Sacred Symbols+, #400 | Selling the Drama With Rick Hoeg (Video) (Patreon)

Selling the Drama With Rick Hoeg | Sacred Symbols+, Episode 400

Today, I (Colin) am pleased to welcome LSM legal analyst Rick Hoeg back to Sacred+. Rick always comes to these conversations with a lot of valuable insight and wisdom, and we'll need a bit of both with the five topics we touch on in this wide-ranging chat. We start by delving into the salvaging of Tango Gameworks, unexpectedly acquired by South Korean publisher Krafton. How did the House of PUBG save this Japanese team after the clock seemingly expired? We then meander to the significant drama concerning one of our peers in the media space, Second Wind. A lot of accusations and innuendo have been tossed around, and so I went directly to EIC Nick Calandra himself (a Sacred+ veteran) to see what he thought of everything, giving Hoeg and I plenty to leaf through. Next, we move onto the leaked streamer guide that came alongside early codes of Game Science's commercial hit Black Myth: Wukong. Should we expect more of the same as Chinese developers release products in the western console space? Then, we hit the shuttering of a promising Modern Warfare PC mod right before it was set to launch. What exactly is allowed and disallowed in the modding space, and why do some get away with their unofficial products while others don't? Finally, we finish with a quick conversation about SAG-AFTRA's ongoing strike related to AI, particularly with the voices and likenesses their base rely upon. Has runaway capitalism ensured the future erasure of actor participation in games? Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:07:26 - Krafton's acquisition of Tango Gameworks 00:35:54 - Drama at Second Wind 01:48:52 - Wukong review code controversy 02:07:15 - MW2 mod shut down 02:21:50 - SAG-Aftra continues strike over AI