The Nextlander Podcast · Episode 236 · February 12, 2026 · 2 hr 36 min
236: Random Access Mockery
It's another show bursting at the seams this week, touching on Romeo Is a Dead Man, The Run, and Species: Unknown, with further thoughts on Dragon Quest VII, Cairn, and some Silent Hill f endingsmaxxing. And in the news, the rubber is meeting the road on the RAM crisis for Valve, Sony, and Nintendo, there's a new live-service Horizon game coming, Ryu Ga Gotoku's response to sexual assault allegations on the cast of the new Yakuza is... questionable, 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. (00:00:10) Intro (00:04:07) I got my AYN Thor (not-DS) and checked it out! (00:15:39) Earth Must Die | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Jan 27, 2026 (00:16:08) The Run | [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Feb 05, 2026 (00:26:57) First Break (00:29:13) Romeo is a Dead Man | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Feb 11, 2026 (00:41:55) Relooted | [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S] | Feb 10, 2026 (00:48:20) Cairn | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5] | Jan 29, 2026 (00:59:27) Species: Unknown (Early Access) | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Oct 23, 2025 (01:10:27) Dragon Quest VII Reimagined | [Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S] | Feb 05, 2026 (01:11:20) [Possible DQ7 SPOILER] Abundance of caution with this marker (01:13:31) Silent Hill f | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Sep 25, 2025 (01:13:42) [SPOILER WARNING] Silent Hill f endings talk, mostly about items and less about story. (01:26:05) Second Break (01:26:10) How are those RAM prices affecting hardware? (01:28:04) Valve says their Steam Machine pricing is being affected (01:31:16) Sony says they've got some RAM, but maybe PS6 could be affected? (01:37:52) Nintendo says they are making bank, but think your concern is cute. (01:40:40) Epic Games says they will have a marketplace on the next Xbox (01:49:58) Guerrilla debuts Horizon Hunters Gathering! (02:10:15) Riot lays off around 80 workers from 2XKO (02:17:24) A brief aside about Valve's Deadlock (02:19:13) Yakuza Kiwami 3 has some issues (02:27:13) Emails (02:30:34) Wrapping up and thanks (02:33:49) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts