224: Thirty-Year-Old Video Games

This week we dig into hot, brand-new video games like Metal Gear Solid and Nier: Automata, plus Lumines Arise's multiplayer, the ending chapters of Dispatch, Sektori, whatever's going on with Ubisoft, the loss of "Burger" Becky Heineman, Megabonk's stand-up Game Awards move, a "will it come out in 2026" quiz, and more!

CHAPTERS

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(00:00:10) Intro
(00:01:23) Some pure personal project nonsense
(00:05:57) That TV project is almost done!
(00:12:22) Extra Life 2025!
(00:18:25) Dispatch  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5]  |  Oct 22, 2025
(00:32:58) First Break
(00:36:49) Lumines Arise  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR2, SteamVR]  |  Nov 11, 2025
(00:54:36) Sektori  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Nov 18, 2025
(01:01:05) Plenty of games too play!
(01:02:07) Hollow Knight: Silksong  |  [Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One]  |  Sep 04, 2025
(01:03:12) Morsels  |  [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Nov 18, 2025
(01:05:46) Metal Gear Solid  |  [PlayStation]  |  Oct 20, 1998
(01:19:07) Silent Hill f  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Sep 25, 2025
(01:22:22) Second Break
(01:22:32) What is happening at Ubisoft?
(01:32:10) Rebecca Heineman has passed away
(01:38:54) Yoko Taro is still trying to make games!
(01:42:34) Megabonk and The Game Awards
(01:52:03) Will Concord be playable again?
(02:01:16) Emails
(02:32:21) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:37:57) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts