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Around the World:  00:11:13

• Nintendo ending their YouTube creator's program (mandatory 30% cut) in favor of "simplified" / "modernized" general rules across multiple official programs on major streaming services
• A retailer "accidentally" releases physical Super Smash Brothers Ultimate carts early; pirated copies with deluge of spoilers appears online
• Valve reducing their cut of revenue for high-earning games; from 30%, to 25% at $10M revenue, 20% at $50M revenue
• Epic Games no longer actively developing new Unreal Tournament title; focusing efforts on Fortnite
• Epic Games opens own game distribution store, taking 12% cut regardless of total revenue
• CAPY Games' BELOW finally released (as of Thurs, 13 Dec), five years after
• Discord opens own game distribution store, taking 10% cut
• Super Smash Brothers Ultimate released; online play is typical "Nintendo-bad"
• More classic NES titles released on Switch retro library
• Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition launches, with DLSS support; 75% of remaining DLC canceled as Tabata leaves Square to form his own studio
• Our end-of-year 2018 party is 28-29 Dec, with cool streams
• PlayStation Classic released, 20 built-in games; runs on a mod of a mod (PCSX ReArmed) of an open-source emulator (PCSX)
• Walmart takes a crack at a "gaming" PC; cheap, shoddy construction, overall terrible value

Bonus Level 1:  01:07:22

• DaMonz, Christine Giguere, Denis Bluteau - Sweet Dreams, Koholint - Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (OC ReMix)
• PsyNES - You Got the Power - Mega Man 3 (OC ReMix)
• Eino Keskitalo - Pale Ale from Bale - Legend of Dragoon (OC ReMix)

Personal Gaming:  01:17:55

• LA-MULANA (PC; Quest for Semi-Glory, now complete)
• ZeroRanger (PC; Quest for Semi-Glory, now complete)
• Dead Cells (PC; Quest for Semi-Glory, now in progress)
• Risk of Rain (PC; co-op)
• Batsugun SP (Arcade; Shmup Book Club, Nov 2018)
• DoDonPachi II - Bee Storm (Arcade; Shmup Book Club, Dec 2018)
• Strikers 1945 II (Arcade; Shmup Book Club, Dec 2018)
• Dimahoo (PC; Shmup Book Club, Oct-Dec 2018)
• Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES; weekly randomizers)
• Assault Android Cactus (PC; weekly speedrun practice, FPS mode, Infinity Drive)
• Tetris DX (Gameboy Color)
• Tetris: The Grandmaster (Arcade)
• Tetris: The Absolute The Grandmaster 2 PLUS (Arcade)
• Octopath Traveler (Switch)
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch)
• Battletoads (NES)
• Jamestown (PC)
• World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (PC)
• Pathfinder (tabletop)
• SiN Gold (PC)
• Quake II (PC)
• Unreal (PC)

Bonus Level 2:  02:06:03

• djpretzel - A Town That's Right for Me - Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (OC ReMix)
• Inrudiment - The Vast Glass Orb - Tyranst: Fight Through Time (OC ReMix)
• Chimpazilla, bLiNd - Nine Inch Super Mushrooms - Super Mario World (OC ReMix)

Ad-hoc Design: 02:18:22

• Nature-based survival platformer
• Musical puzzle platformer
• Lane-based ribbon rhythm game