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This is it: the final Death Stranding 2 spoilercast. Lumines Arise is also out, and that game is an extreme banger. Valve crashes back into the hardware market with a new Steam Machine, VR headset, and controller. Grand Theft Auto VI gets yet another delay. We even hear from someone who's had both the McDonald's Pizza and the Street Fighter burgers. Real action-packed week on the ol' Nextlander 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.(00:00:09) Intro(00:02:15) Alex has some big news for everyone(00:07:51) Death Stranding 2: On The Beach | [PlayStation 5] | Jun 26, 2025(00:08:23) [SPOILERS] All the Death Stranding spoilers are here.(01:31:13) First Break(01:31:17) Lumines Arise | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR2, SteamVR] | Nov 11, 2025(01:44:27) Thrasher | [PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Linux] | Nov 07, 2025(01:49:54) Dispatch | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5] | Oct 22, 2025(01:53:22) Silent Hill f | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Sep 25, 2025(01:54:21) Hollow Knight: Silksong | [Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One] | Sep 04, 2025(01:57:17) Second Break(01:57:21) Initial thoughts on the Valve hardware dump(02:21:09) Grand Theft Auto is delayed... again(02:22:34) More about the firings from Rockstar(02:27:48) Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra also delayed(02:33:28) Emails(02:39:44) Wrapping up and thanks(02:43:55) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts(02:46:26) See ya!

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csl316

Been watching the DS2 cutscenes along with these weekly check ins. It feels like I've really experienced this thing, almost in a Watchcast kind of way.

Andrew

LORE DUMP! between the buckets of Work, Family, Friends, and Health, I can’t consistently finish 100+ hr games, SATIATE MY VICARIOUS THIRST

Castor Troy

The new steam controller looks so good! Can't wait to pick up one of those.

Michael Polston

I could not feel more different about DS2 than Brad does. Or for that matter, most people. I loved the first one, and I felt that everything about DS2 was worse and less enjoyable. I finished it, but man it felt like a slog to me.

R. Ballien

Unfortunately, I like my extreme bangers with functional saving, but Lumines Arise on PC ties its save function to the _online leaderboard function,_ for some completely asinine reason. If it can't sense a connection, it'll just dump your save without telling you at the end of your session—it doesn't save locally at all. Learned this to my chagrin after playing 4 hours on launch night, when the leaderboard functions weren't functioning yet—I kept getting a "no connection" error despite my other apps not having a problem. Came back the next day to all my progress erased (save for my first-level score, oddly) and absolutely no desire to play this thing again. Weed-based game development makes for some unusual visuals but completely dumbass practical decisions.

anotherheadforhydra

Love when Nextlander gets into new hardware discussions. Very much looking forward to more conversations on the Analogue 3D and Steam Machines.

Graeme Hobbs

Everything about it was less sloggy than the first game

WulfBane

So I read something that there is a chance you can catch another person on the DHV Magellan in the background as they walk past a doorway if you go to take pictures from a particular location, but I'm uncertain if that is only after a particular story event or if it can happen any time in the game. Also I'll admit that from the start I was noticing a bandage wrap on Tomorrow that I was suspicious of pretty much from the start.

Josh McIllwain

Anyone else having problems getting the new episode to appear in their podcast app's RSS feed? Using Pocket Casts, for reference

Josh McIllwain

I had to remove the feed and re-add it. Interestingly, Pocket Casts is viewing it as a different feed than the membership feed I was using just earlier this week. I wonder if something was changed on the RSS side.

Curt Bordelon

Re: DS2 Cinema for the Friday stream - yes please!

Jay Keller

I still find it hilarious that it was crabs behind the whole thing. Whoever told Kojima about carcinization is a hero.

Julio Palleiro

I work in NYC financial district and it’s definitely lighter than midtown during Xmas week. It’s fairly manageable with crowds down there.