Rob Zacny and Patrick interview indie game developers and unpack the industry's rough patches.
Remap Radio treats video games as art, labor, memory, business, and culture, often in the same winding conversation. Its episodes move between developer interviews, criticism, reporting, and long looks at an industry making remarkable work under grim conditions.
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Remap Radio is primarily an interview show: hosts Rob Zacny and Patrick sit down with the people who make the games under discussion, from small indie studios to veteran designers revisiting older franchises. Recurring guest types include independent developers such as Severin LaRose (Minishoot' Adventures), Toby Alden (Love Eternal), and the Sunset Visitor team (Prove You're Human, 1000xResist), who walk through design decisions, scope, and the reasoning behind specific mechanics. The show also runs periodic panel-style episodes analyzing games-industry news, such as a 2026 discussion of Phil Spencer's retirement from Xbox and the fallout from Microsoft's studio acquisitions and layoffs. Some episodes bring in a critic or writer instead of a developer, as when Duncan Fyfe joined to discuss Elder Scrolls lore and the creative history of Morrowind. Batches of interviews recorded on location, such as at PAX East, add smaller-studio developers and voice actors to the guest mix. Episode length varies considerably, from around 40 minutes to interviews running past 90 minutes. The format stays conversational and topic-specific rather than following a fixed segment structure. Recurring threads include how indie studios navigate publishing, funding, and creative risk, and how the broader industry's contraction is affecting both large publishers and small teams. Listeners with an interest in indie game development, design philosophy, or games-industry business news are the core audience. The show continues the interview-driven style associated with its hosts' prior work on Waypoint Radio.
Made for: Video game listeners interested in indie development, design philosophy, and games-industry business news.
What sets it apart: Centers on unhurried interviews with the actual developers behind specific games rather than general games-news roundups.
Remap Radio is a new podcast from the creators of the long-running video game podcast Waypoint Radio. Join Rob Zacny, Chia Contreras, Patrick Klepek, and their friends and colleagues as they set off on a new adventure that has them obsessing over the video game Dragon’s Dogma nearly as much as they question the nature of capitalism.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Remap Radio connects game design and criticism to the industry decisions, labor questions, and technologies shaping how games get made.
Remap Radio treats video games as both made objects and corporate products, moving between design decisions, studio culture, platform strategy, and the politics around them.
Games get cross-examined by labor politics and design history, so your fandom never gets the easy answer.
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A warm developer conversation about how Minishoot' Adventures grew from a tiny shooter idea into a genre-mashing favorite.
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A sharp Remap Radio conversation on Sunset Visitor turning AI anxiety into the premise for Prove You're Human.
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A smart, relaxed case for Elder Scrolls lore as a productive, unruly mess.
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A sharp, uneasy conversation about Xbox acquisitions, studio autonomy, and the limits of hands-off stewardship.
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