The Nextlander Podcast

31: Alex Narrativaro

Jan 6, 2022

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The Next Lander Podcast - It's New Year and We're Breaking the Law

Game of the Year Run Down Business Podcast

I Wish I Liked Them More

Best Story - The Most Spoilers

Dark Side of the Moon - A Wild Story

Game Review - You Tell the Good Tale

A, Dark Picture Stories Tly Better Than Two

Life Is Strange, True Colors

The Forgotten City - The Best Game Ever

Game Review - Yefo, a Forgotten City

Tenic Sensey - The Time Loop Game

Is There Anything You Can Do About Voting?

The Big Bang Game Review

Is Jet Hanging With All Your Other Issues?

Game Review - Spaceship Mission

Ratchet and Clank, Rrift Apart, Is a Good Kid's Movie

I See You Hovering Over Gardens of Galaxy

Starlord - A Video Game Dad Game Review

Game Review - Massafect I Men

The Edge of to Morrow, a Video Game Movie

Mass Effect Legendary Mission

Massfe, Legendary Edition

The Game Quartern, Quote - It's Insane

The Inscription Is a Video Game, Right?

The Wild Echoes of the Eye

'Sychonots' Is a Big Story.

01:00:22 • 2min

Wa Sygonons II - A Review

01:02:02 • 2min

Ikno - The Ethics of the Psychonots

01:04:26 • 3min

The Ford Crawler - Was It a Ford?

01:07:00 • 2min

Taking a Quick Break and Coming Back With More Best Story

01:08:54 • 2min

Guardians of the Galaxy

01:10:42 • 3min

Guardians of the Galaxy - Unpacking

01:13:25 • 2min

Unpacking Is a Great Story to Tell in a Gridio Game

01:15:08 • 2min

The Story Unpacking

01:17:07 • 2min

What Are the Best Games of This Year?

01:19:15 • 2min

The Top Ten List

01:21:13 • 3min

The Top 31 Games We've Read Off

01:24:11 • 3min

Into the Dark - A Game Review

01:27:02 • 3min

The Ascent, a Game I Really Like

01:30:22 • 2min

Is It on the 20 32 List?

01:32:46 • 2min

The Tenaxs List

01:34:37 • 2min

A Heavenly Bodies - I Like That Game a Lot

01:36:54 • 2min

The Gunk Is a Fun Little Game, but Did Not Make Any Less.

01:38:45 • 3min

Bridge's Spirits Is a Very Solid Game

01:42:11 • 2min

Is This a Metro Game?

01:44:35 • 2min

Is Metroi Dread on the Top Five?

01:46:14 • 3min

Returnel Can Go?

01:48:54 • 2min

I've Got It Got Late. You Should Be on the Other List

01:51:07 • 2min

Do Death Loop Make a Top Ten?

01:53:10 • 3min

I'll Let That Go. Valheim Is on Multiple Lists

01:56:04 • 2min

Bowser Fury Is a Great Mario Game.

01:57:59 • 3min

02:00:35 • 2min

02:03:04 • 2min

Is Ratchet on the Top Ten?

02:04:49 • 3min

02:07:21 • 2min

Hit Man, Three Fights in Tight Spaces, Forgotten City, Psychonots and Unpacking

02:09:14 • 2min

- I'm Oke With That.

02:11:08 • 2min

Boomerang X - I Love It More Than Unpacking

02:12:53 • 2min

02:14:25 • 2min

Playing Into the Breach Is a Hard Game

02:16:02 • 2min

Psychonots 2 - Is Inscription Number One?

02:17:46 • 2min

Ike, I've Got Ratched, I've Got Marvel, Yea, Psychonats a on My List.

02:19:52 • 2min

Is It Psychonots to Inscription?

02:21:47 • 2min

Is Inscription a Top Ten Card Game?

02:23:27 • 3min

Is Inscription Still on the Podcast?

02:26:19 • 2min

I've Never Played a Pokamon Game, but I Don't Mind It.

02:28:07 • 2min

A Inscription Is Getting a Tone of Good Buzz a O Boy.

02:29:46 • 2min

Is This a Top Five?

02:32:01 • 2min

Is This a Top Ten Game?

02:33:37 • 2min

The Best Looking Game of the Year

02:35:08 • 2min

The Best Story With Inscription for Bread

02:37:09 • 2min

A Look at the Future of the PC Games

02:38:44 • 3min

The Witch Queen, Destinied to Wqueen, Expansin Rinching

02:41:35 • 4min

Advance Wars Remake

02:45:10 • 2min

02:47:15 • 3min

The Spider, Spider Man Is Not Right?

02:50:38 • 2min

The Only Names I Can't Read

02:52:09 • 2min

Next Lander - Game of the Year, 20 22

02:53:41 • 2min

Our retrospective on the games of 2021 comes to a close (OR DOES IT??) with a long consideration of the best stories of the year, a perhaps longer effort to arrive at the 10 best games of the year, then a quick rundown of the games we're looking forward to in the coming months. Thanks to everyone for supporting us last year and into the future!

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CHAPTERS

(00:00:10) Intro
(00:02:25) Game of the Year recap so far
(00:05:43) There will probably be more spoilers than usual. I've marked the games during best story where we go deeper in the narrative.
(00:06:47) Best Story
(00:09:32) Lost Judgment
(00:16:33) Life is Strange: True Colors
(00:18:43) The Forgotten City
(00:26:06) Unpacking
(00:28:59) Jett: The Far Shore
(00:34:41) Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
(00:36:36) Guardians of the Galaxy
(00:43:32) Deathloop
(00:47:25) Mass Effect
(00:49:51) Inscryption
(00:55:07) Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
(00:58:31) Psychonauts 2
(01:06:30) Break
(01:06:33) Making the Best Story list
(01:16:40) Moving into the overall best games of the year
(01:16:57) Nextlander personal Top Ten lists
(01:18:28) Vinny's Top Eleven Games
(01:19:17) Brad's Top Ten Games
(01:20:07) Alex's Top Ten Games
(01:20:50) Cutting out all the games that didn't make it
(01:36:45) And that leaves us with 20 games that made the list
(01:38:00) Making 20 games into 10 games
(02:07:58) Ordering the best 10 games
(02:28:51) Reading the Top Ten
(02:31:52) The full Nextlander 2021 category recap
(02:35:57) The games of the future!
(02:36:29) Dyling Light 2
(02:37:05) Sifu
(02:37:33) Horizon Forbidden West
(02:38:38) Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
(02:39:30) Stalker 2
(02:40:07) Elden Ring
(02:40:11) Saints Row
(02:40:27) Tunic
(02:40:54) Stray
(02:41:20) Redfall
(02:41:41) Far: Changing Tides
(02:42:21) Advance Wars
(02:42:35) Forspoken
(02:42:57) Starfield
(02:45:51) Bayonetta 3
(02:46:00) ARC Raiders
(02:46:47) The next WWE game
(02:47:33) Ghostwire: Tokyo
(02:48:08) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:48:57) Mysterious Benefactor Tier Shoutouts
(02:51:06) Written lists will be posted on Patreon soon
(02:51:56) Thanks and see ya!

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