UNBOXING

@joosterizer crunches data. @sierra_offline rummages in archives. Together on the UNBOXING podcast, they explore how and why games matter in today's economy.

[Michael French @Michael_French]

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.

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🎙️NEW PODCAST DROP 🎙️ The EU gives Microsoft the green light to acquire Activision 💚 Tears of the Kingdom is the Zelda-iest Zelda ever ⚔️ and your hosts weigh in on the GQ 100 Greatest Games list 💯 https://t.co/IxWuWxg1zd

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🎙️NEW EPISODE🎙️at last, the @UNBOXINGpod CMA Microsoft ruling teardown you've been waiting for 🇬🇧🎮 PLUS: Sega of America moves to unionize 🇺🇲✊and never forget to beware the Pinkertons 🚫🐖

https://t.co/DBBkEcUOfq

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🎙️NEW EPISODE🎙️ Sega courts Rovio 🐤 🇫🇮 Hogwarts Legacy demographics are in 🧹🧙 and why can no one believe Super Mario Bros made $700 million? 🧑‍🔧📈 Listen here:

https://t.co/BWVjzH3lvE

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🎙️NEW EPISODE🎙️ Saudis make more moves into games 🇸🇦 @joosterizer recaps GDC + SXSW 🔍 and we're talking what's to come with the next season of The Last of Us 🧟 LISTEN NOW: https://t.co/7hJIMB2KbO

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🎙️NEW EPISODE: Roblox earnings 📈 live service woes 📉 and everything you missed about the GDC State of the Industry report 🔍📖 Listen now!
https://t.co/a9zrcRM0cD

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🎙️ NEW EPISODE 🎙️ Take Two and Activision earnings recap 💸 the latest on Microsoft-Acti merger 🌍and the hosts review the sales and travails of the latest Harry Potter game 🪄 plus: @Sierra_OffLine tells of the most expensive hotdog they ever ate 🌭

https://t.co/90FTBav0O2

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🎙️ 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

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HAPPY NEW YEAR LISTENERS! 🎉What's in store for 2023? 🔭 Start your new year 📅 with our reflections and predictions 🔮 on what's to come in the game industry!

https://t.co/dzajbJEfFd

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🎙️ NEW EPISODE 🎙️ 📣 the FTC vs Microsoft Explainer You've Been Waiting For 📣 Also: game engines ⚙️ The Game Awards 🏆 Niantic 🌏 Pentiment 📚 and @joosterizer
explains the bird flu 🐦

https://t.co/Upg0hidQMo

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After bouts of host COVID 🦠UNBOXING IS BACK with this Thanksgiving episode 💸 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? 🤐 Plus: video games are going to the Grammys

https://t.co/EzN917kdce

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@felipepepe Thank Felipe!

[Felipe Pepe @felipepepe]

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.👍

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🎙️ NEW EPISODE: China's domestic game revenue drops for the first time in 20 years 🇨🇳📉 Sony is somehow selling less but making more 💰📈 and the hosts dish about their students favorite paper topics 🧑‍💻

(plus Halloween updates from Joost and Laine 🎃)

https://t.co/jtVDVY1aPp

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🎙️NEW EPISODE: the hosts review 👀 a new industry survey about games journalists ✍️, and get into it about the role of journalism, influencers, and content producers in the game industry 🎲
https://t.co/qDhejp7VVg

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🎙 NEW EPISODE OUT: Netflix eyes cloud gaming ☁️ but @Sierra_OffLine isn't having it. Sony throws stones from inside its glass house 🎮 And why aren't more people talking about Amouranth? 👩‍💻

Plus classroom insights on the game industries of China & Japan

https://t.co/LoQd6y4IpF

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🎙️NEW 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

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🎙️NEW EPISODE: blockchain gaming never died 👻 legal expert @timhwang explains why Take-Two doesn't own the copyright on Randy Orton's arms 💪 and a listener asks what's been worse for games: inflation or "post" COVID life?

https://t.co/Q3F0FNPiGu

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@mirverburg Noted! Thanks for the love 🔥 💕 🔥

[Michael French @Michael_French]

This pod continues to hit it out the park for me - with an amazing probe of Netflix' games strategy (so far) in this latest ep.