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We're back from Thanksgiving and catching up on the news (Sony might be making a handheld, Ubisoft is shutting down Xdefiant, NES Tetris returns at last), games (Star Wars Outlaws, Dragon Age, STALKER 2), and your emails (Alex's celebrity doppelganger, our dream farewell concerts). Podcast!

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(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(00:01:07) Rank everything, including months(00:05:47) Is December lit?(00:09:54) Dragon Age: The Veilguard [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] on Oct 31, 2024(00:31:51) Satisfactory [PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Sep 10, 2024(00:39:12) Star Wars Outlaws [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] on Aug 30, 2024(00:47:25) S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S] on Nov 20, 2024(00:51:23) Nuclear Nightmare [PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Oct 20, 2024(00:54:05) Silent Hill 2 [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5] on Oct 08, 2024(00:55:01) The PS5 some fun anniversary business(01:00:07) Is Sony gearing up for another handheld?(01:15:22) XDefiant is shutting down(01:24:10) More studios stopping operations(01:30:05) Avatars will be going away on your modern Xbox(01:34:33) Some Tetris news for Tetris fans!(01:40:42) Emails(01:53:49) Wrapping up and thanks(01:59:11) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts(02:00:38) Nextlander content updates(02:01:12) Headiest old GOTY memories(02:03:38) See ya!

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Mats Løve Gjersvik

This episode doesn't show up in my RSS feed. Is it just me?

Pete

Metaphor doesn’t let you actually romance companions, maybe that’s what Alex was thinking of? You can romance in Dragon Age.

M0 P5

I do not get 6/8 weeks off wtf, teachers sort of do. A lot of families do go on holiday in August but we Dinks (double income no kids) just go whenever. We do get a tonne of holiday time tbf 😎 including bank holidays I get 38 days paid.

Valli

Yeah, same here.

StrawHatLink

January is the worst month because it’s the point where winter has worn out its welcome. Also, as an American, fuck January 2025 in particular.

Alex London

I’ve seen some commentary that the romances are much more chaste than previous BioWare games? So maybe he saw someone say that and misinterpreted it

Mikhail Popov

Same for me. Last thing in my feed is the Ramblecast

Muldawg

This episode didnt show up in pocketcasts. RSS issue?

nextlander

There's a new toggle in the CMS for adding to RSS and it seems like it is off by default now. I just toggled it so hopefully it works now? Might have to manually refresh your feed. --Vinny

Arvid Falk

I got it now, thanks Vinny!

Arvid Falk

July is the big shutdown month here in Sweden. We don't have a long summer so everyone tries to maximize their days off when it's the warmest.

csl316

Veilguard's the first game where I used custom difficulty. I like to dodge stuff, so enemies hit hard. But I don't like a damage sponge, so I also hit hard. And a generous parry window is nice. Knowing my tendencies, it made the combat really satisfying and I'm gonna mess around with custom difficulties whenever I get a chance now.

Brandon

Assuming you work 5 days a week, 38 days of vacation is nearly 8 weeks off.

M0 P5

I understand the maths, but I took it as taking a massive chunk of holiday. Which would be fantastic tbf

Arsen Loupin

Alex is thinking about Rephantazio, the dumbed-down persona.

Kasper Lund Hjorth

I have all of July off, work starts up again in August. I so get six weeks in all though. I am from Denmark.