We'll miss the 'context and intent' guy
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00:00 Let's Do Some News!
01:25 Lance Reddick Passes Away
6:20 Emmett Shear makes way for Dan Clancy
12:00 TikTok's Terribly Troubling Troubles
15:26 djWHEAT on TikTok Style Clip Discovery Feature
22:35 Microsoft's 10-Year Deals
26:06 Esports Economy Decline so We Gamba
29:39 Former Blizzard Leaders Start New Studio
32:19 Fortnite Studio Fined and Ordered to Stop Deceptive Practices
37:21 4chan User Arrested for Threatening Sheriff... in Minecraft
Link Dump:
Fringe, Destiny, The Wire, John Wick, Lance Reddick, the legend, has passed
https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/17/the-wire-star-lance-reddick-dead-dies/
Emmett Shear officially announces what we knew years ago
https://twitter.com/eshear/status/1636388700727939072
Dan Clancy aint much better
https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2022/09/21/a-letter-from-twitch-president-dan-clancy-on-subscription-revenue-shares/
The Jakenbake take
https://twitter.com/LowcoTV/status/1579145894179803137
WHEAT’s take
https://twitter.com/djWHEAT/status/1579152772439896065
djWHEAT speaks out against tiktok style clip discovery feature idea
https://twitter.com/HUN2R/status/1636254949842780162
Microsoft has signed 10 year deal with everyone to piss off sony more
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/21/23608634/microsoft-activision-blizzard-deal-nintendo-nvidia-partners
https://news.microsoft.com/2023/03/14/microsoft-announces-partnership-with-cloud-gaming-provider-boosteroid-to-bring-more-games-to-more-players-around-the-world/
https://twitter.com/_XboxNews/status/1635992354694877185
Esports economy is down, bring in the gambas
https://twitter.com/JakeSucky/status/1636077492284043264
Looking for the cure to the ticketmaster problem
https://twitter.com/garrettnolan/status/1636800422903185408
Robert Smith
https://twitter.com/JillKrajewski/status/1636056743980441602
Former Blizzard Leaders J. Allen Brack and Jen Oneal Reemerge to Start New Studio
https://www.ign.com/articles/former-blizzard-leaders-j-allen-brack-and-jen-oneal-reemerge-to-start-new-studio
‘Fortnite’ studio hit with £201million fine and ordered to stop tricking players
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/11tnzea/fortnite_studio_hit_with_201million_fine_and/
Additionally, the Fortnite developer will no longer be able to lock players’ accounts for disputing unauthorised charges with their credit card company
PREVIOUSLY: Epic to pay half a billion dollar fine to the FTC
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/12/fortnite-video-game-maker-epic-games-pay-more-half-billion-dollars-over-ftc-allegations
4chan user arrested for threatening to shoot Florida Sheriff “in Minecraft”
https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/4chan-user-arrested-for-threatening-to-shoot-florida-sheriff-in-minecraft-2089548/
Lol https://youtu.be/I3aF_u1zw7U?t=3
Real take https://youtu.be/m_cfzVCHPjU?t=80