EA <3 Valve 4Eva | Happy Hour #45

Strange Happy Hour!

Important Sh!t:

Mark “Dispatcher” Plover:
- Facebook's weird censorship rules
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7626887/Instagram-Facebook-ban-sexual-emojis-including-eggplant-peach.html
- https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/21/facebook-protect/

“Handsome John” Pettit:
- EA and Valve partnership! https://twitter.com/ea/status/1189181655463813120?s=21

Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe:
- Xbox All Access users can upgrade their consoles when Project Scarlet launches: https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/28/xbox-all-access-lets-users-upgrade-their-xbox-one-x-to-project-scarlett 

Last Call!:
- Cheers!: Let’s introduce our special guest. This week, "The Dispatcher" Mark Plover is bringin us Witch's Brew to try out.

Shout outs:
- Patrick ‘Akibab’ Hollifield is our streamer of the month over on Mixer: https://mixer.com/Akibab 
- Co-op crew continues it’s progression through ‘A Way Out’ with Tumbleweed and Predator4010: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxSVkS9irpVXKEiHFjZ9YuxqSENxOYpLQ 
- We have a new RSS feed, so audio forms of the podcast are here! http://happyhour.strangegaming.com/ 
- Join our Discord - https://discord.gg/PWcgBc 
Check out the latest Humble Bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/day-devs-2019 

Question of the Week:
- What was the last really good deal that you picked up?

Runners Up of the Week
- The Japanese government honors Shigeru Miyamoto: https://kotaku.com/japanese-government-honors-shigeru-miyamoto-as-person-o-1839435174 
- Sony trademarks PS6-10 in Japan: https://www.siliconera.com/2019/10/29/sony-interactive-entertainment-trademarks-ps6-through-ps10-in-japan/ 
- Jeph Loeb steps down as head of Marvel TV: https://io9.gizmodo.com/report-jeph-loebs-time-at-marvel-tv-may-be-nearing-its-1839260287 
- The End of the Skywalker Saga can be seen in the newest Episode IX trailer: https://io9.gizmodo.com/in-the-final-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-trailer-1839013650 
- More Marvel Podcasts are on their way: https://io9.gizmodo.com/marvel-is-bringing-black-widow-hawkeye-and-star-lord-1839259463 
- Google’s newest super computer is bad as fuck: https://gizmodo.com/google-confirms-achieving-quantum-supremacy-1839288099 
- New Ghost in the Shell coming to Netflix: https://io9.gizmodo.com/heres-your-first-tiny-glimpse-of-netflixs-new-ghost-in-1839289559 
- Last of Us Part II delayed to May: https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/10/24/the-last-of-us-part-ii-comes-to-ps4-in-may/ 
- Ubisoft Delays a plethora of games: https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/24/ubisoft-delays-watch-dogs-legion-rainbow-six-quarantine-and-gods-and-monsters 
- Ubisoft sues creator of popular Rainbow Six cheat service: https://kotaku.com/ubisoft-sues-creators-of-popular-rainbow-six-siege-chea-1839323924 
- Epic is suing the tester who leaked Fortnite Chapter 2: https://kotaku.com/epic-suing-former-tester-for-revealing-fortnite-spoiler-1839401521
- Google opening first Stadia game studio in Montreal: https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/24/google-opening-first-stadia-games-studio-in-montreal 
- Popular streamer Shroud makes his way to Mixer: https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/24/streamer-shroud-follows-ninja-from-twitch-to-microsofts-mixer 
- Most expensive Pokemon card sells for nearly $200,000: https://kotaku.com/the-most-expensive-pokemon-card-on-earth-sold-for-195-1839401186 
- Death Stranding will make its way to PC in 2020: https://kotaku.com/death-stranding-is-coming-to-pc-1839410088 
- Microsoft’s new dual screen OS leaked: https://gizmodo.com/new-details-on-microsofts-dual-screen-windows-os-leak-1839385826 
- Sony looking to sell PlayStation Vue: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/352973/Report_Sony_looking_to_sell_PlayStation_Vue_as_service_continues_to_lo