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Patron Q&A 052: October 2025

Patron Q&A 052: October 2025

This month's live questions include topics like how we try to stay accurate on a microphone, mysterious bags of cash (and sandwiches), what it's like opening for the Bloodhound Gang, things to definitely do in Japan, worst Halloween costumes, why we are the way we are, and more!

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The Nextlander Podcast 221: Mortal Monday

The Nextlander Podcast 221: Mortal Monday

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 St...

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Weekly Ramblecast 229: Federally Mandated Horror

Weekly Ramblecast 229: Federally Mandated Horror

Alex and Vinny both randomly watched Weapons, so how about an impromptu mini-Watchcast for Weapons? We also get into Brad's other horror movies for the week, the enduring legacy of Evil Dead and Bruce Campbell, and the truest horror of them all: home inspections.

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Weekly Ramblecast 229: Federally Mandated Horror

Weekly Ramblecast 229: Federally Mandated Horror

Alex and Vinny both randomly watched Weapons, so how about an impromptu mini-Watchcast for Weapons? We also get into Brad's other horror movies for the week, the enduring legacy of Evil Dead and Bruce Campbell, and the truest horror of them all: home inspections.

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The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 156: When Evil Lurks (2023)

The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 156: When Evil Lurks (2023)

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 dealin...

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Schedule for the Week of 10/27/2025

There’s a lot going on this week, and my weekend was mostly filled with trying to get through Death Stranding 2 so we’re going to jump right in. While Will, Brad, and I eagerly await Arc Raiders, we’re cleanse our palate with PowerWash Simulator 2! On Tuesday, Abby completes her Fright or Sh*te journey with the conclusion of Dead Reset and...

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Mike and Vinny Destroy the World - Part 17

Mike and Vinny Destroy the World - Part 17

You can't stop the path of demons and zombies, even if your actual job tells you it's time to take a break from destroying the world!

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The Nextlander Podcast 220: Lighthouse With a Gun

The Nextlander Podcast 220: Lighthouse With a Gun

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 discus...

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Weekly Ramblecast 228: The New New Math

Weekly Ramblecast 228: The New New Math

This week's ramble includes a live math quiz, a fairly animated debate about Imperial vs. metric and Fahrenheit vs. Celsius, a solid horror-movie recap block, tidbits about houseguests, living room ants, TwitchCon, and smartglasses, and more!

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Weekly Ramblecast 228: The New New Math

Weekly Ramblecast 228: The New New Math

This week's ramble includes a live math quiz, a fairly animated debate about Imperial vs. metric and Fahrenheit vs. Celsius, a solid horror-movie recap block, tidbits about houseguests, living room ants, TwitchCon, and smartglasses, and more!

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(00:00:39) Vinny: math
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The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 155: Hereditary (2018)

The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 155: Hereditary (2018)

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.

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Schedule for the Week of 10/20/2025

I’ve almost got all of my network and stuff all moved and set up in the recently-finished-but-yet-to-be-in-inspected basement! That took a lot of the weekend as I also finally transferred two desktop computers to rackmount cases and put them and set up PiKVM on both of them. Seeing as work depends exclusively on my home network, for both me an...

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The Nextlander Podcast 219: The New Rad

The Nextlander Podcast 219: The New Rad

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 ...

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Weekly Ramblecast 227: If It's Worth Doing, It's Worth Overdoing

Weekly Ramblecast 227: If It's Worth Doing, It's Worth Overdoing

Vinny gives us a surprise preview of the finished basement (video version recommended!), Brad gives an update on this week's horror movies, Alex puts on the Gordon Cole suit for a dramatic reading, and we all consider the idea that there are conventions out there for just about everything.

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Weekly Ramblecast 227: If It's Worth Doing, It's Worth Overdoing

Weekly Ramblecast 227: If It's Worth Doing, It's Worth Overdoing

Vinny gives us a surprise preview of the finished basement (video version recommended!), Brad gives an update on this week's horror movies, Alex puts on the Gordon Cole suit for a dramatic reading, and we all consider the idea that there are conventions out there for just about everything.

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The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 154: Final Destination (2000)

The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 154: Final Destination (2000)

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.

2025-10-13 22:50:48 +0000 UTC View Post

Schedule for the Week of 10/13/2025

Well, the basement construction is just about wrapped (inspection at the end of the month) and I’m pretty excited about it. It’s been a long time saving, planning, even talking about it, but the end feels near. We’re going to be closing out our storage unit (fingers crossed) this week, so maybe at some point I’ll do a stream of just unbo...

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Mike and Vinny Destroy the World - Part 16

Mike and Vinny Destroy the World - Part 16

Khorne is on the march and that means more raising more armies with every victory! Meanwhile, Mike pushes into the 'donut' to take on Tyrion!

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The Nextlander Podcast 218: A Chair Made of Kirby

The Nextlander Podcast 218: A Chair Made of Kirby

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/s...

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Monthly Planorama 053: October 2025

Monthly Planorama 053: October 2025

Hey, remember earlier this year when we were like "there are no games in October" and then... this happened? We sift through the ever-expanding release calendar for the month, including Ghost of Yotei, Battlefield 6, Outer Worlds 2, ARC Raiders, Ball x Pit, Keeper, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, and too many others to count!

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Monthly Planorama 053: October 2025

Monthly Planorama 053: October 2025

Hey, remember earlier this year when we were like "there are no games in October" and then... this happened? We sift through the ever-expanding release calendar for the month, including Ghost of Yotei, Battlefield 6, Outer Worlds 2, ARC Raiders, Ball x Pit, Keeper, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, and too many others to count!

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Weekly Ramblecast 226: More Controllers, More Problems

Weekly Ramblecast 226: More Controllers, More Problems

This week, Vinny comes perilously close to building a fighting stick (or maybe a stick-less fighting stick), we debate what makes the perfect desk, and Brad's October viewing habits spur a tremendous amount of discussion about horror movies.

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Weekly Ramblecast 226: More Controllers, More Problems

Weekly Ramblecast 226: More Controllers, More Problems

This week, Vinny comes perilously close to building a fighting stick (or maybe a stick-less fighting stick), we debate what makes the perfect desk, and Brad's October viewing habits spur a tremendous amount of discussion about horror movies.

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The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 153: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 153: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

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. View Post

Schedule for the Week of 10/06/2025

October is here and we’ve got some spooky themed programming lined up for the month! Brad, Will, and I make our return to the scariest of places, Early Access, with Jump Space on Monday. I’ve been really eager to get into that one, so excited to see how it all goes. On Tuesday, Abby is bringing Fright or Sh*te back, and I’ve added a start ...

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Watchcast Schedule for October 2025: The Scares That Speak to Us, Specifically

Greetings, Watchcasters! Apologies for the delay in posting this schedule, but we had some fun voting shenanigans to get through for our final pick of the Watchcast slate, and now that democracy has run its course, I can finally reveal the full schedule for October.

We bandied around the idea of doing a specific theme this year, but we had...

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The Nextlander Podcast 217: The Joka-Cola

The Nextlander Podcast 217: The Joka-Cola

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 ...

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Never Been a Better Podcast 40: My Human Safeword

Never Been a Better Podcast 40: My Human Safeword

Austin Walker and Jeff Bakalar are joining us to talk about some revolutionary new products, our relationship with technology, and ruining your shoes.

*To see images from the show scroll below the chapters

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Weekly Ramblecast 225: Smart AND Stretchy!

Weekly Ramblecast 225: Smart AND Stretchy!

This week we check in with Vinny's annual Star Citizen stream with Drew Scanlon, do a deep dive on the history of Star Trek productions, talk through Fantastic Four and Marvel's next moves, spitball some of the funniest movies we've ever seen, and goggle at Alex's new souvenir from China.

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Weekly Ramblecast 225: Smart AND Stretchy!

Weekly Ramblecast 225: Smart AND Stretchy!

This week we check in with Vinny's annual Star Citizen stream with Drew Scanlon, do a deep dive on the history of Star Trek productions, talk through Fantastic Four and Marvel's next moves, spitball some of the funniest movies we've ever seen, and goggle at Alex's new souvenir from China.

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