The Halo Remake Is a Metaphor for the Xbox Mess

The Halo Remake Is a Metaphor for the Xbox Mess

July 24, 2026 · 60 min · Episode 508

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of the Halo remake on Xbox's current strategy while exploring other games.

In the back half of this week’s episode, we chat about Halo: Campaign Evolved, a video game that has the misfortune of representing everything infuriating about the modern Xbox strategy. Fortunately, other games exist. To soothe the soul, we start with an inspired murder mystery, a surprisingly deep Spelunky-like, and the 1.0 of Palworld.

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