{"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":"Voluntarily Surrendering Your License To Print Money w/ Michael Higham","slug":"voluntarily-surrendering-your-license-to-print-money-w-michael-higham","published_at":"2026-03-01T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vgbees-podcast-6924874/voluntarily-surrendering-your-license-to-print-money-w-michael-higham","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vgbees-podcast-6924874","url":"https://vgbees.com/captivate-podcast/voluntarily-surrendering-your-license-to-print-money-w-michael-higham","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/e4bc9f06-7c82-40e5-b121-ef3a2a06b8a5.mp3","summary":"On this week's show, the crew deals with several major post-scripts from last week's jam-packed news discussion block. Fortunately, Lotus , Niki , and John are joined by certified GOAT Michael Higham to unpack it all. Michael beat Resident Evil Requiem and John played it on Switch 2 The global storage shortage gets very real with Seagate and Western Digital allocating stock of hard drives through 2026 Valve is revisiting the timeline of their new hardware suite Steam Deck OLED stock is out intermittently in major regions Sony and Nintendo both evaluating delays and price hikes for hardware TiMi's Montreal studio closing Turns out we were right about pretty much everything we discussed regarding Tencent and Highguard last week Microsoft Japan under investigation for monopolistic practices Discord delaying age verification amid backlash skate developer laying off unknown number of staff New York Attorney General suing Valve over loot boxes UK Advertising Committee issues enforcement over loot boxes Eurogamer hit with layoffs Blueprint pitched a Bloodborne remake before its closure Pokemon Winds & Waves revealed for 2027 release Michael and Niki played Marathon Niki and John played Vampire Crawlers Niki played Titanium Court Michael played Cicadamata The crew answers your burning HIVE QUESTIONS from our lovely Discord Thanks for listening! Join The Hive by going to vgbees.com/join today!","meta_description":"On this week's show, the crew deals with several major post-scripts from last week's jam-packed news discussion block. Fortunately, Lotus , Niki , and Joh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":10874,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-vgbees-podcast-6924874/episodes/voluntarily-surrendering-your-license-to-print-money-w-michael-higham/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/voluntarily-surrendering-your-license-to-print-money-w-michael-higham.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}