Join the Professors for Course #23! We start with our most in-depth dives yet: the sudden 45-day death of Highguard and its relation to Marathon. Nintendo's strategic acquisition of Bandai Namco Studios Singapore. We then break down Capcom crushing on PC hard while Sony reportedly pulls the plug on single-player PC ports. The US government blocks a 2D game for being "too realistic," for the simulation that exists in the game. Am exploit that broke Overwatch lobbies, and why Call of Duty leads the pack in cheat searches. We wrap with Meta’s creepy "Digital Afterlife" patent and Heru’s deep dive into the latest WoW expansion and profession changes.

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Join the Professors for Course #22 as we grade the week's biggest gaming disasters! We kick off with Hideki Kamiya’s viral curse on story leakers and the "legal evolution" of a Pokémon shop that got robbed and then bullied by Nintendo. We go inside xAI’s "war rooms" where Elon Musk is forcing Grok to grind League of Legends before tackling the absolute chaos at Xbox following Phil Spencer’s retirement and Asha Sharma’s suspicious Xbox account scandal. We also roast Sony’s sneaky plan to make you pay for the global RAM shortage and Ubisoft’s "AAAA" flop, Skull and Bones, compared to the indie hit “Windrose”. Finally, we analyze the NY Attorney General’s massive lawsuit against Valve’s "loot box" gambling empire.

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33:56 Business and Econ

01:05:50 Lab Work

01:33:59 Shop Class

01:38:22 Civics and Sociology

Join the Professors as we deep-dive into the massive PlayStation State of Play, the breakout hit Mewgenics, and our time as superhero dispatchers in Dispatch! We start with the announcement of a game that Heru has been dying to play, also the God of War trilogy remake, and MGS Master Collection Vol. 2. Then we tackle an apparent Steam Deck shortage and the HDD "Price Apocalypse." We analyze the Sons of Sparta controversy, Square Enix’s Killer Inn, and the tactical cat-breeding excellence of Mewgenics. It turns out Heru was on the money from last week as we investigate Logitech’s Superstrike bans and Steam’s new hardware review tags. Finally, we discuss the PS4’s 2026 roadmap and then we finish with our personal breakdown and review of Dispatch!

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Join the Professors for Course #20 as we dive into the $12,000 'Goliath' CPU cooling project that ranks among some of the top Cinebench scores in the world. A potential Resident Evil 5 Remake on the heels of the new RE9, and the sudden collapse of Wildlight Entertainment. Then we analyze HP’s 'Forever Rental' gaming rigs and the record-breaking $20M Pokémon Super Bowl LX ad. Then we highlight the digital-analog (yes you read that right) gaming mouse revolution of the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike and explore a forensic report on a 3,000-hour OLED burn-in test. We then explore the new NVIDIA RTX Remix logic update, before wrapping up with Discord’s 'Teen-by-Default' rollout and the Warcraft naming controversy in Civics and Sociology.

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00:00 Lecture Lowdown

23:50 Business and Econ

01:00:35 Shop Class

01:29:51 Lost and Found

01:41:09 Civics and Sociology

Join the Professors for Course #19 as we navigate a semester of industry-shaking news and devastating studio collapses. We lead with an in-depth Business and Econ session, dissecting the death of 8K TVs as LG and Sony retreat from the resolution arms race. We then dive deep into the technical weeds of Intel’s new "Z-Angle" memory and the rise of China’s CXMT in the RAM market. In Lab Work, we conduct a post-mortem on the Ashes of Creation collapse and Intrepid Studios' insolvency. Next, in Shop Class, we break down AMD’s earnings call leaks regarding the 2027 Xbox, Valve’s new Steam Machine, and Sony’s buttonless controller patent. We move to Free Period for the massive Overwatch "soft reboot" and the arrival of Jetpack Cat, before closing with an Independent Study on the emotionally heavy climbing sim, Cairn.

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Join the Professors as we deliver an in-depth analysis of Ken Levine’s upcoming project, Judas, where we break down the unique Narrative system and the five-year R&D journey behind its reactive NPCs. We also circle back to Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella’s warnings about AI losing "social permission" due to its massive environmental footprint. Following its younger brother DDR4 RAM moves into the "unobtanium" status and why the GPU MSRP is officially dead before diving into the federal lawsuit against Hasbro for overprinting Magic cards. We discuss Ubisoft’s "Major Reset" into specialized “Creative Houses” and Game Freak’s mature shift with Beast of Reincarnation. The discussion continues with the £656 million class-action lawsuit against Valve in the UK and concludes with a full post-mortem on the “Highguard” controversial launch week.

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00:00 Introduction to Gaming News and Trends

05:14 The Risks of Fan Obsession and Spoilers

31:15 Business and Economics in Gaming: Hasbro's Controversy

41:15 Legal Battles and Shareholder Concerns

42:40 Ubisoft's Stock Plummet and Company Struggles

44:01 The Downfall of Ubisoft's Game Quality

45:32 Ubisoft's Reorganization and Future Plans

49:51 Tencent's Role in the Gaming Industry

51:17 Microtransactions in Single-Player Games

54:45 Creative Houses and Game Development Challenges

01:06:12 Free Period: New Game Announcements and Expectations

01:19:54 Civics and Community Issues

01:20:02 Valve's Class Action Lawsuit

01:29:26 Highguard Conundrum: Launch and Reception

01:50:11 Dr. Disrespect's Controversy and Industry Impact

Join the Professors for Course #17, as Bezos wants our PC’s, and his "Grid Compute" vision to replace your hardware. There was a massive GPU "end-of-life" scare, and a report on multiple instances of new Ryzen chips experiencing some burn out. The free game Blood West sees a Steam spike, and why Cory in the House is the king of Metacritic memes. We also break down the Monster Hunter Wilds pay for frames drama and look back at the legacies of Doug Bowser and one of the fathers of nerd culture David Rosen. Rockstar HQ blows up, and we follow up the Highguard discussion from last week. Heru and Plague would love your feedback! Let us know what we can improve on and other topics you'd like to hear us discuss by reaching out to feedback@thegameprofessors.com . Come in and grab a seat as we profess our love and hate for all things video games!

27:31 Civics and Sociology

The End of Local PC Ownership?

Amazon's "Grid Compute" Vision

GeForce Now 100-Hour Monthly Playtime Limit

Blizzard’s failure to enforce their Addon TOS

1:22:13 Business and Econ

End of Life GPU’s

1:33:39 Shop Class

AMD Cpu’s burning out

1:39:30 Lab Work

Monster Hunter: Wilds Pay to Win panic

1:50:37 Gaming History

Gaming Legend Doug Bowser steps down from Nintendo

RIP David Rosen, Thank you for all you did

Join the Professors as we discuss potential DRAM supply from the $100 billion Micron "mega-fab" project, the bizarre rise of targeted RAM theft, and the rumored StarCraft shooter from Blizzard. We also breakdown the final shutdown of Anthem and Mark Darrah's revelation about local server code that could have saved it. We head to the Lab to dissect the Code Violet PC controversy and Marathon’s polarizing visual pivot. We also examine the latest Steam hardware survey and Highguard's "dead on arrival" concerns. Finally, we break down Steam’s record-breaking $1.6B December and the platform "monopoly" debate, while addressing Kotick’s wild legal claims about a 60% Call of Duty sales crash.

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