Moon Dad and Gabe Newbot

Tongue Combat and Ruined Races (Down with Bowie Knife99!!)

Join the Professors as they unpack a few missed weeks in gaming hardware and culture! We kick things off with Valve’s 2026 Steam Controller charging puck hazard and the legendary customer service response to a delay. Next, we dive into the new Xbox and Discord Nitro subscription alliance before breaking down the massive news of Bungie sunsetting active development on Destiny 2. Then, we analyze the weirdest design and gameplay controversies hitting the new non-indie game Mixtape. Moving to tech, we look at EA's Dead Space 2 DRM disaster, Windows 11's new 'Xbox Mode,' and the chaotic internet legend of Forza Horizon 6's rogue villain driver, Bowie Knife99. Heru and Plague would love your feedback! Let us know what we can improve on and other topics you'd like to hear us discuss by reaching out to feedback@thegameprofessors.com [feedback@thegameprofessors.com] . Come in and grab a seat as we profess our love and hate for all things video games!

Moon Dad and Gabe Newbot

Join the Professors as we dive into the "Steamy" drama in Far Far West and Valve's strict stance on in-game review requests. We discuss Project Theseus, which brings the classic 2001 Xbox dashboard natively to PC, and whether or not custom launchers could be compatible with steam. We tackle the chaos of the 2026 Steam Controller sell-out and cover Sony’s $7.85 million monopoly settlement. Plague heads to the moon to analyze the success of Pragmata and get into what made the game successful. We then shift to technical warnings regarding the Windrose SSD-wearing crisis and Microsoft’s controversial push for 32GB of RAM alongside their "Project K2" anti-bloat initiative. Finally, we discuss unsealed emails between Gabe Newell, Elon Musk, and Hideo Kojima, and wrap up with the massive review bombing of Slay the Spire 2. Heru and Plague would love your feedback! Let us know what we can improve on and other topics you'd like to hear us discuss by reaching out to feedback@thegameprofessors.com [feedback@thegameprofessors.com] . Come in and grab a seat as we profess our love and hate for all things video games!

DRM Controversies and AI takes over

Join the Professors for a look at some wild gaming news this week. We start with a breakdown of "Digital Diogenes" on Steam, examining the world's #1 collector and the reality of owning 43,000 games. We then explore Valve’s new Steam Deck telemetry tools before shifting to Intel’s GPU retreat and AMD’s retail dominance. Next, we look at Toyota’s $3,100 luxury office chair and the new 2026 Steam Controller. We also dig into the spicy history of Bethesda’s tense post-mortem with Obsidian over Fallout: New Vegas and Splitgate's preservation plan. Finally, we tackle the latest DRM controversies with 2K and Sony’s online mandates, the Denuvo bypass, and the shutdown of PokéNational Geographic. Heru and Plague would love your feedback! Let us know what we can improve on and other topics you'd like to hear us discuss by reaching out to feedback@thegameprofessors.com [feedback@thegameprofessors.com] . Come in and grab a seat as we profess our love and hate for all things video games!

Live, Laugh, Love, Live Service

Join the Professors for Course #28! We get into the corporate fallout of Sony’s live-service mandate, Shuhei Yoshida’s exit, and the harsh financial reality of Bungie’s Marathon. We also take an in-depth look at Microsoft’s major Game Pass price cuts as Microsoft's new gaming CEO gives us a win! We start the day with Bloomberg’s leak of a Disney extraction shooter and the "free game" paradox at the Epic Games Store. Next, we discuss the R-rated Bloodborne animated movie and potentially multiple PS6 SKUs. We then move into our analysis of Sony’s shifting DNA and Microsoft's subscription shakeup. In the lab, we review the success of Windrose and Pragmata, before heading to shop class to troubleshoot the Starfield PS5 launch and preview Cyberpunk 2077 VR. Heru and Plague would love your feedback! Let us know what we can improve on and other topics you'd like to hear us discuss by reaching out to feedback@thegameprofessors.com [feedback@thegameprofessors.com] . Come in and grab a seat as we profess our love and hate for all things video games!

The CIA can hear your Heartbeat!

Join the Professors as we dive into the major production leaks for the Elden Ring movie and Amazon’s "non-gamer" rewrites for the Mass Effect series. We break down the Take-Two AI layoffs, the Chinese RAM market collapse, and why the Steam Deck 2 is likely targeting 2028. We also check out Valve’s new SteamGPT support and the weird NVIDIA DLSS 5 copyright strike drama. Finally, we get technical with the CIA’s "Ghost Murmur" heartbeat detection, the neural texture revolution for PS6 and other gaming hardware. The soul-crushing details behind the 80% complete (but canceled) Last of Us Online. Heru and Plague would love your feedback! Let us know what we can improve on and other topics you'd like to hear us discuss by reaching out to feedback@thegameprofessors.com. Come in and grab a seat as we profess our love and hate for all things video games!