Ep. 207: GameStop Closes Stores | PC Gaming Just Got Super Expensive

About this episode

The crew discusses the impact of rising PC hardware prices and GameStop's store closures while reflecting on the past year and looking forward to the next.

Send us Fan Mail We’re back! After taking a month-long break to recharge and deal with the holidays, the crew returns to break down a few topics that matter in the gaming world. In Episode 207, we recap 2025, talk about what we’re looking forward to in 2026, discuss the rising prices of PC RAM and GPUs and how it impacts PC gaming, and cover GameStop closing even more stores. Plus, we hit a few other topics too… because of course we still manage to go off the rails. But hey, that’s why you ...

Topics covered

• GameStop store closures
• PC gaming
• PC RAM prices
• GPU prices
• gaming trends

Keywords

• gaming news
• 2025 recap
• 2026 preview

Mentioned in this episode

Products: PC RAM, GPUs

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