The Nextlander Podcast · Episode 259 · August 6, 2026 · 2 hr 19 min

259: Art Installations by Playskool

This week we embark on a Big Walk, spend some quality handheld time with the Switch 2, finish Heave Ho 2 and Road to Empress II, ponder news like the closing of the deal taking EA private (and what seems like pending layoffs), some gaming-on-Linux updates, and Dave Bautista's growing go-to status for video game television, run through the shockingly small catalog of AO-rated games, 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 (00:02:20) Make the loved ones in your life pay for your subscriptions (00:04:13) Brad's looking for a new note-taking app (00:07:34) Alex has (unwanted) water in his basement (00:11:14) Big Walk | [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2] | Aug 04, 2026 (00:34:44) First Break (00:34:46) Road to Empress II | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Jun 09, 2026 (00:43:57) Heave Ho 2 | [Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Jul 16, 2026 (00:48:50) Brad's time with his Switch 2 (00:50:12) Tetris 99 | [Nintendo Switch] | Feb 13, 2019 (00:54:33) Slay the Spire | [PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux] | Jan 23, 2019 (01:04:37) Second Break (01:04:39) Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner own Electronic Arts (01:23:40) Xbox 360 titles coming to PC? (01:33:48) Making your own Steam Machine with SteamOS (01:45:41) Epic Games looking into Linux anti-cheat support (01:50:16) There's a new Kratos coming to your TV... (01:57:29) Emails (02:13:54) Wrapping up and thanks (02:16:05) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts (02:19:20) See ya