the cloud to usher in a new era of gaming that puts players and creators first and makes gaming safe, inclusive, and accessible to all." And honestly, this deal for Activision blizzard seems like a golden parachute. I mean, they've just been absolutely embroiled in controversies and scandals involving sexual discrimination and assault problems. And that's without mentioning the anger and how the developer has handled recent titles under the leadership of CEO, Bobby Kotick and still Microsoft overpaid for them. And understand, I'm not saying that Microsoft got a bad deal. I imagined for them to make this deal, they must have an amazing roadmap for the next five, NUMBER_TOKEN years. It's just considering everything that was happening, the struggle they were going through, the fact that they got about $NUMBER_TOKEN billion is wild. As far as what's going to happen to Kotick, it appears that he'll be there at least until the deal closes in NUMBER_TOKEN. But also based on some of the wording here, many are speculating that he'll be out after the deal closes. Though, reportedly Kotick did tell the New York times that he will be available as needed after the deal closes. Personally, that sounds like he's going to be leaving or just really taking a step back while trying to save face, but also who knows. And with this news, we've seen some concern, you know, is this some sort of monopoly by Microsoft? I mean, for those that don't know, Microsoft has NUMBER_TOKEN in-house studios, including NUMBER_TOKEN industries, which makes the halo franchise alongside a $NUMBER_TOKEN billion done deal last year for Bethesda, not to mention its hold on Mojang, the developers of Minecraft, but a big thing to note this deal would actually only make them be third largest gaming publisher behind Tencent and Sony. Though, it is expected that we'll know what is going to happen by June of NUMBER_TOKEN with the regulatory approval or not. But with all of that said to you, gaming beautiful bastards, I'd love to know your thought on this news. Are you excited? Especially if you're one of the people that just absolutely fallen in love with game pass, are you concerned because you don't know if maybe they're going to turn certain titles like Call of Duty exclusive. Though, I wouldn't expect them to. I think their hope is having games everywhere, accessible to all, but making it as easy as possible. If you have an X-Box to actually play the games with a lot of the heavy lifting being, raising the value of game pass. Yeah, with all of that said, I'd love to know your thoughts and where you stand on this. So from that, I want to take a second to thank the sponsor of today's show Magic Spoon. Magic Spoon is the adult version cereal, meaning that it tastes like your favorite childhood cereal, but it's also high in protein, low carb and zero grams of sugar. Basically, tons of nutritional value and none of the sugar rush. Well, magic spoon does taste too good to be true. It's perfect for busy people looking for a quick guilt-free snack that keeps you feeling fuller longer. If you're a cereal anytime person like me then eat it for breakfast, lunch or dinner, because why not?
START_INTERACTION_TOKEN But with all of that said to you, gaming beautiful bastards, I'd love to know your thought on this news. Are you excited? Especially if you're one of the people that just absolutely fallen in love with game pass, are you concerned because you don't know if maybe they're going to turn certain titles like Call of Duty exclusive. Though, I wouldn't expect them to. I think their hope is having games everywhere, accessible to all, but making it as easy as possible. If you have an X-Box to actually play the games with a lot of the heavy lifting being, raising the value of game pass. Yeah, with all of that said, I'd love to know your thoughts and where you stand on this. END_INTERACTION_TOKEN BETWEEN_SEGMENTS_TOKEN START_SPONSOR_TOKEN So from that, I want to take a second to thank the sponsor of today's show Magic Spoon. Magic Spoon is the adult version cereal, meaning that it tastes like your favorite childhood cereal, but it's also high in protein, low carb and zero grams of sugar. Basically, tons of nutritional value and none of the sugar rush. Well, magic spoon does taste too good to be true. It's perfect for busy people looking for a quick guilt-free snack that keeps you feeling fuller longer. If you're a cereal anytime person like me then eat it for breakfast, lunch or dinner, because why not? END_SPONSOR_TOKEN