On this week's Watchcast we've got an all-timer of a Star Trek episode in the The Trouble with Tribbles, an episode so chock full of quality jokes and adorable creatures that it's impossible not to love. We also have The Gamesters of Triskelion, which we'll charitably describe as not quite as good as the preceding episode.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episod...
2025-07-28 22:04:03 +0000 UTC
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I just drove in from Long Island and boy is everything tired! I spent the last 6 hours heading out to Long Island and getting back to pick up our new car (we leased an Ionic 5) so big thanks to everyone that pitched me over advice during that entire decision making process!
Brad is out traveling today and since I just got back we’ve got a bit of a later stream, but Will and I are going to try some Wildgate duos today (as soon I finish writing this!). I’ll be out on Friday picking up...
2025-07-28 20:08:43 +0000 UTC
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This month we answer questions about our ideal modern Star Trek game (and a quick ranking of captains), things that are enshittifying too fast for our tastes, games that changed everything for us, and "what would happen if Hulk Hogan died in the middle of the Q&A?"
2025-07-24 21:38:29 +0000 UTC
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The gang's all here and going, uh, bananas for Donkey Kong Bananza, plus Shadow Labyrinth, The Drifter, and more Death Stranding and MindsEye. In the news, Splitgate 2 prepares to unrelease, From Software might have another new game in the works, and Hellraiser is finally getting that video game after nearly 40 years. All that, plus your emails!
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(00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dy...
2025-07-23 23:19:31 +0000 UTC
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Fresh off of dealing with basement remodeling and drainage work, this week we ponder the abrupt Colbert cancellation, the hidden costs of hosting your own media (and realizing the solar-energy dream), the great G.I. Joe ripping project, the audacity of vaping on an airplane, and more.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:25) In the A/C zone
(00:01:49) Vinny's basement build
(00:03:47) There's probably supposed to be a foundation under the bas...
2025-07-22 19:54:57 +0000 UTC
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Fresh off of dealing with basement remodeling and drainage work, this week we ponder the abrupt Colbert cancellation, the hidden costs of hosting your own media (and realizing the solar-energy dream), the great G.I. Joe ripping project, the audacity of vaping on an airplane, and more.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:25) In the A/C zone
(00:01:49) Vinny's basement build
(00:03:47) There's probably supposed to be a foundation under the bas...
2025-07-22 19:53:40 +0000 UTC
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The Watchcast is back and the Star Trek watching has officially resumed! And for our first week back at it, we've got a pair of wild and unpredictable episodes in the Moby Dick riff Obsession, and the spooky alien serial murder yarn Wolf in the Fold!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 144: Star Trek: Obsession and Wolf in the Fold
(00:01:12) - Intro.
2025-07-21 22:37:46 +0000 UTC
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Whew boy! Things are busy in and out of work so let’s get straight into the week!
Streaming this Monday we’ve got a return to Nightreign! Brad’s going to take me and Will into his wild world of multiplayer Elden Ring and show us what tips and tricks he’s learned. On Tuesday Abby joins us for a dip into the Point and Click Adventure game The Drifter! I’m pretty excited to check that out. On Friday, Brad is spending some time with his family so Alex and I will be handling the st...
2025-07-21 19:18:54 +0000 UTC
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Destroying the world is the easy part, it's caring about what happens to the world after you destroy it, that's the hard part!
2025-07-17 17:31:32 +0000 UTC
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Friend of the show Lex Luddy joins us to talk about how Death Stranding 2 holds up, the Megami Tensei Universe, and what exactly constitutes an Irish Pub. Vinny shares his closing thoughts on Assassin's Creed Shadows and Alex helps us unpack the week's news!
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2025-07-16 23:41:14 +0000 UTC
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The one and only Matthew Rorie joins us as we bounce around a variety of topics including sideshows, cooking, and movies!
NOTE: (There might be some video hanging freezing when my laptop lost power)
CHAPTERS
(00:00:07) Intro
(00:00:35) Rorie is here to join us!
(00:02:27) We need laws around Classic Rock
(00:06:16) What's going on in the Rorie-verse
(00:10:34) Where are the rest of the Division 2 nerds out there?
(00:15:50) Su...
2025-07-15 16:24:05 +0000 UTC
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The one and only Matthew Rorie joins us as we bounce around a variety of topics including sideshows, cooking, and movies!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:07) Intro
(00:00:35) Rorie is here to join us!
(00:02:27) We need laws around Classic Rock
(00:06:16) What's going on in the Rorie-verse
(00:10:34) Where are the rest of the Division 2 nerds out there?
(00:15:50) Summer Camp and homesickness
(00:19:02) Some of that West and East Coast car cu...
2025-07-15 16:22:15 +0000 UTC
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We’re back from vacation and boy howdy, it was a fairly busy in the Caravella household. As I write this construction should be starting on my basement renovation which has been planned for years now. There may be a dumpster being delivered today, right outside of my garage, so whether or not that construction manifests somehow on recordings… I can’t say. I spent a good amount of the break getting the last of everything broken down and out of our basement so the crew doesn’t have to d...
2025-07-14 18:44:44 +0000 UTC
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We're on break this week, so we bring you another hit from the Never Been a Better archives, when Abby Russell and Austin Walker joined us to talk about dream jobs, Generation Alpha, and much more!
CHAPTERS
(00:01:12) (Flawless) Intro
(00:02:29) Abby Russell is here!
(00:02:48) Austin Walker is here!
(00:03:34) Alex Navarro is here!
(00:04:43) To 2023 and getting together with friends
(00:06:00) Don't threaten me with a good time!
(00:07:13) The ...
2025-07-09 13:00:08 +0000 UTC
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We heard it was pretty trendy to come up with your own personal list of the 10 best games of the last 25 years, so this week we took a stab at it ourselves. (Note: The Giant Bomb poll we talk about will have already closed by the time you hear this.)
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:03:47) Alex ponders 75 video games
(00:10:26) Vinny's initial 15 games
(00:19:48) Brad's starting list of must-haves
(00:27:08) Tremendous amounts of "what about this....
2025-07-08 13:01:17 +0000 UTC
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We heard it was pretty trendy to come up with your own personal list of the 10 best games of the last 25 years, so this week we took a stab at it ourselves. (Note: The Giant Bomb poll we talk about will have already closed by the time you hear this.)
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:03:47) Alex ponders 75 video games
(00:10:26) Vinny's initial 15 games
(00:19:48) Brad's starting list of must-haves
(00:27:08) Tremendous amounts of "what about this....
2025-07-08 13:00:07 +0000 UTC
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We're at the midseason finale point for our Star Trek season 2 Watchcasting, but before we take a one week break from the show we're here to try and make sense of two more episodes in Friday's Child and The Deadly Years!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 143: Star Trek: Friday's Child and The Deadly Years
(00:00:15) - Intro.
(00:01:35) - Just launch...
2025-07-07 22:09:14 +0000 UTC
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It's time for Vinny's first turn a siege battle and then Mike gets out some Zombie Pirate aggression on Tyrion!
2025-07-03 15:17:40 +0000 UTC
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There's... kind of a lot of games this month, including Switch 2's first big post-launch bananza, dueling Patapons and Ratatans, a new Ninja Gaiden, a ton of quirky/interesting/frightening indies, and plenty of other games that we plan through in this here podcast.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:05) Intro
(00:02:05) Firmament | [PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR2] | Jul 02, 2025
(00:03:48) Abiotic Factor | [PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)]...
2025-07-03 12:01:01 +0000 UTC
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There's... kind of a lot of games this month, including Switch 2's first big post-launch bananza, dueling Patapons and Ratatans, a new Ninja Gaiden, a ton of quirky/interesting/frightening indies, and plenty of other games that we plan through in this here podcast.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:05) Intro
(00:02:05) Firmament | [PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR2] | Jul 02, 2025
(00:03:48) Abiotic Factor | [PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)]...
2025-07-03 12:00:12 +0000 UTC
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We unfortunately have to start this week's episode with the brutal cuts at Xbox, which saw studios shuttered and projects like Everwild and Perfect Dark straight up cancelled, but also touch on Donkey Kong Bananza and the next 3D Mario game, get way deeper into Death Stranding 2, try to make sense of the increasingly fantastic casting for the new Street Fighter movie, and more.
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2025-07-03 00:09:01 +0000 UTC
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This week Vinny's buying flip phones and running his own TV channel (and already thinking about the next one), Alex does a home theater upgrade, Brad closes the book on Andor, and more!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:01:15) Vinny's making a TV station
(00:06:58) The TV channel software
(00:15:17) Programming the channel
(00:19:30) Maybe Garfield cartoons weren't so bad
(00:24:15) Next: an anime channel??
(00:34:01) Alex's home theater expa...
2025-07-01 19:57:12 +0000 UTC
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This week Vinny's buying flip phones and running his own TV channel (and already thinking about the next one), Alex does a home theater upgrade, Brad closes the book on Andor, and more!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:01:15) Vinny's making a TV station
(00:06:58) The TV channel software
(00:15:17) Programming the channel
(00:19:30) Maybe Garfield cartoons weren't so bad
(00:24:15) Next: an anime channel??
(00:34:01) Alex's home theater expa...
2025-07-01 19:56:18 +0000 UTC
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We've got some wild and occasionally disturbing Star Trek episodes this week, episodes that also introduce us to a couple of very important characters. First up it's the father of the space warp in Metamorphosis, then we spend some quality time with Spock's folks in Journey to Babel!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 142: Star Trek: Metamorphosis and Jour...
2025-06-30 23:20:11 +0000 UTC
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This weekend I spent some time getting the Platinum in Clair Obscur and I have zero regrets. I then went back into Assassin’s Creed Shadows and maybe I have some regrets? I’m trying to mainline the story at this point but that game just has too much padding. Maybe I’m spoiled now after the really tight pacing of Expedition 33. We’ll see how much more I can chew through before we record the podcast, but I was hoping to get to credits pretty soon.
On the stream schedule this week,...
2025-06-30 19:21:16 +0000 UTC
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Austin Walker and Jeff Bakalar come by to share which old cartoons are essential, their hope for humanity, and the true weakness of generative AI.
CHAPTER
(00:00:07) Intro
(00:01:19) The Nostalgia Cartoon Project
(00:03:06) Since recording I found a project called FieldStation42 which is very interesting!
(00:11:51) Fooling the robots so the humans can exploit other humans
(00:16:58) Is there hope for humans if we can defeat the algorithm...
2025-06-27 15:14:06 +0000 UTC
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Death Stranding 2 is upon us and dominates the first hour of the show this week, Vinny finished Clair Obscur, Brad will (probably not) be playing more Hopshot, more layoffs at Xbox and Build a Rocket Boy, Sega leaks a bunch of sales figures, Nickelodeon is mashing up with Sonic, a great brawler debate ensues, and more.
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2025-06-26 01:19:00 +0000 UTC
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Pardon the slight lateness of this month's thank you poll (a power outage at Brad's threw the schedule off a bit this week) but we're still here and ready to give you upwards of 36 hours to make your voice heard and decide what we'll be streaming this Friday June 27th! In the interest of getting this poll out to you ASAP I'm just going to hit publish, right... now!
Two-thirds of this podcast are struggling under the northeastern heat dome this week, so we talk about that, Bob Saget, restoring classic Norm MacDonald films the way they were meant to be seen, lightning bugs, that original Star Wars print that just resurfaced, Clint Eastwood's directing style, and a whole bunch about bats.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:19) The heat dome is here
(00:05:24) So that's where the lightning bugs went
(00:06:39) BAT...
2025-06-24 22:35:19 +0000 UTC
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Two-thirds of this podcast are struggling under the northeastern heat dome this week, so we talk about that, Bob Saget, restoring classic Norm MacDonald films the way they were meant to be seen, lightning bugs, that original Star Wars print that just resurfaced, Clint Eastwood's directing style, and a whole bunch about bats.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:19) The heat dome is here
(00:05:24) So that's where the lightning bugs went
(00:06:39) BAT...
2025-06-24 22:20:06 +0000 UTC
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