Easy Allies Podcast #251 - January 29, 2021
Added 2021-01-29 19:01:01 +0000 UTCVideo Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiOzGyD-zZw
GameStop shares and Xbox Live prices are going up. Or are they going down? We search for answers while lamenting Vicarious Visions getting absorbed by Blizzard, catching up on the Borderlands movie cast, and pondering Gabe Newell’s battle for your brain.
00:01:03 - Corrections
00:03:39 - Silver Lining
00:07:36 - GameStop Stock Squeeze
00:25:36 - Xbox Live Price Increase
00:40:06 - Vicarious Visions and Blizzard
00:49:28 - Borderlands Movie Update
00:56:31 - Gabe Newell and BCIs
01:07:29 - Also This Week...
01:14:17 - L&R - Game: Fiasconauts Characters
01:20:28 - L&R - Game: How Many GOTYs?
01:26:10 - L&R - Ever forget how to play an RPG?
01:28:26 - L&R - How do you explain our gaming language?
01:36:46 - Time For Bets
01:41:28 - Closing
01:43:27 - Producer Credits
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Comments
Clarification: Don did play Fiasco once back in the GT days https://youtu.be/Owx_TN9KcVo
Marble Match
2021-02-04 01:48:49 +0000 UTCHope its the new end of podcast stinger line.
David Sobiegraj
2021-02-02 03:41:06 +0000 UTCAt the end of the day the point is APES TOGETHER STRONG
JRMX
2021-02-01 19:23:38 +0000 UTC"I want to gauge your nut meter" lol. I think I got my first tattoo.
Raven Perez
2021-02-01 01:58:25 +0000 UTCThen fucking skip over it
Elias sthalbrand
2021-01-30 15:07:40 +0000 UTCDANG IT. They didn't really discuss the Sonic news about the fact that we're about to get a new Voice actor for the titular character much beyond the initial news or talk about the fact that we're getting new writers for the 3D Games much either. Was really hoping they'd talk about that a little more in-depth. I mean, there is some love for the series within the group and it's well-known. :( Glad they brought up the news about RCG stepping down (Kinda glad because he isn't my favorite Sonic VA) though.
DinoPulse
2021-01-30 14:58:51 +0000 UTCThat whole stock talk pissed me off honestly this had nothing too do with games I don’t listen too the podcast for this kind of stuff and I heard a lot of talk about various stock and stuff. No briefly mention it and move on leave this too the experts
Matthew Palling
2021-01-30 10:00:20 +0000 UTCThis is a quality take.
Israfel
2021-01-30 02:10:50 +0000 UTCidk what this has to do with gaming?I guess it was brought up,but I've seen him talk this and gay topics saying who cares if ur gay or not.I know and friends with people who are anti gay marriage, but they are over all good people.you can have different beliefs and still be good people
Paul smith
2021-01-29 21:45:44 +0000 UTCI've called out EZA plenty of times for missing the mark on things, but the GME discussion was pretty darn good. It's not necessarily gaming related in any way but at least they recognized that at the front. The downside with topics like this is it makes every average joe think they know a lot more than they do about the situation, so you're bound to get a lot of criticism by retail reddit investors. I work in investment banking and received an offer from one of the largest hedge funds that are directly involved in this situation, and agree with Ian's point that unevenness in regulation is a real thing that very smart people won't admit. On the other hand, a lot of retail redditors don't want to admit that this is a pump and dump situation that, while very funny, shouldn't be allowed to continue. A true counterpoint to that is that hedge funds do a lot of these dastardly things (tweeting about the value of heavily-shorted stocks, tricking other hedge funds with credit defaul swap betting, and much more) so reddit should be allowed to do the same in public. The truth is one bad investing strategy doesn't justify another bad investing strategy, and while this situation is hilarious the SEC is right to try to shut it down. A true loser of the situation is Robinhood, as they have no way of appeasing their largest owners and their largest customers at the same time. Like most nuanced discussions, there are a lot of ways to upset people on either side of the issue. Edit: Forget about all of this, go watch the fiasconauts character game, it is amazing
NotJack
2021-01-29 20:57:08 +0000 UTCThe issue with Kevin Hart is yes, he is homophobic. He had posted a tweet one time that said, “If I ever see my son playing with dolls. I will walk right in there and break the doll house over his head.” No joke, wasn’t trying to be funny. It wasn’t until a few gay men made videos of them sharing their stories, about when they were kids, and got “caught” playing with dolls. Horrible, traumatic stories. He then said it was just a joke, and refused to apologize for what he claimed was “A product of his work/job” or something like that. Pathetic honestly. I refuse to consume anything that he has his hands in now. Really wish Eli Roth can/would fix this. But highly doubt it.
Seanie Dee
2021-01-29 20:57:00 +0000 UTCI really hope they studied up on stock manipulation and shorting to speak intelligently about this but my hopes are not high
Gandheezy
2021-01-29 19:54:24 +0000 UTCStill going to listen enthusiastically as always, but I'm not pumped to hear an extensive $GME discussion. Hopefully I can skip that section without losing too much context.
Benjamin Schroeder
2021-01-29 19:06:31 +0000 UTC
