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This week, we're wearing costumes, so you should honestly very much go watch the video version on youtube.com/charalanahzard. That is all.

This week, we talk about agents, work ethic, and how to grow in competitive parts of the industry like voice acting, composing, and media.

ALSO: discussions of if people are excited about next-gen and what having multiple physical units means for developers. 

The title says it all. Or does it? Probably not. Tangents. And I still don't think we talk about the topic until like 20 minutes in.

Mike gave a few people codes for his new game, Austin got a dog, and Troy took a really good shower!

On this week's episode, we talk about the Queen. And the government. But mostly Mike's new game, and the process of an indie in 2020.

This week, we do the podcast as a PAX panel that's full of trips down memory lane, our first Q&A, and also: why do people like Dune?

Mike's partner broke her foot. The PlayStation is probably getting a price tomorrow. Austin's name is now Steve. Why does Crysis look so bad? ALL THIS AND MORE, ON THIS WEEK'S PLAY, WATCH, LISTEN!

This week, we discuss David Blaine being suspended by balloons. And I guess also backwards compatibility and video game marketing.

This week, we... don't talk about video games. We discuss our impressions of The Batman, the passing of Chadwick Boseman, and dealing with death.

This week Alanah, Troy, Austin, and Mike talk about... God. For some reason. Honestly, a lot of things get covered here, and then about 30 minutes in to this absolute mess, they talk about Apple and Epic and what their legal battles could mean for game development.

This week, we start off by talking about the Nintendo leaks, and end up diving into what is 'off-limits' for journalists to report on, and crunch culture!

This week the PWL crew (Alanah Pearce, Troy Baker, Mike Bithell, and Austin Wintory) get... philosophical. We discuss an article from Polygon about video game characters being moral, ethical, and if games should be 'political'. 

This week, we discuss the Xbox Showcase, plus how GamePass deals work for devs.

This week, we discuss Ghost of Tsushima! We all played it! Woo!

This week, Alanah, Austin, Troy, and Mike discuss... patents, Sam Lake, Call of Duty campaigns, the "Transformers" of video games, Assassin's Creed, Alone in the Dark, Ubisoft, and... how do I title this episode, exactly?

Today, the AATM-team chat about a potential price increase for next-gen games. This was a live episode, so I sorry if the audio is a jumpy! 

This week, Alanah, Austin, Troy, and Mike discuss the length of video games, the importance of length to publishers, and the idea of 'editing' games down. 

Sorry this episode is a little late this week, we had some technical issues! BUT, we're here to discuss the gameplay, level, narrative, and sound design of The Last of Us Part 2.

The title pretty much says it all okay I'm in a rush I can't write a description but I did want to apologise for the occasional audio interference in this ep - edited out as much as I could!

Aaaand we're back! This week Alanah, Austin, Troy and Mike talk all about the PlayStation 5 reveal conference.

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I'm going to be honest, there are a lot of very big topics covered here, and they're all great, but they are numerous. I don't even know what to write in the description, except that we are not sorry. (Also, Troy is back!)

Alanah, Austin, and Mike talk about Ghost of Tsushima, plus how games influence films and vice versa.

This week, Alanah, Austin, Troy, and Mike talk about books, drugs (?), and next-gen gaming, including the Unreal Engine 5 demo.