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."

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

Was BioWare killed by EA, or by the idea that games are art? Colan's take on why BioWare died is blunt: gaming is commerce. "Sorry, it just is."

You can talk to any NPC in GTA V now. NPCTalk is a free, open-source mod: you speak, they answer in character, in their own voice. Is this the one use of AI in games you'd be okay with? Demo: @patch_gg #GTAV

Who is actually buying an $1,800 Xbox? Kohji has heard enough, and the panel lands on an answer: us idiots. @paralleltcgpod

WoW's map was bad for 20 years. A player fixed it, gave it away free, and got called "AI vibe coded slop". Is it? Demo: @JenEricLive Reply: @LyseLyfe #WorldofWarcraft #WoW

Has BioWare actually made a great game in the last ten years? Gnoc says the studio's last decade speaks for itself. Kohji is not having it. @itsgnoc @paralleltcgpod

Tim Sweeney says Epic is going "maximum AI acceleration", and that the goal isn't fewer people. Steam still puts an AI label on store pages. Would an AI label stop you from buying a great game? #EpicGames #AI

Blizzard never made Diablo II in VR. A modder did, and it's free. Mod: BodyWalk VR (natpoh) github.com/natpoh/diablo2-vr… Gameplay: @PCVRGamer #Diablo2 #VR #PCVR

Trading... Gamified.

Would you sell your game data for cheaper games? @OliverMaroney: "I would absolutely take a discount." @willsspangler: "That could create another revenue stream and potentially drive down the price of games." Would publishers pass the savings back?

Would you sell your tilt data? @itsGnoc: "They already know everything about me." "You're going to give me a 50% discount... Go ahead. Have it." "I would pay a subscription to see what tilts the people on the other side." The data could work both ways.