Jake's sick, Raz is recovered, and karma is real — so we kept it loose and answered your questions from the Discord this week.

We get into whether Apex hitting all-time-high player counts means anything for a Warzone comeback (short version: Warzone is the abusive ex who shows up with roses), why Zelda is a children's game, the most overrated franchises in gaming, when a game stops being a game and becomes a simulator (Tarkov vs. Squad vs. Hell Let Loose), whether AI will let you build GTA 6 in one prompt, the hardest gaming achievements we've ever earned, and a pile of off-topic chaos — first jobs, childhood cereal, the one-hair-on-your-steak test, and which historical event we'd go witness.

Plus: a new development on splitting donations, the DMZ deep-dive over on Patreon, and a behind-the-scenes look at how the show actually gets made now.

Got a question for us? Join the Discord (linked everywhere) and drop it in the Q&A channel. We may or may not answer it.

Jake's the optimist, Raz is the cynic — guess which one of us thinks Warzone could still be saved.

0:00 - Intro (Jake's sick, karma is real)

3:03 - New: splitting donations 50/50 with Jake

4:02 - Patreon + the DMZ deep-dive

9:17 - Best life advice you've gotten

9:43 - 'Tell the truth, or at least don't lie'

14:03 - Just start — stop making the perfect plan

15:49 - Our first jobs

21:29 - Does Apex's comeback mean hope for Warzone?

23:01 - Warzone is the abusive ex

23:52 - How the rebranded show is going + the AI workflow

26:42 - Selling your old CoD-era Dropshot merch

28:05 - When does a game become a simulator?

31:23 - Would you play a good new Call of Duty?

32:17 - It's all a tax write-off now

33:52 - How we approach open-world games

37:32 - Did you beat Radahn before the nerf?

41:14 - Our most interesting use of AI (this podcast)

44:05 - Claude's Fable 5 + the gov't shutting it down

45:47 - If AI could build any AAA game, what would it be?

49:17 - Most overrated game & movie franchises

51:16 - Zelda is a children's game (hot take)

56:01 - Most useless & most useful real-life skill

57:48 - Hardest gaming achievement (Hearthstone Legend)

1:06:28 - A food that reminds you of childhood

1:10:21 - One app you'd keep on your phone

1:12:16 - Worst restaurant experience + picky eaters

1:18:44 - The one-hair-on-your-steak test

1:24:51 - Weirdest thing you've ever Googled

1:29:15 - A historical event you'd witness

1:36:32 - Ranking awkward social situations

1:39:00 - A historical figure to have dinner with

1:44:17 - Followers you'd rather have

1:44:45 - Hardest game you've ever finished

1:47:18 - Outro + peripherals

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