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We’re delighted to welcome our old friend and colleague Renata Price to discuss her new project, Crit Build! Ren joins Patrick, Rob, and Janet to discuss launching Crit Build, Microsoft dismissing the head of its Israeli subsidiary, GameStop’s eBay bid falling apart, and what the heck happened with all that Mixtape discourse. Plus, we’ve got plenty of games to talk about, including Forza Horizon 6, Phantom Brigade, the incredible Ayn Thor handheld, and initial Steam Controller thoughts. Somehow, all of this took us nearly four hours. Five stars, baby!
Reminder: Last year, the pro-Palestinian human rights movement BDS that’s pressuring Israel by promoting boycotts, divestment, and sanctions against the country added Xbox to its boycott list. Learn more here: https://www.bdsmovement.net/news/boycott-microsofts-xbox
Links: Crit Build, EBay Rejects GameStop’s $55 Billion Takeover Bid, Head of Microsoft’s Israel branch to step down after inquiry into dealings with Israeli military, C L E A R Y O U R M I N D, All This Over… Mixtape?
Discussed:
00:00:23 - Crit Build
00:34:04 - EBay Rejects GameStop’s $55 Billion Takeover Bid
00:50:44 - Head of Microsoft’s Israel branch to step down after inquiry into dealings with Israeli military
01:23:32 - Forza Horizon 6
02:16:06 - Mixtape Discourse
02:37:06 - Steam Controller
02:50:44 - AYN Thor
02:56:42 - Xenogears
02:57:02 - Vagrant Story
03:15:31 - Phantom Brigade
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Welcome back to Worth Reading, where Patrick chats with people doing interesting writing, reporting, and criticism in the world of video games. This week, Patrick’s talking with Aftermath co-founder Chris Person and for the purposes of this podcast, the author of the excellent essay “Baby’ Steps Manbreaker Did Not Break Me.” Talking with Chris felt especially fitting at the moment, because last week, Patrick finally made it to the end of Baby Steps’ wild challenge.
Make sure to read Chris’ piece at Aftermath, entitled “Baby Steps’ Manbreaker Did Not Break Me”: https://aftermath.site/baby-steps-manbreaker-did-not-break-me-challange/
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Rob has returned from the world of F1 to join Patrick, Janet, and Chia for another episode of Remap Radio. We dig into Nintendo’s reasons for revisiting Star Fox 64 yet again, the absurdity of GameStop trying to buy eBay, and plenty of video games, including Mixtape, Amberspire, and, yes, yet another dip into Titanium Court. (This time it’s Janet!) In The Question Bucket, we ponder what games we’d take into a time vortex that’d rocked us several decades into the past.

links : GameStop makes $55.5bn takeover offer for eBay - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0p8yled1do
New Xbox Boss Continues Big Shakeup With Leadership Changes - https://kotaku.com/new-xbox-boss-continues-big-shakeup-new-leadership-changes-2000693248
EX-Zodiac - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5wDKWydhjs
Patrick's Shame - https://bsky.app/profile/patrickklepek.bsky.social/post/3mlbqaeqzk22c

Discussed:
00:02:08 - R.U.S.E. Is Back
00:14:30 - Starfox 64 Remake Announced
00:41:04 - GameStop makes $55.5bn takeover offer for eBay
00:58:32 - The Xbox Leadership Changes Continue
01:13:49 - Break
01:13:57 - Mixtape
01:42:13 - Silksong
01:47:44 - Titanium Court
01:56:31 - Amberspire
02:22:52 - Question Bucket
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Mixtape is a new game from Beethoven & Dinosaur, the studio behind 2021’s whimsical musical adventure The Artful Escape. It’s Life Is Strange (absent the supernatural) by way of John Hughes. Patrick recently had an opportunity to chat with Mixtape’s lovingly eccentric creative director, Johnny Galvatron, and its producer, Woody Woodward, about what it means to make a video game about love, booze, and teenage friendship. Plus, we talk about Weezer.
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One of the many upsetting realities of modern society is headlines about CEOs complaining about giving people “jobs” and “security” and “a way to eat.” Patrick, Janet, and Chia are ready to live in this reality with you, though, on the latest episode of Remap Radio. With Rob in Miami, the crew tackles backlogs, Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil movie, and a bunch of video game impressions, including a Pragmata mini spoilercast, Pokémon Champions, Saros, Replaced, Inkonbini, and more! Plus, in The Question Bucket, we’re asked to (poorly) wish someone a happy birthday.
Discussed:
2:28 - Resident Evil Trailer
15:15 - Alien Isolation 2 Teased
32:56 - Ustwo CEO says lowering development costs is now paramount
42:01 - New Steam Controller Previewed
49:18 - Pragmata (spoiler zone)
1:21:39 - Titanium Court
1:36:43 - Replaced
1:47:38 - inkONBINI
1:58:39 - Pokemon Champions
2:09:36 - Spirit City
2:17:17 - Saros
2:32:35 - Snap and Grab
2:35:27 - Question Bucket
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