Welcome to The Nerd Chat Episode #109: The Calm Before the Storm

This week on #thenerdchat:

- What is going on with the Last of Us Factions and should Bungie have so much influence at Sony?

- What game would you make for Xbox if Phil Spencer gave you a blank check?

- Diablo 4 reviews are killing it, are you dropping into hell?

- Street Fighter 6 is also getting great reviews!

- What have you been playing?

As always, we close the show with the best food we had this week. Thank you so much for listening, and as always, #seeyouonline.

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0:00 Hello and welcome to the show

1:30 HOLD THE LINE shoutout to King David over at Iron Lords Podcast

5:00 Shoutout to Big Box and his question: are we in the "whiny era" of showcase reactions are are GAAS really that bad?

12:55 XBOX/PlayStation NEWS - News #1: Where is Last of Us Factions and should Bungie have so much influence at Sony?

24:15 News #2: The disastrous behind the scenes look at Redfall from Jason Schreier

28:30 News #3: What game would you make for Xbox if Phil Spencer gave you a blank check?

35:30 News #4: Diablo 4 reviews are killing it, are you dropping into hell?

44:15 News #5: Street Fighter is is rated even higher that Diablo 4!

48:50 News #6: Games with Gold for June 2023

50:10 What have we been playing? / Redfall quick review

1:04:20 The best food we had this week

1:08:55 Closing and end of show

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