Patrick kicks off Remap’s game developer interview series with Cocoon, a game of the year caliber puzzle game about guiding a little insect friend through a dangerous journey. Lead audio director Jakob Schmid and lead art director Erwin Kho join Patrick in a wide-ranging conversation about everything from being traumatized by movies like Alien and Fire in the Sky at young ages, to realizing you basically grew up next to your creative partner and didn’t even know it. They also talk a whole lot about what it was like building one of this year’s best games.

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We’re excited to welcome Janet Garcia (Pen to Pixels, Kinda Funny, MinnMax) to Remap Radio this week, because there’s just a gauntlet of gaming bangers to talk about, between the arrival of a brand-new Remedy game, Alan Wake 2, and spending lots of time with Spider-Man 2. Patrick has issues with how Super Mario Bros. Wonder plays when kids are involved, and the group discovers that the purchase of a Ms. Pac-Man machine will not solve all of life’s problems.

Discussed: Alan Wake 2 13:46, Spider Man 2 1:16:46, Super Mario Wonder 1:47:13, The Question Bucket 1:52:45

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Patrick and Rob are joined by YouTube creator and DIY enthusiast Chris Decker to discuss what it’s like to propose building your own heated driveway and have your wife believe it’s not possible. But Chris pulled it off, and by the end, convinces Rob and Patrick they should dream big, too.

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We’re once again joined by Carli Velocci, this time to reveal why we started working with Carli in the first place: Remap has a new website! We’re publishing words again! There are changes coming to the tiers! But it’s all good and exciting news, and to celebrate, we’re doing something exciting: opening up The Question Bucket again! But we still have plenty of games to talk about, including Patrick cheating to beat Blasphemous 2, and Carli working through mixed feelings about Devolver’s Wizard With a Gun. But hey, at least Spider-Man 2 seems real good!

Discussed: The New Remap Radio Dot Com 5:14, Analogue Pocket 34:43, The Question Bucket 36:24, Forza Motorsport 7 1:15:35, Total War Pharaoh 1:19:48, Blasphemous 2 1:30:14, Wizard with a Gun 1:44:01, Spider Man 2 1:55:38, Steam Next Fest Demos 2:02:30, Outro and Announcements 2:08:38

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Patrick, Cado, and Rob gather to discuss the biggest change to Remap since launch. We have a website, we’re bringing back writing, and there are some changes coming to our backing tiers. (Don’t worry, it’ll all make sense.) We’re releasing this After Dark to everyone, so you can understand how we got here, what we’re doing, and where it’s all going. We’re really excited!

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The Bears have won a game! Do we want them to win more? The answer is a bit more complicated than you might expect, but oddly enough fans of other teams are even more conflicted about what constitutes a "good" outcome if your team is not competitive in the current NFL landscape. Can you only get a good quarterback by being bad? How do you feed and water a young NFL quarterback? Maybe a veteran being plugged into a good team is the winning play but, hang on, look how Russell Wilson in Denver has panned out. That could have been the Bears! Finally, Rob and Patrick talk about the most overpowered play in the NFL right now, and then belatedly process the shock of the brutal ending to the Cubs season. Finally, listener questions, and a countdown to regular season Bulls games.

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Gaming critic and editor Carli Velocci joins the crew this week, which thankfully now includes the newly recovered Ricardo Contreras. After talking through Carli’s journey in gaming media, we have another slew of bummer news stories in the video games industry, including layoffs at Telltale. In more positive developments, John Riccitiello has been booted from Unity and some developers at CD Projekt RED are trying to unionize. Elsewhere, Cado’s also been digging Cocoon, while Patrick’s not very high on the new Soulslike, Lords of the Fallen. Fortunately, Rob is extremely into Robocop: Rogue City, and Carli cannot stop playing The Mortuary Assistant.

Discussed - Telltale hit with Layoffs 34:15, CD Projekt workers Unionize 43:05, Paradox has written off Lamlighter's League 49:38, Lamplighter's League 57:53, Redfall Update 1:17:02, John Riccitiello out at Unity 1:25:02, Cocoon 1:34:26, The Mortuary Assistant 1:47:24, Lords of the Fallen 2:01:39, Robocop: Rogue City 2:14:00, Outro and Announcements 2:29:36

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Cameron Kunzelman, Georgia's foremost expert on Assassin's Creed, swings by to discuss the latest installment. First, however, the gang discuss criminal investigations of Ubisoft executives in France and more layoffs across the industry, as well as the ongoing fallout from EA's layoffs at Bioware. Then, Rob talks about his time with Forza Motorsport, Patrick emerges from his Cocoon delighted with his experience, but thinks Gunbrella could have used a bit less gun. Finally, Patrick and Cameron get into what Assassin's Creed Mirage is attempting to accomplish in a franchise that his grown unwieldy with its own scale and success.

Discussed: 9:00 - Ubisoft Executives, 17:44 - More Industry Layoffs, 38:29 - Forza, 1:12:44 - Cocoon, 1:24:34 - Gunbrella, 1:24:12 - Assassin's Creed Mirage

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It's Dragon's Dogma 2 day at Remap as the gang welcome back Austin Walker and bid farewell to Ren but first they have to have a little sports talk. Then they will discuss Dragon's Dog—Wait, what's this? A Jack Ryan, Jr. series of novels? What is the latest news of the Clancy-verse? With those subjects dealt with the gang tackles the wave of layoffs in the industry, including the massive bloodletting at Epic, and talk about the (regrettably unsuccessful, since recording) unionization drive at a Corsair factory in Georgia. But after the news that gang is well and truly ready to talk about Dragon's Dogma.... actually did you know Ren and Austin attended the event together and enjoyed the cool early autumn air outside before playing Dragon's Dogma 2? What are your late summer / early autumn treats? How do you feel about crocs? How do you think it would go with some weird AI-generated Chicago Bears merchandise? As the show crosses the two hour mark, the conversation finally gets Ren and Austin into their actual demo session. Can they talk about the game before Austin has to leave for other commitments? Can Austin get a word in about Armored Core and Cyberpunk? Listen to find out!

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Rob returns to the podcast ready to talk about the latest and greatest in…uh, Empire: Total War mods? Before all that, though, we break down the massive set of Xbox leaks, use Microsoft’s misreading of Baldur’s Gate 3’s breakout potential as a way to discuss the state of Xbox software, and try to figure out the pyramid scheme that is Embracer. Elsewhere, Patrick’s been really digging Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, and Ren’s quickly breaking apart Lies of P.

Discussed: Microsoft Megaleak 5:27, Embracer Group Layoffs 48:21, Cyberpunk 2077 1:12:20, Lies of P 1:47:28, New Forza Game 2:07:57, The Question Bucket 2:12:36

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