189: Return to the Upper Yo

The Nextlander Podcast

Leisure, Hobbies

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🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 162 minutes

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Summary

This week we attempt to get back to the positive end of the yo-yo cycle by playing Monster Hunter Wilds, LAD: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, more Avowed, and some Steam Next Fest demos, plus the shocking closure of Monolith, some new Fable footage, Microsoft's games AI model, and your emails!

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(00:00:10) Intro
(00:02:41) Putting reality on pause for a few hours
(00:13:52) What's the last stop before dry toast?
(00:16:37) Monster Hunter Wilds | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Feb 28, 2025
(00:42:18) Consoles or PC, the eternal struggle
(00:48:05) First Break
(00:48:10) Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] | Feb 21, 2025
(01:00:26) Avowed | [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S] | Feb 18, 2025
(01:17:39) Void Crew | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Nov 25, 2024
(01:20:57) Lost Records: Bloom & Rage | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Feb 18, 2025
(01:23:41) Steam Next Fest
(01:24:50) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | 2025
(01:31:41) Fellowship | TBD
(01:37:18) Second Break
(01:37:23) News
(01:37:45) Warner Bros. closes Monolith
(01:56:19) Fable delayed to 2026
(02:04:22) Microsoft wants to use AI in game "preservation"
(02:16:58) Bloober Team and Konami are back at!
(02:22:22) Email
(02:33:06) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:38:10) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:40:22) Nextlander Content Updates
(02:41:18) See ya!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome back to another NextLander podcast.
0:14.0	Here we go, getting ready to power through February.
0:18.4	And here I was almost having clawed my way out of January, Alex Navarro.
0:24.3	How are you?
0:24.9	Wait, are you still in January?
0:27.4	January put me pretty underground, man.
0:30.2	Yeah, I still feel like I'm working through January here.
0:34.5	February kind of a blur.
0:37.7	So, yeah, yes. I think I might still be in January.
0:40.5	Well, good news. We actually canceled February. We're now experiencing long January.
0:45.6	Okay. It is warming up here a little bit. Brad Schumacher has the weather by you.
0:51.9	The weather's all right. I think we're all digging a hole day by day, though.
0:55.2	Digging a hole day by day.
0:57.0	Talking about getting under things or maybe perhaps it's more accurate to say a hole is
1:00.5	being dug for us.
1:02.1	A game about directly underneath our feet.
1:04.0	A month about digging a hole.
1:05.4	A century of about.
1:07.6	A decade about digging a hole.
1:10.3	Yeah, man. I think I'm finally starting to see a little bit of daylight.
1:15.2	I really, I really just need to get like my personal affairs back in order.
1:19.6	Like, you know, stop my emotional eating exercise a little bit more.
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