140: Black Mold From Space

The Nextlander Podcast

Brad has played an astonishing amount of Final Fantasy this week, and it's time to talk for like an hour about Remake, Rebirth, Crisis Core, and a bunch of other stuff. Plus: updates on Pacific Drive, Balatro, Infinite Wealth's Animal Crossing thing, PlayStation layoffs and the closure of London Studio, and more.
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CHAPTERS
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(00:00:10) Intro
(00:01:07) Prepare for the Final Fantasy talk
(00:01:59) First, let's talk about bonding with our pets
(00:05:44) [Spoiler Warning] Final Fantasy 7 and Remake talk
(00:06:31) Brad, let's talk about Final Fantasy 7
(00:34:02) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth [PlayStation 5] on Feb 29, 2024
(01:08:54) Balatro [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch] on Feb 20, 2024
(01:12:05) Pacific Drive [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5] on Feb 22, 2024
(01:17:53) Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Jan 26, 2024
(01:23:41) News
(01:23:55) Sony to layoff 900 people and closes London Studio
(01:26:49) How do we make this a healthy and profitable industry?
(01:46:51) Remedy buys Control rights back from 505 Games
(01:49:54) Helldivers 2 servers seem to be working
(01:53:58) Nintendo sues open-source Switch emulator Yuzu
(02:00:32) PSVR 2 coming to a PC near you?
(02:05:28) Emails
(02:09:14) Come join us for a heroic Watchcast
(02:10:52) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:11:24) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:12:36) Nextlander content updates
(02:18:47) Come join us at PAX East!
(02:20:18) See Ya!