Welcome to The Brave Room’s shiny new format, where Wan and Kit make their hottest and/or deranged takes (on the latter’s part) over things that happened during the month.

Fortuitously enough, the episode can capitalize on the freshly stoked coals of the Microsoft Xbox Activision Blizzard acquisition. The combination of Kotick’s payout and buttered up self post exclusive interview should be able to let him make a slippery exit to the next tax haven until the court lifts its subpoena finger.

January may be coming to a close, but some of the festivities are only just beginning. Kit is possessed by the force of the Pharaoh to shill Arknights, while everyone’s favourite Genshin Impact still hasn’t quite begun their Lunar New Year fun. Considering how ubiquitous Japanese gacha games and kimono / furisode/ hakama skins tend to be, remembering cheongsam or hanfu ones gets hard.

Last but not least, the No-Thanks FTs get some time. If people properly understood what they are, perhaps we can all stop giving additional stress to journalists who really don’t want to accidentally promote volatile coin outside of a footnote.

The Brave Room is GamerBraves’ own podcast, hosted by “Wan” Amirul and Kit “Needs More Hobbies” Chew. It’s available on YouTube, Anchor and Spotify.