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The Nextlander Podcast 214: Bubsy Is a Draft Dodger
🕑 Added 2025-09-03 23:50:42 +0000 UTCThis 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
(00:54:21) Shinobi: Art of Vengeance | [Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] | Aug 29, 2025
(01:00:57) 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
(01:03:09) Madden NFL 26 | [Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Aug 14, 2025
(01:05:48) Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Aug 14, 2025
(01:08:20) Second Break
(01:08:25) Sony's possible storage downgrades
(01:13:18) Rumors of a Sony handheld are back
(01:36:16) The story of Perfect Dark continues... for a bit
(01:43:29) Saudi Arabia gets involved in EVO
(01:52:17) Emails
(02:14:36) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:20:40) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:22:08) Nextlander Content Updates
(02:23:22) See ya!
Comments
Brandon Dorigatti
I got into Hollywood Undead during their MySpace era from the trailer for Velvet Assassin, a mid WW2 stealth assassination game.
swiftdraw
I got into KMFDM from a PS1 racing game called Test Drive 5. That game also got me into Fear Factory. Games have been very influential to my music tastes since the copy of Command and Conquer: Red Alert came with the OST CD and I listened to Hell March every morning going to school. Latest one I am loving is Cyberpunk has quite a few good tracks that are shared between the game and the anime.
Thebagel1
That bubsy grandpa story is absolutely insane What did he think of dkc?? One of my favorite games.
