Our friend Austin Walker stops by to join us for an absolutely jam-packed conversation about new and upcoming games we've been playing, including Ghost of Yotei, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Baby Steps, Metroid Prime 4, Kirby Air Riders, and Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 for Switch. Also, pre-TGS updates on Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Kojima Productions' Physint and OD, the GDC rebrand, college courses about games, an update on Austin's tabletop RPG Realis, import tariffs on human flesh, and more!

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(00:00:35) Austin Walker is here!

(00:02:30) An update on Realis

(00:03:24) Sorry, we're importing what now?

(00:10:03) Ghost of Yotei  |  [PlayStation 5]  |  Oct 01, 2025

(00:33:14) Recent firing at Sucker Punch

(00:39:58) First Break

(00:40:03) Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles  |  [PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Steam]  |  Sep 30, 2025

(01:14:04) Baby Steps  |  [PlayStation 5, Steam]  |  Sep 23, 2025

(01:31:40) Second Break

(01:31:45) Metroid Prime 4  |  [Nintendo Switch, Switch 2]  |  Dec 04 2025

(01:38:26) Kirby Air Riders  |  [Nintendo Switch 2]  |  Nov 20 2025

(01:45:23) Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2  |  [Nintendo Switch]  |  Oct 02 2025

(01:48:43) Supergiant interlude (Hades II, Pyre)

(01:50:41) That Virtual Boy add-on

(01:54:29) News

(01:54:48) Kojima Productions' pre-TGS news (Physint, OD trailer, Death Stranding movie)

(02:02:49) Yakuza Kiwami 3 announced

(02:09:21) The Game Developers Conference has rebranded

(02:19:08) Email! (about teaching games in college)

(02:26:55) Thanks again Austin!

(02:31:14) Mysterious benefactors!

(02:32:45) Content and bye!