Ep109: GAME OVER? Who Really Owns Your Video Games?

You bought the game. You paid for it. It’s sitting in your digital library.

But do you actually own the bloody thing?

This week, Oldmate and Josh pull apart the rapidly changing world of video game decompilation, where developers are using artificial intelligence to reverse-engineer classic games, rebuild old favourites and challenge the way the gaming industry operates.

From Nintendo 64 classics being decompiled in record time to fan communities falling apart over AI, credit and copyright, the gaming world is facing some serious questions.

Who owns a game once you’ve paid for it? Should abandoned games be rescued? Is AI saving gaming history or creating an entirely new problem?

And what happens when the boundaries between consoles, games and platforms start disappearing?

Oldmate has a dream: one machine, every game, every generation. Josh has questions. The gaming industry might have a nervous breakdown.

Because when you buy a game, are you buying something you own — or just renting permission to play it?

Welcome to Episode 109 of Oldmate & Josh, the Podcast.

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MUSIC

Music by Pity Lips.