Shades of Brown is a weekly podcast about computers and culture. Each week Sadiq Saif and Cristian Colocho discuss the latest events and end up going way too far into the weeds on some niche topic.
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episode 72: Episode 72: Y'all Could Just Quit
Sadiq and Cristian talk about recent game releases which then turns into a discussion of working conditions inside games studios and this week's walkout at Google.
Content Warning: Politics, Sexual Harassment, Food
Show Notes:
00:00:52 - Forza Horizon 4
00:19:28 - Call Of Duty Black Ops 4
00:26:40 - Assassin's Creed Odyssey
00:47:43 - Red Dead Redemption 2
01:06:07 - Telltale Games Closing
01:11:16 - Google's Sexual Harassment Issue
Games:
* Forza Horizon 4
* Microsoft is bringing all-you-can-play Game Pass subscription to PC
* Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
* Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
* Project Stream
* Microsoft's Game Streaming Related Purchases
* Fuck Pizza Rolls
* Red Dead Redemption 2
* Red Dead Redemption 2’s labor controversy, explained
* Inside Rockstar Games' Culture Of Crunch
* Telltale Games lays off much of its staff, plans studio shutdown
* Emma Kinema On Patreon
* Game Workers Unite
Techpol:
* How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android
* Google Walkout: Employees Stage Protest Over Handling of Sexual Harassment