We're kicking off the new year the only way we know how: by rambling about everything from the fondue in Vinny's basement to Brad's latest Internet rabbit hole (you won't believe these Lord of the Rings restorations!), video bitrates, Velocity Girl's retirement plan, some philosophical pondering about film preservation, and more.
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(00:00:07) Intro
(00:01:28) Generation remix has too may strikes on YT
(00:03:29) The good old days of manually ...
2022-01-05 00:02:38 +0000 UTC
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You may be wondering, how in the world is Nextlander running a poll in 2022 for a monthly stream from 2021? The simple answer is that your support has allowed us to develop time travel technology--and it's also allowed us to offer you the below choices as we approach this Friday's thank-you stream. Tell us what to play!
2022-01-04 22:01:13 +0000 UTC
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Andddddd we’re back! Hello 2022! A whole new year stretches out in front of us so let’s fill it up with some fantastic Nextlander nonsense. Hope everyone is ready for 2022 because it’s already moving. I’ve got a bunch of messages, emails, and planning to catch up on and it’s been like three days! Let’s get some Binary Domain going to open the year and groove into a Patron choice stream at the end of the week. We’ll also have our Ramblecast, Planorama, and final bits of our Game ...
2022-01-03 19:55:03 +0000 UTC
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Our chill and agreeable consideration of 2021's best games continues in video form once again this week (and may or may not conclude), with categories like Best Music, Best Time Loop, the "I Wish I Liked It More" award, the games with the most positive zeal for life, and more!
2021-12-29 20:53:18 +0000 UTC
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Our chill and agreeable consideration of 2021's best games continues this week (and may or may not conclude), with categories like Best Music, Best Time Loop, the "I Wish I Liked It More" award, the games with the most positive zeal for life, and more!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:10) Intro
(00:02:33) Categories that are left
(00:04:18) Best Music
(00:53:46) Best Character
(01:33:10) Break
(01:33:13) Zestiest Joie de Vivre
(01:54:46) Best Time Loop
(02:11:...
2021-12-29 20:52:22 +0000 UTC
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The gap between Christmas and New Years has given us some time to ponder: How much wine and hot sauce does one person need? Laundering money or just buying a bunch of gift cards? Is the world ready for the return of Clippit "Clippy" Paperclip? Listen on and find out!
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(00:00:07) Intro
(00:01:31) What a season!
(00:01:44) The gifting of cards and getting your account banned
(00:07:30) Wine and hot sauces
(00:14:16) How many burritos are you havi...
2021-12-29 00:55:01 +0000 UTC
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Our last Patron Q&A of the year finds us fielding questions about Xtreme Butt Battles, a ranking of hot sauces, Brad's favorite delicious(ly unhealth) Southern holiday snacks, how to teach older gamers the ways of dual analog, current game design trends that have overstayed their welcome, what to play on a brand new GPU, and more!
2021-12-23 22:28:09 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks, we decided to try recording a video version of this week's podcast, both to experiment a little and also give a visual component to the GOTY discussion as we go through the year's games. Of course the audio version will also go out on the relevant feeds as usual if you prefer to experience the show in an eyeball-less format as usual.
Happy holidays and thanks as always for your support!
2021-12-23 01:52:44 +0000 UTC
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It's GOTY (pronounced GOAT-Y) time, y'all! We kick things off for 2021 by taking you through all of our personal games of the year from 2011 to 2020, and then we tackle our first handful of categories, including Best Looking Game, and Best Hitman 3 map!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:09) Intro
(00:02:05) The GOTY Setup
(00:04:15) The last 10 years of GOTY
(00:04:54) 2011
(00:08:53) 2012
(00:14:35) 2013
(00:17:47) 2014
(00:24:44) 2015
(00:29:19) 2016
(0...
2021-12-23 01:48:39 +0000 UTC
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Well folks, the holidays are here, and what better time for an extra real episode about the state of American healthcare and the new Omicron surge, the ever-growing dominance of Amazon, Brad's quest for a manual transmission, an intro for Vinny's new spider friend, and more. Our most cheerful ramble ever!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:07) Intro
(00:00:46) Our most trilling start to the podcast
(00:02:18) Glad to have everyone back at their homes
(00:03:01) Mask me anyt...
2021-12-22 00:13:10 +0000 UTC
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It’s our last week before we break for the holidays, though we’ll still have the Podcast and Ramblecast next week! We’re going to get into some Binary Domain and Guardians of the Galaxy to see how much progress we can make before the end of the year. I will probably finish up Guardians on my own if we don’t make it to the end, sounds like a long game. The podcast this week will kick off our end of year festivities and then we’ll be doing a holiday stream and Q&A on Thursday. Big...
2021-12-20 19:48:00 +0000 UTC
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Greetings, Nextlanders! Sorry for the missed recap post last week. Previous weekend got all the way away from me, but I'm holed up at home this weekend and got nothing to do but catch up on video games, and catch you up on all the Nextlander content you might've missed over the last week.
Alex Discover...
2021-12-18 18:45:52 +0000 UTC
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In the wake of the Game Awards, this week we run through a list of our favorite reveals like Arc Raiders, Thirsty Suitors, Rumbleverse (?), Slitterhead (??), and Alan Wake II (???), then get into early impressions of THE GUNK, more of our time with Halo Infinite, that Matrix/Unreal Engine 5 tech demo, Vinny's mental infrastructure week, and more!
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00:00:10 Intro
00:00:34 Chock full o'Nuts is coffee, right? BernstEin Bears
00:02:40 The news from...
2021-12-15 23:11:18 +0000 UTC
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It turns out there's just never a shortage of things to ramble about, this week including the delicate handling of an ongoing stinkbug infestation, Alex's most uplifting drumming experience, some more Matrix thoughts in advance of the new movie, why Ringo might just be the secret best Beatle, and more.
CHAPTERS
00:00:07 Intro
00:01:24 Trees are in the house
00:09:24 Raising a stink about stinkbugs
00:16:36 Left alone with the kids
00:19:21 ...
2021-12-14 21:13:59 +0000 UTC
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Hello and welcome back! If you’re out there playing Halo Infinite I’m with you and we’re going to chat about it on this week’s podcast. We’ll also be returning to Binary Domain and Guardians of the Galaxy. On Thursday, Alex and I were thinking about trying to grab something from the backlog of this year’s releases to catch up on. For Friday, I really want to head back into Heavenly Bodies so I wrote it on the calendar! It’s written so it HAS to be!
--Vinny
&n...
2021-12-13 18:08:03 +0000 UTC
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Halo Infinite is no longer delayed! Now it's released, and we grapple our way through the first few hours, plus some questing (and whispering) in space with Chorus, Sony's rumored Game Pass competitor, the Battlefield/Respawn shakeup, Vinny's adventure with home COVID tests, Ubisoft's alarmingly quick foray into an actual NFT business, and more!
CHAPTERS
00:00:10 Intro
00:01:17 We don't actually have an office. Just our desks.
00:02:09 Here's to your h...
2021-12-09 00:41:18 +0000 UTC
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Many important questions arise in the course of this ramble: Should we drop anchor in the Mariana Trench? How does one get a pile of circuit boards and wires through airport security? What absurd lengths did Brad go to just to get Halo Infinite to boot? What takes place in the magical land of Ronkonkoma? Just how dense is potatoes au gratin, anyway?
CHAPTERS
00:00:07 Intro
00:00:17 Head colds are still a thing
00:01:22 Editorial Note: Turns ou...
2021-12-07 20:19:30 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to this wonderful week! There’s Halo Infinite coming soon and we’ll be chatting about it on the podcast and we’ve also recorded a video that will go up around its launch on Wednesday so check that out! Brad is out of town, so Alex and I are going to be streaming this week. Some new stuff, some old stuff, and some stuff we’re trying to get done before the end of the year! Let’s get to it.
--Vinny
All times Eastern
Catch the live stuff h...
2021-12-06 18:41:36 +0000 UTC
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Happy Sunday, everyone! Hope you're having yourselves a solid weekend. If by any chance you were hoping to spend the rest of your day catching up on the Nextlander content you missed last week, then boy howdy, do I ever have a post for you!
Brad Shoemaker and The Eternal Cylinder
Our...
2021-12-05 18:13:58 +0000 UTC
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We've entered the December doldrums, but there's no need to fret! We've got Solar Ash to talk about, alongside the 1.0 release of Fights in Tight Spaces and a little more on Guardians of the Galaxy. Plus, all the news you can use, and probably then some!
CHAPTERS
00:00:10 Intro
00:02:07 A little tale about caffeine
00:07:09 The part where we make both unsubstantiated and substantiated claims about caffeine
00:10:00 I had to switch to decaf soap after 6PM<...
2021-12-02 00:15:05 +0000 UTC
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December, as is tradition, is looking like a light release month, but we've still got some heavy hitters to look at in Fights in Tight Spaces, Solar Ash, and The Gunk. Oh, and something called Halo, if you're into that sort of thing.
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00:00:01 Intro
00:02:22 Fights in Tight Spaces (Xbox, PC) December 2
00:05:09 Solar Ash (PlayStation, PC) December 2
00:06:39 Chorus (PlayStation, PC) December 3
00:09:00 Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker (PlayStation,...
2021-12-01 11:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Alex has returned from his jaunt to the West Coast, and we're all back in front of the mic to chat about our holidays, various bird preparations, 2021 travel strategies, '80s computer movies, and newly acquired ride cymbals.
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00:00:07 Intro
00:00:39 Apply direct pressure to Northern California
00:02:30 The state of travel at the end of 2021
00:07:46 Post-meal report and the wonders of spatchcocking
00:12:05 Please pass the Thanksgiving mayo thi...
2021-11-30 23:50:53 +0000 UTC
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We'll keep this one short and sweet -- this month we're taking the highly unorthodox step of doing our monthly Friday thank-you stream on a Thursday. But the choice remains yours! Below are some options for us to stream while we display your names in lights in a fabulous video format. Make your voices be heard, and tell us what to play!
2021-11-30 21:30:10 +0000 UTC
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December is right around the corner and while we have some folks traveling we’ve also got some games getting their last chance to get out there before the end of the year. We’re kicking off the week with The Eternal Cylinder and later in the week we’ll have a Patron Choice stream. This Friday Alex and I will be doing our Friday Fun Stream and we’ll also have the weekly Ramblecast and NXL Podcast! December!
--Vinny
All times Eastern
Catch the live stuff he...
2021-11-29 18:24:39 +0000 UTC
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Greetings, Nextlanders! If you are in the US, I hope you've been having yourself a good holiday weekend, and if you aren't, I hope you are about to have yourself a good normal weekend! You may have noticed that I didn't post one of these last week. I would have, but the Guardians video Vinny and I did waaaaaaay back last Tuesday took a while to go through Youtube's licensed music stripper. Apparently four minutes of Loverboy is an illegal amount of Loverboy in the US. But now that's live, and...
2021-11-26 20:05:59 +0000 UTC
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This week we're feeling thankful for many and varied kinds of bird flesh, the interstellar skateboarding of Exo One, building real rockets to conquer fake YouTube in Next Space Rebels, more Halo Infinite multiplayer, a quick recap of our year so far in games and some loose GOTY planning, the Harmonix/Epic buyout, the coming year two of Hitman 3, something something Mass Effect TV show, and more!
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00:00:09 Intro
00:00:50 Nothing inappropriate about Turdu...
2021-11-24 17:13:22 +0000 UTC
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The holidays are upon us, which means house guests, which means Vinny's doing the deepest of deep cleans. Herein we get down and dirty with house-cleansing strategies, along with brief digressions into framing old iPhones, the bygone era of boozy fruitcakes, the lengthy oeuvre of Kevin Costner, the futility of cable management, and more.
CHAPTERS
00:00:06 Intro
00:00:49 Are the kids getting drunk off of Grandma's fruit cake?
00:04:11 Thus begineth the holida...
2021-11-23 22:19:57 +0000 UTC
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Somehow the holidays are already bearing down on us, and that means it's time for this month's Q&A session with you! Topics covered include egg nog strategies, home office upgrades, Vinny setting fire to his Transformers collection, and some Nextlander biz Qs about Game of the Year content, working with contributors, our feelings about working in a (magical) office, and more.
2021-11-23 00:21:10 +0000 UTC
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It’s Thanksgiving week here in the States so we’ll be trying to cram in as much as possible before we take a couple of days off. We’ve got our Discord Q&A, Brad back in RE7, The Ramblecast, The Podcast, and some scrapping in Scrap Mechanic! We’ll be recording the podcast on Tuesday but still releasing it around normal times so when that inevitable big news breaks on Wednesday you’ll know why we missed it. Why not release it on TUESDAY? Well, we’ll be recording pretty lat...
2021-11-22 17:20:33 +0000 UTC
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New releases from Halo, Battlefield, and Grand Theft Auto have us feeling a bit like it's 2002 this week, the latest revelations about Activision misconduct might just spell the end for Bobby Kotick, Panic's Playdate is delayed by the battery gremlins, Xbox has over 70 new back-compat games (and maybe a 1 Vs. 100 revival), and Alex schemes to hang onto his 30s eternally. All that and more, in this here podcast!
CHAPTERS
00:00:09 Intro
00:01:25 Happy Birth...
2021-11-18 01:35:02 +0000 UTC
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