GAHCast Episode 23 - The Time Paradox, Acquisitions, NFTs, CES and the Pope Listens to Megalovania

HydroCast (formerly GAHCast)

English - February 21, 2022 01:55 - 9 hours - 460 MB
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Previous Episode: GAHCast Episode 22 - Is This Good for the Player? - Nintendo, FF14, Spotify, Key Fobs, and BABYMETAL

Next Episode: GAHCast Episode 24 - The Rubber Ducky Episode, Plus More Acquisition Talk, Elon Musk and GilvaSunner

After a month-long hiatus, FluufAlpaca and Hydrowave99 are back in action with tons of news and a battle royale to cap off 2021. With the Consumer Electronics Show, the Activision Blizzard and Zynga acquisitions, the James-Webb Telescope, NFTs and more, the two hosts have plenty of thoughts to give within the end of 2021 and the month of January.

Timestamps

0:00:00 - Disclaimer

0:00:10 - Intro

0:27:47 - The GAHCast Battle Royale

1:48:56 - Embracer Group Acquisitions

2:01:45 - Take Two Acquires Zynga

2:12:26 - Microsoft Purchases Activision Blizzard

3:03:06 - More Activision Blizzard Controversy

3:28:08 - John Madden

3:35:45 - EA Reevaluates Battlefield 2042

3:45:20 - EA Announces Respawn x LucasFilm Partnership

3:56:25 - Crysis 4 Announced

4:02:20 - Dormant Game Pass Subscriptions in U.K.

4:09:27 - Halo

4:28:31 - PlayStation

4:51:21 - Sparticus

5:17:36 - Fortnite Update

5:22:44 - Final Fantasy XIV Resumes Sales

5:23:45 - E3 Shifts to Online-only Event

5:35:03 - Hyper Space Shuts Down

5:45:11 - Steam Deck Release Date

5:47:08 - Android Games on Windows

5:59:57 - Crypto, NFTS and Metaverse

7:01:12 - Crypto Problems

7:16:13 - Intel Factory in Ohio

7:20:45 - Nvidia Halting Deal to Buy ARM

7:24:28 - CES 2022

8:35:03 - Biden Right to Repair Speech

8:41:01 - Digital SAT Tests

8:46:20 - FCC Broadband Labels Requirement

8:51:16 - James Webb Space Telescope

9:04:01 - Weird Space Object

9:07:39 - Apple and Alternative Payment Systems

9:12:13 - FedEx Wants to Equip Anti-Missile Lasers on its Aircraft

9:16:15 - Brain Cells Learning Pong Faster than AI

9:22:14 - Yukai's Amagami Ham Ham

9:26:28 - Mario and Bowser Promoting PS5 in China

9:32:34 - Android Game That Allows the Use of a Smart Vibrator as a Controller

9:36:42 - Megalovania Performed for the Pope

9:47:04 - Outro

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