Fortnite Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey was trapped in a giant ice block in Fortnite. She finally broke free from her frozen prison. The Queen of Christmas dropped in for the big holiday in-game event, and she will not be alone, joining her other real life-artist luminaries such as Snoop Dogg.

This is a reference to a bit Carey released last year: surrounded by befuddled, costumed Hallowen figures, Carey breaks out of life-sized, block of ice singing, “It’s time!” Once the turkeys come to pasture right after American Thanksgiving, everyone knows that her hit, classic song, “All I Want For Christmas Is You” dominates anywhere there is a speaker.

Suing Sonic

Crush 40 musician Johnny Gioeli is suing Sega for their use of the Sonic Adventure 2 theme song “Live and Learn”. Crush 40 has produced numerous bops for the Sonic franchise, but Gioeli’s suit alleges that Sega breached contract and that they never had rights to the usage of the whole composition of song and only its lyrics. Gioeli alleges that he was unaware “Live and Learn” was used without the correct licenses in Sonic titles and projects outside of its use in Sonic Adventure 2, ultimately suggesting he has not been properly compensated for numerous, missed royalties.

Meanwhile, while “Live and Learn” continues to be otherwise used in the third movie’s soundtrack, a fourth Sonic the Hedgehog movie is already confirmed to be in the works. Paramount Pictures is hoping for a 2027 release.

In other news…

Joining Starbucks workers alike, this past week, Amazon Teamsters went on strike. While some locations have already ended their strike, workers were attempting to challenge the continuing issues of low wages and meager workplace conditions.

More restricted military material has been leaked on the War Thunder forums—again!

Alert! There’s finally new Team Fortress 2 comic updates!

Voice actor Neil Newbon, known for his most recent role as Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3, will be joining the off-Broadway show, Twenty-Sided Tavern, in limited engagement. This run will be joined by the likes of comedian and noted Dropout talent, Ify Nwadiwe, and performer Jack Lepiarz. Felicia Day, Aabria Iyengar, and Erika Ishii have also recently performed on the interactive Dungeons & Dragons show.

After an antitrust investigation by the US Justice department, Tencent hastily pulled two directors from Epic Games’ board.

Following concerns of rumors that Sony was doing a full buyout of Kadokawa, a release has been published to further clarify that Sony and the major conglomerate are forming “a strategic capital and business alliance“. Acquiring thousands of shares, Sony is to become one of Kadokawa’s largest sharesholders.

And if you are interested in figuring out what to do in this season of giving—Palestinian game developer Rasheed Abueideh is currently crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow, a stealth adventure game based on his experiences through the 1948 Nakba.

The most charitable thing you can do is to continue to inform yourself and give where you can.

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