The Nextlander Podcast
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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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258 epizod
247: Kyoto Craftsmanship
The April downpour of games continues into May as we dig into Forbidden Solitaire, Windrose, and Dead as Disco, plus more Saros and Retro Rewind (and...
246: Core Before More
On the historic 246th episode of this podcast, we dig into the space madness of Saros, the match-three madness of Titanium Court, and the madness madn...
245: 60 Is a Nintendo 30
It's a video game podcast! Featuring such video games as Pragmata, Vampire Crawlers, Last Flag, Mouse: P.I. For Hire, and Tomodachi Life: Living the d...
244: Just a Game-Ass Game
Many beautiful video games are blooming along with the Spring flowers this month, including Pragmata, Final Sentence, Dosa Divas, and Replaced, all of...
243: Leon, Chris, Leon, Chris
Brad's back to talk about the lumpy ending of Resident Evil Requiem and the future of the RE series, nostalgic Retro Rewind modding, State of Decay 3'...
242: Smooth Jimmy's Pod of the Week
Brad's on the mend this week, so Giant Bomb's in-house counsel Jeff Bakalar is filling the rotating chair this week as we discuss PAX East, recent vid...
241: An Underpowered, Pathetic Pokemon
Start Menu's Lex Luddy drops by to chop it up with us about Pokemon Pokopia, the "joy" of reviewing Crimson Desert, the actual joy of RE Requiem with...
Special Ep: Never Been a Better Podcast 010: Making it Happening
We're out this week, so the Nextlander Podcast will return in its normal slot next week, but for now we bring you another NBABP classic, in which Jeff...
240: It's-a Mediocre!
It's a very full show this week, with discussion of Marathon, late-game Resident Evil Requiem, WWE 2K26, and Esoteric Ebb, plus chatter in the news ab...
239: Requiem? Damn Near Killed 'Em
This week we discuss the hottest Resident Evil releases, like Outbreak and 6 (and also Requiem), Reanimal, Steam Next Fest demos like Vampire Crawlers...
238: Always Be Gaming
There's a lot going on: Phil Spencer's time at Xbox is coming to an end, Microsoft is appointing former AI exec Asha Sharma to replace him, Sony is sh...
237: Konami Might Be Back
Sony ran an all-timer of a State of Play last week, so we spend a bunch of time digging into a bunch of news and demos about God of War Trilogy Remake...
236: Random Access Mockery
It's another show bursting at the seams this week, touching on Romeo Is a Dead Man, The Run, and Species: Unknown, with further thoughts on Dragon Que...
235: The Long November
What a chockablock episode this week, touching on games like Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, Cairn, and Vinny's Silent Hill f ending extravaganza, plus h...
234: Zoomers Love Tony Shalhoub
On the show this week: Highguard is out, Brad finished Silent Hill f (once), Grand Theft Auto VI might not get a physical release at launch, Double Fi...
233: An X-Ray Equals 10 Bananas
Ubisoft is doing a big old reorg, delaying and canceling games, and talking about "billionaire brands," Marathon gets a release date, Highguard is out...
232: A Gun That Shoots Frogs
This week's show features everything from zombie screening in Quarantine Zone to modding your Switch 2 Joy-cons, making video game documentaries from...
231: A Powerful Grouse
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 Prim...
230: Game of the Year 2025, Part 2
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...
229: Game of the Year 2025, Part 1
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 o...
228: That Poodoo You Do
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 Drag...
227: I Have to Buy a Whole New Nintendo???
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 announcem...
226: The Brian Cranston of Podcasting
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 Fo...
225: Don't Trust the Fox Mask
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 Bla...
224: Thirty-Year-Old Video Games
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 Di...
223: Interesting Flavor Profile
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 hardwa...
222: The Simpsons Theme (non-union re-record)
This week, the wild social dynamics of ARC Raiders, The Simpsons get Brad back into Fortnite, Vinny finishes Death Stranding 2 and starts Dispatch, th...
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 Hal...
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: Replant...
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, Bat...
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 te...
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,...
216: Blame Yourself or God
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 Ghos...
Special Ep: Never Been a Better Podcast 009: Just Like Thoreau Had
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 eati...
215: A Frogger Is One Who Frogs
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 A...
214: Bubsy Is a Draft Dodger
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...
213: The Garbage-to-Gold Ratio
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...
212: Cheaters Never Win
This week: New video games! Sword of the Sea, Is This Seat Taken?, and yes, the annual Madden check-in. In the news, PS5 price increases in the US, Ha...
211: Destroy the Mouth!
This week we get extra retro with Gradius Origins, Operation Night Strikers, The Scouring, and (in a way) Mafia: The Old Country. Also: pressure build...
210: From EV to EVO
Alex dips back into the FGC tournament scene and then mixes it up with Ninja Gaiden Ragebound, Vinny takes the long EV trip and finishes DK Bananza, a...