254: A Four Chugga Choo Choo

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.

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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!