The Emerald GamesCast: Gabe Newell’s Meat Peripherals (Episode 52)

Editor’s Note: With school online due to COVID-19 and social distancing measures being implemented across the country, things will sound a bit different here at the Emerald Podcast Network as we navigate recording from separate physical spaces. We’ve got limited recording technology, so join us as we figure this out. Gamestop stocks get weird, Sega appoints the creator of the Yakuza series as the company’s creative director, a much anticipated Fallout mod disappoints, and Gabe Newell talks about our “meat peripherals.” Also: a debate on video game physics engines. GameStop Stock Controversy https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/22/gamestop-soars-nearly-70percent-trading-briefly-halted-amid-epic-short-squeeze.html https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-01-27-gamestop-stock-up-135-percent-in-24-hours-biden-administration-monitoring-the-situation https://www.polygon.com/2021/1/28/22254264/gamestop-stock-robinhood-trades-discord-wallstreetbets-amc Yakuza Creator to become Sega creative director https://www.ign.com/articles/yakuza-creator-to-become-sega-creative-director-stepping-down-as-cco Fallout Mod taken down https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fallout-the-frontier-mod-taken-down-after-modder-shared-pedophilic-content/1100-6486927/ Gabe Newell says computer to brain interfaces are the future of video games (LAST) https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/gabe-newell-says-brain-computer-interface-tech-allow-video-games-far-beyond-human-meat-peripherals-can-comprehend -- The Emerald GamesCast is a weekly video game news and discussion podcast from the Emerald Podcast Network with an industry focus. Hosted by three best friends, each episode will provide the listener with a week’s worth of gaming headlines and conversation about current releases. Guests welcome, scripts discouraged and passion essential. Graphic: Regan Nelson/Emerald. Theme music is “Flamingo (Azureflux Remix)” by Kero Kero Bonito (freemusicarchive.org/music/Kero_Ker…zureflux_remix), modified under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). This podcast was edited by podcast producer Jamie Diep