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Weekly Ramblecast 011: society.zone

What happens when some inconsiderate New Yorkers park in Alex's driveway? Will Vinny ever find that database of D&D miniatures? Is Brad really going to archive all his data for a thousand years? Join us as we ramble out the answers to these and other questions!

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00:00:07 Intro
00:00:47 Eyebrow watch 2021
00:02:20 Henri Doesn't Live in a Society
00:11:26 Weather, you like it or don't
00:14:58 Cleaning out the USB thumbdrive drawer
00:23:4...

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The Monthly Friday Thank You: August 2021

It's that time again: time to display your name in a scrolling text bar as a show of gratitude, while we run a Friday stream of your choosing. Here are the ideas we've got kicking around for this month, from space to the gridiron to Springfield. And as always, thanks for your support!

NOTE: A quick reminder that Metro Sim Hustle looks real weird.

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Schedule for the Week of 08/23/2021

Things are moving and shaking over at Nextlander and this week’s schedule is moving and shaking with it! A lot is going on this week, so stay tuned.

--Vinny

Watch the live streams here: http://www.twitch.tv/nextlander

Watch the archives here: http://www.youtube.com/nextlander

All times Eastern

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Character Selection: Vinny Draws from Memory Episode 06

What a week we have coming up! This is where folks get to pick which characters get drawn by yours truly. For better or worse.

I had to go for a follow-up appointment with my doctor regarding that surgery I had earlier this year* so let's add a doctor or two in here.

Thanks everyone,
Vinny

*As seen in 'The Incredible Caravella' Issue #233

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The Week That Was: 08/16 - 08/20/2021

Howdy, Nextlanders! It's time once again to recap all the content that went up this past week. Enjoy! Unless you've already watched/listened to all this stuff already, in which case, hope you enjoyed! Past tense!

Brad and Vinny Return to Scrap Mechanic 

While...

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The Nextlander Podcast 011: Piles of Memetic Excrement

This week we spend more than 12 minutes talking about the fascinating adventure game Twelve Minutes, consider the necessity of eyebrows, check in on Axiom Verge 2 and Humankind, worry about Steve-O's middle-aged concussion, give the side-eye to Fortnite's very extremely Among Us-like new game mode, and wax poetic about Vinny and Jalad at Tanagra.

CHAPTERS

00:00:09 Intro
00:00:41 I feel like Darmok-ing me. All of them.
00:02:15 Smoking hot meme time
00:04:...

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Weekly Ramblecast 010: Aristotle Nostradamus Shannon

On this week's ramblefest, we wander through such topics as Alex's narrowly avoided grand jury service, medieval adventures with jousting and roast chicken, high-end vaporizers, when to give your children their first knives, and, relatedly, how to become the village knife sharpener.

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00:01:07 Alex answers the call of jury duty
00:12:14 Medieval Times has been attended
00:27:24 Adventures in scanning all the paper
00:28:06 When do you call in that ...

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Schedule for the Week of 08/16/2021

This week Alex is on call for jury duty so we’re not exactly sure how things are going to go, but we’re going to stay nimble!

--Vinny

Watch the live streams here: http://www.twitch.tv/nextlander

Watch the archives here: http://www.youtube.com/nextlander

All times Eastern



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The Week That Was: 08/09 - 08/13

Howdy, Nextlanders! Forgive the slight lateness of this post. Normally I'd have had it up yesterday, but me, Vinny, and some other friends found ourselves at Medieval Times yesterday. Yes, that thing we had been threatening to do for like two years! We finally did it! And somehow, it was exactly how I remembered it from when I went with my parents when I was like 9 years old--only this time I didn't cry when my knight lost. Here's to never changing your gimmick, so long as it keeps working! View Post

The Nextlander Podcast 010: Quality Value Convenience

With mere days till John Madden emerges from his slumber and the games truly begin, we dip into a few recent indie releases like Splitgate, Jupiter Hell, and Grime, discuss Vinny's brief INTERmission, talk about the exodus from indie darling Fullbright, run down all the games from Nintendo's Indie World Showcase, goggle at the Prisoners of the Ghostland trailer, ponder Nic Cage's dinosaur skull, and more!

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00:00:07 Intro
00:00:47 City Slickers
00:03:...

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Vinny Draws from Memory: King of all Cosmos and Toad


Thanks to all that voted. The voices have spoken and we bring forth two mighty gods to be immortalized. Come join us for this beautiful act of creation.

You can find the unlisted YouTube video embedded above above or here if that's not working:
https://youtu.be/Tyam86KfJW8

As usual, this should also automatically turn into the arch...

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Weekly Ramblecast 009: The J-B Weld Cinematic Universe

Let's get ready to ramble! This week we're all over the place, comparing the greater and lesser Buffers, debating the recent history of CG versus practical effects in film and TV, peering through Vinny's super top-secret window into the production of The Boys season 3, diving into the wild world of ball bearings, recounting the questionable goings-on in the alleyway behind Alex's place, and more.

CHAPTERS

00:00:07 Intro
00:00:31 Time to get Buffer
00:04:27 T...

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Schedule for the Week of 08/09/2021

Welcome Nextlanders! This week we’re looking to get that new base going in State of Decay 2, possibly solve the mysteries of The 13th Doll, and much more!

--Vinny

Watch the live streams here:
http://www.twitch.tv/nextlander

Watch the archives here:
http://www.youtube.com/nextlander


All times Easte...

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Character Selection: Vinny Draws from Memory Episode 05

Welcome back to the studio of dreams and nightmares. Keeping some choices from last week with a fresh entry (I believe originally suggested by Abby last week). Vote'em up and let's see where we're headed on Thursday morning! Thanks everyone.

--Vinny

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The Week That Was: 08/02 - 08/07/2021

Greetings Nextlanders! Hope you all had a terrific week and are having a nice, relaxing weekend so far. It's time once again to recap everything we've posted over the last week. On to the content!

Here Decay, Gone Tomorrow! -- Episode 05 

You might say things...

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The Nextlander Podcast 009: Kneading Biscuits in Your Brain

This week, we try to distract ourselves from the arrival of Alex's new cat long enough to consider The Ascent, the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters, Horizon Forbidden West's potential delay, the great PS5 SSD calamity, our current GOTY lists, Outer Wilds DLC and other new Annapurna announcements, the latest updates from the Activision Blizzard situation, and a lot more.

CHAPTERS

00:00:10 Intro
00:00:55 Show Rundown
00:02:12 Insomnia and Insomniac
00:04:31 Br...

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Monthly Planorama 003: August 2021

IT'S HERE. THE MADDEN MONTH IS UPON US. As usual, August means it's time to get serious about video game releases, and sure enough our survey of this month's releases reveals that we'll soon be playing such games as Psychonauts 2, Recompile, 12 Minutes, Humankind, New World, Aliens: Fireteam Elite, and maybe... just maybe... a little of the ol' pigskin.

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00:00:01 Intro
00:01:58 Grime (Stadia, PC) – August 2
00:02:43 Lemnis Gate (PlayStation 5, Xbox...

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Weekly Ramblecast 008: Give Deer the Vote!

We have entered the metaphorical (and literal) August, and it's time to talk about Alex's new cat. That's it, that's the whole episode. Oh wait! There's also chat about Vinny's love of laying insulation, playing a punk show on the Williamsburg sidewalk, multithreaded web servers, living in an attic, woodland animal suffrage, and that sweet, sweet Chattanooga public Internet access.

CHAPTERS

00:00:07 Intro
00:01:15 Is NY a seltzer town?
00:02:59 Alex is playi...

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Schedule for the Week of 08/02/2021

Hello Nextlanders! Happy August and what a great way to kick it off. Anyone else playing The Ascent? I’m really digging it so far and excited to get into more of it. Great combo for me of world building and gameplay. Hope it all holds up. Thanks again to everyone for the support and for tuning in.

--Vinny

Watch the live streams here:
http://www.twitch.tv/nextlander

Watch the archives here:
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The Week That Was: 07/26 - 07/31/2021

Greetings Nextlanders!

Before I launch into all the fun stuff we made this past week, wanted to give a heads-up in case you missed it that annual subscriptions are now live! If you'd like to subscribe for a full year, you'll receive an 8% discount (which works out to about one free month). There's still time to switch to the annual option before our next billing cycle on August 1st, so don't delay!

And with that, it's now time to recap all the content from this past week!

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Vinny Draws from Memory: Sam Fisher and Yoshi?

Well, the results are in and it's time to put digital pen to digital paper! This one could be a mess.

You can find the unlisted YouTube link above or here if that's not working:
https://youtu.be/JAmd5O33ELg 

This should also automatically turn into the archive when it's done.

The stream starts on Thursday, July 29th at 11AM...

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The Nextlander Podcast 008: Episode Otho

This week we cover California's lawsuit against Blizzard for widespread discrimination and harassment, then move on to the Dead Space remake, Battlefield Portal, a spate of PS5 sales numbers, and hands-on time with Neo: The World Ends With You, Pokemon Unite, Old World, and the Xbox version of Microsoft Flight Simulator.

CHAPTERS

00:00:10 Intro
00:00:56 You know, Otto, from Beetlejuice
00:01:28 Nobody talks about A Fish Called Wanda
00:02:42 Did you know ...

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Weekly Ramblecast 007: Hunky Annoying Paul Rudd

There's all kinds of stuff on our minds this week: that new Ghostbusters trailer, the elusive post-scarcity future, the Ryu number, Mass Effect's vision of humanity's place in the stars, how to social-engineer your children, the joy of skillfully splitting wood, and more. What won't they ramble about?!

CHAPTERS

00:00:07 The intro
00:00:30 What's the vibe here man?
00:01:32 The Ryu Number
00:04:19 Parenting by modelling bad choices
00:06:09 D.A...

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The Monthly Friday Thank You: July 2021

The last Friday of July has arrived, and that can mean only one thing: it's time to recognize all of our Mission Control supporters in a visual format. Last month we spent something like 30 minutes reading your names out on the podcast, but this month (and all months hence) we'll be putting your names up in lights! Right there on the screen! While we play something!

In keeping with the tier benefit that gives you input on our content, these are the ideas we're kicking around fo...

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Schedule for the Week of 07/26/2021

Hello all, Vinny here! Going to post our tentative schedule here until we figure out something more unified for everything. Things here might change, but this is the current plan as of today! I'll try and update with more info or links as information changes. Thanks everyone and hope you enjoy. Looks like a fun week.

--Vinny

Watch the live streams here:
http://www.twitch.tv/nextlander 

Watch th...

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Character Selection: Vinny Draws from Memory Episode 04

Are games art? Well, the games might be but the jury is still out on this series. Choose, but choose wisely, for while the true poorly drawn character will bring you life, the false one will take it from you!

Let's refresh the list this week.

--Vinny

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The Week That Was: 07/19 - 07/23/2021

Greetings Nextlanders! Hope you all had a pleasant and prosperous week. Once again, it is time to recap all the content we dropped over the course of the last week, including our first ever live Q&A! Without further ado, here's all the stuff we made this week!

Here Decay, Gone T...

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Patron Q&A 001: July 2021

We took the (Discord) stage for our inaugural live Q&A with our Patrons, and now present the recording of that session! Questions this month cover topics including Paul Verhoeven video games, the lore behind our little astronaut mascot, Alex's favorite Simpsons episode ever, dream vacations, our favorite console designs and innovations in games from the last decade, and a bunch of questions about future Nextlander plans for new and returning content, equipment upgrades, and more.

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The Nextlander Podcast 007: Tom Clancy's Punk Rock Mosh Pit

Video games are still coming out, news is still breaking, and we're still here to discuss it all, including the Steam Deck and the portable-PC proposition, Death's Door, Skyward Sword HD, Ubisoft's Skull & Bones mess, Neill Blomkamp's upcoming video game career, Vinny's escape from FF7 Remake, video games in your Netflix app, and Tom Clancy... but with attitude.

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00:00:10 Intro
00:01:06 Human RESOURCES or HUMAN resources?
00:04:19 THUMPs and why ...

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Weekly Ramblecast 006: You're the MediEvil Guy

Drew Scanlon joins us to talk about all sorts of things. These things include working for Digital Eclipse, flying (or not flying), Muay Thai, foraging, F1, and more! Now THIS is some rambling and we love it! Thanks again to Drew for chatting with us.

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00:00:06 Intro
00:00:31 Welcome Drew Scanlon
00:01:29 Drew's Job
00:04:40 Drew is the official Lost Vikings playthrough
00:06:55 How is the flying going?
00:18:28 Flight Sim toys
00:25:22 Form...

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