Midwest Game Nerds Podcast

MGNP Sidequests are bonus episodes available to $1/month patrons on our Patreon the day after a normal episode releases! They are also released into our normal feed on off-weeks since we typically only release a full episode once every two weeks. This week’s sidequest completes our year end discussion with our superlatives for 2020 games! … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s been a rough year, but we’re thankful to have had some great video games to distract ourselves throughout quarantine. On this episode we talk about what we’ve been playing, including finally trying out Among Us together, as well as some game news, but the main event is our top 5 games of 2020! If … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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MGNP Sidequests are bonus episodes available to $1/month patrons on our Patreon the day after a normal episode releases! They are also released into our normal feed on off-weeks since we typically only release a full episode once every two weeks. This week’s sidequest comes from a reddit post titled “Golden Rules” about gamer logic! … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cyberpunk is all we’ve been playing and it has been dominating the news so we get into a slightly more in-depth (but not particularly spoilery) discussion of the game and we announce the winner of our Cyberpunk 2077 giveaway! We also talk about a few other game news topics including VR hitting Microsoft Flight Simulator … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MGNP Sidequests are bonus episodes available to $1/month patrons on our Patreon the day after a normal episode releases! They are also released into our normal feed on off-weeks since we typically only release a full episode once every two weeks. This week’s sidequest brings a Sega Genesis game bracket showdown from friend of the … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cyberpunk has finally arrived! The nerds talk about the opening hours of the game and also tell you how YOU CAN WIN A COPY OF CYBERPUNK 2077 FOR PC by listening to our podcast! We also talk about the announcements at The Game Awards as well as a few of the winners. Light spoilers for … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bryan has computer woes and Jon and Alex have an abusive relationship with the PS5 remake of Demon’s Souls! All of that plus more streaming game service iOS betas and new footage of Cyberpunk 2077 running on consoles! Become a patron by visiting our Patreon: If you want to follow us on social media or … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon and Alex just got brand new PlayStation 5s and Bryan and Corey are all about the latest Destiny expansion! Hear thoughts on Demon’s Souls, Godfall, Astro’s Playroom, Miles Morales, and Destiny all on this week’s episode! Become a patron by visiting our Patreon: If you want to follow us on social media or see … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The nerds have just begun Watch Dogs Legion so they provide some first impressions of the game but they also talk a bit about Amazon Luna and the latest Cyberpunk 2077 delay. All of that and much more! Become a patron by visiting our Patreon: If you want to follow us on social media … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The game nerds haven’t been playing much new but there’s plenty of game news to discuss! From PS5 and Xbox Series X to Destiny cheating and Call of Duty patches, we hit it all! Check out Jess Conditt’s final XSX preview here for Engadget! Check out Sony’s official PS5 teardown here! Become a patron by … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon and Bryan now have RTX 3080s! Jon finally beat The Last of Us Remastered while Alex feels guilty about enjoying Hades more than Spelunky 2 and Bryan has been getting 240 frames per second on Doom Eternal! We talk about Star Wars Squadrons in-depth before discussing the weird Peter Parker recasting in the PS5 … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex has played a bit of Spelunky 2 but we all tried to get our hands on an RTX 3080 graphics card! Listen to find out how that went as well as learn all about the new console offerings coming this November! Finally, concrete prices and release dates! Become a patron by visiting our Patreon: … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bryan’s checked out a little bit of Wasteland 3 and Crusader Kings 3 while Alex and Jon both finished Ghost of Tsushima and Alex is finally playing Alan Wake 10 years after release, but they’re all very excited to talk about brand new video cards from nVidia and plenty of other game news! Become a … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bryan takes to the skies with a new HOTAS flight stick and Microsoft Flight Simulator while Alex flails on the runway with an Xbox controller. Jon also got a chance to check out Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout this week! We also get into a tiring discussion about Epic, Apple, and Google. All of that and … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So many games this week and so little time! Bryan and Alex checked out Grounded in early access as well as Carrion, both on Xbox Game Pass! Jon has played a bit more Ghost of Tsushima, and Alex got to experience Crystal Dynamics’ Avengers Beta as well as Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. All of … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon and Alex give their initial impressions of the final PlayStation 4 first party exclusive — Ghost of Tsushima as well as discuss the news coming out of Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase from this past week! Become a patron by visiting our Patreon: If you want to follow us on social media or see all … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex has finished The Last of Us Part II, Jon is still playing Horizon: Zero Dawn, and Bryan has played Hyper Scape! After a brief what we’ve been playing segment, we recap Ubisoft’s broadcast event – Ubisoft Forward, as well as talk about some game news. Here’s a link to The Last of Alex: Part … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex talks about his first impressions of The Last of Us Part II, Jon talks about Horizon: Zero Dawn, and we all geek out about the latest news about Cyberpunk 2077! Become a patron by visiting our Patreon: If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sony has finally revealed the look of the PlayStation 5 as well as given a look at several games for the system! We discuss whether we’re more or less interested after this first look and make a bet about pricing at the end. Become a patron by visiting our Patreon: If you want to follow … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.