Inside Blizzard’s Tumultuous History w/ Jason Schreier

Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Kat Bailey

Leisure, Video Games, Technology

4.6 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Summary

On today's extra beefy episode of Axe of the Blood God, we welcome special guest Jason Schreier and talk about his upcoming book, Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment. Tune in for a preview that brings context to some of Blizzard's biggest successes, mishaps, and controversies, including its campus culture, the sexual harassment lawsuit leveled against it, and the infamous Cosby Suite. Also in this episode: First impressions of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Gosh, the PS5 Pro sure exists Nintendo! Put a GBA game slot on Switch 2, you cowards! See a horse? Download a horse How Nadia lost her pocket money to rigged potato chip giveaways Time Stamps 0:00 - Intro/Main topic [Blizzard] 52:34 - Random Encounters 1:18:50 - The Tavern 1:29:07 - Further Blizzard Discussion: The Cosby Suite 1:54:24 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook Music used in this episode: Do your Best! [Breath of Fire III] Patty's Pub [Dragon Quest XI] A Curious Tale [Secret of Mana] Battle Theme [Metaphor: ReFantazio] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Acts of the Blood God and Independent RPG podcast.
0:17.8	I'm your host, Kat Bailey.
0:19.7	Joining me as always, my lovely co-host, Nadia Oxford.
0:23.5	Hello, Kat. Everyone down in the south, stay safe, stay dry, stay above the water line.
0:29.9	It's really sad. A person I know well, Clint, who is part of LGR, lazy game reviews.
0:38.4	I don't know him that well, actually.
0:39.5	Sorry, I lied, but I have met him.
0:45.8	He has, like, a collection of vintage computers and software and hardware that's just incredible.
0:50.1	And he actually takes it around to, like, conventions and stuff and helps out with other displays.
0:52.5	And he got completely washed out.
0:53.4	He's in Asheville.
0:53.9	Oh, my gosh. Is Asheville or Asheville?
0:55.7	And yeah, just I'm, he's okay, thankfully. I'm hoping some of his tech is okay too, but that's a
1:02.3	that'd be a really sad loss, but they got demolished up there. It's really sad. It's closed.
1:06.2	North Carolina is basically closed in the West. Well, indeed, please stay safe and stay dry.
1:13.0	It's pretty rough out there, especially in the southeast.
1:17.2	Also joining me, my equally lovely co-host, Eric Van Allen.
1:22.1	Speaking of pretty rough out there.
1:24.2	I know.
1:25.1	It's rough out there.
1:27.1	Sorry, Eric.
1:28.1	I'm really sorry.
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