142: Private First Class Lance Bean

We're awash in new games this week, with Mars After Midnight, Contra: Operation Galuga, WWE 2K24, and more joining old favs like FF7 Rebirth. Also: the tragic loss of Akira Toriyama, the harassment campaign around Sweet Baby Inc., the mystery of the flying space bugs, and more.Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Audioboom, or support us on Patreon!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.(00:00:09) Intro(00:00:36) Daylight Saving Time is here again(00:03:17) Vermont and Casey Jones have the freshest powder?(00:10:14) Show rundown(00:10:58) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth [PlayStation 5] on Feb 29, 2024(00:25:21) WWE 2K24 [PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Mar 08, 2024(00:33:00) Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch] on Mar 13, 2024(00:41:47) Mars After Midnight [Playdate] on Mar 12, 2024(00:48:39) Contra: Operation Galuga [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Mar 12, 2024(00:54:51) Top Racer Collection [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Mar 07, 2024(00:58:52) Balatro [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox One] on Feb 20, 2024(00:59:55) Akira Toriyama has passed away(01:10:00) Sweet Baby, what's going on here?(01:23:32) Summer Game Fest gets a date(01:27:30) MultiVersus is coming back(01:35:13) Stig Asmussen has a new studio(01:37:34) Helldivers 2 continues to be pretty cool(01:41:44) Wrapping up and thanks(01:46:02) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts(01:47:29) Nextlander content updates(01:50:34) See ya!