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Episode 96: More like the Lame Awards
1 hour 36 minutes Posted Dec 11, 2023 at 9:03 pm.
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Well, turns out only one third of our hosts watched Gaming's Biggest Night, so get ready for Tori to break down a three-and-a-half hour long program to Nathaniel and Noah who learned everything they know about it from like one article and social media. Color us surprised that Geoff Keighley didn't say "Free Palestine." There's also other stuff, too, like, updates on Twitch's future and more.

THINGS MENTIONED:

Polygon's handy breakdown of The Game Awards:

https://www.polygon.com/game-awards-tga/23992648/the-game-awards-2023-biggest-game-announcements-trailers

IGN's report about sexism from the devs of the Sun Wukong game:

https://www.ign.com/articles/how-black-myth-wukong-developers-history-of-sexism-is-complicating-its-journey-to-the-west

IGN: Wes Ball on his forthcoming Zelda movie:

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-legend-of-zelda-movie-director-wants-it-to-be-live-action-miyazaki

The AP News breakdown of Twitch closing up shop in Korea:

https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-twitch-network-fees-fcbd14738fcdc911069f82f76cb62afa

Followed by the Garbage Day take:

https://www.garbageday.email/p/why-isnt-twitch-a-better-website

The Verge on Epic's whacky moves with Fortnite:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/9/23993686/fortnite-og-new-players-lego-fortnite

Axios' more detailed breakdown on what exactly these new Fortnite updates add:

https://www.axios.com/2023/12/08/fortnite-lego-rocket-racing


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