Mewgenics, Super Battle Golf and Roadside Research

In this episode, we’re breaking down a week that has fundamentally shifted the tectonic plates of the gaming industry. First, we tackle the “Dream Team” success of Edmund McMillen’s Mewgenics—a 14-year labor of love that proves deep, uncompromising design still wins. We also check in on the “Indie Renaissance” with the undercover alien chaos of Roadside Research and the friendship-ending, $8 orbital-laser mayhem of Super Battle Golf.

Then, we shift to the “Big Two” and the strange decisions coming out of the corporate boardrooms. With Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond departing Xbox and Bluepoint Games officially shuttered by Sony, the leadership of console gaming is in a total state of flux. Why is PlayStation pivoting to a stylized Horizon live-service game that fans didn’t ask for? Can the “New Guard” at Microsoft find a soul for Xbox? It’s a discussion about creative risks, corporate safe-bets, and why the most exciting things in gaming right now aren’t coming from the names you expect.

Show Notes

00:46

Housekeeping
02:51

14 Years to Success: Why Mewgenics Matters
42:41

Super Battle Golf: 8 Players, 0 Rules, Pure Chaos.
1:04:54

Roadside Reseach: Why Indie Sims are Saving Gaming
1:21:04

PlayStation is Closing Studios. Phil Spencer is Out. Is Console Gaming Dying?
1:58:53

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