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Gamified #152 | NVIDIA's Most Hated Demo | Pokemon Go Harvested 30 BILLION Images | Slay the Spire 2?
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- Mar 22, 2026
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Topics on today's show - 143 million Pokemon Go players unknowingly built a 30 BILLION image AI dataset. Microsoft announced Gaming Copilot for Xbox - an AI that can play the game for you. NVIDIA showed DLSS 5 and the internet lost its mind (in a bda way). Slay the Spire 2 sold 3 million copies at $25 - did they leave millions on the table? GDC rebranded as a "Festival" and nobody cared or noticed. And Roblox accounted for 67% of ALL gaming growth outside China.This is Gamified, breaking down the biggest stories in the industry, one game mode at a time. 0:28 - Pokemon Go selling data 11:58 - Xbox is getting Microsoft Copilot 27:40 - Slay the Spire TOO CHEAP? 38:49 - GDC "festival" buy or sell? 57:36 - Nvidia's DLSS 5 1:08:53 - Is Roblox the only stock worth buying in Gaming?Game Modes + Topics for this episode:1. Red Flag or Green Flag - Is it okay for gaming companies to use player behavior as covert data collection? Pokemon Go produced 30 billion real-world images for Niantic's AI. Players had no idea.2. Bullish or Bullsh*t - Microsoft's Gaming Copilot is coming to Xbox. Voice assistant, real-time tips, and patents for AI that takes control of gameplay. One week after Xbox's new CEO said they'd be careful with AI.3. Sentiment Score - NVIDIA showed DLSS 5 at GTC 2026. Transformer-based scene reconstruction. Photorealistic output. YouTube comments were near 100% negative. Bethesda walked back Starfield's implementation. 0-10, what's your score?4. Over/Under - Slay the Spire 2 launched at $25 and sold 3 million copies. Over or under $35 as the right price point?5. Buy or Sell - GDC rebranded as the Festival of Gaming. 20,000 attendees, down from 30K. Studios closing, layoffs compounding. Buy or sell the new format?6. Explain Like I'm a Shareholder -…