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The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 120: Repo Men (2010)
On this week's Watchcast we slice open and dig around inside Repo Men, a sci-fi thriller that borders on competence at times, and never fails to find a way to disgust.CHAPTERS:(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 120: Repo Men (2010)(00:00:15) - Intro.(00:01:38) - Less than two minutes ...
Schedule for the Week of 01/13/2025
I was just scheduling some things for January this morning and realized we are almost out of January! Well, really, we’re only midway through January, but when you’re scheduling that’s pretty much done. I finished up Star Wars: Outlaws, and while I thought the game was generally fine, that las...
Monthly Planorama 044: January 2025
The release calendar isa tad thin here in the first month of 2025, but hey, good news for fans of Dynasty Warriors and Phantom Brave! We also sift through remasters, some interesting indies, and a few long-overdue PC ports as we plan out the month.CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start(00:00:05) Intro(00:02:11) H...
Monthly Planorama 044: January 2025
The release calendar isa tad thin here in the first month of 2025, but hey, good news for fans of Dynasty Warriors and Phantom Brave! We also sift through remasters, some interesting indies, and a few long-overdue PC ports as we plan out the month.CHAPTERS(00:00:05) Intro(00:02:11) Hello Kitty Islan...
The Nextlander Podcast 182: Dumped in a Food Court
We're barely a week into 2025 and we basically already know what the Switch 2 looks like thanks to CES, plus new GeForce cards, PlayStation movies, and Steam Deck-likes. Also, games we caught up on during the break like Caves of Qud, LOK Digital, Indiana Jones, and Clone Hero, the best restauran...
Weekly Ramblecast 187: The Phallic Front
We're alive in '25 and ready to ramble about that oddly shaped winter storm, moving in at the Costco, the difficulty of casting a new X-Men, dealing with the previous owner's "modifications," and paying good money for illicit .mp4s.CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start of show(00:00:23) Check...
Weekly Ramblecast 187: The Phallic Front
We're alive in '25 and ready to ramble about that oddly shaped winter storm, moving in at the Costco, the difficulty of casting a new X-Men, dealing with the previous owner's "modifications," and paying good money for illicit .mp4s.CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start of show(00:00:23) Check...
The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 119: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Buckle your seatbelts, and secure your airpods, as the Watchcast kicks off its month of Jude Law-flavored sci-fi with the rip-roaring (and entirely blue-screened) adventure of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow!CHAPTERS:(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 119: Sky Captain and the World ...
Schedule for the Week of 01/06/2025
Happy New Year! We’re back after our end of year break and ready to see what 2025 is all about. Over the break I played a metric ton of Satisfactory. For those that know the game, my kids and I are basically deep into Phase 4 with a decent train, drone, and nuclear setup going. For those that don...
Watchcast Schedule for January 2025: Jude Law Sci-Fi!
Greetings, Watchcasters! I hope you are all having a good (or at least good enough) start to the new year. We're just a couple of short days away from returning to our full time schedule, but I'm popping in here a little bit early to let you all know what we've got coming up on our Watch...
The Nextlander Podcast 181: Game of the Year 2024, Part 2
We conclude our rundown of our favorite games of the year this week, focusing on the top four spots on each of our personal top 10 lists, plus some honorable mentions for the games that almost made it. Thanks for listening and happy new year!CHAPTERS(00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate ...
The Nextlander Podcast 181: Game of the Year 2024, Part 2
We conclude our rundown of our favorite games of the year this week, focusing on the top four spots on each of our personal top 10 lists, plus some honorable mentions for the games that almost made it. Thanks for listening and happy new year!CHAPTERS(00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate ...
Weekly Ramblecast 186: Twenty-Twenty-Thrive
We promise we were stone cold sober when we recorded this freewheeling ramble about 2025, the future, and plenty of things beyond. Happy new year!CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start of show(00:00:40) Let's Twenty-Twenty-Thrive(00:01:27) Future things we do/don't have(00:01:55) Advances in medicine(00:0...
Weekly Ramblecast 186: Twenty-Twenty-Thrive
We promise we were stone cold sober when we recorded this freewheeling ramble about 2025, the future, and plenty of things beyond. Happy new year!CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start of show(00:00:40) Let's Twenty-Twenty-Thrive(00:01:27) Future things we do/don't have(00:01:55) Advances in medicine(00:0...
Never Been a Better Podcast 031: Ipso Facto No Backsies
Happy New Year! It's our last episode of 2024 and Jeff Bakalar and Abby Russell join us to wrap things up in style!CHAPTERS(00:00:06) Intro(00:02:44) Bakalar's LA journey and giant sandwiches(00:12:03) Abby's end of year plans(00:14:14) The new weed arc(00:22:29) Embrace the quiet Christ...
The Nextlander Podcast 180: Game of the Year 2024, Part 1
This year, we get together for a nice, casual, conflict-free two-part dissection of our personal favorite games of the year, with a focus in this first installment on numbers 10 through 5. Hope everyone is having a nice holiday, and thanks as always for your support!CHAPTERS(00:00:00) NOTE: Some tim...
The Nextlander Podcast 180: Game of the Year 2024, Part 1
This year, we get together for a nice, casual, conflict-free two-part dissection of our personal favorite games of the year, with a focus in this first installment on numbers 10 through 5. Hope everyone is having a nice holiday, and thanks as always for your support!CHAPTERS(00:00:00) NOTE: Some tim...
Weekly Ramblecast 185: The No-Steven-Seagal Zone
Before we left for the holidays, we recorded this lengthy dissection of our entire Watchcast planning doc, hashing out ideas we might do, coming up with some new ones, and generally talking a whole bunch of movies. Hope you're having a good holiday!CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start of show(00:01:03) It&#...
Weekly Ramblecast 185: The No-Steven-Seagal Zone
Before we left for the holidays, we recorded this lengthy dissection of our entire Watchcast planning doc, hashing out ideas we might do, coming up with some new ones, and generally talking a whole bunch of movies. Hope you're having a good holiday!CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start of show(00:01:03) It&#...
The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 118: Eastern Promises (2007)
We're closing out 2024 for the Watchcast the only way we know how: with the most depressing movie we can fit into a theme. And this year it's with David Cronenberg's captivating Eastern Promises, featuring Viggo Mortensen like you've never seen him before.CHAPTERS:(00:00:00) - The Ne...
Patron's Choice for December 2024: Holiday Drumming Alex!
Y'all have spoken, and what you said was that you want to hear Alex drum the holiday hits!
The Nextlander Podcast 179: Zenless Zone Zenzo
Sandwiched right between 2024's game calendar winding down and our GOTY podcasts kicking off next week, why... it's the Game Awards! We spend this week's show dissecting all the news about The Witcher 4, the Okami sequel, Naughty Dog's new IP, and plenty of other stuff.CHAPTERS(00:00...
Weekly Ramblecast 184: My Razor Does Not Need an IP Address
Not even food poisoning and unidentified Jersey drones can stop us from rambling about gold teeth and wi-fi toothbrushes on this, the last non-holiday Ramblecast of the year!CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start of show(00:01:00) Catching strays (stray food poisoning)(00:04:54) Taco Bell's retro menu is back...
Weekly Ramblecast 184: My Razor Does Not Need an IP Address
Not even food poisoning and unidentified Jersey drones can stop us from rambling about gold teeth and wi-fi toothbrushes on this, the last non-holiday Ramblecast of the year!CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start of show(00:01:00) Catching strays (stray food poisoning)(00:04:54) Taco Bell's retro menu is back...
The Nextlander Monthly Thank You: December 2024
This is it. We made it! The final monthly patron shout-out stream of 2024. We wouldn't be here doing this without your support, and to show our gratitude we've assembled the below holiday-themed stream options to hopefully spread a little festive cheer as we head into the break. Vote for you...
The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 117: The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Midway through our December to Dismember, we've got Shane Black's bank-breaking screenplay The Long Kiss Goodnight, a chance for America's Sweetheart Geena Davis to maybe redeem herself after Cutthroat Island.CHAPTERS:(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 117: The Long Kiss Goodn...
Schedule for the Week of 12/16/2024
Happy last regular business week of 2024! Speaking of business, things will be light around here on the streaming front this week, as we’re deep in the thick of extra podcast production for the weeks of Christmas and New Year’s. We’ll have new Ramblecasts and Nextlander Podcasts (the GOTY epis...
Patron Q&A 042: December 2024
It's quite a holiday-themed question session this month as we dig into favorite gifts, foods, and drinks of past and present, plus the all-important bidet update, the fate of Giant Bomb quests (and old videos), Vinny's signature scent, and more.
The Nextlander Podcast 178: creepy brother sister coffee commercial
The holidays approach, so we're in GOTY cramming mode with discussions this week about such games as Indiana Jones, Mouthwashing, Infinity Nikki, Beyond Galaxyland, Kill Knight, and Marvel Rivals, plus some loose Game Awards predictions, emails, and plenty more!CHAPTERS(00:00:00) NOTE: Some time...
Weekly Ramblecast 183: The Lawn Is Gone
Vinny has a magical Manhattan weekend, Alex's lawn is scoured clean, Brad contemplates drilling holes in his desk, and we all discuss brownstones, being a super, PlayStation nostalgia, and Toad the Wet Sprocket.CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start of show(00:01:03) Vinny's wild city weekend(00:06:21) To...
