The Nextlander Podcast 205: Altered Beast Is Not a Beat 'Em Up
Added 2025-06-26 01:19:00 +0000 UTCDeath Stranding 2 is upon us and dominates the first hour of the show this week, Vinny finished Clair Obscur, Brad will (probably not) be playing more Hopshot, more layoffs at Xbox and Build a Rocket Boy, Sega leaks a bunch of sales figures, Nickelodeon is mashing up with Sonic, a great brawler debate ensues, 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
(00:05:21) Brad's very localized power outage
(00:07:09) Death Stranding 2: On The Beach | [PlayStation 5] | Jun 26, 2025
(00:12:54) There are going to be some original Death Stranding spoilers throughout here.
(01:01:15) First Break
(01:01:20) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Apr 24, 2025
(01:08:23) Peak | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Jun 16, 2025
(01:12:57) Len's Island | [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Jun 19, 2025
(01:15:06) Elden Ring: Nightreign | [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | May 30, 2025
(01:21:44) Hopshot | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Mar 17, 2025
(01:27:28) Second Break
(01:27:33) Layoffs coming to Microsoft again
(01:34:07) MindsEye's studio will also be doing layoffs
(01:49:03) Sales numbers leak for certain Sega titles
(01:58:46) Sonic Racing and Nickelodeon crossover officially announced
(02:11:01) Drag x Drive gets a release date
(02:17:44) A new Patreon enters the ring
(02:22:54) Is Altered Beast a Beat 'em Up?
(02:27:22) Emails
(02:40:33) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:42:52) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:45:55) See ya!
Comments
One of my closest friends was childhood friends with Sufjan Stephens' cousin. So when she was like 11 she spent some time with a like early career Sufjan a few times. The main punchline is one of the times the newest Harry Potter book had just come out and she and Sufjan's cousin just wanted to read and talk about that but got roped into family time (and family time by extension for my friend because they were hanging out) because he was in town visiting. Just fun in retrospect because... Yeah what does an 11 year old care about an indie folk singer?
Peter L Eldred
2025-07-14 10:42:45 +0000 UTCRe: The car intro: not a beat-'em-up, but is Vinny thinking of Contra: Hard Corps?
R. Ballien
2025-07-06 02:33:23 +0000 UTCI thought Kung Fu Master/Kung Fu was supposed to be an homage to Game of Death (Bruce Lee), cause of going to each level like he was doing in the movie.
Hilary Neloms
2025-06-26 21:44:27 +0000 UTCI’d like a Danger Mouse skin in Sonic
Brandon_Machine
2025-06-26 18:48:08 +0000 UTC
