We're kicking off the new year the only way we know how: by rambling about everything from the fondue in Vinny's basement to Brad's latest Internet rabbit hole (you won't believe these Lord of the Rings restorations!), video bitrates, Velocity Girl's retirement plan, some philosophical p...
2022-01-05 00:02:38 +0000 UTC View PostYou may be wondering, how in the world is Nextlander running a poll in 2022 for a monthly stream from 2021? The simple answer is that your support has allowed us to develop time travel technology--and it's also allowed us to offer you the below choices as we approach this Friday's thank-...
2022-01-04 22:01:13 +0000 UTC View PostAndddddd we’re back! Hello 2022! A whole new year stretches out in front of us so let’s fill it up with some fantastic Nextlander nonsense. Hope everyone is ready for 2022 because it’s already moving. I’ve got a bunch of messages, emails, and planning to catch up on and it’s been like t...
2022-01-03 19:55:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Our chill and agreeable consideration of 2021's best games continues in video form once again this week (and may or may not conclude), with categories like Best Music, Best Time Loop, the "I Wish I Liked It More" award, the games with the most positive zeal for life, and more!
2021-12-29 20:53:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Our chill and agreeable consideration of 2021's best games continues this week (and may or may not conclude), with categories like Best Music, Best Time Loop, the "I Wish I Liked It More" award, the games with the most positive zeal for life, and more!
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2021-12-29 20:52:22 +0000 UTC View Post
The gap between Christmas and New Years has given us some time to ponder: How much wine and hot sauce does one person need? Laundering money or just buying a bunch of gift cards? Is the world ready for the return of Clippit "Clippy" Paperclip? Listen on and find out!
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Our last Patron Q&A of the year finds us fielding questions about Xtreme Butt Battles, a ranking of hot sauces, Brad's favorite delicious(ly unhealth) Southern holiday snacks, how to teach older gamers the ways of dual analog, current game design trends that have overstayed their welcome, wha...
2021-12-23 22:28:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks, we decided to try recording a video version of this week's podcast, both to experiment a little and also give a visual component to the GOTY discussion as we go through the year's games. Of course the audio version will also go out on the relevant feeds as usual if you prefer to e...
2021-12-23 01:52:44 +0000 UTC View Post
It's GOTY (pronounced GOAT-Y) time, y'all! We kick things off for 2021 by taking you through all of our personal games of the year from 2011 to 2020, and then we tackle our first handful of categories, including Best Looking Game, and Best Hitman 3 map!
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2021-12-23 01:48:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Well folks, the holidays are here, and what better time for an extra real episode about the state of American healthcare and the new Omicron surge, the ever-growing dominance of Amazon, Brad's quest for a manual transmission, an intro for Vinny's new spider friend, and more. Our most cheerful ram...
2021-12-22 00:13:10 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s our last week before we break for the holidays, though we’ll still have the Podcast and Ramblecast next week! We’re going to get into some Binary Domain and Guardians of the Galaxy to see how much progress we can make before the end of the year. I will probably finish up Guardians on m...
2021-12-20 19:48:00 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings, Nextlanders! Sorry for the missed recap post last week. Previous weekend got all the way away from me, but I'm holed up at home this weekend and got nothing to do but catch up on video games, and catch you up on all the Nextlander content you might've missed over the last week. 2021-12-18 18:45:52 +0000 UTC View Post
In the wake of the Game Awards, this week we run through a list of our favorite reveals like Arc Raiders, Thirsty Suitors, Rumbleverse (?), Slitterhead (??), and Alan Wake II (???), then get into early impressions of THE GUNK, more of our time with Halo Infinite, that Matrix/Unreal Engine 5 tech ...
2021-12-15 23:11:18 +0000 UTC View Post
It turns out there's just never a shortage of things to ramble about, this week including the delicate handling of an ongoing stinkbug infestation, Alex's most uplifting drumming experience, some more Matrix thoughts in advance of the new movie, why Ringo might just be the secret best Beatle, and...
2021-12-14 21:13:59 +0000 UTC View PostHello and welcome back! If you’re out there playing Halo Infinite I’m with you and we’re going to chat about it on this week’s podcast. We’ll also be returning to Binary Domain and Guardians of the Galaxy. On Thursday, Alex and I were thinking about trying to grab something from the bac...
2021-12-13 18:08:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Halo Infinite is no longer delayed! Now it's released, and we grapple our way through the first few hours, plus some questing (and whispering) in space with Chorus, Sony's rumored Game Pass competitor, the Battlefield/Respawn shakeup, Vinny's adventure with home COVID tests, Ubisoft's alarmingly ...
2021-12-09 00:41:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Many important questions arise in the course of this ramble: Should we drop anchor in the Mariana Trench? How does one get a pile of circuit boards and wires through airport security? What absurd lengths did Brad go to just to get Halo Infinite to boot? What takes place in the magical land of Ron...
2021-12-07 20:19:30 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to this wonderful week! There’s Halo Infinite coming soon and we’ll be chatting about it on the podcast and we’ve also recorded a video that will go up around its launch on Wednesday so check that out! Brad is out of town, so Alex and I are going to be streaming this week. Some new ...
2021-12-06 18:41:36 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Sunday, everyone! Hope you're having yourselves a solid weekend. If by any chance you were hoping to spend the rest of your day catching up on the Nextlander content you missed last week, then boy howdy, do I ever have a post for you!
2021-12-05 18:13:58 +0000 UTC
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We've entered the December doldrums, but there's no need to fret! We've got Solar Ash to talk about, alongside the 1.0 release of Fights in Tight Spaces and a little more on Guardians of the Galaxy. Plus, all the news you can use, and probably then some!
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2021-12-02 00:15:05 +0000 UTC View Post
December, as is tradition, is looking like a light release month, but we've still got some heavy hitters to look at in Fights in Tight Spaces, Solar Ash, and The Gunk. Oh, and something called Halo, if you're into that sort of thing.
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Alex has returned from his jaunt to the West Coast, and we're all back in front of the mic to chat about our holidays, various bird preparations, 2021 travel strategies, '80s computer movies, and newly acquired ride cymbals.
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We'll keep this one short and sweet -- this month we're taking the highly unorthodox step of doing our monthly Friday thank-you stream on a Thursday. But the choice remains yours! Below are some options for us to stream while we display your names in lights in a fabulous video format. Ma...
2021-11-30 21:30:10 +0000 UTC View PostDecember is right around the corner and while we have some folks traveling we’ve also got some games getting their last chance to get out there before the end of the year. We’re kicking off the week with The Eternal Cylinder and later in the week we’ll have a Patron Choice stream. This Frid...
2021-11-29 18:24:39 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings, Nextlanders! If you are in the US, I hope you've been having yourself a good holiday weekend, and if you aren't, I hope you are about to have yourself a good normal weekend! You may have noticed that I didn't post one of these last week. I would have, but the Guardians video Vinny and ...
2021-11-26 20:05:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we're feeling thankful for many and varied kinds of bird flesh, the interstellar skateboarding of Exo One, building real rockets to conquer fake YouTube in Next Space Rebels, more Halo Infinite multiplayer, a quick recap of our year so far in games and some loose GOTY planning, the Harm...
2021-11-24 17:13:22 +0000 UTC View Post
The holidays are upon us, which means house guests, which means Vinny's doing the deepest of deep cleans. Herein we get down and dirty with house-cleansing strategies, along with brief digressions into framing old iPhones, the bygone era of boozy fruitcakes, the lengthy oeuvre of Kevin Costner, t...
2021-11-23 22:19:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Somehow the holidays are already bearing down on us, and that means it's time for this month's Q&A session with you! Topics covered include egg nog strategies, home office upgrades, Vinny setting fire to his Transformers collection, and some Nextlander biz Qs about Game of the Year content, w...
2021-11-23 00:21:10 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s Thanksgiving week here in the States so we’ll be trying to cram in as much as possible before we take a couple of days off. We’ve got our Discord Q&A, Brad back in RE7, The Ramblecast, The Podcast, and some scrapping in Scrap Mechanic! We’ll be recording the podcast on Tues...
2021-11-22 17:20:33 +0000 UTC View Post
New releases from Halo, Battlefield, and Grand Theft Auto have us feeling a bit like it's 2002 this week, the latest revelations about Activision misconduct might just spell the end for Bobby Kotick, Panic's Playdate is delayed by the battery gremlins, Xbox has over 70 new back-compat games...
2021-11-18 01:35:02 +0000 UTC View Post