In this week’s episode of The program provides game information, Host Alex Van Aken returns from a secret trip to Japan with Marcus Stewart. The couple chats with Kyle Hilliard about the first two episodes of HBO series The Last Of Us and share their initial reaction to the show. Unfortunately, the video game industry has come under massive layoffs this week, with reports of big companies like Microsoft, 343 Industries, and Bethesda coming in. reduced their workforce by more than 10,000 employees. At the same time, on the media front, our talented colleagues at Giant Bomb, GameSpot and Fandom were also affected.
In The Playlist, the team chatted about recent games they’ve played, including Tchia, PlateUp!, Pentiment, and The Case Of The Golden Idol.
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00:00:00 – Introduction
00:04:12 – Fandom + Microsoft fired
00:21:42 – The Last Of Us HBO Show
00:32:07 – The Playlist/Tchia
00:37:01 – PlateUp!
00:46:07 – Repentance
00:50:02 – The Golden Statue case
00:56:03 – Room cleaning and audience questions
