Best Nextlander Podcasts (2025)

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229: Game of the Year 2025, Part 1 1:51:41

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For our final two podcasts of 2025, we're getting together to lay out and discuss our personal top 10 lists. This week we reflect a bit on the state of games over the past year before running through numbers 10 through 5 on our lists. Hope you're having a happy holiday! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other t…

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162: Citizen Kane (1941) 2:12:57

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We do a lot of goofy movies on this Watchcast, but now, at the behest of our own Vinny Caravella, it's time for us to tackle some Important Cinema! Vinny has chosen the one and only Citizen Kane for his movie this month, and it's time to put our film school pants on to decide once and for all if it's an over-hyped disappointment, or really as great…

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Perpetua 27: In Too Deep 03 1:51:36

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A sudden confrontation! Having 'sniffed out' a lead, Antistrophe, Brontë, and Caoimhe have dug their way towards the truth. That truth rests in the underground archive of the Hexcloaks' regional headquarters in Cenn, City of Iron Chains. But such a basement does not go unguarded. To arms, Team ABC! This week on Perpetua: In Too Deep 03 Perpetua Gui…

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228: That Poodoo You Do 1:51:21

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We spend most of this week's show unpacking all the announcements and trailers out of the Game Awards, including Control Resonant, Ontos, Gang of Dragon, Divinity, the Street Fighter movie, Mega Man: Dual Override, Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Fate of the Old Republic, and a ton of other stuff. Plus, games we plan to dig into over the holidays, so…

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Perpetua 26: In Too Deep 02 1:25:02

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Castine, Living Metal, has retreated to his chambers to channel his power. An ancient dragon continues to slam at the city's protective dome. Kley Kaina has been dragged away by Commander Thereus Aegir. Something suspicious lurks inside the Hexcloak Headquarters of Cenn, City of Iron Chains. And Antistrophe Landrace, Brontë Adelvys and Caoimhe Wake…

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161: Escape from New York (1981) 2:04:59

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The Watchcast is back for its final slate of movies in 2025, and this month we're picking whatever strikes our fancy. First up is Alex's pick, a palate cleanser for all the Escape from New York also-rans we've seen this year in the form of actual, honest-to-Snake Escape from New York! Join us as we dive deep into the movie that spawned an iconic ch…

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227: I Have to Buy a Whole New Nintendo??? 2:02:43

14d ago2:02:43

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Brad got a Switch 2, and played Metroid Prime 4 on it, and we talk about that, Skate Story, the end of Silent Hill f, a bunch of Game Awards announcement speculation, the resurrection of Romero Games' latest project, whatever the hell is going on with Call of Duty right now, the immortal might of Shang Tsung, our love of Roger Ebert, a shocking rev…

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Perpetua 25: In Too Deep 01 1:53:31

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A confrontation with the Hexcloak Commander, whose ominous air suggests dire motives. A conversation with the living god of metal, whose curious mind pries into their own. A conflict with an ancient draconic mole, whose thunderous anger threatens the city of chains. Antistrophe Landrace, Bronte Adelvys, and Caoimhe Wake have faced all of this and m…

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226: The Brian Cranston of Podcasting 2:42:53

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We're chock-a-block with stuff to talk about this week, from the Analogue 3D to Horses (both the game and its banning), Marvel Cosmic Invasion, the Fortnite chapter 6 ending bonanza, more with Silent Hill f, a surprising amount of news about the possible futures of franchises like Dead Rising, Control, Metal Gear, and Hitman, your emails, and more!…

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160: Action Jackson (1988) 1:59:21

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Turkey Month is nearly at an end, but before we head out for the holiday break, we've got one more fully barbecued turkey for all of you in the bombasically stupid Action Jackson! Join us as we marvel at Carl Weathers' glistening physique, Craig T. Nelson's inexplicable martial arts prowess, and the cavalcade of delightfully awful one-liners issued…

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Perpetua 24: Aquatic Ambush! 02 1:32:28

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The Little Snail floats aboard Captain Hornbeam Hypostyle's Crystal Conch Express, strapped down to its large, open deck, cutting a boxy silhouette against the light of the horizon. Beautiful though it may be, it also sends a sharp signal to any ill-willed onlookers: There is cargo aboard! It is for this reason that Captain Hypostyle does not like …

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225: Don't Trust the Fox Mask 1:56:12

28d ago1:56:12

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Brad and Vinny produce the rare duos podcast this week with deep(er) dives into Silent Hill f and Hollow Knight: Silksong, a look at The Séance of Blake Manor, the new Vampire Survivors quasi-sequel, Valve's comments on Steam Machine pricing/Linux anti-cheat/Half-Life 3, the passing of Udo Kier, Thanksgiving turkey (and other fowl) strategies, our …

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159: The One (2001) 1:41:19

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Our Turkey month continues unabated! And this week we're visited by several of 125 possible Jet Lis in the profoundly silly 2001 action flick The One! Join us as we talk about Jet Li's various wigs, the finer points of nu-metal, and the tragedy of Jason Statham's American accent. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 159: The One …

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Perpetua 23: Aquatic Ambush! 01 2:02:50

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Before he departed from Calstega Bay, the man named Onyx, Commodore of the Valte Empire and member of the mysterious group known as the Luminaries, gave the crew of the Little Snail some words of advice: Take a boat east, to Spillaway Peaks, and find an ally there under the Shining Star. Thus do Veile, Elena, Nicky, and Jonathan head towards the sh…

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224: Thirty-Year-Old Video Games 2:40:44

1M ago2:40:44

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This week we dig into hot, brand-new video games like Metal Gear Solid and Nier: Automata, plus Lumines Arise's multiplayer, the ending chapters of Dispatch, Sektori, whatever's going on with Ubisoft, the loss of "Burger" Becky Heineman, Megabonk's stand-up Game Awards move, a "will it come out in 2026" quiz, and more! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Som…

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158: Doomsday (2008) 2:05:14

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It's Doomsday Day on the Watchcast, a day that our own Vinny Caravella has hoped and prayed for ever since we launched this podcast. So join us as we go through Vinny's all-time favorite movie, trying to make sense of its frenetic editing and nonsensical plot, or at least as much sense as it deserves. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast…

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223: Interesting Flavor Profile 2:46:38

1M ago2:46:38

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This is it: the final Death Stranding 2 spoilercast. Lumines Arise is also out, and that game is an extreme banger. Valve crashes back into the hardware market with a new Steam Machine, VR headset, and controller. Grand Theft Auto VI gets yet another delay. We even hear from someone who's had both the McDonald's Pizza and the Street Fighter burgers…

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157: Ghosts of Mars (2001) 1:43:31

2M ago1:43:31

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We're kicking off our third annual Turkey Month with a very bad sci-fi action movie by a person who usually makes pretty enjoyable sci-fi action movies, John Carpenter! Ghosts of Mars is the first movie on this month's roster of dumbass action flicks, and boy howdy, is this one both dumb and ass. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Epis…

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222: The Simpsons Theme (non-union re-record) 2:36:29

2M ago2:36:29

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This week, the wild social dynamics of ARC Raiders, The Simpsons get Brad back into Fortnite, Vinny finishes Death Stranding 2 and starts Dispatch, the Switch 2 is still selling like hotcakes, Sony might allow cross-buying PS5 and PC games, and we find out what happened to Rockstar's Agent. It's a video game podcast! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some …

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156: When Evil Lurks (2023) 2:01:52

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It's time to close out another month of horror on the Watchcast, and this week we've got the movie voted on by you! The patron! Specifically, we've got Argentina's When Evil Lurks on deck, and we dig deep into its portrayal of demonic possession as a fact of life that its characters are neither overly surprised by, nor especially adept at dealing w…

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Perpetua 22: A Roar Across Cenn 04 2:09:59

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Cenn, City of Chains shakes and rumbles. A threat once only felt through the tremors of the ground emerges, claws long, hide scaled, and sharp… sharp all over. Even whiskers sharp. A master of the earth. A being that digs not only through the earth, but through—or around, or perhaps outside of—time itself! The Draco-Mole appears! This week on Perpe…

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221: Mortal Monday 2:29:28

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If you want to hear us gush for like an hour about Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, this is the episode for you, and we also fit in discussion of Halo on PlayStation and the increasing demands on the Xbox business, the Kojima Matrix game that almost was, Once Upon a Katamari, Dead Reset, Jackbox 11, and... wait, did you think we forgot Death Stran…

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155: Hereditary (2018) 2:26:22

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On this week's Watchcast it's all about the horrors of the family variety in Ari Aster's Hereditary! Join us as Brad takes his first trek through the movie's minefield of guilt, grief, and grandma's weird hobbies, while Alex and Vinny ponder how it lands when you know what's coming. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 155: Hered…

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Perpetua 21: A Roar Across Cenn 03 1:06:23

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All across the Elevana League, pilgrims leave their homes and travel over great distances towards the city of Cenn, determined to meet with the only member of the Ennead who deigns to walk amongst their worshippers. As a matter of propriety and faith, what transpires between Castine and his believers is largely kept between the embodiment of metal …

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220: Lighthouse With a Gun 2:10:00

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Video games! There's a bunch of them to talk about this week, including Keeper, Dead Reset, Easy Delivery Co., Ball x Pit, Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted, a quick Steam Next Fest co-op roundup... and some Death Stranding 2. In the news, the sudden passing of Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki, The Simpsons (maybe) in Fortnite, and probably more discussio…

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154: Final Destination (2000) 1:59:31

2M ago1:59:31

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The Watchcast Month-O'-Horror continues apace, and this week we're checking out a movie that's been on Vinny's bucket list for years now, Final Destination! Join us as we confront Vinny's fears of everyday household objects conspiring to murder him, and pick apart this pleasingly goofy teen horror flick. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchc…

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Perpetua 20: A Roar Across Cenn 02 2:24:21

2M ago2:24:21

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After an ominous meeting with Thereus Aegir, leader of the Hexcloaks, Caoimhe Wake regroups with Brontë Adelvys and Antistrophe Landrace, fresh from their victorious Beachminton showdown in Seawalk. Caoimhe shares the ultimatum she received from Aegir: Find out whether the recent earthquakes are tied to Castine, Living Metal. Which raises the quest…

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219: The New Rad 2:16:52

2M ago2:16:52

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Apparently it's time to start talking in earnest about next-generation video game consoles this week, and we add to that discussion of Ball x Pit, Battlefield 6, Wildgate, Steam Next Fest demos like Skate Story and Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown, and, yes, Death Stranding 2. Also, a Max Effect check-in, the shocking truth about those Pikmi…

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153: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 2:07:01

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Our fourth annual Halloween season of the Watchcast has begun! We're kicking off our month of personal horror picks with Alex's choice, the 1978 adaptation of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a deft combo of alien horror and '70s paranoia thriller that features killer mustaches, the youngest Jeff Goldblum you've ever seen, and a very weird dog. CHAP…

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229: Game of the Year 2025, Part 1 1:51:41

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162: Citizen Kane (1941) 2:12:57

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Perpetua 27: In Too Deep 03 1:51:36

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228: That Poodoo You Do 1:51:21

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Perpetua 26: In Too Deep 02 1:25:02

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161: Escape from New York (1981) 2:04:59

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227: I Have to Buy a Whole New Nintendo??? 2:02:43

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Perpetua 25: In Too Deep 01 1:53:31

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226: The Brian Cranston of Podcasting 2:42:53

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160: Action Jackson (1988) 1:59:21

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Perpetua 24: Aquatic Ambush! 02 1:32:28

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225: Don't Trust the Fox Mask 1:56:12

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159: The One (2001) 1:41:19

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Perpetua 23: Aquatic Ambush! 01 2:02:50

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224: Thirty-Year-Old Video Games 2:40:44

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158: Doomsday (2008) 2:05:14

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223: Interesting Flavor Profile 2:46:38

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157: Ghosts of Mars (2001) 1:43:31

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222: The Simpsons Theme (non-union re-record) 2:36:29

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156: When Evil Lurks (2023) 2:01:52

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Perpetua 22: A Roar Across Cenn 04 2:09:59

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221: Mortal Monday 2:29:28

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155: Hereditary (2018) 2:26:22

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220: Lighthouse With a Gun 2:10:00

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154: Final Destination (2000) 1:59:31

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219: The New Rad 2:16:52

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153: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 2:07:01