Topics list:

For Show Date: 06/11/2024

1. Games We Played
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 always online, including campaign, due to "continuous" texture streaming
3. PlayStation's CEO drastically underestimates the Steam crowd's patience
4. Community Corner
   1. New Worlds Community Review Bombs the Game on Steam
   2. Starfield's latest update draws player ire by sticking a bounty hunting quest behind the Creation Club paywall

Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respective topics when remembered

Rage:

Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

https://store.steampowered.com/app/289070/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VI/

Jared:

Class of 09

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1443200/Class_of_09/

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 always online, including campaign, due to "continuous" texture streaming

https://www.eurogamer.net/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-always-online-including-campaign-due-to-continuous-texture-streaming

PlayStation's CEO drastically underestimates the Steam crowd's patience

https://www.gamesradar.com/platforms/playstation/playstations-ceo-drastically-underestimates-the-steam-crowds-patience-thinks-pc-gamers-will-buy-a-ps5-for-exclusive-sequels/

New Worlds Community Review Bombs the Game on Steam

https://www.reddit.com/r/newworldgame/comments/1dbveng/the_reaction_to_this_weekends_big_announcement/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2021/11/21/new-world-just-massively-increased-its-difficulty-and-players-are-mad/?sh=292f7b732150

Starfield's latest update draws player ire by sticking a bounty hunting quest behind the Creation Club paywall

https://www.vg247.com/starfield-update-creation-club-bounty-hunting-quest

This week work schedules get in the way for Rage so we're running a Franken Episode. I still hadn't deleted any uncompressed audio from last week, so you get what may be the freshest franken show yet. Maybe that should have been the title!? Oh well, enjoy!

For Show Date: 05/28/2024

1. Gameclub: Open Roads
2. Next Gameclub: Another Crab’s Treasure, BG3
3. Parents and victims of Uvalde school shooting sue Activision
4. Atari Acquires Intellivision, Burying a 45-Year-Old Hatchet
5. Former Square Enix exec on why Final Fantasy sales don’t meet expectations and chances of recouping insane AAA budgets

Parents and victims of Uvalde school shooting sue Activision

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/victims-and-parents-of-uvalde-school-shooting-sue-activision

Atari Acquires Intellivision, Burying a 45-Year-Old Hatchet

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/atari-intellivision-acquisition

Former Square Enix exec on why Final Fantasy sales don’t meet expectations and chances of recouping insane AAA budgets

https://gameworldobserver.com/2024/05/24/square-enix-final-fantasy-unrealistic-sales-targets-jacob-navok