The Dropshot

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The Dropshot is a weekly gaming news and culture podcast hosted by Casey, AKA Razinon, and Jakedown. Casey and Jake are long-time gaming buddies who have strong opinions they are all too happy to share with the internet. The podcast is streamed live at youtube.com/thedropshotpodcast and is also available wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit TheDropshot.com for links to all of the podcast's varied content, including the vibrant Discord community, the Patreon for bonus content, and much more.

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The Dropshot

Episodes (621)

Mon Aug 3rd Saudi Arabia Bought EA — And Gamers Are Mad About a Camera
Jul 27th WARDOGS Looks Incredible... Then They Got Banned On Twitch
Jul 20th MW4 Gameplay Reveal: Kill Block, Recoil Backlash & the DMZ2 Problem

The Dropshot

Aug 3, 2026
2 hours
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On Tuesday, Electronic Arts stops being a public company. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners are closing a $55 billion all-cash buyout — the largest leveraged buyout of a public company in history — and PIF walks away with 93.4% of Madden, FIFA, Apex, The Sims, Battlefield and BioWare. So we spent half the episode on what that actually means: what going private does to a publisher, the $20 billion in debt that lands on EA itself, whether sports betting is the obvious way to service it, and what happens to queer characters in B...

The Dropshot

Saudi Arabia Bought EA — And Gamers Are Mad About a Camera

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