The Streaming Era Needs More Friction
The cable TV era had plenty of downsides, but in a world without video stores, how else do stumble into a movie you didn't know you'd love?
Rob Zacny (he/him) is a cofounder and partner at Remap. In addition to his work at Remap, he is the host of A More Civilized Age: A Star Wars Podcast and a panelist on Shift+F1, a Formula 1 racing podcast. You can follow his increasingly inactive social media presence on Twitter, and Bluesky.
The cable TV era had plenty of downsides, but in a world without video stores, how else do stumble into a movie you didn't know you'd love?
Everyone's got this fancy 4K TVs, and yet, everything is so dang blurry.
Rob and Patrick reminisce about their earliest days online, from trying to figure out online multiplayer to the joys of pirating music.
It's murderously hot for the next few days, so I'm spending the week indoors with the shades drawn as much as possible. "But Rob," I hear you ask, "what about feeling shut-in or claustrophobic? Won't it get a little depressing huddled in the darkness around your air conditioner?"
Three long months have meant very different things to Rob and Patrick over the course of their lives.
A week of travel and planning for the team, as well as planning for more travel.
None of us got into this line of work wanting to run a business, yet suddenly, here we are.
Why play a game you're excited about when you can grimly chase scores in an old one?
Pondering the future of games when publishers have decided they won't pay the money or take the risks required to make them.
Warfare in Star Wars is often very silly and nonsensical... but that makes it a good candidate for Total War.
Rob shouldn't be allowed to write these things after an entire pot of coffee.
Patrick and Rob are thoroughly enjoying the new TV show, but wonder what it says about Bethesda, the state of its games, and the future of Fallout.
PAX East was the first time many of the Remap crew had seen each other, let alone fans, in a minute. It was fun...and stressful.