e442 – Giving Thanks (with tech) | Games At Work dot Biz

Published 27th November 2023

Andy flies the airship solo, whilst the Michaels enjoy a Thanksgiving weekend with their families. It’s a short and deep (in places) episode featuring AI and gaming.

Starting off with the rapid burst of drama surrounding Sam Altman’s brief ousting at OpenAI. Andy talks about what it might mean for the future of that organisation, and the AI industry’s push to move faster with less oversight. Are the safety levers disabled?

Switching over into games, Andy covers the recent 25th anniversary of Half-Life, and how Valve really leaned in to celebrating this landmark game. There’s a brief discussion of other ways to do retro gaming on the Mac or on Steam Deck. Andy has also been exploring the new Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR game on the Quest 2, and provides a short review of the experience.

In the media and gaming hardware side of things, there’s a look at the very expensive new Kodak Super 8 film camera, followed by a brief chat about spatial or 3D video capture on the Quest 3.

For your delight and fun, the show wraps up with Brickception – can you win two games of Breakout simultaneously? Give it a try!

What are you thankful for? What have you been playing lately? Have your GPT contact our GPT via the Fediverse @gamesatwork_biz@botsin.space, or leave a comment here on the blog. See you next time!