A Tough Talk About Big Walk

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Luke, and Riley convene to discuss the (at the time of recording) looming prospect of Jensen Huang’s complete career implosion brought on by—as could happen to any of us—his affair with an alleged Chinese spy. What happens to Nvidia now? And, I suppose more pressingly, what does this mean for the global economy, of which Nvidia props up a significant portion? Also, why do billionaires keep taking such unnecessary midlife crisis risks? Is it because they usually end up getting away with it? (Yeah.) Then we move on to the other major headline of the week: As it turns out, Big Walk, an indie darling whose creators have taken a number of otherwise-progressive stances, was made with a tiny bit of help from generative AI. Why did this feel like such a betrayal to so many, despite AI not generating any in-game assets? And what does this mean for an industry where AI has begun to feel increasingly inescapable? Lastly, we talk about our various near-death experiences (spoiler: we survived them).

Credits

- Hosts: Nathan Grayson, Riley MacLeod and Luke Plunkett

- Podcast Production & Ads: Multitude

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About The Show

Aftermath Hours is the flagship podcast of Aftermath, a worker-owned, subscription-based website covering video games, the internet, and everything that comes after from journalists who previously worked at Kotaku, Vice, and The Washington Post. Each week, games journalism veterans Luke Plunkett, Nathan Grayson, Chris Person, Riley MacLeod, and Gita Jackson – though not always all at once, because that’s too many people for a podcast – break down video game news, Remember Some Games, and learn about Chris’ frankly incredible number of special interests. Sometimes we even bring on guests from both inside and outside the video game industry! I don’t know what else to tell you; it’s a great time. Simply by reading this description, you’re already wasting time that you could be spending listening to the show. Head to aftermath.site for more info.

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