Episode 96: More like the Lame Awards
Episode description
Well, turns out only one third of our hosts watched Gaming's Biggest Night, so get ready for Tori to break down a three-and-a-half hour long program to Nathaniel and Noah who learned everything they know about it from like one article and social media. Color us surprised that Geoff Keighley didn't say "Free Palestine." There's also other stuff, too, like, updates on Twitch's future and more.
THINGS MENTIONED:
Polygon's handy breakdown of The Game Awards:
IGN's report about sexism from the devs of the Sun Wukong game:
IGN: Wes Ball on his forthcoming Zelda movie:
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-legend-of-zelda-movie-director-wants-it-to-be-live-action-miyazaki
The AP News breakdown of Twitch closing up shop in Korea:
https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-twitch-network-fees-fcbd14738fcdc911069f82f76cb62afa
Followed by the Garbage Day take:
https://www.garbageday.email/p/why-isnt-twitch-a-better-website
The Verge on Epic's whacky moves with Fortnite:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/9/23993686/fortnite-og-new-players-lego-fortnite
Axios' more detailed breakdown on what exactly these new Fortnite updates add:
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/08/fortnite-lego-rocket-racing
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