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The Nextlander Podcast

136: Secret Swifties

The Nextlander Podcast

The Nextlander Podcast

Leisure, Hobbies

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 168 minutes

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Summary

Will Smith (of game development and Fortnite-streaming fame) joins us this week to unpack the mass Xbox/Activision/Blizzard layoffs and the general state of the games business, plus Tekken 8, more with Prince of Persia and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the secret language of grade schoolers, Taylor Swift's nation-state status, and more.

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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
(00:00:56) Welcome Will Smith to the show!
(00:03:09) What is Taylor's Version?
(00:13:37) Tekken 8 [PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] on Jan 26, 2024
(00:34:33) Fortnite and Lego Fortnite
(00:39:43) Tunic [Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One] on Mar 16, 2022
(00:44:07) Rounds [PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Apr 01, 2021
(00:48:20) Palworld [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Jan 19, 2024
(00:59:37) Sea of Stars [Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Aug 29, 2023
(01:02:49) Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Jan 26, 2024
(01:07:05) [SPOILERS] Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5] on Jan 18, 2024
(01:25:18) The state of video games
(01:25:50) Microsoft layoffs and cancellations
(02:05:50) Is the end near for physical releases?
(02:12:02) Eidos layoffs and cancellations
(02:12:50) Sega also has layoffs
(02:17:54) Suicide Squad giving in-game currency to early access players
(02:25:26) Switch 2 updates
(02:39:37) Emails
(02:43:27) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:44:24) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:46:04) Thanks Will Smith!
(02:47:37) See ya!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everybody and welcome back to another next lander

0:14.2

podcast I'm Vinny Caravilla joined by Alex Navarro. Yep I'm here as always.

0:19.3

Brad Shoemaker. It's true I am present and not to leave our guest hang in while we do really long

0:25.8

introductions because that could be kind of weird. I should tell you about this time that I

0:29.3

really let the guest just sitting there not able to talk because I well I don't want to say

0:34.4

name names but they are very respectful and they never talk until they're

0:38.1

talked to and that's always a good thing I always appreciate that about a really

0:41.9

competent experience professional good thing. I always appreciate that about a really competent experienced

0:44.3

professional guest is that they will not introduce themselves.

0:47.7

You know that's funny that reminds me of a very long rambling story I have about

0:51.7

another guest we once had but I won't tell it now

0:53.9

I'll let you tell your why don't you introduce our guest friend of the show

0:58.1

Will Smith is here I'm allowed to say something now, right?

1:03.0

Okay, Hoyoy, hoi!

1:04.0

Yes, the seal has been broken.

1:06.0

Hi. And of course, uh, uh, uh, do you still need clarification for being this Will Smith and not that will Smith is that something that still comes up

1:14.7

look I unless so now but sometimes I go places and people are really disappointed to see me

1:19.7

you know like checking into hotels restaurant restaurant reservations, you know the usual.

1:24.4

Yeah because because the other Will Smith definitely checks into hotels under his real name.

1:28.4

I mean, I would assume not, but people are really surprised.

1:32.1

So I mean, there are also I think

1:34.4

currently two baseball will smiths and you know so there's there's look there's a

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