Niki is IN JOHN'S HOUSE this weekend. Wild stuff. They grabbed lunch at Hurtado BBQ and ate a truly irresponsible amount and then decided to podcast! Smart? Not really. But here we are! Discussion points:

• AEW All In Texas
• The Steam Summer Sale
• Peak
• Rematch
• Songs/games of the summer
• Seasonal/weather-specific games

We also answer your HIVE QUESTIONS from Discord.

On a very special public bonus of the show, John is joined by fellow disabled games media person Grant Stoner (IGN, Polygon, VGBees) to celebrate Disability Pride Month! How do they celebrate? By regaling each other with tales of crippledom from yesterday and today! Also:

• The importance of sources in investigative journalism
• Advice for disabled writers working in the field
• The most out of pocket interactions we've had as disabled people (oops, all Christian mysticism!)
• The joy of breaking outside of accessibility coverage (to some extent)
• The excitement of community reporting
• How layoffs disproportionately affect disabled workers
• And much more!

We also answer some of your HIVE QUESTIONS from our Discord. We also compare head and torso sizes/shapes. You're welcome!

This week, Niki and John are joined by perhaps the greatest games media talent scout in the industry's history, Endless Mode's Editor-in-Chief Garrett Martin. He hung out to tell us about the new site, what to expect from its amazing writers, and, of course, theme parks! Also:

• nearly half an hour of AEW All In Texas preview discussion (sorry non-wrestling fans)
• Kotaku's sale to Keleops
• Microsoft's astonishing layoff round of 9,100 employees
• Perfect Dark reboot canceled and studio shuttered
• EA's bonkers 100,000,000 player expectation for Battlefield
• Bonk!
• Shmups!
• Half Sword
• SGDQ 2025

Also, we answer your burning HIVE QUESTIONS from our Discord.