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Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews

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Video game news that reflects on the latest trends and cultural impacts brought on by gaming. From the perspective of a few guys who wish they had more time to play video games!

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01:02:31

Best Games, First Half of 2023

Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews ·

2023/08/21

I didn't write an introduction this week ... bad host. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes Netflix is kicking off the first public tests of its cloud-streamed games. Beginning Monday, some Netflix subscribers in Canada and the UK will be able to check out Netflix games streamed to select TVs, connected TV devices, and on the web from

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49:53

Microsoft Merger Drama

Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews ·

2023/08/07

More Microsoft - Activision/Blizzard merger drama. There's a new switch on the horizon. Politics invades our video game worlds and Xbox home screen gets a face lift. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have agreed to extend their merger agreement pending the outcome of negotiations with UK regulators. Both parties will now have until October 18th to finalize the transaction, after

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01:00:12

June 2023 Nintendo Direct

Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews ·

2023/07/17

Black Panther finally gets a game. Another game developer has labor news. One of our favorite comics and TV shows makes a crossover appearance and everything announced at the Nintendo direct. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes In exciting news EA has just announced a new studio along with an upcoming game based on the Black Panther franchise. The studio is called Cliffhanger Games, and it's based in Seattle. It's made

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55:05

Xbox Games Showcase 2023

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2023/06/26

The FTC goes full United States and sues to block the Microsoft - Activision Blizzard merger. Sony is ramping up it's cloud gaming game but the big event of the last week was the XBox games showcase which of course we'll dig into and give our thoughts on. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Microsoft from completing its deal to buy video game company Activision Blizzard, the latest

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01:05:37

Apple Says ”Hold My Beer”

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2023/06/12

In the UK the plot thickens as it pertains to the Microsoft acquisition of Activision/Blizzard. A new trailer was released for the telltale treatment of the Expanse. Apple turns to Sony and says "Hold my Beer" and what about the current state of the gaming landscape as we know it now will be cringe worthy when we look back on it. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes Microsoft could consider pulling Activision from the

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01:13:29

One Step Closer

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2023/05/29

Microsoft/Blizzard moves a couple of steps closer to becoming a reality. Everyone is so angry at just about everything and everyone in the video game world but hopefully they won't be when they conviene in Anahiem later this year and there were soooooooo many game announcements this week. We have all that and a game review to talk about today. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes The Microsoft aquisition of

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56:51

Go Pound Rocks

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2023/05/15

There's more Microsoft/Blizzard acquisition news and also some insight into the cost of making video games. Steam deck has a competitor and you can now invite a friend to play games with you in game pass ... sort of. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes Despite recent signs that it was softening its stance on Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the U.K.’s antitrust regulator, the

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41:50

Quidditch Anyone?

Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews ·

2023/04/24

Lots of Microsoft news and not much of it good. Those little flying crashing exploding birds get a new home and we may actually get to catch the snitch and whomp a bludger or two in an upcoming game. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ Show Notes In a low key move on April 6th, Microsoft shut down emulation on the XBox consoles. This had the small but passionate emulator community up in arms. It brings up the question for us though ... Why? what does Microsoft get out

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50:05

Fire Up That John Deere

Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews ·

2023/04/03

Microvision/Blizzard gets over a huge hurdle on its way to being approved. Continuing from our topic last show, here's another twist on the simulator games. Surprise, some players aren't happy with their FIFA ratings and there was this little conference this past weekend. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes In what could be a decisive tipping point for Microsoft’s chances of completing its deal to purchase

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52:57

Bang Those Bongos

Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews ·

2023/03/20

Ghostcrawler is off to new endeavors. How do they pick what game to work on next. Lets go farming and immersion is all the rage. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes Citing a combination of personal loss and professional considerations, Greg Street announced that he has stepped down from Riot Games today. The former World of Warcraft Lead Systems Designer has been at Riot for the last nine years, spending at least

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54:11

The Super Bowl

Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews ·

2023/02/27

We have a very special episode today where we are going to hit on a news worthy game article and then go into our main topic which of course was the Super Bowl and specifically what was the best commercial. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes Blizzard - Activision workers are mad at president Mike Ybarra after an all-hands meeting that was held last week. I though am going to take this as a positive because their

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54:05

R.I.P. Annie

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2023/02/13

The nerd community lost a very talented actress. Blizzard paid a hefty fine but in the end it was just pocket change for them and the grammy goes to ... http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes Acclaimed actress Annie Wersching has passed away at the age of 45 after a prolonged battle with cancer. She was best known for her role as Renee Walker in 24 but as I found out, she was alost the voice of Tess in the original The

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54:20

Blizzard Goes Dark In China

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2023/01/31

Blizzard goes dark in China. The playstation VR is HOW much and is The Last of Us the best video game adaptation ever. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes Today’s the day most Blizzard games go offline in China. After failing to reach a deal with publishing partner NetEase, Blizzard has shuttered most of its games in the country, including World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, and

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01:02:19

2022 Year in Review

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2023/01/10

2022 Video Game Year in Review http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Review Forspoken Demo - Diddi

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01:07:01

Poop In The Mail

Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews ·

2022/12/27

This episode deals with the 2022 Video Game Awards and how Diddi sent his poop in the mail. Come give a listen and see if you agree with our takes. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes: https://www.ign.com/articles/the-game-awards-2022-winners https://thegameawards.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_Awards https://www.pcgamer.com/the-game-awards-2022-results-all-the-winners/

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01:01:54

Measure Your Froot Loops

Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews ·

2022/12/12

By the time this episode is posted the Video Game Awards show will have happened already but today we are going to take a look at the main categories and give our take of the nominees. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes: 2022 Video Game Award

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52:19

What are we going to do today Microsoft ...

Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews ·

2022/11/28

First, sorry for no episode. The Audio for 147 was corrupt and we couldn't recover it. Now on to the show. We discuss a couple of stories in the Microsoft XBox universe and we let you know if spending a lot of hours gaming is bad for adolescents. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes: Microsoft waits until the beginning of each month to reveal the list of new games coming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service, but

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01:10:55

Show Me The Money

Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews ·

2022/10/24

Video game companies spend lots of money on games but apparently not on voice actors. And we hoped the latest google service would buck the trend but nope, not gonna happen and why do we play these games anyways? http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes: Video games are a nearly $200 billion industry. That’s a lot of money sloshing around an increasingly small group of notoriously secretive companies. Where does it all go

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01:20:56

Sony and Nintendo Events

Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews ·

2022/10/03

there were two big events since we last had a show and that's excluding the GTA6 leak. Sony held a Playstation State of Play event and later that same day Nintendo held a Nintendo direct. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes Sony held a short State of Play event and here was what was

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56:31

Upcoming For Ubisoft

Joystick & Mouse | Video Games News & Reviews ·

2022/09/19

We lose the first unionized game company. We answer that age old question, are video games good for you. Nintendo is apparently an awful place to work if you're a female and Ubisoft tells us all about their upcoming stuff. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes The first video game studio in the US to unionize is shutting down. On Wednesday, Beast Breaker developer Vodeo Games announced it had failed to secure funding

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