Remap Radio

This week the Remap Crew is out at PAX East (come to the meetup 5 PM on Saturday, at the Birch Bar at the Westin Seaport!) which means a quick and dirty episode with just Rob, Janet, and Chia. Despite being down several members and trying to make this pod editable in a timely fashion since we're all traveling, we've still managed to make an over two hour pod filled with the latest news, games, and home decor discussions.

Discussed:
2:15 - Epic Games Lays Off 1000 Workers
22:15 - Crimsom Dessert Walks Back Use of AI Assets
42:52 - The nVidia DLSS 5 Debacle Redux
59:44 - Nacon has 4 studios file for bankruptcy
1:03:41 - Janet's Move
1:06:19 - Rob's New Entertainment Console
1:26:55 - Pokopia
1:36:55 - Slay the Spire 2
1:39:34 - Marathon
1:46:54 - The Question Bucket
2:39:51 - Outro and Announcements
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Max “Hella” Caulfield may have the ability to manipulate time and space, but despite her superpowers, it’s more than likely that this week’s release of Life Is Strange: Reunion signals the end of Life Is Strange. Patrick recently had a chance to chat with actor Hannah Tell, who’s played Max since the very beginning, about what it means to bring this story to a conclusion.
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Welcome back to Worth Reading, where Patrick chats with people doing interesting writing, reporting, and criticism in the world of video games. This week, Patrick’s talking with longtime video game reporter Keza MacDonald, who is currently the games editor at The Guardian and, despite being a parent to several children, also the author of a new book about Nintendo. Is Nintendo a technology company? Why is “play” so important to the company’s longevity?

Make sure to check out Keza’s book, Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play, which is available wherever books are sold https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/753986/super-nintendo-by-keza-macdonald/
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Where else to begin this week’s episode of Remap Radio than with the massive backlash to Nvidia’s big DLSS 5 announcement? Join Patrick, Chia, Rob, and Janet as they slop their way through a rare moment of unified horror on the internet. Plus, Patrick’s been playing Crimson “The Everything Game” Desert, Chia’s spent extended time with Pragmata, Janet’s already very deep into a Slay the Spire 2 rabbit hole, and more.
Links: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-heart-emergency-abroad
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft-ends-game-development-at-tom-clancy-studio-red-storm-resulting-in-105-job-losses/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dTTfjBAFzc
Discussed:
4:02 - Ubisoft Shutters Game Development at Tom Clancy studio
16:35 - The DLSS 5 Debacle
1:33:25 - Subnautica 2 Wrongful Termination Suit
1:39:05 - Crimson Desert
2:04:19 - Slay the Spire 2
2:27:38 - Minishoot Adventures
2:29:30 - Pragmata
2:44:42 - Marathon
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Rob sits down with Duncan Fyfe to discuss his piece on the lore and world building of Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind and the tension that can form between developers and fans when there's competing visions on what a game's narrative and lore focus "should" be. They also discuss the shift in Bethesda's games to start including more and more incentives to keep players in the game that exist outside of their authored narratives, the way the specter generative AI looms over this shift to expansiveness, and what it could mean for the future of Bethesda.
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