{"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":"Nintendo's Slice of Life Spring","slug":"nintendo-s-slice-of-life-spring","published_at":"2026-03-29T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vgbees-podcast-6924874/nintendo-s-slice-of-life-spring","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vgbees-podcast-6924874","url":"https://vgbees.com/captivate-podcast/nintendos-slice-of-life-spring","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ce084ac0-cfba-4e22-ad31-38e661c574a4.mp3","summary":"Support us by joining The Hive! This week, Lotus , Niki , and John contemplate Nintendo's strange (but maybe deliberate) choice to launch Animal Crossing 's Switch 2 edition, Pokemon Pokopia , and Tomodachi Life in one tidy two month stretch. Also: Epic lays off 1,000 due to Fortnite \"underperforming\" OpenAI cans Sora and Disney exits investment Alex from Street Fighter 6 married his adopted sister! Nintendo to price digital and physical differently PlayStation raising all hardware prices Nintendo planning new Star Fox, Ocarina of Time remake, no 3D Mario in 2026 Wanderstop dev Ivy Road is shutting down Funi Raccoon Game is Irish in surprising and delightful ways Tomodachi Life 's demo reminds us why the Wii era was so successful Marathon might make it???? BLΛƆKPIИK has a new EP out! We answer your burning HIVE QUESTIONS from our lovely Discord Thanks so much for listening! Leave us a review and we'll read it on the show!","meta_description":"Support us by joining The Hive! This week, Lotus , Niki , and John contemplate Nintendo's strange (but maybe deliberate) choice to launch Animal Crossing…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8044,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-vgbees-podcast-6924874/episodes/nintendo-s-slice-of-life-spring/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/nintendo-s-slice-of-life-spring.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}