microsoft laid off more than 9000 employees this past week. Along with the devastating effect on the lives of...

Today 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. http://www.joystickandmouse.c...

Show Notes: 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/dn...

We are talking about the economic state of video games and what it all means for us the gamers. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes: Mention the t-shirts and Patreon - shop.joystickandmouse.com 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/e...

The cost of the PS5 is going up. The cops get digital and all about the Switch 2. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes: 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 bef...

more 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. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com   Show Notes: We try to keep you up with the state of game development and unfortunately the trend of the last couple of ye...

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. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes: Niantic, the company that brought us Ingress and Pokemon Go hasn't faired so well with their follow up offerings. Harry P...

Some 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. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes Well the wait is over ... sort of. We got some information about the new Nintendo console in the works but not a lot of deta...

What 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? http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes 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 pro...

... 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. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes: 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...

No Blurb this week. Diddi was lazy. :) http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes: 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, b...

... we have a sale. A familiar person is bucking to take over everything mouse. Somebody has a birthday and the nominations are in. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes 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...

We talk some news from Sony. What netflix is up to. Microsoft financials and the little decision we are making today. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com 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-fail...

Epic 1, app stores 0. leadership changes at XBox. A new game announced from a new studio and our list of the week. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes: 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 mo...

A beloved streamer decides to call it quits. Nintendo does Nintendo things. Ubisoft does Ubisoft things. And we have a list ... of course we do.  http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes 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...

http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes 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...

A 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. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes: 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...

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. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ Show Notes We would never say we told y...

The demise of the XBox console as we know it. Another studio forms a union and we take issue with a poll. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ Show Notes 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 i...

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 o...