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Weekly Ramblecast 121: Nature Is Coming for Your House
This week Vinny's awash in hard drives, Alex is awash in leaves, Brad is awash in... being able to walk 10 minutes to all kinds of cool stuff as we ramble once again for your enjoyment!CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start of show(00:00:58) The data you own ends up owning you(00:09:46) Clinging to Windows 10...
The Nextlander Watchcast 062: Ghostwatch (1992)
The greatest month of the year has arrived, and to celebrate the spooks we've got a lineup of international horror films set to terrify you within an inch of your life! First up is the once HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL early found footage film Ghostwatch, in which some of your favorite '90s BBC pres...
Schedule for the Week of 10/02/2023
October is here! That one kind of snuck up on me as did the upcoming release of Assassin’s Creed Mirage at the end of this week! I’m still debating on finishing up Baldur’s Gate 3 or waiting to see if there are more Act 3 content patches… Maybe a good Assassin’s break is in order. Either w...
Patron Q&A 027: September 2023
This month, we field questions about being trapped in a Costco, what exactly is in that "I didn't know" bucket, some of our favorite tributes (to us), shaving your head on a dare, the nature of the mysterious Taylor ham, and more.
Watchcast Schedule for October 2023: International Horror!
Greetings, Nextlanders! And a happy October to each and every one of you. I'm sure I've said this many times over the years, but it always bears repeating that this is far and away my favorite month of the year. Autumn is in full swing here in the northern hemisphere, and the spooky flavorin...
The Nextlander Podcast 118: Jatz Hands
This week we've all finished Mortal Kombat 1 and it's time for a mini-spoilercast! Also, Brad played the impressive looking Alan Wake 2, Alex played the Remedy-esque El Paso, Elsewhere, Vinny's way into Chants of Sennaar, Unity has (kind of) cleaned up its mess, and more!CHAPTERS(00:00:0...
The Nextlander Friday Thank You: September 2023
You! Support us generously and help us keep this thing going.We! Will stream one of the following ideas this Friday as a means of saying thank you.Vote! With all your might to make sure we stream the best possible stream. There's never been a better time for FMV games and so there's probably...
Weekly Ramblecast 120: Kevin Fediverse: The Video
This week we ramble about electrocution, the Macintosh Classic, and Halloween candy distribution strategies, Brad tries to retrieve his long lost LinkedIn profile, we try to figure out how to egg a house in the age of mass surveillance, and more!Here are those YouTube videos about the new-in-box Mac...
Weekly Ramblecast 120: Kevin Fediverse
This week we ramble about electrocution, the Macintosh Classic, and Halloween candy distribution strategies, Brad tries to retrieve his long lost LinkedIn profile, we try to figure out how to egg a house in the age of mass surveillance, and more!Here are those YouTube videos about the new-in-box Mac...
The Nextlander Watchcast 061: Hard Boiled (1992)
We're closing out September with the mother of all Hong Kong action flicks in John Woo's Hard Boiled!CHAPTERS:(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid s...
Schedule for the Week of 9/25/2023
Hello hello! Welcome back to another fine week here at Nextlander! We’re well on our way in Remnant II and I think we’re going to see how far we can go, continuing on Monday’s stream. We’ve also got another Grab Bag stream on Thursday and a Patron’s Choice stream on Friday. I’m gonna dro...
Never Been a Better Podcast 016: Loose and Supple
Abby Russell and Dan Ryckert are back to share stories of the best garbage food, growing up, and Lyndon Johnson's taint?CHAPTERS:00:00:06 Intro00:01:05 How truly flexible is Dan?00:02:53 Time comes for us all00:03:44 Is Gen X the new Boomer?00:07:54 Dan's back in the Midwest and thrilled00:1...
The Nextlander Podcast 117: Sausalito Sunburn
Well, you know, probably not much happened while we were away, it'll just be a nice casual chat this week about the biggest leak of Xbox business operations maybe ever, Unity's ongoing destruction of its business model, a deep lore dive on the release of Mortal Kombat 1, the excellence of F-...
The Nextlander Watchcast 060: Righting Wrongs (1986)
For the second half of September we're checking out a pair of top flight Hong Kong action flicks, kicking off with our second Cynthia Rothrock classic, Righting Wrongs!CHAPTERS:(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ...
Weekly Ramblecast 119: HDMI Mort: The Video
Asbestos in Alex's walls? A budding stand-up comedian in Vinny's house?? A new TV in Brad's living room?!? Now that we're back from break, all more likely than you think!CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start of show(00:00:52) Leave poor Ringo alone(00:02:51) The drums are on the scene(00:04:49) A...
Weekly Ramblecast 119: HDMI Mort
Asbestos in Alex's walls? A budding stand-up comedian in Vinny's house?? A new TV in Brad's living room?!? Now that we're back from break, all more likely than you think!CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start of show(00:00:52) Leave poor Ringo alone(00:02:51) The drums are on the scene(00:04:49) A...
Schedule for the Week of 9/18/2023
We’re back! How did the break go? Well, I got a bunch of stuff done on my garage so that’s great. If you don’t know I’ve got a garage that I’m trying to finish out so I can work out of it when (someday) we attempt to get our basement finished. At this point I’m ready to start painting th...
Special Ep: Never Been a Better Podcast 003: Like a Sippy Cup?
We're taking a pause on the regular show this week to bring you another banger from the Patreon archive, in which Abby Russell and Austin Walker join us to talk about pottery, Legally Blonde, and scrambled porn.IMAGESAbby's pottery: one, twoAustin's Halloween imageCHAPTERS(00:01:10) Intr...
Weekly Ramblecast 117: Way Into Pharmacycore: The Video
We're away from work for a bit this week, but not so away that we couldn't ramble for a bit about Brad's love of adult contemporary, fun times at the county dump, the joy of running even more cables through the walls, and more.CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start of show(00:00:07) No Zoom, thank you...
Weekly Ramblecast 118: Way Into Pharmacycore
We're away from work for a bit this week, but not so away that we couldn't ramble for a bit about Brad's love of adult contemporary, fun times at the county dump, the joy of running even more cables through the walls, and more.CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start of show(00:00:07) No Zoom, thank you...
Monthly Planorama 028: September 2023: The Video
Starfield did kinda-sorta end up being an August game, but that certainly doesn't mean September is short on games for us to plan(orama) about, among them Mortal Kombat 1, Witchfire, Lies of P, The Crew: Motorfest, Nour: Play With Your Food, DLC for Street Fighter 6 and Cyberpunk 2077, and a bun...
Monthly Planorama 028: September 2023
Starfield did kinda-sorta end up being an August game, but that certainly doesn't mean September is short on games for us to plan(orama) about, among them Mortal Kombat 1, Witchfire, Lies of P, The Crew: Motorfest, Nour: Play With Your Food, DLC for Street Fighter 6 and Cyberpunk 2077, and a bun...
Schedule for the Week of 9/04/2023
I just got back from one last hurrah with the kids before they start school, so apologies about the late schedule posting. Hopefully, you caught the Ramblecast this week with Dan Ryckert. I hear Brad learns even more about the dark side of wrestling. Over on the Watchcast we’ve got Porco Rosso, wh...
The Nextlander Podcast 116: Needs to Be Played
This here is a podcast about our further adventures in Starfield, Trine the Fifth, Shadow Gambit, the abrupt closure of Volition, the looming SAG-AFTRA video game industry strike, Charles Martinet's uncertain ambassadorship, and a bunch of other stuff.CHAPTERS(00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may ...
Weekly Ramblecast 116: Disc Jockey Tanner: The Video
With Vinny away, we're joined by professional rambler Dan Ryckert to talk about the great state of Minnesota, our urgent wig deficiencies, and perhaps more than you ever wanted to know about the Montreal Screwjob.CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start of show(00:00:36) Ol' Danny Ryckert is here!(00:03:16)...
Weekly Ramblecast 117: Disc Jockey Tanner
With Vinny away, we're joined by professional rambler Dan Ryckert to talk about the great state of Minnesota, our urgent wig deficiencies, and perhaps more than you ever wanted to know about the Montreal Screwjob.CHAPTERS(00:00:00) Start of show(00:00:36) Ol' Danny Ryckert is here!(00:03:16)...
The Nextlander Watchcast 059: Porco Rosso (1992)
Our patrons voted and they wanted to see us check out Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's airborne adventure Porco Rosso! Join us as we take to the skies with a lovably grumpy pig man as he bests his rivals and rediscovers his humanity.CHAPTERS:(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate ...
Watchcast Schedule for September 2023: A Little Ghibli and Hong Kong Action
Hey everyone! Alex here to give you the full rundown on what we're gonna be checking out for the Watchcast this month. As we've said in our last few streams and podcasts, we're going to be taking the second week of the month off entirely, so there won't be a Watchcast that week. But ...
The Nextlander Podcast 115: Oxygen Is the New Stamina
Yep, this is the one where we talk about Starfield for like 90 minutes. It's a pretty big game! The Making of Karateka is also just great, Armored Core VI has inspired some mech fever, PlayStation Plus is getting a big price increase, Baldur's Gate 3 isn't getting splitscreen on the seri...
Patron Q&A 026: August 2023
This month's question sesh has us reminiscing about the production of those GOTY skits we did way back when, wondering when it's ever OK to break an embargo, assembling an elite breakfast sandwich, debating the value of YouTube comments (again), analyzing just why Baldur's Gate 3 took of...














