Remap Radio

Janet's at GDC and the crew is joined by games critic, let's player extraordinaire, former Waypoint contributor (and recent Remap contributor) and longtime friend of the show Dia Lacina to talk Project Helix, the wild and increasingly expensive world of Fortnite V-Bucks, the state of New York suing Valve, Star Trek, and more. We talk about seven video games this episode.. seven! That's a lot!
Links: Project Helix, V-Bucks price increase to help pay the bills, New York sues Valve, Jeff Kaplan on his exit from Blizzard, Dia's Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown review
Discussed:
1:19:30 - Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown (and general Star Trek discussion)
1:52:44 - Pokémon Pokopia
2:13:45 - Marathon
2:14:55 - Slay the Spire II
2:17:06 - Minishoot' Adventures
2:18:14 - Super Battle Golf
2:25:57 - 1348 Ex Voto
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Welcome back to Worth Reading, where Patrick has a 30-minute chat with people doing interesting writing, reporting, and criticism in the world of video games. This week, Patrick’s talking with investigate journalist Jack Ryan about his excellent (but distressing) piece in Aftermath about the way casinos, crypto, and AI are junking up your favorite web sites. Make sure to read Jack’s piece at Aftermath, entitled “The Secretive Company Filling Video Game Sites With Gambling And AI” https://aftermath.site/gameshub-clickout-media-seo-gambling-ai/
Link to Jack's Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/continuemagazine/continue-a-defiant-new-videogames-magazine
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Join Patrick, Janet, Chia, and Danika for Remap Radio, where it’s time for another upsetting trip into the world of “Hey, why did this live service game fail?” with Highguard and “Hey, it really feels like AI is rotting things?” with the news that a video game website was caught publishing an AI-written Resident Evil 9: Requiem review. We’ve also been playing video games, of course, with Janet and Patrick having finished Resident Evil 9, almost everyone dipping their toes into Marathon, and Patrick doing all the grind work in Pokémon Pokopia for his nine-year-old child.
Links: Highguard is shutting down this month, Metacritic Removes Resident Evil 9 Review From Fake AI Writer
Discussed:
8:13 - Highguard shutting down
34:28 - Metacritic removes AI review of RE9
1:03:18 - Marathon
1:36:17 - Resident Evil 9
2:07:16 - Pokémon Pokopia
2:22:53 - Question Bucket

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When Adam Stjärnljus and Klas Eriksson met in middle school, little did they know they’d become close friends and decades later decide to chase a wild dream of making a video game together. They were not video game developers, but for years, they toiled away at what would eventually become the cinematic platformer Planet of Lana. A few years later, the sequel is here, and Patrick recently spoke with Stjärnljus and Eriksson about their journey to this moment.
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With Rob’s power out, it’s time for the rest of Remap Radio to come together and…well, do some really questionable Mario impressions, for starters. Join Patrick, Chia, Danika, and Janet as they react to the ongoing leadership saga at Xbox, Discord punting on scanning your face, and more. Plus, we’ve got a long segment on the excellent Resident Evil 9: Requiem, thoughts on where Yapyap sits against other friendslop games, and ponder what Janet’s 20 hours with Sons of Sparta says about how she spends her time. Oh, and we answer a few questions, too.
Links: Easy Mode Mod for Love Eternal
Discussed:
6:22 - Bluepoint Shuts Down, XBOX Leadership change
36:24 - Discord Postpones Age Verification
53:09 - Resident Evil 9 Requiem
1:27:28 - Structural Spoiler for RE 9
1:36:50 - Marathon
1:42:35 - YapYap
1:53:00 - God of War: Sons of Sparta
2:03:26 - Question Bucket
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