TripleJump Podcast #102: Scalpers Buying Out McDonald’s Happy Meals For Rare Pokemon Cards?

The TripleJump Podcast

Join Ben Potter and Peter Austin as they run through some listener questions, what they're playing, some weird gaming news, and speculate how different the video game landscape and gaming technology will be in 30 years? What about greedy adults proving that not even children’s Happy Meals from McDonalds are safe from scalpers, when they’re bundled with rare Pokemon cards celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the classic Nintendo franchise? This is the TripleJump gaming podcast.

0:00 Intro

17:02 What We Playin'

36:00 WEIRD NEWS

1:03:04 Big Discussion

LINKS:

- https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/9/22274841/mcdonalds-pokemon-cards-anniversary-25-scalpers-ebay-prices-resell-happy-meal

- https://www.thegamer.com/steam-bot-reviews-very-positive-sketchy-company-name/

- https://www.thegamer.com/how-ionizing-particle-outer-space-helped-super-mario-64-speedrunner-save-time/

#Pokemon #SuperMario64 #FutureOfGaming

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