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

Unity is building its next-gen engine around AI agents.

MindsEye's Meltdown - A GTA legend's comeback studio flops, lays off 400+, blames corporate sabotage, and throws an all-expenses fan party the same day workers protest outside

Palworld borrowed Pokemon's whole playbook, got sued by Nintendo, and made ~$700M anyway

Gamescom Sells Out for the First Time Ever - is this genuinely bullish for the gaming industy?

Watch instead of listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NvO5QsZuZI

CHAPTERS:

2:53 - Mindseye Playtest & Layoffs | What’s the Word?

32:50 - Palworld Stealing Mechanics | Buy or Sell?

59:42 - Gamescom Sells Out | Bullish or Bullshit?

1:20:05 - Unity Bets on Coding Agents | Devil’s Advocate

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

PANEL:

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

Joe Ferencz — Gamefam Founder - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeferencz/

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

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

Payton Kaleiwahea (Wolves Co / Kizuna) - https://x.com/paytkaleiwahea

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

EA put paid progression into College Football 27's single-player modes, then pulls it days later in launch week?

What Would It Actually Take for Sony to Walk Back the Disc Shutdown?

84% of Game Attention Goes to Games Older Than Two Years - is this a crisis for new games?

Tim Sweeney Says Steam's Fees Are Leaving Billions on the Table

Is the games industry crashing? What does it look like in 2030?

Watch instead of listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx4bzyLOH2o

CHAPTERS:

2:40 - College Football P2W - What’s the Word?

20:00 - Sony Returns to Physical if… | Finish the Sentence

33:00 - 84% Attention on Older Games | Advise Me

47:54 - Steam Fees Cost them Billions | Board Room

1:09:10 - Games Industry Crashing? Bullish or Bullshit

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

PANEL:

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

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

Robin Boyar - thinktank / Ex-EA - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-boyar/

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

Payton Kaleiwahea (Wolves Co / Kizuna) - https://x.com/paytkaleiwahea

Is Asha Sharma's reset actually making Xbox a healthy business?

What the **** was Phil Spencer doing, and how did he survive 38 years at Microsoft to walk out with Xbox losing 64 cents on every dollar?

On a scale of 0 to 10, how do you feel about ads becoming standard on console and PC?

Funds moving from equity to project financing: bullish or bullshit? Is this the death of gaming VC, or a necessary evolution?

CHAPTERS:

2:22 - Xbox Cuts Jobs & Studios | Buy or Sell

21:30 - Xbox loses 64c on Every Dollar | Autopsy

48:56 - Ads on Console | Buy or Sell

1:09:46 - Equity vs Project Financing | Bullish or Bullshit

Watch instead of listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYlGzPx45Rw

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

PANEL:

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

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

Wills Spangler — GameCred - https://www.linkedin.com/in/wills-spangler/

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

Colan Neese — Screen Engine / mindGAME Data - https://www.linkedin.com/in/colanneese/

Matthew Buxton - Warp Chain (ex-Rovio, Jagex) - https://x.com/BuxtonMatthew

PlayStation ends disc production in favor of digital-only in January 2028. GTA 6 is rumored to ship with a TikTok-style social network built into the game. The Steam AI disclosure study showing AI-labeled games get 53% fewer reviews, the ESA report claiming the average gamer is a 37-year-old white man, and Mecha Chameleon, the $6 hide-and-seek game outselling Cyberpunk 2077 on Steam. The Gamified panel breaks down what the end of physical discs means for game ownership, prices, and preservation, whether Rockstar can launch the biggest day-one social platform ever inside Grand Theft Auto 6.

Watch instead of listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mQlHgtiNSg

CHAPTERS:

3:14 - AI Stigma | Pick A Side: Consumer or Creator

18:41 - Discs Are Dead | Big Deal, Little Deal, No Deal

41:44 - Avg Gamer = 37 White Male | What’s the Word?

51:14 - GTA VI Social Network | Bullish or Bullshit

1:06:27 - Meccha Chameleon | Over/Under 25M Sales

Is the market right to torch AI games, or is this punishing the people doing it well?

Physical game discs die January 2028. Big deal, little deal, or no deal - for ownership, the used-game market, preservation, and the players who still care?

What's the word on the average gamer being 37, not 17 - does the industry's picture of its own audience need to change, and does it actually change what you build or how you sell it?

GTA 6 is building a full social network inside the game, and it is more than set dressing - it changes how you find content. Is the in-game social feed a real shift that spreads to Roblox, Fortnite, and the rest, or a gimmick that fades after the novelty?

Meccha Chameleon - Over or under 20 million copies before year end - and is this a model studios can actually copy, or lightning in a bottle?

Host: Sam Steffanina - / samsteffanina

PANEL:

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

Wills Spangler — GameCred / / wills-spangler

Robin Boyar - thinktank / Ex-EA / / robin-boyar

Joe Ferencz — Gamefam Founder / / joeferencz

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

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