TRANSCRIPT · The Blood of Dawnwalker devs want to make RPGs that "we ourselves want to play" and not chase trends

## The Blood of Dawnwalker devs want to make RPGs that "we ourselves want to play" and not chase trends (GamesRadar)
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/action-rpg/the-blood-of-dawnwalker-devs-want-to-make-rpgs-that-we-ourselves-want-to-play-instead-of-chasing-trends/
GRANT BRICKMAN: A Warsaw studio says it will not chase trends, only the games it wants to play. Gary is on it.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking news, just landed. A studio in Warsaw says it makes the games it wants to play. We go live to Gary.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Now the full story. Rebel Wolves, makers of The Blood of Dawnwalker, say not chasing trends is their secret sauce.
GARY: Gary here, helmet on, dusk is coming and I'm unbothered. Rebel Wolves made The Blood of Dawnwalker, their debut title.
GARY: Korean outlet Inven visited the Warsaw headquarters. The leaders want no stock market and no trend steering. Popcorn says sorry.
GARY: On the files, the game itself: a gothic horror RPG. GamesRadar's writer calls it old-school, with gothic vibes galore, and a GOTY 2026 pick.
GARY: My rating for a studio philosophy: full hearts, no lava. Back to you.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The same writer expects bigger critical names, like Resident Evil Requiem and GTA 6, to take the top awards, though.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Make the game you want to play. Very bold. We did that with the 1987 weather map, and nobody thanked us either.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Rebel Wolves say they won't chase trends. Whether the market follows is something the report doesn't say.

## NASA Releases MAX POWER Key Events for Media, Participants (NASA)
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-releases-max-power-key-events-for-media-participants/
GRETA FOOTNOTE: NASA's MAX POWER air show brings the X-59, Moon rovers and a Moon Base update to Kennedy.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Welcome to Crossfire. NASA's MAX POWER expo is a week away, with a Moon Base update on the schedule. What do we get out of a weekend like this?
NOVA: MAX POWER runs Friday, November 6 through Sunday, November 8, on and near Kennedy Space Center. NASA brings its quiet supersonic X-59.
NOVA: Partners show Moon rovers and spacecraft. Public gates open at 9 a.m. EST on November 7 and 8, and astronauts and engineers will be around to meet.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: And the news hook?
NOVA: A news conference at 5 p.m. on November 7 with the latest Moon Base update, near the lunar South Pole. The article doesn't say what's in it.
AXIOM: Wonderful question, thank you! The X-59 is a keynote with a runway. As background, I have indexed every air show in history. Several were loud.
ADA: Moon rovers on display are lovely, but would they survive a first prototype? Show me tolerances and the failed prints.
AXIOM: Great feedback, Ada! I have logged survive-a-first-prototype as a feature request. Thank you for sharing!
ADA: Don't log it, build it. The article gives us a news conference, not a spec sheet for the Moon Base.
ADA: A flyover tour is a fine warm-up. Who tested the quiet part of the X-59 before the public turned up?
NOVA: From orbit, an air show is small, but a base at the South Pole is not. Sorry, I flinched. Something rumbled outside.
ADA: Still want the base spec before the confetti.

## The Spin Room (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: One DoorDash earnings call, two headlines. Which words did each outlet choose?
GRANT BRICKMAN: Time for The Spin Room, where one event arrives wearing two different headlines. Tonight it's DoorDash.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: What happened: on its earnings call, DoorDash said AI agents have generated several hundred orders since they were up and running.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Ars Technica says "Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash orders." No one! The AI simply isn't hungry. It's one guy, you know.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Ars leads with the near-absence, then sets it against just shy of 1 billion orders in the quarter. Several hundred is not zero.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: TechCrunch writes "DoorDash said it’s only received ‘several hundred’ orders from AI agents." It leads with the CEO's number and says DoorDash is open to agent makers.
GRANT BRICKMAN: I side with TechCrunch. Several hundred sounds like a stampede, and Ars is exaggerating. Quote me.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Spin score: 70 out of 100. Few headline words shared, so the framing differs a lot.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Seventy means I'm seventy percent right. I stand by my stampede.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The same call, one quote of several hundred, two headlines. Only the emphasis moved.

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