Episode
Gaming Is Still Amazing (Despite Everything)
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- Dual Comm Podcast
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- Feb 9, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 7344
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Summary
In this episode we talk about Unreal Engine’s influence on movies and TV, the current AI panic in games, and why being constantly mad about tech is a losing game. We also dig into owning your services, GOG’s push toward Linux and preservation, and why mid-tier games deserve more love. Thanks for listening and have a great day! #gaming #gamingpodcast #gamingcommentary Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DualComm Dual Comm Party Chat Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuMLyNxTXPdCKlZ9CMXkNPDMNNIKQARPd Show Links:Featured Video Finis Coronat Opus — A Mirror's Edge Sniping Montage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHOLAMHBJ3k Featured Games:Arcadium Space Odyssey https://store.steampowered.com/app/2352670/Arcadium__Space_Odyssey/ Don't Stop, Girlypop! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2610650/Dont_Stop_Girlypop/ Garlic https://store.steampowered.com/app/1250440/Garlic/ UNREAL ENGINE IN MOVIES / TV- VGC (Gore Verbinski quote about Unreal Engine): https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/greatest-slip-backwards-pirates-of-the-caribbean-director-says-unreal-engine-makes-films-look-too-much-like-games/ Tom’s Hardware (Project Genie / gaming stocks reaction): https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/gaming-market-melts-down-after-google-reveals-new-ai-game-design-tool-project-genie-crashes-stocks-for-roblox-nintendo-cd-projekt-red-and-more OWN YOUR TECH SERVICES / BEING DONE BEING MAD- Linus Tech Tips (I’m done being mad about tech): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZZf6LM3wAU - Level1Techs (Adam + Wendell storage adventure feat. EposVox): https://level1techs.com/node/3347 Swagless Games https://www.polygon.com/code-vein-2-swagless-game/ Red Dead Redemption 2 vs. A Tiny CRT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_tohNLvkxk Sony AI LLM Podcast Patent https://www.techradar.com/…