Episode 316: Procedural Up The Bajacksie

Marsh, Chris and Alex attempt our first remote pod to discuss AI-augmented game development and the various verbs of Doom Eternal.

This is a shorter pod than usual as we get used to a new way of recording – but we’re going to do our best to continue to deliver hot pods every week. We hope you’re staying well! Washyerhandseverybody.

• Here’s that interview with Google’s Erin Hoffman-John about game creation using machine learning. Who will reach the end of Mike Cook’s Takeshi’s Castle with their dignity intact?
• Here’s Ganbreeder (now Artbreeder), and here’s how Pascal Blanché has used it to do art.
• We’ve all been running and jumpiung and shooting and finding and chainsawing and flaming and grenading and glory-killing and collecting Funkos in Doom Eternal.
• Podcast recommendations!
• The BBC’s Boring Talks, particularly this one about Watergate tape silence.
• This American Life‘s backlog, specifically, Squirrel Cop and squid or bung.
• Sophie’s Dice! Ideal for yer remote roleplaying. Chris has also been getting used to roll20.
• Here’s Chris and Pip’s podcast about Animal Crossing, if you missed it.

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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.