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Somehow the nerds have cobbled together the top 5 games they played in 2025! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex has played and finished Metroid Prime 4: Beyond! The Game Awards also happened! We discuss some of the awards and big announcements from the show! Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors! If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com! As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The nerds finally return to talk about Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, Battlefield 6, Ball x Pit, RV There Yet?, and the recent announcements from Valve about new Steam hardware! Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors! If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com! As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex finished Clair Obscur Expedition 33! He also started and beat Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and picked up Hollow Knight Silksong! Bryan started checking out The Alters! And Jon is excited for Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles. Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors! If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com! As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All three nerds have finally tried out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33! Alex has platinum'd Death Stranding 2: On the Beach! Bryan played the first weekend of the Battlefield 6 open beta! Alex has started Donkey Kong Bananza! Oops all video games! Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors! If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com! As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bryan got a Nintendo Switch 2! Jon and Alex collectively have over 100 hours in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach! That and Microsoft FAFO'd with the price of The Outer Worlds 2. Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors! If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com! As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! 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. Jon, Bryan, Erica, and Alex all discuss the latest season of FX's The Bear which released all 10 episodes on Hulu on 6/25/25. Send us your ideas for sidequest topics to our email ([email protected])! Become a patron by visiting our Patreon! If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com/links! As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apologies for the short episode! We recorded our longer side quest for The Bear season 4 which will be on this feed next week! Alex is deep into Death Stranding 2: On The Beach and he tells Jon and Bryan his initial thoughts about it! Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors! If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com! As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex got a Switch 2! He talks about the console itself as well as Mario Kart World and Nintendo Switch 2 World Tour! We also highlight some of our favorite announcements from Summer Game Fest and the surrounding events by Sony and Microsoft. Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors! If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com! As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! 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. Erica joins the boys to discuss season 2 of Andor! Enjoy our meandering and gushing conversation about an exemplary TV series and season. Send us your ideas for sidequest topics to our email ([email protected])! Become a patron by visiting our Patreon! If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com/links! As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex and Bryan have been checking out Doom: The Dark Ages! Also, all three of us have watched the entirety of HBO's The Last of Us Season 2, so we have a game and show spoiler filled discussion (that starts immediately at 0:33:33). Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors! If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com! As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon and Bryan have checked out The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Remastered while Alex couldn't even boot it up! He's still been playing Blue Prince. We also discuss the first 3 episodes of The Last of Us Season 2 on HBO (with some spoilers for the game and show, beware!) and somehow end up talking about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors! If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com! As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon returns! He's played a little bit of the Suikoden I & II Remaster! Bryan bought a Steam Deck! Alex checked out the Tomba remaster and is at the beginning of a long Blue Prince addiction! All of that plus news about Bungie's Marathon, potential Switch 2 pre-order timing, and the worst kept secret in the games industry -- the inbound Elder Scrolls: Oblivion remaster from Virtuous! Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors! If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com! As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While Jon is away taking care of business, Alex and Bryan discuss the massive news drop from this week's Nintendo Switch 2 Direct! Also, Bryan has finished Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Alex is loving Suikoden I&II Remaster, and he also checked out Assassin's Creed Shadows! All of that plus some PC upgrade corner at the end of the episode. Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors! If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com! As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! 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. Jon and Alex have tried Orange Cream Coke Zero and Blackberry Dr. Pepper Zero! Jon has a lot of feelings about hibachi! Alex watched SNL50 and the associated documentaries! Jon has a bunch of music recs! Haunted Mouths - A Collection of Greetings The Story So Far - I Want to Disappear Wow Signal - Destination Unknown Send us your ideas for sidequest topics to our email ([email protected])! Become a patron by visiting our Patreon! If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com/links! As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.