The Nextlander Podcast

• 216: Blame Yourself or God

  Our friend Austin Walker stops by to join us for an absolutely jam-packed conversation about new and upcoming games we've been playing, including Ghost of Yotei, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Baby Steps, Metroid Prime 4, Kirby Air Riders, and Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 for Switch. Also, pre-TGS updates on Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Kojima Productions' Physint and OD, the GDC rebrand, college courses about games, an update on Austin's tabletop RPG Realis, import tariffs on human flesh, and more! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:35) Austin Walker is here! (00:02:30) An update on Realis (00:03:24) Sorry, we're importing what now? (00:10:03) Ghost of Yotei  |  [PlayStation 5]  |  Oct 01, 2025 (00:33:14) Recent firing at Sucker Punch (00:39:58) First Break (00:40:03) Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles  |  [PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Steam]  |  Sep 30, 2025 (01:14:04) Baby Steps  |  [PlayStation 5, Steam]  |  Sep 23, 2025 (01:31:40) Second Break (01:31:45) Metroid Prime 4  |  [Nintendo Switch, Switch 2]  |  Dec 04 2025 (01:38:26) Kirby Air Riders  |  [Nintendo Switch 2]  |  Nov 20 2025 (01:45:23) Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2  |  [Nintendo Switch]  |  Oct 02 2025 (01:48:43) Supergiant interlude (Hades II, Pyre) (01:50:41) That Virtual Boy add-on (01:54:29) News (01:54:48) Kojima Productions' pre-TGS news (Physint, OD trailer, Death Stranding movie) (02:02:49) Yakuza Kiwami 3 announced (02:09:21) The Game Developers Conference has rebranded (02:19:08) Email! (about teaching games in college) (02:26:55) Thanks again Austin! (02:31:14) Mysterious benefactors! (02:32:45) Content and bye!

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• Special Ep: Never Been a Better Podcast 009: Just Like Thoreau Had

  The Nextlander Podcast is taking a week off, so we bring you a classic NBABP episode, in which Abby Russell and Dan Ryckert join us to talk about eating food, eating not-food, and finding peace in the Internet Age. CHAPTERS (00:01:24) Intro (00:01:47) "Don't Ask Me!" (00:02:35) How's Metal Gear Solid doing? (00:03:41) What's going on with new space-themed Lego? (00:04:27) Dan's the secret leaker (00:05:14) God of War secrets revealed (00:06:24) Video games made into shows and movies (00:07:44) Does getting ripped make you less fun? (00:10:32) "I could eat a tennis ball" (00:10:52) Cooking with Dan (00:15:23) Tales from the Microwave (00:19:04) I actually looked this up and it seems like your skin just burns and you die. (00:21:48) First Break (00:21:58) Favorite YouTuber (00:26:17) Dan's unplugging (00:34:52) Any vacation plans for Abby? (00:35:23) Can Alex find peace in wilderness? (00:38:03) Second Break (00:38:16) Getting in your own head (00:42:41) Pottery Updates (00:46:43) Dan is getting into electronics and console modding! (00:48:01) How is the speed running going? (00:55:07) Dan's fancy smart-bed (00:57:58) Wrapping up

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• 215: A Frogger Is One Who Frogs

  Silksong has happened, it's out, and of course we discuss it this week, along with Cronos: The New Dawn, Adventure of Samsara, the return of the new Acclaim, that third Wolfenstein game we still hope to play one day, Nintendo Direct predictions, the video game mega-anniversary of September 9th, some surprising facts about the PlayStation's sales numbers, and more. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:03:23) Speaking of anniversaries...09/09! (00:08:53) Hollow Knight: Silksong  |  [Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One]  |  Sep 04, 2025 (00:32:34) First Break (00:32:38) Cronos: The New Dawn  |  [PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Sep 05, 2025 (00:49:23) Adventure of Samsara  |  [Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Linux]  |  Sep 04, 2025 (00:55:46) Death Stranding 2: On The Beach  |  [PlayStation 5]  |  Jun 26, 2025 (01:05:59) Second Break (01:06:03) News (01:06:19) Welcome back, Acclaim? (01:13:32) Lenovo's next handheld will support an Xbox mode (01:18:54) Will the Wolfenstein Trilogy ever be told? (01:26:41) Nintendo will have its longest Direct ever? (01:31:07) Star Wars Outlaws on Switch 2 updates (01:37:50) Emails (01:41:59) Wrapping up and thanks (01:44:45) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts (01:46:24) Be good out there folks (01:47:04) To-dos for next week? (01:48:36) See ya!

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• 214: Bubsy Is a Draft Dodger

  This week we get into a young man's first Mass Effect, Brad's tumble back down the Death Stranding 2 hole, Vinny finishing Shinobi, Alex making stern faces at Madden, a portable PlayStation 6 (??), Take-Two's nearly closed deal to pick up Perfect Dark, Saudi Arabia's new ownership stake in Evo, grandfathers who love Bubsy, old jokes that never actually existed, the enduring cultural influence of AMVs, and more. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:01:32) Alex's App Story (00:09:04) Revisiting Mass Effect through the youth (00:28:17) Death Stranding 2: On The Beach  |  [PlayStation 5]  |  Jun 26, 2025 (00:54:17) First Break (00:56:37) Shinobi: Art of Vengeance  |  [Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Aug 29, 2025 (01:03:13) Hollow Knight: Silksong  |  [Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Sep 04, 2025 (01:05:26) Madden NFL 26  |  [Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Aug 14, 2025 (01:08:04) Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Aug 14, 2025 (01:10:37) Second Break (01:10:42) Sony's possible storage downgrades (01:15:35) Rumors of a Sony handheld are back (01:38:33) The story of Perfect Dark continues... for a bit (01:45:45) Saudi Arabia gets involved in EVO (01:54:34) Emails (02:16:52) Wrapping up and thanks (02:22:56) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts (02:24:24) Nextlander Content Updates (02:25:38) See ya!

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• 213: The Garbage-to-Gold Ratio

  Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is our top game this week, plus one of us gets an up-close look at Bubsy 4D, the Hollow Knight Silksong release date fallout, Forza Horizon might be headed to Japan, Atari now owns Child of Eden and Grow Home, some highly important games are coming to the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, and more. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:01:29) The universal language of 'Thumbs Up!" (00:07:51) Shinobi: Art of Vengeance  |  [Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Aug 29, 2025 (00:31:34) First Break (00:31:38) Sword of the Sea  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5]  |  Aug 19, 2025 (00:35:17) Bubsy 4D  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5]  |  TBD (00:56:14) She Sees Red  |  [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Jul 11, 2019 (01:00:34) Be careful with your FMV nudity on YouTube (01:04:48) Second Break (01:04:52) Silksong finally gets its release date (01:12:59) Skate also gets its [Early Access] date! (01:19:49) Forza Horizon 6 might take place and be announced in Japan? (01:26:53) Atari wants to revive some old Ubisoft titles (01:32:56) Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection adds more games (01:46:11) Emails (01:54:26) Wrapping up and thanks (01:59:10) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts (02:00:43) Nextlander Content Updates (02:01:51) See Ya

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