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With Niki on board the Artemis II to fix their Outlook situation, Lotus and John tackle the news and games of the week, including:

• Eidos-Montreal lays off 124 employees
• Stellar Blade's Shift Up acquires Shinji Mikami's brand new studio
• Stormgate loses online support because their server provider was bought by an AI company
• US Patent Office rejects overbroad Nintendo patent
• S&box, the follow-up to Garry's Mod, is out later this month
• PSA: the Steam versions of some classic Capcom games contain DRM not found on other storefronts
• The Gaming Historian retires from the channel
• The Perfect Tower II exponentially expands the systems typically found in incremental games
• Lucid Blocks has some charm, but maybe not the juice
• Project Hail Mary is uneven but still made John cry
• Alamo Drafthouse has completely ruined its value proposition
• Summer House might be Bravo's most soulless show (that John can't stop watching)
• Your Hive Questions are answered, including if ET would be better with legs

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