Episode 268: The Five Rarities
Episode description
Chris, Tom F, Alex and perhaps others dramatise assorted games industry dramas, discuss the anti-cheat ramifications of Dean Leaner, and explore death in a variety of warzones.
Plus: Destiny 2 in 2019, Fortune-299, Slay The Spire modding, our community GOTY vote and more!
- In the event that our summation of the Improbable/Unity business didn’t make any sense – and why would it – here’s a recap. The Improbable blog post that didn’t make any sense is this one.
- Here’s Bungie declaring their independence from Activision.
- Here’s John McDonald from Valve presenting at GDC about using deep learning to combat cheating.
- Here’s Dean Learner combatting cheating.
- Alex is playing his game of 2018, Destiny 2: Forsaken.
- Chris has been rolling around and wailing in Battlefield V and Escape From Tarkov.
- Tom’s been digging into Slay The Spire mods and embarking on Fortune-499.
- You can find our community GOTY site here.
- Tiny Bird Garden Deluxe, Slime Rancher, Candy Crush and Gardenscapes are our recommendations for things to do when it’s gloomy outside.
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Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.