Midwest Game Nerds

We made it! It's now 2025 so of course it's time to talk about our top 5 games of the year! Fortunately we all played at least 5 games but it was a close call...

All of that plus some honorable mentions and a few games we wish we'd played as well. And Alex goes over all of the movies he saw or watched from 2024!

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Games are being played! Jon and Alex are checking out Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered, Bryan and Alex have started Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and Alex finished Astroneer! Plus we talk about some of the Game Awards winners and big announcements!

What we've been playing:

• (0:09:26) Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered (PC, PS4/5, XBO/X/S, NS)
• (0:26:17) Indiana Jones and The Great Circle (XBX/S, PC)
• (0:44:18) Astroneer (PC, PS4, XBO, NS)

Patch Notes:

• (0:47:22) The Game Awards Winners
• (0:50:20) The Game Awards Announcements

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Alex is still mining away at Astroneer but that didn't stop him from probably spending too much money on JRPGs that he will never finish.

What we've been playing:

• (0:09:06) Astroneer (PC, PS4, XBO, NS)
• (0:14:01) Alan Wake 2 (PS5, PC)
• (0:21:50) Cyberpunk 2077 (PC, PS4/5, XBO/X/S)
• (0:24:10) S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart of Chernobyl (PC, XBX/S)

(0:25:59) Black Friday Purchases

Patch Notes:

• (0:43:40) Ubisoft's free to play game XDefiant will be shutting down June 2025, just one year after release
• (0:49:06) "Vessel" of Sleep Token "helps" a crew hand with their steam deck onstage

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Alex has played a lot more UFO50 and has somehow fallen down an Astroneer shaped hole! We also talk about Shadow of the Erdtree being eligible for Game of the Year at The Game Awards as well as the other contenders for Game of the Year.

What we've been playing:

• (0:02:18) Balatro Mobile (iOS, Android)
• (0:05:49) UFO50 (PC) and the Eggplant podcast
• (0:20:09) Astroneer (PC, PS4, XBO, NS)

Patch Notes:

• (0:31:55) Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is eligible for Game of the Year at this year's Game Awards

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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.

Music, TV, food, and 3D printing -- what more could you ask for from an MGNP sidequest?

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Bryan carries the podcast as he has checked out a bit of Windblown in early access and STRAFTAT as well as the new Call of Duty! All of that plus plenty of news.

What we've been playing:

• (0:02:49) Balatro Mobile (iOS, Android)
• (0:07:30) Silent Hill 2 (PS2)
• (0:08:58) Windblown (PC Early Access)
• (0:19:11) STRAFTAT (PC)
• (0:22:42) Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (PC, PS4/5, X/BO/SS/SX)

Patch Notes:

• (0:29:46) Somehow there are five spiritual successors in the works from previous Disco Elysium devs?
• (0:32:49) Remedy has announced FBC: Firebreak
• (0:37:44) Vampire Survivors is receiving a massive officially licensed Castlevania DLC pack for only $4
• (0:39:50) Sony seems to be parting out Destiny developer Bungie, and they've shut down Concord developer Firewalk as well as mobile developer Neon Koi
• (0:44:07) Video game publishers have prevented libraries from hosting remote digital repositories of out of print games
• (0:47:38) Nintendo has announced Nintendo Music, an iOS and Android app for listening to music from Nintendo games

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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.

Bryan briefly talks about his new keyboard case (I don't get it, either) and Alex went on a Disney Cruise!

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Jon's finally back to playing Rainbow Six Siege, Bryan just can't quit Destiny 2, and Alex has checked out the first Zelda game where you get to play as Zelda!

What we've been playing:

• (0:03:20) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (PC, PS4/5, X/BO/SS/SX)
• (0:10:12) Destiny 2: The Final Shape (PC, PS4/5, X/BO/SS/SX)
• (0:18:46) The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (NS)
• (0:22:45) Balatro Mobile (iOS, Android)

Patch Notes:

• (0:25:33) After 14 years, Red Dead Redemption finally makes it to PC
• (0:27:31) Microsoft studio 343 Industries has been rebranded as "Halo Studios" and they're staffing up as they are developing multiple Halo games in Unreal Engine 5
• (0:31:05) Nintendo is releasing... an alarm clock?

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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.

Alex found the Oreo Coke/Coke Oreos, Jon wants to talk the recent Linkin Park news, and Alex cried at an episode of Bluey!

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Bryan is checking out Towerborne in early access, Alex finished up Astro Bot, is checking out UFO 50, and bought a Quest 2 to play Beat Saber, and Sony had a State of Play with lots of new announcements!

What We've Been Playing:

• (0:02:40) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PC, PS4/5, XBO/X/S)
• (0:04:06) Wooting 60HE+ Keyboard
• (0:12:28) Towerborne (PC)
• (0:16:10) Astro Bot (PS5)
• (0:18:30) UFO 50 (PC)
• (0:20:24) Oculus Quest 2/BeatSaber
• (0:25:0) Destiny 2? (PC, PS4/5, XBO/X/S)

News:

• (0:34:09) All of Annapurna Interactive has resigned (But their existing publisher deals will be fulfilled)
• (0:37:26) Nintendo is suing Palworld developer Pocketpair just as Palworld is released on PS5
• (0:41:59) Assassin's Creed Shadows has been delayed to February 14th, 2025
• (0:44:34) Sony's September 2024 State of Play

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