GameEngineStart Podcast – Choonic

GameEngineStart Podcast

As I type this it is over 30 degrees, and I can't think. So yea, video games.

We Played...

• Euan plays space thriller Deliver Us The Moon, adorable adventure Tunic and, of course, the latest and last Zachtronics joint, Last Call BBS.
• Calum wishes he could break the actual sun, and instead settles for more Monster Hunter: Sunbreak and watches teens get murdered in video game format in The Quarry

Timestamps...

• 0:30 - Holy crap it's warm
• 9:10 - Deliver Us The Moon
• 12:55 - Last Call BBS
• 16:39 - Steam Deck
• 29:18 - Monster Hunter: Sunbreak
• 31:19 - Fall Guys
• 33:29 - The Quarry
• 57:51 - Music Break
• 59:26 - The Blade Runner remaster is a mess, both in implementation and distribution
• 1:04:45 - No surprises, but a recently announced "Web3" consoles is saying a lot of words and promises that don't make sense
• 1:07:19 - A game dev at the Brazil International Games Festival pulled the greatest bait and switch, changing his talk from "The Future of Game Design" to "Why NFTs are a nightmare" almost immediately.
• 1:08:38 - Ubisoft continues to make bizarre decisions by (temporarily) delisting AC: Liberation and saying it would be removed from Steam libraries.
• 1:12:25 - Unity CEO John Ricitiello had a string of dumb comments trying to backtrack on calling developers who don't use their new monetizing tech "fucking idiots".

Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)

All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0