Strange Gaming Happy Hour

Xbox Games Showcase 2020 | Happy Hour #79.1

This is a very special episode where we breakdown all of the announcements that Microsoft had during the July 2020 Summer Games Showcase. You can find all of our sources here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b24SiRxoa0HL8wu7Nqn7ygdc7aP_s80jdx-m8ASeKcA/edit?usp=sharing. 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/Hand...

Xbox Making Just a Few Changes | Top Shelf #4

This week our top shelf is about Rocket League going Free to Play. You can find all of this episode’s sources at this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PX5GpKHOQwaFCsbC2PW3gnPXvTUpOdNgSjbcdGtuO6k/edit?usp=sharing. 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 @Jesterhead03...

Xbox Suggests Free Next Gen Game Upgrades | Top Shelf #3

This week’s Top Shelf we discuss Xbox requesting all developers make next gen upgrades free. You can find all of our sources at this link here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H4JmY2fd1lP3M4UTYQB8E3dDh0lr7_ocCAZdWJul3k8/edit?usp=sharing. 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 h...

Free Next Gen Upgrades | Happy Hour #79

This week we discuss Apple paying out $1.5 billion in legal matters, Xbox requesting all developers make next gen upgrades free, and a possible look into Sony’s plan for backwards compatibility. You can find all of our sources at this link here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H4JmY2fd1lP3M4UTYQB8E3dDh0lr7_ocCAZdWJul3k8/edit?usp=sharing. 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...

Warner Brothers is Falling Apart | Happy Hour #78

This week we discuss Windows getting rid of the Control Panel, Evo being cancelled and it’s CEO removed, and WB dropping it’s gaming studios as well as moving it’s various DC TV shows. You can find all of our sources at this link here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b0eVQPaU1CEneBIbc_diZb0Wji5rgZv7Xy1PiowbhLY/edit?usp=sharing.  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/DuhF...

Warner Bros is Falling Apart | Top Shelf #2

For this week’s Top Shelf we discuss WB dropping it’s gaming studios as well as moving it’s various DC TV shows. You can find all of our sources at this link here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b0eVQPaU1CEneBIbc_diZb0Wji5rgZv7Xy1PiowbhLY/edit?usp=sharing.  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),...

Sexual Assault and Abuse in Nerdom | Happy Hour #77

Strange Happy Hour! Docket to every article: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-N_1e7xJwTI6ipQkceCU4ieIZ0kegaYx0SjcqYOZNjc/edit?usp=sharing 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 i...

Mixer Shutting Down?! | Happy Hour #76

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Mark “Dispatcher” Plover: - WWDC 2020   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEZhD3J89ZE   - https://www.cnet.com/news/everything-apple-just-announced-at-wwdc-2020-ios-14-macos-big-sur-new-mac-chips/ “Handsome John” Pettit: - Microsoft shuts down Mixer for deal with Facebook Gaming: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/22/21299032/microsoft-mixer-closing-facebook-gaming-partnership-xcloud-features  - Ninja and Shroud payouts: https://twitter.com/Slasher/status/...

Guerilla Collective and IGN Summer of Gaming | Happy Hour #75

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Mark “Dispatcher” Plover: - Apple “CarKey”: https://www.macrumors.com/2020/06/15/... “Handsome John” Pettit: - Massive DMCA takedown hits Twitch: https://kotaku.com/after-massive-dmca... - Bass Rebels: @bassrebels Twitter handle Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe: - Guerilla Collective and IGN Summer of Gaming: https://youtu.be/oEYEeE4gSn4    - Day 1: https://www.ign.com/articles/guerilla...   - Day 2: https://www.ign.com/articles/guerrill...   - Day 3: https...

Playstation 5 Reveal | Happy Hour #74

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Mark “Dispatcher” Plover: - Tech and Gaming Companies in support of BLM movement:   - https://www.gamesradar.com/sony-microsoft-activision-and-many-other-gaming-companies-share-support-for-black-lives-matter/   - https://www.ign.com/articles/ibm-dropping-facial-recognition-research-development   - https://www.vg247.com/2020/06/05/call-of-duty-warzone-black-lives-matter-screen/ “Handsome John” Pettit & Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe:: - PS5 Gameplay Event: ...

Not-So-Free Speech Online | Happy Hour #73

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Mark “Dispatcher” Plover: - Facebook employees stage virtual walkout over lack of action on Trump’s posts: https://gizmodo.com/facebook-employees-stage-virtual-walkout-because-of-zuc-1843826838 “Handsome John” Pettit: - Sony Head says the company has no interest in releasing PS5 games on PS4: https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-games-not-on-ps4  - Starting this July, all new PS4 games must run on PS5 to release: https://www.siliconera.com/newly-submitted-p...

Gaming Nostalgia in 2020 | Happy Hour #70

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Mark “Dispatcher” Plover: - AMD Ryzen 3300X and 3100: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyleather/2020/05/07/amd-ryzen-3-3300x-and-3100-review-stunning-performers-will-give-intel-serious-headaches/#5764257c109c “Handsome John” Pettit: - What about the future of gaming has us excited? Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe: - Gaming Nostalgia in 2020:   - Long rumored Diablo 2 Remaster supposedly releasing Q4 this year: https://www.ign.com/articles/long-rumoured-di...

Amazon in Gaming | Happy Hour #71

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Mark “Dispatcher” Plover: - Amazon working on a Third-Person Shooter: https://www.engadget.com/crucible-amazon-relentless-game-preview-interview-130013794.html “Handsome John” Pettit: - Unreal Engine 5 Announced: https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-unreal-engine-5-demo  - Unreal Engine 5 PS5 Demo: https://www.ign.com/articles/unreal-engine-5-demo-fully-playable-not-real - PS5 SSD is ‘far ahead’ of high-end PC’s, says Epic CEO: https://www.ign.com/articles/...

Jailbreaking in 2020 | Happy Hour #72

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Mark “Dispatcher” Plover: - Jailbreaking is back for the first time in 4 years: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/may/26/first-iphone-jailbreak-in-four-years-released “Handsome John” Pettit: - Sony says PS5 processing is 100 times faster than PS4: https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/05/22/sony-playstation-5-processing-is-100-times-faster-than-ps4 Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe: - Justice League’s Snyder Cut is real and will be out in 2021: https:/...

What Makes a Remake a Good Remake? | Happy Hour #66

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly | Happy Hour #65

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Mark “Dispatcher” Plover: - Tesla is making ventilators: - https://youtu.be/zZbDg24dfN0 - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1245009716935188481?s=19 “Handsome John” Pettit: - Companies will apparently be assholes even when the country/world is on its knees: - Despite huge sales, Borderlands 3 developers are getting stiffed on bonuses: Sources: Despite Huge Sales, Borderlands 3 Developers Are Getting Stiffed On Bonuses - Leaked memo shows Amazon elite ...

Epic Games Doing an Epic Service | Happy Hour #64

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Mark “Dispatcher” Plover: - FCC to require call verification everywhere next year: https://www.engadget.com/2020-03-31-fcc-stir-shaken-june-30-2021.html “Handsome John” Pettit: - GameStop set to close 300 stores by year's end: https://www.ign.com/articles/gamestop-set-to-close-300-more-stores-this-year Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe: - Epic Games to publish the next titles from Inside, Control, and The Last Guardian developers: https://www.ign.com/article...

PS5 vs Xbox Series X Specs | Happy Hour #62

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Mark “Dispatcher” Plover: - Xbox Series X full specs revealed: https://www.ign.com/articles/full-xbox-series-x-specs - PS5 Technical Specs: https://kotaku.com/here-are-the-playstation-5s-technical-specs-1842396904  - PS5 vs Xbox Series X: https://www.ign.com/wikis/playstation-5/PS5_vs._Xbox_Series_X_Comparison_Chart  - Xbox plugs and ports through the years: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/17/21158178/xbox-plugs-ports-hdmi-ethernet-memory-card-storage-vi...

The Last of Us TV Show?? - Happy Hour #61

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Bell Boi! - Reggie Fil-Aime joins Gamestop board of directors: https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2020/3/9/21172177/reggie-fils-aime-joins-gamestop-board-of-directors-nintendo  https://twitter.com/DMC_Ryan/status/1237125504655712256?s=20  “Handsome John” Pettit: - DuckDuckGo launches Tracker Radar to help track who tracks you: https://gizmodo.com/duckduckgo-made-a-giant-list-of-jerks-tracking-you-onli-1842129900 Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe: - HBO and...

Fear the Coronavirus | Happy Hour #59

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Mark “Dispatcher” Plover: - Google officially warns Huawei device owners not to sideload its apps: https://www.techradar.com/news/google-officially-warns-huawei-device-owners-not-to-sideload-its-apps “Handsome John” Pettit: - THQ Nordic purchases Saber Interactive: https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/02/19/world-war-z-developer-saber-interactive-acquired-by-thq-nordic-parent-company Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe: - Corona Virus scares away many from conven...

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-ima...

Play Games to Buy Games! - Happy Hour #56

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Mark “Dispatcher” Plover: - An Artist Used 99 Phones to Take a Google Maps Traffic Jam: https://www.wired.com/story/99-phones-fake-google-maps-traffic-jam/ “Handsome John” Pettit: - XBox gampass quest https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/quests?ocid=XGP_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Video_lrn_2.4.1 Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe: - Microsoft Bug Bounty Program pays players for finding issues in Xbox Live: https://kotaku.com/microsofts-bug-bounty-program-will-pay-pla...

Pokemon Home is Almost Useless | Happy Hour #55

Strange Happy Hour! 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 ;)  Important Sh!t: Mark “Dispatcher” ...

What Star Wars Should Have Been | Happy Hour #54

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Mark “Dispatcher” Plover: - Joe Biden has some choice words about game developers https://thenextweb.com/gaming/2020/01/20/joe-biden-derides-game-dev-creeps-teach-how-kill/ “Handsome John” Pettit: - Delayagedon- why are we having so many delays and will this round off major delays change how they talk about release dates in the future? https://kotaku.com/why-video-games-are-delayed-so-often-1795473828   - Skull and Bones - March 2020   - Animal Crossing -...

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.y...

Them Vidya Game Awerds | Happy Hour #51

One Year and Counting! | Happy Hour #50

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Top Entertainment of the Year: - MP:Avengers Endgame - JP: Pokémon Sword and Shield - BM: Death Stranding - https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/death-stranding Whiff of the Year: - MP: Anthem - JP: Google Stadia/Tesla truck - BM: Video Game exclusives - Crackdown 3, Shenmue III, MediEvil, Days Gone, Daemon X Machina Top News Story of the Year: - MP:The Next Web: A site that tells you if Apple’s AirPower wireless charger is out yet is now out...

The Passing of the Torch | Happy Hour #49

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Mark “Dispatcher” Plover: Google overlord change up!: https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/3/20994218/google-alphabet-ceo-sundar-pichai-larry-page-sergey-brin-step-down-control-management “Handsome John” Pettit Riot settles lawsuit: https://twitter.com/cecianasta/status/1201632183175262208 Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe: IS...Sick! Kepley Pokémon company to sue makers of sword and shield: https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/25/20982094/pokemon-company-sword-...

Stadia, Sword, and Shield | Happy Hour #48

Strange Happy Hour! Important Sh!t: Mark “Dispatcher” Plover: - Google Stadia Review Roundup and What the future holds: https://www.metacritic.com/feature/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-service-review  “Handsome John” Pettit: - X019:  https://kotaku.com/everything-announced-for-xbox-one-and-pc-at-x019-1839867694 Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe: - Pokemon Sword and Shield ‘Dexit’: https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/11/16/pokemon-sword-and-shield-dexit-controversy-explained  - Modders add more mode...

Blizzcon | Happy Hour #46

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:...

Blizzard-Gate, Google It! | Happy Hour #43

Strange Happy Hour! Runners Up of the Week Ubisoft releases Rabbids Coding on PC for free: https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/09/ubisoft-teaches-players-basic-programming-for-free-with-rabbids-coding Yoshinori Kitase would like younger staff to remake Final Fantasy VIII: https://www.siliconera.com/2019/10/09/yoshinori-kitase-would-like-final-fantasy-viii-remake-done-by-the-younger-staff-of-square-enix/ Supreme Court to allow lawsuit against Dominos for website accessibility: https://gi...

Blizzard-Gate, Google It! - Happy Hour #43

Strange Happy Hour! Runners Up of the Week Ubisoft releases Rabbids Coding on PC for free: https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/09/ubisoft-teaches-players-basic-programming-for-free-with-rabbids-coding Yoshinori Kitase would like younger staff to remake Final Fantasy VIII: https://www.siliconera.com/2019/10/09/yoshinori-kitase-would-like-final-fantasy-viii-remake-done-by-the-younger-staff-of-square-enix/ Supreme Court to allow lawsuit against Dominos for website accessibility: https://gi...

PS5! | Happy Hour #42

Net Neutrality... Again! | Happy Hour #41

Release the Fruit! | Happy Hour #39

Nintendo Direct | Happy Hour #38

Telltale to Continue Telling the Tale | Happy Hour #37