Episode 629: Chipmunk Voice

What’s with the title? Stick to the end of the episode to find out. Meanwhile, this week was fairly slow and it was tough finding things to talk about — Minecraft has been in the news a lot lately.

  • Microsoft is ‘definitely not done’ acquiring studios
  • Company sells new PS5 plate design
  • Minecraft Java Edition and Bedrock Edition are coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC

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