Episode 73: Stay Classy

Happy early Thanksgiving everybody! We’re back to the core panel this week to ring in the holiday season. We break down the testimonials from old Nintendo “Powerline” workers, the implications of the new Valve Steam Sale plans and Mark Cuban’s choice (and expensive) words about eSports. For the lightning round we get opinionated on Kotaku getting blacklisted by certain developers and the end of the Dark Souls franchise. Enjoy this one with a turkey leg and some stuffing. Stick around after the end for a special surprise!

The Panel: Joe Erskine, Joe Arroyo, Nikk Golesh, & Chris Morris

• Topics:
  • The life of an old-school game tip hotline worker…
  • Valve is changing the way they roll out Steam Sales.
  • Mark Cuban is Pro-eSports, pays $30k to make his point.
• Lightning Round:
  • Bethesda and Ubisoft have apparently blacklisted Kotaku.
  • Miyazaki says Dark Souls 3 will be the last one and he explains his hopes for the future of From Software.

Featured Tweets:

https://twitter.com/AmandaRosenberg/status/668901804906708992

Slack's been down for an hour. Am I supposed to talk to coworkers with my mouth, like some kind of animal?

— Brad Simantel (@bradsimantel) November 23, 2015

Hello from the other Slack
I must've tried a hundred chats
To tell you I'm sorry for working from home
And I almost made you pick up a phone

— Adi Joseph (@AdiJoseph) November 23, 2015

I was incorrect.

— anna (@annapickard) November 23, 2015

(Image credit: Steve Voght)