The Troll in the Room | Total Pebble Knockdown #104
1On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown:
It’s that time of year again when we do Save, Bury, Reboot. What games do we keep, which do we throw away and which ones need a makeover? Better listen to find out.
The Steam Awards happened and we smell some shenanigans. Trolls apparently got into the mix and voted for some unlikely choices for nominees in these game categories. So, let’s talk about Labor of Love and Most Innovative Game.
Although it was a fantastic year to play games, it was a dismal year for those who make them. Recently, Hasbro laid off 1,100 employees, many of them from Wizards of the Coast who make Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons. And yet, the CEO… well, he made out just fine this year. Let us discuss the juxtaposition between how well a company does and how well the staff does.
Swen on bird app - https://twitter.com/LarAtLarian/status/1735131917543002479
Hasbro layoffs affect WotC - https://www.forbes.com/sites/robwieland/2023/12/13/hasbro-layoffs-affect-wizards-of-the-coast/?sh=44e5711d55ee
Baldur's Gate 3 support devastated by layoffs - https://www.polygon.com/24003046/hasbro-layoffs-bg3-baldurs-gate-3-wotc-dnd
WotC hit hard by layoffs - https://www.kotaku.com.au/2023/12/wizards-of-the-coast-employees-have-been-hit-hard-by-hasbro-layoffs/
Hasbro 3rd quarter financial results - https://investor.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-reports-third-quarter-2023-financial-results
#steam #awards #hasbro
0:00 Intro
1:59 Save, Bury, Reboot 2023
32:09 The Steam Awards are sus
48:07 WotC staff lay offs
56:12 Outro
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