Happy Monday! Were back, and we have a ton of stuff to talk about. Its been a real busy few weeks so hop in as Caleb and Ryan get right into it! Topics: Halo Studios announcement, Breachway, Tiny Glade, Dystopika, more Star Trucker, Ryan is getting into endgame Space Marine, The Forever Winter is interesting, Off the Grid, get good old man. You can…

Happy Wednesday! About a month ago Caleb's computer took a massive dump and he had to completely wipe it and reinstall Windows. That took a while...so here is our episode we recording reacting to Opening Night Live about a month ago! WE have another episode in the tube for Monday morning, so stay tuned. Topics: The Forever Winter, More Hunt Showdow…

Happy Friday! About a month ago Caleb's computer took a massive dump and he had to completely wipe it and reinstall Windows. That took a while...so here is our episode we recording reacting to Opening Night Live about a month ago! WE have another episode in the tube for Monday morning, so stay tuned. Topics: Windows Breaking, Hunt Showdown Update, …

Happy Tuesday Nerds! Come hang for this week's episode of The NerdyBits Show. Catch up with us as we run you through what we've been doing for the last few months. Family vacations, sick kids, lots of games, and Deadpool and Wolverine! There is a lot to talk about. Topics: Dungeons of Laysara Summit Kingdom, Ereban Shadow Legacy, Destiny 2 You can …

Happy Wednesday Nerds! Come hang for this week's episode of The NerdyBits Show. Ryan and Caleb detail their deep dive into Remnant II, a game that Caleb is deeply happy that the group clung to this time around. We talk about the Helldivers Sony nonsense, Microsoft closing studios for (tax) reasons, and then Caleb chats about No Rest for the Wicked,…

Happy Monday Nerds! Come hang for this week's episode of The NerdyBits Show. This time we dive into a bunch of game updates that have come out in the last few weeks, including Helldivers 2 and The Finals. We talk about what it means to balance a PvE game, we lament the drought of RTS games, and then by extension Star Wars games. Ryan and Caleb also…

What is up everyone! Got a bit of a special one this week! And a LONG one! Ryan's brother Patrick has been in the center of the TNBS crew's minds for the last few months. Pat is a constant gaming companion and damn good one at that, but one morning he and Ryan wondered what it would be like if he joined the show. Well now he won't have to wonder. J…

Happy February! Catch up with the TNBS crew this week as Ryan recounts his trip to Europe, just before Caleb goes on his own. The two also dig into Jusant, God of War: Ragnarok's Valhalla DLC, Lamplighter's League, and a bunch more. Come hang with the NerdyBits crew as they get punchy and have a blast. You can listen to us below, or on iTunes and S…

What's up folks! Happy New Year! Come hang with Caleb and Ryan as they start to think about their games of the year. We also dig into THE FINALS, the new pvp shooter from Embark Studios, the ins and outs of strategy, the interesting choices they've made for cosmetics, how much the Vegas map sucks, and lots more. Ryan also gets into Farming Simulato…

What's up folks! This one is a backlogger. Sorry. Caleb and Ryan got together and recorded back in December. We complain a bit about how bad the Xbox mobile app is, dig into the GTA VI trailer, Caleb gushes for a bit about Spider-Man 2, and then we go through the Game Awards and our thoughts, including how sad we are that E3 is officially dead. You…

What is up folks! Caleb and Ryan got together and made a real long one for ya! Ben is out this episode, scheduling and such, but come hang with us as we walk through all the things we have been playing in the last month. We go in order from least time to most, starting with the new Forza Motorsport and our limited time with it so far. We follow tha…

Hey Folks! We're back after a long assignment playing hours and hours of Starfield. With more than 300 hours between the three of us, come have a seat and hear our thoughts on one of this year's (honestly this generation's) biggest games. Mild caution ahead of listening, it is a little spoilery about broader events, nothing very specific though. If…

Yup. We know. We're playing it too. Come hang with the NerdyBits crew as they dig into allllllll sorts of stuff. From cars and spirits (the boozy kind), to Starfield. And then we just kinda stay on Starfield, but also make a short diversion to throw some shade at the 4k/60fps dorks on the internet bitching about ultra high fidelity gaming. It's a b…

Hey folks! This one is a backlogger from August. We recorded inside, because it was hot as hell, so we talk more softly. Making all of us kinda sound high. Sorry about that! Come hang as we dig into some Gamescom stuff, slip back into lamenting the absence of our "career game", and we talk a bit about Diablo 4 and Caleb's falling off of it. You can…

Yo! Welcome back! This week Ryan and Caleb hold down the show while Ben goes and has a dinner party or whatever. Come hang as we have a chill chat about movies and upcoming games and parenting. It's a chill hang. So come hang and chill! You can listen to us below, or on iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify! So whether you have an Apple or Android device, …

What's up folks! Long time! Couple of vacations in the books and things are getting back to normal finally! With that, come hang out with us as we catch you up on what we have been playing! Ben has beaten Lana, Ryan has beaten Dredge, Caleb ahs been playing Showgunners, we chat a bit about Phantom Brigade. There's a bunch in here, so come hang out!…

Sorry for the delay of game everyone. Crazy few weeks of stuff at the house and all around, really. Come hang with the crew as they discuss all the stuff that happened at E3. We talk about our favorites, we express our disappointment with Keighley's somewhat lackluster SGF showcase. All in all though, we enjoyed all the game news and can't wait for…

Whoa…do you hear that? It’s the sound of your favorite videogame podcast, back from the depths! We’ve returned. Caleb moved, Ben went to the Ripper doc, then Caleb found out his wife was creating another baby in her tum tum. It’s been a hell of a few months. But we’re back, and just in time for Keigh-3 to start. So as you get settled for the shows …

Happy Friday folks! So we dropped the ball a bit on finalizing our Game of the Year lists. It's tricky organizing the time to make sure you play as much as possible and put together a cohesive plan. Anyway, that day is coming. It is not this day. Today you can join the crew as they dig into more Hi-Fi Rush, which Ben and Caleb have finished, we als…

Happy Wednesday folks! It has once again been a while since you heard from us. We've been busy! For the first time in ages we are actually going through our backlogs! Also, we were surprised by the release of Hi-Fi Rush, an amazing rhythm-based action game from Tango Gameworks. Ben has been trying to crack the surface of the Like a Dragon series an…

Happy Monday folks! Hope everyone had a great holiday! We know we did! Join the crew as they go through 2022 and some of the games they played. It's about time for us to start putting together Game of the Year lists too! The number of games we talk about is a bit too long to list, so you'll just have to listen in! Also! Ryan and Tech got to go scre…

Happy Monday folks! Come hang out with the NerdyBits Show crew once again as we talk about nerdy, pop culture stuff! There was a big Comic Con in Sao Paolo that landed us a ton of trailers, so of course we dig into Indiana Jones, Transformers, and Guardians trailers. Ben shares a bit of beef about AC: Odyssey and its unfortunate DLC teasing, we all…

Happy Monday folks! If you can endure a little ASMR food-chewing noises (sorry about that) come hang out with us as we talk about a ton of cool stuff. From Black Panther to Call of Duty to Somerville! First we dig into the troubling news from Mick Gordon and the disagreeable circumstances of the Doom: Eternal score, then we talk about the downfall(…

Happy Friday folks! How ‘bout a little late Halloween talk? Ben is insistent that St. Louis has weird Halloween traditions, we define puddles for a minute, and then we get into game talk. Of course, what is an episode of The NerdyBits Show without a little complaining that there isn’t enough co-op games? Ben and Caleb dig into their experience with…

Happy Wednesday folks! We’re baaaack, with a ton of content. This is the first of three backlogged episodes that are gonna come out this holiday week due to technological and situational kerfuffles. Sorry about that! Come hang out with us as we chat about Overwatch and its “relaunch(?)”, Marauders and Ben’s first foray into hardcore Extraction shoo…

Happy Friday folks! Bit of a catch all episode this time as the crew talks across a bunch of topics. First a debate about Remakes and Remasters, then we dig into the meat of the episode, "Broken Games." There is a lot of conversation in the wild about the state of AAA game releases and their bugginess. The crew shares their opinions on the matter. …

Happy Monday folks! There was a big Call of Duty event last month and the crew took the time to sit down and talk about the worlds biggest franchise and their feelings about the upcoming title. Caleb debates whether or not the gun-porn is bad for our brains, Ryan runs through the announcements at Call of Duty NEXT, and Ben debates getting back into…

Happy Tuesday everyone! Come hang with the crew as they talk about their ongoing love affair with Hunt: Showdown, the PvPvE title developed by Crytek, and we deep dive all the things announced at Gamescom. Caleb has also played and finished South of the Circle, a beautiful narrative adventure with a wobbly ending. We also take a deep dive on the im…

Happy Friday! Come hang out with the team as they discuss why this year feels a little light. Could this fall be the result of the lockdowns in 2020? The last few years have been marred by fractured releases and inconsistent support as teams restructure. But it feels like nothing got started in 2020, perhaps even things in early dev stages got dela…

Happy Wednesday folks! Ben is back! so we spend time catching up with him and his experiences at Comic-Con. Then Caleb has to defend himself from the aggressive questioning of Ryan and Ben about why he "doesn't like Hunt Showdown (read: he actually does). Apologies for the late upload, look forward to another eppy later this week! You can listen to…

Happy Monday folks! Ben was busy living it up in San Diego for Comic-Con so Caleb and Ryan sat down to chat about what they have been up to. Caleb has dipped his toes in Dodgeball Academia and continues to adore Guardians of the Galaxy. Ryan is living his best life in The Hunt and together the two jumped into Ground Branch, an early access tactical…

Happy Monday folks! This episode got lost in a poor scheduling incident. You see, Caleb thought he posted it, but it never went up. Also the written info on the episode didn’t save. So were in the weird space where the eppy is late, and Caleb doesn’t remember what the crew talked about fully. We definitely talk about getting back into The Hunt, a d…

Happy Monday folks! The crew has a TON to talk about on this week's episode of The NerdyBits Show! We got to see Summer Game Fest 2022, Day of the Devs, and Devolver's shows. Ryan and Caleb talk Jurassic World Dominion, which was...fine. We all chat about Obi-Wan. And finally we get into Roller Champions, Citizen Sleeper, and a few other games. Lot…

Happy Thursday folks! Caleb is in Florida this week (and currently posting this from the pool) so come hang with the gang in this week’s episode The NerdyBits Show! We talk about the convention circuit and how to have fun in overcrowded nerd spaces, Game Pass’s incredible month of May, and then start the wheels of the hype train running as we get c…

Happy Tuesday folks! Come hang out with the NerdyBits gang as they dig into the Halo show and its interesting choice to stay away from Halo canon, question whether or not there was ever a time any of us had a "career" game, and debate why Battlefield would seemingly change a winning formula. It's a fun conversation! You can listen to us below, or o…

Happy Friday folks! Happy April...sheesh, time is accelerating right? Join the crew in their triumphant return after a month of moving, babies being born (congrats Ryan and fam) and tons of games and shows and nerd shit! Hang out while we dig into the new Halo show, Moon Knight, PlayStation's attempt at a Game Pass competitor, Sony's Morbius, and m…

Happy Friday folks! Everyone tries to find a game that speaks to them. For those of us that play close to 30 hours a week, sometimes that search can be tiresome. Whether it is a difficulty in finding something that everyone likes, finding something everyone can play, finding something everyone can afford, or any other number of limiting factors, th…

So 2022 has been a tricky little nugget hasn't it? Apologies from Caleb, as things have just been consistently getting the better of him all year. Anyway! So remember when Xbox announced their plans to ACQUIRE ACTIVISION??? Well you best believe the TNBS crew had thoughts about that. Join your hosts as they talk about what this could mean for the i…

Well well well…how the turn tables… so it’s been a few weeks since we announced our nominees for the NerdyBits GOTY Awards. It’s been a busy few weeks and we slipped up a bit on posting, this but we are here today! Come hang out with Ryan, Caleb, and Ben as they decide their winners for the year and express some regret not getting to everything. It…

The Holidays are drawing to a close and its that time of year to start talking about our favorites. In a year marred by the ongoing delays caused by COVID, it was interesting to look back and still find a lot of games to like. Especially when they came from unexpected places. Join the crew as they walk through some of their favorite experiences of …

Halo is upon us! Can you believe it!?!? With the release of the Halo Infinite campaign and multiplayer 1.0 just TOMORROW we felt it was a good idea to have a Halo-centric episode. Come hang out with the usual crew and special guest Christy Sawyer, co-host of ProcGens, as they gush about their experience with Halo Infinite so far, and climb aboard t…

Happy Monday everyone! Hang with the #TNBS crew as they dive into the spooky Phasmophobia, gush about the Halo multiplayer Beta, and adjust to a new Battlefield entry. After that, they get into a deep and tricky conversation about the release state of games, buggy games at launch, and how companies can avoid these issues in the future. Join us on t…

Happy Monday everyone! Hang with the #TNBS crew as they dive into more games and movies this week. First up, the entire group finished their first playthrough of Back 4 Blood, the zombie survival shooter. From good level design to an interesting and enticing deckbuilding mechanic, the crew had a blast and cant wait to go back. Ben and Caleb gush ab…

Happy Thursday everyone! This week you get double the podcast! This time on The NerdyBits Show the crew digs into Sable, Far Cry 6, and Back 4 Blood. The first title, Sable, is a beautiful exploration game about a young woman's coming of age journey and it completely captured Caleb's attention. Caleb has also been fighting in Yara, the Cuba stand-i…

Happy Tuesday everyone! This week (technically a few weeks ago?) on The NerdyBits Show the crew celebrates the beginning of the fall release schedule. The whole crew really got into Aragami 2, a lethal little ninja game in the genre of the early 2000s. They have been ripping through levels like wraiths. After talking Aragami 2 they walk through all…

Happy Tuesday everyone! This week (technically last week?) on The NerdyBits Show the crew digs into all the games that are starting to come out as the fall approaches. Ryan Gets into some 12 Minutes, Ryan and Ben got to play the Rider’s Republic Beta, and Caleb started digging into Death’s Door, a slick dungeon crawler. Join us on this week’s fun e…

Happy Monday everyone! The TNBS crew are back with a few changes! Caleb, Ryan, and Ben return after a few weeks off to talk about the last month of games, and there is a ton to talk about. The group breaks down their experience with The Ascent, the slick isometric shooter from newcomer Neon Giant. Ben has finally played Hades, now that it is on Gam…

This episode we talk all about the Black Widow movie. He talk about the characters, the plot, the third act, and more. After that we talk all about the Loki series. The arc of the characters, the development of the story, the future it set up, and the unexpected standout roles. We always get super into the Marvel talks, and this one is no different…

This episode we talk about all of the Christopher Nolan movies. We talk about his early film work and how it progressed to what we know now as a Nolan movie. We talk about the Dark Knight Trilogy, Memento, Inception, Interstellar, The Prestige, Dunkirk, and of course Tenet. An episode wouldn't be complete without a heated debate, and this episode w…

Did you watch all of E3? Between all of us, we have seen all of the footage, and we got something to say about it. We talk about our favorite game announcements, our least favorite, and much more. Get full access to NerdyBits at nerdybits.substack.com/subscribeبقلم Caleb Sawyer