Game Mess Mornings 8/13/26

Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to celebrate Boy Salad Summer as we talk about Streamers' content being used to train generative AI at Twitch, the CEO of Saber lashing out against a former writer, Mario Kart World competing with 8 still, and more for your Thursday morning news needs!

00:00 - Intro

04:40 - Twitch is using streamers’ content to train generative AI by default

16:16 - Saber CEO Would Have Been “Happy to Replace” Former Writer With AI, In Retrospect

26:20 - BREAK

26:40 - Physical games are selling like crazy on Switch 2

33:40 - Mario Kart World may be competing with the greatest enemy imaginable: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

37:50 - Sean Murray's new marketing philosophy for Light No Fire: maybe don't market it

40:40 - Dawn of War 4 gets bumped three months

42:53 - PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium Games For August 2026 Includes Helldivers 2

45:30 - Super Mario Sunshine hits NSO today