The Nextlander Podcast 162: Silly British
Added 2024-08-14 23:55:30 +0000 UTCWe're back from break with two weeks' worth of pent-up video game talk about Thank Goodness You're Here, the new Madden, PSVR2 on PC, World of Goo 2, and winning Balatro strategies, a farewell to Game Informer (plus a lot of reminiscing about old magazines (and old websites)), an unexpected tour of what's in our pockets, and more.
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(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
(00:02:42) Making room in my life for more stuff
(00:06:59) PSVR 2 PC Adapter
(00:21:12) EA Sports Madden NFL 25 [PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Aug 16, 2024
(00:40:14) Thank Goodness You’re Here [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4] on Aug 01, 2024
(00:45:57) World of Goo 2 [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux] on Aug 02, 2024
(00:51:59) Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure [Android, iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5] on Jul 25, 2024
(00:53:53) Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] on Jul 18, 2024
(00:57:20) Balatro [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox One] on Feb 20, 2024
(01:07:34) Baldur's Gate 3 [PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Aug 03, 2023
(01:09:57) When are we getting a Switch 2?
(01:14:37) Tango Gameworks joins PUBG Publisher
(01:21:37) GameInformer shuts down and vanishes unceremoniously
(01:28:40) Reflecting on game magazines
(01:41:49) Avowed to be released in Feb 2025
(01:43:46) Emails
(01:58:15) Nextlander content updates
(02:00:20) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:00:50) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:02:03) Note for folks subscribing using the Patreon app on Apple devices
(02:03:29) See ya!
Comments
"I could do a whole episode about GameFan." Yes... do it! Would love a guest from somewhere (VGHF?) who could join the crew for an episode and talk about some of those old magazines. That would be awesome.
Matt M.
2024-08-20 17:30:03 +0000 UTCI had to return the UB500. But his one works perfectly for me. AX3000 Wi-Fi 6 Bluetooth 5.0 PCIe Adapter.
Andrew Nguyen
2024-08-19 13:17:29 +0000 UTCTP-Link adapter doesn't work right. I bought it and have issues 5% of the time. It's not terrible...but it should be working all the time. Apparently they are working on a fix, but I already bought the ASUS adapter and will use that one and return the TP-Link.
Castor Troy
2024-08-16 02:15:30 +0000 UTCYou could probably 3d print some ears for that switch. What model is it? I've got an unburdened printer sitting here.
Mark Wilhelm
2024-08-15 19:55:41 +0000 UTCI got the PSVR2 PC adapter and am loving Half Life Alyx (Brad is right, it looks incredible). No bluetooth issues thankfully. That said, hearing about Brad’s nausea problems made me realize I have had some infrequent visual hitching, but I’ve never had nausea issues with VR so I think they aren’t as distracting to me. The grid is an issue for me too, it’s pretty distracting. You have to have a LOT of space. I wish Sony would’ve supported their product better, but I am grateful I can get more flexibility out of it now.
Kate
2024-08-15 15:35:03 +0000 UTCEast Yorkshire here - rural West Yorkshire is pretty close to this. Weeeeird place
M0 P5
2024-08-15 12:46:41 +0000 UTCplease watch Threads on the watchcast for further research, seeing as you enjoyed Ghostwatch and the incredible things that the BBC has let slip into its schedule so much
mk
2024-08-15 07:41:58 +0000 UTCI live in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and Thank Goodness You’re Here does a pretty good job of portraying the reality and caricature in equal measure, they really nail the balance and detail of the comedy. I’d say 5 mins or so in the town market here and you’d hear most of the same dialect and everyday daftness though. the older woman next to me this morning casually ordered a “bit o’ bag” at the butchers, aka pig bag, aka tripe.
mk
2024-08-15 07:29:37 +0000 UTCYou've probably gotten this elsewhere, but I was also certain that Little Inferno and World of Goo shared a lineage: looking it up, Kyle Gabler is a co-founder of both development teams.
Michael Green
2024-08-15 03:32:14 +0000 UTC
