Incredible to get the founders perspective directly Adam @fern on why @PirateNation and @ProofOfPlay are moving away from P2E mechanics.

One developer fused Total War-style strategy with Mount & Blade battles in a week, using Codex and Unreal Engine. If one person can prototype this in a week, what's stopping the studios? Dev: @xingbugengming

Is buying Supercell today like buying Blockbuster stock? Kohji roasts Tony as the guy who bought Blockbuster stock and says AI eats mobile first. @paralleltcgpod @tvalc

"BioWare has kind of f*cking sucked over the last decade." – @itsGnoc Then @ParallelTCGpod cut him off: "Gnoc Gnoc Gnoc Gnoc Gnoc. Hold on, bro... The fact that you are saying derisively that their biggest success is a remaster is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard."

Respawn never made Titanfall 2 in VR, so @CircuitLord did. Free mod, full campaign, full-body IK, manual reloads. #Titanfall2 #VR #PCVR

Was BioWare killed by EA, or by the idea that games are art? Colan's take on why BioWare died is blunt: gaming is commerce. "Sorry, it just is."

You can talk to any NPC in GTA V now. NPCTalk is a free, open-source mod: you speak, they answer in character, in their own voice. Is this the one use of AI in games you'd be okay with? Demo: @patch_gg #GTAV

Who is actually buying an $1,800 Xbox? Kohji has heard enough, and the panel lands on an answer: us idiots. @paralleltcgpod

WoW's map was bad for 20 years. A player fixed it, gave it away free, and got called "AI vibe coded slop". Is it? Demo: @JenEricLive Reply: @LyseLyfe #WorldofWarcraft #WoW

Has BioWare actually made a great game in the last ten years? Gnoc says the studio's last decade speaks for itself. Kohji is not having it. @itsgnoc @paralleltcgpod

Tim Sweeney says Epic is going "maximum AI acceleration", and that the goal isn't fewer people. Steam still puts an AI label on store pages. Would an AI label stop you from buying a great game? #EpicGames #AI

Blizzard never made Diablo II in VR. A modder did, and it's free. Mod: BodyWalk VR (natpoh) github.com/natpoh/diablo2-vr… Gameplay: @PCVRGamer #Diablo2 #VR #PCVR

Trading... Gamified.

Would you sell your game data for cheaper games? @OliverMaroney: "I would absolutely take a discount." @willsspangler: "That could create another revenue stream and potentially drive down the price of games." Would publishers pass the savings back?

Would you sell your tilt data? @itsGnoc: "They already know everything about me." "You're going to give me a 50% discount... Go ahead. Have it." "I would pay a subscription to see what tilts the people on the other side." The data could work both ways.

China's mini-game economy is already worth roughly $7 billion. @itsGnoc: "Everyone uses the same three apps." @OliverMaroney: "We're processing seven different places to get users, not one. WeChat has one and it's working." China built one system. America built seven.

Is a $2,000 double-sided phone... a gaming device? @chrisheatherly: "This is a luxury device for rich guys." @itsGnoc: "It's marginally better than the $700 iPad Mini, costs as much as a computer and comes with 256 gigabytes of storage." Will games sell it?

Is Xbox turning around, or just getting better at PR? Robin: "The Xbox machine is working. Fantastic." @chrisheatherly: "She's in a tough spot." @Tvalc: "The outrage is absolutely fabricated." Three explanations for a company trying to change its story.

Ignorance may be bliss, but it's also killing your game launch. Robin Boyar: "Studios often don't do the testing, or don't listen to it." "The workers who didn't control the greenlight are the ones who get hurt." Poor decisions punish the people with the least control.