{"podcast":{"title":"CORE - Core Gaming for Core Gamers","slug":"core-core-gaming-for-core-gamers-1008839","podcast_index_feed_id":1008839,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6500f421d570420011d0e34b","website_url":"http://frogpants.com/core","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6500f421d570420011d0e34b/1695345497149-b837cf74a6fa4277df300938381c05b1.jpeg","author":"Scott Johnson","episode_count":486,"summary":"Hosted by podcasting vet, Scott Johnson, Jon Jagger and Beau Schwartz. Weekly, on the frogpants network. Video games and the issues around them every week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T10:17:24.319818+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/core-core-gaming-for-core-gamers-1008839"},"episode":{"title":"CORE 513: Ramdemic","slug":"core-513-ramdemic","published_at":"2026-03-12T22:35:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/core-core-gaming-for-core-gamers-1008839/core-513-ramdemic","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/core-core-gaming-for-core-gamers-1008839","url":"https://shows.acast.com/core-a-heroes-of-the-storm-podcast/episodes/core-513-ramdemic","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6500f421d570420011d0e34b/e/69b33fa7bffd975a45e25e9e/media.mp3","summary":"Nerdtacular 2026 tickets holding at early bird pricing, plus a swag bag-only option now available at frogpants.com. News: - NetEase pulls funding for Gang of Dragon — future of the game unknown - Valve still targeting 2026 for Steam Machines despite RAM shortages; rumored to be a factor in Sony/Xbox strategy shifts - EA lays off Battlefield staff post record-breaking launch - Jeff Kaplan on his Blizzard exit — plus his one Overwatch regret: making it too team-focused when players want to shine individually - Fortnite raising V-Buck prices - Timberborn hits 1.0 - Xbox pushing \"everything is an Xbox\" / Project Helix, leaning into Windows 11 - Valve reports 6,000+ games made over $100k on Steam last year Shared Play: Slay the Spire 2 — all three played it, early GOTY contender Scott: WoW: Midnight (great time, nearly max level, campaign a little cheesy), Thysiastery (turn-based dungeon crawler, very positive on Steam).  Also: The Instance now posting Fridays at frogpants.com/instance. Jon: Finished and 100%'d Resident Evil Requiem Beau: Slay the Spire 2, more Star Trek Voyageur, dipped into new Diablo IV season (may have bought the Doom skin) Feedback: Listener thinks he catches Scott being simultaneously terrified by AI and delighted by one-button AI rotations in WoW. And he is wrong about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Nerdtacular 2026 tickets holding at early bird pricing, plus a swag bag-only option now available at frogpants.com. News: - NetEase pulls funding for Gang…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8228,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/core-core-gaming-for-core-gamers-1008839/episodes/core-513-ramdemic/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/core-core-gaming-for-core-gamers-1008839/core-513-ramdemic.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}