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Developer Draft 2020 (Happy Anniversary!) | The Nerd Stash Show #35

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Hello, and welcome to a brand new episode of The Nerd Stash Show! It's our biggest episode yet as we celebrate our anniversary! On October 11, 2019 (how times were simpler back then...) Brandon and Taylor decided to record the first episode of the newly rebooted show, LIVE! While we dropped the live format, we kept trucking on, bringing on a few others along the way, overcoming personal life zaniness, and bringing you a brand new episode of The Nerd Stash Show every week. We're so happy to be doing this, and it's because of you we've seen any amount of success over the past 12 months. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.

To celebrate, we decided to throw a developer draft party! We looked at a bunch of developers -- whether they're first-party, third-party, or indie -- and tried to create our best lineup if we had the chance to buy them. Who went number one? Did anybody steal a pick? Who found the darkhorse of the draft? What does the final list shake out to look like? Why not take a listen? 
Timestamps -

  • Intro/Thank You - 0:30
  • Rules of the Draft - 5:16
  • Round 1
    • Santa Monica Studio, Sony (Taylor) - 8:35
  • Insomniac Games, Sony (Brandon) - 12:25
  • Nintendo EPD, Nintendo (Johnny) - 15:10
  • Round 2
    • Respawn, EA (Taylor) - 19:00
  • Guerilla Games, Sony (Brandon) - 22:10
  • Naughty Dog, Sony (Johnny) - 25:50
  • Round 3
    • Kojima Productions, Indie (Taylor) - 30:05
  • Creative Business Unit 1, Square Enix (Brandon) - 33:30
  • Extremely OK Games, Indie (Johnny) - 36:10
  • Round 4
    • CD Projekt Red, CD Projekt S.A. (Taylor) - 40:50
  • Double Fine, Microsoft (Brandon) - 43:20
  • Rocksteady, WB Interactive (Johnny) - 45:15
  • Round 5
    • Rockstar Games, Take-Two (Taylor) - 49:20
  • Bungie, Bungie (Brandon) - 51:35
  • Sucker Punch Productions, Sony (Johnny) - 53:50
  • Round 6
    • The Behemoth, Indie (Taylor) - 56:37
  • Young Horse, Indie (Brandon) - 58:20
  • Cloud Chamber, 2K (Johnny) - 1:01:10
  • Round 7
    • The Initiative, Microsoft (Taylor) - 1:04:30
  • Vicarious Visions, Activision (Brandon) - 1:06:20
  • NetherRealm, WB Interactive (Johnny) - 1:07:55
  • Round 8
    • Popcap, EA (Taylor) - 1:09:55
  • Consumer Development Division 1, Capcom (Brandon) - 1:11:50
  • Yacht Club Games, Indie (Johnny) - 1:14:00
  • Round 9 
    • Obsidian Entertainment, Microsoft (Taylor) - 1:17:00
  • Inti Creates, Indie (Brandon) - 1:19:55
  • Retro Studios, Nintendo (Johnny) - 1:21:20
  • Round 10
    • 343 Industries, Microsoft (Taylor) - 1:23:30
  • Japan Studio, Sony (Brandon) - 1:25:20
  • Rare, Microsoft (Johnny) - 1:28:00

    • Wow! A lot of developers, a few surprising ones, and three completely different lists. Is there a developer you think we missed? What's your list of 10 developers you'd draft? Let us know in the comments!

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