Author Jordan Minor joins us this week to talk about charting the last 45 years of video game history in his new book Video Game of the Year, plus a bunch of other stuff including Disney Illusion Island, Venba, Telltale's new Expanse game, the case of the missing Transformers games, and finally (finally!!) some concrete details about the next Nintendo console. Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm, or support us on Patreon! 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(00:00:41) Special Guest: Jordan Minor(00:01:06) Book: Video Game of the Year by Jordan(00:40:59) First Break(00:41:03) Disney Illusion Island [Nintendo Switch] on Jul 28, 2023(00:49:23) Venba [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Jul 31, 2023(00:54:48) The Expanse: A Telltale Series [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Jul 27, 2023(01:00:51) Pikmin 4 [Nintendo Switch] on Jul 21, 2023(01:11:21) Mortal Kombat 11 [PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch] on Apr 23, 2019(01:12:24) Second Break(01:12:28) Switch successor officially on the way?(01:33:22) Like a Dragon Gaiden getting only digital release in the West?(01:40:09) Jedi Survivor coming to last-gen consoles?(01:44:00) Who has the Transformer hard drives?(01:45:13) 2005 is when the original animated film takes place(01:53:46) Wrapping up and thanks(01:56:13) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts(01:57:49) Thanks again to Jordan Minor. His new book is Video Game of the Year See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.