Welcome to "WaPo Story Mode", a recurring show on Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET where the Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests to discuss the top gaming news of the week and provide a quick round-up of other top stories.
This episode will discuss the latest strike by the GMG Union, which comprises unionized workers at G/O Media, including Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Jezebel, Kotaku, Lifehacker, and The Root. Launcher reporters Nathan Grayson and Shannon Liao will explain the origins of the strike and talk to two Kotaku workers, Ethan Gach and Sisi Jiang, about why they are striking and the future of the industry.
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0:00 Waiting room
0:24 Introductions
2:40 Kotaku Strike
54:26 Video games and Ukraine
1:10:58 Epic buys Bandcamp
1:23:53 Stream Deck issues
1:39:08 Elden Ring ridiculousness
1:50:56 "The most important thing this week"
1:55:37 End
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