The Game Professors

Join the Professors as we dive into Meccha Chameleon's wild auto-paint cheating epidemic and say our goodbyes to Mario Kart Tour. Next, we explore NBCUniversal's rumored gaming pivot, SAND's massive Early Access success, and Microsoft's leaked web-only Copilot OS. We then break down the catastrophic $200M failure of Suicide Squad and clear up the Steam Machine "Red Line of Dea...

Join the Professors as we kick things off discussing the passing of Ubisoft's co-founder and the wild tale of Mexico's vigilante "Batman." We then dive into the latest sales data showing current-gen consoles tanking while the Switch 2 dominates, along with the looming tech "RAMpocalypse." Next, we tackle Sony's massive shift: their controversial push into live servi...

Join the Professors for Course 34! We kick things off with a quick-hit news rundown as we dig into Hideo Kojima’s terrifying teaser for OD and its cryptic "safety-net" system. Next, we dissect Steam's absurd $999.99 walking simulator stunt and the absolute sales explosion of Meccha Chameleon . Then, we break down GTA 6 setting a new $79.99 price ceiling with its controversial disc-le...

Join the Professors as they unpack a major Steam Workshop malware issue hitting Wallpaper Engine, plus some wholesome Valve customer service wins. Next, we break down Epic's ambitious, AI-heavy vision for Unreal Engine 6 before looking at the explosive success of Meccha Chameleon and Arc Raiders' new modes. We also dissect the bittersweet reality of Destiny 2 thriving just as Marathon fumb...

Join the Professors as they dive into Ace Combat 8's extreme visual realism and maybe receive classified specs. Next, we analyze Path of Exile 2's wild new Martyr mechanic that has players deleting maxed characters for the community. Then, we look at the new tech behind NVIDIA and Microsoft's RTX Spark platform, alongside Epic's sudden Unreal Engine 6 reveal. We also cover a heartw...

Join the Professors as they unpack a few missed weeks in gaming hardware and culture! We kick things off with Valve’s 2026 Steam Controller charging puck hazard and the legendary customer service response to a delay. Next, we dive into the new Xbox and Discord Nitro subscription alliance before breaking down the massive news of Bungie sunsetting active development on Destiny 2. Then, we analyze th...

Join the Professors as we dive into the "Steamy" drama in Far Far West and Valve's strict stance on in-game review requests. We discuss Project Theseus, which brings the classic 2001 Xbox dashboard natively to PC, and whether or not custom launchers could be compatible with steam. We tackle the chaos of the 2026 Steam Controller sell-out and cover Sony’s $7.85 million monopoly settle...

Join the Professors for a look at some wild gaming news this week. We start with a breakdown of "Digital Diogenes" on Steam, examining the world's #1 collector and the reality of owning 43,000 games. We then explore Valve’s new Steam Deck telemetry tools before shifting to Intel’s GPU retreat and AMD’s retail dominance. Next, we look at Toyota’s $3,100 luxury office chair and the new...

Join the Professors for Course #28! We get into the corporate fallout of Sony’s live-service mandate, Shuhei Yoshida’s exit, and the harsh financial reality of Bungie’s Marathon. We also take an in-depth look at Microsoft’s major Game Pass price cuts as Microsoft's new gaming CEO gives us a win! We start the day with Bloomberg’s leak of a Disney extraction shooter and the "free game"...

Join the Professors as we dive into the major production leaks for the Elden Ring movie and Amazon’s "non-gamer" rewrites for the Mass Effect series. We break down the Take-Two AI layoffs, the Chinese RAM market collapse, and why the Steam Deck 2 is likely targeting 2028. We also check out Valve’s new SteamGPT support and the weird NVIDIA DLSS 5 copyright strike drama. Finally, we get te...

Join the Professors for Course #26 as we kick things off with Disney considering an Epic acquisition and an incredible flea market find in Edinburgh. We check the historical numbers and discuss the death of "walled gardens" and the staggering decline of console exclusives. We break down Sony’s shocking PS5 price hikes and early PS6 hardware leaks involving AI texture compression. We also...

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...