On this week's Watchcast we slice open and dig around inside Repo Men, a sci-fi thriller that borders on competence at times, and never fails to find a way to disgust.
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(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 120: Repo Men (2010)
(00:00:15) - Intro.
(00:01:38) - Less than two minutes in and we're already wishing Cronenberg made this instead.
(00:05:00) - ...
I was just scheduling some things for January this morning and realized we are almost out of January! Well, really, we’re only midway through January, but when you’re scheduling that’s pretty much done. I finished up Star Wars: Outlaws, and while I thought the game was generally fine, that last stealth sequence was so… silly? Like, really goofy and not done well. I’ll talk more about it on the podcast, but I’m still thinking I might scoop up the platinum on that one. I’m also re...
2025-01-13 20:22:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The release calendar is a tad thin here in the first month of 2025, but hey, good news for fans of Dynasty Warriors and Phantom Brave! We also sift through remasters, some interesting indies, and a few long-overdue PC ports as we plan out the month.
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(00:00:00) Start
(00:00:05) Intro
(00:02:11) Hello Kitty Island Adventure [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Jan 30, 2025
(00:05:30) Marvel's Spider-Man 2 [PC (Microsoft Window...
2025-01-10 22:07:28 +0000 UTC View Post
The release calendar is a tad thin here in the first month of 2025, but hey, good news for fans of Dynasty Warriors and Phantom Brave! We also sift through remasters, some interesting indies, and a few long-overdue PC ports as we plan out the month.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:05) Intro
(00:02:11) Hello Kitty Island Adventure [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Jan 30, 2025
(00:05:31) Marvel's Spider-Man 2 [PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Jan 30, 2025
(00:06...
We're barely a week into 2025 and we basically already know what the Switch 2 looks like thanks to CES, plus new GeForce cards, PlayStation movies, and Steam Deck-likes. Also, games we caught up on during the break like Caves of Qud, LOK Digital, Indiana Jones, and Clone Hero, the best restaurants to drown your sorrows in, and the ever-increasing absurdity of the Terminator franchise.
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2025-01-09 02:29:13 +0000 UTC View Post
We're alive in '25 and ready to ramble about that oddly shaped winter storm, moving in at the Costco, the difficulty of casting a new X-Men, dealing with the previous owner's "modifications," and paying good money for illicit .mp4s.
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(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:23) Checks? In 2025?
(00:04:37) Shelf-shimming
(00:08:10) Alex is writing a quest
(00:10:53) The holiday favorites are still mostly favorites
(00:16:07) Just sell me the discs! Or...
We're alive in '25 and ready to ramble about that oddly shaped winter storm, moving in at the Costco, the difficulty of casting a new X-Men, dealing with the previous owner's "modifications," and paying good money for illicit .mp4s.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:23) Checks? In 2025?
(00:04:37) Shelf-shimming
(00:08:10) Alex is writing a quest
(00:10:53) The holiday favorites are still mostly favorites
(00:16:07) Just sell me the discs! Or...
Buckle your seatbelts, and secure your airpods, as the Watchcast kicks off its month of Jude Law-flavored sci-fi with the rip-roaring (and entirely blue-screened) adventure of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow!
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(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 119: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
(00:00:48) - Intro.
(00:03:00) - Some words about our ...
Happy New Year! We’re back after our end of year break and ready to see what 2025 is all about. Over the break I played a metric ton of Satisfactory. For those that know the game, my kids and I are basically deep into Phase 4 with a decent train, drone, and nuclear setup going. For those that don’t know the game, we put a lot of hours into it! I also did a lot of running around in Star Wars: Outlaws. I’m finding it to be a good “fall asleep while playing” kind of game as I just roam...
2025-01-06 20:08:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, Watchcasters! I hope you are all having a good (or at least good enough) start to the new year. We're just a couple of short days away from returning to our full time schedule, but I'm popping in here a little bit early to let you all know what we've got coming up on our Watchcast slate. And what we've got is a collection of movies we've been joking about doing for at least two years now, and following our ticking off of eXistenZ late last year, it felt like the time was right to m...
2025-01-03 19:13:54 +0000 UTC View Post
We conclude our rundown of our favorite games of the year this week, focusing on the top four spots on each of our personal top 10 lists, plus some honorable mentions for the games that almost made it. Thanks for listening and happy new year!
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We conclude our rundown of our favorite games of the year this week, focusing on the top four spots on each of our personal top 10 lists, plus some honorable mentions for the games that almost made it. Thanks for listening and happy new year!
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(0...
We promise we were stone cold sober when we recorded this freewheeling ramble about 2025, the future, and plenty of things beyond. Happy new year!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:40) Let's Twenty-Twenty-Thrive
(00:01:27) Future things we do/don't have
(00:01:55) Advances in medicine
(00:03:57) The Internet maybe isn't forever
(00:07:18) Uh, holograms?
(00:08:06) No Robocops just yet
(00:09:39) AI video is coming for all of us
(00:1...
We promise we were stone cold sober when we recorded this freewheeling ramble about 2025, the future, and plenty of things beyond. Happy new year!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:40) Let's Twenty-Twenty-Thrive
(00:01:27) Future things we do/don't have
(00:01:55) Advances in medicine
(00:03:57) The Internet maybe isn't forever
(00:07:18) Uh, holograms?
(00:08:06) No Robocops just yet
(00:09:39) AI video is coming for all of us
(00:1...
Happy New Year! It's our last episode of 2024 and Jeff Bakalar and Abby Russell join us to wrap things up in style!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:06) Intro
(00:02:44) Bakalar's LA journey and giant sandwiches
(00:12:03) Abby's end of year plans
(00:14:14) The new weed arc
(00:22:29) Embrace the quiet Christmas
(00:23:15) Too much holiday overlap
(00:24:06) When do kids get their first smart watch?
(00:31:32) Setting up your secret cod...
2024-12-30 23:14:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This year, we get together for a nice, casual, conflict-free two-part dissection of our personal favorite games of the year, with a focus in this first installment on numbers 10 through 5. Hope everyone is having a nice holiday, and thanks as always for your support!
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2024-12-25 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This year, we get together for a nice, casual, conflict-free two-part dissection of our personal favorite games of the year, with a focus in this first installment on numbers 10 through 5. Hope everyone is having a nice holiday, and thanks as always for your support!
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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. Th...
2024-12-25 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Before we left for the holidays, we recorded this lengthy dissection of our entire Watchcast planning doc, hashing out ideas we might do, coming up with some new ones, and generally talking a whole bunch of movies. Hope you're having a good holiday!
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(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:01:03) It's Watchcast planning!
(00:02:29) Twin Peaks-adjacent movies (that we already did)
(00:08:11) Movies that feature video games
(00:10:50) The Alien Megaplaylist...
Before we left for the holidays, we recorded this lengthy dissection of our entire Watchcast planning doc, hashing out ideas we might do, coming up with some new ones, and generally talking a whole bunch of movies. Hope you're having a good holiday!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:01:03) It's Watchcast planning!
(00:02:29) Twin Peaks-adjacent movies (that we already did)
(00:08:11) Movies that feature video games
(00:10:50) The Alien Megaplaylist...
We're closing out 2024 for the Watchcast the only way we know how: with the most depressing movie we can fit into a theme. And this year it's with David Cronenberg's captivating Eastern Promises, featuring Viggo Mortensen like you've never seen him before.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 118: Eastern Promises (2007)
(00:00:35) - Intro.
(00:0...
Y'all have spoken, and what you said was that you want to hear Alex drum the holiday hits!
2024-12-20 21:24:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Sandwiched right between 2024's game calendar winding down and our GOTY podcasts kicking off next week, why... it's the Game Awards! We spend this week's show dissecting all the news about The Witcher 4, the Okami sequel, Naughty Dog's new IP, and plenty of other stuff.
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2024-12-19 02:43:06 +0000 UTC View PostNot even food poisoning and unidentified Jersey drones can stop us from rambling about gold teeth and wi-fi toothbrushes on this, the last non-holiday Ramblecast of the year!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:01:00) Catching strays (stray food poisoning)
(00:04:54) Taco Bell's retro menu is back
(00:09:04) Seriously, what's going on in New Jersey?
(00:18:35) Everything's a little crazy lately
(00:21:46) They're canceling Christmas! Again!
(00...
Not even food poisoning and unidentified Jersey drones can stop us from rambling about gold teeth and wi-fi toothbrushes on this, the last non-holiday Ramblecast of the year!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:01:00) Catching strays (stray food poisoning)
(00:04:54) Taco Bell's retro menu is back
(00:09:04) Seriously, what's going on in New Jersey?
(00:18:35) Everything's a little crazy lately
(00:21:46) They're canceling Christmas! Again!
(00...
This is it. We made it! The final monthly patron shout-out stream of 2024. We wouldn't be here doing this without your support, and to show our gratitude we've assembled the below holiday-themed stream options to hopefully spread a little festive cheer as we head into the break. Vote for your choice and then watch us stream what wins on Friday, December 20th!
Alex is DETERMINED to make you watch him play Clone Hero&n...
2024-12-17 17:50:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Midway through our December to Dismember, we've got Shane Black's bank-breaking screenplay The Long Kiss Goodnight, a chance for America's Sweetheart Geena Davis to maybe redeem herself after Cutthroat Island.
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(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 117: The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
(00:00:18) - Intro.
(00:01:33) - Does Geena Davis get her redempti...
Happy last regular business week of 2024! Speaking of business, things will be light around here on the streaming front this week, as we’re deep in the thick of extra podcast production for the weeks of Christmas and New Year’s. We’ll have new Ramblecasts and Nextlander Podcasts (the GOTY episodes, in fact) to post during those weeks, plus the Eastern Promises Watchcast. And of course, this week we’ll have our usual slate of weekly content per below, culminating in a holiday send-off ...
2024-12-17 00:03:51 +0000 UTC View Post
It's quite a holiday-themed question session this month as we dig into favorite gifts, foods, and drinks of past and present, plus the all-important bidet update, the fate of Giant Bomb quests (and old videos), Vinny's signature scent, and more.
2024-12-12 23:37:29 +0000 UTC View Post
The holidays approach, so we're in GOTY cramming mode with discussions this week about such games as Indiana Jones, Mouthwashing, Infinity Nikki, Beyond Galaxyland, Kill Knight, and Marvel Rivals, plus some loose Game Awards predictions, emails, and plenty more!
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2024-12-12 00:39:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Vinny has a magical Manhattan weekend, Alex's lawn is scoured clean, Brad contemplates drilling holes in his desk, and we all discuss brownstones, being a super, PlayStation nostalgia, and Toad the Wet Sprocket.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:01:03) Vinny's wild city weekend
(00:06:21) Toad the Wet Sprocket??
(00:11:22) City living has its ups and downs
(00:12:44) Ask us anything about brownstones
(00:19:22) Is it super being a super?
(00:...