Bobby Cashes Out
Channel: Mike B aka Fony 
Date: 23/01/2022

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Let's Do Some News!
00:45 I'm tired of talking about NFTs but they won't stop being fucking everywhere
28:33 Troy Baker gets seduced by the dark side
59:25 Bobby throws ABK under the bus for even more money
01:20:33 Do you guys like Hentai?
01:24:00 YouTube Originals RIP
01:25:25 $450 to watch every band you grew up with at once


Link Dump:

Virtual Cannabis NFTs (lmao) https://mikeb.it/35lvhJj

US POST OFFICE FFS https://mikeb.it/3nN3dVm

Netflix asks the question..https://mikeb.it/33DSQMX

Btw cuphead series coming soon https://mikeb.it/32tmSCq

2chainz has his hand in an NFT animated series https://mikeb.it/3KxsQU5

Mike Shinoda makes NFTs
https://twitter.com/mikeshinoda/status/1480460371928354817
https://ziggurats.xyz/#/gallery?f=eyIjIFRyYWl0cyI6WyI0Il19

Eva longoria is into NFTs
https://twitter.com/EvaLongoria/status/1483845031987331072

Cheech and Chong making pfp NFTs
https://twitter.com/MyHomies/status/1484244067290521600

Facebook and Instagram exploring market options for NFTs
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/20/22892917/meta-facebook-instagram-plans-make-show-case-sell-nfts

Twitter Blue adding hexagonal profile pictures for NFT users
https://twitter.com/TwitterBlue/status/1484226494708662273
You can block accounts that use hex pfps using this
https://twitter.com/BetterTDeck/status/1484233899920150529

Troy Baker, VA, partners with Voiceverse 
https://twitter.com/TroyBakerVA/status/1481869350621437955
Followup
https://twitter.com/TroyBakerVA/status/1482010646858190848
PWL#90: Do you want to hate or create
https://youtu.be/HcJDYkm4jZA?t=277
PWL#90: How he got involved
https://youtu.be/HcJDYkm4jZA?t=475
Alanah Pearce, also a victim of NFT.. *harassMint*?
https://twitter.com/Charalanahzard/status/1482699704529870851?t=Q6vgPC2OR3xQ1XTd-y6Vng&s=19

Minting URLs is a thing, btw
https://mikeb.it/3tXJtT3
https://mikeb.it/3KxsQU5
https://mikeb.it/33HTf0I

Voiceverse Twitter PFP (of course)
https://twitter.com/VoiceverseNFT/status/1484473673129992193

We later discover that Voiceverse stole from existing AI VO sites
https://15.ai/

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-17-troy-baker-backed-nft-firm-admits-using-voice-lines-taken-from-another-service-without-permission

Voiceverse apology
https://twitter.com/VoiceverseNFT/status/1482063228746096642


Castelvania 25th Anniv. NFTs sell for ~$160k
https://opensea.io/collection/castlevania-35th-anniversary

Conversely, Ubisoft’s “Digits” sold only $400 worth
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ubisoft-quartz-nft-makes-just-400-usd


Take-Two and Zynga Combine forces at a cost of $12.7B
https://mikeb.it/3nPHVGC


Microsoft will acquire Activision/Blizzard for 3.5B wow tokens
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/18/welcoming-activision-blizzard-to-microsoft-gaming/

Selling because it’s less hassle than buying an entire media company to write positive articles
https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1483642350157000704


What about Bob?
https://kotaku.com/bobby-kotick-activision-blizzard-harassment-strike-layo-1848394837


Meanwhile Raven Software are trying to sneak in some union recognition
https://www.mmorpg.com/announcements/raven-software-workers-form-union-called-game-workers-alliance-2000124152

What about old Activision Games?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/01/20/xbox-activision-blizzard-phil-spencer/




CoD could break from the yearly release schedule
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-21-call-of-duty-could-ditch-yearly-release-schedule-report

What about Sony?
https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/1484273335139651585

Sony loses $20B in market value after announcement
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sonys-market-value-dropped-by-20-billion-after-microsofts-activision-blizzard-deal-announcement/1100-6499761/

Could this acquisition lead to a gold rush?
https://www.thestreet.com/investing/apple-amazon-disney-could-snatch-game-makers-ea-take-two-up

US Rep Jerry Nadler announces he will investigate the acquisition
https://twitter.com/RepJerryNadler/status/1484232680397053956
https://dotesports.com/business/news/activision-blizzard-employees-voice-concerns-microsoft-acquisition

Italian Senate hosts online event, and some sultry SFM
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2022/01/18/porn-video-inserted-into-m5s-senate-online-event_85b49960-edda-404e-a513-7f1394cc8a0a.html


YouTube Originals going away, mostly
https://twitter.com/rkyncl/status/1483502275804872704

WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AKA WARPED TOUR ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION
https://twitter.com/LasVegasLocally/status/1483504492884553728/photo/1
https://mikeb.it/3ArXzxd