The Week That Was: 08/23 - 08/27/2021 (Patreon)

Hello, Nextlanders! It's Sunday, and you know what that means: the recap post I always intend to write on Saturdays is being posted on Sunday again! Look, I don't have much of a social calendar these days, but somehow the last few weeks every Saturday has been my "do stuff" day. So here I am once again, on my non-doing stuff day, telling you about all the stuff we made last week. Your patience and support is always appreciated.

Anyway, onto the content!

Nextlander Forms Powerful Thoughts on Psychonauts 2 

Myself and the Internet's Brad Shoemaker put our heads together to talk Double Fine's latest, and you know what? This game kicks ass. Sharp writing, great visuals, solid action platforming, all the things you would feasibly want from a Psychonauts sequel. But don't just take my word for it! Watch the video! Seeing is believing!

Full Motion Vinny: The 13th Doll -- Episode 05 

In our final look at this 7th Guest fan game, we find ourselves faced with the choice every person inevitably must make at one point or another in our lives: do you stab the resurrected ghost man, or the distressed kid named Tad. Also featuring over an hour of Picross for no good reason!

Weekly Ramblecast 011: society.zone 

On this week's Ramblecast, I lightly menace some jerks who parked in front of my driveway during a tropical storm, install an ancient PC game from mythical discs, and we compare notes on the wide variety of USB thumb drives we've collected throughout our careers.

Nextlander Takes on Aliens: Fireteam Elite 

Not to spoil what happens in this look at the latest game to suggest shooting guns at xenomorphs might make for a good time, but calling itself Elite is a check that this game is maybe not quite equipped to cash.

Vinny Draws from Memory: Dr. Robotnik and Dr. Mario 

Let the dulcet tones and impeccable lines of one Vinny Caravella cure what ails ya, as he attempts to draw two of video games' most famous doctors from the recesses of his mind!

The Nextlander Podcast 012: A Xeno Named Matilda 

This week's show is chock full of discussions about Psychonauts 2, Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, and the various games shown at Gamescom's Opening Night Live. Plus, I finally figure out a way to jam about 10 minutes of wrestling discussion into one of these shows! Don't worry, that's probably all the pro graps talk you're gonna get for the rest of this year, if you have an aversion to that sort of thing.

Nextlander and Gamescom Opening Night Live 

Speaking of that Gamescom business, if you wanna see the three of us talking over those announcements, here's where we did that! If by some chance this video happens to go missing again, know that it is because of 20 seconds of music in an anime video game trailer. Damn you on this day, Sony Music Entertainment. On this day and all days. 

Patron Q&A 002: August 2021 

For the second time, we take to Discord's stages feature and answer questions from you! The patron! Also, sorry for the double Costanza in the images this week, but they both fit! And when the Costanza fits, you must commit!

Patron's Choice for August: The Simpsons Hit & Run, and More! 

To once again give our Mission Control and above patrons a shout, y'all voted, and you wanted to see us play a bunch of Simpsons games! So I fired up this used copy of Hit & Run, Brad fired up the old Mister for some "classic" Simpsons titles, and we even dabble in a bit of Simpsons Arcade. A veritable Nextlander Simpsons Boogie!

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And once again, that was the week! We did a lot last week! More than I realized, even. It's amazing how things just sort of blow by when you're in the thick of it. As always, thank you for your continued support of all things Nextlander. We could not do this without all of you. Enjoy the last bits of your weekend, and we'll see you all next week!

--A