‼️ SEASON FINALE ALERT ‼️ 🎮 Sega takes a massive Rovio write-down as the mobile gaming gold rush cools off 📉 PLUS: eBay rejects GameStop’s takeover bid as “neither credible nor attractive." Tune in here: buff.ly/WSLNyWN

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🛒 GameStop’s CEO wants to buy eBay—and the reasons are somehow even stranger than the headline 🤖 PLUS: Our thoughts on Unity’s recent AI pivot and what that means for the future of games, tune in: buff.ly/6H7QOKT

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🎓 End-of-semester teaching wins, losses, and lessons learned 🤖 AI in the classroom—tool, crutch, or existential threat? 🎧 PLUS: Strategies to beat the AI homework machine, tune in: buff.ly/6H7QOKT

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🎮 Xbox cuts Game Pass prices—strategy shift or quiet retreat? ☁️ PLUS: The cloud gaming dream fades as subscriptions hit their limits. 🫶 All that and more right here: buff.ly/6H7QOKT

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🎯 Disney x Epic’s newest (and possibly dumbest) venture yet. 📉 Find out if today’s industry is “crashier” than it was in the 80s. PLUS: Capitalism enters a new phase of stupid and we hate it! Tune in here: buff.ly/6H7QOKT

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🎮 PlayStation price hike 📈 PLUS: Subscriptions rise as game sales fall. Tune in: buff.ly/ZeXbBNm

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🤯 Layoffs of Epic (Games) proportions 🌍 PLUS: India’s rise & global power shifts in gaming? Tune in: youtube.com/@unboxing_po...

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🎮 Tune in for our GDC 2026 recap: buff.ly/bV10IlT

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ ⚖️ New York takes on Valve over loot boxes 🏠 The WoW × Zillow collab no one asked for... PLUS: Our guide to surviving GDC 2026! Tune in here: buff.ly/90EXVYU

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 👀 What if we told you that Xbox’s CEO reshuffle wasn’t just a swap… 🤯 Check out the this week's episode for the rest of our hottest take yet 🫶

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 👀 Discord is entering its verification era... Face scans. IPO plans. Enshittification? 🫣 Laine and Joost break it down. 🎧 Tune in here: buff.ly/uRjl0Uc

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🧞 Project Genie: What it actually does vs. what it promises 🤔 Tune in here: buff.ly/v9uuA0a or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🧞 Project Genie: What it actually does vs. what it promises 🤔 Tune in here: buff.ly/v9uuA0a or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

‼️ NEW EPISODE ALERT ‼️ 🤖 Joost talks games and AI with pod friend Julian Togelius 🎮 Tune in: buff.ly/lrPP71G

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 💰 Netflix’s $80B bid for Warner Bros. 🏆 PLUS: an indie sweep at The Game Awards?! Tune in here: buff.ly/FYwPyWj

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 📚 End-of-semester wrap–finals, feedback & feels 🫶 PLUS: Pwns, owns & holiday vibes ✨ Tune in: buff.ly/FYwPyWj

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 🚨 GTA VI delayed (yet again) + union-busting allegations at Rockstar? 🌱 PLUS: The Game Awards preview with some thoughts 🏆 Tune in: buff.ly/abMV2zw

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 💻 Steam Machine crashes the console party 📉 Ubisoft delays earnings & halts trading (!?) 🤔 PLUS: Sky Sports’ “Halo” disaster. Tune in: buff.ly/7YZzJEY

🎙️NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 🕹️ GDC gets a rebrand! 🎮 PLUS: Laine’s inside look at GDC’s State of the Industry report 📑 Tune in: youtube.com/@unboxing_po...

👻 NEW EPISODE ALERT 👻 📑The EU’s Digital (Un)Fairness Act? ⚖️ PLUS: Pod Friends returns with Mitu Khandaker on the future of games in NYC 🎮 Tune in: youtube.com/@unboxing_po...

✈️ UNBOXING is grounded this week––Joost got stuck on the tarmac and couldn’t record this week, but don’t worry, we’ll be back next week with a brand-new Pod Friends. 🫂 In the meantime, queue up our Greatest Hits of 2025 playlist: buff.ly/3hvPL8s

UNBOXING's Greatest Hits of 2025

A playlist with all the episodes you all love (and have watched) the most from 2025.

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🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 🌍 The ESA’s 2025 Global Games Report drops 💬 and Laine + Joost have some thoughts 🎂 PLUS: 40 years of the NES! Tune in here 👉 buff.ly/vN4lyND

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 🤑 EA acquired in a $55B Saudi-backed buyout 🌍 What this means for the gay couple in The Sims AND for our geopolitical landscape 🎮 PLUS: Xbox’s $1K handheld + what’s new at the Video Game History Foundation. Tune in here 👉 buff.ly/LcNXiDv

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 💸 What Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee means for games 👥 “Pod Friends” kick off w/ @colleenmacklin.bsky.social, fresh from the Game UX Summit 🪨 PLUS: Stone-skipping scandals (?!) & the benefits of regular student feedback (!!) Watch here 👉 buff.ly/ttCbuqX

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 📊 Student gameplay survey results revealed. PLUS: WNBA playoffs 🏀 & Mario turns 40 🎂Tune in:

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🎙️ NEW EPISODE 🎙️ 🎮 Nintendo’s Switch 2 smashes records & why they keep winning ⚖️ Roblox faces a new lawsuit, and more policy shifts 💸 PLUS: the $80 game debate & student survey sneak peaks for next week! Tune in here 👉 buff.ly/zVx3VbQ

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🎙️ BACK TO SCHOOL EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 📚 Fall syllabi with final cuts revealed 🎮 Peek inside their annual gameplay habits survey 📊 PLUS: Roblox doc w/ Chris Hansen? Yep, that’s a thing 🕵️ Tune in here: buff.ly/zVx3VbQ

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The UNBOXING podcast is a weekly dose of insight into play and profit for the gaming curious. Joost crunches data. Laine rummages in archives. Together these two NYU professors unlock the secrets of…

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🎙️NEW EPISODE ALERT🎙️ 📊 EA, Take-Two & Krafton earnings decoded 🔍 Updates on this summer’s top stories 🇦🇺 PLUS: Find out who is throwing dildos at WNBA games and why! 🏀 Tune in here:

UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious

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🎙️NEW EPISODE ALERT🎙️ 📈 Roblox quarterly earnings broken down ⚖️ Updates in the Epic v Google lawsuit. PLUS: Raven Software locks in a historic union contract ✊ Tune in here:

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🎙️NEW EPISODE ALERT🎙️ Steam and itch pulled thousands of NSFW games 🔞 PLUS, find out how payment processors became censors 🤬 and how the UK’s Online Safety Act isn’t helping 🙅 Tune in here:

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