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Cary @ThePhawx
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[Stop Killing Games](stopkillinggames.com/)
[European game publisher group responds to Stop Killing Games, claims 'These proposals would curtail developer choice"](pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/european-game-publisher-group-responds-to-stop-killing-games-claims-these-proposals-would-curtail-developer-choice/)
https://x.com/PaulTassi/status/1941527778463293743
[All The Xbox Games Canceled And Studios Closed In Microsoft's Latest Mass Layoffs](gamespot.com/gallery/all-the-xbox-games-cancelled-and-studios-closed-in-microsofts-latest-mass-layoffs/2900-6726/)
[DOOM co-creator John Romero’s entire Romero Games studio has been let go following Microsoft layoffs as Xbox cuts funding for new FPS](videogamer.com/news/doom-co-creator-john-romeros-entire-romero-games-studio-has-been-laid-off-following-microsoft-layoffs-as-xbox-cuts-funding-for-new-fps/)
[SAG-AFTRA Ends Video Game Actors Strike](variety.com/2025/gaming/news/video-game-actors-strike-ends-1236428532/)
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0:00 - Nerd Nest Podcast 106
2:23 - Stop Killing Games
19:15 - Xbox Stop Killing Studios
48:39 - Neil Druckman exits Last of Us
53:56 - Do Video game adaptations need to "stick to canon"
1:04:47 - SAG/AFTRA reaches agreement with Publishers
1:20:37 - Best Games of the Year 2000
Check out the Panel
Cary @ThePhawx
Russ @RetroGameCorps
Bill @BillFairchild
[Stop Killing Games](stopkillinggames.com/)
[European game publisher group responds to Stop Killing Games, claims 'These proposals would curtail developer choice"](pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/european-game-publisher-group-responds-to-stop-killing-games-claims-these-proposals-would-curtail-developer-choice/)
https://x.com/PaulTassi/status/1941527778463293743
[All The Xbox Games Canceled And Studios Closed In Microsoft's Latest Mass Layoffs](gamespot.com/gallery/all-the-xbox-games-cancelled-and-studios-closed-in-microsofts-latest-mass-layoffs/2900-6726/)
[DOOM co-creator John Romero’s entire Romero Games studio has been let go following Microsoft layoffs as Xbox cuts funding for new FPS](videogamer.com/news/doom-co-creator-john-romeros-entire-romero-games-studio-has-been-laid-off-following-microsoft-layoffs-as-xbox-cuts-funding-for-new-fps/)
[SAG-AFTRA Ends Video Game Actors Strike](variety.com/2025/gaming/news/video-game-actors-strike-ends-1236428532/)
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0:00 - Nerd Nest Podcast 106
2:23 - Stop Killing Games
19:15 - Xbox Stop Killing Studios
48:39 - Neil Druckman exits Last of Us
53:56 - Do Video game adaptations need to "stick to canon"
1:04:47 - SAG/AFTRA reaches agreement with Publishers
1:20:37 - Best Games of the Year 2000
