Show Notes

Show Notes/Outline for The 1-Up Club

Updated 7/17/2018

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• Introductions 
• 1-Up Club
• All-new 1-up.club website
• Follow on YouTube, Facebook, Reddit and Podbean
• Visit the store
• Game-Block.com
•  Ease-In
• E3 in retrospect
• A month later: what we think
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• Story 1
• [LINK] Saudi Arabia Bans 47 Games After 2 Children Appear to Commit Suicide
• 13 year old girl, 12 year old boy
• Both recently played Blue Whale Game
• Ban covers Grand Theft Auto, Assassin's Creed, and The Witcher series as well as others 
• Egypt and United Arab Emirates have already enacted similar bans on Blue Whale Game
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• Story 2
• [LINK] BioWare's James Ohlen Retires from Game Industry
• 22-year career at BioWare
• Creative director for games like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and The Old Republic, Balder's Gate 1 & 2, upcoming Anthem
• Will continue work on "smaller, more personal projects"
• Stays on as founder of Arcanum Worlds working on D&D projects
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• Story 3
•   [LINK] Uncharted Fan Film Hits YouTube
• 15-minute fan flick stars Nathan Fillion 
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• Story 3
• [LINK] Epic Adjusts its Unreal Engine Payout Structure to Benefit Developers
• Epic reduces take from 30/70 to 12/88
• Credited the success of Fortnite for the move
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• Game Releases This Week
• June 17
•  Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion (PS4, XB1, PC)
• Sonic Mania Plus (PS4, XB1, Switch, PC)
•  June 24
• Mega Man X Collection 1 & 2 (PS4, XB1, Switch, PC)
• No Man's Sky (XB1)
• The Banner Saga (PS4, XB1, Switch, PC, Mac) 
• Plugs/Goodbyes 

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