This week, we follow-up on the Smash World Tour/Nintendo/Pandas Global story from Episode 16,

The saga of Callisto Protocol's rocky release and crunch culture, DidYouKnowGaming's Copyright Strike from Nintendo for a game pitch by Retro for Heroes of Hyrule on DS, and we talk about the game awards.

Sit back and enjoy the show.

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Callisto Protocol Crunch

• Dead Space Creator and Striking Distance Studios CEO Glen Schofield

• Game : Callisto Protocol

• Plagued with framerate issues on high end PCs

• Blame placed on "a damn clerical error"

-- "Being fixed. A wrong file was patched. Any minute. Just freakin error by someone rushing"

• Previous admission about Schofield and team working extreme overtime

-- "Exhaustion, tired, Covid but we're working,

-- "Lunch, dinner working. U do it cause you luv it"

• Later apologized to employees for glorifying crunch

Schofield outlook.

• "I'll take vacation when it's fixed. The fans are my priority"

sources:

https://kotaku.com/callisto-protocol-steam-ps5-bugs-glen-schofield-twitter-1849859440

https://twitter.com/GlenSchofield/status/1598798986277638144

https://twitter.com/GlenSchofield/status/1598799416965885952

https://kotaku.com/striking-distance-callisto-protocol-schofield-crunch-1849497041

Nintendo Copyright Strike against DidYouKnowGaming

• October, YT channel DidYouKnowGaming reported on failed 2004 pitch for a Zelda tactics game on the Nintendo DS

-- Heroes of Hyrule

• Contributor : Dr. Lava

• Nintendo used copyright strike to erase video

• Channel has made hundreds of videos about Nintendo games

-- First time they responded with a takedown notice

• DidYouKnowGaming tweeted:

-- This was a journalistic video documenting a game that Retro Studios pitched to Nintendo nearly 20 years ago.

This is an attempt by a large corporation to silence whatever journalism they dont like, and a slap in the face

for videogame history preservation.

• Sourced to the original 22 page pitch and interview with the retro programmer who crafted it, Paul Tozour

• no early build footage

• Some illustrations

• Video also told of hte Studio's burnout from Metroid Prime 2 and staffers wanting to try a different type of project.

Sources

https://kotaku.com/nintendo-zelda-youtube-copyright-didyouknowgaming-legal-1849868808

https://kotaku.com/zelda-final-fantasy-tactics-nintendo-metroid-prime-1849614955

https://twitter.com/didyouknowgamin/status/1600696528120602625

https://twitter.com/DrLavaYT/status/1600877520865218562

https://twitter.com/Doctor_Cupcakes/status/1600683049619845120

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