Washington Post GamingNintendo invited us to a preview event for their and developer Game Freak's latest endeavor in the widely popular monster-catching universe. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet dive even deeper into an open world design, with new features like autobattling and a cooking minigame designed to provide temporary boosts to stats. But how to these features all look in game? Take a look at some never before seen extended gameplay.
New Pokemon Scarlet Violet extended gameplay preview | Autobattle, trainer customization, Tera RaidsWashington Post Gaming2022-10-21 | Nintendo invited us to a preview event for their and developer Game Freak's latest endeavor in the widely popular monster-catching universe. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet dive even deeper into an open world design, with new features like autobattling and a cooking minigame designed to provide temporary boosts to stats. But how to these features all look in game? Take a look at some never before seen extended gameplay.
#pokemon #nintendo #pokemonscarletWhats next for Ash Ketchum and his voice actress? | Sarah Natochenny interview, Pokémon animeWashington Post Gaming2023-01-13 | Sarah Natochenny, who voiced Ash Ketchum for 17 years, learned at the same time as everyone else that the 10 year-old Pokémon trainer finally won his first World Championship. The news was bittersweet. This meant that Natochenny’s time as Ash Ketchum was coming to an end. A month later, the Pokémon Company announced that the anime would move on from Ash as a main character.
The Washington Post’s video game team Launcher sat down with Natochenny to discuss her experience as a voice actor after taking over for Veronica Taylor as Ash — and what’s next for her and the Pokémon anime.
#Pokemon #PokemonAnime #AshKetchumHBO show changes for The Last of Us | Neil Druckmann InterviewWashington Post Gaming2023-01-10 | HBO’s “The Last of Us” places a lot of faith in its source material’s writing. The TV adaptation doesn’t veer far from the script set by the video game. However, there are a few key changes to its storytelling that the shrewdest of fans may recognize. The Washington Post’s video game team Launcher interviewed Naughty Dog Co-President Neil Druckmann to get his insight into these changes. He also discusses the challenges associated with bringing “The Last of Us” to an entirely different medium.
#thelastofus #hbo #neildruckmann4 Indie games to play in January | Children of Silentown, Lone RuinWashington Post Gaming2023-01-06 | There are a ton of independently created games out there to play, so The Washington Post’s Alyse Stanley helps narrow down the list to four you absolutely should check out. From the Tim Burton-esque Children of Silentown to the dramatic Season - A Letter to the Future, here are the four indie games you definitely need to keep your eye on in January.
#Steam #IndieGames #shortsGOW Ragnarok director responds to Kratos actors Game Awards speech | ShortsWashington Post Gaming2022-12-14 | “God of War: Ragnarok” winner of 6 awards at the 2022 Game Awards took home a bevvy of prestigious prizes, including Best Performance for Christopher's Judge's depiction of Kratos. After accepting the award, Judge went on an almost 8 minute speech praising the game's developers, including new game director Eric Williams, who helped Judge through some of his toughest lines. We spoke to Williams to get his response on Judge's passionate speech.
#shorts #godofwarragnarok #gameawardsWho shouldve won GOTY 2022? We asked devs who attended The Game Awards 2022 | ShortsWashington Post Gaming2022-12-09 | Elden Ring won GOTY 2022, but several game devs in the industry had their own opinions on what should've won. We asked developers who attended The Game Awards 2022 what their Game of the Year was.
#thegameawards #eldenring #shortsThe Game Awards 2022: Top moments, trailers, winners | Recap summary, Bill Clinton endingWashington Post Gaming2022-12-09 | Gaming's biggest awards show returned, celebrating 2022's biggest games live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and via livestream. These are the Game Awards 2022's biggest moments, from FF16 and Diablo IV trailers, to the winners of almost every category, to the...odd ending involving a trespasser on stage invoking Bill Clinton.
0:00 Intro 0:15 Dead Cells Castlevania DLC 0:37 Among Us Hide n Seek DLC 0:54 Street Fighter VI trailer 1:12 Al Pacino 1:36 Kratos's performer wins 2:09 Hades 2 trailer 2:40 Bayonetta prequel 3:02 Bear McCreary Blood Upon the Snow 3:15 Daniel Craig and Stray 3:44 Kevin Conroy and Suicide Squad 4:10 Party Animals trailer 4:39 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor trailer 5:15 Dune MMO trailer 5:50 Death Stranding 2 trailer 6:38 Best Narrative 6:58 Baldur's Gate 3 trailer 7:24 Diablo IV trailer 7:47 Best action game 8:43 Super Mario Bros movie new trailer 9:32 Best Score and Music 10:06 Crash Team Rumble trailer 10:38 Crime Boss trailer 11:22 Players voice award controversy 11:43 Idris Elba in Cyberpunk 2077 DLC 12:03 Other award winners 12:44 Final Fantasy 16 trailer 13:20 Elden Ring, GOTY 13:46 Weird Bill Clinton ending
#thegameawards #hades #eldenring4 Indie games to play in December | Aka, Choo Choo CharlesWashington Post Gaming2022-12-07 | There are a ton of independently created games out there to play, so The Washington Post’s Alyse Stanley helps narrow down the list to four you absolutely should check out. From the Studio Ghibli-esque Aka to the Thomas the Tank Engine mod knockoff Choo Choo Charles, here are the four indie games you definitely need to keep your eye on in December.
#shorts #indiegame #steamDid Patch 1.1.0 improve performance? | Comparison, Pokemon Scarlet & VioletWashington Post Gaming2022-12-02 | Nintendo and developer Game Freak released the first substantial patch to Pokemon Scarlet and Violet since the day-one patch. But does it improve any of the baffling technical issues that's plagued the game since launch? We compare two scenes and show fan's conflicting opinions here.
#pokemon #pokemonscarlet #shortsWhat are we eating in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet...? | Shorts, picnic sandwichesWashington Post Gaming2022-11-22 | In Game Freak and Nintendo's latest Pokémon outing, Scarlet and Violet, you can have picnics with your Pokémon, where you make sandwiches that give them temporary stat boosts. But have you ever stopped to think what exactly we're eating in these sandwiches?
#Pokemon #Shorts #NintendoSwitchThe worst technical issues in Pokémon Scarlet, Violet | Performance and graphics bugs, montageWashington Post Gaming2022-11-18 | Watch a round-up of some of the worst technical glitches and snafus in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. In the Washington Post's review of the games, we noted that, while Scarlet and Violet’s gameplay loop is addictive and fun, it’s undeniable that the bevvy of graphics and performance issues constantly took us out of the world and experience. Assets clip into each other, models pop in and out seemingly at random, and huge frame rate issues are present even during the simplest of animations.
#pokemon #pokemonscarlet #pokemonvioletScarlet or Violet? Which should you buy? | Pokemon exclusives, all version differencesWashington Post Gaming2022-11-17 | “Pokémon Scarlet” and “Pokémon Violet” mark the first fully open-world Pokémon games, and while the game has its performance and graphical issues, Game Freak has done a good job translating what has always made the series so fun to a broader range of playstyles. But which version should you purchase if you don't want to buy both? In this video, we go over Pokémon exclusive to each game, the differences in the story and more, from school outfits to the legendary Pokémon you receive Koraidon and Miraidon.
#pokemon #pokemonscarlet #pokemonvioletCall of Duty Warzone 2.0 new map tour | Al Mazrah FlyoverWashington Post Gaming2022-11-15 | Take a tour of Al Mazrah, the sprawling environment that is Call of Duty’s biggest battle royale map to date, serves as the new battleground for “Warzone 2.0,” which releases Nov. 16. In this new map tour, we flyover several hot spot locations, including maps returning from previous titles like Modern Warfare 3's Observatory and Modern Warfare 2's Terminal.
#callofduty #warzone #almazrahWakanda Forever post-credit scene discussion | SPOILERS!Washington Post Gaming2022-11-13 | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s” post-credits scene gives the Marvel Cinematic Universe an heir to the Wakandan throne, and it’s not the most obvious choice.
The leader of Wakanda at the film’s end is Princess Shuri (Letitia Wright). Shuri overcomes the overbearing sadness following the deaths of her brother, King T’Challa/The Black Panther (the late Chadwick Boseman), and her mother, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), while leading the Wakandans into battle against Namor (Tenoch Huerta). She is the new Black Panther, ascending to the mantle of Wakanda’s superhero in the wake of her brother’s death.
Comic Riffs features Post comic book culture experts David Betancourt and Michael Cavna as they dissect the biggest news, latest movies and most recent episodes of nerd culture’s biggest IPs.
#wakandaforever #blackpanther #marvelI spent a day with Anthony Padilla | Washington Post Interview, how the show is madeWashington Post Gaming2022-11-10 | Anthony Padilla is a content creator who originated on the YouTube comedy channel Smosh. He's since started his own channel, and transitioned from a more humorous style to a more serious one, thanks in large part to this most popular series, "I spent a day with." In it, Padilla gets to the core of who people really are, asking them difficult questions about their upbringings and identities without societal biases.
The Washington Post's video game team Launcher decided to spend a day with Anthony Padilla instead, to see how he creates his show, get a sense of his YouTube journey and talk about his personal anxieties and feelings.
0:00 Intro 1:40 Why he went serious 4:27 From Smosh comedy to empathy 6:09 How "I spent a day with" gets made 10:13 Why the name "a day with" 11:18 Shifting from himself to others 12:38 Emo phase 14:02 What he hopes fans take away
#anthonypadilla #smosh #youtube5 Indie games to play in November | Pertinent, Goat Simulator 3, A Little to the LeftWashington Post Gaming2022-11-04 | There are a ton of independently created games out there to play, so The Washington Post’s Alyse Stanley helps narrow down the list to five you absolutely should check out. From Goat Simulator 3, the sequel to Goat Simulator 1 (there is no 2), to the twin-stick-shooter-deck-builder hybrid The Knight Witch, here are five indie games you definitely need to keep your eye on in November.
0:00 Intro 0:06 Pentiment 0:16 Goat Simulator 3 0:27 The Knight Witch 0:34 Ship of Fools 0:44 A Little to the Left
#shorts #indiegame #steamT1 Zeus on his first Worlds, Faker and parents | League of Legends World ChampionshipWashington Post Gaming2022-10-28 | Choi “Zeus” Woo-je is one of the youngest League of Legends players attending the 2022 World Championship. He discusses the rollercoaster that's been his first Worlds, as well as the impact Faker and his parents have had in becoming one of the top League of Legends prospects.
0:00 Intro 0:31 Question 1: The RNG Game 1:04 Translation 1:29 Question 2: Champion preferences 1:50 Translation 2:10 Question 3: What went wrong against RNG 2:39 Translation 2:50 Question 4: RNG game MVP 3:22 Translation 3:46 Question 5: Korea vs. China 4:23 Translation 4:42 Question 6: Semi-finals 5:13 Translation 5:35 Question 7: Training schedules 6:07 Translation 6:27 Question 8: First Worlds, different regions 7:26 Translation 7:58 Question 9: Faker's influence 8:24 Translation 8:34 Question 10: Winning the most Championships 8:52 Translation 8:59 Question 11: T1's roster changes 9:14 Translation 9:18 Question 12: First trip to America 9:52 Translation 10:17 Question 13: Parents support 10:53 Translation 11:19 Question 14: Father's respect 11:52 Translation 12:14 Question 15: Zeus's age 12:43 Translation
#leagueoflegends #lolworlds #t1Mayor Eric Adams should play Plague Tale: Requiem. He hates rats. #shortsWashington Post Gaming2022-10-21 | Mayor Eric Adams (D-NYC) announced a new plan during a press conference October 17 stating that NYC residents will now only be able to put out trash at 8 p.m., as opposed t 4 p.m. During the conference, he constantly overemphasized that the initiative is an effort to reduce the amount of rats roaming the city, which he "hates" and considers a "plague." Enter "A Plague Tale: Requiem," a survival horror stealth game whose gigantic wave of rats might give him the cathartic release he needs.
#shorts #aplaguetalerequiem #nycWhat songs are coming to Trombone Champ? We asked the dev | #shortsWashington Post Gaming2022-10-20 | The hilarious rhythm game “Trombone Champ” currently has 25 songs that are mostly classical pieces in the public domain. We talked to Dan Vecchitto, the game’s creator, about the songs he’d like to add to the game — from more rap and ska to specific songs like Flight of the Bumblebee.
In "Trombone Champ," players move their mouse up and down and click or press a key in sync with notes cascading across the screen. At the end of each song, you’re graded based on accuracy and point multipliers from combos.
#trombonechamp #shorts #indiegameChris Pratts Mario voice, compared to 6 other dubsWashington Post Gaming2022-10-06 | SEE PINNED POST FOR MORE RECENTLY RELEASED DUBS!
Nintendo released the first trailer to their upcoming film, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” on Thursday. While it’s bound for Internet meme culture fame — think “Shrek” or “Bee Movie” — some fans have mixed opinions on what we’ve heard of Chris Pratt’s Mario performance so far. We compared his portrayal of the red-clad plumber with dubs from six other regions: India, Germany, France, Italy, Latin America and Spain.
0:00 Intro 0:13 Chris Pratt 0:26 India 0:40 France 0:53 Germany 1:07 Italy 1:20 Latin America 1:33 Spain
#supermario #mariomovie #chrisprattWhy SypherPK thinks Fortnite Creative is the future and OG Battle Royale may be left behindWashington Post Gaming2022-09-29 | Ali “SypherPK” Hassan is a streamer with 6.2 million followers on Twitch who found success making videos about all the events and updates on “Fortnite’s” island. He’s known to analyze the game in ways that other top streamers don’t, covering the game’s story and Creative mode. For Fortnite’s fifth birthday, we asked Hassan to share his thoughts about Fortnite’s Creative mode, which is slowly introducing more Unreal Engine development tools to the game to help players craft their own experiences.
0:00 Intro 0:54 SypherPK's Fortnite History 1:32 SypherPK Trap Tower 2:24 Fortnite Creative and its potential 3:39 Why Creative is the future
#sypherpk #fortnite #fortnitecreativeLoserfruit: Fortnites first female streamer skin discusses the games 5th birthday | InterviewWashington Post Gaming2022-09-26 | Kathleen Belsten, an Australian streamer better known as “Loserfruit,” saw her career take off once she started streaming "Fortnite." She was the second ever content creator, right behind Ninja, to receive a skin in the game. For "Fortnite’s" 5th anniversary, we talked with Belsten to get her take on her streaming history, "Fortnite’s" influence on it, and the game’s ever-growing impact on the industry as a whole.
#Loserfruit #Fortnite #Fortnite5thBirthdayWe tried the PS VR2. Its the closest VR has ever gotten to legitimacy | Impressions, hands-onWashington Post Gaming2022-09-15 | The PlayStation VR2 is a follow-up to Sony’s virtual reality headset that incorporates new features in an attempt to make it the most comfortable, easy-to-access virtual experience for consumers. The Washington Post's video game team, Launcher, was invited to a special event where they got to play four demos with the new tech: “Resident Evil Village PS VR2,” “Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge - Enhanced Edition,” “The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution” and “Horizon Call of the Mountain.” But are these experiences, and the new technology found in the PS VR2, enough to finally legitimize virtual reality as a gameplay style for gamers?
0:00 Intro 1:01 PS VR2 Hardware 2:26 Resident Evil Village PS VR2 3:09 Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge 3:46 The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners 4:31 Horizon Call of the Mountain 5:10 Final Verdict
#PSVR2 #PSVR #playstation5Jerry Rice on NFL Blitz Legends, the games violent legacyWashington Post Gaming2022-08-30 | Twenty-five years after the popular series launched, “NFL Blitz” is returning in the arcade format that made it famous. Arcade1Up, a retro arcade company, announced that remastered versions of the series’ first three games will be released this fall, featuring retired star players including Jerry Rice, Deion Sanders, Dan Marino, Brett Favre and Jerome Bettis. A key feature of the previous iteration of the game, however, has been removed — late hits on players long after the play is over no longer exists for this remastered version
The Washington Post sat down with Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice to get his take on the game, its upcoming revival and its legacy.
#jerryrice #nfl #nflblitzHow Zedd used PC gaming to get over his burnout | InterviewWashington Post Gaming2022-08-12 | Most people probably know Anton “Zedd” Zaslavski as a Grammy-winning EDM producer and DJ. Two of the musician’s songs on Spotify have more than 1 billion plays. But a smaller subset of that audience also knows Zedd as a gamer. The Washington Post interviewed him to learn more about his gaming life.
#Zedd #WashingtonPostCoheed and Cambria Claudio Sanchez on Twitch: Full InterviewWashington Post Gaming2022-08-09 | Claudio Sanchez, lead singer for Coheed and Cambria, does not fit the profile of a typical rock star. Certainly, he’s got the voluminous mane for the job, but in person he comes across as reserved bordering on anxious. A self-professed introvert, he overcomes the dissonance between his personality and his career by disappearing into another identity when he takes the stage. When he's offstage, he helps overcome his anxiety by streaming games like Fortnite and Call of Duty to Twitch.
Claudio Sanchez, lead singer for Coheed and Cambria, does not fit the profile of a typical rock star. Certainly, he’s got the voluminous mane for the job, but in person he comes across as reserved bordering on anxious. A self-professed introvert, he overcomes the dissonance between his personality and his career by disappearing into another identity when he takes the stage. When he's offstage, he helps overcome his anxiety by streaming games like Fortnite and Call of Duty to Twitch.
#CoheedandCambria #Twitch #VaxisIIStray - All badge locations | Visual guide for where to find badgesWashington Post Gaming2022-07-21 | In Annapurna's latest kitty hit, Stray, you can collect six badges that will appear on the Stray cat's harness throughout the game. Here's how to find all six, along with a visual demonstration as to how exactly to go about doing it.
#stray #annapurna #straycatThe best video game side quests | Washington Post Gaming, AnalysisWashington Post Gaming2022-07-19 | The best video game side quests are memorable and enrich the game’s world with unique experiences, while helping define the game’s overall themes, style and identity. The Washington Post's video game team Launcher analyzed 11 of the best video game side quests out there, and looked at its game design, impact on the overall game and more to determine what makes them great.
0:00 Intro 1:00 Red Dead Redemption 2:03 Miles Morales 3:10 Mass Effect 4:12 Skyrim 5:18 Final Fantasy VII 6:12 Yakuza 0 7:12 Majora's Mask 8:28 The Witcher 3 9:31 Kingdom Hearts 10:27 Disco Elysium 11:37 Breath of the Wild
#sidequests #milesmorales #reddeadredemptionMeet the Geoguessr player who only needs .1 seconds to be right | Georainbolt InterviewWashington Post Gaming2022-07-11 | For a little more than a year, Trevor Rainbolt has been playing GeoGuessr, a trivia game powered by Google Maps, for four to eight hours a day. The objective of GeoGuessr is simple: Players are placed in a location on Google Maps’ Street View and they’re able to navigate around the map to gather clues to guess where exactly they are in the world. The closer a guess is to the actual location, the more points they win.
The Washington Post's video game team Launcher sat down with Rainbolt to discuss how he's able to so accurately pinpoint any location in the world with just a glance.
#geoguessr #Georainbolt #googlemapsHow Evil Geniuses is using data analytics to change esports | EG CEO InterviewWashington Post Gaming2022-06-29 | Evil Geniuses, an esports organization whose teams have a string of impressive wins in various games like League of Legends, Valorant and Counter-Strike, is attempting to use data analytics in order to change the way coaching and management works in various esports leagues. The Washington Post spoke with Nicole LaPointe Jameson, chief executive of Evil Geniuses, to discuss EG’s master plan to bring big data to esports.
#Esports #LeagueofLegends #EvilGeniusesTiny Tinas Wonderlands with the Devs Updates, new DLC, Steam release | LivestreamWashington Post Gaming2022-06-24 | Welcome to "PRESS PLAY," a recurring live show at 4 p.m. ET where the Press comes to Play. The Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests and journalists to play various games, including new and upcoming games, pre-release previews, interesting game mods, and popular multiplayer games.
In this episode, we play Tiny Tina's Wonderlands alongside creative director Matt Cox and senior producer Kayla Belmore. The game released on Steam June 23. We ask them several burning questions about the game, including its reception, incoming DLC, plans for future content and more.
#tinytinaswonderlands #borderlandsE3 will return in 2023, according to its parent company | InterviewWashington Post Gaming2022-06-07 | Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest event includes a press-focused in-person component in Los Angeles. But it's become 2022's biggest gaming event this summer, largely due to the absence of E3, the gaming convention that typically takes place then. The Washington Post's video game team Launcher sat down with Stan Pierre-Louis, President of the Entertainment Software Association, the parent company to E3. We discuss what the likelihood of E3 returning in 2023 is, and what he thinks about in-person events and its challenges going forward.
#summergamesfest #E3Meet the YouTubers taking on Roblox and abusive game developers | People Make Games InterviewWashington Post Gaming2022-06-07 | The Washington Post's video game team Launcher sat down with the three members behind the popular growing YouTube channel People Make Games, a channel dedicated on publishing deeper investigations into shadier topics of the gaming industry, like Roblox's exploitation of younger game developers and emotional abuse claims lobbied against popular Indie game creators.
Chris Bratt and Annie Sayers, two former Eurogamers employees, created the channel and teamed up with journalist Quintin Smith after the Eurogamer series "Here's A Thing" began to take off and the two believed it could spin off into a separate channel.
0:00 Intro 0:53 Why PGM formed 12:44 How tough the job is 25:45 Roblox video discussion 39:44 The challenges of YouTube's algorithm 46:25 The emotional abuse video 54:35 What's next for PGM
#PeopleMakeGames #RobloxHow Madden 23 aims to nerf Lamar Jackson and fix its mobile QB meta problem | Dev interviewWashington Post Gaming2022-06-02 | EA Sports released a trailer for the next game in their National Football League franchise, Madden 23. The Washington Post's video game team Launcher sat down with two devs, one of which was a former NFL lineman, to discuss what new features will be in the game, including the new Fieldsense gameplay system Hit Everything, two features designed to give defenses more power against mobile quarterbacks.
#Madden23 #Madden #NFLCall of Duty studio employee, Adam Conover talk union win at Activision | Livestream DiscussionWashington Post Gaming2022-05-27 | Welcome to "WaPo Story Mode," a recurring show on Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET where the Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests to discuss the top gaming news of the week and provide a quick round-up of other top stories.
In this episode, we bring on a current Raven QA tester and a former Blizzard employee to discuss the impact of the historic vote to approve unionization for the Game Workers Alliance. Later, we bring on Adam Conover of "Adam Ruins Everything" and Netflix's new show "The G Word," to get his take on the impact this will have on the gaming industry.
For more video game news, be sure to go to launcher.gg , or subscribe to our channel and check back in Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET for your gaming news update!
#AdamConover #TheGWord #RavenSoftwareReggie Fils-Aimé on gaming industry unionization: Its not a good thing or a bad thing.Washington Post Gaming2022-05-23 | During a Washington Post Live interview, the former former President and CEO of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aimé discussed his opinion on the recent unionization movement sweeping the gaming industry. This comes at a time where Raven Software employees await a tally in landmark union vote.
#ReggieFilsAime #Unionization #NintendoThe Buffalo shooting was livestreamed on Twitch, then re-uploaded for millions to see | DiscussionWashington Post Gaming2022-05-20 | Welcome to "WaPo Story Mode," a recurring show on Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET where the Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests to discuss the top gaming news of the week and provide a quick round-up of other top stories.
In this episode, we bring on Drew Harwell and Will Oremus of the Washington Post's technology reporting team to discuss the events leading up to the shooting of 10 people inside a Buffalo supermarket. The event was live-streamed on Twitch from a camera mounted on the Buffalo gunman’s helmet, and later re-uploaded via Streamable to an audience of more than 3 million. We discuss the difficulties of content moderation for live-streaming, and what tech companies are doing to combat this growing issue. We also go over weekly gaming news.
For more video game news, be sure to go to launcher.gg , or subscribe to our channel and check back in Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET for your gaming news update!
0:00 Stream start 1:49 Buffalo shooting livestream 5:13 Facebook’s response 9:00 AI or human mods 18:12 Seeking attention 20:33 Use of Discord/other apps 31:34 Flaw of moderation 37:14 Streamable oversight 41:06 Wake-up call? 48:58 Blizzard Diversity Space Tool 54:29 Abortion and gaming 1:03:00 V Rising 1:06:41 Twitch gambling 1:12:20 Silent Hill 2 remake 1:17:06 Multiversus 1:25:40 VR Chat documentaryLabor questions and unionization in the gaming industry, ft. Cher Scarlett | Livestream discussionWashington Post Gaming2022-05-13 | Welcome to "WaPo Story Mode," a recurring show on Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET where the Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests to discuss the top gaming news of the week and provide a quick round-up of other top stories.
In this episode, we bring on Cher Scarlett, a software engineer who advocates for fair labor practices, to get her take on the unionization movement sweeping across the gaming industry. We also go over the biggest gaming news of the week.
For more video game news, be sure to go to launcher.gg , or subscribe to our channel and check back in Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET for your gaming news update!
0:00 Stream start 1:00 Introductions 2:41 Labor complaint Epic Games 14:32 Cher and Apple 21:42 Blizzard lawsuit implications 26:05 Worker treatment in tech 32:27 Why unionization now? 35:54 Advice to employees 40:56 Mother’s Day strike 52:00 Updating labor laws 57:12 Bethesda delays 1:05:45 Babylon’s Fall flop 1:09:41 Overwatch 2 esports 1:18:30 Fortnite Creative tools 1:23:12 Facebook Meta cutback 1:26:25 New Resident Evil show 1:29:46 Master Chief TV 1:32:24 Nintendogs saga 1:35:23 Stream cooking fire 1:37:02 Mouth haptics VRIronmouse: How an anime girl took over Twitch | Vtuber explainedWashington Post Gaming2022-05-10 | The Washington Post's video game team Launcher sat down with Ironmouse, the alter ego of a Puerto Rican Twitch star who’s kept her real identity anonymous and crafted an elaborate backstory in service of her online persona. She's a Vtuber, which is when a person uses a digital avatar instead of themselves on camera for streams.
0:00 Intro 0:50 What is VTubing? 1:35 Ironmouse's record-breaking subathon 2:46 How Ironmouse started streaming 4:30 Those against VTubers, Ironmouse 5:50 The struggles of being a Female Twitch streamer
#Ironmouse #Twitch #VtubersDeep Rock Galactic - Playing Season 2 with the devs, behind the scenes insight, Nemesis | LivestreamWashington Post Gaming2022-05-07 | Welcome to "PRESS PLAY," a recurring live show on Fridays at 4 p.m. ET where the Press comes to Play. The Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests and journalists to play various games, including new and upcoming games, pre-release previews, interesting game mods, and popular multiplayer games.
In this episode, we play Deep Rock Galactic Season 2: Rival Escalation with game developer Jacob Herold, Community Manager and streaming master for Ghost Ship Games. He reveals some behind-the-scenes insight as to what went into Season 2, including the new enemy type, Nemesis, and the new guns, the Coil Gun, Shard Diffractor, Wave Cooker and Boltshark! Rock and stone, everyone!
#DeepRockGalactic #DRG #RockandStoneInside our TSM report, and discussing labor in the gaming industryWashington Post Gaming2022-05-06 | Welcome to "WaPo Story Mode," a recurring show on Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET where the Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests to discuss the top gaming news of the week and provide a quick round-up of other top stories.
In this episode, we discuss the latest news involving TSM and Blitz's alleged toxic work environment according to staff. CEO Andy Dinh is at the center of the allegations.
For more video game news, be sure to go to launcher.gg , or subscribe to our channel and check back in Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET for your gaming news update!
#TSM #EsportsNews #WashingtonPost
0:00 Stream start 1:30 TSM story overview 5:04 Contractor troubles 9:12 Connection with Riot 13:24 Esports vs game companies 20:05 Responding to journalists 23:43 Doublelift legal threat 27:00 Affect on Blitz workers 30:01 Potential unionization 35:10 What’s next? 43:08 Reggie Fils-Aimé on Nintendo 48:55 Embracer acquisitions 56:41 Andy Dinh’s past 1:02:32 PAX East Covid-19 death 1:09:23 Warcraft mobile game 1:15:25 NYC sues Activision 1:18:50 Overwatch 2 view drop 1:25:10 Bungie supports Roe v. Wade 1:32:10 Heard/Depp trial on Twitch 1:43:58 Sykkuno moves to YouTube 1:49:30 Fun news/wrap upLeading Nintendo as a Black man | Reggie Fils-Aime interview, Satoru Iwata, Japanese cultureWashington Post Gaming2022-05-04 | The Washington Post's video game team Launcher sat down with former President of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aimé to discuss his book, which releases May 3. "Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo" chronicles experiences throughout Fils-Aime's life while sharing business anecdotes that he hopes will help inform future generations on how to navigate tricky workspaces.
In this interview, he discussed the challenges of operating Nintendo of America as a Black man, as the cultural challenges that working with its Japan branch brought, Satoru Iwata and more.
0:00 Intro 1:29 A Black man leading Nintendo 4:08 Satoru Iwata 5:21 Navigating Japanese Culture 6:26 What to take away from his book
#ReggieFilsAime #Nintendo #DisruptingtheGameReggie Fils-Aimé discusses Nintendo union issues: This isn’t the Nintendo I left’Washington Post Gaming2022-05-03 | Our interview w/ Reggie here: youtube.com/watch?v=Onzck2VXD5Y
During an interview The Washington Post's video game team Launcher conducted with former President and CEO of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aimé, he discussed his opinion on the recent news surrounding Nintendo's alleged union-busting of beleaguered employees. He stated that he doesn't recognize this Nintendo as the company he left.
#ReggieFilsAime #NintendodjWheat: Twitch needs to prioritize its community | Livestream highlightWashington Post Gaming2022-05-02 | The former Twitch director of creator development, Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham sat down with The Washington Post's video game team Launcher to discuss what he believes to be the major issues with the platform. This discussion came directly off the heels of a Bloomberg report that stated Twitch is considering cutting top streamers' subscriber revenue sharing from 70% to 50%.
#Twitch #djWHEATPlaying Call of Duty Warzone Season 3: The new Caldera, plus dev interview discussionWashington Post Gaming2022-04-30 | Support the stream: streamlabs.com/launcher4 Welcome to "PRESS PLAY," a recurring live show on Fridays at 4 p.m. ET where the Press comes to Play. The Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests and journalists to play various games, including new and upcoming games, pre-release previews, interesting game mods, and popular multiplayer games.
In this episode, we discuss our latest developer interview with Call of Duty Warzone developers, who told us more about their decision-making process regarding Season 3. We then dive into some gameplay showcasing the new map updates.
#WarzoneWarzone devs on Season 3 decisions: Kong vs. Godzilla, sniper meta, skins, moreWashington Post Gaming2022-04-29 | The Washington Post's video game team Launcher invited "Call of Duty: Warzone" developers Josh Bridge, creative lead of "Call of Duty" live ops, and Ted Timmons, senior creative director at Raven Software, to discuss Season 3 changes and updates. Hawken Miller, Launcher contributor and associate livestream producer, interviewed them about why they chose Godzilla and King Kong as the theme and various issues relating to a potential Warzone 2, including whether or not skins from the first would carry over. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK
0:00 Introduction 0:11 Season 3 overview 2:57 King Kong and Godzilla 7:57 Weapon tuning 12:45 Future of WarzoneTwitch streamer pay cuts? Discussion ft. djWHEATWashington Post Gaming2022-04-29 | Welcome to "WaPo Story Mode," a recurring show on Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET where the Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests to discuss the top gaming news of the week and provide a quick round-up of other top stories.
In this episode, we invite on former Director of Creator Development at Twitch Marcus Graham, better known as djWHEAT, to discuss the current allegations that Twitch is considering cutting top streamers' subscriber revenue sharing from 70% to 50%, according to Bloomberg. They discuss this and other top news gaming the week.
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#Twitch #Twitchpaycuts #Twitchnews
0:00 Waiting room 0:40 Stream start 2:19 Revenue split changes 30:22 Priorities for Twitch 43:41 The next Twitch? 56:24 Updating the partner program 1:08:03 Growing the platform 1:18:42 djWHEAT’s future role 1:24:12 Overwatch 2 beta 1:37:33 Unionization news 1:42:20 Halo Infinite plans 1:52:50 Mario movie update 1:55:35 Russian FSB raid and The Sims 3 1:59:24 Elon Musk to buy Twitter 2:11:56 Half-Life TikTok voiceSpider-Man Miles Morales with a Marvel comics writer | Lets play livestreamWashington Post Gaming2022-04-23 | Welcome to "PRESS PLAY," a recurring live show on Fridays at 4 p.m. ET where the Press comes to Play. The Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests and journalists to play various games, including new and upcoming games, pre-release previews, interesting game mods, and popular multiplayer games.
In this episode, we bring on David Betancourt to discuss the comic he wrote for Marvel, "Marvel's Voices: Comunidades (2021) #1" while playing PS5 Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. He discusses what it was like to work with Marvel, the video game rendition of Miles Morales, and the importance of ethnic diversity in superhero stories.
For more video game news, be sure to go to launcher.gg , or subscribe to our channel and check back in every Thursday at 4 p.m. ET for our Gaming News livestream, "WaPo Story Mode"!
0:00 Stream start 0:40 Introductions 4:13 Marvel's Voices: Comunidades 6:54 Miles Morales 11:45 Writing process 15:53 Representation in comics 20:02 Video games and comics 23:44 Marvel movies 36:09 Moon Knight 41:23 Morbius thoughts 47:50 Fan theoriesWoW Dragonflight, Nintendo union-busting? and Elden Ring Patch 1.04 | Top gaming news livestreamWashington Post Gaming2022-04-22 | Welcome to "WaPo Story Mode," a recurring show on Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET where the Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests to discuss the top gaming news of the week and provide a quick round-up of other top stories.
In this episode, Nathan Grayson discusses the latest World of Warcraft update featuring rideable dragon mounts, and talks about how feasible it is to keep the WoW content train rolling. He also discusses the latest Elden Ring patch 1.04, as well as the latest news from Nintendo and how they were accused of union-busting in a labor complaint.
For more video game news, be sure to go to launcher.gg , or subscribe to our channel and check back in every Thursday at 4 p.m. ET for your gaming news update!
#WoW #WoWupdate #Nintendo
0:00 Stream start 1:18 Hi Mikhail 3:13 New Elden Ring patch 18:16 Nintendo union busting? 28:39 WoW: Dragonflight 48:00 Bobby Kotick news 55:16 Video game movies 1:10:57 Crazy Taxi/Jet Set Radio remakes 1:14:54 Skate 4 pre-alpha 1:18:56 “Uncharted-like” Star Wars game 1:21:46 Ironmouse/vtubers 1:31:30 Star Fox in Half-Life 2 1:34:35 Elden Nail 1:36:07 WaPo paywall down