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Today, a special two part episode. First, Cody will dig into some video game industry news. Next, Sean will take a look at some of the debates building in the AI industry between the industry leaders.

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Where do we get our info? Are we geniuses? Probably not, we just do research. Here's what we used for this episode. Just a few Reference links (the rest are on our YouTube post):

Reference links:

Cody’s Segment

https://gamerficial.com/2025/05/30/gearbox-ceo-apologizes-for-controversial-80-price-comment-on-borderlands-4/

https://x.com/DuvalMagic/status/1927802548326650365

https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-revises-user-agreement-and-if-you-break-it-nintendo-reserves-the-right-to-brick-your-switch

Sean’s Segment

Gary Marcus wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Marcus

Sam Altman wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Altman

Futurism: Sam Altman Goes Off on Skeptic (June 11, 2025)

https://futurism.com/sam-altman-ai-skeptic

Futurism: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says he disagrees with almost everything Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says (June 11, 2025)

https://fortune.com/2025/06/11/nvidia-jensen-huang-disagress-anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-ai-jobs/

Axios: Behind the Curtain: A white-collar bloodbath (May 28, 2025)

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/ai-jobs-white-collar-unemployment-anthropic