Season 20, Episode 07

Season 20, Episode 07

From In-Game Chat by ingamechat.net

March 8, 2026 · 1h 40m

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of AI on the gaming industry while posing a nostalgic question about games people would like to experience again for the first time.

Listen, there is still bad news. More AI stuff and more studio closings and people losing their jobs. It’s still pretty bleak. And it isn’t likely to change for quite some time. But, in an effort to not yet again sound like a broken record of just horrible news every week, I’d like to pose a question to you. If you could wipe the memory of any game you’ve played, so that you could experience it again for the very first time, what would you pick? What game made such an impression on you that going through it again, with a fresh mind and fresh eyes, would be your choice? Half-Life 1/2 were amazing games with mechanics we’d never seen before at the time, but if only your memory of it was wiped, would it be what it was then by playing it today? I had a few picks for myself. Mark Of The Ninja was one. It’s a game I’ve not played in a long time and would likely feel like playing it for the first time. Another was Bioshock Infinite (probably Bioshock 1, as well). Those two games, while playing them wouldn’t seem at all much different than anything else out there…it’s their stories that I want to experience again for the first time. And it’s a bit hard for me to find something else like…

Topics covered

  • AI in gaming
  • studio closings
  • job losses
  • gaming experiences
  • nostalgia in games

Keywords

  • AI
  • gaming industry
  • nostalgia
  • game experiences
  • job losses

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Half-Life 1, Half-Life 2, Mark Of The Ninja, Bioshock Infinite, Bioshock 1, Braid

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