No ShowmeCAST 118 this week we invite Leticia Leite and we talked about the news for the month of November with news about pop culture, technology and video games. From the nominees of The Game Awards, until the crisis in the technology industry with controversies involving Elon Musk and the rise of Koo in Brazil. In addition, we talked about the first phase of the World cup and how we managed to get several predictions wrong in our lottery last episode.
We started ShowmeCAST 118 talking about the dismissals that shook the structures of Twitter after the entry of Elon Musk as owner of the social network. After several controversies involving the mistaken dismissal of an employee, suspicion of leaking confidential information and public manifestations of indignation on the part of the staff of the Twitter, the social network found itself on the verge of stopping its operation worldwide.
We talked about the Indian site – with a curious name – that managed to attract users in Brazil and applied for the position of substitute for the Twitter: Koo🇧🇷 We try to understand the impossibility of success of the social network in Brazil in the face of the fifth grade spirit on the part of the users and how difficult it is to migrate mass members between networks to a new one. player on the market.
Continuing ShowmeCAST 118, we discussed about the nominees of The Game Awards in the main categories. There are a few days left for the “Oscars of videogames” and we take the opportunity to leave our guesses on who has the best chances of taking the trophies.
In the nomination for the main game trophy of the year – the famous GOTY – we have Horizon forbidden west da Guerrilla Games, God of war ragnarok do Santa Monica Studios, The Plague Tale: Requiem do Asobo Studio, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 da Monolith Soft, Elden Ring da From Software and, the surprise of the list of nominations, Stray from the indie studio Blue Twelve Studio🇧🇷 In this week's episode we discuss which of these games is more likely to win and why.
In addition to awards, fans are eagerly awaiting announcements of new games between each of the categories. The event will be held on December 8, 2022 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and will be broadcast on Twitch e YouTube. Second Geoff keighley, is expected several announcements from unreleased content for games already released and news never before released.
We also talked on ShowmeCAST 118 about the discharge of cases of COVID-19 and new obligation to wear a mask on public transport in some cities in Brazil🇧🇷 According to the announcement made last week, following the technical analysis of the Management Council of the State Secretariat for Science, Research and Development in Health, there is an increase in cases of COVID-19 with a new peak of virus circulation. Due to this, a mask distribution campaign was started and reinforcement was given for the importance of vaccination of all possible doses for each person.
This week's ShowmeCAST 118 reinforced the need to continue taking all the necessary precautions so that we can continue living normally without the need for more extreme protective measures to prevent the occurrence of new large-scale fatalities from the disease.
To end the episode, we talked about how the 2022 World Cup🇧🇷 The enemy of the syndicates, this year's Cup has surprised us every day with big favorite teams losing to teams without expressive players in the world soccer scene. Daniel, Dácio and Leticia talked about what they are doing to follow the World Cup matches and how working from home can become a great ally in these moments to combine productivity at work and not miss a match in the most important football competition in the world.
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If you're here and haven't heard our latest episode, don't forget to rewind the feed and follow along. episode #117 of ShowmeCAST🇧🇷 On the occasion, we talked about the technologies involved in the 2022 World Cup and the social problems surrounding the event. Do not lose!
