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.
Episodes
September 11, 2025 • 108 mins
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.
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September 4, 2025 • 145 mins
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.
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August 28, 2025 • 122 mins
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.
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August 21, 2025 • 113 mins
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, Halo on a PlayStation (sort of), a Gamescom wrap-up including Road Kings, WH40K: Dawn of War IV, and uh, Bubsy 4D, and lastly... maybe Hollow Knight Silksong is getting a release date. Or maybe it's just out now?
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August 14, 2025 • 127 mins
This week we get extra retro with Gradius Origins, Operation Night Strikers, The Scouring, and (in a way) Mafia: The Old Country. Also: pressure builds inside Xbox against Microsoft's support of Israel's actions in Gaza, Switch 2 dev kits are still pretty scarce, more game cancellations and studio closures continue to be a fact of life, and more.
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August 7, 2025 • 125 mins
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, and Brad mixes it up arcade-style with Rhythm Storm and Earthion. Plus, the Switch is getting pricier in the US, BioShock 4 might be troubled, itch.io begins to address its recent content purge, and more.
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July 31, 2025 • 119 mins
Video games! We talk about some this week, like Ninja Gaiden Ragebound, Wheel World, Grounded 2, Wildgate, and more DK Bananza, plus news like the purging of adult games from Steam and itch.io, Sony's lawsuit against Tencent's Horizon clone, Atari's acquisition of Thunderful, and the momentous and long-overdue return of Mario Paint to a modern Nintendo platform.
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July 24, 2025 • 117 mins
The gang's all here and going, uh, bananas for Donkey Kong Bananza, plus Shadow Labyrinth, The Drifter, and more Death Stranding and MindsEye. In the news, Splitgate 2 prepares to unrelease, From Software might have another new game in the works, and Hellraiser is finally getting that video game after nearly 40 years. All that, plus your emails!
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July 17, 2025 • 157 mins
Friend of the show Lex Luddy joins us to talk about how Death Stranding 2 holds up, the Megami Tensei Universe, and what exactly constitutes an Irish Pub. Vinny shares his closing thoughts on Assassin's Creed Shadows and Alex helps us unpack the week's news!
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July 9, 2025 • 65 mins
We're on break this week, so we bring you another hit from the Never Been a Better archives, when Abby Russell and Austin Walker joined us to talk about dream jobs, Generation Alpha, and much more!
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July 3, 2025 • 154 mins
We unfortunately have to start this week's episode with the brutal cuts at Xbox, which saw studios shuttered and projects like Everwild and Perfect Dark straight up cancelled, but also touch on Donkey Kong Bananza and the next 3D Mario game, get way deeper into Death Stranding 2, try to make sense of the increasingly fantastic casting for the new Street Fighter movie, and more.
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June 26, 2025 • 166 mins
Death Stranding 2 is upon us and dominates the first hour of the show this week, Vinny finished Clair Obscur, Brad will (probably not) be playing more Hopshot, more layoffs at Xbox and Build a Rocket Boy, Sega leaks a bunch of sales figures, Nickelodeon is mashing up with Sonic, a great brawler debate ensues, and more.
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June 19, 2025 • 157 mins
It's the season of Fests (both Summer Game and Steam Next) and between the two, one metric tonne of video games is discussed on the show this week, including FBC Firebreak, Dying Light: The Beast, Dosa Divas, Snap & Grab, Directive 8020, Blighted, Ratatan, Ball x Pit, Dispatch, Baby Steps, and Peak. Also: the Marathon delay, official word from Microsoft about opening up the next Xbox, Beat Saber bails on PlayStation VR, an...
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June 12, 2025 • 175 mins
Between the Switch 2's arrival, hours of Summer Game Fest streams, and Brad's return from checking out many games (and one above-it-all cat) in Los Angeles, a single podcast episode can barely contain all this discussion, but we do our best to cram in chat about Mario Kart World, Resident Evil: Requiem, Lumines Arise, an impromptu ranking of Nintendo console launches, and a bunch of other stuff.
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June 5, 2025 • 122 mins
Based on feedback from last week this might just be a car podcast now, but we also discuss the Switch 2 launch news that's starting to trickle out, Brad's deep dive into Elden Ring Nightreign, details on EA's cancelled Black Panther game, new footage from The Witcher 4, some questionably timed State of Play predictions, and more.
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May 29, 2025 • 145 mins
It's time to talk into microphones about video games (and other things) once again, with chat this week about To a T, TMNT Tactical Takedown, Siegecaster, the big Fortnite buy, the cancellation of Battle Aces and EA's Black Panther, USB mouse support on the Switch 2, Alex Garland's Elden Ring, the most Peter Molyneux quote ever, Vinny's car hunt, and more.
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May 22, 2025 • 143 mins
TWO HUNDRED EPISODES? We don't believe it either, but believe this: We cover everything from Sunderfolk to Deliver at All Costs, Fortnite's AI Darth Vader mess, plagiarism in Marathon, Switch 2 launch coverage, the Summer Game Fest vibe, and plenty more on this week's show.
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May 15, 2025 • 137 mins
This week: There's a new Doom game out and court has adjourned long enough for Brad to deliver a verdict on it, Vinny clicks around in Loco Motive, we debate the coming of the FRPG era, the Switch 2 is getting some Very Important Features, Walton Goggins has a business he'd like you to know about, and a bunch more.
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May 8, 2025 • 181 mins
We attempt to grapple with the job losses at Polygon and Giant Bomb (and dig into some of our own time at GB) this week, before diving into the ARC Raiders tech test, the end of Lost Records, Vinny's deepening love of Hollow Knight, the increasing absurdity of Skin Deep, the GTA 6 delay and new trailer, increasing Xbox prices, Gears on PlayStation, and some housekeeping notes for the next few weeks of Nextlander (yes, Brad's g...
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May 1, 2025 • 147 mins
We're awash in games this week with Skin Deep, Clair Obscur, the Marathon alpha, and a bunch of other stuff we're continuing to play. In the news, the cancelled Titanfall extraction shooter and more hardware makers like 8BitDo suspending shipments into the United States. Then an emails section flush with the straight scoop on subjects like being a Green Bay Packers shareholder, doing publicity for Banksy, the fate of the Antar...
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