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The Nextlander Podcast 160: The Megatron-Contra Affair
🕑 Added 2024-07-24 23:59:21 +0000 UTCThe summer games are really piling up as we discuss Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, the Marvel Rivals beta, Flintlock, Arranger, and more. In the news, job cuts at Humble Games and NetherRealm, unionization at Bethesda, and the future of the Mega Man series. And lastly, a bajillion emails about college sports!
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.
(00:00:09) Intro
(00:03:22) Appealing to the children through Optimus Prime and Ronald Reagan
(00:14:06) Rebooting Captain N
(00:17:41) Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition [Nintendo Switch] on Jul 18, 2024
(00:32:33) Marvel Rivals [PlayStation 5] on Jul 2024
(00:46:17) Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] on Jul 18, 2024
(00:56:16) Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] on Jul 18, 2024
(00:59:15) Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] on Jul 19, 2024
(01:07:39) Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure [Android, iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5] on Jul 25, 2024
(01:13:54) Flock [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Jul 16, 2024
(01:16:08) News
(01:16:19) Humble Games layoffs
(01:21:26) NetherRealm layoffs
(01:24:23) Bethesda Game Studios has unionised
(01:29:18) Nintendo makes a controller charging peripheral
(01:35:37) Capcom not sure what to do with Mega Man
(01:47:53) Emails
(01:57:31) Bit of late breaking news!
(01:59:10) Back to emails
(02:05:54) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:08:57) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:10:48) Late late breaking news!
(02:12:55) See ya!
Comments
Luke P.
The email asking about indie sequel "flops" and not touching on the MOUNTAIN of triple-A sequel flops lol. Also, RIP Netherrealm mobile
swiftdraw
Fecking Ziff Davis. Humble published some of my favorite indie games :/ Edit: “We are not mobile people.” Yeah, age and your career field will do that to you :D
Lyall Elspeth
The Mega Man boss quiz had me thinking back to the Fireball Situation.
Curtis G Willard Jr
it was on nick during the day on weekdays, atleast that's when i saw it growing up when i wasn't in school
Brad Arnold
Weird. I grew up in the 80s and have never even heard of David the Gnome. Maybe it never made it to the west coast?
