Rob Chats Narrative With Xalavier Nelson Jr.
Rob and Xalavier discuss the difficulties of writing stories for games, how narrative can be transformed by mechanics, and the art of writing NPC barks.
Remap Radio 47 – Xbox’s Lament
The biggest news of the week, obviously, is Sony’s fight to add PSN to Helldi…no, wait, it’s actually Nintendo confirming the next Swi…huh, no, it’s Microsoft?
Remap Interview: The Pinball Wizards
Patrick journeyed into his own backyard to pay a visit to the Chicago-based Stern Pinball, creators of the upcoming John Wick pinball game.
Remap Radio 46 – Mighty Whitey
What to make of Square canceling $140.8 million of in-development games? How exactly is (or isn’t) Microsoft going to capitalize on Fallout-mania?
Remap Radio 45 — Can the FTC Ban Balatro?
We start by digging into the shockingly hopeful news that the FTC has declared non-competes illegal, before trying to make sense of Embracer splitting itself.
My Turn - Oppenheimer
We thought we were done thinking about nuclear energy, but apparently not! Starting with Godzilla Minus One, we journeyed towards Shin Godzilla, and now, My Turn examines Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.
Remap Radio 44 — Impossibility Space
It’s time to pour one out for our friend and colleague Austin Walker, whose own game studio joined the ongoing wave of layoffs. We unpack the strangeness of this layoff and why people responded so sharply to it.