John Daly | The Sandbox.Space Weekly #114 (July 22nd, 2026)

John Daly | The Sandbox.Space Weekly #114 (July 22nd, 2026)

Hanging out with @ViolenceInVideoGames and discussing the indie dev lifestyle and some latest games industry headlines, including XBOX, unionization, layoffs, Roblox and Meta publishing directly with AI.

John Daly and his brother Jack form the inimitable Violence in Videogames, AKA VIV Games! He and his brother were fresh faces in our Independent/Student/Experimental (ISE) section at GDEX 2025, and they even made a cool devlog of their experience on their YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0unNBxqfQhI

Check out VIV Games' itch.io library at https://violenceinvideogames.itch.io/

The links featured in this episode:

• https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/unions-take-legal-action-against-microsoft-for-allegedly-mishandling-xbox-layoffs

• https://www.gamefile.news/p/zenimax-online-studio-head-out

• https://gamingbolt.com/new-fallout-by-obsidian-confirmed-the-elder-scrolls-online-team-to-partner-closely-with-bethesda

• https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/16/roblox-launches-an-ai-powered-game-creation-feature-in-its-mobile-app/

• https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/meta-quietly-launches-vibe-coded-gaming-app-pocket/

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/shopping/halo-campaign-evolved-and-game-freak-s-beast-of-reincarnation-lead-xbox-game-pass-july-2026-wave-2-lineup/ar-AA28pMBi

Previous episode with this guest: https://www.thesandbox.space/podcast/251022

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