Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Gen Con Online was crazy. We played a ton of games and streamed every last second of that experience. We know and share the sentiment that we “Would rather be at Gen Con”, but when life gives you lemons, you stream those lemons on twitch.tv/lovethynerd. But how did it go? Was it worth the time and effort to put it all together? Well, that’s what we wanna’ talk about this week on the Free Play Podcast....
Aug 07, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Matt, Bubba, and I are ALL playing Ghost of Tsushima and we wanted to chat more about our in-game experiences. But first, we answer our good friend Frost’s question: what did Kate (aka me) do with Disney? I share some random stories about that time before we dig into what we’ve been loving (and also complaining about) Ghost of Tsushima. And that’s what we want to talk about this week on the FreePlay podcast!...
Jul 31, 2020•1 hr
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! We’re stoked about the latest hotness to hit the shelves: Ghost of Tsushima and have finally got copies in our hands. Well.... almost all of our hands… I.. made a mistake. I’ll tell you about it later. Anyways, this game is a masterpiece so far from what we’ve experienced and we chat about what stood out to us and why we think this game is getting such high ratings across the board....
Jul 24, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! There are few things a person needs in 2020 during a global pandemic more than a reliable internet connection. Maybe a solid pair of podcast pants and to remember how to make a halfway decent cup a joe. What does any of that have to do with Love Love Thy Nerd? We’re so glad you asked because that’s what we want to talk about this week on the Free Play Podcast....
Jul 17, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Bubba is gone in some dark void where there’s no internet. Matt and Kate, the ever-loyal hosts, are still here bringing you hard-hitting content on the best way to make iced tea, fiddle contests, shark facts, and even some discussion about games. All that and more on this week’s riveting episode of the free play podcast.
Jul 10, 2020•51 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Hey, everyone. It’s been a bit. We miss you. Pull up a chair and let’s hang out for a bit as we catch you all up on the LTN Arcade weekend, Kate’s shoe addiction, and how good Matt is at video games.
Jul 03, 2020•43 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Well, here we go… The Last of Us 2 is a thing and its happening sooner than expected. And that’s okay! Sony released a state of play opening up a little bit more about the story and sharing some never before seen gameplay with us and that’s what we want to talk about this week on the free play podcast.
Jun 12, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! If this podcast had an origin story… Tony Hawk would be the genesis of that story. Matt, Kate, and I all played a lethal amount of this game, and it’s sequels, growing up… and cannot wait to play the upcoming Tony Hawk 1+2 remake bundle coming out in September! So, sit back and enjoy some stories about how this game shaped our growing minds in the early 2000s, this week on the Free Play Podcast!...
May 29, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Apologies for not having a show last week as Matt's computer decided to not record any audio at all. We may do something special with what we have, so stay tuned. This week we have a special segment where Steven Kadawoki speaks to us about his version of Animal Crossing, Spintires: Snowrunner, and Matt encounters a WoW player in the wild....
May 22, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Bubba's internet (or lack thereof) has broken his stalk market experience in Animal Crossing: New Horizons , Kate is beyond excited for the new Assassins Creed and will here no words against in, and Matt staves off grumpiness from having to go back to work.
May 08, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! It’s been an interesting week in the world. There have been a lot of ideas and questions asked of so very high ranking officials… but none as important as the ones that we tackle in this episode. So, if you’ve ever wanted to know some of the deepest darkest secrets that we have… you’re gonna be pretty disappointed, but probably entertained. So, sit back and learn some random facts about us this week on the Free Play Podcast....
May 01, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Animal crossing is hard. You have to catch bugs, shake sticks out of trees, and make friends. Lucky for us, the internet is here to rescue us from the burden that is "responsibility" in-game. We share a few helpful services on the old online that make life on an island a little more bearable… oh, and both Kat and Matt had birthdays this week. All that and more this week on the Free Play podcast....
Apr 24, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Bunny Day has come and gone… and most of us would be just fine with never seeing another one of those water eggs ever again. Pointless crafting aside, today we get down to the nitty-gritty as we answer some of the hard-hitting questions that you, the listeners, asked our opinions on. What wisdom do we have to bestow upon you? Well, that’s what we want to talk about this week on the Free Play podcast....
Apr 17, 2020•1 hr 13 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! The self-isolation descent into insanity continues as Bubba, Matt, and Kate continue to document their activities (or lack thereof). Kate organized a video game hostage handoff that involved Whole Food bags in a parking lot, Matt continues his Star Trek: The Next Generation binge with his wife as well as hunting for the money his child hid on his Animal Crossing: New Horizons island, and Bubba gets sucked into the redneck cousin of Making of a Murderer : Netf...
Apr 10, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Bubba, Matt, and Kate return this week to take our minds off the state of the world. Instead, they talk about Matt's disgusting backed up bathtub, Kate's news report tells a sordid and twisted tale about a community of pumas that rival Game of Thrones in its scandalous aspirations, and Bubba's love for Picard on CBS all access has convinced Matt to binge Star Trek: The Next Generation while in quarantine...all 7 seasons....
Apr 03, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! It's another week of quarantine for Bubba, Matt, and Kate as they all set sail for deserted islands in Animal Crossing: New Horizon . The trio talks about their experiences in exploring the island, some of the more frustrating elements of gameplay, how Kate completely pillaged her best friend's island, and how Bubba will eventually cave and let chickens into his house. All this and more on this episode of the Free Play Podcast....
Mar 27, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Well, here we are. The entire world in the midst of a global pandemic. It crazy, really. We’ve all seen 100 post-apocalyptic movies and played through games like The Last of Us and Fallout more times than you could shake a radioactive stick at, but I’m not sure that anyone really ever thought we’d be here having to deal with something like this. I hope you’re all stocked up on toilet paper and bottle caps because they are 100% the new currency. All that being...
Mar 20, 2020•58 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Bubba and Matt are at PAX East 2020 with Love Thy Nerd's Editor-In-Chief Drew Dixon. The trio reflects on the games they have played and where they feel Love Thy Nerd can be an influencer amongst the gaming community. Also, Matt plays with the new soundboard and chaos ensues.
Mar 13, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Bubba, Matt, & Kate take your questions in this Ask Us Anything episode along with Matt and Kate's "free range posse" escapades in Red Dead Online.
Mar 06, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Kate wants to go into scary mines with her Switch while re-enacting scenes from Red Dead, Matt shames Bubba and Kate into joining his posse, and Bubba introduces a new game, "Test Your Friends" by seeing if Kate or Matt can identify iconic video game themes played backward.
Feb 21, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! This week on the Free Play podcast, Kate reads yet another entry from her Red Dead Diary, Matt plays his 41st play of Marvel Champions, and I catch you up on the adventure that is playing Gloomhaven… well… starting it, anyways. Thanks for spending just a little bit of time with us this week on the Free Play Podcast.
Feb 14, 2020•59 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Bubba, Kate, and Matt are back for season 3 in a free for all episodes where there is no plan, any game they have been playing is up for discussion, and introductions to Free Play insider lingo for the noobs.
Feb 07, 2020•57 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Jennifer Graham-Macht of Keymaster Games joins Bubba for a sit-down interview about her background as a local game store owner, the board game Parks, and the upcoming Kickstarter from Keymaster games for Parks Memories .
Jan 31, 2020•30 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Well, we did it. This is the last Free Play episode of 2019 and Matt and I are in the same room to record it! With all of the games that came out this year, we thought it would be a good idea to do the most creative thing we would think of, so we came up with what we thought were the top 8 tabletop games released this year and that’s what we want to talk about this week on the Free Play Podcast....
Dec 27, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! The holiday season is in full swing, and chances are you’re probably out shopping for that special someone in your life… even if it’s you… which it probably is. What should you get them? Is it going to be worth your time to pick it up and their time to open it? Well, fret not, nerd, because the Free Play Podcast is here for just a time as this. We’ve created a little holiday shopping guide and that’s what we want to talk about this week of the Free Play Podca...
Nov 29, 2019•1 hr 11 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Are there too many streaming services? I mean, who doesn’t love a good binge-watching session with their favorite streaming TV show, but it seems to be getting harder and harder to get everything we want in one place. Mickey Mouse just released his mega streaming service and even Disney + doesn’t have everything on it. Where do services like Hulu, Netflix, Prime video and the new Apple TV + fit into the mix? Should we be spending our hard-earned doll-hairs on...
Nov 22, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Who doesn’t love a 400 hour story mode? I mean, when you are in a world that you love playing a game that lets you escape the one that you actually live in… you don’t really mind the extra time spent chasing bottlecaps and crafting mats just to spend a little more time with your favorite characters. But is all of that time worth it? Would it be better if you could just play for a shorter amount of time and then move on to the next best thing? Well, that’s wha...
Nov 15, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! After what feels like a thousand years of waiting, we finally had a chance to see what Kojima has up his sleeve. Is it another Silent Hill? What about something similar to Metal Gear? Well, take those two hands, mash them together, add a baby and a bunch of fetch quests and you got yourself a snazzy new game featuring everyone’s favorite motorcyclist, Norman Reedus exclusive to your Playstation video game console! But is it any good?...
Nov 08, 2019•1 hr
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Just because Halloween is over doesn’t mean that we can’t keep the spoops rollin’! We polled our Facebook Community and asked them about a few of the more memorable times when they got a little more than scared playing games. And that’s what we want to talk about this week on the Free Play Podcast.
Nov 01, 2019•44 min
Join the Kickstarter for Botch Dice! Well… Fortnite broke itself… and the internet. In what can only be described as a pretty great PR stunt for epic games, they literally obliterated the game. Like… all the way, dead. It’s fine... I mean, it came back… but was it worth it? Were there other off the wall PR stunts that the gaming industry has tried? That’s what we want to talk about this week on the Free Play Podcast....
Oct 25, 2019•55 min
