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The Nextlander Podcast 132: Finding a Pea While Eating Poop
🕑 Added 2024-01-04 00:49:45 +0000 UTCWe've got plenty to catch up on in our first podcast of 2024 (not a real year), from holiday gaming with small children to basement cleaning strategies, some Game Awards highlights, the wild world of competitive NES Tetris, predictions for the Internet of 2034, and a bunch more!
A great explainer about the Tetris story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJ5UuknsHU
Brendan Sinclair's 2023 roundup: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/tearing-up-the-pea-patch-this-year-in-business
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
(00:00:42) Happy 2024
(00:07:35) The joy of gifting video games
(00:13:23) Brad's List of Games to Share with Children
(00:31:27) What did Alex do doing break?
(00:39:28) Vinny's Break Time Fun
(00:39:38) Beat Saber [PlayStation VR2] on May 24, 2023
(00:43:30) Dave the Diver [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Jun 28, 2023
(00:46:02) Sea of Stars [Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Aug 29, 2023
(00:50:19) Should probably mention I think it's also on Game Pass
(00:54:39) Let the Battling of Bots begin!
(00:56:27) Brad and Alex's thoughts on the Game Awards
(01:16:41) Godus is being removed from steam
(01:20:24) Voice of Max Payne, James McCaffrey has passed
(01:22:13) Jack Black joins the cast of the live action Minecraft movie
(01:27:33) Nintendo already shutting down some 3DS and WiiU services
(01:29:52) Publisher Versus Evil has been shut down
(01:31:01) Bobby Kotick is officially gone... for now?
(01:33:10) Go read Brendan Sinclair's 'This Year in Business' story at GamesIndustry.biz
(01:35:49) Baldur's Gate coming to Game Pass?
(01:37:07) This is kid is REALLY good at Tetris
(01:48:42) Emails
(02:07:55) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:09:15) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:11:59) Nextlander content updates
(02:12:33) See ya!
Comments
Jan Jezabek
Here are some recommendations for people who like Norco: - Dropsy: Probably the closest one in terms of vibes. The tone is maybe a little lighter initially, but things get very weird later on. - Blackwell series: The somber vibes and supernatural stuff are there, although there is less Lynch-ian mystery. - Thimbleweed Park deserves an honorable mention, the same applies as for Blackwell.
john benedetto
When ai starts writing new articles referencing other articles written by ai, nic cage turns it into a script.
john benedetto
I played hl2 and the episodes at least 3 times I think the year orange box came out. Between Christmas and New years, I play through all of hl one and two every year since then, my partner has joined me the last 4 yrs. So much fun.
