Brad is still out on personal leave, but his podcasting cohort Will Smith is here to chat with Vinny and Alex about the Steam Machine, GTA's discless future, and a variety of video games and demos.

CHAPTERS

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(00:00:10) Intro
(00:00:31) Will Smith is here to set us right
(00:02:29) This is the year of Linux... for real this time!
(00:09:35) Celebrating the end of Middle School
(00:17:58) Memories of Gym Class...
(00:21:44) The Video Games
(00:21:57) Heave Ho 2 | [Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Jul 16, 2026
(00:24:39) The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu | [Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Jul 15, 2026
(00:30:49) First Break
(00:30:50) Subnautica 2 (Early Access) | [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S] | May 14, 2026
(00:39:16) Cost to develop games
(00:49:10) Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! | [PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Apr 30, 2026
(00:51:39) Dimhaven: The Lost Source | [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Jun 23, 2026
(00:55:52) Helldivers 2 | [PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Feb 08, 2024
(01:02:16) Managing Live Service Games
(01:08:01) Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 3 | [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5] | 2027
(01:16:05) Second Break
(01:16:06) The Steam Machine pricing what it could mean
(02:08:02) Tencent might be scaling back investments
(02:21:19) Sega to change how it markets some games
(02:27:59) Grand Theft Auto 6 gets pricing and release details
(02:45:05) Email(s)
(02:49:08) Wrapping up
(02:51:35) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:52:56) Check out more from Will
(02:57:11) Nextlander Content Updates
(02:58:05) See ya!