Listener mail: why cats knead

It's another show bursting at the seams this week, touching on Romeo Is a Dead Man, The Run, and Species: Unknown, with further thoughts on Dragon Quest VII, Cairn, and some Silent Hill f endingsmaxxing. And in the news, the rubber is meeting the road on the RAM crisis for Valve, Sony, and Nintendo, there's a new live-service Horizon game coming, Ryu Ga Gotoku's response to sexual assault allegations on the cast of the new Yakuza is... questionable, and more.

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(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
(00:04:07) I got my AYN Thor (not-DS) and checked it out!
(00:15:39) Earth Must Die  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Jan 27, 2026
(00:16:08) The Run  |  [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Feb 05, 2026
(00:26:57) First Break
(00:29:13) Romeo is a Dead Man  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Feb 11, 2026
(00:41:55) Relooted  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S]  |  Feb 10, 2026
(00:48:20) Cairn  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5]  |  Jan 29, 2026
(00:59:27) Species: Unknown (Early Access) |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Oct 23, 2025
(01:10:27) Dragon Quest VII Reimagined  |  [Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S]  |  Feb 05, 2026
(01:11:20) [Possible DQ7 SPOILER] Abundance of caution with this marker
(01:13:31) Silent Hill f  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Sep 25, 2025
(01:13:42) [SPOILER WARNING] Silent Hill f endings talk, mostly about items and less about story.
(01:26:05) Second Break
(01:26:10) How are those RAM prices affecting hardware?
(01:28:04) Valve says their Steam Machine pricing is being affected
(01:31:16) Sony says they've got some RAM, but maybe PS6 could be affected?
(01:37:52) Nintendo says they are making bank, but think your concern is cute.
(01:40:40) Epic Games says they will have a marketplace on the next Xbox
(01:49:58) Guerrilla debuts Horizon Hunters Gathering!
(02:10:15) Riot lays off around 80 workers from 2XKO
(02:17:24) A brief aside about Valve's Deadlock
(02:19:13) Yakuza Kiwami 3 has some issues
(02:27:13) Emails
(02:30:34) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:33:49) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts