Microsoft Is Gutting the Video Game Industry
On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Nathan Grayson on the tech giant’s destructive impact on the gaming world.
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Microsoft Is Gutting the Video Game Industry | Tech Won’t Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Nathan Grayson to discuss the latest round of Microsoft layoffs and how the company’s ambition to remake the video game industry around its streaming service has had significant consequences.
Nathan Grayson is a co-founder of Aftermath and author of Stream Big: The Triumphs and Turmoils of Twitch and the Stars Behind the Screen.
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People walk past the front entrance to a Microsoft office building on 8th Avenue in New York City on June 24, 2025.
(Gary Hershorn / Getty Images)Paris Marx is joined by Nathan Grayson to discuss the latest round of Microsoft layoffs and how the company’s ambition to remake the video game industry around its streaming service has had significant consequences.
Nathan Grayson is a co-founder of Aftermath and author of Stream Big: The Triumphs and Turmoils of Twitch and the Stars Behind the Screen.
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Cybertrucks Are a Safety Disaster With Dara Kerr | Tech Won’t Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Dara Kerr to discuss how Elon’s decision to prioritize aesthetics over safety has created a safety crisis, causing people to burn alive in their Cybertrucks and other Tesla vehicles.
Dara Kerr is a technology reporter at Guardian US.
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