Breaking News: three members of Remap Radio are really enjoying 007 First Light, a new stealth/action/Hitman-esque game from the developers behind, of course, Hitman. But Janet, Rob, Patrick, and Chia are also enjoying and thinking about other things, including apocalyptic signs in the PC buying market, the return of “due to ongoing market conditions” (now with a jingle!), and questions about what it means to return to The Witcher 3 so years later. Plus, Patrick has dug deep into Mina the Hollower and is trying to drag Janet and Chia down with him.

Links: Bungie Layoffs, Valve raises prices on Steamdeck, Gamers Nexus: The Collapse of Personal Computing, New Witcher 3 Expansion Announced

00:00:00 - Intro

0:05:24 - 007 First Light

1:14:31 - Bungie Headed Towards Massive Layoffs

1:19:06 - Steam Deck Raises Prices

1:26:24 - The Collapse of Personal Computing

2:03:58 - The Witcher 3 is getting a new Expansion

2:23:03 - But Whatabout Moonlight?

2:31:36 - Mina the Hollower

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The developers of Shovel Knight are, at long last, back with a new game—and despite the long wait, it’s absolutely fantastic. Mina the Hollower is a love letter to topdown games like Zelda, mixed in with elements of Castlevania, Dark Souls, and many others. It’s also had a long journey towards release, which was a topic of conversation during a recent chat Patrick had with Yacht Club Games’ founder and director Sean Velasco and programmer David D’Angelo.

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This episode of My Turn was originally a Premium Subscriber only episode, but we're releasing it to everyone while we're taking a break for this week's holiday! If you'd like to listen to more episodes of My Turn, including the upcoming episode on Ocean's Eleven, you can sign up for a library tier subscription at https://remapradio.com/signup

We're back on the road to Ocean's Eleven, next stop: West Virginia. Join Rob, Patrick, Janet, and Chia as they discuss Steven Soderbergh's "Hillbilly Heist" film Logan Lucky. A down on his luck divorcé gets revenge after being fired unfairly from a mining job meant to fix sinkholes at the local NASCAR racetrack. With hilarious antics, touching moments of vulnerability, commentary on class and morality, and Daniel Craig doing a sort of proto-Benoit Blanc performance, this movie has something for everyone on the Remap crew. Tune in next time as we finally pull into the Ocean's station!

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As we head into a holiday weekend, why not join Rob, Janet, Patrick, and Chia to discuss mastering time manipulation, the latest installment in “due to ongoing market conditions,” XBOX, the death of Destiny 2, and more? Plus, we’ve got plenty of games, including Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, Zero Parades, Creature Kitten, UVS Nirmana, and others! And that’s before we get into yet another long tangent about everyone’s favorite service, Sony Pictures Core.

Links: Xbox Chooses New Branding Via Twitter Poll, Sony Announces Playstation Plus Increase Due to Ongoing Market Conditions, Sony Pictures Core, The SphereX, BGG Ad Manager Rejects Ad Campaign Because of "Demonic Possesion", Kickstarter Rolls Back Adult Content Guidelines, The Time Manipulation Tiktok, Embracer Apologizes for Poor Value Creation as it Split Again, People Make Games: Disco Elysium Videos Part 1, Part 2, No/Clip Disco Elysium Documentary, Goodbye Destiny 2

Discussed:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:52 - Xbox Chooses New Branding Via Twitter Poll

00:07:00 - Due to ongoing market conditions

00:22:33 - The SphereX 5.1x Audio System

00:33:15 - Sony first party games aren’t coming to PC

00:43:03 - BGG Ad Manager Rejects Ad Campaign Because of "Demonic Possesion"

00:56:18 - Kickstarter Rolls Back Adult Content Guidelines

01:09:10 - Embracer is Spliting Again

01:28:33 - Yoshi and the Mysterious Book

01:40:10 - Creature Kitchen

01:50:16 - Zero Parades

02:19:47 - Patrick’s kids enter their 3DS Era

02:37:30 - Bungie Sunsets Destiny 2

03:05:29 - UVS Nirmana

03:14:04 - Chameleon Twist

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Bubsy is an unlikely franchise to be receiving a new sequel in 2026. Bubsy 4D arrives this week, following one of the worst received platformers of all-time, Bubsy 3D. But is Bubsy 3D misunderstood? What did the original games do right? And why make a sequel, when you could make anything? Patrick went digging for answers with Bubsy 4D developers Fabian Rastorfer and Ben Miller to ask a simple question: Why? It has, of course, a nuanced answer.

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We're launching a new series at Remap, where intrepid jumpers Patrick Klepek and Janet Garcia will attempt what is surely an insurmountable task: ranking every platformer. But first, what even is a platformer? Listen to this preview of our new premium podcast and then head over to remapradio.com/signup and sign up for the library tier if you'd like to hear the whole episode, alongside our other premium podcasts!

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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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