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Weekly Ramblecast 088: Febreze Your Febreze

Weekly Ramblecast 088: Febreze Your Febreze

The Super Bowl has come again, and brought with it rambling about Dave Grohl's love of Crown Royal, AMC's stratified movie seating, the all-time best halftime shows, the pungent aroma of dogs, strategies for clearing the air, a surprising amount of talk about hash, and plenty more.

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The Nextlander Watchcast 032: Demolition Man (1993)

The Nextlander Watchcast 032: Demolition Man (1993)

We're joined by Demolition Man superfan Tamoor Hussain as we introduce our man Bradley to Stallone and Snipes' '90s action classic, and do our best to try and finally settle the debate about what's up with the three seashells.

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Schedule for the Week of 2/13/2023

I’m slowly but surely making my way through that backlog of games with my completion of Forspoken this weekend! I’m sure I’ll have some things to say on this week’s podcast. Next up is gonna be Dead Space or Hi-Fi Rush, though for Hi-Fi I watched my son beat it so not in as big a hurry to...

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Never Been a Better Podcast 009: Just Like Thoreau Had

Never Been a Better Podcast 009: Just Like Thoreau Had

Abby Russell and Dan Ryckert join us to talk about eating food, eating not-food, and finding peace in the Internet Age.

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00:00:29 Don't Ask Me!

00:01:17 How's Metal Gear Solid doing?

00:02:22 What's going on with new space-themed Lego?

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The Nextlander Podcast 088: My Favorite USB Port

The Nextlander Podcast 088: My Favorite USB Port

This week we're mostly just into the hottest new pop culture, from John Carter to Ginuwine to 160GB iPods. Plus: more Hi-Fi Rush, Dead Space, Forspoken, and Hitman Freelancer, the Steam Next Fest, the Xbox 360 marketplace remains open (for now), Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom pricing, video games wi...

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Weekly Ramblecast 087: Separating Milkshake From Duck: The Video

Weekly Ramblecast 087: Separating Milkshake From Duck: The Video

This week, laptops are acting up and need to be acted upon, AI is dominating the conversation everywhere, we all watched a bunch of stuff (or at least held things that will soon be watched), aaaaand more.

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00:00:45 This laptop is cursed, cursed!

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Weekly Ramblecast 087: Separating Milkshake From Duck

Weekly Ramblecast 087: Separating Milkshake From Duck

This week, laptops are acting up and need to be acted upon, AI is dominating the conversation everywhere, we all watched a bunch of stuff (or at least held things that will soon be watched), aaaaand more.

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(00:00:45) This laptop is cursed, cursed!
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Schedule for the Week of 2/06/2023

I now officially have a true 2023 backlog of games to get through! This week we’ll be streaming more of Hitman’s Freelancer mode as Brad joins in on the action. Will we even come close to beating a campaign? Come join us to find out. We’ll also have a Grab Bag on Thursday and we’ll be ret...

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The Nextlander Watchcast 031: Virtuosity (1995)

The Nextlander Watchcast 031: Virtuosity (1995)

The theme for month of February is goofy '90s action/sci-fi, and we're kicking things off with quite possibly the goofiest entry of them all in 1995's cyber-killer-thriller Virtuosity!

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Monthly Planorama 021: February 2023: The Video

Monthly Planorama 021: February 2023: The Video

It's the shortest month, but apparently it still has plenty of games: February. But which ones are we interested in? A new Like a Dragon? A new Destiny expansion?? A new Kerbal Space Program??? A new Breakout 13??????? Listen on to find out!

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Monthly Planorama 021: February 2023

Monthly Planorama 021: February 2023

It's the shortest month, but apparently it still has plenty of games: February. But which ones are we interested in? A new Like a Dragon? A new Destiny expansion?? A new Kerbal Space Program??? A new Breakout 13??????? Listen on to find out!

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The Nextlander Podcast 087: The Trade Show That Wouldn't Die

The Nextlander Podcast 087: The Trade Show That Wouldn't Die

This week we're buried in games, games, games! Games such as Dead Space, Hi-Fi Rush, Hitman's Freelancer mode, GoldenEye, Season, and Like a Dragon: Ishin! Also: console no-shows at this year's rebooted E3, early indications of demand for PS VR2, release dates for Xbox games like Redfall and Mine...

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Weekly Ramblecast 086: Chicago Ted Is Still Out There: The Video

Weekly Ramblecast 086: Chicago Ted Is Still Out There: The Video

This week we fantasy-cast the Left 4 Dead TV series that needs to exist already, ponder the ominous feeling of too many birds all at once, dig through the endless output of Stephen King, try to figure out why people are weird about... well, everything, and more!

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Weekly Ramblecast 086: Chicago Ted Is Still Out There

Weekly Ramblecast 086: Chicago Ted Is Still Out There

This week we fantasy-cast the Left 4 Dead TV series that needs to exist already, ponder the ominous feeling of too many birds all at once, dig through the endless output of Stephen King, try to figure out why people are weird about... well, everything, and more!

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Watchcast Schedule for February 2023

Greetings, Nextlanders! January is in the books, which means it's time to let everyone know what we've got planned for the Watchcast in the month of February. As we have completed our trek through Star Trek's first season, we're gonna be taking a pause on TV show watching for a little wh...

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Schedule for the Week of 1/30/2023

Welcome to February! Well, close enough to February as I’m writing this. I’ve got a bunch of stuff I’m working through now including Dead Space, Forspoken, and Hi-Fi Rush. I’m about 10 hours into Forspoken at this point, and I still couldn’t tell you what is propelling me, aside from al...

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The Nextlander Watchcast 030: Star Trek: The Alternative Factor, The City on the Edge of Forever, and Operation -- Annihilate!

The Nextlander Watchcast 030: Star Trek: The Alternative Factor, The City on the Edge of Forever, and Operation -- Annihilate!

We've come to the conclusion of Star Trek's first season, and we're closing things out with a triple-header of The Alternative Factor, The City on the Edge of Forever, and Operation -- Annihilate!

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Patron Q&A 019: January 2023

Patron Q&A 019: January 2023

Our latest round of live questions with you on Discord includes such topics as ways to relax, or not, some of our favorite directors, video game characters we'd send to Congress, the best hamburger sides (that aren't fries), a lament for the printed word, and more.

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The Nextlander Podcast 086: The Inner Ear Is a Strange Place

The Nextlander Podcast 086: The Inner Ear Is a Strange Place

Did Brad choose 2023 to get into Subnautica VR? Yes. Did we check out that new SteamWorld Build demo? Yes. Do we have early-ish thoughts on Forspoken? Yes. Did we know what Hi-Fi Rush was when we recorded this? ...No. Can't win 'em all!

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Weekly Ramblecast 085: Mr. EDM's Thermostat: The Video

Weekly Ramblecast 085: Mr. EDM's Thermostat: The Video

It's hard to see past the vast climate conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of Alex's apartment building, but we also ramble this week about good German television, our favorite movie props, just a wee bit of history, and more.

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Weekly Ramblecast 085: Mr. EDM's Thermostat

Weekly Ramblecast 085: Mr. EDM's Thermostat

It's hard to see past the vast climate conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of Alex's apartment building, but we also ramble this week about good German television, our favorite movie props, just a wee bit of history, and more.

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The Nextlander Thursday Thank You: January 2023

Patrons who act in a decision-making capacity, your time is now! We'll be doing our monthly thank-you stream this Thursday, and you've got the next 36 hours or something to engage in your civic duty and tell us what we're gonna play, or in one case, watch. Vote early, vote ofte... wait, you can o...

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Schedule for the Week of 1/23/2023

This week we’ve got some heavy hitters coming our way with Forspoken, Dead Space, and the new Freelancer mode for Hitman. Some of those are releasing on Friday so we’re going to check them out on a Grab Bag stream. On Monday, I’m looking to jump into the early parts of Subnautica: Below Zer...

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The Nextlander Watchcast 029: Captain America (1990)

The Nextlander Watchcast 029: Captain America (1990)

We've seen the high water mark for pre-MCU Marvel filmmaking, so now it's time to jump into the low tide waters with the 1990 adaptation of Captain America. Finally, a movie worse than Predator 2!

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The Nextlander Podcast 085: The Year of Extraction

The Nextlander Podcast 085: The Year of Extraction

This week's podcast is packed with words about handheld adventures, console preferences, and games like Signalis, LizardSpock, and the hottest Microvanias. Also: Microsoft layoffs, a strike at Ubisoft, creeping PC hardware requirements, questionable Xbox storage solutions, haunted vehicles, and m...

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Weekly Ramblecast 084: What's the Harm in Petting? The Video

Weekly Ramblecast 084: What's the Harm in Petting? The Video

From an exhaustive rundown of TV detectives to bleeding-edge VHS capture techniques, the statute of limitations on pirate broadcast signal hijacking, and the latest installment of You Won't Believe What Came From Vinny's Garage, this week's ramble has something for everyone.

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Weekly Ramblecast 084: What's the Harm in Petting?

Weekly Ramblecast 084: What's the Harm in Petting?

From an exhaustive rundown of TV detectives to bleeding-edge VHS capture techniques, the statute of limitations on pirate broadcast signal hijacking, and the latest installment of You Won't Believe What Came From Vinny's Garage, this week's ramble has something for everyone.

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The Nextlander Watchcast 028: Star Trek: The Devil in the Dark and Errand of Mercy

The Nextlander Watchcast 028: Star Trek: The Devil in the Dark and Errand of Mercy

We're winding our way toward the conclusion of Star Trek's first season, and this week we're getting our first visit from some brand new lifeforms in The Devil in the Dark and Errand of Mercy!

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Schedule for the Week of 1/16/2023

Hello! Welcome back to the Nextlander party.

If you missed it, we’ve got our personal 2022 Top Ten lists up over on the Patreon, so be sure to check those out.

Alex’s 2022 Top Ten
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Vinny's Top 10 Games of 2022

First, thanks to everyone for reading this and supporting us over the last year. It may sound cliché or like well-worn territory, but there’s nothing certain about what we do here and the reason we’re able to continue is through your support. In 2022, games came out and games got delayed, bu...

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