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We are talking about the economic state of video games and what it all means for us the gamers. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com
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Mention the t-shirts and Patreon - shop.joystickandmouse.com In another sign of the hard times in the video game industry EA Lays off hundreds of employees and cancels a game in development. https://www.reuters.com/technology/electronic-arts-lays-off-hundred...
The cost of the PS5 is going up. The cops get digital and all about the Switch 2. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com
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If you still haven't purchased a PS5, you may want to do so in the very near future. No, it's not because of tariffs, well not directly anyways. Prices for the console are rising in several regions and it's probably only a matter of time before it hits the US. So let's talk...
more bad news on the video game developer front. We take a nostalgic look at some game systems that didn't make the grade. We discuss if genres have any meeting and discuss the latest news out of Nintendos camp. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com
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We try to keep you up with the state of game development and unfortunately the trend of the last couple of years continued this past week. Eid...
One of the most successful mobile game developers finds a new overlord. Why do we even play games. A fake museum inducts some new members and Sony had it's big day since the last time we were together. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com
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Niantic, the company that brought us Ingress and Pokemon Go hasn't faired so well with their follow up offerings. Harry Potter was an absolute flop ...
Some new gaming hardware was "officially" announced. XBox showed off some new games and there was this big electronics show that happened and they talked about video game stuff while they were at it. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com
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Well the wait is over ... sort of. We got some information about the new Nintendo console in the works but not a lot of details. Let's take a look at what we...
What prompted Sony to purchase Naughty Dog. We take a look at the year ahead for triple A titles. It's good to be bad and what is the best video game of all time?
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One of Sony's first developer studio aquisitions was Naughty Dog. At the time, we assumed this was because of money and the financial backing that Sony could provide. Well an article this week ...
... It's the end of he year and that means a whole bunch of end of year retrospectives. Well you know we love a list and we have several this week dealing with those.
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The end of the year is upon us and as always that means a series of end-of-year awards and community events. The PC marketplace Steam has announced its own slate of nominees for The Steam Aw...
No Blurb this week. Diddi was lazy. :)
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NZXT is coming under fire for its recently expanded gaming PC rental service. A recent video from Gamers Nexus accused NZXT of running a bait-and-switch, sending people less powerful systems while claiming they offer higher performance. The video expose was posted over the weekend, but the company has only now rel...
... we have a sale. A familiar person is bucking to take over everything mouse. Somebody has a birthday and the nominations are in.
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Santa has come a little earlier this year, bringing a price cut for the PlayStation 5 Slim. This model usually retails for $449, but Sony just announced a price cut. The price is dropping down to just $380 until Dec. 24, just ...
We talk some news from Sony. What netflix is up to. Microsoft financials and the little decision we are making today.
http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Remember that game that Sony put out recently called Concord. No? Well neither do we but it's failure was colosal. Let's talk about the numbers and how bad they were. https://kotaku.com/concord-sony-biggest-flop-failure-box-office-1851676475
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Epic 1, app stores 0. leadership changes at XBox. A new game announced from a new studio and our list of the week.
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We been following the story of Epic vs Apple as it pertains to allowing the Epic Game Store on Apple devices. Well that story took a turn this week when a judge ruled that Google's play store is an illegal monopoli and must allow third ...
A beloved streamer decides to call it quits. Nintendo does Nintendo things. Ubisoft does Ubisoft things. And we have a list ... of course we do. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com
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A beloved figure of Skyrim's content creation scene says she's retiring from making gaming videos. Shirley Curry, better known as 'Skyrim Grandma,' posted a video this past week entitled 'No More Gaming Videos...
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RIP James Earl Jones
A founding member of British synth-pop band Heaven 17 has alleged Rockstar offered the three writers of hit song Temptation $7,500 each for its use in Grand Theft Auto 6 — a figure he has flat out rejected. https://www.ign.com/articles/rock-star-tells-rockstar-to-go-f-yourself-after-extremely-low-offer-to-use-hit-song-in-gta-6
At ga...
A video game industry icon is going away. We have several stories about actors in the video game industry and there is more guns and loot on the horizon.
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Back before the internet, I remember going to the corner store and buying the very latest gaming magazine. It was our only source of information about upcoming games and how to beat that last boss in ...
Microsoft was thinking along the same lines as us when it comes to future consoles but that takes money to do. Ubisoft tries to piss off their Division fan base. Lets hope Salvatore's latest foray into video games fares better than his previous one and we have another list ... of course we do. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/
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We would never say we told you so buuuuut we told you so....
The demise of the XBox console as we know it. Another studio forms a union and we take issue with a poll. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/
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Here is the press release from Microsoft - At Xbox, we’re committed to bringing the joy and community of gaming to everyone. Today, we’re announcing a collaboration with Amazon where Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members in over 25 countries can play game...
It's that time of year when the game companies put on their dog and pony shows to try an entice us (the consumer) to get enamoured enough with a game to plunk down our hard earned money on it at release. Well there were three of them since the last time we were together so we're going to wade through all of that as well as a quick story and some insight into one of our favorite topics, the state of the video game industry. http:/...
Some news about the health of the video game industry. Sony tries to invigorate their VR offering and we have a couple of good lists to take a look at. Oh and we actually have a game review to go over. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/
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It's been a rough year for the video game industry. The games industry saw almost same number of layoffs in first five months of 2024 as in all of last ye...
Apple relents on it's app store stance. The Microsoft/Blizzard merger starts to pay off and we have a list ... and another list. that's right, we have 2 lists for you tonight although they are on the same topic. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/
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Remember how we talked about Apple would never allow user to download games from an app store that wasn't apple, well under pressure from game...
We are having another TV centric episode. We will discuss another huge video game based hit on streaming and we may even have a list based around TV shows. Beside TV we have another tone deaf statement from an ex Blizzard exec that sort of epitomizes how out of touch they were. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/
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Oh Blizzard, here we go again. In a completely tone deaf message Mike Ybarr...
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