Cruncy Historian Awards

This week, we follow-up on the Smash World Tour/Nintendo/Pandas Global story from Episode 16, The saga of Callisto Protocol's rocky release and crunch culture, DidYouKnowGaming's Copyright Strike from Nintendo for a game pitch by Retro for Heroes of Hyrule on DS, and we talk about the game awards. Sit back and enjoy the show. ======================== UDP Broadcast E17 Callisto Protocol Crunch - Dead Space Creator and Striking Distance Studios CEO Glen Schofield - Game : Callisto Protocol - Plagued with framerate issues on high end PCs - Blame placed on "a damn clerical error" -- "Being fixed. A wrong file was patched. Any minute. Just freakin error by someone rushing" - Previous admission about Schofield and team working extreme overtime -- "Exhaustion, tired, Covid but we're working, -- "Lunch, dinner working. U do it cause you luv it" - Later apologized to employees for glorifying crunch Schofield outlook. - "I'll take vacation when it's fixed. The fans are my priority" sources: https://kotaku.com/callisto-protocol-steam-ps5-bugs-glen-schofield-twitter-1849859440 https://twitter.com/GlenSchofield/status/1598798986277638144 https://twitter.com/GlenSchofield/status/1598799416965885952 https://kotaku.com/striking-distance-callisto-protocol-schofield-crunch-1849497041 Nintendo Copyright Strike against DidYouKnowGaming - October, YT channel DidYouKnowGaming reported on failed 2004 pitch for a Zelda tactics game on the Nintendo DS -- Heroes of Hyrule - Contributor : Dr. Lava - Nintendo used copyright strike to erase video - Channel has made hundreds of videos about Nintendo games -- First time they responded with a takedown notice - DidYouKnowGaming tweeted: -- This was a journalistic video documenting a game that Retro Studios pitched to Nintendo nearly 20 years ago. This is an attempt by a large corporation to silence whatever journalism they dont like, and a slap in the face for videogame history preservation. - Sourced to the original 22 page pitch and interview with the retro programmer who crafted it, Paul Tozour - no early build footage - Some illustrations - Video also told of hte Studio's burnout from Metroid Prime 2 and staffers wanting to try a different type of project. Sources https://kotaku.com/nintendo-zelda-youtube-copyright-didyouknowgaming-legal-1849868808 https://kotaku.com/zelda-final-fantasy-tactics-nintendo-metroid-prime-1849614955 https://twitter.com/didyouknowgamin/status/1600696528120602625 https://twitter.com/DrLavaYT/status/1600877520865218562 https://twitter.com/Doctor_Cupcakes/status/1600683049619845120 ======================= Welcome to the UDP Broadcast - Where we discuss gaming related stuff and offer somewhat uninformed opinions.