With Rob out for personal reasons and Danika down with a migraine, it’s time for Remap Radio to throw a pokeball onto the field and see what comes out. Join Patrick, Janet, and Chia as they react to the ray of political hope from this past week, before digging into a slew of gaming news, including PlayStation Portal getting proper cloud streaming, EA promising Saudi Arabia won’t erase queer people from its games, and Fortnite getting backlash by overly monetizing pets. Plus, we’ve been playing a lot of games, including Janet finishing Silksong, Patrick being super impressed with Dispatch, and Chia’s many hours spent playing online mahjong with anime girls. Reminder: In early April, the a pro-Palestinian human rights movement BDS that’s pressuring Israel by promoting boycotts, divestment, and sanctions against the country added Xbox to its boycott list. Learn more here: https://www.bdsmovement.net/news/boycott-microsofts-xbox Discussed: Mamdani Minute - 6:40 Playstation Portal Can Now Stream Games From The Cloud - 32:44 EA Responds to Concerns around sale to Saudi Arabia - 55:42 Fortnite Faces Backlash over new Sidekicks cosmetics - 1:05:53 Silksong - 1:37:50 Keeper - 1:47:21 Silksong - 1:50:07 Dispatch - 2:05:14 Vampire's Best Friend - 2:17:50 Mahjong Soul - 2:25:28 End of Year Wishlist - 2:35:32 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
