The Nextlander Podcast 216: Blame Yourself or God

Listen to this episode from Nextlander Membership Feed on Spotify. Our friend Austin Walker stops by to join us for an absolutely jam-packed conversation about new and upcoming games we've been playing, including Ghost of Yotei, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Baby Steps, Metroid Prime 4, Kirby Air Riders, and Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 for Switch. Also, pre-TGS updates on Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Kojima Productions' Physint and OD, the GDC rebrand, college courses about games, an update on Austin's tabletop RPG Realis, import tariffs on human flesh, 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.(00:00:35) Austin Walker is here!(00:02:30) An update on Realis(00:03:24) Sorry, we're importing what now?(00:10:03) Ghost of Yotei | [PlayStation 5] | Oct 01, 2025(00:33:14) Recent firing at Sucker Punch(00:39:58) First Break(00:40:03) Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles | [PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Steam] | Sep 30, 2025(01:14:04) Baby Steps | [PlayStation 5, Steam] | Sep 23, 2025(01:31:40) Second Break(01:31:45) Metroid Prime 4 | [Nintendo Switch, Switch 2] | Dec 04 2025(01:38:26) Kirby Air Riders | [Nintendo Switch 2] | Nov 20 2025(01:45:23) Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 | [Nintendo Switch] | Oct 02 2025(01:48:43) Supergiant interlude (Hades II, Pyre)(01:50:41) That Virtual Boy add-on(01:54:29) News(01:54:48) Kojima Productions' pre-TGS news (Physint, OD trailer, Death Stranding movie)(02:02:49) Yakuza Kiwami 3 announced(02:09:21) The Game Developers Conference has rebranded(02:19:08) Email! (about teaching games in college)(02:26:55) Thanks again Austin!(02:31:14) Mysterious benefactors!(02:32:45) Content and bye!