In light of the...everything...going on with Microsoft, we wanted to take a more positive spin from it since the negatives have been thoroughly covered by those suited to do so. That said, a link to the layoff news is below as a starting point, if you missed what's been going on. So if Microsoft is going to lay off every person they hired while still keeping Xbox going...who should they contract and pay to work on their games? Heck, who should PlayStation and Nintendo do this with as well? Look, when they lay off 9000 people during the 4th layoff in 2 years, we don't have much to work with in terms of "positive"...

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SHOW NOTES
Kevin's audio was weird this episode. Please do not bully him about it.

Article on layoffs at Microsoft, Xbox:
https://www.theverge.com/news/693535/microsoft-layoffs-july-2025-xbox

Article on Halo Studio's low morale, just to back that up:
https://www.trueachievements.com/news/halo-devs-reportedly-unhappy-with-the-quality-next-game

The "this guy" referred to at 29:00 is the Pale Man from Pan's Labyryinth, just so you know as an audio listener.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Hit new single, "Ow, my schmingus!" coming soon
06:23 Brody kinda wants an IO Interactive Dishonored game
12:49 If Toys For Bob ISN'T doing Spyro 4...
22:04 You are not prepared for Nicco's galaxy brain
31:07 The team that should bring us Sly 5 is...
41:09 Successors that don't have a studio in the wings
52:32 Funkin With PaRappa (Explicit)
59:14 What have we learned today?