@joosterizer crunches data. @sierra_offline rummages in archives. Together on the UNBOXING podcast, they explore how and why games matter in today's economy.
So so glad that @UNBOXINGpod is back for a new season. Given so much other games industry commentary is drivel or nonexistent this show is more relevant than ever.
๐๏ธNEW PODCAST DROP ๐๏ธ The EU gives Microsoft the green light to acquire Activision ๐ Tears of the Kingdom is the Zelda-iest Zelda ever โ๏ธ and your hosts weigh in on the GQ 100 Greatest Games list ๐ฏ https://t.co/IxWuWxg1zd
๐๏ธNEW EPISODE๐๏ธat last, the @UNBOXINGpod CMA Microsoft ruling teardown you've been waiting for ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฎ PLUS: Sega of America moves to unionize ๐บ๐ฒโand never forget to beware the Pinkertons ๐ซ๐
https://t.co/DBBkEcUOfq
๐๏ธNEW EPISODE๐๏ธ Sega courts Rovio ๐ค ๐ซ๐ฎ Hogwarts Legacy demographics are in ๐งน๐ง and why can no one believe Super Mario Bros made $700 million? ๐งโ๐ง๐ Listen here:
https://t.co/BWVjzH3lvE
๐๏ธNEW EPISODE๐๏ธ Saudis make more moves into games ๐ธ๐ฆ @joosterizer recaps GDC + SXSW ๐ and we're talking what's to come with the next season of The Last of Us ๐ง LISTEN NOW: https://t.co/7hJIMB2KbO
๐๏ธNEW EPISODE: Roblox earnings ๐ live service woes ๐ and everything you missed about the GDC State of the Industry report ๐๐ Listen now!
https://t.co/a9zrcRM0cD
๐๏ธ NEW EPISODE ๐๏ธ Take Two and Activision earnings recap ๐ธ the latest on Microsoft-Acti merger ๐and the hosts review the sales and travails of the latest Harry Potter game ๐ช plus: @Sierra_OffLine tells of the most expensive hotdog they ever ate ๐ญ
https://t.co/90FTBav0O2
๐๏ธ We've returned with Season 2 of @UNBOXINGpod! EA, Sony and Microsoft market dumps, VR slumps, and the profs talk whether ChatGPT spells doom for their classes. Welcome back to school:
https://t.co/coBq0wEvpj
HAPPY NEW YEAR LISTENERS! ๐What's in store for 2023? ๐ญ Start your new year ๐ with our reflections and predictions ๐ฎ on what's to come in the game industry!
https://t.co/dzajbJEfFd
๐๏ธ NEW EPISODE ๐๏ธ ๐ฃ the FTC vs Microsoft Explainer You've Been Waiting For ๐ฃ Also: game engines โ๏ธ The Game Awards ๐ Niantic ๐ Pentiment ๐ and @joosterizer
explains the bird flu ๐ฆ
https://t.co/Upg0hidQMo
After bouts of host COVID ๐ฆ UNBOXING IS BACK with this Thanksgiving episode ๐ธ whats the FTX collapse mean for games, whats Sony up to in China, & will Joost finally give up his secrets on the MS-Acti merger? ๐ค Plus: video games are going to the Grammys
https://t.co/EzN917kdce
I follow a lot of game podcasts, but this one stands out for having two academics as hosts, talking about industry news as opposed to individual game news.
Highly recommended.๐
๐๏ธ NEW EPISODE: China's domestic game revenue drops for the first time in 20 years ๐จ๐ณ๐ Sony is somehow selling less but making more ๐ฐ๐ and the hosts dish about their students favorite paper topics ๐งโ๐ป
(plus Halloween updates from Joost and Laine ๐)
https://t.co/jtVDVY1aPp
๐๏ธNEW EPISODE: the hosts review ๐ a new industry survey about games journalists โ๏ธ, and get into it about the role of journalism, influencers, and content producers in the game industry ๐ฒ
https://t.co/qDhejp7VVg
๐ NEW EPISODE OUT: Netflix eyes cloud gaming โ๏ธ but @Sierra_OffLine isn't having it. Sony throws stones from inside its glass house ๐ฎ And why aren't more people talking about Amouranth? ๐ฉโ๐ป
Plus classroom insights on the game industries of China & Japan
https://t.co/LoQd6y4IpF
๐๏ธNEW EPISODE: Meta's new Quest Pro VR headset is $1500: has Meta lost touch with reality?We grind the numbers on Amazon's plan to go dutch on revenue splits with Twitch streamers, and Megan Thee Stallion twerks upon Master Chief. Like, love, subscribe:
https://t.co/yJwDp7Xl8j
๐๏ธNEW EPISODE: blockchain gaming never died ๐ป legal expert @timhwang explains why Take-Two doesn't own the copyright on Randy Orton's arms ๐ช and a listener asks what's been worse for games: inflation or "post" COVID life?
https://t.co/Q3F0FNPiGu