Join the Professors for Course #17, as Bezos wants our PC’s, and his "Grid Compute" vision to replace your hardware. There was a massive GPU "end-of-life" scare, and a report on multiple instances of new Ryzen chips experiencing some burn out. The free game Blood West sees a Steam spike, and why Cory in the House is the king of Metacritic memes. We also break down the Monster Hunter Wilds pay for frames drama and look back at the legacies of Doug Bowser and one of the fathers of nerd culture David Rosen. Rockstar HQ blows up, and we follow up the Highguard discussion from last week. Heru and Plague would love your feedback! Let us know what we can improve on and other topics you'd like to hear us discuss by reaching out to feedback@thegameprofessors.com . Come in and grab a seat as we profess our love and hate for all things video games!

27:31 Civics and Sociology

The End of Local PC Ownership?

Amazon's "Grid Compute" Vision

GeForce Now 100-Hour Monthly Playtime Limit

Blizzard’s failure to enforce their Addon TOS

1:22:13 Business and Econ

End of Life GPU’s

1:33:39 Shop Class

AMD Cpu’s burning out

1:39:30 Lab Work

Monster Hunter: Wilds Pay to Win panic

1:50:37 Gaming History

Gaming Legend Doug Bowser steps down from Nintendo

RIP David Rosen, Thank you for all you did

Join the Professors as we discuss potential DRAM supply from the $100 billion Micron "mega-fab" project, the bizarre rise of targeted RAM theft, and the rumored StarCraft shooter from Blizzard. We also breakdown the final shutdown of Anthem and Mark Darrah's revelation about local server code that could have saved it. We head to the Lab to dissect the Code Violet PC controversy and Marathon’s polarizing visual pivot. We also examine the latest Steam hardware survey and Highguard's "dead on arrival" concerns. Finally, we break down Steam’s record-breaking $1.6B December and the platform "monopoly" debate, while addressing Kotick’s wild legal claims about a 60% Call of Duty sales crash.

Heru and Plague would love your feedback! Let us know what we can improve on and other topics you'd like to hear us discuss by reaching out to feedback@thegameprofessors.com . Come in and grab a seat as we profess our love and hate for all things video games!

Join the Professors as we dive deep into two massive gaming industry stories that are reshaping the landscape! We're covering the PlayStation 5 ROM key leak that could accelerate emulation and modification for this generation, Razer's new desktop holographic AI waifu, and celebrating a 92-year-old Japanese grandmother dominating Tekken 8. Plus, we're tackling Discord's confidential IPO filing and a nuclear-powered AI data center boom? We are forced into exploring the AM4 and DDR4 resurgence as skyrocketing memory prices push builders back to older, more affordable hardware. Then we break down Riot's embarrassing certificate mishap that took League of Legends offline globally—and how Logitech followed in their footsteps. Heru does a dive in the LoL season one (2026) update and the changes it brings. Then we finish with Faker's historic Blue Dragon Medal—South Korea's highest sports honor. Heru and Plague would love your feedback! Let us know what we can improve on and other topics you'd like to hear us discuss by reaching out to feedback@thegameprofessors.com . Come in and grab a seat as we profess our love and hate for all things video games!

Timestamps:

27:36 - Business and Econ

44:40 - Shop Class

1:02:27 - Civics and Sociology

1:20:31 - Gym Class