The AI situation is crazy | Friends Per Second #85
Summary
This episode features a comprehensive recap of the Game Awards 2025, covering unexpected wins like Expedition 33, controversial celebrity castings, and exciting new game reveals such as Control 2 and Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic. A significant portion is dedicated to a nuanced discussion on artificial intelligence in game development, sparked by Larian Studios' comments, exploring its ethical concerns, efficiency gains, and impact on creative roles and society. The hosts also share what games they've been playing, from Skate Story to Diablo 4, and discuss non-gaming media.Episode description
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
16:15 Game Awards Recap
52:55 True Classic (Ad)
54:59 AI Discussion
01:33:53 Hello Fresh (Ad)
01:36:12 User Question
01:44:31 Jake's Been Playing Skate Story
01:49:59 Lucy's Been Playing Puzzmo
01:52:40 Jake's Been Playing Terminator 2D: No Fate
01:56:02 Ralph's Been Playing the New Diablo Season, Darktide and Hollow Knight: Silksong
02:02:55 Show and Tell
02:13:58 Wrap Up
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Let's meet our hosts!
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since.
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