Summary: <h3><strong>What We're Playing</strong></h3> <p>Cliff: Norco, Road 96</p> <p>Colby: Mass Effect</p> <p>Josh: Monster Hunter Rise; Destiny 2</p> <h3><strong>News</strong></h3> <p>Blizzard Ending Heroes of the Storm Development</p> <p>You Might Want to Check Your Hearthstone Account</p> <p>Pokemon Puzzle League Coming to Switch Online</p> <p>Red Dead Online is Looking Pretty Dead</p> <p>You No Longer Need a FB Login for Your Quest</p> <p>Game Stop Lays Off Staff and CFO</p> <p>Ubisoft Does a Quick U-Turn on Making Games Unplayable</p> <p>PlayStation Removing Purchased Movies from Users' Accounts</p> <h3><strong>Video Games, Streaming and Sexual Harrasement</strong></h3> <p>We talked with Joshua Fulkerson about his doctoral thesis, which includes a "...research study to understand how male gamers describe how transient peer relationships and streaming platforms contribute to the sexual harassment of female gamers who play video games online". Take the survey (and sign up to be interviewed!) here: <a href="https://bytemepodcast.com/survey" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bytemepodcast.com/survey</a></p> <h3><strong>Questions</strong></h3> <p>Colby: What's your favorite candy bar?</p> <p>*monotone screaming*: What makes a good story in a video game for you?</p> <p>Tr1pletrouble88: Yeehaw? yes or no.</p> <p>Rdeacon: What is your favorite dog and cat breed?<br> <br> And… if you could standardize controllers across all platforms, which one would you choose? Keyboard and mouse is an acceptable answer.</p> <h3><strong>Cheap/Free Games</strong></h3> <p><strong>Epic Games</strong></p> <ul> <li>Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms</li> <li>Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap</li> </ul> <p><strong>Xbox Game Pass</strong></p> <ul> <li>Escape Academy - July 14 – Console, PC (Day One Release)</li> <li>My Friend Peppa Pig (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 14</li> <li>Overwhelm (PC) ID@Xbox – July 14</li> <li>PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 14</li> <li>PowerWash Simulator (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 14</li> <li>As Dusk Falls - July 19 – Console, Cloud, PC (Day One Release)</li> <li>Immortality - July 26 – Console, PC</li> </ul> <p><strong>Humble Bundle</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/games/at-movies-with-lego" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.humblebundle.com/games/at-movies-with-lego</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/games/play-with-pride" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.humblebundle.com/games/play-with-pride</a></li> </ul> <h3><strong>Patreon</strong></h3> <ul> <li>John Tippins</li> <li>Sean Palmer</li> <li>Austin Palmer</li> <li>Alan Schulte</li> <li>Joe Cole Jr.</li> <li>Anonymous</li> <li>Rich Deacon</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Extra Life</strong></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><u>https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/</u></a></li> </ul> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message
