Games Analysis and Producer Perspectives
Oct 20, 2026 · 41 min · 18 segments
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So what are we talking about today? What are we talking about on this wonderful October day? Well, let's talk about a couple of different video games I played lately, and these are video games that were, um, as far as I'm aware, not made with AI at all, and that's gonna be a big part of what we're talking about today.
If you like the Ace Combat series, you should also, uh, play this game immediately.
You get 16 hours or something like that of gameplay out of it, maybe closer to 20 if you wanna replay a couple different missions to earn some money in the game.
No, I actually do not love the online mode of Ace Combat 8," because it is a free-to-play game inside of a $70 game, and I think that is silly.
And also, some of the planes you can just straight-up buy with actual money and gameplay, and you cannot convince me that some of the planes that you could buy are just, like, just more powerful.
I- if, if anyone argues with me like, "No, they're the same skill," nope, they're not.
I played and beat, uh, the game Big Walk by House House, the developer House House, with some friends, and that is a great game.
The, the best way I could describe it is, uh, play with a bunch of friends who solve a bunch of puzzles and go on a big walk.
We're probably gonna talk about it, I'll be honest, on an upscreen- unscripted gaming podcast because there's a lot to say, and I played it with my co-hosts Josh and Mike.
And finally, just yesterday, I beat the game Belmont's Curse, uh, by two different development studios.
So what are we talking about today? What are we talking about on this wonderful October day? Well, let's talk about a couple of different video games I played lately, and these are video games that were, um, as far as I'm aware, not made with AI at all, and that's gonna be a big part of what we're talking about today.
If you like the Ace Combat series, you should also, uh, play this game immediately.
You get 16 hours or something like that of gameplay out of it, maybe closer to 20 if you wanna replay a couple different missions to earn some money in the game.
No, I actually do not love the online mode of Ace Combat 8," because it is a free-to-play game inside of a $70 game, and I think that is silly.
And also, some of the planes you can just straight-up buy with actual money and gameplay, and you cannot convince me that some of the planes that you could buy are just, like, just more powerful.
I- if, if anyone argues with me like, "No, they're the same skill," nope, they're not.
I played and beat, uh, the game Big Walk by House House, the developer House House, with some friends, and that is a great game.
The, the best way I could describe it is, uh, play with a bunch of friends who solve a bunch of puzzles and go on a big walk.
We're probably gonna talk about it, I'll be honest, on an upscreen- unscripted gaming podcast because there's a lot to say, and I played it with my co-hosts Josh and Mike.
And finally, just yesterday, I beat the game Belmont's Curse, uh, by two different development studios.
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