{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6786cf573ceecdbe85eac067/67c9ad9722c74795c3f8d531?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 4: Digital Ownership and Discoverability","description":"<p>The I've had three hours of sleep and can't think of a better title edition! This time we discuss Warner Bros. doing more redundancies and how digital ownership is an illusion. Plus! Steam Next Fest demos, and the new discoverability app everyone's talking about. And more! We've been playing Avowed, and a cool free text-based puzzle game feat. mysterious deaths.</p><p>You can listen to the episode directly right here, or find it in your pod catching apps.</p><p>iTunes:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/total-playtime/id1790845149\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/total-playtime/id1790845149</a></p><p>Spotify:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/1jPv8y9BRzqATFT7zXRxKW\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://open.spotify.com/show/1jPv8y9BRzqATFT7zXRxKW</a></p><p>RSS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6786cf573ceecdbe85eac067\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6786cf573ceecdbe85eac067</a></p><p>Acast:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/total-playtime\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://shows.acast.com/total-playtime</a></p><p>Artwork by Marsh Davies. Music by God Ribbon.&nbsp;</p><p><u>Links</u></p><p>WB <a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/news/529310/warner-bros-games-monolith-productions-multiversus-studio-closure\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">shut down good studios</a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"https://www.eurogamer.net/shadow-of-mordors-brilliant-nemesis-system-is-locked-away-by-a-warner-bros-patent-until-2036-despite-studio-shutdown\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">have good systems</a>&nbsp;in their Indiana Jones warehouse of patents. You <a href=\"https://www.zdnet.com/article/last-chance-to-download-your-kindle-books-amazon-is-killing-this-option-today/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">don't own your Amazon ebooks</a>. The <a href=\"https://gamehistory.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Video Game History Foundation</a>&nbsp;is preserving games. Dominic Tarason has <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xI5NIYodtNjS_28Nt9sja5mAG1hlH4U5YMcH7XXZ_HA/edit?gid=0#gid=0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a great free games spreadsheet</a>. Ludocene is having a crack at a <a href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ludocene/ludocene-game-discovery-from-people-you-trust\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">different, better kind of game discovery</a>.</p><p><u>Games</u></p><p><a href=\"https://store.steampowered.com/app/3176050/Cantaloupe_Chronicle/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cantaloupe Chronicle</a>, <a href=\"https://store.steampowered.com/app/3138780/Do_No_Harm/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Do No Harm</a>, <a href=\"https://william-rous.itch.io/type-help\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Type Help</a>, <a href=\"https://store.steampowered.com/app/2457220/Avowed/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Avowed</a>, <a href=\"https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/resogun/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Resogun</a></p><p><u>Recommendations</u></p><p><a href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/beebo-russell-seattle-plane-theft-true-story-1187023/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Sky Thief</a>&nbsp;article on Rolling Stone; <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@ToddintheShadows\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Todd In The Shadows</a>.</p>","author_name":"Total Playtime"}