Remap Radio 91 – Power to the Players

Remap Radio

Leisure, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

5 • 882 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 185 minutes

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Summary

It’s been a busy week in video games! Join Patrick, Janet, Chia, and Rob as they share chaotic stories of trying to pre-order Switch 2, what Switch 2 says about the future of physical games, the parent company of IGN suing Open AI, and what to make of union contract negotiations stalling at multiple companies. Plus, Janet and Patrick are obsessed with the French RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, while Cado is charmed by Skin Deep (cats!) and despelote (soccer!).

Discussed: Did Anyone Pre-Order A Switch 2? 2:00, The Switch 2 Game Carts Situation 23:09, EA Layoffs, Respawn Cancels Incubated Game 41:27, Ziff Davis sues OpenAI 49:32, Microsoft dragging feet on unionization contract 1:19:26, Clair Obscur Expedition 33 1:43:27, Skin Deep 2:23:10, Despelote 2:37:51, Outro and Announcements 2:57:28

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Remap Radio. I am your host, Rob Zakney, and this is episode
0:13.2	91 from May 2nd, 2025. Today we are joined by Chia Contreras. Hello. Patrick Clapick.
0:21.4	Hi.
0:22.6	And Janet Garcia.
0:24.2	Hello.
0:24.7	What are we doing for episode 100?
0:27.4	Mm.
0:27.8	Uh-oh.
0:29.5	We should probably think about what we're doing for episode 100.
0:31.6	Should we map that?
0:32.6	We got to map it out first.
0:33.6	You want to map it out?
0:35.4	Well, it's nine weeks from now.
0:39.8	Five weeks?
0:40.5	Nine weeks.
0:41.2	Because this is 91.
0:42.4	Am I going to be gone?
0:43.7	Oh, shit.
0:45.5	For episode 100, we're removing Patrick from the podcast.
0:49.2	Oh, no.
0:52.5	A number appears in the sky.
0:54.7	One podcast member disappears as a countdown.
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