This month, with Alex busy relocating his life into a brand new house, a certain kite will cast its shadow over our monthly patron's choice stream... an enemy kite. Yes, our old friend Dave Snider will be joining us, but he isn't going to tell us what to play -- you are!
Hey folks! This week we’re going to be chewing through some more of those demos from Steam Next Fest on Monday, and possibly more on Thursday if there’s still more to be seen! Not a huge number of new releases on our radar currently, except that AEW game and Alex will checking that out for this week’s podcast. There are plenty of previous releases though (will I finish Diablo and Tears of the Kingdom before Baldur’s Gate 3?!). Alex will be out Thursday and Friday, but Brad and I will ...
2023-06-26 18:47:48 +0000 UTC View Post
There's a new Final Fantasy out! They're making a new 2D Super Mario Bros.! Super Mario RPG is getting a remake! Someone cranked up the WarioWare machine again! Things are happening! Video games are happening!
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2023-06-22 00:42:20 +0000 UTC View Post
On our latest ramble, Alex has run network cable in his NEW HOUSE, Vinny's got a pile of laundry that won't quit, Brad is reveling in old adventure games and file compression, and more!
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(00:01:16) The housening is upon us (or at least Alex)
(00:10:04) Smart home stuff is getting smarter
(00:18:24) Adventure games have never been more accessible or more beautiful
(00:25:43) There's always some retro stuff going down
(00:30:51) Strat...
2023-06-20 23:05:19 +0000 UTC View Post
On our latest ramble, Alex has run network cable in his NEW HOUSE, Vinny's got a pile of laundry that won't quit, Brad is reveling in old adventure games and file compression, and more!
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(00:01:16) The housening is upon us (or at least Alex)
(00:10:04) Smart home stuff is getting smarter
(00:18:24) Adventure games have never been more accessible or more beautiful
(00:25:43) There's always some retro stuff going down
(00:30:51) Strategies for (n...
Hello Hello! Welcome to the middle of June! I know a lot of you are going to be in the Final Fantasy zone this week and I’m very curious to see how that all goes. In case you didn’t know, there’s also that squad-based (single player) Aliens: Dark Descent game coming out. Really interested in how that one plays. We’re off on Monday, so no stream, but make sure to check out Wild at Heart over on the Watchcast. We’ll be taking a break from the Watchcast for a bit while Alex moves into ...
2023-06-19 16:28:30 +0000 UTC View Post
The Nextlander Watchcast is wild at heart and weird on top as we tackle our final film before a two week hiatus. Join us as we dive into the burning passion of Sailor and Lula and all the various forces conspiring to break them apart in David Lynch's Wild at Heart!
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2023-06-19 14:29:19 +0000 UTC View Post
The Summer games announcement window has closed, and now it's time to sift through darn near everything that got announced to hash out what impressed us, what's coming out later this year, why November is still so empty (??), whether Starfield can really deliver, and more.
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(00:00:10) Intro
(00:01:14) Show Rundown
(00:02:19) Diablo IV [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Jun 06, 2023
(00:04:01) Stree...
This week we ramble our way from the many new closets and shelves at Alex's disposal, to Brad's love of painted '80s video game box art and the Zilog Z80, to Vinny's overstuffed weekends, and plenty more!
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(00:01:20) Welcome to HouseRates.com
(00:05:09) Do you HAVE to go to everything?
(00:13:09) Can you just like, make prints of stuff?
(00:17:22) Trolling the t-shirt bots is praxis
(00:19:39) Reddit's APIocalypse has come
(00:24:03) Old vid...
This week we ramble our way from the many new closets and shelves at Alex's disposal, to Brad's love of painted '80s video game box art and the Zilog Z80, to Vinny's overstuffed weekends, and plenty more!
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(00:01:20) Welcome to HouseRates.com
(00:05:09) Do you HAVE to go to everything?
(00:13:09) Can you just like, make prints of stuff?
(00:17:22) Trolling the t-shirt bots is praxis
(00:19:39) Reddit's APIocalypse has come
(00:24:03) Old vid...
We're midway through David Lynch month on the Watchcast, and this episode is positively drenched in desert power as we tackle the director's incredibly ambitious and profoundly messy adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune!
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2023-06-12 21:49:18 +0000 UTC View PostWe are deep into this summer’s announcements and how is everyone feeling? Surprised? About what you expected? Giving up the hobby and getting back into emu farming? If you missed our coverage we’ve got archives of The Sony Showcase, Summer Game Fest opening night, and The Xbox Showcase up now. We’ll be covering Ubisoft’s stream on Monday, and there are all thoseother announcements we didn’t stream (Citizen Sleeper 2?!). We’ll likely be covering our thoughts on this week’s Podcas...
2023-06-12 16:33:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Abby Russell and Jeff Bakalar join us to talk about traveling, being a screener for Adult Video awards, and getting some new hair?
(Abby's tiles from her workshop)
(The Mona Lisa from the Museo del Prado)
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With the E3-ish window looming (and the skies darkening), this week we recap a bunch of the games we'd like to see during the coming showcases, Diablo IV has our clicking fingers awfully tired, Apple announced an extremely expensive AR headset for... someone, we try desperately to talk ourselves out of buying fight sticks, and more.
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2023-06-07 22:45:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This week: Alex is bidding farewell to Queens (probably), we're thinking about franchising a KFC or maybe just going on a chicken trek, care insurance is out of control, and more!
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(00:00:54) Drive time is getting more and more expensive
(00:02:29) Steady advertising is good work if you can get it
(00:05:23) Home ownership is closer than ever
(00:09:29) State of the house
(00:15:30) Who's brave enough to drive a U-Haul? Not us.
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This week: Alex is bidding farewell to Queens (probably), we're thinking about franchising a KFC or maybe just going on a chicken trek, care insurance is out of control, and more!
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(00:00:54) Drive time is getting more and more expensive
(00:02:29) Steady advertising is good work if you can get it
(00:05:23) Home ownership is closer than ever
(00:09:29) State of the house
(00:15:30) Who's brave enough to drive a U-Haul? Not us.
(00:19:35) Ap...
A new month means a new theme, and this month we're leading into our scheduled Twin Peaks season one watch in July with a trio of David Lynch's earlier films, and kicking that off with the unpredictable and nightmarish small town mystery of Blue Velvet.
NOTE: This film depicts scenes of sexual violence, and while we do not include clips of any of those scenes, we do discuss them at length.
2023-06-05 22:18:28 +0000 UTC
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Busy week this week! I don’t just say that because both of my kids have school concerts and recitals this week (though I kind of do)... It’s also because of the games! I’m pretty deep in the Diablo IV hole currently. I’m having a good time with my level 22-ish Necromancer, cruising around with her skeletal gang, tearing up the countryside, and looking for sick loot. We’ll be streaming some of that on Monday and talking more in-depth about the game on the Podcast this week. We’ve a...
2023-06-05 17:08:58 +0000 UTC View Post
E3 may have died (again) but there's kind of a ton of games out right about now? While we wait to hear what's coming in the second half of the year, we hunker down and consider Street Fighters and Diablos and Final Fantasies, the second coming (?) of video game wrestling, new Amnesias and Layers of Fearses, and more.
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00:00:06 Intro
00:01:26 Street Fighter 6 [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Se...
2023-06-03 01:49:08 +0000 UTC View Post
E3 may have died (again) but there's kind of a ton of games out right about now? While we wait to hear what's coming in the second half of the year, we hunker down and consider Street Fighters and Diablos and Final Fantasies, the second coming (?) of video game wrestling, new Amnesias and Layers of Fearses, and more.
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(00:00:06) Intro
(00:01:26) Street Fighter 6 [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Jun 02,...
Greetings, Nextlanders! As you may have heard, we've made an adjustment to our schedule for the Watchcast for the next couple of months due to, well, me buying a house! My partner and I are on the verge of closing on a new home and moving by the end of this month, so for the last week of June and the first week of July, we're going to be pressing pause on the Watchcast while I move for the first time in like a dozen years. We had originally planned to kick off the first season of Twin Pea...
2023-06-02 15:41:41 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Street Fighter 6 week and we've all been on a Metro City tour, the System Shock remake finally (!!) came out, Nvidia is leaning heavily into AI-assisted game development, Nintendo is stepping up its efforts against emulators, the Last of Us multiplayer game has been downscaled, and more. Lot going on this week!
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2023-05-31 23:48:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Brain amoebas, poorly considered presidential campaign announcements, skating without helmets, the age of smart soldering, truly killer whales, and the business realities of legal weed are all rambled about on this week's ep!
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(00:00:24) Presidential campaigns + Twitter = ????
(00:07:22) Be very careful with your water quality
(00:15:53) Legal-ish weed has some weird business realities
(00:24:10) New Jersey and Virginia, basically the sam...
2023-05-30 23:04:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Brain amoebas, poorly considered presidential campaign announcements, skating without helmets, the age of smart soldering, truly killer whales, and the business realities of legal weed are all rambled about on this week's ep!
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(00:00:24) Presidential campaigns + Twitter = ????
(00:07:22) Be very careful with your water quality
(00:15:53) Legal-ish weed has some weird business realities
(00:24:10) New Jersey and Virginia, basically the sam...
2023-05-30 22:51:16 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings, Nextlanders! As you may have heard if you've been following along with the Watchcast, we've got a slight scheduling change coming up. Due to a variety of life events (most notably, I think I'm buying a house, lol), we've made the decision to push off our watch of Twin Peaks' first season to the second week of July. We want to jump into that without any potential for interruptions, therefore we will be putting a pause on the Watchcast for the last week of June and the first...
2023-05-30 16:46:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Grab your 3D glasses if you've got 'em and get your slo-mo inhaler ready, because we're closing out the month of May and our Some Guys Are Coming to Kill Us theme with 2012's ultraviolent comic adaptation, Dredd!
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2023-05-29 20:00:27 +0000 UTC View PostI’m continuing to explore all the areas of Tears of the Kingdom in a way I didn’t expect when I initially fired it up. Really enjoying digging into the nooks and dark places of that world. I’m also curious to check out the DLC for Forspoken, I’ve heard it’s not very long. There’s also System Shock and Street Fighter 6 this week, though not sure how much of Street Fighter we can get into before release. We won’t be streaming this Monday as it’s Memorial Day here in the States b...
2023-05-29 18:43:50 +0000 UTC View Post
The questions came in and the answers flowed forth this month about some of our favorite local hangouts, information bubbles while reviewing games, our longtime love of 3D grass, a bunch of CPU and MiSTer talk, and a bunch more.
2023-05-26 01:25:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Sony's PlayStation Showcase happened right in the middle of this podcast, so we break down all the news 'n trailers about Bungie's new Marathon, Spider-Man 2, Alan Wake 2, Assassin's Creed Mirage, and a stack of other games, plus a bunch more Zelda: TOTK talk, Warhammer 40k: Boltgun, Star Trek: Resurgence, another basement poop infiltration, and more!
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2023-05-25 01:00:31 +0000 UTC View PostWhat? May's almost over?? Oh god I need to start booking E3 meetings it's like that dream where you wake up in your underwear and you forgot to go to your final exam except video games anyway please help us decide what to play this Friday thanks as always for your support OK bye!!!!!