233: An X-Ray Equals 10 Bananas

The Nextlander Podcast

Hobbies, Leisure

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🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Summary

Ubisoft is doing a big old reorg, delaying and canceling games, and talking about "billionaire brands," Marathon gets a release date, Highguard is out next Monday, Life Is Strange is getting an unexpected sequel, some consoles get ranked from prettiest to ugliest, and we spent time with games like Hack and Climb, Whiskerwood, and Silent Hill f's new game plus mode. All that and more on this week's show!

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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
(00:02:04) Do you want a missile or a mansion?
(00:05:33) Getting ready for the snow?
(00:11:25) Are website ads as thumbnails new to YouTube?
(00:12:46) [Spoilers] Silent Hill f
(00:13:29) Silent Hill f | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Sep 25, 2025
(00:33:23) First Break
(00:33:28) Hack and Climb | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Jan 20, 2026
(00:42:22) Whiskerwood (Early Access) | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Nov 06, 2025
(00:49:38) Absolum | [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5] | Oct 09, 2025
(00:50:59) Road to Empress | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Sep 08, 2025
(00:56:55) Second Break
(00:57:00) Ubisoft makes some moves for 2026
(01:13:48) Marathon gets a release date and new trailer
(01:20:20) Highguard still has a lot of question marks around it
(01:27:18) A new Life is Strange game has been announced
(01:35:46) Hitman is getting cross-progression!
(01:51:21) Emails
(02:08:47) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:11:42) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:14:04) Nextlander content updates
(02:15:14) See ya!

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome back to another next Lander podcast.
0:15.2	I think we got one more in January, but January closing fast.
0:21.4	Happy end of, happy beginning of the tax season, Brad Shoemaker.
0:26.7	Yay.
0:27.5	Yeah, that's right.
0:28.5	That's right.
0:29.9	Alex Navarro.
0:31.7	Yay.
0:33.6	Here, and here is my next lander.
0:36.0	One time somebody said, told me this was very helpful to them.
0:40.0	So I will say it here.
0:42.2	Remember, if you run a Patreon, Patreon now reports on your 1099, all the money you made as a gross payment for all the money you've taken in.
0:53.8	They used to do it as a net payment for all the money you've taken in.
0:58.7	They used to do it as a net payment minus their fees.
1:05.2	So you need to subtract their fees from their payments up when you're reporting.
1:06.1	Just remember that.
1:12.1	I had one time one person told me that I know very well said, said oh my gosh thank you very much that that really helps in a thing so now I will repeat it every tax season because it was a
1:19.3	weird change when they did it it was like three years ago it still messes me up and when we do
1:25.0	the books um so anyway happy tax season. Yeah. Happy the time of the year. I think you just shouldn't wish that to people. Never, never been more excited. To pay your preteral taxes. Yeah. Yeah. Of course. Well, look, this year, I mean, at least we have free health care. Oh, definitely. Yeah.
1:45.5	Look, I don't have to live in your reality anymore.
1:48.2	At least this year, I know that it's all going to universal health care and a great retirement fund.
1:54.2	So, yeah, I don't know what you guys are complaining about.
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