The panel mourns the loss of two titans of video game journalism, considers the future of games reporting, and imagines a horse covered in human skin. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

SHOW NOTES:

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  Andor
  


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  The Mandalorian
  


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  DMC DeLorean
  


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  Marcus Aurelius
  


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  Mark Antony
  

1: Let us begin by mourning the losses of game journalism (02:42 )

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  Polygon sold to Valnet, editorial staff hit with layoffs
  


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  Michael McWhertor
  


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  Fandom Blows Up Giant Bomb
  


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  Was the Media’s Big “Pivot to Video” All Based on a Lie?
  


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  8-4
  


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  Shane Bettenhausen
  


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  Jeremy Parish
  


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  Tencent lays off nearly all of staff at its gaming site Fanbyte
  


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  Kotaku
  


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  The Verge
  


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  Valnet Blues: How Online Porn Pioneer Hassan Youssef Built a Digital Media ‘Sweatshop’
  


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  1Up
  


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  Digg
  


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  Gamergate (harrassment campaign)
  


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  Simon Carless
  


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  GameDiscoverCo
  


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  Substack
  


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  Fortnite
  


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  Roblox
  


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  Stephen Totilo
  

2: DIDDY WATCH: What does it mean that Cranky and Rambi are in Donkey Kong Bananza? (24:58 )

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  Diddy Kong
  


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  Donkey Kong Bananza
  


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  Cranky Kong
  


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  Rambi the Rhino
  


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  The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
  


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  Scrooge McDuck
  


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  Diddy Kong Racing
  


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  Super Smash Brothers series
  


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  Waluigi
  


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  Shigeru Miyamoto
  

3: Brian David Gilbert asks, if your typical fashion had stat boosters attached to it, what would they be and why? (29:25 )

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  Summer Game Fest
  


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  Sonic
  


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  Mario
  

4: How do you convince people to buy horse armor in 2025? (39:18 )

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  The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Remastered
  


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  Horse armor
  


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  Limited Run Games
  


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  The Elder Scrolls VI
  


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  NFTs
  


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  Fallout series
  

5: How would each of you specifically design a video game for the other two panelists? (44:01 )

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  Elena
  


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  Monster Maker
  


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  TurboGrafx-16
  

LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - ? (47:03 )

Recommendations and Outro (53:28 ):

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  Brandon: Eine Kleine Beng-beng Musik by dis.placed, The Seventh Curse (1986), Promise Mascot Agency
  


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  Ash: Aftermath, Remap, VGBees, support journalism


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  Frank: Enjoy, support, and share smart media


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  Jaffe: DC Action News
  

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