Reconnect Recap - w/e 8th March

Reviewing the week that's been over on Reconnect

Mar 09, 2026

Kia Ora folks!

It’s been a week of console news, Sony is probably not going to release on PC anymore, and Microsoft is going to become a PC, more so than ever. Nintendo, on the other hand just caused a bunch of people to FOMO buy their console whilst simultaneously suing the government over tariffs.

Me, i’m still on my little road trip visiting family before I make the move to Australia. Which is a reminder that there won’t be a Reconnect Recap next week, i’ll be nursing a hangover from Linkin Park in Sydney and landing in Melbourne trying to get my new life set up. I’ll be back the following week with a vengeance however, so don’t fret.

As always, this is the Reconnect Recap, your weekly newsletter that gives you the lowdown on some of the best articles to come out in the week that’s been. As a reminder, Reconnect is a website, stand-alone from Substack. It operates like a mini Reddit, aggregating nearly 300 blogs work for you to load up and look at anytime you like.

This week we’re diving into Police Raids, DMCA take downs, AI, James Bond and much much more.

Let’s dig in.

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Great Write Ups

Sonic Raids: Remember when Sega utilised the police to raid a shipment of SEGA dev kits going somewhere they didn’t want? GamersNexus did a documentary on it, and it’s pretty cool!
The Cookie Troll: For some odd reason, a copyright troll was wreaking havoc on any content about an extremely obscure game nearly none of us have heard of, abusing the UK’s DMCA automated systems. The Video Game Foundation actually stopped this person in their tracks.
Dopamine Farming: Game-Wisdom explains how nearly all games are built to target our dopamine receptors.
Ubi-oops: At this point we’re all looking at Ubisoft and going “HOW???”, a notoriously poorly run company with a release strategy that hasn’t made sense for a decade, Game File explains how we got here.
More Cat Fucking: Sorry, I can’t help myself whenever Mewgenics comes up to not say “Cat-Fucking” but The Bottom Feeder has more restraint than me and gives their early impressions on the game.
I walk a lonely road: degonyte goes DEEEP into the Breath of the Wild well, giving us an insight into what the game means to play and experience. It’s a great read for those who loved the game.
Ninten-don’t-care: Gamelore takes us back to when Sega was actually a player in the console market and their advertising campaign that targeted Nintendo directly.
Silent Running: I didn’t realise that 94 'til Infinity was a fellow SuperJump alumni, but I love their recent piece on a retro submarine game because my dad was obsessed with these games. He was ex-navy and got me into video games, our first proper gaming rig was so that he could play the latest Subhunter game with proper graphics.
Making Money: Dmitriy Byshonkov has the latest figures on what games are making the most moolah in the early months of this year.
Empty Words: If an AI said some words in a forest and no one hears them, does the water still get used? Silly analogy but Infinite Lives drives home the idiocracy that is AI writing game reviews, and my motto with AI has always been “If you are not going to put the effort into making it, i’m not going to put any effort into consuming it”.
Shaken not stirred: We’re getting a new Bond game soon, but the franchise has a rich history of titles, just none in the past decade, so Scanlines looks at one of the games they feel is the best Bond game.
Graduation Anticipation: Narrative News answers the question, should you get a degree in video games?
Blank Space: The Game Enjoyer enjoys an old-school RPG, and the reason is not what you think.