Q&A: August 6th, 2025

The_Surviv0r Asks
I have two long flight coming, any suggestions of things to read/listen/watch/play?

I normally find myself reading on Flights, that or using whatever service they have to try shows I don't normally have access to for free.

Obviously, there's the previous recommendations I've given here on the Patreon, also probably a good time to hear what all the fuss was about regarding Hunt the Truth.

litl snek Asks
Why do you think we never got anything like Auto Modelista after it came out?

The boring answer is 'cause it didn't make any money. The long answer is that the Arcade Racing was dropped almost entirely by the Triple AAA industry, and as a result, there's just a lower number of developers trying different things like Auto-Modellista did.

Now, in-terms of graphics, it's already been making something of a come back. Inertial Drift is the most obvious example with several other indies like Perfect Lap in the works, and Screamer. In-terms of a Career Mode? That will still need a prime example to come in an rejuvenate the genre. We're several decades from Gran Turismo's influence at this point.

The Phantomnaut Asks
Gaming wise, have you considered taking the Linux plunge? I have been considering it for a while but there is always a hurdle. It’s not even the big multiplayer games but rather the very uncommon single player ones that has BS video incompatibility, DRM, etc. As much I don’t want put more blood money to Windows if it gets worse, they let me get to play mainstream crap like Fortnite as well as nobody cares crap like the Front Mission spinoff Left Alive (this game is the reason I ask as well as consider to go Linux if it finally works).

I suspect I wouldn't be able to even if all the biggest issues are worked out, and for similar reasons to you. I've got way too many games that I suspect would just never get proper Linux support unless somebody makes a faultless emulator.

Though - especially with the amount of bullshit I've had to read about regarding the company for my latest video - fuck Microsoft.

Bring on SteamOS.

Crystal Tatko Asks
YouTube suggested me videos from Cuhnadian about the Halo games years later + all the rumors regarding the Halo, I want to ask if you have any opinion and/or expectations about the Halo CE remake?

I have one word regarding a Combat Evolved Remake.

...don't.

Now, I did say the same thing about Resident Evil 4 and from what I can tell - haven't played it myself yet - the Remake was at worst, a really solid action-game.

It's not that I think that a remake of Combat Evolved would be the worst thing ever, I just think it's even more pointless than RE4 was. At the very least with RE4, I could understand people wanting to move while shooting, and present it's story more seriously.

I don't agree with it, but I get it.

Halo: CE meanwhile...

So many shooters in the modern day still play worse than it, and considering how badly the franchise needs to move on from Master Chief just for the sake of practicality, going back to the beginning would be the worst step to take, unless you're planning to AI Generate Steve Downes for all erterni...

Ah crap.

RupertLitterbin Asks
Given how much of a ramble you went on about porn games in that question, when can we expect a “HuniePop: X years later…”?

It's about as likely as Halo Wars.

Kelvin Kuang Asks
Given that you have touched on the Bond films and games, have you tried reading any of the Bond books (Both the Fleming originals and post-Fleming continuity) before?

I've got four of 'em on my shelf, and I also tried reading one of the non-Fleming books. I tired Casino Royale and it didn't grip me, something about it's writing I recall just coming across as dry. However, if the video I make after this one is going to be From Russia with Love, I might give the book a try, as it's one of the ones I happened to have on the shelf.

The non-Fleming one I tried was William Boyd's Solo, and even though I dropped it because the plot descends into a boring formulaic adventure, the opening's always stuck with me.

Not to spoil the events but it's a essentially a short-story about what the hell does James Bond do when he's not saving the world? When's stuck between missions and forced to just doodle around in the English countryside?

It was quite interesting, and a take I really respect Boyd for exploring, I just never got into the rest of the book, though if it turns out I can't get into Fleming's work either, then perhaps Boyd is being stylistically authentic.

Regardless, I have plenty more to explore regarding Bond on the page.

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