Remedy play it safe
In this episode of the Electronic Wireless Showpodcast, Nate and I put on some ill-fitting industry analyst hats to consider the current state of the free-to-play games market: a peculiar arena, one that that enriches some almost as often as it dooms others. It’s all proven just too dangerous forAlan Wake 2devs Remedy Entertainment, who’verebooted their upcoming F2P shooter Vanguardas a more traditional paid game. We later return to our core competences, in press release-speak, to talk about theSteam Deck OLEDand the games we’ve been playing this week.
Also this week: Nate continues to tease his mysterious RPG campaign into the Tower of Jocularity, I forget the word “kazoo” while literally holding one in my hands, and we recommend some fun things that aren’t games.
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Music is by Jack de Quidt.
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This week I’ve been playing gawwwwwjus puzzle-platformerPlanet of Lana, and Nate has been bossing goats around inAge of Empires II: Definitive Edition.
Recommendationsthis week are theAsia Asia food hallin Birmingham (I would like to retroactively extend this to food halls in general), and the upbeat Netflix docMission: Joy – Finding Happiness in Trouble Times.
