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Indie gaming studio Possibility Space has closed its doors, claiming it's because of questions from a journalist for an article that hasn't even been published yet.
Star Wars: Outlaws will require an online internet connection to install the physical disc - which makes the game preservation aspect of physical media useless.
We're still raising money for Make-A-Wish Georgia - we've smashed the original goal, so we just made the goal bigger.
Then we talk to Orange Lounge Radio about their historic 1000th episode!

I'm helping raise money for Make-a-Wish Georgia with the Stream Atlanta meetup group this month - let's make some kids wishes come true!
Gaming has reportedly fallen to pre-pandemic levels, meaning we aren't playing games as much as we were just a few years ago.
Are emulators coming to iOS? Yes, but no - not in the way the media headlines want you to believe.
Then we talk to Rob about our playing time and more about him not starting Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (and me not continuing with it often enough)

Kotaku is deprioritizing news in favor of guides - which leads into a discussion of "Evergreen Content" vs "Topical Content" when it comes to content creation.
We go over the Game Developers Choice Awards - which is the awards show everyone wants when The Game Awards happen, but nobody actually watches.
Sony halts production on the PlayStation VR2 headsets because nobody is buying them.
Then we talk to Rob about evergreen vs. topical content.

We revisit the emulator settlement from last week with some clarifications from someone who is more knowledgeable in the inner workings of that scene than we are.
Some emulator developers have gotten spooked enough to take their emulators offline, others have more resolve with more safeguards.
Digital Eclipse's second entry in the Gold Master Series is out - Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story. It shows that Jeff is a master of the VIC20, but ends abruptly in 1994 - even though Jeff's story is still being told.
The Museum of Play has announced the 2024 World Video Game Hall of Fame finalists - who would you vote for?
Then we talk to OLR about Llamasoft games that we might have played as kids, and who we would pick for the World Video Game Hall of Fame.

We start off this episode by remembering Akira Toriyama and all of his contributions to gaming and anime.
Happy MAR10 Day! Several Mario themed announcements were made, such as adding more Mario games to Nintendo Switch Online, and bringing some Gamecube and 3DS titles to Switch, and a LEGO Mario Kart set (a building set, not a video game) coming in 2025.
However, earlier this week Nintendo and the Yuzu emulator team settled for $2.4 million, shutting down the emulator team that worked on Yuzu and Citra for the 3DS.
Warner Bros Discovery has informed independent developers that published through Adult Swim Games that their games will be delisted, and the publisher has informed them that they will just delete the Steam pages rather than do the three clicks to transfer ownership to the indie developers. (The indie developers still own the IP and can republish, starting from scratch.)
Then we talk to Rob about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and why I'm now burned out on it.

I finished Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth and moved on to Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and no, you don't actually know the story, so be wary of spoilers. (Not from me, though!)
Octopath Traveler has been delisted temporarily from the Nintendo eShop, most likely due to the change in publisher.
Toys For Bob, the studio that brought us Skylanders, is leaving Microsoft after the Activision merger.
Sony Interactive performed a Reduction in Workforce this week, closing several studios and canceling other projects in flight.
EA has also performed layoffs this week, cancelling several licensed games that were in development. The interesting part of their announcement is how much it actually costs to lay off employees and cancel license deals.
This leads to a discussion about if games are really more expensive to the consumer or not, and if the rising game budgets are sustainable given inflation.
Then we talk to Rob about how he hasn't started Final Fantasy VII Rebirth yet.