The Nextlander Podcast 192: A Grunge Smoothie
Added 2025-03-20 00:24:03 +0000 UTCWe talk for like an hour about Assassin's Creed Shadows this week, plus 33 Immortals, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (big week for 33 around here), Keita Takahashi's To a T, a $500 Switch 2, Xbox's gaming Copilot AI, the strange possibilities of an Oblivion remake, a little about GDC, and more.
Here's the essay about Oblivion's Radiant AI we talked about a bit: https://medium.com/@gatherer286/lost-features-a-critical-essay-on-tes-iv-oblivions-radiant-ai-a0150144ddef
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
(00:01:27) What's going on with YouTube and our videos?
(00:09:25) Assassin's Creed Shadows | [iOS, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Mar 20, 2025
(00:10:37) [Possible Minor Spoilers] There are some story elements in our talk but they are very early and broad.
(00:57:19) First Break
(00:57:24) 33 Immortals (Early Access) | [Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Mar 18, 2025
(01:14:38) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Apr 24, 2025
(01:22:42) To a T | [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] | May 28, 2025
(01:32:37) Second Break
(01:33:09) Switch 2 news is coming soon but for now let's speculate!
(01:44:30) Microsoft wants to use AI to help you with games
(02:00:53) Oblivion comes for us all and maybe in the form of UE5
(02:10:23) Emails
(02:32:30) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:35:55) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:38:20) See ya!
Comments
As a 40-year old, I think it'd be rad if Alex rebranded as the wolf and only wore luchador masks
Justin Sang
2025-05-05 17:02:49 +0000 UTCThere’s a lot of reasons to not like old Billy Corgan, but I’d be interested to know what the main ones are for Alex and Brad. Going on the Alex Jones show years ago and on Rogan this year, are at top for me.
Graeme Hobbs
2025-03-24 18:33:04 +0000 UTCMy lasting memory of Oblivion’s radiant AI is the orc butler of a Vampire Lord, who walked to work on a schedule each day, from his home in the nearby town to the castle. One day, he somehow managed to fall to his death. And since he was an essential part of that quest, I never got to play it. Apparently the system worked in a way that the full simulation only ran if you, as the player, were near-ish, so NPCs were safe as long as you stayed far enough away. It still covered a wide enough area that the orc managed to suicide without my noticing.
Daniel F (fds)
2025-03-21 19:29:46 +0000 UTCI generally find 1080p to be the new 720p when it comes to video quality. Especially in context of this generation of hardware. Some game visuals don’t resolve with enough clarity at that resolution
Shujaat
2025-03-21 00:53:27 +0000 UTCJust wanted to chime in on the youtube discussion. I don't remember if it was the ramblecast or if it was on this podcast, but youtube has value outside of the monetization you gain directly from youtube. It's possible that you can gain patreon subscribers from people who watch the videos and want to support you directly. For example, MinnMax has a lot of good video content and that is what got me to subscribe to their patreon directly. I want them to keep putting out all of the fun shows they do. I hope that happens for you guys so you keep making videos. Podcasts are fine, but the videos are really fun.
Castor Troy
2025-03-21 00:48:44 +0000 UTCWas literally gonna post this, Vinny don’t waste ya time!
Mike
2025-03-20 13:55:11 +0000 UTCLooks like the YouTube video issue is possibly not on your end: https://www.theverge.com/news/633214/youtube-fix-low-res-videos-bug
Harith
2025-03-20 13:54:07 +0000 UTC
