Dropped Frames

Mikael Kasurinen, the director of CONTROL: Resonant joins us this week to chat about his journey into game development, the intricacy of level design, and the willingness to go weird. Then we dive into Silent Hill: townfall a game Cohh and Zeke liked 80% of. XBOX continues to implode as multiple major dev studios seem to be shutting down, including Halo moving to Activision. Bungie recommits to Destiny while moving to unvault all of Destiny 2. Dune Awakening gets a single-player mode and Zeke gushes over the new surprise hit Dressmaker!

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Disc golf
00:05:05 - Director of CONTROL Resonant - Mikael Kasurinen is here!
00:09:50 - Does gameplay or story dictate direction first?
00:15:20 - Why Dylan?
00:25:10 - Combat inspirations
00:37:00 - Maintaining ambition and scope with a budget
00:45:20 - How weird is too weird?
00:52:15 - Is game dev fun?
00:55:00 - Level design
01:13:00 - Player autonomy
01:41:00 - Shipping in September
01:45:20 - The high seas
01:48:20 - What's next for Remedy?
01:57:00 - Silent Hill: townfall
02:19:50 - Blood of the Dawnwalker
02:24:30 - XBOX still imploding
02:31:00 - The Bungie gambit
02:38:00 - Dune Awakening single-player
02:41:00 - Fire Emblem
02:43:50 - Dressmaker
02:58:30 - Shoutouts
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This week we're joined by Washington Post's Gene Park to get an expert opinion on all the Wolverine discourse and learn the deep lore of the fart gas. JP has played the World of Warcraft Forever beta, and uh oh, it's about to consume a lot of time. Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is a lot of game, Gene has been playing Control Resonant, Zeke absolutely adores Onimusha and so much more this week!

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Gene Park is here!
00:02:00 - The origin of fart gas
00:09:00 - Having a blast
00:11:00 - Marvel's Wolverine
00:51:40 - WoW Forever breaking records
01:01:30 - Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
01:09:20 - Control Resonant
01:15:30 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword
01:28:00 - Game of the year discussions
01:33:40 - Enjoying games as a game reviewer
01:40:20 - Valheim
01:44:10 - RuneScape: Dragonwilds
01:50:00 - WARDOGS continues
02:00:40 - Silent Hill: Townfall
02:11:00 - Hellraiser: Revival
02:20:40 - Active Matter
02:26:40 - Steam Frame
02:32:10 - Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter
02:36:20 - Marathon redo
02:38:45 - Mindeye devs laid off
02:40:30 - PC Gamer Show - Japan
02:42:50 - BLACKWOOD
02:52:40 - Shoutouts
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Zeke returns from the desert just in time for the world of video games to explode again! From Insomniac's Wolverine reviews, Kojima parting ways with Sony partnership to BlizzCon announcements including a new StarCraft and World of Warcraft Forever! We try to balance our excitement and horror with Valheim 1.0, surprise hit: The Blood of Dawnwalker, Onimusha, Breathedge 2 and more!

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Valheim 1.0
00:07:20 - Wolverine reviews
00:11:30 - Kojima and Sony part ways
00:23:30 - Crimson Desert DLC
00:31:20 - StarCraft returns
00:36:50 - Diablo V
00:46:50 - World of Warcraft Forever
01:03:30 - Zeke's Burning Man
01:23:50 - Ocarina of Time Remake
01:34:40 - Metroid Ravenous
01:36:10 - Kirby & The World Beyond
01:38:00 - Steam Achievement Leak
01:42:40 - The Blood of Dawnwalker
01:59:30 - Breathedge 2
02:13:00 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword
02:19:10 - We have played Emberville
02:37:10 - WARDOGS Early Access
02:53:30 - Solasta 2
02:56:50 - Shoutouts
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We're joined by WARDOGS Game Directors: Howard Philpott & Mark "phantasy' Pinney this week to talk about filling a much needed niche in the FPS genre, why early access and plenty of viewer questions! Afterwards we chat about the awkwardness that is DLSS5, the GTA6 reveal that broke the internet, and a Witcher 3 remaster in the middle of a massive ton of game releases. Then our time with the new STALKER 2 update, Star Wars Zero Company and more!

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Can't handle all of these games
00:02:40 - Wardogs devs join us
00:04:50 - Why early access?
00:09:40 - First convention
00:17:00 - Graphical advantages
00:20:50 - Vehicle control options
00:33:00 - Comparisons to Planetside
00:43:40 - Private servers
00:57:30 - Progression systems
01:33:20 - Global players
01:39:50 - What have the Wardogs devs been playing?
01:50:30 - Announcements at FPS Game Show
01:52:30 - The DLSS5 issue
01:57:40 - GTA6
02:11:15 - The Witcher 3 Remaster
02:16:40 - STALKER 2
02:20:00 - Star Wars Zero Company
02:44:15 - Wolcen 2
02:49:10 - Path of Exile 2 - Swords/release date
02:51:10 - Shoutouts
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We witnessed a gaggle of Ls this week as Amazon/Twitch launch opt-out AI training on their streamers to everyone's dismay. Even more abysmal AI news: An ex-writer within Saber Interactive allegedly replaced by AI and the CEO has a very healthy reaction. Luckily we finally get our first real look at Kingdom Hearts 4 and it's launching sooner than we thought! Games this week: Continuing Big Walk, KOTOR 2, Sandustry, DIVE or DIE, ReStory and more!
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - To the MOON
00:04:00 - War Dogs
00:09:20 - Mortal Shell 2
00:14:00 - Twitch/Amazon training AI off streamers
00:29:00 - Writer gets replaced by AI
00:41:00 - Weird things in WoW
00:49:00 - Terraria Calamity mod shutting down
00:54:30 - Kingdom Hearts 4 news
00:57:00 - Marvel Rivals doing extremely well
01:00:42 - People upset with Wolverine?
01:07:00 - Elder Scrolls 6 looks great according to CEO of game
01:09:50 - Alan Wake 2 sells 3 million copies
01:13:20 - BEEG Walk
01:19:50 - Falcom reports 110% profit growth from Trails in the Sky 1
01:21:00 - Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave
01:26:50 - Marvel Tokon gets PC patch
01:35:30 - Zeke played KOTOR2
01:44:50 - Sandustry
01:49:40 - Lootbound
01:59:00 - Chop Chop Inc.
02:04:30 - DIVE or DIE
02:11:20 - Pax Autocratica
02:23:00 - Servant of the Lake
02:30:00 - Below, Rusted Gods
02:36:40 - Cat Mail Co.
02:42:20 - ReStory
02:49:00 - Dragonsword Awakening
02:59:00 - Shoutouts

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