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Rumors abound about new Switch Hardware coming mid-2020... could this finally be the long-rumored Switch Pro? Follow me on Twitter: @PrettyDeceShow --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

Pretty Dece returns after a short hiatus to discuss the trailers for Wonder Woman 1984, Ghostbusters Afterlife, and Free Guy! Follow me on Twitter: @PrettyDeceShow --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

This week we find out that Bill Murray will be reprising his role as Peter Venkman on the new Ghostbusters, and Rick and Morty finally returns for season 4 after an over 2 year hiatus! Follow me on twitter @PrettyDeceShow --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

Pretty Dece rolls into November with a great episode covering all the news (and controversy!) surrounding the Blizzcon convention, including the announcements of Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV. Additionally, we talk about Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse 2, and the mass departure of all of Deadspin's writing staff. Follow me on Twitter @PrettyDeceShow --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

Pretty Dece is chock-full of entertainment news this week! We cover the newly announced Analogue Pocket, the high-end handheld gaming hardware that plays your retro Game Boy games, Legends of Runeterra, the upcoming card game based on League of Legends, the debut of Twitch watch parties, and Kevin Feige, the head of Marvel Studios, taking over all of Marvel creative. Follow me on Twitch: @PrettyDeceShow! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

This week Blizzard faced some massive fan backlash after enacting some harsh punishment on a player, and the PlayStation 5 is officially announced, and will be coming next holiday season! Find me on twitter @PrettyDeceShow! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

On this week's episode of Pretty Dece, I give my review of the new Joker film, we discuss the improving value proposition that is PlayStation Now, we marvel at the ridiculous work that went into the Wendy's RPG, and we gaze from afar as corporations engage in a streaming media turf war. As always, thank you for listening and please let me know your thoughts! You can find me on Twitter @PrettyDeceShow. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

This week on weekly Pretty Dece we talk about Nintendo's new attempt at fitness gaming Ring Fit Adventure, the disappointment that is Mario Kart Tour, the impending Pokemon Go competitor Minecraft Earth, and we all rejoice at getting Spidey back in the MCU. PrettyDeceShow.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

The Area 51 raid is over, and we still don't know if aliens are real... but this episode of Pretty Dece is as real as it gets! Weekly Pretty Dece rolls on with discussion of Apple Arcade, the Nintendo Switch Lite, the Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro, and Steam being forced to allow users to resell games by a French court judgement. PrettyDeceShow.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

Today on the show we discuss: Billy Mitchell threatens to sue Twin Galaxies Discord Nitro is losing the free games MoviePass has finally died Bad Robot is going exclusive with WarnerMedia KFC is making a Colonel Sanders dating sim --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

Welcome to season 2 of Pretty Dece, the start of WEEKLY episodes! On the show this week, we discuss: Netflix experiments with weekly shows EA makes the Guinness world record for most downvoted comment Steam is getting a library facelift Nintendo patents new "ergonomic" joy-cons Nintendo Direct news and announcements Nintendo tease a new fitness.... thing. As always, make sure to follow on Twitter @PrettyDeceShow. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

Rumor has it that next year, in a comic event, DC will be replacing Bruce Wayne as Batman with an as-yet-unnamed black character. PrettyDeceShow.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

Nintendo continues their foray into free-to-play mobile gaming on September 25th with Mario Kart Tour. The game will feature strange vertical gameplay and one-handed touch controls. However, the most concerning thing about the game, as with previous Nintendo mobile games, might be the microtransaction monetization strategy in place. We dive into what that is rumored to be on today's episode of Pretty Dece. PrettyDeceShow.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

Marvel Studios and Sony have reportedly not been able to reach an agreeable joint deal to produce future Spider-Man movies, leaving his place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in jeopardy. Sony holds the movie rights to Spider-Man and has been producing their own Spider-Man films, such as Into the Spider-Verse, while also sharing Spider-Man and allowing him to become a member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Now however, Sony is rejecting Marvel Studio's request for a new revenue split, and it appears the two companies are at a standstill. Have we seen the last of Spidey in the MCU? PrettyDeceShow.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

Members of the Apex Legends development team are fighting back against gamers unhappy with the game's monetization strategy, calling them "free-loaders", "asshats" and other derogatory terms. Players have been flooding Reddit and other game discussion forums recently with memes and other discussion revolving around Apex Legends monetization strategy, which primary revolves around free-to-play microtransactions. Players have begun to feel that the game isn't fair and is over-prioritizing money. The developers are clearly frustrated with this opinion,  because recently, in an apology thread to the community, the Respawn community manager and the Apex Legends product lead dove into the comment section, bickering and namecalling with the playerbase. Frankly, this is embarrassing, and not a good look for all of Respawn. On today's episode of Pretty Dece, we discuss exactly how we got to this point in gaming, and whether the free-to-play microtransaction trend will be continuing. PrettyDeceShow.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

The world's most popular streamer Ninja recently announced he was leaving the world's most popular streaming website Twitch. Twitch has not taken it well.  Ninja will be moving to MIcrosoft's Mixer, a much smaller competing service. Meanwhile, Twitch has been promoting other streamers on Ninja's now offline Twitch page... leading to Twitch accidentally promoting a channel streaming porn! The offending channel was quickly removed, but Ninja was justifiably  very upset about the possibility that children or anyone else visiting his page would have seen that. This pettiness from Twitch surrounding the departure of Ninja is just one in a long line of things that Twitch has done recently to make people somewhat uneasy about Twitch as a platform holder. In some cases they're behaving more as petulant children than as a website owned by one of the world's biggest companies, Amazon. PrettyDeceShow.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

Control is one of the games I picked up at Gen Con 2019. It's a short, easy-to-learn, fast-paced card game for 2-4 players, made by Keymaster Games. Control is inspired by the classic game Cuttle, and in my opinion blends the simplicity of a traditional card game with the addictive head-to-head competition and evolving strategy of a collectible card game. It's small enough to pack anywhere, and games rounds only take around 5 minutes. If you're like me and have friends that are competitive but don't have the attention span or desire to be taught a game that takes hours to learn, or hours to play, Control might be for you. PrettyDeceShow.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

This past week I attended the best 4 days in gaming, Gen Con! Gen Con is the largest tabletop and board game convention in the country, and it happens to take place in my backyard! This episode of Pretty Dece is a recap of my time at Gen Con 2019, running down all of the events I attended, things I saw, and all the awesome stuff going down. PrettyDeceShow.com  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

Team Fortress 2 has had loot crates for over a decade, and built into Steam support for selling the items you get out of those crates for real money. However, a glitch today has thrown that economy into complete disarray! Join me on Pretty Dece today to discuss what happened with the glitch, how exactly the glitch has affected the economy, and what Valve is doing to fix the issue. PrettyDeceShow.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support

Marvel laid out plans for their next phase of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and tv shows at San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend. Of course, everyone is incredibly excited to find out the direction of the MCU following the events of Avengers: Endgame, and we got some details about that direction at Marvel's panel, including the names and plot details of some upcoming films and shows.  Disney Plus, the upcoming streaming service, will play a huge part in the MCU going forward, featuring many shows that will tie directly into the events of the Marvel films. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettydece/support