Michelle Yeoh March continues apace as we fling ourselves skyward into Ang Lee's wuxia epic, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!
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The highs and lows of this week. My neighbor says they have a bunch of old slides they would love to scan and I just happen to have this slide attachment for my scanner I’ve been holding onto for over 15 years and have never used! Hurray! I was pretty excited. Today we find out they haven’t made drivers for that scanner that work on my wife’s computer (Mac) in about… let’s call it… 15 years. The scanner still works on my PC, but that means I would have to spend MY time scanning sl...
2023-03-20 19:10:36 +0000 UTC View Post
This week Brad's getting into wrestling history just in time for Alex to talk about this year's interactive WWE product, we did some VR shooting in The Dark Pictures: Switchback, took Spin Rhythm XD for a... spin, Xbox games might stream on Switch someday, driverless cars are running amok, and more.
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2023-03-16 00:32:39 +0000 UTC View Post
We could use some more brain cores for better multitasking this week as we get into some ins and outs of podcast production and streaming games, talk about the Oscars and digital movie ownership and Vinny's Lord of the Rings server, count the days till the Mario movie, and more.
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(00:08:15) Doing audio surgery is a fine art
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2023-03-15 01:16:49 +0000 UTC View Post
We could use some more brain cores for better multitasking this week as we get into some ins and outs of podcast production and streaming games, talk about the Oscars and digital movie ownership and Vinny's Lord of the Rings server, count the days till the Mario movie, and more.
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(00:03:58) Our video chats are not safe from AI either
(00:08:15) Doing audio surgery is a fine art
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Michelle Yeoh March continues apace as we move from Hong Kong to Hollywood in the second Pierce Brosnan Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies!
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We’re continuing through March and I have to say I think I’m most excited about a game called Dredge near the end of the month. Well, that and Lunark! Two games we came across during our Planorama for this month. For this week, I’m going to check out Life of Delta, a new sci-fi point-and-click adventure game. Towards the end of the week that new Dark Pictures VR experience is out, so maybe we’ll check that out on the Grab Bag. We’re also thinking about heading back to Sons of the Fo...
2023-03-13 19:16:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Jeff Bakalar and Austin Walker join us to talk about the funny pages, technology running amok, and electronic drum kits?
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00:00:07 Intro
00:01:31 Sah-caucus vs Sea-caucus
00:02:20 All the good podcast memories are Beastcast related
00:04:55 The internal politics of carving out studio spaces
00:07:13 I'm a human and I don't work there anymore
00:23:10 Do we live in Cyberpunk Version 3.0?
00:26:03 Why do giant tech companies always seem ...
2023-03-10 17:34:47 +0000 UTC View Post
The magical month of March -- also known as "the end of fiscal" -- is here, so we sift through bajillions of phantom release dates to find the games actually coming out this month. Turns out there are still a lot of them!
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00:01:52 System Shock [Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Mar 2023
00:03:52 Mario +...
2023-03-09 18:18:25 +0000 UTC View Post
The magical month of March -- also known as "the end of fiscal" -- is here, so we sift through bajillions of phantom release dates to find the games actually coming out this month. Turns out there are still a lot of them!
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(00:00:06) Intro
(00:01:19) March is a special release month
(00:01:52) System Shock [Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Mar 2023
(00:03:52) Mario + Rabbids Sparks of ...
This week: the Yellow Turban Rebellion has never been so up close and personal in Wo Long, Dead Cells completes its destiny and becomes a Castlevania game, Alex gets a Steam Deck, Starfield gets a release date, a new Counter-Strike of some sort might be on the way, and more!
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We're all over the place this week, naming our dream restaurants next door, reminiscing about times in downtown San Francisco, mourning the loss of Steff's Sports Bar, wondering where all the USB sticks went, and more!
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(00:01:35) Let's have a party... a Plex party!
(00:03:56) Plex client apps are a whole rabbit hole
(00:15:33) I'm going to move into a 42U highrise
(00:16:32) The housing market is buckwild out there
(00:19:33) It's ...
2023-03-08 00:59:38 +0000 UTC View Post
We're all over the place this week, naming our dream restaurants next door, reminiscing about times in downtown San Francisco, mourning the loss of Steff's Sports Bar, wondering where all the USB sticks went, and more!
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(00:01:35) Let's have a party... a Plex party!
(00:03:56) Plex client apps are a whole rabbit hole
(00:15:33) I'm going to move into a 42U highrise
(00:16:32) The housing market is buckwild out there
(00:19:33) It's time to acti...
We've got a whole month of Michelle Yeoh classics lined up for you, and we're kicking things off with the Watchcast's very first double feature! We've got two of her most exciting Hong Kong action films lined up in 1985's girls-with-guns progenitor Yes, Madam! and her thrilling team-up with Jackie Chan in Police Story 3: Supercop!
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2023-03-06 23:57:58 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time you read this I’ll probably be done with Dead Space… I assume. I’ve really enjoyed it so far and have been thinking about jumping into a New Game+ but we'll see about all that. Did you know there’s a new ACE Team (Zeno Clash folks) game coming out this week? It’s true! Clash: Artifacts of Chaos is here and we’re looking to check it out later this week during our Grab Bag. Brad will be out on Friday, so Alex and I will be holding it down for that stream. Maybe it’s ti...
2023-03-06 19:44:04 +0000 UTC View Post
How are there so many games when it's only February? This week we dig into Atomic Heart, Company of Heroes 3, a bunch more PSVR2 stuff, gigantic new video cards, the Humanity demo, Jeff Minter's Akka Arrh, and more Dead Space. Also: Nintendo's E3 no-show, Mortal Kombat 12 speculation, and a bunch of other stuff!
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(00:00:10) Intro
(00:01:16) Vulgar prices, obscene lengths, and graphic cards
(00:18:34) Some more thoughts on PlayStation VR2
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This week we ponder when it's time to declare war on ants, nerd out over our movie collections, marvel at how big graphics cards are getting, and attempt to answer that age-old question: What if it snowed in, uh, Los Angeles?
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(00:00:07) Intro
(00:00:45) The weather outside is frightful
(00:02:34) Whatcha been watching?
(00:18:31) Ants? Aunts? Antz?
(00:25:42) Life finds a way
(00:29:55) Everybody ready for the next election cycle in the Sta...
This week we ponder when it's time to declare war on ants, nerd out over our movie collections, marvel at how big graphics cards are getting, and attempt to answer that age-old question: What if it snowed in, uh, Los Angeles?
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00:00:00 Start
00:00:07 Intro
00:00:45 The weather outside is frightful
00:02:34 Whatcha been watching?
00:18:30 Ants? Aunts? Antz?
00:25:41 Life finds a way
00:29:53 Everybody ready for the next e...
2023-03-01 01:47:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Brad is out this month so we bring question and answer expert Abby Russell to help us out! Find out what far off games we want, our favorite puzzles, and what we're watching on YouTube!
2023-02-28 23:24:02 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings, Nextlanders! It's Alex here once again to let you know what we've got coming up on the Watchcast. For the month of March we're going to be paying tribute to actress Michelle Yeoh, who just earned her first Oscar nomination (and wins at the SAG Awards and Golden Globes) for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once. I've been a longtime fan of Yeoh's work going back to her early days in Hong Kong action cinema, and while we aren't going to be able to jam in every great ...
2023-02-28 20:11:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Good friend of the crew and cyberpunk expert Austin Walker joins us to round out our month of '90s action/sci-fi "classics" with a deep dive into Robert Longo and William Gibson's troubled but fascinating Johnny Mnemonic. So plug your brain directly into this pod as we save the world from evil corporations and drop a few busses on people along the way.
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2023-02-27 19:44:59 +0000 UTC View PostGoodbye February, Hello March! Between messing around with some of the PSVR2 stuff and trying to finish off Dead Space, there’s now Company of Heroes 3 and Kerbal 2 added into the mix. I’ve only dabbled in CoH3 when it launched, so I’m curious to spend more time with it. We’ll be continuing our runs in Hitman Freelance, maybe even completing one or two?! On this week’s Patron Q&A Abby Russell will be joining us, so feel free to get some Abby questions in over at the Discord Q&am...
2023-02-27 19:27:19 +0000 UTC View PostFriday looms large on the schedule, and you, the voting patron, have mere hours to let us know what we should play on the monthly thank-you stream. We're pretty sure one of these options is going to be highly desirable to quite a few of you, but for the sake of completeness we've brought our usual three. Vote with haste!
2023-02-23 18:40:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Brad's spent a bunch of time in a PlayStation VR2 and it's time to talk hardware, launch games, and topsy-turvy tummy feelings, plus Like a Dragon: Ishin!, more Dead Space and Deliver Us Mars, Microsoft's full-court press on the Activision acquisition, Ubisoft's E3 skepticism, and more.
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2023-02-23 00:25:45 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we ramble about everything from Vinny's handheld cyber-dolphin to the career of Richard Belzer, some car rental nonsense or other, the great garage remodel, soldering irons that run operating systems, and more!
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00:00:06 Intro
00:02:17 A detailed update on garage construction
00:06:17 Crowdsource everything
00:08:39 Soldering technology is always advancing
00:13:36 White Hat dolphins and Flipper Zero 2023-02-22 01:17:34 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we ramble about everything from Vinny's handheld cyber-dolphin to the career of Richard Belzer, some car rental nonsense or other, the great garage remodel, soldering irons that run operating systems, and more!
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(00:00:06) Intro
(00:02:18) A detailed update on garage construction
(00:06:18) Crowdsource everything
(00:08:39) Soldering technology is always advancing
(00:13:36) White Hat dolphins and Flipper Zero
(00:17:39) Use keys.....
On this week's watchcast we tackle a very dumb movie that is near and dear to Alex's heart in the Emilio Estevez/Mick Jagger future thriller Freejack. Come marvel along with us at all the janky tech, the insane plotting, and the goofy-ass battle gear they deck Mick out in.
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2023-02-20 19:44:31 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s hard to believe February is almost done! Before we close out though we’ve got some exciting business to handle. We’ll have a PlayStation VR2 stream on Tuesday where Brad will be checking out a grip of release titles. We’ll be continuing our Hitman Freelancer trials with me at the helm, at least for a bit, on Monday. On Thursday we’ll be gathering up some games for a Grab Bag, and Friday will be a Patron’s Choice stream! Of course, we’ll have the Watchcast, Ramblecast, and P...
2023-02-20 19:42:58 +0000 UTC View Post
We're unexpectedly talking about Metroid Prime in 2023, Theatrhythm has started seizing control of Brad's life, Vinny's solving voxel crimes, Alex is slowly morphing into Agent 47, PlaneBoatCar is coming to Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and a bunch of other stuff both video game and not!
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2023-02-16 00:04:37 +0000 UTC View Post
The Super Bowl has come again, and brought with it rambling about Dave Grohl's love of Crown Royal, AMC's stratified movie seating, the all-time best halftime shows, the pungent aroma of dogs, strategies for clearing the air, a surprising amount of talk about hash, and plenty more.
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00:00:54 February is chock full of action
00:02:13 The Smash Bros. Halftime Show
00:07:17 If you invite Prince... just come on
00:09:51 Dave Grohl looooves Cr...
2023-02-15 01:02:43 +0000 UTC View Post