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Show Notes

Tim Sweeney is going after Valve again over Steam's rule that developers disclose generative AI use

Indie developers say AI has made cloning a game fast enough to become a racket

What's the word you'd use to describe a studio screening job applicants by what they've liked on social media?

What’s your sentiment score on a scale of 1-10 on Xbox charging by the hour to stream games you already own?

Wardogs banned Summit1G by mistake, and the CEO put the employee on blast

What are you loving or hating about the games industry right now?

CHAPTERS: 2:37 - Steam’s AI Label is BS | Change My Mind 14:31 - Valve’s Answer to AI Clones | Red / Green Flag 31:36 - Screened by LinkedIn Likes | What’s the Word? 44:30 - Fair Cloud Gaming Price | Sentiment Score 53:11 - Wardogs CEO Crash Out | What’s the Word? 1:00:05 - Get On Your Soapbox | Gamer Rants

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HOST: Sam Steffanina - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samsteffanina/

PANEL: Chris Heatherly - Ex-Disney / Ex-NBCUniversal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisheatherly/ Joe Ferencz - Gamefam Founder - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeferencz/ Tony Valcarcel - Makko.ai - https://x.com/Tvalc Kohji Nagata - Parallel - https://x.com/ParallelTCGpod

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