221: Mortal Monday

If you want to hear us gush for like an hour about Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, this is the episode for you, and we also fit in discussion of Halo on PlayStation and the increasing demands on the Xbox business, the Kojima Matrix game that almost was, Once Upon a Katamari, Dead Reset, Jackbox 11, and... wait, did you think we forgot Death Stranding 2? THINK AGAIN.

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(00:00:10) Intro
(00:01:39) Health insurance premiums are too high for nugget challenges
(00:08:15) Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection | [PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2] | Oct 30, 2025
(00:58:52) First Break
(00:58:57) The Jackbox Party Pack 11 | [Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Oct 23, 2025
(01:02:12) Dead Reset | [Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, iOS, Android] | Sep 11, 2025
(01:03:07) Once Upon a Katamari | [PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Oct 24, 2025
(01:08:49) Ball x Pit | [PlayStation 5, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch] | Oct 15, 2025
(01:11:10) Death Stranding 2: On The Beach | [PlayStation 5] | Jun 26, 2025
(01:11:37) [Spoilers] Some story moments and locations are talked about.
(01:26:41) Second Break
(01:27:50) Xbox and Microsoft continue to be in the news.
(01:51:32) EA staff reportedly being urged to engage with a lot of AI
(01:58:40) Konami says Kojima was asked to make a Matrix game?
(02:06:58) Battle Arena Toshinden franchise getting a re-release?
(02:11:18) Emails
(02:18:39) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:23:59) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:26:07) Nextlander content updates
(02:29:16) See ya!