Project Gemini Shalin Pitts

Hello all! Welcome to Episode 7 of Project Gemini. This is the final episode of Season 1. In this episode, we dive into the future of gaming in terms of portability and mobility. Yes, we're going to talk about streaming games, the specs on the Valve Steam Deck, and the upcoming Nintendo Switch OLED edition.

This has been a fun and amazing season. It was really eye-opening for me to learn the nuances of podcasting and help me understand where I can improve. I aim to come back with Season 2 and see where Project Gemini takes me.

Hope you enjoy the show!

In this special episode of Project Gemini, I go through the recently released lawsuit filed by the Department of Fair Employment and Housing for the State of California against Blizzard, Inc. Activision Blizzard, Inc., and Activision Publishing, Inc. For the majority of the episode, I share excerpts from the lawsuit exactly as it was written by the attorneys for the State of California. I also share Activison Blizzard's rebuttal against the lawsuit.

Listener discretion is advised. This episode is not labeled explicit, but there are explicit details in the lawsuit that may not be comfortable for all listeners. Such includes deviant behaviors such as sexual harassment and a tragic inclusion of suicide.

This case, filed as 21STCV26571, may very well become one of the most important cases in the promotion of civil rights for women and people of color in the video game industry.

In Episode 6 of Project Gemini, I make a big mistake with my production rig used for podcasting and nearly destroy it all. Later, we dive into tech that we take for granted, which may become a staple segment for future episodes. For now, welcome to The Tech We Take for Granted - Part I. 

Hope you enjoy the show! 

If you have any topics you would like me to discuss or tech questions you would like answered, feel free to message me through anchor.fm to be featured on the podcast, or write to me at shaysmoothspeaks@gmail.com.

In episode 5 of Project Gemini, we are talking about freedom from the perspective of Ben Franklin, Windows 11 and some of the greatest games that celebrate player freedom, such as the Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind and Mass Effect, as we get ready to celebrate this upcoming July 4th weekend. Also, I have some news to share regarding the podcast frequency due to some changes in my workload.

In Episode 4 of Project Gemini, we are going to talk about telework and why it is such an important technology for businesses to pursue with eligible positions. Then, we dive into my experience growing up with single-player and multiplayer games, and how I see them today. I end the episode with a review of Insomniac Games' recently released Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and give a shout out to a certain developer! FYI - It's my first Platinum on PlayStation. 

In episode 3 of Project Gemini, we discuss the price-to-performance ratios of the RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080 Ti graphics cards from Nvidia. Then, we push into highlights and announcements from video game publishers made during E3 and Summer Game Fest of 2021.

This is a longer than usual episode, but we have a lot of great details about upcoming games for what's left of 2021 and going into 2022.