Brainwaves Episode 122 - Quack Quack

All 3 of the team are back in the studio to cover the latest tabletop controversies! This episode we cover things that go Quack in the night, Spiel des Jahres, important people putting their foot in it, financials, and much more!    Headlines   Quacaklope and Aeon Trespass Odyssey   The original call out on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/13mm6tw/creators_of_aeon_trespass_odyssey_call_out/   The Horrible Truth about Aeon Trespass Odyssey review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNcXpNoTRe0   Jesse’s original response https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3086551/quackalope-ato-video-youtubers-relationship-publis/page/3   Into the Unknown statement https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tXH4U1eCTBjQ7h8qng_-dDpW54tZRvWm/view?usp=drivesdk   Iain’s thoughts on the divide between sponsorship and critic https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/06/08/class-acts-what-sort-of-content-creator-are-you/   Boardgameco video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIZ9QXxDolE   Jesse’s video statement  https://youtu.be/YgxJT0vGrak   Spiel des Jahres Nominations https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/aktuelle-preistraeger-2023/   Elizabeth Hargreaves draws attention to the gender gap in designers   Elizabeth’s original tweet https://twitter.com/elizhargrave/status/1661014895444496396?s=20   Ryan Dancey’s tweet captured (has since been deleted) https://twitter.com/PonchoRebound/status/1661308221326229504   Elizabeth’s follow up thread https://twitter.com/elizhargrave/status/1661880143978065923?s=20   News   Steamforged running out of puff?   Dicebreaker article https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/news/steamforged-games-redundancies-hit-20-board-game-workers   Kickstarter partnership https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54150/steamforged-kickstarter-announce-partnership?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter   Wizards price hike https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-price-increase-rpg-rulebooks/   Embrace your failure https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54193/bad-news-embracer-earnings Jobs, Opportunities, and Events   Tabletop Jobs Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs   Rowan, Rook, and Deckard looking for Customer Service Assistant, remote, part-time https://app.beapplied.com/apply/nw1y7t4bta   UK Games Expo https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/   Patreon Shoutouts James Naylor https://naylorgames.com/ Shaun Newan game-a-lot.fun/en facebook.com/gamealotboardgames Our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain   Support Us https://giantbrain.co.uk/support-us-new/   Metallic Dice Games https://metallicdicegames.com/ Promo Code: ROLLWITHBRAINS   Sir Meeple https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain   Outro   Monopoly causes arguments, survey finds https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/monopoly/news/monopoly-players-uk-argue-survey   Our Links   Thanks very much for listening. If you like what you’ve listened to then the best way to help us out is to share the podcast and drop us a review and rating on itunes.  You can also follow us on   Oliver: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/3bMx2HK75r Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegiantbrain Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giantbrainuk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegiantbrain Website: https://giantbrain.co.uk/ Email: [email protected]