The USgamer Podcast: Should There be so Much Doom and Gloom Around SNES Classic Availability?

PODCAST | Our team talks Uncharted, SNES Classic, Assassin's Creed, and much more!

Article by Kat Bailey, Editor in Chief

Updated on 23 August 2017

The USgamer Podcast is our weekly flagship podcast that is updated every Wednesday. You can find the previous episodes here.

The USgamer Podcast is back again, and we have a lot to cover as talk SNES Classic pre-orders, Uncharted, Assassin's Creed, and much more (download link here).

We're just starting to get into the teeth of the review season around here, and there's lots to talk about as we dive into yet another loaded podcast.

This week we address all the craziness around the SNES Classic pre-orders, as well as the general frustration abounds around it. But is it a given that the SNES Classic will be impossible to find at launch? I'm not so sure.

As for our major topic, we discuss an ongoing problem in the industry: crunch. We talk about whether or not things have improved since the EA Spouse days; the destructive impact it has on the industry's talent base, and whether game developers can actually unionize. All that and more as we tackle all of this week's events on the flagship podcast!

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Show Description

Kat, Nadia, Mike, and Caty get together to talk Uncharted Lost Legacy and Assassin's Creed Origins impressions, then debate whether the SNES Classic will end up being as hard to find as the NES Classic. Then they dive into a tough subject in the games industry: Crunch. Have things improved in the past decade? The crew have thoughts.

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Kat Bailey

Editor in Chief

Kat Bailey is a former freelance writer and contributor to publications including 1UP, IGN, GameSpot, GamesRadar, and EGM. Her fondest memories as a journalist are at GamePro, where she hosted RolePlayer's Realm and had legal access to the term "Protip." She is USgamer's resident mecha enthusiast, Pokemon Master, and Minnesota Vikings nut (skol).