'The Emerald GamesCast': "Shark RPG" (Episode 27)

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. The strange and stagnant state of the video games industry continues to slow the news cycle, but not the marketing. Epic Games earns its "s," CD Projekt Red hits a milestone, Twitch launches Pac-Man, and the crew discusses the best game of 1998. Epic store has given away more than $2,000 in free games since launch https://pcgamesn.com/grand-theft-auto-v/epic-store-free-games-total-value CD Project Red surpasses Ubisoft and becomes most valuable video game company in Europe https://gameplaymechanix.com/2020/05/19/cd-projekt-has-surpassed-ubisoft-to-become-europes-most-valuable-video-game-company/ Twitch-Integrated Pac Man launches this June https://theverge.com/2020/5/22/21266881/pac-man-live-studio-playable-on-twitch-june 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 produced by the hosts of the Emerald GamesCast. Podcast producer Jamie Diep edited.