Gamified - The Show

"BioWare has kind of f*cking sucked over the last decade." – @itsGnoc Then @ParallelTCGpod cut him off: "Gnoc Gnoc Gnoc Gnoc Gnoc. Hold on, bro... The fact that you are saying derisively that their biggest success is a remaster is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard."

What if the next great game studio is a retirement home? Tony pitches retirees shipping a game a year over pudding. Chris loves it. Gnoc tuned out for 11 seconds. @tvalc @chrisheatherly @itsgnoc

EA's exclusive NFL deal killed ESPN NFL 2K5. Now a fan has it running on Quest 3, with 2026 rosters and the playbook floating in front of you. Which childhood game do you want to stand inside? Footage: @LanceSweatpants #NFL2K5 #VR

"This just in: a company who has its top two years by revenue and EBITDA margin in back-to-back consecutive years is floundering and will surely die." – @itsGnoc @chrisheatherly: "I'm bored as f*ck by what they do, so I'm still selling."

One developer made a free Pokémon baseball game: Pikachu hits nukes, Mewtwo throws Mind Benders, eight gym badges and the Elite Four. If one person can make this, what's the official excuse? Trailer: @ColeThereum #Pokemon

Is Double Fine making games for nobody? Chris says indie darlings like Double Fine are coasting on Lucasfilm-era cred while basement devs are the ones going viral. @chrisheatherly

Did Apple kill mobile gaming? Chris goes full bear: Apple's privacy changes suffocated the whole space. His advice: go make Roblox games. @chrisheatherly

Six weeks ago this solo dev had never written code. Now: a 3D monster-hunting game in Godot, built with Claude Code, Codex, Tripo AI and Blender. Be honest, does it look cheap? Game: @afterthewinddev Video: @Octoberry

"I'm seeing games that are made by knuckleheads in their mom's basement that they're going f*cking viral... So it's going to put a lot of pressure on... guys like Double Fine that are making games for nobody for a bygone era." – @chrisheatherly

Game programmer Martin Scott says 90% of coding games is grunt work: fighting compilers, undocumented code, obscure bugs. Devs do it for the 10% that makes games fun. Willing to give AI-coded games more of a chance? via @fizzychicken

Some people aren't buying a PS5 Pro to play it. Gnoc on the GameStop and crypto crowd sitting on 30 PS5 Pros as an investment. @itsgnoc

Supercell just posted record profits. So why is everyone selling? Gnoc's sarcastic defense of Supercell meets Chris's verdict: boring, and still selling. @itsgnoc @chrisheatherly

In 2000, when Looking Glass shut down, Tim Sweeney wrote: "This is the bit where the comet hits the earth and the dinosaurs die." 26 years later he calls AI "a new golden age of gaming". So is AI the comet?

Will AI give us three times as many hit games in 2027? Gnoc thinks the AI haters are missing it, and Kohji has a joke about remastering the light bulb. @itsgnoc @paralleltcgpod

"Releasing an $1,800 Xbox would be the beginning of the end for consumer consoles in the West." – @itsGnoc Xbox's next console is reportedly $1,200 to $1,800. Bullish or bullsh*t?

Halo runs in a browser now. Vice City too. A GTA V port got pulled within hours, and fans are building whole new browser games. Will browser games take a real share of the money? Halo port: @mitchellhynes

If a tiny team with AI can build a FIFA rival, what happens to EA Sports? Chris thinks EA's sports empire is exposed. Sam isn't convinced. @chrisheatherly @SamSteffanina

One developer fused Total War-style strategy with Mount & Blade battles in a week, using Codex and Unreal Engine. If one person can prototype this in a week, what's stopping the studios? Dev: @xingbugengming

Is buying Supercell today like buying Blockbuster stock? Kohji roasts Tony as the guy who bought Blockbuster stock and says AI eats mobile first. @paralleltcgpod @tvalc

Respawn never made Titanfall 2 in VR, so @CircuitLord did. Free mod, full campaign, full-body IK, manual reloads. #Titanfall2 #VR #PCVR