9: Kneading Biscuits in Your Brain

This week, we try to distract ourselves from the arrival of Alex's new cat long enough to consider The Ascent, the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters, Horizon Forbidden West's potential delay, the great PS5 SSD calamity, our current GOTY lists, Outer Wilds DLC and other new Annapurna announcements, the latest updates from the Activision Blizzard situation, and a lot more. Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm, or support us on Patreon! CHAPTERS 00:00:10 Intro00:00:55 Show Rundown00:02:12 Insomnia and Insomniac00:04:31 Brad's brain is making biscuits00:04:54 They DEFINITELY don't want your help and the blessing of not remembering00:08:58 Dave Attell's ribald humor00:10:19 The Featureless Sphere of Comedy00:10:33 Alex Kitten Updates00:11:41 The Ascent00:11:59 Top Ten of the Year Gut Check00:16:18 Back to The Ascent (XBO, XBox X|S, PC) - July 29, 202100:41:22 Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (PC and Mobile) - July 28, 202100:54:04 The Ramp (PC) - August 3, 202100:58:54 Starbase (PC) - Early Access01:08:43 Break01:08:48 News01:09:09 Horizon Forbidden West is looking like it might be delayed01:18:24 PlayStation 5 beta firmware and SSD expansion01:36:48 Annapurna Showcase01:37:01 Outer Wilds DLC - Echoes of the Eye (Sept 28th)01:39:09 Games coming to other platforms01:39:37 Storyteller (PC)01:40:24 The Artful Escape (Xbox X|S, XBO, Steam, Gamepass) - Sept 9th01:43:00 Neon White (Switch, Steam) - No Date01:43:31 Solar Ash01:43:43 Skin Deep (PC)01:45:36 Stray - Early 202201:47:21 Partnership Announcements01:48:57 Memoir Blue (Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, PC, App Store, Gamepass) - No Date01:50:03 Annapurna is publishing some great games01:52:11 Activision Blizzard lawsuit updates02:09:17 Wrapping up and thank yous02:12:39 Mysterious Benefactor shoutouts02:14:53 Stop putting all my information out there companies! Also, my best joke about companies putting my information out there.02:16:36 The Nextlander content updates02:17:55 BYE!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.