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With the nominations for The Game Awards announced, Logan and Trevor make their predictions for who will win.
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Logan lives vicariously through Trevor's first week with the PlayStation 5 in this week's That News You Care About.
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With the new generation of consoles upon us, Logan and Trevor discuss whether or not it makes sense to review the consoles themselves.
Main Topic:
Does it make sense to review consoles?
Shoutout:
"Oh, weird: the Destiny 2 I know is about to be locked away" by Jeremy Peel, PC Gamer
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-campaign-vault/
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Logan and Trevor discuss many of the hidden, and not so hidden, costs associated with getting into the games industry.
Main Topic:
"Is the games industry open to working class people?" by Jason Coles, GamesIndustry.biz
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-11-02-how-to-break-into-the-industry-from-a-working-class-background
Shoutout:
"Sony legal threat compels PS5 faceplate company to cancel all orders" by James Batchelor, GamesIndustry.biz
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-11-02-sony-legal-threat-compels-ps5-faceplate-company-to-cancel-all-orders
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For this week's episode, Logan and Trevor discuss Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's debut Twitch stream and the importance of political figures being able to successfully engage with a gaming audience.
Shoutouts:
Voter Information:
https://iwillvote.com/
"'Austerity, That's What I Know': The Making of a Young U.K. Socialist" by Ellen Barry, The New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/24/world/europe/britain-austerity-socialism.html
"Why Millenials Are More Charitable Than the Rest of You" by Jason Notte, The Street:
https://www.thestreet.com/lifestyle/why-millennials-are-more-charitable-14445741
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Logan, Trevor, and Cameron sat down for a check-in on their personal Game of the Year thoughts before the final holiday push, as well as where they think the industry as a whole is leaning.
This week's stories and time stamps:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:06 - Game of the Year Discussion
01:02:09 - Shoutouts
"Microsoft will give Gamestop a share of Xbox's digital revenues" by Kyle Orland, Ars Technica:
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/10/microsoft-will-give-gamestop-a-share-of-xboxs-digital-revenues/
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes her Twitch debut:
twitch.tv/aoc
01:08:37 - Outro
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