Death Stranding 2 check-in: progress and mechanics

Video games! There's a bunch of them to talk about this week, including Keeper, Dead Reset, Easy Delivery Co., Ball x Pit, Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted, a quick Steam Next Fest co-op roundup... and some Death Stranding 2. In the news, the sudden passing of Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki, The Simpsons (maybe) in Fortnite, and probably more discussion of Street Fighter hamburgers than was really necessary.

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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.
(00:00:08) Intro
(00:07:51) Time to rack everything and unload these desktop cases
(00:14:27) Keeper  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S]  |  Oct 17, 2025
(00:25:36) Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted  |  [Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, PlayStation 4]  |  Oct 23, 2025
(00:29:18) First Break
(00:32:04) Noise complaints!
(00:34:00) Some Co-op Next Fest games
(00:34:21) Yapyap  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  TBD
(00:36:01) Roadside Research  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  2025
(00:36:49) Ultimate Sheep Raccoon  |  [Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One]  |  Q4 2025
(00:37:14) Final Sentence  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Q4 2025
(00:44:47) Easy Delivery Co.  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Sep 18, 2025
(00:48:20) Dead Reset  |  [Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, iOS, Android]  |  Sep 11, 2025
(00:51:47) Some other games Alex has touched
(00:53:00) Ball x Pit  |  [PlayStation 5, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch]  |  Oct 15, 2025
(00:57:07) Death Stranding 2: On The Beach  |  [PlayStation 5]  |  Jun 26, 2025
(00:57:21) [Spoiler Warning] Mostly enemies, items, locations, etc
(01:18:55) Second Break
(01:19:00) News
(01:19:13) Team Ninja founder Itagaki has passed away
(01:32:58) Dan Forden from Mortal Kombat is retired
(01:35:22) [Note: We lost some audio here so this next section uses a backup if things sound weird]
(01:35:26) Rare's Gregg Mayles has also retired
(01:38:52) Fortnite might be getting some Simpsons?
(01:47:35) Delicious Street Burgers
(01:55:32) Emails
(02:06:52) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:08:35) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:11:57) See ya!