"You know I mean I hate to keep bringing up House of Leaves" No you don't! You have like 6 copies of the book somehow, you LOVE to keep bringing up House of Leaves. As you should, it's great.

Corporations want slave labor, but they're not allowed to have humans for the slave labor so they make robots to have slave labor.

I mean this un-sarcastically and without malice, but I think we need to be comfortable with saying not every game is made for everyone. I appreciate Steph's opinion on it though.

AI art is great. Most of my Twitter feed is AI art from Japan now.LLMs I'm not sure. Most use I've had with that is for powering chatbots.

Calling the result of generative algorithms "art" is like calling the result of a sausage machine "sculptures". They're both taking existing material, grinding it up, and squirting it into the desired skin. The only difference is that the sausage machine didn't steal the meat.

👱 Podquisition 463: Missed Connections ✌️ 👀 Hi buddy! I just listened to your latest sound and it's incredible by your creativity. The rhythm is captivating, and the vocals are truly inspiring. Hey pal! I just listened to your latest sound and I'm blown away by your creativity. The beat is mesmerizing, and the instrumentation are mind-blowing. 👌 foll @ovidiopinto-430

Like (smuggling) ships passing in the night.

Games we played this week include: 
Alan Wake II (5:05)
Thirsty Suitors (17:05)
Robocop: Rogue City (35:05)
Dave the Diver (38:55)
WarioWare: Move It (1:07:50)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Out of the blue, a live-action Zelda film is announced (52:10)
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/7/23951339/the-legend-of-zelda-movie-live-action-nintendo
Microsoft going all-in on AI game dev tools (55:35)
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/microsoft-and-inworld-team-up-to-create-ai-game-dev-tools
Nintendo denies anyone has seen Switch 2 (1:07:05)
https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-addresses-switch-2-reports-denies-it-has-briefed-developers
SEGA executive wants Sonic to surpass Mario as a franchise (1:10:40)
https://noisypixel.net/sega-wants-sonic-games-movies-surpass-mario/
Epic Store still losing money, expected to own half of PC market by now (1:14:30)
Ubisoft lays off another batch of employees (1:16:00)
https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-montreal-latest-studio-struck-by-layoffs
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Podquisition 463: Missed Connections

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