Summary: When you're talking about a theme such as 'The One That Got Away' then it's easy to get stuck thinking on the small scale - cancelled games and personal losses. But what about the bigger picture - what about the larger ideas which have escaped us all? Mike Cook is the researcher responsible for creating ANGELINA, the game-making AI. In this episode he talks about games research as a commonly ignored side of games development and explains why it's a problem that developers don't interact with researchers more often. In doing so he reveals the future that might have got away from the games industry and how gamers may have been cheated out of their ambition..
