Garry's Mod II: Electric Boogaloo

About this episode

The episode discusses recent gaming news, including layoffs, new game releases, and various industry topics.

Support us by becoming a member of The Hive ! With Niki on board the Artemis II to fix their Outlook situation , Lotus and John tackle the news and games of the week, including: Eidos-Montreal lays off 124 employees Stellar Blade's Shift Up acquires Shinji Mikami's brand new studio Stormgate loses online support because their server provider was bought by an AI company US Patent Office rejects overbroad Nintendo patent S&box , the follow-up to Garry's Mod , is out later this month PSA: the Steam versions of some classic Capcom games contain DRM not found on other storefronts The Gaming Historian retires from the channel The Perfect Tower II exponentially expands the systems typically found in incremental games Lucid Blocks has some charm, but maybe not the juice Project Hail Mary is uneven but still made John cry Alamo Drafthouse has completely ruined its value proposition Summer House might be Bravo's most soulless show (that John can't stop watching) Your Hive Questions are answered, including if ET would be better with legs Thanks for listening! Leave us a review and we may read it on the show! Join The Hive !

People in this episode

Hosts: Lotus, John

Topics covered

• video game news
• game development
• industry layoffs
• gaming culture
• game reviews
• patent issues

Keywords

• Garry's Mod II
• Eidos-Montreal layoffs
• Shinji Mikami
• Stormgate
• Steam DRM
• The Gaming Historian
• Project Hail Mary
• Capcom
• incremental games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Eidos-Montreal, Shift Up, Stormgate, US Patent Office, The Gaming Historian, Alamo Drafthouse, Bravo

Products: S&box, Garry's Mod, Capcom, The Perfect Tower II, Lucid Blocks

Books & works: Project Hail Mary

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