216: Blame Yourself or God
216: Blame Yourself or God  
Podcast: The Nextlander Podcast
Published On: Thu Sep 25 2025
Description: Our friend Austin Walker stops by to join us for an absolutely jam-packed conversation about new and upcoming games we've been playing, including Ghost of Yotei, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Baby Steps, Metroid Prime 4, Kirby Air Riders, and Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 for Switch. Also, pre-TGS updates on Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Kojima Productions' Physint and OD, the GDC rebrand, college courses about games, an update on Austin's tabletop RPG Realis, import tariffs on human flesh, and more! 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. (00:00:35) Austin Walker is here! (00:02:30) An update on Realis (00:03:24) Sorry, we're importing what now? (00:10:03) Ghost of Yotei  |  [PlayStation 5]  |  Oct 01, 2025 (00:33:14) Recent firing at Sucker Punch (00:39:58) First Break (00:40:03) Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles  |  [PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Steam]  |  Sep 30, 2025 (01:14:04) Baby Steps  |  [PlayStation 5, Steam]  |  Sep 23, 2025 (01:31:40) Second Break (01:31:45) Metroid Prime 4  |  [Nintendo Switch, Switch 2]  |  Dec 04 2025 (01:38:26) Kirby Air Riders  |  [Nintendo Switch 2]  |  Nov 20 2025 (01:45:23) Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2  |  [Nintendo Switch]  |  Oct 02 2025 (01:48:43) Supergiant interlude (Hades II, Pyre) (01:50:41) That Virtual Boy add-on (01:54:29) News (01:54:48) Kojima Productions' pre-TGS news (Physint, OD trailer, Death Stranding movie) (02:02:49) Yakuza Kiwami 3 announced (02:09:21) The Game Developers Conference has rebranded (02:19:08) Email! (about teaching games in college) (02:26:55) Thanks again Austin! (02:31:14) Mysterious benefactors! (02:32:45) Content and bye!