"i used to have a lot of pressure to go and play big, important video games," he says. "But now i just play older games that i think are interesting and excite me" He also has a six-month-old daughter called sam who's pretty cool. 'Most of my life is being a manager,' the critic adds.
With Justin and Griffin on tour, we've brought in Tina Sanchez (@teanah), who has worked on some of the biggest franchises in the games industry (and even hosted a podcast with Chris Plante ages ago!). She's here to teach us the magical world of video game producing and how the sauce all comes together into a bigger, better sauce. We're also diving a bit into our backlog, from Yakuza 0 to Outer Wilds and beyond.
Other things talked about: Call of Duty, Apex Legends, God of War Ragnarok, Stray, Deep Rock Galactic and The Rehearsal on HBO.
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