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VGL Podcast Ep 326: Community Corner Cleanup

1h 41m · Video Game Logic Podcast · 22 Mar 16:01

For Show Date: 03/19/2024

This week the boys catch up on two weeks worth of community corner submissions (more or less) and talk about some video game stuff they have played with recently.

  1. Games We Played
  2. From Asteroids to Guitar Hero, World Video Game Hall of Fame finalists draw from 4 decades
  3. Community Corner
    1. Apex Legends streamers surprised to find aimbot and other hacks added to their PCs in the middle of major competition.
    2. ‘Skull And Bones’ Looks Like It’s Doing Worse Than ‘Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’
    3. EA to lay off 5% of workforce, Tarn Adams Say what we’re all thinking
    4. Warner Brothers has some news articles!
Games We Played

Rage:

Steam Deck

https://www.steamdeck.com/en/

Jared:

X4: Foundations

https://store.steampowered.com/app/392160/X4_Foundations/

News Items and sources:

From Asteroids to Guitar Hero, World Video Game Hall of Fame finalists draw from 4 decades

https://apnews.com/article/video-game-hall-of-fame-atari-guitar-hero-7b10c9f4d1a91a449111816c4432a638

Apex Legends streamers surprised to find aimbot and other hacks added to their PCs in the middle of major competition.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/battle-royale/apex-legends-streamers-warned-to-perform-a-clean-os-reinstall-as-soon-as-possible-after-hacks-during-na-finals-match/

‘Skull And Bones’ Looks Like It’s Doing Worse Than ‘Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/03/09/skull-and-bones-looks-like-its-doing-worse-than-suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league/?sh=5c04fb41c728

EA to lay off 5% of workforce, or about 670 employees

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/28/ea-layoffs-company-to-cut-5percent-of-workforce-or-about-670-employees.html

Dwarf Fortress creator blasts execs behind brutal industry layoff

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/dwarf-fortress-creator-blasts-execs-behind-brutal-industry-layoffs-they-can-all-eat-s-i-think-theyre-horrible-greedy-greedy-people/

Warner Bros. Discusses "Volatile" AAA Console Games, Will Lean Into Free-To-Play And Mobile

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/warner-bros-discusses-volatile-aaa-console-games-will-lean-into-free-to-play-and-mobile/1100-6521597/

Even more Adult Swim games are being removed from sale by Warner Bros, as a total wipeout looks increasingly likely

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/even-more-adult-swim-games-are-being-removed-from-sale-by-warner-bros-as-a-total-wipeout-looks-increasingly-likely/

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