CES 2020 | Happy Hour #53

Strange Happy Hour!

Important Sh!t:
- We come to you this week with one big topic: CES 2020! You’ll find our list of topics here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qgmY0UlLRt3eP7Vk0P4wLfXnUTlCkPhrfdR_W8VXT5g/edit?usp=sharing 

Last Call!:
Cheers!: Let’s introduce our special guest. This week, Brent "The Jesterhead" Metcalfe is bringin us some not so great Blaker's Hard Cider to try out.

Shout outs:
- Cool new channel that has seen a lot of traffic recently: Strange Garage - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0DXWjTN8KGQEjHfCMXTWQ/featured 
- Weekly Reading: https://kotaku.com/how-game-companies-use-credits-to-reward-or-punish-de-1840905129 
- Deal of the Week: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/sweet-farm 
- Our Discord: https://discord.gg/bPZNJ7 

Question of the Week:
- What scene from a movie is ingrained in your memory to the point of no return?

House Selection:
- Final Fantasy VII: Remake has been delayed: https://twitter.com/finalfantasyvii/status/1217085226641510402?s=20 
- Marvels: The Avengers also delayed: https://www.ign.com/articles/marvels-avengers-game-has-been-delayed 
- A gamer in Texas helps teammate in the UK after hearing him have a seizure online: https://kotaku.com/a-gamer-in-texas-helped-save-her-uk-teammate-after-hear-1840957347 
- Developer of VVVVV has released the source code of the game on GitHub: https://gamasutra.com/view/news/356531/Terry_Cavanagh_has_released_the_source_code_for_VVVVVV_on_Github.php 
- Pokemon Direct: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMXRyk7ikjI 
Final Fantasy XV MMO in the works for mobile: https://kotaku.com/a-final-fantasy-xv-mmorpg-for-mobile-is-coming-1840872090 
- Target accidentally sells Yoshi’s Crafted World for $1: https://gonintendo.com/stories/352383-target-accidentally-sells-yoshi-s-crafted-world-digital-codes-for 
- WB to use AI to help pick what movies to make: http://www.ign.com//articles/2020/01/08/warner-bros-will-now-use-ai-to-help-decide-which-movies-to-make 
- Nintendo’s President explains why the company does not fund official Smash tournaments: https://kotaku.com/nintendos-president-explains-its-reluctance-to-fund-sma-1840886267 
- Annual Steam release numbers held steady for the first time since 2014: https://kotaku.com/annual-steam-release-numbers-used-to-climb-every-year-1840878072 
- ABC to discuss future Marvel shows with Kevin Feige: https://io9.gizmodo.com/abc-wants-to-make-more-marvel-tv-shows-and-plans-on-tal-1840881774 
- New Pokemon movie has Ash essentially meet Tarzan: https://kotaku.com/the-new-pokemon-movie-is-pretty-much-ash-meets-tarzan-1840922338
- Sony is again skipping E3: https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/01/13/sony-is-once-again-skipping-e3 

And, as always, feel free to reach out to any one of the wonderful hosts in any capacity. You reach the Dispatcher on Twitter @DuhFr33k (https://twitter.com/DuhFr33k), Handsome John @HandsomeJohnP (https://twitter.com/HandsomeJohnP), and the Jesterhead himself @Jesterhead0302 (https://twitter.com/Jesterhead0302). Also, don’t be afraid to talk to us down in the comments. We always enjoy a good conversation, in case you didn’t notice ;)