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Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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What’s going on with all those layoffs in the gaming industry? What does being “middle class” actually mean? What’s up with this weird thing that happens when I sleep? Life is full of questions: simple ones with complicated answers and complicated ones with simple answers hiding in plain sight. Explain It to Me is here to answer the ones that matter most to you. We’re your go-to hotline for all the questions you can’t quite answer on your own. Call 1-800-618-8545 or send a voice memo to [email protected]. And tell us: what are the questions that keep you up at night – literally? Credits: Jonquilyn Hill, host Hady Mawajdeh, producer Andrea Kristinsdottir, engineer Carla Javier, supervising producer Miranda Kennedy, editor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, John Cloor.
0:02.0	So I was wondering what the heck is that?
0:04.0	I've looked it up and I cannot find the answer.
0:07.0	I just wish someone could do the research on this.
0:09.0	And if somebody would love to look into that, that's great because I can't take the time to go down that rabbit hole.
0:16.0	Hey, it's John Flynn.
0:20.0	This is Explain It to Me, your go-to hotline for all the questions you can't quite answer on your own.
0:26.6	Here at Explain It to Me, we love hearing from you.
0:29.7	It makes our day.
0:33.5	I've been a huge gamer my whole life since I was a kid.
0:40.3	This is a multi-billion dollar industry. One of the biggest industries in the entire world,
0:43.3	and somehow they can't keep producers and developers employed.
0:48.3	Some of my favorite indie studios are shutting down,
0:51.3	even massive companies are laying off people.
0:53.3	Where's the money going,
0:55.2	what's going on?
0:56.5	Okay, so take that question, which came in recently.
0:59.8	I'm personally not a huge gamer.
1:02.4	If you saw the state of my Animal Crossing Island right now, you would be appalled.
1:06.9	But this sent me down a rabbit hole about the state of the gaming industry.
1:11.6	Why have there been so many layoffs?
1:13.6	Like, can AI make video games now so we don't need as many humans to make them?
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