GameEngineStart Podcast - The Unseen Hand of Josh

After a brief hospital visit, we're back again with some actual video games.Editors Note: We realised later that the Helldivers 2 GM is actually named Joel. Too late to change the title now.Intermission MusicThe Woods - Wilbert Roget, II - Pacific Drive: Official Game SoundtrackSteam | Epic Games StoreWe Played...Euan rumbles around a messed up Pacific North-West in Pacific Drive, an early GOTY candidate.Calum is in the early stages of Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, and has a bunch of things he can't talk about.We both have put a bunch of time into Helldivers, and we talk about how it might be the first game in a long time to do live service right.Timestamps00:02:05 - Hospital Chat00:19:40 - Helldivers 2 & Live Service00:40:00 - Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth00:47:20 - Destiny 2 Hoverboards00:52:26 - Music Break00:54:20 - Pacific Drive and its save system.01:20:45 - News - Akira Toyama passed away at 68, and leaves behind a legacy that touched a lot of people01:22:25 - News - The remaster of the first three Tomb Raider games had some strange inconsistencies between the Steam and EGS versions01:24:45 - News - Rooster Teeth shuts down after more than 20 years, because their new corporate overlords said "Nah"01:26:36 - News - After a less than impressive showing by Suicide Squad, a live service game, Warner Bros are doubling down on live service games.01:28:52 - News - EA CEO Andrew Wilson just went off to fantasy land about his perceived impressions of what AI can do.01:32:46 - News - The wingnut gamers are at it again, constructing a conspiracy theory against narrative consulting shop Sweet Baby Inc.01:33:51 - Upcoming Games & Wrap UpIntro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0