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This week, Mike, Alanah, and Austin chat to co-founder of Stoic, the creators of The Banner Saga and, more recently, Towerborne!

This week, Alanah and Mike discuss the Switch 2 presentation!

This week, Alanah and Mike start out by talking about the lay-offs across WB Games, then jump into talking about Microsoft's newly announced AI "Muse", and then we - finally - get Alanah's thoughts on Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

This week, Austin and Alanah sit down to talk to Mike Laidlaw, the game director of Dragon Age: Origins who most recently started his own studio and make ETERNAL STRANDS. Which Austin also worked on, because of course he did. He cannot be contained.

Apologies for the delay here - the audio file was corrupted! This week, Mike and Alanah are joined by Strange Scaffold's Xalavier Nelson Jr to talk about how the studio makes so many high quality games, and what it really means to be a good game director.

The conversation kicks off with the impact of recent LA fires on local musicians. A deep dive into the insights from a comprehensive report reveals the post-pandemic economic landscape of video gaming. Anticipation builds around pricing strategies for GTA 6 amidst evolving revenue models. The discussion then shifts to how gaming culture is transformed by subscription services, AI’s role, and changing consumer behavior. The competition between gaming and other digital platforms emerges as a significant theme, alongside speculations on the industry's future in 2025.

Happy four years of PWL! Sorry about Mike's audio here, we don't know what happened.

Alanah left her job at Sony, and Mike got in trouble for saying something on Bluesky. We discuss the state of the games industry now that it's December 2024, and the notion that "indies will save" everything.

We're back from a brief hiatus! Immediately discussing: should Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree be nominated for GOTY even though it's a DLC? Also: Mike announced another video game!

This week, FROSTPUNK 2!