On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, E3, the Super Bowl for game developers, Uber fails again, and, much much more.

Podcast

Hot Topic: E3 2017

• EA at E3 2017: the 5 biggest announcements
• Microsoft Announces Xbox One X, Will Be $500
  • Microsoft E3 2017
• Bethesda at E3 2017: the 4 most important announcements
• E3 2017: All the trailers from the PC Gaming Show
• Ubisoft at E3 2017: The 8 best announcements
• Everything Revealed at Sony’s E3 2017 Press Conference
• Everything Nintendo Announced At E3 2017
• Indiecade at E3
• Geeks Of Doom’s coverage of E3 2017

Audible Book of the Week

• Replay: The History of Video Games by Tristan Donovan
• Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown

Music Break: The World Could Always Use More Heroes from ‘Overwatch’ by Derek Duke, Neal Acree, Sam Cardon, Cris Velasco

Headlines:

• Sorry humans, Microsoft’s AI is the first to reach a perfect Ms. Pac-Man score
• Gamers aren’t buying the VR hype, and game makers are quietly hedging their bets
• Intel Is Helping Amazon Build Its Alexa Artificial Intelligence Kingdom
• At ‘Washington Post,’ Tech Is Increasingly Boosting Financial Performance
• Scientists make biodegradable microbeads from cellulose

Music Break: Overture: Lore from ‘The Last Guardian’ by Takeshi Furukawa

Final Word: Über Uber Drama

• Uber CEO takes leave of absence amid crises
  • David Bonderman Resigns From Uber Board After Sexist Remark

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Dunkey’s E3 2017

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Geeks Of Doom’s The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all.

Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box product manager Tosin Onafowokan.