We've got plenty to catch up on in our first podcast of 2024 (not a real year), from holiday gaming with small children to basement cleaning strategies, some Game Awards highlights, the wild world of competitive NES Tetris, predictions for the Internet of 2034, and a bunch more!



A great explainer about the Tetris story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJ5UuknsHU



Brendan Sinclair's 2023 roundup: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/tearing-up-the-pea-patch-this-year-in-business 



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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.

(00:00:10 ) Intro

(00:00:42 ) Happy 2024

(00:07:35 ) The joy of gifting video games

(00:13:23 ) Brad's List of Games to Share with Children

(00:33:21 ) What did Alex do doing break?

(00:41:22 ) Vinny's Break Time Fun

(00:41:31 ) Beat Saber [PlayStation VR2] on May 24, 2023

(00:45:23 ) Dave the Diver [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Jun 28, 2023

(00:47:55 ) Sea of Stars [Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Aug 29, 2023

(00:52:13 ) Should probably mention I think it's also on Game Pass

(00:56:32 ) Let the Battling of Bots begin!

(00:58:21 ) Brad and Alex's thoughts on the Game Awards

(01:18:35 ) Godus is being removed from steam

(01:22:18 ) Voice of Max Payne, James McCaffrey has passed

(01:24:06 ) Jack Black joins the cast of the live action Minecraft movie

(01:29:27 ) Nintendo already shutting down some 3DS and WiiU services

(01:31:45 ) Publisher Versus Evil has been shut down

(01:32:54 ) Bobby Kotick is officially gone... for now?

(01:35:03 ) Go read Brendan Sinclair's 'This Year in Business' story at GamesIndustry.biz

(01:37:43 ) Baldur's Gate coming to Game Pass?

(01:39:00 ) This is kid is REALLY good at Tetris

(01:50:36 ) Emails

(02:09:48 ) Wrapping up and thanks

(02:11:09 ) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts

(02:13:52 ) Nextlander content updates

(02:14:27 ) See ya!