We’ve got some exciting stuff going on this week, the least of which is a bit of a scheduling change for some streams. We’ve shuffled some recordings and production work behind the scenes, so o...
2025-02-17 20:00:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Brad and Vinny dig holes this week and have a great time doing it, Alex dons his Civilization hat once again, and we all consider this weekend's mysterious PSN outage, the tumultuous development of...
2025-02-13 01:31:27 +0000 UTC View Post
This week American football suffuses pretty much this whole show, with plenty of talk about the halftime beef, the commercials, and Tom Brady, but we also find time to discuss too many celebrity po...
2025-02-11 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week American football suffuses pretty much this whole show, with plenty of talk about the halftime beef, the commercials, and Tom Brady, but we also find time to discuss too many celebrity po...
2025-02-11 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Self-described Boiler Room expert Jeff Bakalar joins us to pick apart this turn of the millennium stock scam thriller, and while not every part of it holds up to our memories, it does manage to sei...
2025-02-10 23:52:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe Super Bowl is done and we chat about it on this week’s Ramblecast. I’m mostly there for the snacks and the ‘event’ more than the game itself but now my kids usually want to watch so I p...
2025-02-10 20:21:57 +0000 UTC View Post
In our latest planning session we find out why February is kind of the new November, with new entries in big franchises like Civilization, Yakuza, and Monster Hunter, plus indie sequels, remasters,...
2025-02-06 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In our latest planning session we find out why February is kind of the new November, with new entries in big franchises like Civilization, Yakuza, and Monster Hunter, plus indie sequels, remasters,...
2025-02-06 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Before February really gets going, we check in with some new indies this week like While Waiting and Rift of the Necrodancer, catch up on news about downsizing at BioWare and Iron Galaxy, Forza Hor...
2025-02-06 01:27:17 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we ramble about the not-so-secret dangers of hippos, making your own coffee mugs, running fiber under your driveway, those crazy NBA trades, and why you should definitely not get Steph Cu...
2025-02-05 01:52:53 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we ramble about the not-so-secret dangers of hippos, making your own coffee mugs, running fiber under your driveway, those crazy NBA trades, and why you should definitely not get Steph Cu...
2025-02-05 01:33:43 +0000 UTC View Post
It may be a new month and a new theme, but the Watchcast ain't quite done with Jude Law yet. Join us as we dive into the twisted world of The Talented Mr. Ripley, and marvel at the gorgeous sights,...
2025-02-04 00:11:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, uh, interesting times out there, huh? It seems like if you’re in the US and you were pondering any gaming hardware purchases, the time to do it may be sooner than later, with all the uncert...
2025-02-03 22:36:22 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings, Nextlanders! It is once again time to get you all up to speed about what we've got coming up on the Watchcast, and if you enjoyed Jude Law January, you're sure to love Jude Law First Wee...
2025-01-31 21:35:21 +0000 UTC View Post
We played a bunch of games this week and now we're here to talk about 'em, including Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, Tokyo Xtreme Racer, Total War: Warhammer III, Crow Country, and... Smash Ultimate? and... ...
2025-01-30 01:19:15 +0000 UTC View PostFolks, it's weird out there. 2025 is shaping up to be a strange one so far, but, uh, at least we're one twelfth of the way through it? That's probably not overly comforting, but perhaps one of thes...
2025-01-29 16:31:52 +0000 UTC View Post
This month's live Discord question sesh included topics like making friends when you move to a new city (or country), Alex's feelings on the Super Bowl matchup, the point-and-click adventure Mt. Ru...
2025-01-28 23:41:18 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we ramble about trying retake a little control over our (digital) lives, the big DeepSeek kerfuffle, Alex's dad's love of quantum computing, and more!
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This week we ramble about trying retake a little control over our (digital) lives, the big DeepSeek kerfuffle, Alex's dad's love of quantum computing, and more!
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We put Andrew Niccol's dystopian sci-fi murder mystery Gattaca through its paces, and come out the other side feeling like maybe this whole genetic perfection thing ain't all it's cracked up to be....
2025-01-27 23:58:16 +0000 UTC View PostWe’re in our least week of January and it feels like we just got here… and also like it has been January 2025 for decades. I’ve been able to do some catching up on games I left hanging in 202...
2025-01-27 20:01:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Austin Walker and Jeff Bakalar are back for our first episode of 2025 and we've got plenty to talk, cheer, and complain about!
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(00:02:40) Following up ...
2025-01-24 16:47:42 +0000 UTC View Post
We've got a spate of new and upcoming games to talk about this week, including Assassin's Creed Shadows, Doom: The Dark Ages, and Dynasty Warriors Origins, plus they announced the new Switch! They ...
2025-01-23 19:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, a cautionary tale about leaving the candy in your commemorative piñata, ethical transfer of animals out of the home, warming your hands in a frigid office, the disappearance of newspape...
2025-01-21 22:02:21 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, a cautionary tale about leaving the candy in your commemorative piñata, ethical transfer of animals out of the home, warming your hands in a frigid office, the disappearance of newspape...
2025-01-21 22:01:14 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s snowy and cold again here in old New Jersey with temperatures down in the teens. It’s also time for us to start preparing our taxes and that’s mostly how I spent my Monday, trying to mak...
2025-01-21 19:03:35 +0000 UTC View Post
A.I. Artificial Intelligence is every bit the overlong and fractured feeling movie we remember from 24 years ago, but even with some of those negative feelings re-confirmed, we find plenty to discu...
2025-01-20 22:49:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Are they going to announce the Switch 2 this week? Did they announce it already? Is this long nightmare almost over? While we debate those questions, we also discuss The Roottrees Are Dead, Hyper L...
2025-01-15 23:49:49 +0000 UTC View Post
With the Tiktok ban looming, this week we ramble about social media habits and culture cannibalizing itself, plus high-tech opera seats, the joy of discovering music on late-night MTV, the Giant Bo...
2025-01-14 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
With the Tiktok ban looming, this week we ramble about social media habits and culture cannibalizing itself, plus high-tech opera seats, the joy of discovering music on late-night MTV, the Giant Bo...
2025-01-14 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post