Friend of the show Lex Luddy joins us to talk about how Death Stranding 2 holds up, the Megami Tensei Universe, and what exactly constitutes an Irish Pub. Vinny shares his closing thoughts on Assassin's Creed Shadows and Alex helps us unpack the week's news!
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(00:00:10) Intro
(00:00:55) Welcome Lex Luddy!
(00:09:29) SPOILER Warning (Death Stranding 2 and Assassin's Creed Shadows)
(00:10:29) Death Stranding 2: On The Beach | [PlayStation 5] | Jun 26, 2025
(00:25:36) Assassin's Creed Shadows | [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Mar 20, 2025
(00:50:58) First Break
(00:51:09) MindsEye | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Jun 10, 2025
(01:18:49) Kaizen: A Factory Story | [PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux, Mac] | Jul 14, 2025
(01:23:05) The Megami Tensei Multiverse!
(01:38:37) Second Break
(01:38:41) News
(01:39:13) Subnautica 2 delay and lawsuits
(01:48:28) Romero Games loses publishing deal
(02:03:31) Laid off King staff reportedly replaced by AI tools
(02:18:00) Helldivers 2 gets an Xbox release date
(02:21:07) John Wick Hex is being delisted from sale
(02:24:05) CyberPunk Edgerunners is getting a new season
(02:25:50) Some Nintendo news
(02:27:06) Go check out Bakalar's new web comic
(02:29:04) Nextlander Content Updates
(02:33:00) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:35:12) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:37:26) See ya!
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