Deconstructor of Fun

TWIG #219 TakeTwo Zynga Acquisition - perhaps most ill-advised acquisitions in gaming of all time

Feb 9, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Last of Us TV Show Is Greenlit for Season Two
01:31 • 2min
3
Exciting Supercell Games - Squad Busters Beta
03:20 • 2min
4
The Brawl Stars Core Is the Next Big Thing for Supercell
05:41 • 2min
5
Activision Blizzard Deal Could Harm Gaming
07:34 • 2min
6
The CMA Isn't Going to Be Equitable With Call Duty, Right?
09:08 • 2min
7
What Does Breakup Look Like?
10:38 • 6min
8
Hogwarts Legacy - A Review
16:18 • 2min
9
Rovio Review
17:51 • 2min
10
Is Platequi the Right One?
19:22 • 2min
11
The Bear Hug
21:01 • 2min
12
Knockout City - The Next Angry Birds Movie?
22:37 • 5min
13
Are Free to Play Games Faking?
27:56 • 2min
14
The Constraints of Having a Publisher, Right?
29:30 • 2min
15
Do You Think Time-Based Effects Make It Harder for Third Party Developers to Develop a Live Service Game?
31:07 • 2min
16
Is Free-to-Play a Good Idea?
33:04 • 2min
17
AAA and Console Markets - What's in Store for You?
34:57 • 2min
18
Exola Payments - It's What Your Gaming Business Needs to Succeed
36:59 • 2min
19
The Zinga Acquisition
39:20 • 2min
20
The Zinga Acquisition Is the Biggest Destroyer of Value
41:14 • 2min
21
The ATT Acquisition Is Not a Smart Acquisition, Right?
43:10 • 2min
22
What's the Point of the Acquisition?
44:49 • 2min
23
King and Zinga
46:22 • 2min
24
Zinga's a Puzzle Gaming Powerhouse, Right?
48:11 • 2min
25
Pocket Gamer - Is Hyper Casual Dead?
49:53 • 2min
26
Hyper Casual Is Dead, Right?
51:32 • 2min
27
Google's Ad Restrictions Have Broken the Other Use Case, Right?
53:05 • 1min
28
Google's Upcoming Restrictions on Ad Placements and Android Apps Are Absolutely Going to Kill the Hyper Casual Gaming Category, Right?
54:34 • 2min
29
Is Voodoo Saying It's Dead?
56:20 • 2min
30
Hyper Casual Gaming
57:55 • 3min