About this episode
The motley range of games we got into over the holidays includes Card Shark, Dota 2, Sky: Children of the Light, and COD: Warzone 2.0 and DMZ. (Next stop: Escape From Tarkov.) Also: new year's etiquette, 3DS archeology, the YouTube recommendations challenge, and more! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. (00:00:10) Intro (00:03:43) When is it too late to wish someone a Happy New Year (00:06:35) How are these kids getting a 3DS?! (00:12:56) Show Rundown (00:13:16) Upgrading that PS5! (00:20:03) Pentiment [Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Nov 15, 2022 (00:20:25) NOTE: Some light story structure talk about Pentiment throughout. Nothing explicit. (00:31:37) First Break (00:31:50) The Case of the Golden Idol [PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Oct 13, 2022 (00:35:45) Card Shark [Nintendo Switch, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Jun 02, 2022 (00:39:31) Grounded [Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One] on Sep 27, 2022 (00:44:01) Vampire Survivors [Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One] on Nov 10, 2022 (00:47:11) Dota 2 [PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux] on Jul 09, 2013 (00:52:43) Sky: Children of the Light [PlayStation 4] on Dec 2022 (00:57:22) Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 [PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Nov 16, 2022 (01:06:59) Second Break (01:07:04) News (01:08:06) Epic pays $520 million in settlements (01:15:14) Epic also shutting down some online services and games (01:24:48) John Carmack leaves Meta and has some words (01:29:42) Chris Metzen returns to World of Warcraft (01:35:42) Hitman 3 enters a World of Assassination (01:41:37) Emails [podcast at nextlander dot com] (01:52:18) Oh yeah? What's in your YouTube recommended list?! (01:58:05) Wrapping up and thanks (01:59:04) Mysterious Benefactor Tier Shoutouts (02:01:01) Nextlander content updates (02:01:35) See ya! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.