In this episode we discuss:
So many games coming out this fall!Which ones are we interested in?How can they all be successful?Are these open world games cheaper to develop than linear ones?Battlefield V DiscussionParker hated Battlefield 1. Ben loved it. We discuss!The insane amount of detail Battlefield 1 put into the guns, yet they have Random Bullet Deviation unlike earlier BF games.What Battlefield V is supposed to do differently.How EA will make up for revenue lost with no Premium Pass.Why rampant character customization could be bad for gameplay.Projects we’ve been working on lately.Ben’s accessibility controllers and new Controller Monitors.Parker’s Signal Defined Radio to make a DIN-slot car radio with the Raspberry Pi.We discuss computers inside cars.Macrofab, Oshpark and manufacturing in USA.Have the Chinese tariffs affected Parker’s company? Where does this stuff come from?We then discuss pollution and environmentalism for a while, and argue about California’s “straw ban”.