Clearview AI | Happy Hour #58

Strange Happy Hour!

Important Sh!t:

Mark “Dispatcher” Plover:
- Clearview AI: The end of public privacy as we know it: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html

“Handsome John” Pettit:
- Blizzard pulls all of its games from Nvidia's GeForce a week before platform launches: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/11/21133793/nvidia-geforce-now-no-more-activision-blizzard-games-carriage

Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe:
- Disney wants more games that re-imagine their properties. So what's your pitch? https://www.ign.com/articles/disney-wants-more-games-that-reimagine-its-stories-and-characters 

Last Call!:
Cheers!: Let’s introduce our special guest. This week, 'The Dispatcher' is bringin us a Black Russian to try out.
Shout outs:
- Strange Garage: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0DXWjTN8KGQEjHfCMXTWQ/featured
- Our Discord: https://discord.gg/bPZNJ7
- Weekly Reading: https://www.ign.com/articles/saving-siege-ubisofts-hard-fought-victory 
- Weekly Deals: https://www.humblebundle.com/software/best-of-polygon-game-dev 

Question of the Week:
- What was the last album to suck you in?

House Selection:
- Stardew Valley spinoff games are in development: https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/02/12/stardew-valley-spinoff-games-are-in-development
- Geoff Keighley is skipping E3 2020: https://www.ign.com/articles/geoff-keighley-is-skipping-e3-2020
- Death Metal DC Comic event from Scott Snyder and Greg Cupallo coming: https://www.ign.com/articles/the-batman-who-laughs-rocks-the-dc-universe-in-dark-nights-death-metal
- Ubisoft announces Prince of Persia VR Game: https://kotaku.com/ubisoft-resurrects-prince-of-persia-as-a-vr-escape-r-1841637859
- Reports surface of a new Mighty Ducks series on Disney+: https://www.ign.com/articles/mighty-ducks-disney-plus-tv-series-reportedly-moving-forward
- Disney working on a new 'Honey I Shrunk the Kids' movie with Rick Moranis: https://io9.gizmodo.com/rick-moranis-will-return-for-the-new-honey-i-shrunk-th-1841639028 
- EA handing Criterion back the Need for Speed franchise: https://gamasutra.com/view/news/358029/EA_handing_Need_for_Speed_franchise_back_to_Criterion.php 
- StarCraft Ghost build leaks online: https://kotaku.com/it-seems-an-playable-xbox-build-of-starcraft-ghost-has-1841731450
- HQ Trivia's final broadcast went off the rails: https://ca.ign.com/articles/hq-trivias-final-broadcast-was-one-heck-of-a-wild-ride
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba wins anime of the year: https://ca.ign.com/articles/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-wins-anime-of-the-year-at-crunchyrolls-fourth-annual-anime-awards
- The Nintendo Play Station wills ell for over $400k: https://kotaku.com/the-nintendo-play-station-will-sell-for-over-400-000-1841701765
- Quantic Dream will now self-publish from now on: https://gamasutra.com/view/news/358201/Detroit_Become_Human_dev_Quantic_Dream_will_selfpublish_from_here_on_out.php
- Overwatch and Diablo animation shows appear to be in the works: https://ca.ign.com/articles/overwatch-cartoon-and-diablo-anime-seem-to-be-on-the-way

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 ;)