Thanks! Serves me right for not looking it up, I was entirely convinced it was a typo of 'Britain'

Who's Brian?

It's a great game, though! I almost wonder if they put these in a while ago and just forgot? It's not like it's all programmer art, but I don't remember much 2D art in the game, so maybe they just don't have anyone with relevant skills on the team. Still weird they couldn't license a photo or smth

Yeah, I attached these two, because I remember thinking the first one looked fishy (the "thick-rimmed" glasses have weirdly thin rims, but also the whole "vibe" , like the lighting or edge work, i guess), but the second one convinced me.

I've noticed Workers And Resources has some undisclosed AI-generated (imo) images for in-game character portraits. Really weirded me out, because evidently a lot of effort went into the game but it really cheapens the vibe when you see this in the tutorial.

For anyone else who likes to solve in Sheets, I've updated @mclemson.bsky.social's doc with all the clues and put them in this folder:

drive.google.com/drive/folder...

There's three versions: no extra info, enumerations added, and all in place with enumerations.

Every once in a while I get a flashback to this and it hurts my brain a little

I feel like I could post this under every podcast you guys put out, but: I really appreciate what Frank adds to the discussion! I (usually) have zero interest in the games he brings up, and it's just really cool to listen to a (well-articulated!) viewpoint I don't have access to in my friend circle.

Could you expand a bit on "the bonkers way we media have to redeem pre-release codes for games in Europe"? Maybe I'm just bad at googling, but I couldn't find any other substantive mentions of this (also I'm guessing the exact details aren't public information).

I had to google it — just in case anyone is confused like me, Jacob is probably talking about "Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown", and not "The Lost Crown: A Ghost-Hunting Adventure" which released in 2008 and doesn't have the subtitle on Steam 🤦‍♂️