Episode 96: Pit of Snakes

Alix Stolzer (Upsilon Circuit) joins us this week to help us sort out Ben Kuchera’s op-ed on “Invisible Gamers” as well as Disney’s exit from the console market as a publisher and developer. We round it out with a little social media conspiracy theorizing and jump headlong into the Lightning Round. From there it’s all about the idea of using the stages of grief to encapsulate what it’s like to finish making a video game (for better or worse) and finally, we consider the rumor of Nintendo returning to cartridges instead of discs… Strap in and enjoy!

The Panel: Joe Arroyo, Nikk Golesh, Chris Morris & Alix Stolzer

• Topics:
  • The Invisible Gamers.
  • Disney get’s out of the console game racket, shuts down Avalanche. Will still license the IP to others (obviously).
  • Is EVERYTHING on your feed a conspiracy? Social media is making sure that’s the case. Apparently.
    
• Lightning Round:
  • What it’s like to finish making a video game.
  • RUMOR: Nintendo NX to ditch CDs and return to cartridges…