Hello, hello! I still haven’t jumped into Homeworld 3 yet, and I might actually wait until I’m done with Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth to check it out. It’s not something I want to dip in and out of while I’m making room for another big game. I keep trying to wrap up Harold Halibut as well, but when I finally get to it in the evenings I… kind of just fall asleep. It’s a very mellow game and I’m an old man, but I still like its vibes.
Speaking of the vibes, this week we’ve got...
2024-05-20 18:55:33 +0000 UTC
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Dan Ryckert and Austin Walker stop by to debate the best Nintendo console, the sexiest controller, and our natural desire to eat everything.
Below is a copy of my SNES vs N64 worksheet
CHAPTERS
(00:00:07) Intro
(00:02:31) Dan's beard maintance
(00:05:39) There are no new scams
(00:06:50) Fun with phones and rabbits?
(00:13:46) The Nintend...
2024-05-17 14:22:00 +0000 UTC
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On this month's live Discord question session, we discuss the glory of Mountain Dew-themed Final Fantasy monsters, the fate of Vinny's ant parade, the early days of Giant Bomb, what Double Fine should do next, the utility of casting magic with your hands, and a bunch of other stuff!
2024-05-16 21:32:44 +0000 UTC
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A ton of interesting indies hit last week, and we picked Animal Well, Cryptmaster, and Crow Country to dig into this week. Also in the news, PlayStation's new leader(s) announced, a multiplatform future for Square Enix, our initial thoughts on Assassin's Creed Shadows, and a new Doom next month?!
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2024-05-15 22:17:31 +0000 UTC
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Alex enters the weird, exciting world of homebrew rhythm games, Brad fantasizes about the entire Nintendo 64 library being ported to PC, Vinny introduces the kids to a certain Mr. Preston, Esq., and more on this week's ramble.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:57) You just can't supersede Mother's Day
(00:05:58) Bill & Ted are back on the scene
(00:13:38) The form of the buddy comedy
(00:15:24) Fallout 1 still holds up!
(00:19:11) Alex's ...
2024-05-14 13:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Alex enters the weird, exciting world of homebrew rhythm games, Brad fantasizes about the entire Nintendo 64 library being ported to PC, Vinny introduces the kids to a certain Mr. Preston, Esq., and more on this week's ramble.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:57) You just can't supersede Mother's Day
(00:05:58) Bill & Ted are back on the scene
(00:13:38) The form of the buddy comedy
(00:15:24) Fallout 1 still holds up!
(00:19:11) Alex's ...
2024-05-14 13:00:09 +0000 UTC
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It's been a long road getting to Twin Peaks: The Return, but let's all just be glad we didn't have to wait 25 years like everyone else. Join us as we dive into Twin Peaks' final season to learn what all our favorite residents are up to, what happened to Agent Cooper, and what the hell is in that big glass box.
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(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 091: T...
2024-05-13 22:09:21 +0000 UTC
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It’s May and somehow it’s already the middle of May! I’m looking forward to getting my hands on Homeworld 3 this week, so hopefully we’ll have more of that on the Podcast. On Monday Alex and I are hitting some meaty parts of Phantom Liberty on our Cyberpunk streams. On Thursday, we’ll have a Patron Q&A and then I’ll be streaming later that afternoon. Then, on Friday, we’ll be concluding our Dark Seed 2 playthrough, so you won’t want to miss it! On the podcast side of thing...
2024-05-13 18:47:24 +0000 UTC
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It's been a week in the games industry with both Xbox's closures of Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks and the Helldivers 2 account backlash, and we dig into the whole mess. On the upside, Hades 2 came out! Nintendo said the words "Switch successor!" We played Indika, Minishoot' Adventures, and the Balatro update! Podcast!
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2024-05-08 23:46:47 +0000 UTC
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With Alex back on the clock, we interrogate the question of what happens to your brain after two weeks off, discover a shocking secret about Argentina, dissect Robert Heinlein's politics, ponder the perils of replacing your power supply, go deeper down the rabbit hole of dumping your own cartridges, and more.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:16) WHAT WAS WEEK TWO LIKE
(00:05:58) Time to introduce the kids to Johnny Rico
(00:10:02) Ask us anything ...
2024-05-07 21:25:08 +0000 UTC
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With Alex back on the clock, we interrogate the question of what happens to your brain after two weeks off, discover a shocking secret about Argentina, dissect Robert Heinlein's politics, ponder the perils of replacing your power supply, go deeper down the rabbit hole of dumping your own cartridges, and more.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:16) WHAT WAS WEEK TWO LIKE
(00:05:58) Time to introduce the kids to Johnny Rico
(00:10:02) Ask us anything ...
2024-05-07 21:24:46 +0000 UTC
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Hello and welcome back! We’ve got the whole crew together again this week. Alex is back from vacation and we’ll be starting Twin Peaks: The Return with the first Watchcast episode going up next week. On Monday, Alex and I will be continuing our story missions in Cyberpunk 2077, especially the DLC, though now I’m probably going to be stealing fewer cars. On Thursday I’m going to be streaming in the afternoon, though I haven’t decided on what yet and later that day Brad is attempting ...
2024-05-06 18:38:13 +0000 UTC
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Games! They are out there but they might not have gotten as much buzz unless you're a Homeworld, Paper Mario, or MultiVersus fan. Personally, I'm excited about that Cyptmaster game! More typing games please!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start
(00:00:06) Intro
(00:02:21) V Rising [PC (Microsoft Windows)] on May 08, 2024
(00:03:23) MultiVersus [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One] on May 28, 2024
(00:05:33) System Shock [Pl...
2024-05-04 16:52:16 +0000 UTC
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Games! They are out there but they might not have gotten as much buzz unless you're a Homeworld, Paper Mario, or MultiVersus fan. Personally, I'm excited about that Cyptmaster game! More typing games please!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start
(00:00:06) Intro
(00:02:21) V Rising [PC (Microsoft Windows)] on May 08, 2024
(00:03:23) MultiVersus [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One] on May 28, 2024
(00:05:33) System Shock [Pl...
2024-05-04 16:51:47 +0000 UTC
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We're thrilled to be joined by Remap Radio's Rob Zacny this week to talk about everything from Shogun: Total War to Qui-Gon Jinn's Force balls, Manor Lords, Another Crab's Treasure, the post-Embracer troika, strategies for truly unplugging, and plenty of other stuff!
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2024-05-01 22:20:00 +0000 UTC
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Vinny and Brad ramble in tandem this week with Alex still on vacation, touching on everything from Hawthorne, NJ's finest arcade to the absurdity of AI lapel pins to some of the many, many pieces of video game hardware tucked away in Brad's storage.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:22) Back from break, back on the horse
(00:03:11) Vinny's doing controller surgery again
(00:07:16) Keep the books: y/n?
(00:13:00) One of us might be a dual citizen...
2024-04-30 22:17:10 +0000 UTC
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Vinny and Brad ramble in tandem this week with Alex still on vacation, touching on everything from Hawthorne, NJ's finest arcade to the absurdity of AI lapel pins to some of the many, many pieces of video game hardware tucked away in Brad's storage.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:22) Back from break, back on the horse
(00:03:11) Vinny's doing controller surgery again
(00:07:16) Keep the books: y/n?
(00:13:00) One of us might be a dual citizen...
2024-04-30 22:06:05 +0000 UTC
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Vinny and Brad are back on the clock while Alex takes a pause for another week, and it's up to them to come up with some worthy streaming options for you, the loyal patron, to vote on. They've enlisted the help of some friends and otherwise cast a wide net to assemble the following options for this Friday's stream, so click on one of 'em and make yourself heard!
For all you Twin Peaks superfans out there, enjoy this very special bonus Watchcast where we talk about the various deleted and extended scenes from Fire Walk With Me.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Bonus Episode 001: Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014
(00:00:17) - Intro.
(00:04:00) - How The Missing Pieces came into existence.
(00:09:23) - Kic...
2024-04-29 21:37:56 +0000 UTC
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Our watch-through of Twin Peaks: The Return is visible on the horizon, but before we can get there, we've got to go back to where it all began. Join us as we learn about the Blue Rose, meet Phillip Jeffries, and witness the final tormented days of Laura Palmer.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 080: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
(00:00:34) ...
2024-04-29 21:30:29 +0000 UTC
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We’re back! We’ll, Brad and I are back, but Alex is still on vacation. How did it go, you ask? Great! I got a bunch of stuff done that I had been putting off. I packed and moved the three bookshelves I’d been eyeballing out of my basement and into my garage which [Vinny leans over to look] resulted in about 25 boxes of books… I still have another shelf to do but I don’t think that one is actually going to fit in the garage. My wife is a lifelong journal keeper, so about a quarter of...
2024-04-29 18:53:07 +0000 UTC
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We're taking a week off of the regular podcast, so in its place we offer an episode of our monthly reunion show, in which Dan Ryckert and Jeff Bakalar join us to talk about snakes in the basement, Stew Leonards, and cotton candy versus popcorn!
CHAPTERS
(00:01:03) Intro
(00:02:06) Oh, it's marijuana
(00:03:01) Concerned Citizen Dan Ryckert
(00:04:36) Never screaming. Always hollering.
(00:07:15) Sneaking into places
(00:09:18) Stories from backstage...
2024-04-24 20:59:47 +0000 UTC
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As we ramble about in real life on our break this week, we offer a pre-break ramble we recorded about unexpected Ricky Martin encounters, the ups and downs of being old at Coachella, hoodwinking the kids' video game time, and more.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:01:02) PTO science is being conducted at Nextlander
(00:06:43) Alex's plans for the break
(00:09:03) Brad's Final Fantasy quest (and other to-dos)
(00:12:37) Uh, Hollow Knight? Fallout 1...
2024-04-23 13:01:01 +0000 UTC
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As we ramble about in real life on our break this week, we offer a pre-break ramble we recorded about unexpected Ricky Martin encounters, the ups and downs of being old at Coachella, hoodwinking the kids' video game time, and more.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:01:02) PTO science is being conducted at Nextlander
(00:06:43) Alex's plans for the break
(00:09:03) Brad's Final Fantasy quest (and other to-dos)
(00:12:37) Uh, Hollow Knight? Fallout 1...
2024-04-23 13:00:09 +0000 UTC
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On this week's Watchcast we dive deep into the movie that kicked off Tom Cruise's obsession with crafting exciting near death experiences for himself in Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 89: Mission: Impossible (1996)
(00:00:36) - Intro.
(00:02:03) - What is our familiarity with any version of Mission: Imp...
2024-04-22 20:49:26 +0000 UTC
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Abby Russell and Jeff Bakalar are here to talk about eclipses, earthquakes, and being eaten by your cat!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:06) Intro
(00:01:09) Abby's new space!
(00:04:14) The Legend of Eugene and the CBSi Office
(00:07:51) We should have been reviewing TVs
(00:19:16) Missing (some of) the office
(00:22:18) Abby's been up to some business!
(00:24:49) The magic of an eclipse!
(00:37:50) Earthquakes and train snakes
(...
2024-04-19 15:22:00 +0000 UTC
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Let's talk about such games this week as Harold Halibut, Life Eater (eater of life!), and Laysara: Summit Kingdom, plus news and sundries like the games of the Triple-I initiative, what "PS5 Pro Enhanced" is going to mean, $90,000 copies of Castlevania, awkward dining experiences in Japan, and plenty more.
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2024-04-17 23:48:00 +0000 UTC
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A variety of hats and dogs and new TVs and CRT mods and trash habits and hip hop artists, all rambled about this week!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:39) Let the hat carousel begin
(00:04:12) Hand-me-down clothes sometimes have a... musk
(00:06:36) The raccoons will do what they'll do
(00:10:07) DOG WARNING
(00:13:21) Gotta keep those diurnal rhythms in check
(00:18:58) Please control your inner monologue in public
...
2024-04-16 15:47:12 +0000 UTC
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A variety of hats and dogs and new TVs and CRT mods and trash habits and hip hop artists, all rambled about this week!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:39) Let the hat carousel begin
(00:04:12) Hand-me-down clothes sometimes have a... musk
(00:06:36) The raccoons will do what they'll do
(00:10:07) DOG WARNING
(00:13:21) Gotta keep those diurnal rhythms in check
(00:18:58) Please control your inner monologue in public
...
2024-04-16 15:35:46 +0000 UTC
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On this week's Watchcast we scrutinize the ridiculous 1987 movie version of TV's driest cop show, Dragnet! And in the process Vinny and Alex try their best to figure out why the heck this movie, of all movies, holds so much real estate in their brains.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 88: Dragnet (1987)
(00:00:37) - Intro.
(00:02:07) - Goofbal...
2024-04-15 21:35:16 +0000 UTC
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