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March 14, 2024 110 mins
We're awash in new games this week, with Mars After Midnight, Contra: Operation Galuga, WWE 2K24, and more joining old favs like FF7 Rebirth. Also: the tragic loss of Akira Toriyama, the harassment campaign around Sweet Baby Inc., the mystery of the flying space bugs, and more.

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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.
(00:00:09) Intro
(00:00:36) Daylight Saving Time is here again
(00:03:17) Vermont and Casey Jones have the freshest powder?
(00:10:14) Show rundown
(00:10:58) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth [PlayStation 5] on Feb 29, 2024
(00:25:21) WWE 2K24 [PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Mar 08, 2024
(00:33:00) Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch] on Mar 13, 2024
(00:41:47) Mars After Midnight [Playdate] on Mar 12, 2024
(00:48:39) Contra: Operation Galuga [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Mar 12, 2024
(00:54:51) Top Racer Collection [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Mar 07, 2024
(00:58:52) Balatro [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox One] on Feb 20, 2024
(00:59:55) Akira Toriyama has passed away
(01:10:00) Sweet Baby, what's going on here?
(01:23:32) Summer Game Fest gets a date
(01:27:30) MultiVersus is coming back
(01:35:13) Stig Asmussen has a new studio
(01:37:34) Helldivers 2 continues to be pretty cool
(01:41:44) Wrapping up and thanks
(01:46:02) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(01:47:29) Nextlander content updates
(01:50:34) See ya!
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