Alright, no matter what we say in this episode you should absolutely NOT Google search "GamerGate." I'm serious. You should, however, look up this week's guest, Jamal Michel. He's a poet and writer whose writing on games has been published all over the place. You can read more about Jamal and his work on his website: jamalmichel.com. THINGS MENTIONED Jamal's article in the NYT about playing GTA as a kid: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/arts/grand-theft-auto-islam.html Variety reports that a Split Fiction movie is in the works: https://variety.com/2025/film/news/split-fiction-movie-video-game-adaptation-1236344367/ A Forbes explainer on the recent Pokemon Go sale: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/03/12/niantic-just-sold-off-pokmon-go-so-what-changes-now/ Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's on twitter:nathanbased Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky@press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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