Polygon Forest Podcast

Chris is becoming a full time game developer and will be working on Focus Find full time! Vin is leaving Ubisoft as a concept artist mainly due to the direction the company is going in with service games. The guys also discuss the Golden Eye, Dead Space and The Last of Us Part 1 remakes. Are they remakes, HD upgrades or remasters?

In this weeks episode Chris and Vin talk about the AI art debate where concept artists are removing work from Artstation. But mostly they watch the Gamespot video of video game trailers, react and discuss.    Death Stranding 2, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, Hades II, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Official Batman Reveal, Tekken 8, Star Wars: Jedi Survivor, Final Fantasy XVI, Judas, Diablo IV, Earthblade, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Dune Awakening, Remnant II, The Lords of the Fallen, Bayonetta Origins Cereza and the Lost Demon, Destiny 2 Lightfall , Street Fighter 6, Hellboy Web Of Wyrd, Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania DLC

I this week's episode Chris and Vin talk about using Chat GPT to help with indie game development. They talk about the recent announcement of cancelled Ubisoft games and the future of the company. They also discuss Neil Druckman's interview where he seems to link game announcement schedules with development crunch.

In this Episode, Chris and Vin discuss their reactions to the 2022 game  awards. They go over winners, nominations, controversies, Al Pacino, "Flue Guy" Pedro Eustache, the 15 year old stage invader named Matan and much more.

This week Chris and Vin go over Sonic Frontiers design choices, the late great Kevin Conroy is one of a kind, Ash Ketchum has finally won a world championship after 25 years and other bits and bobs like God of War Ragnarok being very good

This week Vin is back! Chris and Vin discuss weather the PSVR 2 is too expensive or if it fits a specific demographic very well. Could the loss of 2 million PS Plus subscribers be trouble for Sony? It isn't all it seems.

Chris and Sam discuss voice actor Hellena Taylor and the voice acting payment debacle for Bayonetta 3, they discuss the latest known money that was offered to the voice actor to replay the iconic character for the 3rd time, God of War Ragnarok director Cory Barlog slams spoilers appearing online after a retailer sold copies 2 weeks earlier than release date and Steam reaches over 30 million concurrent players.

In this weeks episode Chris and Sam discuss Gotham Knights only coming on next gen consoles in 30 FPS, Twitch-con injuries and Overwatch 1 still having digital copies sold despite the server being stopped.

In this week's episode Chris and Vin talk about the missed opportunity with VR, what games they would like to see in VR and Valve releasing an advert showing the Nintendo Switch emulation app Yuzu.

In this weeks episode Chris and Vin talk about the Crystal Dynamics Legend of Kain survey, Jim Ryan flying to Brussels to complain about Microsoft acquiring Activation Blizzard and what is Stadia? And why is it shutting down?