In today’s Weird or Wired, Matt brings up an issue very dear to our producer Spenny and other avid video-gamers out there – the growing presence of live service models masquerading as video games. Spenny thinks they’re predatory and fly against the spirit of playing games in general, and Matt dishes out the details on a famous livestreamer who is taking a stand against the newest “live service” game Diablo: Immortal. Find out how much money this dude is calculated to have lost playing this “free-to-play” game.

Also, Emily is planning an apartment-warming party. This is her first big party since graduating college (and surviving COVID), so she reaches out to Spenny and our glorious Captain CJ Morgan for advice. Unbeknownst to Em, CJ has thrown many a party and crashed many more, so he’s more than ready to give some tips. Perhaps you could use some as well? They’re surprisingly level-headed, reasonable ideas for someone as wild and wacky as our host CJ. 

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