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The Nextlander Podcast

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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All Episodes

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231: A Powerful Grouse

The Nextlander Podcast ·

2026/01/08

Let's start 2026 by chatting about games we played over the break, including Miles Morales, Civ 7, Absolum, and Vinny's... feelings about Metroid Prime 4. We also round up the the news over the holiday, like the tragic passing of Vince Zampella, next-gen consoles maybe getting delayed, possible new DLC for The Witcher 3, changes in GOG's ownership, 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

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230: Game of the Year 2025, Part 2

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2026/01/01

In our second and final year-end wrap-up, we detail numbers 4 through 1 on our personal GOTY lists, and then dive into an array of honorable (and not too many dishonorable) mentions before pondering the year ahead. Happy new year!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 (00:01:17) Brad's recap from last

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229: Game of the Year 2025, Part 1

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2025/12/25

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 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)

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228: That Poodoo You Do

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2025/12/18

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, some final thoughts as we approach the end of 2025, and more!CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the

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227: I Have to Buy a Whole New Nintendo???

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2025/12/11

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 revelation about controller face buttons, and a bunch more on this week's show.CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions

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226: The Brian Cranston of Podcasting

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2025/12/04

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!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

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225: Don't Trust the Fox Mask

The Nextlander Podcast ·

2025/11/27

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 annual recitation of Final Fantasy character names, and more!CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the

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224: Thirty-Year-Old Video Games

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2025/11/20

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: 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

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223: Interesting Flavor Profile

The Nextlander Podcast ·

2025/11/13

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. Real action-packed week on the ol' Nextlander Podcast!CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free

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

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2025/11/06

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 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

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221: Mortal Monday

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2025/10/30

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 Stranding 2? THINK AGAIN.CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad

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220: Lighthouse With a Gun

The Nextlander Podcast ·

2025/10/23

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 discussion of Street Fighter hamburgers than was really necessary.CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free

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219: The New Rad

The Nextlander Podcast ·

2025/10/16

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 Pikmin shorts, 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

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218: A Chair Made of Kirby

The Nextlander Podcast ·

2025/10/09

It's a catch-up week around here as Brad and Vinny barrel toward the end of Death Stranding 2, Alex breaks the seal on Megabonk, and we all come to terms with what Baby Steps is asking of us. In the news, more goings on with Game Pass, Circana's latest stats on how many people are (or aren't) buying games, Nintendo's possible Pikmin movie/show/something, and more. Plus, David Lynch's house for sale, furniture made out of video game characters, and more of your emails!CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE:

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217: The Joka-Cola

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2025/10/02

With Vinny back in the "office," this week we catch up on more Ghost of Yotei, Baby Steps, and Death Stranding, plus newcomers Megabonk and The Lift, dive into all the big news about the EA buyout and Game Pass price increase, give a little swan song for Rock Band 4, talk through the family Street Fighter progression, fantasize about installing your own soda fountain at home, and more.CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version

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216: Blame Yourself or God

The Nextlander Podcast ·

2025/09/25

Our friend Austin Walker stops by to join us for an absolutely jam-packed conversation about new and upcoming games we've been playing, including Ghost of Yotei, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Baby Steps, Metroid Prime 4, Kirby Air Riders, and Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 for Switch. Also, pre-TGS updates on Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Kojima Productions' Physint and OD, the GDC rebrand, college courses about games, an update on Austin's tabletop RPG Realis, import tariffs on human flesh, and

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Special Ep: Never Been a Better Podcast 009: Just...

The Nextlander Podcast ·

2025/09/18

The Nextlander Podcast is taking a week off, so we bring you a classic NBABP episode, in which Abby Russell and Dan Ryckert join us to talk about eating food, eating not-food, and finding peace in the Internet Age.CHAPTERS (00:01:24) Intro (00:01:47) "Don't Ask Me!" (00:02:35) How's Metal Gear Solid doing? (00:03:41) What's going on with new space-themed Lego? (00:04:27) Dan's the secret leaker (00:05:14) God of War secrets revealed (00:06:24) Video games made into shows and movies (00:07:44)

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215: A Frogger Is One Who Frogs

The Nextlander Podcast ·

2025/09/11

Silksong has happened, it's out, and of course we discuss it this week, along with Cronos: The New Dawn, Adventure of Samsara, the return of the new Acclaim, that third Wolfenstein game we still hope to play one day, Nintendo Direct predictions, the video game mega-anniversary of September 9th, some surprising facts about the PlayStation's sales numbers, 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

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214: Bubsy Is a Draft Dodger

The Nextlander Podcast ·

2025/09/04

This week we get into a young man's first Mass Effect, Brad's tumble back down the Death Stranding 2 hole, Vinny finishing Shinobi, Alex making stern faces at Madden, a portable PlayStation 6 (??), Take-Two's nearly closed deal to pick up Perfect Dark, Saudi Arabia's new ownership stake in Evo, grandfathers who love Bubsy, old jokes that never actually existed, the enduring cultural influence of AMVs, and more.CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the

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213: The Garbage-to-Gold Ratio

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2025/08/28

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is our top game this week, plus one of us gets an up-close look at Bubsy 4D, the Hollow Knight Silksong release date fallout, Forza Horizon might be headed to Japan, Atari now owns Child of Eden and Grow Home, some highly important games are coming to the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, 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

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