Nintendo caused a stir across its competitive fanbase this week when it announced new guidelines regulating community tournaments, defining the terms that organizers would have to follow in order to qualify as a small-scale event (allowing for them to function without an official license from Nintendo). Reaction to the guidelines has been nearly universally negative, with fans pointing out how the new rules that are meant to protect Nintendo's IP will ultimately result in the exclusion of fans who love the company's games. We discuss the new guidelines and debate whether Nintendo can actually back them up.
We also talk about how Twitch will now allow users to simulcast to competitor streaming platforms, the "shocking" news that Konami phoned in the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection, and how Blizzard is giving away a PC infused with real human blood.
Finally, Donnie takes us all the way back to October 1998 in Retro Rewind.
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