Around the Monitor 1/30 - Okay, what the hell really happened with GameStop's Stock?
22Hello and welcome back to video game news! In case you missed it, we did a huge rebrand this week, but this podcast will be staying exactly the same! Topics for this week's include: GameStop's stock went up over 1700%, Vicarious Visions was merged into Blizzard, and someone has modded Cyberpunk so you can sleep with Keanu Reeves, lol.
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Show Notes:
00:00 - Intro
1:19 - Trivia
2:53 - Topics
5:16 - GameStop catastrophe part I - an overview of the situation
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamestop-stock-explained-robinhood-short-squeezes-and-reddit/1100-6486676/
9:22 - Mass Effect 2 was going to be gayer but then Fox News had to come in and ruin the fun for everyone.
https://www.polygon.com/2021/1/22/22244546/mass-effect-2-romance-jack-pansexual-fox-news
14:56 - GameStop catastrophe part 2 - the Robinhood restriction and more fuckery
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamestop-amc-stocks-dip-then-recover-after-robinhood-restricts-trading/1100-6486841/
21:14 - Levi is partnering to make Pokemon brand clothing and boy are they something
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/a-levis-x-pokemon-clothing-line-is-coming-and-its-a-lot/1100-6486849/
27:36 - Vicarious Visions is merged into Blizzard, why can’t we have nice things?
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-01-22-vicarious-visions-merged-into-blizzard
31:45 - Borderlands movie has its Roland….and its Kevin Hart
https://www.polygon.com/movies/2021/1/26/22251133/borderlands-movie-cast-kevin-hart-cate-blanchett-eli-roth-release-dates
38:53 - CDPR officially releases modding tools for Cyberpunk 2077
https://www.polygon.com/2021/1/27/22252306/cd-projekt-official-cyberpunk-2077-modding-tools
Which immediately results in a mod allowing you to have sex with Keanu Reeves that has to get taken down.
https://twinfinite.net/2021/01/cyberpunk-2077-mod-lets-players-have-sex-with-johnny-silverhand-cdpr-takes-it-down-shortly-after/
43:07 - First it was Cuphead, but now you can play Witcher 3 on your Tesla
https://www.ign.com/articles/tesla-model-s-model-x-gaming-system-the-witcher-3-tesla-arcade
46:36 - The Winner is...
47:49 - Closing and Plugs
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