Jake's sick, Raz is recovered, and karma is real — so we kept it loose and answered your questions from the Discord this week.
We get into whether Apex hitting all-time-high player counts means anything for a Warzone comeback (short version: Warzone is the abusive ex who shows up with roses), why Zelda is a children's game, the most overrated franchises in gaming, when a game stops being a game and becomes a simulator (Tarkov vs. Squad vs. Hell Let Loose), whether AI will let you build GTA 6 in one prompt, the hardest gaming achievements we've ever earned, and a pile of off-topic chaos — first jobs, childhood cereal, the one-hair-on-your-steak test, and which historical event we'd go witness.
Plus: a new development on splitting donations, the DMZ deep-dive over on Patreon, and a behind-the-scenes look at how the show actually gets made now.
Got a question for us? Join the Discord (linked everywhere) and drop it in the Q&A channel. We may or may not answer it.
Jake's the optimist, Raz is the cynic — guess which one of us thinks Warzone could still be saved.
0:00 - Intro (Jake's sick, karma is real)
3:03 - New: splitting donations 50/50 with Jake
4:02 - Patreon + the DMZ deep-dive
9:17 - Best life advice you've gotten
9:43 - 'Tell the truth, or at least don't lie'
14:03 - Just start — stop making the perfect plan
15:49 - Our first jobs
21:29 - Does Apex's comeback mean hope for Warzone?
23:01 - Warzone is the abusive ex
23:52 - How the rebranded show is going + the AI workflow
26:42 - Selling your old CoD-era Dropshot merch
28:05 - When does a game become a simulator?
31:23 - Would you play a good new Call of Duty?
32:17 - It's all a tax write-off now
33:52 - How we approach open-world games
37:32 - Did you beat Radahn before the nerf?
41:14 - Our most interesting use of AI (this podcast)
44:05 - Claude's Fable 5 + the gov't shutting it down
45:47 - If AI could build any AAA game, what would it be?
49:17 - Most overrated game & movie franchises
51:16 - Zelda is a children's game (hot take)
56:01 - Most useless & most useful real-life skill
57:48 - Hardest gaming achievement (Hearthstone Legend)
1:06:28 - A food that reminds you of childhood
1:10:21 - One app you'd keep on your phone
1:12:16 - Worst restaurant experience + picky eaters
1:18:44 - The one-hair-on-your-steak test
1:24:51 - Weirdest thing you've ever Googled
1:29:15 - A historical event you'd witness
1:36:32 - Ranking awkward social situations
1:39:00 - A historical figure to have dinner with
1:44:17 - Followers you'd rather have
1:44:45 - Hardest game you've ever finished
1:47:18 - Outro + peripherals
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