Pikachu ... WITH GUNS!!!

... Labor strife in the video game industry. We discuss a pokemon wannabe as well as the future of micro transaction and oh yeah, another video game awards show and all the winners. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ Show Notes We've talked quite a bit about layoffs and force reductions in the video game industry lately but why is that happening? I think we have touched on our theories but this article from polygon looks into the current development industry and why these things are happening. https://www.polygon.com/gaming/24074767/video-game-industry-layoffs-explainer Take pokemon. Throw in Arc: Survival, a little rust and a smidgeon of Fallout and you have the latests game from Pocket Paire called Palworld. Some (well a lot) feel it's a rip off of Pokemon? But is it? Let's take a look at what's the same and well what's not. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/video-games/palworld-game-pokemon-response-rcna135687 https://screenrant.com/pokemon-palworld-survival-game-clone-rip-off-fakemon/ We all thought that micro transactions were the future of video game monitization. We have talked about this also quite a bit. We were wrong. Here's the future and it's bigger than we thought. https://www.pcgamer.com/if-youre-wondering-why-diablo-4-has-a-horse-for-sale-with-dollar65-of-premium-currency-stuck-to-it-let-me-introduce-you-to-price-anchoring/ And yet another video game awards show. Here's the run down of winners. https://www.ign.com/articles/dice-awards-2024-winners-the-full-list Game Review Palworld - Diddi