Friday is finally here, and with it comes our final big anniversary announcement: MERCH.
That's right, we're finally making stuff that you can buy. Our initial run will be Nextlander logo t-shirts in a few different colors, a dad hat featuring our rocketship logo, and a coffee mug fea...
2022-05-30 15:29:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Questions! And answers! About: Vinny's mad scientist aspirations, a stack ranking of cookies, what powers we'd give if Kirby ate us, our favorite defunct social networks (RIP MySpace), the jobs we're applying for at the Federal Bureau of Control, enemy mechanics that drive us nuts, and more.
2022-05-26 20:58:44 +0000 UTC View Post
In the wake of the nation's tragic events, we do our best this week to put on blinder and discuss some games like MultiVersus, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Vampire Survivors, and Dolmen, plus the weekly news including EA acquisition rumors, unionization at Raven Software, Norman Reedus and a new Death...
2022-05-25 22:03:22 +0000 UTC View PostLightning round! You have twenty-four (24) hours to vote on this month's thank-you stream, and the following three (3) choices upon which to vote. I don't want to bias the results or anything, but I know which one I'd choose. I bet you don't even know who's writing this!
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2022-05-25 13:09:18 +0000 UTC View Post
A three-year-old's birthday is the jumping-off point this week for all kinds of chatter about buying birthday gifts, the state of retail action figures, the rich history of the toot cushion, formative controller experiences, Ninja Turtle cinema, the upcoming Obi-Wan TV series, and more!
We’ve got some picks on our release calendar that we’re curious about, including that MultiVersus game and I’ve heard interesting things about V Rising, so might check that out. We’re going to look at MultiVersus on the New Releases stream, and talk more about it on the podcast this week,...
2022-05-23 19:06:15 +0000 UTC View Post
This week: startling airport drop boxes, Alex's adventures in high-tech VCRs, the eternal greatness of Lumines (but maybe not the Switch), games like Dune: Spice Wars, Gibbon: Beyond the Trees, and Warhammer 40k except XCOM, the PS Plus subscription lineup, Jim Ryan's bizarre missteps on reproduc...
2022-05-19 00:32:21 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's ramble careens to and fro, between topics like the many (many) knockoff films of The Asylum, the new Kids in the Hall, debating eras of Saturday Night Live, Vinny's radio adventures in the park, the ongoing menace of sunspots, what to do when your neighbor's tree is dead (and leaning)...
2022-05-17 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis week we’re scooping up some games you may or may not have even known about! I love surprises, sometimes. Mostly, I like to know what’s going to happen, so really I guess I don’t LOVE surprises. Anyway, We’ll be looking at the Centennial Case, which is a new FMV game, on Monday and th...
2022-05-16 18:48:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Momentous news is breaking this week, such as the leak of Duke Nukem Forever 2001, the end of the EA/FIFA partnership, and Reggie Fils-Aime's shocking feelings about Donkey Konga, plus we dig into some new indies like Citizen Sleeper, Salt and Sacrifice, and Trek to Yomi, discuss such heady topic...
2022-05-11 22:07:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Topics rambled upon this week include: what we'd do for eternal life, the shocking musculature of J.K. Simmons, a truly mysterious yet high quality Shrek appearance, excitement for the return of The Boys, American Gladiators new and old, the actors who can do it all, and more!
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2022-05-10 22:08:30 +0000 UTC View PostGames? Games. I see Trek to Yomi, Citizen Sleeper, a Warhammer game, even an Evil Dead game! We’ll be getting to some of those this week, possibly more of them next week! We’ve got our new releases stream on Monday, Alex-y Quest on Thursday, and our Friday Fun Stream on… well, Friday! Of co...
2022-05-09 18:34:52 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Planorama we decide to make Nextlander the Internet's #1 resource for coverage of Dolmen. But before we go all Dolmen, all the time, we also ponder some of May's other notable games, like Trek to Yomi, Salt and Sacrifice, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, and uh, Kao the Kangaroo. Listen in as we p...
2022-05-06 16:06:50 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Planorama we decide to make Nextlander the Internet's #1 resource for coverage of Dolmen. But before we go all Dolmen, all the time, we also ponder some of May's other notable games, like Trek to Yomi, Salt and Sacrifice, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, and uh, Kao the Kangaroo. Listen in as we p...
2022-05-06 16:02:43 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, an accounting of Vinny's favorite knots, our personal necktie policies, something about American Gladiators, the Embracing of Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal, speculation about what will show up at the Xbox/Bethesda not-E3 showcase, games including Knotwords, Nintendo Switch Sports...
2022-05-05 00:24:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Another ramble is here, this time with chatter about the joy of working at the roller rink, the rise and fall of Blockbuster Video, Sam Raimi's return to Marvel movies, measuring the Hulk's... hulkiness, what it's like working on set with Vin Diesel, and more!
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2022-05-02 17:53:37 +0000 UTC View Post
This month's Q&A features an extensive conversation with a private citizen who bought and is now living in a high school. There are plenty of other questions too, but we're pretty sure we know what the main draw is here.
2022-04-28 21:56:37 +0000 UTC View Post
We're in and out of early access this week with a bunch of new releases including Teardown, Rogue Legacy 2, Mythforce, and The Iron Oath, plus: Blizzard's Diablo Immortal about-face, cars with legs, PlayStation nukes, a comprehensive look at video game movie box office history, and more...
2022-04-27 23:21:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Our friend Pat Baer emerges from the baer cave to talk to us about exactly three things: anime, model-building, and D&D. Actually there's also talk of PAX, giant robots, a ranking of cat girls, and more, but you get the picture!
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It's that time again: time for you, the patron, to boss us around on a Friday! We have three piping hot new suggestions for our monthly thank-you stream, and you have till Thursday to weigh in on what we'll be playing. Will it be questionable Sega games? Wanton destruction? Physical fitness? The ...
2022-04-25 20:55:10 +0000 UTC View PostAnd… there goes April folks! Turns out, for me, it was a lot of March games like Horizon, Tunic, and Norco but we’ve still got some upcoming releases like Rogue Legacy 2, that Bugsnax DLC, and Nintendo Switch Sports. I currently don’t have too much flagged for May but things always change. ...
2022-04-25 16:27:31 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we turn the crank of Panic's Playdate, finish up Norco, try the PC port of Glover on for size, marvel at the idea of a Crazy Taxi SUPER GAME, speculate about a Streets of Rage movie and a third Portal (and the whereabouts of Erik Wolpaw), and more!
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2022-04-20 23:30:19 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, Vinny erected a 30-foot antenna in the back yard, Alex thought deeply about the oeuvre of Nicolas Coppol... sorry, Cage, Brad's got a local sun and a fridge full of asparagus, and now we're all here and ready to ramble!
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Greetings, Nextlanders! It is once again I, Alex, filling in for Vinny while he handles some behind-the-scenes stuff this morning. I promise you I can give you just as accurate a schedule as he can. And without further ado, here's that sched!
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Vinny’s back home and ready to talk about time spent on the infernal bunny slope, our ongoing time with Tunic, Elden Ring, Norco and more, the Max Payne remake(s), Sony’s billion-dollar Epic investment, a fourth (?!) Kingdom Hearts, and Randy Pitchford’s magical real estate moves.
With Vinny off exploring the wilds of planet Earth, our friend Mary Kish stops by to ramble with us about all sorts of whatever, including her recent trip to NYC with the Fire Escape crew, ways to maximize the Ballmer Peak, forbidden animal streams, home ownership in Portland, and more!
Greetings, Nextlanders! It is I, Alex! Where is Vinny, you might be angrily asking? He's out for the first couple of days this week taking a much-deserved break, but fret not! Brad and I are still here and we've got some guests lined up while he's gone. So without further ado, here's all the cont...
2022-04-11 16:13:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Now that releases are slowing down, we’re taking a look at some smaller games this week like the Tribeca-winning Norco, Moss: Book II, and the Kaycee’s Mod add-on for Inscryption, plus the no-really-for-real death of E3, the return of Return to Monkey Island, MODOK thoughts, feet in VR headse...
2022-04-06 22:20:18 +0000 UTC View Post
The sneezy season is upon us (we must be staring at the sun too much lately), and we're off to the races and rambling about allergy meds, weird time signatures and the upcoming recording sessions for Alex's band, obsessive research for cheap products, the neverending curse of Daylight Savings Tim...
2022-04-05 21:19:18 +0000 UTC View Post