Longtime friends and games media colleagues Vinny Caravella, Brad Shoemaker, and Alex Navarro share their combined decades of knowledge, expertise, and passion for games with weekly discussions about what they're playing, what's happening in the industry, and whatever else they're up to.
It's time to podcast about video games and the people who love them once again, this week touching on more time with Control Resonant, End of Abyss, and playing American Truck Simulator in (gasp) something other than a truck. Also, Xbox swears Xbox isn't for sale, more Last of Us may be coming in some form, we unpack the essential qualities of a good Metroidvania, and more. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.…
Seems it's never a dull week in video games these days, as Xbox initiates a big reorganization (Activision's Halo? Obsidian at Bethesda?) with yet more layoffs, Bungie resurrects Destiny 2 after only three months, Control Resonant is finally here, and of course, the news nobody else will bring you: there's a new release of Sin. Join us as we talk about all of it! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10)…
PlayStation dropped Kojima Productions' Physint... and Xbox picked it up. Nintendo showed the Ocarina of Time remake, and then went and announced a new 2D Metroid. Blizzard revealed a StarCraft shooter for 2030, Diablo V for 2029, and a forever version of World of Warcraft. Insomniac's Wolverine came out. Obviously this is a lot to talk about, and we do our best with all of it on this week's show! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers.…
There's no regular podcast this week, so please enjoy this throwback NBABP episode, in which Dan Ryckert, Austin Walker, Jeff Bakalar, and Abby Russell all join us to talk about taking care of your mouth, memory vs reality, and breaking into TikTok! CHAPTERS (00:01:09) Intro (00:02:51) "I'm happy with myself" (00:03:31) How's it going Bakalar? (00:04:17) Memories from Bakalar's previous birthday party (00:10:20) Dan escalates the situation (00:14:44) Things continue to escalate... (00:15:55) How much would it cost for Dan to stop watching wrestling? (00:18:09) What's up with Austin?…
Other podcasts talk about Grand Theft Auto VI, but we bring in Video Games Chronicle's Jordan Middler to talk about Metal Gear Solid 6 (and also GTA 6). And also Onimusha: Way of the Sword, The Blood of Dawnwalker, annualized Silent Hill, the furloughing of the Star Wars Zero Company team, and the lunacy of 96-course, eight-player Mario Kart on a single TV. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Start of show (00:02:17) Pokemon XP and World Championships (00:10:45) Stacking up the game reviews (00:12:40) The Blood of Dawnwalker | [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5] | Sep 3, 2026 (00:37:18)…
Our new-game slate is full up with Star Wars Zero Company and Blood Dungeon this week, plus updates on Big Walk, Marvel Snap, and... Elite Dangerous? In the news, we round up notables from the Gamescom Opening Night Live show, get excited about a new Amnesia Fortnight, and consider Tim Curry's impressive career in games (and otherwise). Plus, the Exit 8 expanded universe, too many cookbooks, cool video game company logos, and more. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if…
Our esteem for Big Walk gets bigger this week, we run through a block of older roguelikes including Noita, Slay the Spire, Darkest Dungeon, and, uh, Quake, Sony still doesn't know when the PS6 is coming out, Warren Spector's august career is coming to a close, there are levels of sleepmaxxing we didn't even know about, the rules around Kiwi weed (Kiwiid?) are pretty strict, and more. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for…
Fighting games new and old feature heavily this week, from Marvel Tokon to printed Mortal Kombat II FAQs and Street Fighter II Turbo tournaments (and lots of other stuff from California Extreme). There's also plenty of other new games like Iron Nest, Agent 64, and The Incident at Galley House, plus the GTA 6/Netflix thing, Devolver yanking itself out of the stock market, the words "Psi-Ops 2" and plenty more. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to…
This week we embark on a Big Walk, spend some quality handheld time with the Switch 2, finish Heave Ho 2 and Road to Empress II, ponder news like the closing of the deal taking EA private (and what seems like pending layoffs), some gaming-on-Linux updates, and Dave Bautista's growing go-to status for video game television, run through the shockingly small catalog of AO-rated games, and more. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers.…
For one more week Vinny and Alex are holding it down as a duo talking further adventures in introducing children to horror (films), what kinds of garbage movies you can find in lavish high definition presentations these days, and what it truly means to be supported by Truck-kun. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) | Intro (00:01:56) | Following up on watching Backrooms with kids (00:07:19) | The…
Vinny and Alex are rolling duos this week as they discuss their preferred methods of engaging with arcade ROMs, Desktop Explorer, Beatdown City Survivors, and the dodgy work and even dodgier opinions of a certain washed up action star. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:02:09) MAME vs MiSTer (00:12:04) Bootleg Rhythm Songs (00:18:33) The Boyz and Paul Reiser (No Spoilers) (00:22:05)…
For this week's show we're joined by Remap Radio's Patrick Klepek to discuss D-Topia, Denshattack!, the latest on Xbox's rapid downsizing, and the singular experience of bringing your kid to their first R-rated movie. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:09) Intro (00:00:46) What's new with Patrick Klepek (00:01:06) The Backrooms and a kid's first R-rated movie (00:07:16) What is influencing this…
We're joined by friend of the pod Lex Luddy to break down the avalanche of grim Xbox news, the fraught state of digital ownership, and a couple of old video games made new again in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced and Star Fox. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) | Intro (00:05:21) | Xbox Games Begins Major Restructuring (00:59:11) | First Break (01:04:34) | PlayStation is dumping physical discs…
While we're out this week we'd like to share this NBBP gem featuring Dan Ryckert and Abby Russell from a simpler time! CHAPTERS (00:01:15) Intro (00:01:56) Dan explains the labelling of Johnny Walkers (00:03:51) Hopefully, you can find this shot in the show notes on Patreon (00:05:49) Dan is very upset about his driveway lights (00:08:31) Traveling with pets by air or by foot (00:12:19) Guessing your age by where you used to be able to smoke (00:15:31) The "No Eating Cigarettes" section (00:21:46) The state of John Wick (00:23:14) Puss and Boots (00:24:36) First Break (00:24:38) Kids and…
Brad is still out on personal leave, but his podcasting cohort Will Smith is here to chat with Vinny and Alex about the Steam Machine, GTA's discless future, and a variety of video games and demos. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:00:31) Will Smith is here to set us right (00:02:29) This is the year of Linux... for real this time! (00:09:35) Celebrating the end of Middle School…
Brad unfortunately had to duck out for this week's show, but Vinny and Alex keep the conversation going with more Summer Game Fest updates, ample discussion on Microsoft and the larger industry's current fortunes, and even a bit of speculation on what our level of survivability would be when pitted up against any X-Man, but mostly one X-Man in particular. The one with knives in his hands. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks…
Alex is back from Los Angeles to talk about the games he saw at Summer Game Fest like Control Resonant, Resident Evil Veronica, Silent Hill: Townfall, Onimusha, and many others, plus we note a bunch of the notables from the week's events, including FF7: Revelation, Persona 6, the Ocarina of Time remake, scads of cool indies, Doom Guy's questionable helmet removal, and plenty more. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for…
With the summer games season beginning, this week we cover State of Play items like God of War: Laufey, Until Dawn 2, and the Wolverine demo, plus the Fable delay, 007 First Light, Mina the Hollower, the whole shebang about Directive 8020 (plus some loose Dark Pictures ranking), and the most important news of the week: StarCraft II PTR update 5.0.16. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro…
This week: Lego Batman, Yerba Buena, TerraTech Legion, the Steam Deck price increase, lamenting the end of Destiny, Unreal Engine 6, our early PC-building memories, and other stuff! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:02:54) Vinny's ready for the next career move. Well, maybe not. (00:11:08) Vintage mice and remembering cleaning them (00:15:12) "Jack of All Trades" redemption (00:16:50)…
This week's show gets loose as we discuss the latest, greatest games, such as TerraTech Legion, Call of the Elder Gods, and, uh, Candy Box, plus Sony's retreat from PC releases, Embracer attempting to correctly leverage Red Faction and Deus Ex, how to display your childhood consoles, what to do when a skunk-laden dog breaches the house, and more. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:01:00)…
Between the Star Fox 64 remake and Mixtape, there's a lot of hot button issues to talk about this week, plus more games like Directive 8020, Call of the Sea, Saros, and Forbidden Solitaire, even more Retro Rewind customizations, big retirements at Nintendo, big changes for Civ VII, strange encounters on Vinny's doorstep, and more! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:02:48) They pulled Alex…
The April downpour of games continues into May as we dig into Forbidden Solitaire, Windrose, and Dead as Disco, plus more Saros and Retro Rewind (and one last time with Pragmata). Also, is there going to be a new Mortal Kombat? How many Street Fighter tattoos are there in the world? Reggie Fils-Aime said what about Amazon? How do you hide a secret track on a record? These questions and many more, pondered! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid…
On the historic 246th episode of this podcast, we dig into the space madness of Saros, the match-three madness of Titanium Court, and the madness madness of Ultimate Drummer (plus the end of Pragmata). Also, Microsoft Gaming's... sorry, Xbox's new-ish direction, the AC: Black Flag remake, which developers' names have the best mouthfeel, what to do when your Legos get peed on, and more. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for…
It's a video game podcast! Featuring such video games as Pragmata, Vampire Crawlers, Last Flag, Mouse: P.I. For Hire, and Tomodachi Life: Living the dream! Also featuring video game news like a cheaper and maybe soon a la carte Game Pass, and a (sort of) new Neo Geo! Also also, featuring a lot of talk about Olive Garden for some reason! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:09:31) Pragmata |…
Many beautiful video games are blooming along with the Spring flowers this month, including Pragmata, Final Sentence, Dosa Divas, and Replaced, all of which we play and discuss! In the news, Epic's Disney's extraction shooter, pricing changes (maybe) coming to Game Pass, a Bloodborne movie is on the way, and more. Plus, your emails! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:11:53) Pragmata |…
Brad's back to talk about the lumpy ending of Resident Evil Requiem and the future of the RE series, nostalgic Retro Rewind modding, State of Decay 3's recent proof-of-life moves, the passing of Double Dragon's creator, defunct studios and publishers we miss, and a bunch more! (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:09:27) Resident Evil Requiem | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S,…
Brad's on the mend this week, so Giant Bomb's in-house counsel Jeff Bakalar is filling the rotating chair this week as we discuss PAX East, recent video game releases, and the gambling industry's ongoing contribution to the degeneration of society. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) | NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) | Intro (00:01:29) | Welcome back Jeff Bakalar (00:09:54) | What a fun PAX East this year (00:15:13) | Oh, you want…
Start Menu's Lex Luddy drops by to chop it up with us about Pokemon Pokopia, the "joy" of reviewing Crimson Desert, the actual joy of RE Requiem with unlimited ammo, the state of Marathon's Cryo Archives and late game, some more unfortunate industry-downturn news, another installment in the great FMV game debate, and more! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:00:41) Welcome back Lex!…
We're out this week, so the Nextlander Podcast will return in its normal slot next week, but for now we bring you another NBABP classic, in which Jeff Bakalar and Austin Walker join us to talk about the funny pages, technology running amok, and electronic drum kits? CHAPTERS (00:01:07) Intro (00:02:31) Sah-caucus vs Sea-caucus (00:03:21) All the good podcast memories are Beastcast related (00:05:56) The internal politics of carving out studio spaces (00:08:14) "I'm a human and I don't work there anymore" (00:23:56) First Break (00:24:05) Do we live in Cyberpunk Version 3.0? (00:27:14) Why do…
It's a very full show this week, with discussion of Marathon, late-game Resident Evil Requiem, WWE 2K26, and Esoteric Ebb, plus chatter in the news about Microsoft's Project Helix, PlayStation surge pricing, Nagoshi Studio's loss of funding for Gang of Dragon, and the final round of Mario Galaxy movie casting, plus another stack of FMV emails and more! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro…
About The Nextlander Podcast
Longtime friends and games media colleagues Vinny Caravella, Brad Shoemaker, and Alex Navarro share their combined decades of knowledge, expertise, and passion for games with weekly discussions about what they're playing, what's happening in the industry, and whatever else they're up to.
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