Ep. 212 - Nintendo Sues US Govt | Project Helix | PlayStation Exits PC Gaming

About this episode

In this episode, the hosts discuss major gaming news including Nintendo's lawsuit against the US government, Xbox's Project Helix, and the future of PlayStation in PC gaming.

Send us Fan Mail This week on Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 212, we’re joined by Jeff Young from Analog Stick Gaming to discuss some of the biggest topics in gaming right now. We talk about Valve’s latest update on the Steam Machine, Xbox’s newly revealed Project Helix gaming device, and whether PlayStation might be walking back its push into PC gaming. We also get into the growing issue of AI-written game reviews appearing in gaming journalism and the reveal of a new Sword Art Online game....

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Guest: Jeff Young

Topics covered

• Nintendo lawsuit
• Project Helix
• PlayStation PC gaming
• AI-written game reviews
• Sword Art Online game

Keywords

• gaming news
• Valve
• Steam Machine
• Xbox
• AI in journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Project Helix, the Steam Machine, Sword Art Online, Steam Machine, Sword Art Online game

Books & works: Spectator Mode Podcast

Places: US

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