Dropped Frames Episode 461

About this episode

The episode discusses Nvidia's DLSS 5 technology, features an interview with Jeff Kaplan about his new game and career, and covers various gaming news and reviews.

The AI Slop filter is coming for our video games as Nvidia unveils what their new frame gen tech DLSS 5 will be and how it will YASSIFY everything! Fun! Jeff Kaplan has a tell all about his new game The Legend of California as well as his decades long career at Blizzard. Krafton loses big in their court case with Subnautica 2 devs: Unknown Worlds. We go long on our time with Crimson Desert, a flawed janky mess of an awesome game. Marathon releases a raid, and much more!   0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Existence 7:00 - DLSS5 Slop 13:20 - "The Gamers are wrong" 28:50 - Jeff Kaplan interview 34:00 - The Legend of California 37:00 - Slay the Spire 2 50:25 - Krafton loses in court 55:00 - Storage chests 58:40 - Crimson Desert 2:15:00 - AI assets in Crimson Desert 2:28:40 - Marathon raid 2:34:10 - Monster Hunter Stories 3 2:40:30 - Pokémon Pokopia 2:49:00 - Anime tourists 2:52:10 - Movie minute 2:52:40 - Zeke's gaming minute 2:55:45 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: itmeJP

Guest: Jeff Kaplan

Topics covered

• AI in video games
• game development
• court cases in gaming
• game reviews
• interviews

Keywords

• DLSS 5
• Jeff Kaplan
• Crimson Desert
• Krafton
• court case

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nvidia, Blizzard, Krafton, Unknown Worlds

Products: DLSS 5, Crimson Desert, Slay the Spire 2, Marathon, Pokémon Pokopia, Monster Hunter Stories 3

Books & works: The Legend of California

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