Studying Pixels combines game studies and a joyful engagement with video game culture. Every Sunday, game studies scholar Stefan Heinrich Simond and Japanese scholar Dan Hughes cover anything from reviews of contemporary games to news stories and from academic deep-dives to controversial discussions—all wrapped up in a sincere appreciation of everything geeky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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episode 12: The Game Awards 2021
The annual Game Awards have become a staple of video game culture. Combining an award show with high-profile announcements, musical performances, and lots of advertisements, the event is a force to be reckoned with. Join us as we dissect this year's Game Awards, including the way it engages with the problems of the industry.
In our side quests, we then discuss Nintendo's lawsuit against Gary Bowser, Ubisoft's engagement with NFTs, and Sony's patent of the online path building feature in Death Stranding.
Shownotes- 00:01:53 The Game Awards 2021
- The Game Awards 2021 Winners: The Full List (Adam Bankhurst)
- Everything announced at the 2021 Game Awards (Giovanni Colantonio)
- 00:55:55 Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser agrees $10m fine (Tom Phillips)
- Court documents from the case against Gary Bowser
- Switch hacker Gary Bowser pleads guilty and offers to pay Nintendo $4.5m (Chris Scullion)
- 01:05:34 Ubisoft’s NFT announcement gets more than 95% dislikes on YouTube (Chris Scullion)
- The original video announcement has been delisted by Ubisoft, presumably due to the high amount of dislikes
- 01:19:57 Sony Patents Death Stranding Online Path Building Feature
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