The Nextlander Podcast 185: An A-Tier Pac-Main
Added 2025-01-30 01:19:15 +0000 UTCWe played a bunch of games this week and now we're here to talk about 'em, including Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, Tokyo Xtreme Racer, Total War: Warhammer III, Crow Country, and... Smash Ultimate? and... Hollow Knight? Plus, in the news, Ninja Gaiden 4, the Celeste dev's next game is canceled, the VGHF opens its digital archives, 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
(00:04:41) Is it time to buy a Switch?
(00:13:10) Ninja Gaiden II Black | [Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5] | Jan 23, 2025
(00:23:12) Tokyo Xtreme Racer (Early Access) | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Jan 23, 2025
(00:29:54) First Break
(00:29:59) Total War: Warhammer III | [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux] | Feb 17, 2022
(00:37:20) Hollow Knight | [Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Feb 24, 2017
(00:46:56) Crow Country | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | May 09, 2024
(00:51:29) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | [Nintendo Switch] | Dec 07, 2018
(01:02:38) Second Break
(01:02:42) Ninja Gaiden and the Xbox Developer_Direct
(01:10:25) Celeste devs cancel next game
(01:12:51) Physical game releases are in a tough spot
(01:21:47) PlayStation gives incentives signing in on PC
(01:25:45) Video Game History Foundation is opening its digital archive
(01:37:03) Emails
(01:45:30) Wrapping up and thanks
(01:47:56) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(01:52:04) Late breaking questions!
(01:53:24) Did the bits mean something once? Do they still mean anything?
(02:01:42) See ya!
Comments
"The Shining" as an Animal Crossing like
Michael Jacobson
2025-01-31 19:01:58 +0000 UTCOn Brad's side, but mainly as a holdover, I still have TWO DVD/Blu-ray drives in my 2021 PC that I've been migrating with every new PC build. That said, when I went to put in an extra platter HD in there last year and found I didn't have a free SATA for it, I disconnected one of them.
Michael Jacobson
2025-01-31 18:40:34 +0000 UTCWell, Nextlander needs to do a Maximum Overdrive episode for the watchcast
Jason Wineinger
2025-01-31 17:48:02 +0000 UTCIf Vinny can beat Dan in Soul Calibur, he can beat his kid in Smash Bros. And Brad, Nine Sols is fantastic, one of my favorites last year. Way more combat and story heavy than the exploration of Hollow Knight.
csl316
2025-01-31 15:38:55 +0000 UTCAs a person who is prepared to desperately sell their switch when Switch 2 comes. Tell them to wait!
Thom Konan
2025-01-31 04:49:27 +0000 UTCI’m content with this content.
Graeme Hobbs
2025-01-31 00:39:54 +0000 UTCSomeone's spouse not letting them get a video game console is insane. Act like adults.
JustWrecks
2025-01-30 23:38:22 +0000 UTCPlease move the mic away from the clacky keyboard.
Harith
2025-01-30 23:25:17 +0000 UTC1:10 min mark: Madlad Brad in the house ya’ll
Pantalones Johnson
2025-01-30 21:05:54 +0000 UTCfor CPUs more bits = more memory you can use. As you said on podcast, 64bit is large enough number, so we don't need 128bit CPUs right now.
Maciej Kaczyński
2025-01-30 15:52:22 +0000 UTCBrad hollow knight Path of Pain stream when ?
Incredibleplum
2025-01-30 12:50:43 +0000 UTCA friend has been teaching me high level Smash Ultimate the last year and it’s an incredible game, very very deep and that’s an opinion of someone who plays and follows a lot of other fighting games. The package is a miracle, it’s so crazy what they put into this thing.
Michael
2025-01-30 10:56:45 +0000 UTCRE: Total War: The series has been increasingly character (or "Lord") focused for several iterations, but heroes and generals who level up and improve have been part of the series since the original Shogun: Total War. The focus over the course of the series has been to deepen the RPG elements featuring the Lords (characters who can lead armies) and Heroes (who in Warhammer Total War can be fielded in armies but who also perform actions on the campaign map like assassination etc). Total War Three Kingdoms was arguably the best implementation of characters in the series, but the Legendary Lords of Warhammer 1-3 allow for radically different gameplay styles which makes for a lot of diverse types of campaigns.
Rory Donagh O'Breasail
2025-01-30 07:56:36 +0000 UTC
