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 (theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/05/video-game-m…), Sony recieves Tarrif Refund (gamefile.news/p/playstations-big-tariff-refund…), Motherboards are getting more expensive (digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/08/motherboard-pr…)
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
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