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30 episodes
260: The Straight Edge Continent
Ep 260 · Aug 13, 2026 · 2 hr 33 min
Fighting games new and old feature heavily this week, from Marvel Tokon to printed Mortal Kombat II FAQs and Street Fighter II Turbo tournaments (and lots of other stuff from California Extreme). There's also plenty of other new games like Iron Nest, Agent 64, and The Incident at Galley House, plus the GTA 6/Netflix thing, Devolver yanking itself out of the stock market, the words "Psi-Ops 2" and plenty more. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the…
259: Art Installations by Playskool
Ep 259 · Aug 6, 2026 · 2 hr 20 min
This week we embark on a Big Walk, spend some quality handheld time with the Switch 2, finish Heave Ho 2 and Road to Empress II, ponder news like the closing of the deal taking EA private (and what seems like pending layoffs), some gaming-on-Linux updates, and Dave Bautista's growing go-to status for video game television, run through the shockingly small catalog of AO-rated games, and more. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon ve…
258: Sgt. Kabukiman in 4K
Ep 258 · Jul 30, 2026 · 1 hr 49 min
For one more week Vinny and Alex are holding it down as a duo talking further adventures in introducing children to horror (films), what kinds of garbage movies you can find in lavish high definition presentations these days, and what it truly means to be supported by Truck-kun. 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.…
257: Steven Seagal Has Some Opinions
Ep 257 · Jul 23, 2026 · 1 hr 58 min
Vinny and Alex are rolling duos this week as they discuss their preferred methods of engaging with arcade ROMs, Desktop Explorer, Beatdown City Survivors, and the dodgy work and even dodgier opinions of a certain washed up action star. 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 (00:02:09) MAME vs MiSTer…
256: Bringing Your Kids to the Backrooms w/ Patrick Klepek
Ep 256 · Jul 16, 2026 · 2 hr 54 min
For this week's show we're joined by Remap Radio's Patrick Klepek to discuss D-Topia, Denshattack!, the latest on Xbox's rapid downsizing, and the singular experience of bringing your kid to their first R-rated movie. 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. (00:00:09) Intro (00:00:46) What's new with Patrick Klepek (0…
255: Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them?
Ep 255 · Jul 9, 2026 · 3 hr
We're joined by friend of the pod Lex Luddy to break down the avalanche of grim Xbox news, the fraught state of digital ownership, and a couple of old video games made new again in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced and Star Fox. 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 (00:05:21) | Xbox Games Begi…
Special Ep: Never Been a Better Podcast 011: The Mariko Aoki Phenomenon
Jul 2, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
While we're out this week we'd like to share this NBBP gem featuring Dan Ryckert and Abby Russell from a simpler time! CHAPTERS (00:01:15) Intro (00:01:56) Dan explains the labelling of Johnny Walkers (00:03:51) Hopefully, you can find this shot in the show notes on Patreon (00:05:49) Dan is very upset about his driveway lights (00:08:31) Traveling with pets by air or by foot (00:12:19) Guessing your age by where you used to be able to smoke (00:15:31) The "No Eating Cigarettes" section (00:21:4…
254: A Four Chugga Choo Choo
Ep 254 · Jun 25, 2026 · 2 hr 59 min
Brad is still out on personal leave, but his podcasting cohort Will Smith is here to chat with Vinny and Alex about the Steam Machine, GTA's discless future, and a variety of video games and demos. 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 (00:00:31) Will Smith is here to set us right (00:02:29) This is…
253: The Alex Navarro Jumpscare
Ep 253 · Jun 18, 2026 · 2 hr 44 min
Brad unfortunately had to duck out for this week's show, but Vinny and Alex keep the conversation going with more Summer Game Fest updates, ample discussion on Microsoft and the larger industry's current fortunes, and even a bit of speculation on what our level of survivability would be when pitted up against any X-Man, but mostly one X-Man in particular. The one with knives in his hands. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon versi…
252: Stardew Valley With a Serial Killer
Ep 252 · Jun 11, 2026 · 2 hr 27 min
Alex is back from Los Angeles to talk about the games he saw at Summer Game Fest like Control Resonant, Resident Evil Veronica, Silent Hill: Townfall, Onimusha, and many others, plus we note a bunch of the notables from the week's events, including FF7: Revelation, Persona 6, the Ocarina of Time remake, scads of cool indies, Doom Guy's questionable helmet removal, and plenty more. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due t…
251: Bone Up!
Ep 251 · Jun 4, 2026 · 2 hr 23 min
With the summer games season beginning, this week we cover State of Play items like God of War: Laufey, Until Dawn 2, and the Wolverine demo, plus the Fable delay, 007 First Light, Mina the Hollower, the whole shebang about Directive 8020 (plus some loose Dark Pictures ranking), and the most important news of the week: StarCraft II PTR update 5.0.16. 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…
250: Whisper of the Worm +5
Ep 250 · May 28, 2026 · 2 hr 24 min
This week: Lego Batman, Yerba Buena, TerraTech Legion, the Steam Deck price increase, lamenting the end of Destiny, Unreal Engine 6, our early PC-building memories, and other stuff! 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 (00:02:54) Vinny's ready for the next career move. Well, maybe not. (00:11:08) Vi…
249: A Hundred Wolverines Drop Onto an Island
Ep 249 · May 21, 2026 · 2 hr 23 min
This week's show gets loose as we discuss the latest, greatest games, such as TerraTech Legion, Call of the Elder Gods, and, uh, Candy Box, plus Sony's retreat from PC releases, Embracer attempting to correctly leverage Red Faction and Deus Ex, how to display your childhood consoles, what to do when a skunk-laden dog breaches the house, 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…
248: Make All Characters Suspicious Types
Ep 248 · May 14, 2026 · 2 hr 18 min
Between the Star Fox 64 remake and Mixtape, there's a lot of hot button issues to talk about this week, plus more games like Directive 8020, Call of the Sea, Saros, and Forbidden Solitaire, even more Retro Rewind customizations, big retirements at Nintendo, big changes for Civ VII, strange encounters on Vinny's doorstep, 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 skip…
247: Kyoto Craftsmanship
Ep 247 · May 7, 2026 · 2 hr 7 min
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 one last time with Pragmata). Also, is there going to be a new Mortal Kombat? How many Street Fighter tattoos are there in the world? Reggie Fils-Aime said what about Amazon? How do you hide a secret track on a record? These questions and many more, pondered! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-…
246: Core Before More
Ep 246 · Apr 30, 2026 · 2 hr 46 min
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 madness of Ultimate Drummer (plus the end of Pragmata). Also, Microsoft Gaming's... sorry, Xbox's new-ish direction, the AC: Black Flag remake, which developers' names have the best mouthfeel, what to do when your Legos get peed on, and more. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version…
245: 60 Is a Nintendo 30
Ep 245 · Apr 23, 2026 · 2 hr 17 min
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 dream! Also featuring video game news like a cheaper and maybe soon a la carte Game Pass, and a (sort of) new Neo Geo! Also also, featuring a lot of talk about Olive Garden for some reason! 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 i…
244: Just a Game-Ass Game
Ep 244 · Apr 16, 2026 · 2 hr 34 min
Many beautiful video games are blooming along with the Spring flowers this month, including Pragmata, Final Sentence, Dosa Divas, and Replaced, all of which we play and discuss! In the news, Epic's Disney's extraction shooter, pricing changes (maybe) coming to Game Pass, a Bloodborne movie is on the way, and more. Plus, your emails! 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 sk…
243: Leon, Chris, Leon, Chris
Ep 243 · Apr 9, 2026 · 1 hr 57 min
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's recent proof-of-life moves, the passing of Double Dragon's creator, defunct studios and publishers we miss, and a bunch more! (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)…
242: Smooth Jimmy's Pod of the Week
Ep 242 · Apr 2, 2026 · 2 hr 28 min
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 video game releases, and the gambling industry's ongoing contribution to the degeneration of society. 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 (00:01:29)…
241: An Underpowered, Pathetic Pokemon
Ep 241 · Mar 26, 2026 · 2 hr 34 min
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 unlimited ammo, the state of Marathon's Cryo Archives and late game, some more unfortunate industry-downturn news, another installment in the great FMV game debate, 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 aro…
Special Ep: Never Been a Better Podcast 010: Making it Happening
Mar 19, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min
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 Bakalar and Austin Walker join us to talk about the funny pages, technology running amok, and electronic drum kits? CHAPTERS (00:01:07) Intro (00:02:31) Sah-caucus vs Sea-caucus (00:03:21) All the good podcast memories are Beastcast related (00:05:56) The internal politics of carving out studio spaces (00:08:14) "I'm a human and I don't work there…
240: It's-a Mediocre!
Ep 240 · Mar 12, 2026 · 2 hr 40 min
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 about Microsoft's Project Helix, PlayStation surge pricing, Nagoshi Studio's loss of funding for Gang of Dragon, and the final round of Mario Galaxy movie casting, plus another stack of FMV 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. Plea…
239: Requiem? Damn Near Killed 'Em
Ep 239 · Mar 5, 2026 · 2 hr 42 min
This week we discuss the hottest Resident Evil releases, like Outbreak and 6 (and also Requiem), Reanimal, Steam Next Fest demos like Vampire Crawlers, Awaysis, and Forbidden Solitaire, Sony's reported decision to stop porting its first-party games to PC, the Bloodborne remaster that almost was, RedOctane's new guitar game, the God of War live action show, and a bunch of other stuff! CHAPTERS (00:00:10) Intro (00:02:20) No power, (almost) no problem! (00:12:50) Resident Evil Requiem | [PC (Micro…
238: Always Be Gaming
Ep 238 · Feb 26, 2026 · 2 hr 32 min
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 shuttering Bluepoint Games, and more. We dig into all that, plus Alex and Brad nerd out over the new Star Trek: Voyager game, Vinny names his FMV Mount Rushmore, and other stuff on this week's show! 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 c…
237: Konami Might Be Back
Ep 237 · Feb 19, 2026 · 2 hr 12 min
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, Control Resonant, and Konami's impressive bundle of Castlevania, Silent Hill, and Metal Gear games. Also, games like God of War: Sons of Sparta, Menace, Heart of the Forest, and Avowed on PS5. Also, Vinny's questionable encounter at the Outback Steakhouse. Sounds like a podcast, alright! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate…
236: Random Access Mockery
Ep 236 · Feb 12, 2026 · 2 hr 37 min
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 Quest VII, Cairn, and some Silent Hill f endingsmaxxing. And in the news, the rubber is meeting the road on the RAM crisis for Valve, Sony, and Nintendo, there's a new live-service Horizon game coming, Ryu Ga Gotoku's response to sexual assault allegations on the cast of the new Yakuza is... questionable, and more. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timec…
235: The Long November
Ep 235 · Feb 5, 2026 · 2 hr 34 min
What a chockablock episode this week, touching on games like Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, Cairn, and Vinny's Silent Hill f ending extravaganza, plus how the Epstein files intersect with gaming, alarming layoff stats in game development, Switch sales' major new milestone, things we miss from the pre-Internet gaming era, and the AI-powered Parappa the Rapper podcast coming soon to a PlayStation near you. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free…
234: Zoomers Love Tony Shalhoub
Ep 234 · Jan 29, 2026 · 2 hr 22 min
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 Fine announced a pottery-brawling online game, Battlefield 6 did extremely well, Nintendo has strong feelings about Dispatch, and a series of truly shocking revelations about the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 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 u…
233: An X-Ray Equals 10 Bananas
Ep 233 · Jan 22, 2026 · 2 hr 15 min
Ubisoft is doing a big old reorg, delaying and canceling games, and talking about "billionaire brands," Marathon gets a release date, Highguard is out next Monday, Life Is Strange is getting an unexpected sequel, some consoles get ranked from prettiest to ugliest, and we spent time with games like Hack and Climb, Whiskerwood, and Silent Hill f's new game plus mode. All that and more on this week's show! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-fre…
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