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The death of Chicago sports (and pop culture) legend Mike Ditka. A Green Bay Packers team on the ropes. A Bears team favored to play in Wisconsin for the first time in decades. A moment to send an entire state into an existential crisis. So, naturally, the Bears played their worst football of the year and got their butts whooped. Rob and Patrick are here to podcast and cope. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Note: This interview was conducted in collaboration with LudoNarraCon, which explains the podcast’s intro and outro.Six years ago, Umurangi Generation came out of nowhere and took our breath away. Six years later, designer Tali Faulkner is back with something wholly different, equally bold, and, once again, prepared with a message. Patrick recently had a chance to catch up with Faulkner to learn why penguins and Lovecraft were required to tell this new story. Note: This interview was conducted in collaboration with LudoNarraCon, which explains the podcast’s intro and outro. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s a packed news week on Remap Radio, between Epic Games deciding to go all-in on AI, Double Fine’s unionization efforts falling apart, and a completely botched effort to re-release Total War: Shogun 2. It’s equally packed on the games front, with Patrick having spent time with the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake and rolling credits on Control Resonant. Janet, fresh back from Japan, can finally talk about Slay the Spire, while both Patrick and Chia are digging into Penguin Colony, the latest game from the developers of Umurangi Generation.Links: Inside the Failed Fight to Unionize Double Fine, Epic Launcher Announcement, Shogun 2 AI UpscalingDiscussed:9:01 - The Work to Unionize Double Fine45:54 - Epic Games Drops "Vibe Coded" Launcher1:24:01 - 999 Developer newest game cancelled1:32:00 - nVidia stops 5090 Production1:34:35 - Slay the Spire1:46:08 - Control Resonant2:05:51 - Penguin Colony2:29:42 - Star Wars: Galactic Racer2:41:45 - Silver Pines2:42:29 - Hellraiser Revival2:44:01 - Switch Sports Resort2:44:24 - Ocarina of Time Remake3:08:13 - The Question Bucket See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rob and Patrick spend 20 minutes in stunned silence, as the Chicago Bears continue their streak of what people seem to call “competence.” And why does it feel so weird to be calm in the face of Packer week, a time of year that usually instills dread? Now, it’s all house money. But it won’t stop Rob and Patrick from cackling like demons if they take down the Packers yet again. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Can you hear it in the wind? That’s the sound of a new Dragon’s Dogma game, which heralds the arrival of Austin Walker on the podcast. Austin and his many hours with Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen join Rob, Patrick, and Chia to mull dragons, dogmas, the state of independent game funding, Mike Tomlin’s Minecraft world, Star Wars Galactic Racer, Forever Ago, and more.Discussed: 00:01:45 - Mike Tomlin's Minecraft City 00:17:58 - Strand Store 00:29:56 - Gardens Secures Further Funding 00:34:44 - Investments in small games 00:59:38 - Gravity Well layoffs 01:07:03 - 50% of Bit Reactor Staff back from Furlough 01:10:52 - The Incident at Galley House 01:13:24 - Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen 01:59:39 - Forever Ago 02:32:26 - Star Wars: Galactic Racer 03:04:21 - Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve03:15:34 - Thousand Hells See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.