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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨 👶 The EU wants to regulate games for kids 🎮💰 PLUS: the games industry is getting more concentrated, with the top 10 publishers now pulling in ~$100B a year! Tune in 👉 www.youtube.com/@UNBOXING_po...

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨 🎮 Roblox is going EVERYWHERE 🎰 Welcome to the slotpocalypse 💸 Do you actually own your in-game currency? 🧱 Roblox: platform, engine, or the next YouTube? 👀 Who’s responsible when games leave the platform? Tune in 👉 youtube.com/@unboxing_po...

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨 🎮 What are college students ACTUALLY playing? 📱 Switch > Xbox, apparently 🥽 VR is basically dead 🧱 Minecraft rules a generation 📺 YouTube is beating Twitch 🤖 And 55%+ use AI every day Laine & Joost dig into their students’ gaming habits 👀 Tune in 👉 youtube.com/@unboxing_po...

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨 🎮 Gamescom is king? 💰 EA gets bought for $55B 💸 PLUS: GTA VI, Netflix & the future of digital game ownership 👀 Laine & Joost are BACK to unpack the biggest stories from this summer! Tune in 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/0x1E...

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

‼️ SEASON FINALE ALERT ‼️ 🎮 Sega takes a massive Rovio write-down as the mobile gaming gold rush cools off 📉 PLUS: eBay rejects GameStop’s takeover bid as “neither credible nor attractive." Tune in here: buff.ly/WSLNyWN

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🛒 GameStop’s CEO wants to buy eBay—and the reasons are somehow even stranger than the headline 🤖 PLUS: Our thoughts on Unity’s recent AI pivot and what that means for the future of games, tune in: buff.ly/6H7QOKT

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🎓 End-of-semester teaching wins, losses, and lessons learned 🤖 AI in the classroom—tool, crutch, or existential threat? 🎧 PLUS: Strategies to beat the AI homework machine, tune in: buff.ly/6H7QOKT

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🎮 Xbox cuts Game Pass prices—strategy shift or quiet retreat? ☁️ PLUS: The cloud gaming dream fades as subscriptions hit their limits. 🫶 All that and more right here: buff.ly/6H7QOKT

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🎯 Disney x Epic’s newest (and possibly dumbest) venture yet. 📉 Find out if today’s industry is “crashier” than it was in the 80s. PLUS: Capitalism enters a new phase of stupid and we hate it! Tune in here: buff.ly/6H7QOKT

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🎮 PlayStation price hike 📈 PLUS: Subscriptions rise as game sales fall. Tune in: buff.ly/ZeXbBNm

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🤯 Layoffs of Epic (Games) proportions 🌍 PLUS: India’s rise & global power shifts in gaming? Tune in: youtube.com/@unboxing_po...

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🎮 Tune in for our GDC 2026 recap: buff.ly/bV10IlT

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ ⚖️ New York takes on Valve over loot boxes 🏠 The WoW × Zillow collab no one asked for... PLUS: Our guide to surviving GDC 2026! Tune in here: buff.ly/90EXVYU

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 👀 What if we told you that Xbox’s CEO reshuffle wasn’t just a swap… 🤯 Check out the this week's episode for the rest of our hottest take yet 🫶

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 👀 Discord is entering its verification era... Face scans. IPO plans. Enshittification? 🫣 Laine and Joost break it down. 🎧 Tune in here: buff.ly/uRjl0Uc

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🧞 Project Genie: What it actually does vs. what it promises 🤔 Tune in here: buff.ly/v9uuA0a or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🧞 Project Genie: What it actually does vs. what it promises 🤔 Tune in here: buff.ly/v9uuA0a or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🤖 Joost talks games and AI with pod friend Julian Togelius 🎮 Tune in: buff.ly/lrPP71G

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 💰 Netflix’s $80B bid for Warner Bros. 🏆 PLUS: an indie sweep at The Game Awards?! Tune in here: buff.ly/FYwPyWj

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 📚 End-of-semester wrap–finals, feedback & feels 🫶 PLUS: Pwns, owns & holiday vibes ✨ Tune in: buff.ly/FYwPyWj

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 🚨 GTA VI delayed (yet again) + union-busting allegations at Rockstar? 🌱 PLUS: The Game Awards preview with some thoughts 🏆 Tune in: buff.ly/abMV2zw

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 💻 Steam Machine crashes the console party 📉 Ubisoft delays earnings & halts trading (!?) 🤔 PLUS: Sky Sports’ “Halo” disaster. Tune in: buff.ly/7YZzJEY

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

🎙️NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 🕹️ GDC gets a rebrand! 🎮 PLUS: Laine’s inside look at GDC’s State of the Industry report 📑 Tune in: youtube.com/@unboxing_po...

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

👻 NEW EPISODE ALERT 👻 📑The EU’s Digital (Un)Fairness Act? ⚖️ PLUS: Pod Friends returns with Mitu Khandaker on the future of games in NYC 🎮 Tune in: youtube.com/@unboxing_po...

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

✈️ UNBOXING is grounded this week––Joost got stuck on the tarmac and couldn’t record this week, but don’t worry, we’ll be back next week with a brand-new Pod Friends. 🫂 In the meantime, queue up our Greatest Hits of 2025 playlist: buff.ly/3hvPL8s

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A playlist with all the episodes you all love (and have watched) the most from 2025.

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 🌍 The ESA’s 2025 Global Games Report drops 💬 and Laine + Joost have some thoughts 🎂 PLUS: 40 years of the NES! Tune in here 👉 buff.ly/vN4lyND

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 🤑 EA acquired in a $55B Saudi-backed buyout 🌍 What this means for the gay couple in The Sims AND for our geopolitical landscape 🎮 PLUS: Xbox’s $1K handheld + what’s new at the Video Game History Foundation. Tune in here 👉 buff.ly/LcNXiDv

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 💸 What Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee means for games 👥 “Pod Friends” kick off w/ @colleenmacklin.bsky.social, fresh from the Game UX Summit 🪨 PLUS: Stone-skipping scandals (?!) & the benefits of regular student feedback (!!) Watch here 👉 buff.ly/ttCbuqX

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

🎙️ NEW EPISODE 🎙️ 🎮 Nintendo’s Switch 2 smashes records & why they keep winning ⚖️ Roblox faces a new lawsuit, and more policy shifts 💸 PLUS: the $80 game debate & student survey sneak peaks for next week! Tune in here 👉 buff.ly/zVx3VbQ

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The UNBOXING podcast is a weekly dose of insight into play and profit for the gaming curious. Joost crunches data. Laine rummages in archives. Together these two NYU professors unlock the secrets of…

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

🎙️ BACK TO SCHOOL EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 📚 Fall syllabi with final cuts revealed 🎮 Peek inside their annual gameplay habits survey 📊 PLUS: Roblox doc w/ Chris Hansen? Yep, that’s a thing 🕵️ Tune in here: buff.ly/zVx3VbQ

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

🎙️NEW EPISODE ALERT🎙️ Steam and itch pulled thousands of NSFW games 🔞 PLUS, find out how payment processors became censors 🤬 and how the UK’s Online Safety Act isn’t helping 🙅 Tune in here:

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Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

you may know that my game industry podcast @unboxingpod.bsky.social is back. Did you know we also switched frm Substack to Buttondown? But this hasn't been great for our discoverability, and ppl unsub b/c they prefer ST's format. So sub & share, if you dare: buttondown.com/unboxingpodc...

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“This podcast absolutely rocks – give it a listen if you want an under the hood look at the games business from some very smart people!” “I follow a lot of game podcasts, but this one stands out for h...

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I make my triumphant return to Unboxing to talk about Trade Magazine Week!

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

🎥 NEW VIDEO EPISODE ALERT 🎥 UPDATE: UNBOXING is coming to you…well… pre-recorded but hey, we’re on video now! 👨‍💻then, Apple delists a classic + the return of Stop Killing Games 📘 PLUS: Laine talks with @PhilSalvador from the Video Game History Foundation 🕹️ Watch us here

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

📢 NEW PODCAST DROP 📢 📚Laine & Joost go full professor mode with a mid-summer syllabi swap 💳 PLUS: buy now, pay later comes to gaming 🎬 and Nintendo announces casting choices for live-action Zelda movie. Listen in:

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Podcast · Laine Nooney, Joost van Dreunen · Joost crunches data. Laine rummages in archives. Together on UNBOXING, these two NYU professors unlock the secrets of the games business they share with…

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

I'm glad Unboxing is back, and this episode shows why. There's tons of podcasts on games, but this is the best one to have actual researchers sharing insights. The sort of people who get an industry survey and instead of examining the press release, they examine its motivations, methodology & flaws

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

📢 NEW PODCAST DROP 📢 🪓 Another round of Microsoft layoffs spark consolidation questions 📊what the ESA’s Essential Facts report tells us about gaming in the US 🇺🇸🎮 PLUS: your hosts recap the Games for Change conference and more! Listen in:

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

🎙️NEW EPISODE 🎙️Embracer gets serious about restructuring✂️ PLUS: Microsoft ratifies the first-ever U.S. game worker union contract 🫶🇺🇸and your hosts discuss new and exciting things coming out in the world of games 🎮 Listen in!

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UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Laine and Joost return from hiatus older, wiser, and slightly more disillusioned. After life updates, they dive into the state of the games industry. Plus: Apple loses in court, Steam gets sued (again), and Laine spills the tea on fighting the ESA over game preservation rights. youtu.be/UiazDSUKauA

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