We rambled about everything under the sun this week, from Roman history to Kurosawa to multiple Buffetts, Vinny's home flour-milling, Brad's new (old) CRT, Alex's love of yacht rock, and a bunch of...
2025-03-18 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Ahhh, the French cinema! It's known for its excellence, and on this week's Watchcast that proves undeniably true as we check out Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's science fantasy classic, The ...
2025-03-17 22:57:57 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s March and here in New Jersey we’re in our weather transition. My heating/electric bill has been through the roof the last few months, so I’ll be curious to see if things come down or if ...
2025-03-17 18:52:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Questions that popped up on this month's Q&A address all sorts of topics, like what we'd do if we had to move on from Discord, technology and media we came to way late, buying big-ticket items ...
2025-03-13 21:21:17 +0000 UTC View Post
There might be an Xbox handheld launching this year (?!), plus the actual next Xbox in 2027, and we get together to talk all about that, along with the fairly unhinged new Death Stranding 2 trailer...
2025-03-12 23:42:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Brad's trip to the South Bay electronics flea market yielded treasures of all categories and eras, and we ramble about that, Vinny's triumph over his underground fiber optic run, the tyranny of day...
2025-03-11 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Brad's trip to the South Bay electronics flea market yielded treasures of all categories and eras, and we ramble about that, Vinny's triumph over his underground fiber optic run, the tyranny of day...
2025-03-11 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time to take a trip back in time to the crime-scorched hellscape of NYC circa 1979 in Walter Hill's The Warriors! Join us as we bop from the Bronx to Coney Island, taking on the many gangs of ...
2025-03-10 22:39:36 +0000 UTC View PostIt certainly is March and though the time here in the States has gotten all funky with Daylight Saving Time it’s always the BEST time to be hanging out with Nextlander. This Monday marks the firs...
2025-03-10 18:44:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Mike Mahardy and Vinny choose their engines of Chaos as they begin their journey through Total War: Warhammer III!
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The mythical End of Fiscal is upon us once again, so there are a bazillion end-of-quarter releases to sift through this month, but among them we encounter a wide range of notable March games, inclu...
2025-03-06 22:41:11 +0000 UTC View Post
The mythical End of Fiscal is upon us once again, so there are a bazillion end-of-quarter releases to sift through this month, but among them we encounter a wide range of notable March games, inclu...
2025-03-06 22:40:54 +0000 UTC View Post
While we spend a good part of this week's show grappling with the resurrection of the Acclaim name, we also find time to discuss Split Fiction, Knights in Tight Spaces, Gears of War on PS5, buying ...
2025-03-06 01:00:50 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's ramble wends its way through topics as broad as managing anger in trying times and bringing back common courtesy, building your own music library, the greatness of Sly and the Family St...
2025-03-04 19:41:31 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's ramble wends its way through topics as broad as managing anger in trying times and bringing back common courtesy, building your own music library, the greatness of Sly and the Family St...
2025-03-04 19:41:22 +0000 UTC View Post
We're kicking off our month of Weird-Ass Dystopian Cities with Terry Gilliam's classic satirical nightmare, Brazil! Join us as we pick apart this strange world of failing systems and bureaucratic a...
2025-03-04 00:10:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Here we are in March, and I talk about it on the Ramblecast this week, but it seems more important than ever to have spaces and activities that allow you to find a bit of inner peace. I’ve ne...
Greetings, Nextlanders! Once again I am here to tell you what we've got cooking for the Watchcast in the coming month, and this March we're ticking off another category that's been floating around ...
2025-02-28 21:11:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Dan Ryckert and Abby Russell are back to talk about phone etiquette during movies and meals, healthy eating and digestion, and woodpeckers in the walls.
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This week we attempt to get back to the positive end of the yo-yo cycle by playing Monster Hunter Wilds, LAD: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, more Avowed, and some Steam Next Fest demos, plus the shocking...
2025-02-27 01:09:20 +0000 UTC View PostWe're almost there: the end of February. It's time to combine all our forces to vanquish this cold, grey mess of a mo...
2025-02-25 20:21:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Topics rambled about this week include the algorithms eating everyone's brains, Severance, that new "budget" iPhone, Microsoft's mysterious new phase of matter, famous people going off the deep end...
2025-02-25 20:16:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Topics rambled about this week include the algorithms eating everyone's brains, Severance, that new "budget" iPhone, Microsoft's mysterious new phase of matter, famous people going off the deep end...
2025-02-25 19:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
We're closing out February with our second Best Picture winner in a row, this time jetting off to South Korea for Bong Joon-ho's Parasite. How does it hold up a few years removed from its hype? Ver...
2025-02-24 23:42:28 +0000 UTC View PostI hope everybody enjoyed last Friday’s Realis stream with Austin as much as I did! If you haven’t seen it you should definitely go seek out the archive. This week, I’m excited to jump back in...
2025-02-24 19:45:09 +0000 UTC View Post
The Discord Q&A has come again, and this month we tackle questions about bringing back the old Internet, what's up with that IO James Bond game, digging around in the Video Game History Foundat...
2025-02-20 22:46:11 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we're wowed by Avowed (sorry), and also playing Void Crew, Keep Driving, and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. In the news, shocking Marvel Rivals layoffs, a State of Play impressions round...
2025-02-20 01:43:13 +0000 UTC View Post
In a shocking turn of events, Brad commandeers control of this podcast and directs the rambling this week toward the mess of New York City politics, the lurking danger of Windows 11 24H2, Wizards o...
2025-02-18 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In a shocking turn of events, Brad commandeers control of this podcast and directs the rambling this week toward the mess of New York City politics, the lurking danger of Windows 11 24H2, Wizards o...
2025-02-18 19:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on the Watchcast The Sting is the thing! Join us as we time warp all the way back to the depressed '30s and delight in the con-artistry of certified grifter hunks Robert Redford and Paul ...
2025-02-17 23:43:25 +0000 UTC View Post