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The Nextlander Podcast 097: The Famous Island of Los Angeles

We're fresh off our break, and... where'd all these video games come from?? We dive into Dead Island 2, Horizon's Burning Shores DLC, Minecraft Legends, the new Vampire Survivors expansion, Cyberpunk's path tracing mode, the contents of the noble baseball, and a bunch of other stuff!...

Weekly Ramblecast 097: Snowboarding at the Age of Ascension: The Video

We're back from a short break, and... Movies got watched! Snowboarding got snowboarded! Sheds got built! (Or will, maybe!) And more!(00:00:12) Live to tape? Live to tape.(00:00:39) Don't go snowboarding in your forties probably.(00:07:08) The Mario movie!(00:11:36) Brad watched Underwater(00...

Weekly Ramblecast 097: Snowboarding at the Age of Ascension

We're back from a short break, and... Movies got watched! Snowboarding got snowboarded! Sheds got built! (Or will, maybe!) And more!CHAPTERS(00:00:12) Live to tape? Live to tape.(00:00:39) Don't go snowboarding in your forties probably.(00:07:08) The Mario movie!(00:11:36) Brad watched Under...

The Nextlander Watchcast 041: Mortal Kombat (1995)

Our first couple of video game adaptations this month were pretty dire, but business picks up this week as we check out Paul W.S. Anderson's first foray into games as cinema in Mortal Kombat!CHAPTERS:(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon v...

Schedule for the Week of 4/17/2023

We’re back! This week I’m excited to check out the Horizon DLC, Minecraft Legends, Advance Wars, and Dead Island 2! A couple of those won’t be hitting until the end of the week, so we might not get to talking about them until later. We’ll be continuing our journey to get our shovel in Sons o...

Nextlander x MinnMax in Trivia Tower, Tonight at 6pm Pacific!

Hey folks, Brad here with a heads up that I'll be joining the illustrious Ben Hanson tonight at 6pm Pacific for MinnMax's Trivia Tower, which should be a ton of fun. To play (and maybe win some video games?!?!?), you'll need to follow a temporary invite link to join MinnMax's Discord...

Special Ep: Never Been a Better Podcast 001: Mechs and Porn

We're mostly away from the mics this week, so here we present the inaugural ep of this patron-exclusive reunion podcast, in which Austin Walker and Dan Ryckert join Vinny and Alex as they talk about what makes a mech a mech, slipping and sliding, and of course porn.CHAPTERS(00:00:00) We're o...

Weekly Ramblecast 096: Wesley Crusher-ing It: The Video

We recorded this ramble two weeks ago for the week we're off, so tune in to hear us speculate about all the stuff we'll be doing this week, from car inspections to ant warfare to computer-building!CHAPTERS(00:00:30) Nothing like a good Clerks reference to start your podcast(00:02:36) We are ...

Weekly Ramblecast 096: Wesley Crusher-ing It

We recorded this ramble two weeks ago for the week we're off, so tune in to hear us speculate about all the stuff we'll be doing this week, from car inspections to ant warfare to computer-building!CHAPTERS(00:00:30) Nothing like a good Clerks reference to start your podcast(00:02:36) We are ...

The Nextlander Watchcast 040: Street Fighter (1994)

For our second video game movie of the month we take a trip down Shadaloo way to check in on Guile, M. Bison, and the whole World Warrior gang as they shoot, explode, and rarely street fight their way through the incredibly ill-advised adaptation of Street Fighter.IMPORTANT SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL: ht...

Schedule for the Week of 4/10/2023

We’re on vacation this week, so while there won't be any livestreams we’ve still got some goodies! If you’ve never heard Never Been a Better Podcast you’re in luck! Episode 01 will be hitting the main podcast feed this week for everyone. It’s got Dan and Austin joining us, and is a ton...

Never Been a Better Podcast 011: The Mariko Aoki Phenomenon

Abby Russell and Dan Ryckert join us to talk about movies and kids, smoking in airplanes, and... of course... pooping.Here's a picture of Dan's setup as referenced in the podcast!CHAPTERS00:00:06 Intro00:00:48 Dan explains the labelling of Johnny Walkers00:02:43 Hopefully, you can find this ...

Monthly Planorama 023: April 2023: The Video

Would you believe they're still making video games? We get together to run through the notable releases of April, from Advance Wars and Horizon DLC to new Star Wars, new Minecraft, new-old Advance Wars, Dead Island 2 (?!?), and more.CHAPTERS(00:00:06) Intro(00:02:58) Meet Your Maker [PC (Microso...

Monthly Planorama 023: April 2023

Would you believe they're still making video games? We get together to run through the notable releases of April, from Advance Wars and Horizon DLC to new Star Wars, new Minecraft, new-old Advance Wars, Dead Island 2 (?!?), and more.CHAPTERS(00:00:06) Intro(00:02:58) Meet Your Maker [PC (Microso...

The Nextlander Podcast 096: A Fell Title

Hello and welcome to this video game podcast, in which Brad is deeper into RE4, Vinny has finished his sinister fishing in Dredge, and Alex is reclaiming the land in Terra Nil. Also, Sony's rumored PS5 streaming handheld, Asus' Steam Deck competitor, a new Street Fighter movie, living with M...

Weekly Ramblecast 095: Shoulder-Checked by Coolio: The Video

On this ramble, we celebrate an improvisational birthday and mourn a mug-friend before diverting into a whole bunch of E3 talk, including personal and professional show memories, musical acts, and more.CHAPTERS(00:00:38) Good night, Grover mug(00:03:52) The improv birthday has come to pass(00:07:06)...

Weekly Ramblecast 095: Shoulder-Checked by Coolio

On this ramble, we celebrate an improvisational birthday and mourn a mug-friend before diverting into a whole bunch of E3 talk, including personal and professional show memories, musical acts, and more.CHAPTERS(00:00:38) Good night, Grover mug(00:03:52) The improv birthday has come to pass(00:07:06)...

The Nextlander Watchcast 039: Super Mario Bros. (1993)

For the month of April the Watchcast crew will be digging through the detritus of early video game movies, and we're kicking things off with the mother of all game-to-cinema adaptations in the profoundly weird Super Mario Bros.!CHAPTERS:(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in vers...

Schedule for the Week of 4/03/2023

This week we’ve got our Patron’s Choice stream kicking things off on Monday! It looks like Brad is digging into that Zelda and Metroid randomizer business, so don’t miss it! We’ve also got a Planorama and a Never Been a Better Podcast with Abby and Dan Ryckert going up this week. I’ll be o...

Watchcast Schedule for April 2023: These Ain't No Games!

Greetings, Nextlanders! Hope you all enjoyed Michelle Yeoh March, and are ready for a new slate of films to consume. This month we're "celebrating" the release of the upcoming Mario animated film with a quartet of early cinematic video game adaptations. The first film is the required pic...

The Nextlander Monday Thank You: March 2023

The monthly patrons' choice stream is here again, and this time you've got a whole weekend to weigh in on what it is we'll be playing this coming Monday. (We don't actually think elections should be held on weekends, but until election day becomes a national holiday, we'll make a...

The Nextlander Podcast 095: Totka, Not Botwa

This week we defy the laws of spacetime and causality to bring you discussion of games such as the Resident Evil 4 remake, Lunark, Crime Boss: Rockay City, and Hellgineer, plus impressions from the Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gameplay walkthrough, a live!! reaction to the cancellation of E3, and mor...

Weekly Ramblecast 094: Nobody Wants Lengthening Glutes: The Video

This week's ramble is sponsored by the filmography of Tom Hanks, with special guest appearances Alex's knuckle injury, Brad's ancient Steam Link, Vinny's five-figure graphics card license (just kidding), and more!CHAPTERS(00:00:16) Mike Patton seems like a cool guy(00:04:10) Brad&#39...

Weekly Ramblecast 094: Nobody Wants Lengthening Glutes

This week's ramble is sponsored by the filmography of Tom Hanks, with special guest appearances Alex's knuckle injury, Brad's ancient Steam Link, Vinny's five-figure graphics card license (just kidding), and more!CHAPTERS(00:00:16) Mike Patton seems like a cool guy(00:04:10) Brad&#39...

The Nextlander Watchcast 038: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

We close out Michelle Yeoh March by celebrating the film that won her the Oscar in 2022's madcap multiverse action comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once. So bust out your butt plugs and chomp down on some chapstick, because it's time to rescue Raccacoonie (and also save the universe).CHAP...

Schedule for the Week of 3/27/2023

I don’t think I’ve ever had a job (as an adult) where taking a chunk of time off didn’t seem stressful. I always feel that I have to get twice as much done beforehand, or that I’m leaving a team shorthanded, or something similar. I wonder if most people feel that way or if maybe I just manag...

Patron Q&A 021: March 2023

Spring has sprung a bunch of your burning questions on us, and we respond with answers about landlord gaslighting, the '70s McDonald's aesthetic at home, good and bad Watchcast ideas, and extremely questionable uses for a Holodeck.

The Nextlander Podcast 094: Vampire Ex-Boyfriend

This week we spent a bunch of time time on islands, both vampire (Brad played Redfall) and tropical (we all played Tchia), Alex seems to genuinely like the new WWE game, we pay respects to Lance Reddick, Counter-Strike 2 is actually a real thing, Ubisoft dabbles in AI development tools, and more.CHA...

Weekly Ramblecast 093: BeatHippo: The Video

We delve into many things from our past this week, including old motion graphics, old charts and graphs, old music files and players, and other old stuff. Also, have you SEEN the prices on these baseball mitts?CHAPTERS(00:00:31) Spring may in fact have sprung(00:03:58) Is there anything Oracle doesn...

Weekly Ramblecast 093: BeatHippo

We delve into many things from our past this week, including old motion graphics, old charts and graphs, old music files and players, and other old stuff. Also, have you SEEN the prices on these baseball mitts?CHAPTERS(00:00:31) Spring may in fact have sprung(00:03:58) Is there anything Oracle doesn...