Offline Mode is a Lie

In this episode:

• The Physical Disc Fallout: Indie developers are getting caught in the crossfire of Sony’s disc controversy. We break down why spamming small studios with "No Disc, No Buy" is completely missing the point.

• Ubisoft’s DRM Disaster: Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced hit 3 million copies sold, but a minor Ubisoft Connect outage locked PC players out of single-player—proving "offline mode" doesn't mean what it used to.

• Kratos Recast: Ryan Hurst suffers an on-set injury for Amazon’s live-action God of War series, forcing a full recast. Who takes up the Leviathan Axe next?

• Call of Duty Goes to Hollywood: Director Peter Berg and writer Taylor Sheridan are bringing Modern Warfare to the big screen.

• Modding Inception: Playing GTA 3 and Vice City inside GTA: San Andreas? We look at a brilliant nested mod.

• What We've Been Playing & DreamCon Rant: Boots breaks down The Sims 4 bug fixes, Palworld, and drops a necessary reality check on DreamCon gatekeepers and social media haters.