161: A Jedi Named Kyle

The Nextlander Podcast

Leisure, Hobbies

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

With Vinny out, Will Smith drops by to tell us about playing a few hours of Star Wars Outlaws, plus Earth Defense Force 6's giant bugs and Clickolding's, uh, fetishistic clicking, mass layoffs and a reorg at Bungie, SAG-AFTRA's game industry strike, the first trailer for Amazon's Yakuza series, the value of skill-based matchmaking, what to get an 11-year-old PS2 fan, and more.

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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
(00:04:54) Star Wars Outlaws [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] on Aug 30, 2024
(00:26:31) Earth Defense Force 6 [PC (Microsoft Windows, GeForce Now), PlayStation 4/5] on Jul 25, 2024
(00:34:16) Clickolding [PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Jul 16, 2024
(00:47:25) Infection Free Zone [PC (Steam, Early Access)] on Apr 11, 2024
(00:53:49) News
(00:54:02) Layoffs and reorganization at Bungie
(01:04:20) SAG-AFTRA's video game strike
(01:14:52) Activision's skill-based matchmaking study
(01:25:43) The first trailer for Like a Dragon: Yakuza (the TV series) is out
(01:29:14) Emails!
(01:41:13) Wrapping up
(01:41:48) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(01:48:03) See ya!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome back to the next lander I almost said watchcast but I'm
0:15.8	be I'm not hosting that podcast today today I am hosting the next lander podcast
0:20.8	because Vinicarabel is not not here, but Brad Shoemaker,
0:23.0	you're still with me.
0:24.0	I'm here, my butt is in the seat,
0:26.0	I'm ready to talk, you're at two during the big chair,
0:28.0	how does it feel?
0:29.0	It kind of feels like the chair I'm normally in,
0:31.0	I'm just getting louder than I normally do on this
0:32.8	podcast because I've got to do host energy. You got a good profess. Yeah and I am also
0:39.0	hosting this week we do have a guest. William Smith, how you doing man?
0:44.3	Hey hooy, hoi, I'm doing great Alex, how about yourself?
0:47.4	Eh, you know, I'm getting by, there's some people chainsawing a tree
0:50.5	in my backyard right now, hopefully that if you hear any
0:53.3	chainsaw noises no murders happening just a tree coming down you're just you're just
0:57.8	a big jackal fan absolutely I love jackal I love chainsaws I love chainsaw
1:02.4	massacres and I love having a tree that is no longer going to fall over it was it dead it so that's the one the groundhog pushed up that's the one that had where the big dirt mound was.
1:13.0	So what does a tree cost to remove on the East Coast?
1:15.4	Like what's your, what's your, what's your top?
1:17.9	Like how big is a tree?
1:19.2	You're talking about like 60, 70, 80 feet?
1:21.7	Yeah, no, it's not even that.
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