Help us return the heart of Te Fiti in this Moana-themed core panel episode! This week, we discuss why TIME named the Nintendo Switch the 2017 Gadget of the Year, look at the parallels between an episode of Black Mirror and China's new Social Credit...

Grab a stake, a garlic braid, and some sunglasses - we're huntin' vamps in very sunny (and very fictional) Santa Carla! On this core panel episode, we pick apart the consequences of Steam barring adults-only game devs from linking to their XXX...

Get in the N7 spirit as cybersecurity expert, master craftswoman, and trash witch extraordinaire Scotland Symons returns to the show! We raise an eyebrow at Activision’s patent for a matchmaking system that maximizes microtransactions, offer our...

Ricky Spanish works his mischievous magic on this week's _American Dad!_-themed episode! Minecraft Gameplay Programmer and Game Designer Travis Gates joins us to evaluate the appeal of interactive movies, discuss the reasoning behind EA closing its...

_La la laaa la la_! This week, Riot Games Influencer Relations Manager Becky Taylor helps us analyze the _Star Wars Battlefront 2_ loot box frenzy, call shenanigans on the NRG's claim of "diversity" within its all-male _Overwatch_ pro team, and...

Brave the Voight-Kampff test with us this week as V1 Interactive producer and core panelist Joe Erskine returns to the show! We celebrate the fun game dev transparency of #blocktober, offer a hard side-eye to Valve's response to the latest batch of...

The Quickening is upon us as iThrive Games associate producer Sean Weiland joins the show to debate the ownership of PUBG's "battle royale" genre, tackle the problematic sexual aggression at World of Warcraft's Goldshire Inn, and celebrate the...

To Valhalla! Cybersecurity expert Scotland Symons joins us this week to discuss future perks and pitfalls of AR graffiti, to appreciate game industry experts getting fed up with toxic communities, and to welcome the fourth Powerpuff Girl. In the Lightning

It's party time - excellent! on this week's core panel episode, in which we shake our heads at PewDiePie's latest scandal, pick apart the concept of "tricking" players via good game design, and debate the intended effects of _South Park: Fractured But Who

Game editor at Lone Shark Games Aviva Schecterson helps us try to make "fetch" happen this week as we pick apart the fallout of Nintendo's decision to discontinue the Miiverse, Acid Wizard Studio's fight against free game key resellers, and the death of t