In a quest to better understand gaming’s AI moment, Patrick spends an hour with Dr. Luke Dicken, a former data scientist at Zynga and the eventual Director of Applied AI at Take-Two Interactive.

We joke about “the Bears being back” and “Super Bowl Super Bears,” but after the Bears went to Seattle and punched the Seahawks in the mouth, Rob and Patrick are left with only one option: hey, this team might be good? Like, really good?

In a strange twist of coincidence, both Janet and Chia spent time in Japan over the past few months. It’s been a minute since we’ve done a travel pod, and rarely one that gives us the opportunity to mull video game box art, gunpla, the ethics of otter cafes, and so much more.

Bruno Dias joins the pod to talk about Nighthawks, Peter Molyneux's AI daydreams, and the scamminess or lack thereof of Star Citizen. Plus, Virtue and a Sledgehammer, Over the Hill, and more.