Should Nintendo be able to stop a potentially offensive AI parody of Mario depicting real-life war scenarios?

Would you invest in the future of gaming being Streaming?

Does Every Major IP Need a TCG? If you run Resident Evil, Assassin's Creed, or Forza, is launching a physical collectible counterpart a green flag or a red flag?

After 10 years, No Man's Sky players have explored less than 1% of its planets - is the game too big?

Should the fan decompilation of games be regarded as preservation or piracy?

CHAPTERS:

2:28 - AI Mario Parody is Fair Use | Change My Mind

26:08 - Future of Gaming = Streaming - Would You Invest?

41:15 - Every IP Needs a TCG? Red or Green Flag?

57:18 - No Man’s Sky is Too Big | Bullish or Bullshit?

1:17:28 - Decompiling Games = Preservation? | Sentiment Score

Watch instead of listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDn1WKiMHNo

HOST: Sam Steffanina - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samsteffanina/

PANEL:

Chris Heatherly (Ex-Disney / Ex-NBCUniversal) - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisheatherly/

Jordan Feinstein (Reply Corp) - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanfeinstein/

Tony Valcarcel (Makko.ai) - https://x.com/Tvalc

Michael Christine (Andrometa) - https://x.com/MichaelSatoshiKohji Nagata (Parallel) - https://x.com/ParallelTCGpod

Kohji Nagata (Parallel) - https://x.com/ParallelTCGpod

Is the Roblox selloff a temporary monetization reset, or proof that the platform's growth model is breaking?

What is the one word for putting prediction and pick-to-win mechanics into games that have nothing to do with sports?

Should you buy Nintendo ahead of Thursday's earnings, or is the Switch 2 story already priced in?

Steam released roughly twice as many games as it did four years ago. Is that a green flag for creative abundance or a red flag for market saturation?

Watch instead of listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T83lpHmcpU

CHAPTERS:

2:43 - Roblox thesis broken? | Sentiment Score

26:39 - Predictions Infected Everything | What’s the Word?

50:45 - Nintendo Stock Pre-Earnings | Buy or Sell?

1:08:57 - Steam Releases Rising | Red or Green Flag?

HOST: Sam Steffanina - / samsteffanina

PANEL:

Joe Ferencz — Gamefam Founder - / joeferencz

Chris Heatherly — Ex-Disney / Ex-NBCUniversal - / chrisheatherly

Colan Neese — Screen Engine / mindGAME Data - / colanneese

Kohji Nagata (Parallel) - https://x.com/ParallelTCGpod

dub (Battletrade) - https://x.com/uhhdub

Tony (Makko.ai) - https://x.com/Tvalc

EA promises "creative freedom" under its new Saudi sovereign-fund owners

Is DLSS 5 / neural rendering a genuine "GPT moment" for gaming, or NVIDIA hype?

Atari turning its arcade catalog into a movie?

Capcom wants to release a Resident Evil every year, and it sees remakes as the way to make that cadence work

Someone rebuilt World of Warcraft as a single-player experience populated with roughly 1,700 AI-driven companions and NPCs, and r/videogames actually loved it

Drop the ban hammer on one gaming-industry norm

CHAPTERS:

2:45 - EA Buyout + Creative Freedom | Bullish or Bullshit?

18:49 - AI Graphics Enhancer | Sentiment Score

52:42 - Atari Classics Movie | Red or Green Flag?

1:08:22 - Capcom’s Annual Resident Evil | Buy or Sell?

1:15:06 - WoW AI Companions | What Can We Learn?

1:22:22 - Industry Norm to Ban Forever | Ban Hammer

Watch instead of listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IESJ6qn2e40

HOST:

Sam Steffanina - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samsteffanina/

PANEL:

Chris Heatherly - Ex-Disney / Ex-NBCUniversal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisheatherly/

Josh Hassen - Ex-Playstation - https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-hassin-9a21806/

Kohji Nagata (Parallel) - https://x.com/ParallelTCGpod

Oliver Maroney (OpenSea) - https://x.com/OliverMaroney

Gnoc (Digital Collectors Club) - https://x.com/itsGnoc

Tony Valcarcel (Makko.ai) - https://x.com/Tvalc