HeyJaredThe VGBees Podcast
Host and founder of VGBees, John Warren, is joined every week by cohost Niki Grayson and illustrious guests adjacent to video games and culture for candid, funny, and enlightening conversations about an art form that is both uniting and dividing us.Every week, The VGBees…
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Ep 119: Ocarina of Time Remake, Sony Drops Kojima, Blizzard's Massive Union Contract (opens the original)
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This week, John, Niki, and Lotus dove into both Nintendo Directs, the stunning news that Sony is dropping Hideo Kojima's next projects, and Blizzard's new union formation just ahead of Blizzcon. 00:00:00 Intro & our new tagline 00:10:03 Ocarina of Time is changing for modern audiences 00:34:54 Samus is hungry in Metroid Ravenous 00:37:00 Kirby and the World Beyond is perhaps the biggest adventure yet in the franchise 00:43:50 Powerwash Simulator dev lays off staff in extremely strange way 00:49:
Ep 118: Star Wars Zero Company Furloughs, Xbox Cloud Limits, Pablo Torre & Games Journalism (opens the original)
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This week, Lotus, Niki, and John discuss the Star Wars Zero Company furloughs, the new limits on Xbox Cloud for Game Pass, and the explosive Pablo Torre stories have the hosts asking, "why don't we have this kind of investigative journalism in games?" 00:00:00 Intro & John's extremely beautiful voice 00:07:18 Star Wars Zero Company devs furloughed ahead of game's release 00:15:30 SteamDB is now under Nexus Mods' parent ownership 00:21:10 Xbox introducing harsh limits on cloud gaming on Game Pass
Ep 117: GTA6 Revealed, Witcher 3 Remastered, Star Citizen's Squadron 42 Delayed Again (opens the original)
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This week, Niki, John, and Lotus did their homework on the bizarrely-edited Grand Theft Auto VI reveal on Netflix and also dove into Gamescom announcements, like The Witcher 3 Remastered . 00:00:00 Intro & A Condensed History of How We Know Each Other 00:14:30 Grand Theft Auto VI is every verb 00:44:09 Star Citizen's Squadron 42 delayed again 00:48:25 The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past unearths an ancient evil for Geralt to fight 00:49:48 The Witcher 3 Remastered is a free update with tons of impro
Ep 116: GTA6 Leaks, 2XKO Ending Development, Twitch's GenAI Training (opens the original)
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This week, Lotus, Niki, and John tackled a jam-packed week of surprising news, including Riot ending 2XKO's development, Twitch's surprise auto-opt-in for GenAI training, and the ongoing and expansive Grand Theft Auto VI leaks. 00:00:00 Intro & fun drug side effects 00:08:00 Twitch's GenAI training program 00:15:15 Roblox being investigated by US Senate for over 65,000 reported incidents of child abuse 00:30:35 New Horizon live service game being rebooted by Sony 00:37:42 Compulsion games now fu
Ep 115: Saber CEO's Outburst, Netflix Closes Studios, Star Wars Zero Company Impressions (opens the original)
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This week, John and Niki are joined by Jesse Vitelli , fresh off a five day subathon on his Twitch channel after being laid off at Restart.Run. Together, they take a hard look at Matt Karch's history of odd behavior, Netflix's most recent studio closures, and Star Wars Zero Company . 00:00:00 Intro & Raising Cane's talk 00:11:25 Saber Interactive CEO Matt Karch did something very weird and has done many weird things previously to this new weird thing 00:34:14 Netflix closes Night School, Moonloo
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