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I'm your friend David Pierce, and this is the first in a new mini series of episodes that we've

made all about the future of gaming.

We're doing this series, as you might expect, with some of our friends from

Polygon, Chris Plant, and Russ Freshdick. And we're going to talk about some of the biggest open questions

and big ideas that we're thinking about in the gaming world in general.

It's going to be very fun.

This week, for instance, we're talking about handheld gaming.

You know, the switches and the steamedex and the Ragh allies and the analog pockets and the IANEO and all the things on Amazon whose names I can't pronounce but seem to be selling very well.

Basically the question is, is this portable all in one form factor the future of gaming?

Like is the Game Boy back? That's really all I want to know.

I'm going to consult with Chris and Russ and then I'm going to go out and see if I can find some answers.

I'm going to talk to people, I'm going to do some research, and then I'm going to bring back what I found out and see if they agree about

the future of gaming. Let's get into it.

Chris Plant, hello.

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