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This week, some strange goings on with Vinny's upstairs bathroom, Brad's wild evening, Alex's secondhand celebrity stories, why being a mega-billionaire might be bad for your personality, and more!
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(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:01:22) The summer break routine
(00:04:34) The kitchen ceiling/shower incident
(00:11:35) Control your space
(00:15:50) ...
This week, some strange goings on with Vinny's upstairs bathroom, Brad's wild evening, Alex's secondhand celebrity stories, why being a mega-billionaire might be bad for your personality, and more!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:01:22) The summer break routine
(00:04:34) The kitchen ceiling/shower incident
(00:11:35) Control your space
(00:15:50) ...
We've had a lot of splits on the Watchcast recently where we end up with a great Star Trek episode and a not-so-great Star Trek episode on the same podcast, but the gulf between great and not-so-great has never been greater than it is this week as we tackle The Omega Glory and The Ultimate Computer!
We’re saying goodbye to August soon and to me that means getting the kids ready for school and getting myself back on a more regular schedule. Nextlander’s schedule though, well that’s a thing of beauty! This week, Will joins us for more Abiotic Factor as we continue to make progress with our base and through various portals. On Tuesday, Abby will be joining Alex and me for some (TBD as o...
2025-08-25 19:24:36 +0000 UTC View Post
For our fiftieth (!) live Q&A, we got into serving on the jury in Sony vs. Tencent, predicting when Brad will get a Switch 2, deciding which of our past material we'd release on Blu-ray, collecting international currencies and Civil War artifacts, and other stuff!
2025-08-21 23:05:09 +0000 UTC View Post
This week: New video games! Sword of the Sea, Is This Seat Taken?, and yes, the annual Madden check-in. In the news, PS5 price increases in the US, Halo on a PlayStation (sort of), a Gamescom wrap-up including Road Kings, WH40K: Dawn of War IV, and uh, Bubsy 4D, and lastly... maybe Hollow Knight Silksong is getting a release date. Or maybe it's just out now?
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<... 2025-08-21 00:05:15 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a big ol' TV and movie week around here, as we dig into everything from Vinny's voyage into Law & Order to The Pitt, big-name TV producers, the wild staying power of Grey's Anatomy, the new Superman movie and the DC Gunn-iverse, Vought Rising, and more.
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(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:48) Vinny had never seen Law & Order
(00:07:02) What's...
It's a big ol' TV and movie week around here, as we dig into everything from Vinny's voyage into Law & Order to The Pitt, big-name TV pr
It's a big ol' TV and movie week around here, as we dig into everything from Vinny's voyage into Law & Order to The Pitt, big-name TV producers, the wild staying power of Grey's Anatomy, the new Superman movie and the DC Gunn-iverse, Vought Risin...
2025-08-19 20:35:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Never tell me the numbers! Well, if you're Mike. If you're Vinny the numbers might be better than the actual results... kind of a tossup really.
2025-08-19 12:46:53 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on the Watchcast the Star Trek crew pays a visit to a Nazi planet in Patterns of Force, and teaches some Andromedan aliens how to hold their liquor in By Any Other Name!
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(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 148: Star Trek: Patterns of Force...
2025-08-18 23:08:41 +0000 UTC View PostThere’s an interesting thing with the remodel going on in my basement where I really just don’t care much about the color of the floors, the walls, the light fixtures but I really care what gauge wire is in the wall, what size conduit the data cables are in, or very specific thoughts on the sump setup. I feel like our contractor is used to people getting very worked up over tile and not so ...
2025-08-18 18:59:52 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we get extra retro with Gradius Origins, Operation Night Strikers, The Scouring, and (in a way) Mafia: The Old Country. Also: pressure builds inside Xbox against Microsoft's support of Israel's actions in Gaza, Switch 2 dev kits are still pretty scarce, more game cancellations and studio closures continue to be a fact of life, and more.
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2025-08-14 00:45:46 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, among other things, Brad throws out a whole refrigerator's worth of food, Alex goes deeper than ever on open source rhythm games, and Vinny debates the existence of aliens... and opens the bucket.
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(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:42) Vinny's family argument
(00:06:22) They opened the bucket
(00:08:29) Ghosts and property lines and zoning ...
This week, among other things, Brad throws out a whole refrigerator's worth of food, Alex goes deeper than ever on open source rhythm games, and Vinny debates the existence of aliens... and opens the bucket.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:42) Vinny's family argument
(00:06:22) They opened the bucket
(00:08:29) Ghosts and property lines and zoning ...
We're in the home stretch of Star Trek's second season, and on deck we have the extraordinarily blunt Vietnam War parable A Private Little War, and the body swapping saga of Return to Tomorrow!
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(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 147: A Private Little War and...
2025-08-11 22:47:43 +0000 UTC View PostWell, between running around getting tile, flooring, and everything else I need for our basement remodel I saw credits (twice) in Donkey Kong Bananza! I think I had more fun in the epilogue than in the main game, which is not a knock against it but it seems they saved some of the more interesting challenges for the post-game. I’ll be booting up Mafia this week to chat about on the podcast, so...
2025-08-11 19:03:56 +0000 UTC View Post
August's release calendar looks like it might make up in quality what it lacks in quantity, with Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Sword of the Sea, the MGS3 remake, Gradius Origins, Mafia: The Old Country, Gears of War: Reloaded, and a few other interesting-looking things rounding out the slate. Listen in as we plan through all of it!
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(00:00:05) Intro
(00:...
2025-08-07 16:05:11 +0000 UTC View Post
August's release calendar looks like it might make up in quality what it lacks in quantity, with Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Sword of the Sea, the MGS3 remake, Gradius Origins, Mafia: The Old Country, Gears of War: Reloaded, and a few other interesting-looking things rounding out the slate. Listen in as we plan through all of it!
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(00:00:05) Intro
(00:...
2025-08-07 16:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Alex dips back into the FGC tournament scene and then mixes it up with Ninja Gaiden Ragebound, Vinny takes the long EV trip and finishes DK Bananza, and Brad mixes it up arcade-style with Rhythm Storm and Earthion. Plus, the Switch is getting pricier in the US, BioShock 4 might be troubled, itch.io begins to address its recent content purg...
2025-08-07 00:53:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Roughly 90 percent of this podcast is Brad sifting through a big bin of old GameSpot and Giant Bomb-era memorabilia while we all discuss and reminisce, so hopefully everyone is feeling good and nostalgic this week!
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(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:18) Jerseyquake!
(00:08:04) Hope y'all like nostalgia about the Giant Bomb and GameSpot days
(00:11:41)...
Roughly 90 percent of this podcast is Brad sifting through a big bin of old GameSpot and Giant Bomb-era memorabilia while we all discuss and reminisce, so hopefully everyone is feeling good and nostalgic this week! (Video version of this one recommended.)
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(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:18) Jerseyquake!
(00:08:04) Hope y'all like nostalgia about the G...
It's gangsters and space amoebas for this week's Star Trek Watchcast, as the crew beams down to Chicago II to meet with President Capone in A Piece of the Action, and the ship falls helplessly into an energy draining void in The Immunity Syndrome!
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(00:00:00) - The Next...
2025-08-04 22:25:27 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s been a packed week at home as we lurch into August. Construction continues in our basement, we made our first trip using the EV, and for the first time in a few weeks all the family (and the dog) are back home together! I’ve been playing a bunch of Grounded 2 with my son and daughter and I’ve also been trying to finish up Donkey Kong, which I think gets better and better as I close i...
2025-08-04 18:57:15 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for all the lovers of animals to come together and rejoice! Hear about woodpeckers, cats, and even voles as we explore nature and even the nature of nature!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:06) Intro
(00:02:32) Absorbing GB was the only way Bakalar could work there
(00:03:27) What is happening in Ryckert's World?
(00:03:41) Got a vole in the hole
(...
2025-08-03 22:28:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Video games! We talk about some this week, like Ninja Gaiden Ragebound, Wheel World, Grounded 2, Wildgate, and more DK Bananza, plus news like the purging of adult games from Steam and itch.io, Sony's lawsuit against Tencent's Horizon clone, Atari's acquisition of Thunderful, and the momentous and long-overdue return of Mario Paint to a mo...
2025-07-31 00:19:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we unpack the past week's passings of numerous pop-culture icons, including Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Ozzy Osbourne, Tom Lehrer, and yes, Hulk Hogan, talk about how Jake the snake is doing, track Vinny's electric vehicle quest, and more.
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(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:01:10) We should buy a compound
(00:02:13) Malcolm-Jamal Warner
(00:03:56) Oz...
This week we unpack the past week's passings of numerous pop-culture icons, including Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Ozzy Osbourne, Tom Lehrer, and yes, Hulk Hogan, talk about how Jake the snake is doing, track Vinny's electric vehicle quest, and more.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:01:10) We should buy a compound
(00:02:13) Malcolm-Jamal Warner
(00:03:56) Oz...
We're back and while Khorne is carving a path and burning all it encounters, Mike's zombie-pirate horde continues to terrorize the coastline!
2025-07-29 22:31:52 +0000 UTC View PostWe thought we'd get a little crazy this month with the patron's choice stream, you know, change things up a bit, and so we're doing the traditionally Friday-oriented stream... on Thursday. It'll be totally different!
That's Thursday July 31st, for the record, which means you've got a scant 36 hours or so to register your vote for one of the below choices. Make sure to click or tap one of ...
2025-07-29 19:15:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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