@pirsig: I understand your concern and it's valid. Not to play a round of "count the diverse voices", but they talked about working with GameSpot folks like Lucy James and Tamoor Hussain, and Jeff G said they'll be hiring up more core staff in due time. I think there's a good chance that we'll hear from different perspectives on this site soon.
As for me, I'm incredibly excited for everything that was talked about on this podcast. It's in stark contrast to how crummy I felt when Vinny, Brad, and Alex announced they were leaving. I think new highs for the site are on the horizon, and I'm so happy and excited for the staff and the new shows.
@xbob42: You're maybe a little more fired up about it than I am, but I agree with you. That game was Bethesda broken several times over and online game broken. It was unacceptable to be sold as a completed product. They should have just slapped "Early Access" on it and fixed it as they have.
I hope the next Bethesda entry will be a much cleaner release, and I expect the reaction to Fallout 76 is one of the reasons this development cycle is taking much longer than their previous ones. I'd love to say I'm giving them one more chance, but Bethesda will never not have my loyalty because they make games like no one else does.
GTA Houston is a brilliant idea. The ingrained conservativism and rampant patriotism there are ripe for the type of shitty parody Rockstar does in GTA. Or, God willing, maybe their new style is the slightly less shitty parody they did in Red Dead 2. In which case, I'm still all for it.
@depecheload: fantastic summary of a topic I'm already tired of hearing about as an "investment opportunity". A grift that has the added bonus of hastening the destruction of the environment--what's more to hate?!
Brad, I thought Ori was likely a losing battle, but thank you for righting the "wrongs" of the Blind Forest snub, man. I felt like this was a real appreciation of the music of games this year, and I loved listening to the discussion.
... And they played my favorite song from Tropical Freeze.
Did Tony Hawk 1 predict the future, or are they just that tuned in with this remake? A deserted school campus predicting the Coronavirus pandemic, a decrepit mall predicting the downfall of physical retail locations, and a downtown Minneapolis with plywood covered storefronts that are common after this summer's protests.
I'm mostly joking, as I know these are just contemporary visual tweaks, and there are plenty of justifications for these decisions otherwise, but the campus slideshow that gave Jeff pause made the rest of the game's levels seem very prescient.
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