190: Big Buccaneer Hunter

The Nextlander Podcast

Leisure, Hobbies

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 139 minutes

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Summary

While we spend a good part of this week's show grappling with the resurrection of the Acclaim name, we also find time to discuss Split Fiction, Knights in Tight Spaces, Gears of War on PS5, buying a (cheap) record player, the whereabouts of Bam Margera, a big week for video game source code, and the Sonic Unleashed PC port with big implications for Xbox 360 game preservation.

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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
(00:00:42) The voice of Space Ghost has passed away
(00:07:10) Focus Groups for toys and cartoons
(00:10:18) Let's all take the music back!
(00:17:30) That's it, records or bust
(00:25:53) Split Fiction | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Mar 06, 2025
(00:41:55) First Break
(00:41:59) Knights in Tight Spaces | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Mar 04, 2025
(00:52:49) Lost Records: Bloom & Rage | [Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5] | Feb 18, 2025
(00:58:50) Void Crew | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Nov 25, 2024
(01:04:17) Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One] | Feb 21, 2025
(01:10:48) Avowed | [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S] | Feb 18, 2025
(01:13:21) Second Break
(01:13:26) News
(01:13:33) More about Monolith and their closing
(01:21:15) PlayStation VR2 gets a price drop
(01:26:05) Gears of War on a PlayStation?!
(01:30:42) Tony Hawk is back!
(01:38:19) Acclaim is also... back?!
(01:47:40) Tanya released the Command and Conquer source code!
(01:53:17) Sonic Unleashed gets an unofficial PC port
(02:03:44) Emails
(02:14:10) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:15:24) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:17:30) Nextlander Content Updates
(02:18:55) See ya!

Transcript

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0:00.0	well everybody and welcome back to another next lander podcast brad shoemaker welcome here this march
0:17.1	thanks for having me it's been a long time dream to be on the show, and now we've made it happen.
0:22.6	Oh, you're a big fan.
0:23.9	Yeah.
0:24.4	Oh, that's really good, too.
0:25.4	I've been listening since 2008.
0:27.2	Long time, no time?
0:28.7	Yeah.
0:29.2	Great.
0:29.7	Well, we've got a great show for you today, Brad.
0:32.3	You picked a great one to be on for today.
0:34.2	Great.
0:34.9	Yeah, yeah. Alex Navarro. Yes.
0:38.2	You, before the show started, you said you wanted to talk about?
0:42.0	Some sad news.
0:43.3	Yeah.
0:44.1	Space Ghost died.
0:45.8	Damn.
0:46.6	That's a real bummer.
0:47.6	And by Space Ghost passing away...
0:49.6	I mean, voice actor George Lowe, who was...
0:52.5	You know, apart from Space Ghost, was a huge part of the overall, like, adult swim collection of shows back in the era when that stuff was, let's just say, greatly influencing my own sense of humor.
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