People of Note Impressions, Should Gaming Focus More on New IP # 488

Gaming has certainly fallen into the same trap as Hollywood at least with a major part of AAA gaming where established franchises are king, and although movies also have the "indie space" they only really come up in the greater zeitgeist during award season. In contrast, with gaming, the indies are the area where originality has shined through more and more in each passing year. so it was interesting to hear Ben Starr say that "original IP should be King" right now. Should this be the case? Should more established gaming publishers steer into original IP again? Sean and Marc discuss if this is even possible outside of the indie space. Sean has also been playing a new indie game called People of Note that has just released from Iridium Games and Annapurna Interactive is the Rhythm Turn-Based RPG something you should pick up? Sean gives you the details. Also, Marc's been playing more Star Trek Voyager: Across the Unknown too. Plus, Xbox Fanfest is back, Marc has thoughts on the Super Mario Galaxy movie, Disney may have interest in purchasing Epic Games, Steam is going to show you framerates for games, Palworld has a dating sim, more layoffs in gaming and more! You can also watch this episode in video form on the W2M Network Youtube Channel, please give us a like, comment on the episode, and give the channel a

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People of Note Impressions, Should Gaming Focus More on New IP # 488 is an episode from Video Games 2 the MAX by Sean Garmer.

This episode is 111:14 long.

This episode was published on Apr 7, 2026.

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