Remap Radio

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.
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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 Upscaling
Discussed:
9:01 - The Work to Unionize Double Fine
45:54 - Epic Games Drops "Vibe Coded" Launcher
1:24:01 - 999 Developer newest game cancelled
1:32:00 - nVidia stops 5090 Production
1:34:35 - Slay the Spire
1:46:08 - Control Resonant
2:05:51 - Penguin Colony
2:29:42 - Star Wars: Galactic Racer
2:41:45 - Silver Pines
2:42:29 - Hellraiser Revival
2:44:01 - Switch Sports Resort
2:44:24 - Ocarina of Time Remake
3:08:13 - The Question Bucket

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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.
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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 Theve
03:15:34 - Thousand Hells
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It’s rare video game stories tell angry stories of grief. Of jealousy. Of feeling robbed of a promised future, of a past that’s rarely exactly how your nostalgia suggests. Forever Ago, the new adventure game from developer Third Shift, sits with these complicated feelings. Patrick recently had an opportunity to chat with two of the developers behind the emotional game.
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