In this episode of The Wonderer's Podcast, Retro_loneliness (Nick) is joined by his step brother: Jared from Midnight Lab. In an unfortunate absence, the new duo venture into many different new topics. To begin, the Wonderer's talked about the new games that are to release in 2023. After, they got their hands dirty as they explored whether 2008's Dead Space remake will look like as it also comes out early this year. In general sense, they then dived more into the recent rise in videogame remakes within the gaming industry highlighting the problems that have arisen from them. As much as Dead Space was quite a hit for it's sci-fi horror, the Wonderer's talk about what makes them shit their pants as horror in videogames as evolved overtime.
Stepping away from single-player experiences overall, they then discuss how the vacuum that loot box systems have left caused the rise of live service systems (battle passes in other words). The Wonderer's speculate how the cash cow that Fortnite is today has significantly inspired competitors to execute similar ideas with legacy titles that never had them before. With mainstay series' like Overwatch, Battlefield, and Call of Duty all being affected by this, the state of gaming as of now has left the Wonderer's with a sour taste in their mouths.
With a surprise character teaser announced, the Wonderer's shift their focus discussing the return of the long lost sequel towards the 2011's Dead Island how it's how it's being promoted to a new generation of gamers today. As the Wonderer's trudge along, the talk about how they no longer are on the hype-train in a post- Avengers: Endgame world. And with there being sequels upon sequels (and now including shows), Marvel Fatigue has already set in. Jared then led the show with the issue Disney currently has with their movies and how the in general movies are pitted against a shadow organization known as the MPA (the motion picture administration.
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*As I publish this I will make sure to pick up the pace from where I (Retro) have left off. I know now that my mic is a little low towards the end, and my mom briefly knocked on my door.*
