{"podcast":{"title":"The VGBees Podcast","slug":"the-vgbees-podcast-6924874","podcast_index_feed_id":6924874,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-vgbees-podcast/","website_url":"https://vgbees.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/3320d25d-ee27-4d43-b975-63d6a9712289/IOANjiIWTI06F0gdiYDoBImA.jpg","author":"VGBees","episode_count":120,"summary":"Host and founder of VGBees, John Warren, is joined every week by cohost Niki Grayson and illustrious guests adjacent to video games and culture for candid, funny, and enlightening conversations about an art form that is both uniting and dividing us. Every week, The VGBees Podcast will explore trends and touchpoints you need to know in order to have the most well-rounded idea of what's going on in games. Explore vgbees.com after each episode for notes on each episode as well as written pieces by our collaborators and guests. We all have to work together to build a brighter future for games, so Join The Honey Hive today!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T22:18:01.795928+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vgbees-podcast-6924874"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 102: Subnautica 2 Smashes Sales Expectations, Leaked Xbox Controllers, More Game Unions","slug":"ep-102-subnautica-2-smashes-sales-expectations-leaked-xbox-controllers-more-game-unions","published_at":"2026-05-17T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vgbees-podcast-6924874/ep-102-subnautica-2-smashes-sales-expectations-leaked-xbox-controllers-more-game-unions","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vgbees-podcast-6924874","url":"https://vgbees.com/captivate-podcast/ep-102","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/defbcbef-d561-4258-84ce-b384ac909587.mp3","summary":"Lotus and John discuss the biggest games news of the week, including Subnautica 2 creating a big bonus problem for KRAFTON's CEO, leaked Xbox controllers, and Marathon 's interesting PVE-focused roadmap. 00:00:00 Intro & Buc-ees Fare 00:10:05 Subnautica 2 's massive sales creates an interesting problem for KRAFTON's CEO 00:13:15 Steam Controllers look bad, feel good, and scream when you drop them 00:21:43 Sony takes huge loss on Bungie acquisition ; Marathon gets new PVE-heavy roadmap 00:30:20 Wizards and Hasbro fail to recognize the new MTG: Arena union 00:33:25 Double Fine is also unionzing 00:35:35 New Xbox controllers were leaked 00:38:45 Microsoft fires executive for ties with Israel Ministry of Defense 00:41:35 Sony says studios are using AI, but we have questions 00:49:10 Tekken producer Harada leads new SNK studio 00:53:05 Niki joins the show on locations to run down news so far 00:54:45 Sega backs off of live services games 00:58:38 GameStop's offer to buy eBay thoroughly, hilariously, decisively rebuffed 01:04:12 Nintendo's fiscal report reveals reasons for Switch 2 price hike 01:07:40 House Hunters is the best hotel television show 01:09:10 The story in Digimon Story: Time Stranger is pretty bad 01:18:10 The crew answers your burning HIVE QUESTIONS from our Discord 02:21:50 Reviews & Outro Thanks for listening! Please leave us a review! We'll read it on the show and it helps us out a lot. VGBees is ad-free, AI-free, and completely supported by you! https://vgbees.com/join VGBees is a weekly games media podcast hosted by Niki, John, and Lotus.","meta_description":"Lotus and John discuss the biggest games news of the week, including Subnautica 2 creating a big bonus problem for KRAFTON's CEO, leaked Xbox controllers,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8861,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-vgbees-podcast-6924874/episodes/ep-102-subnautica-2-smashes-sales-expectations-leaked-xbox-controllers-more-game-unions/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vgbees-podcast-6924874/ep-102-subnautica-2-smashes-sales-expectations-leaked-xbox-controllers-more-game-unions.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}