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Remap Radio is a new podcast from the creators of the long-running video game podcast Waypoint Radio. Join Rob Zacny, Chia Contreras, Patrick Klepek, and their friends and colleagues as they set off on a new adventure that has them obsessing over the video game Dragon’s Dogma nearly as much as they question the nature of capitalism.

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Yesterday · 30 min
Sports! Mini — Case (Keenum) Closed
A week ago, Rob and Patrick were on the brink of throwing up their hands at yet another disastrous season for the Chicago Bears. Now…Super Bowl? Super BEARS? 38-year-old Case Keenum, a guy hired to hold a clipboard and mentor players, had the game of his life, and simultaneously sent the Philadelphia Eagles into an existential crisis about their own season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#156
Friday · 3 hr 23 min
Remap Radio 156 - The Garden of Gadgets
Aftermath's Chris Person joins the show to free-associate about retro gaming, the Steam Frame, David Graeber, vibe coding, and Control Resonant. Rob and Patrick are loving it, and Patrick starts getting into the ups-and-downs of the Mac Mini market, while Rob has an important realization: he actually has an important (very relatively speaking) use case for the Steam Frame. Spoiler: it involves his god damn racing wheel. CW: The episode opens with a brief news bulletin on the Jacob Geller sexual assault news. 00:05:35 - Retro Gaming Sicko’s Corner 00:58:15 - Steam Frame & VR in the Modern Day 02:01:29 - Control Resonant See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
September 26 · 30 min
Sports! Mini — Grade 1 Heartbreak
On Sunday, Rob and Patrick almost saw the entire Chicago Bears season sink underneath an injury to quarterback Caleb Williams. Rob’s Sunday was ruined. Patrick’s flight back from Los Angeles became a tomb. And the prospect of doing weekly check-ins on the Bears for the Remap audience suddenly became more daunting. Maybe they could chat about a book they were reading, instead? But thankfully, Williams is not out for the season. So we’re back? Sort of. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#155
September 25 · 2 hr 37 min
Remap Radio 155 — Patch Notes
We begin this podcast the way we ended the last podcast: talking about Control Resonant. This time, Rob’s spent 17 hours with Remedy’s latest, albeit all of it before the game was updated to validate the emotional and critical feelings of Patrick and Janet. But we also have much else to discuss, including Xbox’s ongoing “reset,” the alleged future of Bungie, Discord pushing forward on age verification, and many thoughts on both Silent Hill Townfall and Normal Golf Game. Links: Control Resonant Post by Chris Person, Xbox Announces Continuing Layoffs and Restructure, The Next Chapter of Bungie, Post about Turning off Gambling Ads In Discord, Image of Confusing UI in Discord Settings Discussed: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:44 - Control Resonant 00:55:07 - Xbox Studios Goes through Further Layoffs 01:18:49 - Bungie's Next Chapter 01:42:48 - Discord Age Verification Rolls Out 02:00:47 - Silent Hill: Townfall 02:20:04 - Normal Golf Game See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
September 21 · 1 hr 2 min
The Most Normal Golf Game Ever Made
A conversation with the designer behind one of 2026's most pleasant surprises, and arguably the most unconventional take on hitting a golf ball since Wii Sports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#154
September 18 · 2 hr 58 min
Remap Radio 154 — It’s Not a Lake, It’s a Podcast
You don’t get a new Remedy video game all that often, but Rob, Patrick, and Janet have all played Control Resonant and…well, you should just listen to the podcast. Elsewhere on Remap Radio this week, we’ve got [checks notes] a ton of bummer news, including several studios shutting down, IGN laying off even more people, a truly perplexing story about a studio head’s comments on crunch, and more. At least Chia’s back from Japan and playing Perfect Tides! Links: Moss Dev Shuts Down, Heart Machine goes through Layoffs, Rockstar Union had a Mole in their Discord, Wardogs Dev won't hire people who have been vocally anti-crunch, Nighthawks Categorized as Adult Content by Steam, The Future of Marathon Discussed: 00:02:33 - Unfortunately we must discuss the horrors 00:04:49 - IGN/Indie Studios Layoffs and Closures 00:44:24 - Wardogs CEO talks crunch 01:16:36 - Rockstar deployed union mole 01:25:00 - Nighthawks marked as adult content by Steam moderation 01:32:03 - The Future of Marathon 01:41:49 - Control Resonant See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
September 15 · 22 min
Sports! Mini — A 59lb Burger
The 13th of September will no longer be known as a Chicago holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice, we will not go quietly into the night. We will not vanish without a fight. We're going to live on. We're going to survive. Today, friends, The Bears Are Back! Join Rob and Patrick for a Sports! mini-pod—seriously, it’s only 20 minutes—about the Bears pulverizing the Panthers. Our hope is to deliver one of these every week (unless we’re already doing a normal Sports!). Library-tier subscribers will get access to them ASAP, while everyone else can hear our thoughts on Saturdays…right before the NFL kicks off again! Beardown! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#153
September 11 · 3 hr 13 min
Remap Radio 153: Let's Not Get Mired in So-Called Research
Bruno Dias joins the crew to talk about his review of The Sinking City 2 and Lovecraft as author versus Lovecraft as brand. Then the gang gets into our glorious era of privacy annihilating personal technology and engages in a philosophical exploration of Siri Recap and when an audio file ceases to be an audio file. We discuss Kojima's announcement with Microsoft, and what it implies about Sony's relationship to big AAA prestige pieces and creators. You know, things like Wolverine from Insomniac, which Patrick has been playing a lot this last week. It's not great, bub! Then Bruno has been digging into 1000 Hells and Blood of Dawnwallker. If you ever wanted to hear about different ways voice lines and barks are handled at studios, this is the episode for you, because Bruno has spent time in those mines. 00:01:18 - Sinking City 2 00:59:44 - TCL’s TV Review Press List 01:28:13 - Hockey Commentator reveals that EA is testing AI voice acting for EA Sports 01:40:54 - 1900 Blizzard Employees Unionize 01:52:22 - Microsoft acquires Kojima Production’s PHYSINT after Sony drops it 02:16:01 - Insomniac’s Wolverine Woes 02:45:57 - 1000 Hells 02:51:49 - Blood of Dawnwalker 03:04:00 - Star Wars Zero Company See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#152
September 4 · 2 hr 56 min
Remap Radio 152 - I Studied the Blade
Hey everyone look at this guy. He doesn't know who Miyamoto Musashi is. He doesn't even know about Ganryu! If you mention the Five Rings, he thinks you're talking about Tom Brady. And yet HE was worthy of the Onimusha: Way of the Sword review code? That's fine. We're not bitter. We have other games to play, like Super Mega Baseball, First Light, or Orbitals. 01:06 - The Sinking City 2 might be an Evil Within 2-like 06:02 - 80% of Bit Reactor Furloughed 18:22 - The DLSS5 Yassification Machine 38:21 - De-listed games included in Xbox’s disc to digital initiative 49:43 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword 1:22:24 - Super Mega Baseball 1:39:21 - 007: First Light 1:54:27 - Orbitals 2:09:26 - Question Bucket See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
August 31 · 28 min
The Pile of Shame (Library Preview)
This is a preview of a Premium Library Tier podcast. To access the full episode, you can sign up at remapradio.com/signup 2026 has been full of horrors, but it’s also been full of video games, too. With Grand Theft Auto VI coming later this year, though, there’s an avalanche of games coming throughout September and October. It felt like a good time to check in with Patrick, Chia, and Janet about their individual piles of shame, the games they plan to spend more time with before 2026 is over, and what games they’re looking forward to playing as the year rolls around. It’s, uh, a lot of games. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#151
August 28 · 3 hr 6 min
Remap Radio 151: Now THIS Is Tactics
Rob and Patrick have been digging into Zero Company and discuss the things they are getting from their vastly divergent contexts for it. The gang discuss Tim Curry's passing, Playdate's tariff generosity, and the Paradox founders' taxation takes. Then Janet has been digging Perfect Tides, Baldur's Gate 3, and Blood Dungeon, while Patrick is enjoying the a return to the grimness of A Plague Tale with Resonance. 01:17 - Star Wars Zero Company (Redux) 01:03:20 - Tim Curry's passing 01:05:49 - Doublefine's independent plans 01:09:29 - Xbox Discless Pivot 01:21:44 - Playdate refunds tariff money 01:26:46 - Paradox CEO complains about wealth taxes 01:48:25 - Perfect Tides: Station to Station 02:06:32 - Baldur’s Gate 3 02:15:01 - Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy 02:35:53 - Manual Transmission Games & Rally Car School 02:56:38 - Blood Dungeon See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#150
August 21 · 2 hr 51 min
Remap Radio 150 — Grand Theft Podcast
So far as we know, nobody is leaking clips from this podcast, but the same can’t be said for Grand Theft Auto VI. Join Patrick, Chia, and Janet as they reminisce about how their parents treated GTA growing up, Netflix’s latest signal they don’t know what to do with video games, and plenty of games talk, including impressions of Netflix’s (impressive!) Unhinged experiment, MiO: Memories in Orbit, Rogue Voltage, Mortal Shell II, and more. Plus, in The Question Bucket, we ponder why developers disable achievements when using options to tweak a game’s difficulty. Links: GTA 6 Suffers Third Day of Leaks, Latest Video Suggests Leakers Have Access to a Build of the Game, Nightschool Shuttered by Netflix, Industry legend Warren Spector is retiring: 'I'm feeling like I've done what I set out to do', Matthew Karch Apologizes to Stella Sacco, School for Poetic Computing, Compulsion Games pulls off management buyout and separates from Xbox | exclusive Discussed: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:12:19 - The GTA VI Leaks, the Worker's Union, and GTA Histories 00:16:32 - gameworkers.square.site 00:34:31 - Night School Shuttered by Netflix 00:38:37 - Unhinged 00:55:57 - Saber Interactive CEO Apologizes to Former Employee 01:05:38 - Warren Spector Retires 01:09:58 - Harvey Smith starts a new company 01:11:10 - Arco recoups it's development costs 01:14:21 - MIO: Memories in Orbit 01:24:51 - Mortal Shell 2 01:42:28 - Rogue Voltage 01:52:21 - School for Poetic Computing 01:57:28 - Compulsion Games is now Independent 01:58:37 - Angel Essence 02:07:02 - Pin-Crawl 02:12:14 - Question Bucket See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
August 19 · 35 min
Do Video Games Belong in Prison?
Patrick sits down with Nicole Carpenter to discuss her article on the prisoners at Rikers prison and their access to video games. Which games are provided to them, and who gets to make that decision? They also break down the biases people carry about who should have access to games, and how that access changes the prisoners' day to day life. A Virtual Escape for Riker's Inmates by Nicole Carpenter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
August 18 · 2 hr 9 min
Sports! — Da Bears Are (Almost) Back
Are you a down bad enough sicko to watch NFL pre-season football? That’s the question that Patrick poses to Rob as they kick off a new episode of Sports! We also discuss the state of sports journalism, the rise of analysis over journalism, what happened to The Athletic, the ongoing culture war in the WNBA, and much more. Plus, we strongly consider a trip to Detroit. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#149
August 14 · 2 hr 41 min
Remap Radio 149 — Please Opt In to This Podcast
It is with a heavy heart that we share that the XCOM and Star Wars mashup, Star Wars: Zero Company, seems pretty good. You have another video game to play this year. At least, that’s what Rob told Patrick and Chia on this episode of Remap Radio, where we chat about turn-based Clone Wars, Twitch’s shockingly honest admission about AI, why nobody should work at Saber Interactive, the great time Patrick’s having repairing electronics in ReStory, and more. Links: Saber Interactive CEO Responds to Accusations, Twitch Makes AI Training Opt-Out. Stream Clip of Twitch Explaining Why it's Opt -Out. The Couchmaster Discussed: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:55 - Star Wars Zero Company 00:56:20 - Saber Interactive accused of replacing writer with AI 01:16:24 - Twitch is Training AI on you 01:28:41 - The Normies and AI 02:05:30 - ReStory 02:22:58 - Big Walk 02:34:58 - Question Bucket See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#148
August 7 · 2 hr 54 min
Remap Radio 148 — It’s in the Game. Or Is it?
There’s little evidence the Electronic Arts going private because it’s being bought by a Saudi Arabian-backed financial group is good for the industry, but who was expecting good news these days? Rob, Chia, and Patrick mull this latest development, news that Sony isn’t giving back any tariff money, and talk about a bunch of games, including Chia’s adventures at GenCon and Patrick finishing 007: First Light alongside dumping a whole bunch of hours into Game Freak’s Beast of Reincarnation. Oh, and how would we re-imagine a football video game? Links: EA bought by Saudi Arabia, Sony recieves Tarrif Refund, Motherboards are getting more expensive Discussed: 00:39 - Tyranny & Peter Molyneux 11:26 - The John Company Megagame 26:39 - EA purchased by Saudi Arabia 1:08:08 - Sony receives tariff refunds 1:15:30 - Motherboards are going to become more expensive 1:21:26 - Beast of Reincarnation 1:50:46 - Chia's Gen Con Adventures 2:11:42 - Theater of Idols 2:23:19 - 007: First Light 2:32:10 - Boreal Tenebrae Act 0: Sundowning 2:37:25 - The Question Bucket 2:48:26 - Outro See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#147
July 31 · 3 hr 14 min
Remap Radio 147: A Portentous Pod
This podcast episode was born under a bad sign as avian wildlife besmirch Rob's finest attire shortly before the recording. After surveying a grim landscape of games, news, the gang sits down to a pretty good summer of games with Janet digging Townfall and Incident at Galley House, Patrick playing some really cool platformers, and Rob catching Super Mega Baseball Fever. A Bird Hath Shat Upon Rob 0:01 Microsoft Layoffs 0:18:56 EA are Jerks and Going Private 0:45:28 Passing of İpek Yavuz co-creator of Mount and Blade 0:54:07 Vermila Studios Shutting Down 0:58:37 Silent Hill: Townfall 1:11:53 Rhythm Doggo & Slain 2: The Beast Within 1:27:29 The Incident at Galley House 1:40:06 Super Mega Baseball 1:55:14 Splatoon Raiders 2:18:00 Mailbag 2:30:26 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
July 29 · 1 hr 10 min
Samuel Horti on Super Mega Baseball
Samuel Horti joins Rob to talk about Super Mega Baseball. They discuss its brilliant “traits” system, never-to-be-beaten difficulty settings, delightfully slippery pitching and batting controls, and the “just-enough” franchise mode. They also discuss whether the game is truly an arcade baseball game, or if it’s occupying space that hardcore sims began from in the SNES and Pentium eras. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#146
July 24 · 3 hr 39 min
Remap Radio 146 - Entomology Etymology
You’re getting the Fallout and the Elder Scrolls you’ve been clamoring for, eventually, along with the option to stream games to your XBOX DEVICE with ads, but you’re going to love them. They’ll actually contribute to the experience! Chia and Rob are getting absolutely worked in Marathon’s new Vaultbreaker PvE mode, while Janet contemplates her delight in the Steam Machine and her seething disdain for life in Pokopia. Rob’s loving life behind the wheel thanks to his new H-Shifter, and a newfound love of Dirt Rally 2.0 and the weird and wonderful world of Assetto Corsa mods. Also a brief primer on Etymology, Entomology, Entemann’s. Links: Bethesda's Fallout Announcement, ZA/UM Layoff Announcement, Joe Ziegler Leaves Bungie, Xbox;s New Streaming Announcement, Tiktok - Game Streaming with Ads, Rayman Legends Ocean's 12 Level, Rob's Ideal Racing Rig Discussed: 01:07 - Bethesda's Fallout Announcement 47:50 - Layoffs at ZA/UM 51:28 - Game Director of Marathon Departs Bungie 1:02:09 - Marathon 1:35:43 - Xbox Game Streaming now with Ads 1:58:34 - Pokemon Pokopia 2:27:27 - Glyphica 2:36:15 - The Question Bucket 3:22:47 - Dirt Rally 2 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
July 21 · 1 hr 44 min
Sports! - World Cup Fever
A beautiful game deserves a beautiful podcast, so Janet and Rob sat down to discuss the 2026 World Cup. Is Argentina that punchable or are people just tired of them? Does soccer romanticize a rags-to-riches pastime that is increasingly at odds with a stratified global sport that permits a dwindling number of real contenders? Can an event like the World Cup be ruined by the rancid politics of the host nation and amoral opportunism of its governing body? Where is Janet going next for her soccer fix? Also: did cycling’s paranoia about doping cause one of its stars to crash out of the Tour de France? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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