The Nextlander Podcast

How are there so many games when it's only February? This week we dig into Atomic Heart, Company of Heroes 3, a bunch more PSVR2 stuff, gigantic new video cards, the Humanity demo, Jeff Minter's Akka Arrh, and more Dead Space. Also: Nintendo's E3 no-show, Mortal Kombat 12 speculation, and a bunch of other stuff! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTER...

Brad's spent a bunch of time in a PlayStation VR2 and it's time to talk hardware, launch games, and topsy-turvy tummy feelings, plus Like a Dragon: Ishin!, more Dead Space and Deliver Us Mars, Microsoft's full-court press on the Activision acquisition, Ubisoft's E3 skepticism, and more. Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Some timecode...

We're unexpectedly talking about Metroid Prime in 2023, Theatrhythm has started seizing control of Brad's life, Vinny's solving voxel crimes, Alex is slowly morphing into Agent 47, PlaneBoatCar is coming to Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and a bunch of other stuff both video game and not! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Some timecode...

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 with 6s at the end and/or that are coming out in 2025, and more! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at G...

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 Minecraft Legends, and more. Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon !...

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! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than th...

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 more. Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00)...

Do we know what the hell is going on with WWE? Not exactly, but we try to make sense of it anyway, plus our first steps into Warzone 2.0's DMZ, the end of High on Life, Vinny's foray into Vampire Survivors, an Apple VR headset, thoughts on a Last of Us Part 3, and more. Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be in...

The motley range of games we got into over the holidays includes Card Shark, Dota 2, Sky: Children of the Light, and COD: Warzone 2.0 and DMZ. (Next stop: Escape From Tarkov.) Also: new year's etiquette, 3DS archeology, the YouTube recommendations challenge, and more! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inac...

Our last podcast of the year means it's time to consider our favorite games of the year-- and from narrative adventures like Citizen Sleeper and NORCO to insidious time sinks like Vampire Survivors and indie throwbacks like Tunic, there's a lot to consider. Thanks to everyone for your support, and happy holidays! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTE...

Come one, come all to the first installment in our year-end reflection on many of our favorite games this year, with some chill, non-binding, conflict-free awards for storytelling, art design and technical achievement in visuals, some personal categories just for funsies, and moresies! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some tim...

Another Game Awards has come and gone, and we spend a bunch of time this week going over Hades II, Judas, Death Stranding 2, Earthblade, Armored Core VI and plenty of the other big announcements. We also played a bunch of High on Life, dabbled with Forspoken and Crisis Core Reunion, finished Callisto Protocol, and more. Video games! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us...

Games? In December?! We played a bunch of Callisto Protocol and Midnight Suns this week, checked out Unreal Engine 5 via Fortnite, covered Michael Madsen's return to video games, Jeff Minter's return to Atari, Yuji Naka's return to being arrested, some pre-Game Awards teasers, and more. Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some ti...

We're getting down to the last of 2022's releases, and this week we peel out in Need for Speed Unbound, play the year's final West with Evil West, check in on the RE Village DLC, talk about new consoles and old consoles, get all excited about a new Yuzo Koshiro Genesis soundtrack (and game), and more. Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00...

This week: Alex played High on Life, Vinny finished God of War, Brad pledged fealty to the immortal god emperor (or didn't), we questionably ranked the states of the northeast, Yuji Naka done got arrested, and more! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon ver...

We're all gobsmacked by Atari 50 this week, intrigued by Pentiment, iffy on Somerville, speculating about Control 2, tuning in for the weekly installment of Phil Spencer Says, paying tribute to Kevin Conroy, and plenty more. Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Pa...

Large portions of this podcast are devoted to solving the mystery of Sonic Frontiers and speculating intently about Mass Effect 4, but there's also plenty of other fun stuff like God of War Ragnarok, Soulstone Survivors, Bayonetta 3, Eternal Darkness, a certain resident of Tumwater, and more! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: S...

This week we chill with more God of War Ragnarok, traverse Bayonetta 3's multiverse, remember the glory of Shatter, cast a side eye at Vampire Survivors and Marvel Snap, discuss the PlayStation VR2 pricing, rub our hands together purposefully about the long lost FMV game The Sacred Pools, and more. Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) N...

God of War Ragnarök has landed, and we talk about as much as we're allowed this week, Brad played a bit of The Callisto Protocol, a whole bunch of new (and old) Silent Hill got announced, Kojima's collection of digital celebrities continues to get out of control, and more! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be...

There are so many video games! Games that we played and talk about herein, including Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, Scorn, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, A Plague Tale: Requiem, and more Grounded. Also, the closure of G4, the disappearance (maybe?) of performance modes, the Bayonetta 3 voiceover kerfuffle, and more! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon !...

We kind of don't want to play anything but Grounded this week, but we also dip back into Overwatch 2 and check out the point-and-click folk horror of The Excavation of Hob's Barrow. Also: Robert Zombie's Munsters remake, Mario trailer impressions, injuries at TwitchCon, Kojima's latest Hollywood teaser, Bo Jackson meets Vampire Survivors, and more! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm...

This week, we did battle with the Overwatch 2 launch (and lost), got lost in the giant Grounded backyard, checked out the closed alpha of The Finals, said a preemptive goodbye to Stadia, stared in bafflement at anime Need for Speed, and took our very last opportunity to speculate about Chris Pratt's Mario voice. Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTER...

This week, Alex checked out Bayonetta 3 and Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, Vinny finished Monkey Island, we Ranched some Slimes Part II, Railgrade came out, a bunch of new E3 details dropped, Brad ate his first chicken bake, and more! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than th...

This week's show begins with some heady philosophical questions before turning to an AVALANCHE OF NEW GAMES!!!! including Return to Monkey Island, Hyper Demon, Trombone Champ, and Jack Move, plus news about that GTA 6 leak, those new GeForce cards, that rumored new PlayStation 5 model, and more! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE...

A thousand new games (or maybe more like eight) got announced, titled, or dated recently, so we talk about everything from Tears of the Kingdom to Pikmin 4, the Like a Dragon trio, and way too much Assassin's Creed, plus our time with Splatoon 3 and The Tomorrow children, and a bunch more! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some...