The Nerd Umbrella

This week, Yuchin and Justin talk about all things board games, good gateway games for new players, ways to introduce new games to friends, and what old school games like Monopoly, Scrabble, and Sorry are actually fun to play! We’re looking into doing more board game stuff in the near future, so let us know … Continue reading Ep 32: Board Games! Onboarding New Players, and Best/Worst “Traditional” Board Games →

Peter and Ryan wrap up their PAX experience, talking Super Smash Bros Ultimate some more, and talking to the devs of some of the indie games that impressed us the most! Then, we talk about our top three games that stood out to us – number one will (not) surprise you! Smash talk – (0:00) … Continue reading PAX Day 4: Indie Dev Interviews, Smash, and Best of PAX! →

Shelby, Ryan and Peter got the chance to play Super Mario Party, SMash Ultimate, and many indie games at PAX this year! Here’s our recounting of days 2 and 3 at PAX  West 2018, from a coffee shop in the convention center and then an Irish pub near the hotel!

Peter and Ryan give a rundown of how they spent their first day at PAX in Seattle! Mostly indie games today, with highlights being Dunk Lords, a 2v2 arcade style basketball game, Star Renegades, a turn ish based tactical game with gorgeous pixel art, and Pizza Titan Ultra, a crazy taxi-like isometric game about delivering … Continue reading PAX Day 1 Impressions! Pat Rothfuss, Pizza Titan Ultra and Star Renegades →

Peter and Ryan talk about the new revealed details for Nintendo’s online service! Pros: it’s only 20 bucks a year. Cons: It’s Nintendo, it’s online, it’s probably never gonna work quite right. Follow us on Twitter @thenerdumbrella! Subscribe on itunes, and be sure to let us know what you thought of the episode.     … Continue reading Ep 28: Nintendo’s Online Service →

Ryan and Peter get up early to live react to the 7am Nintendo Direct! New characters, 100 stages, quality of life changes, and the ability to use your Switch as an 800 song Smash Bros iPod? After this Direct, we’re more curious what ISN’T in the game. And it comes out so soon! We’re very … Continue reading Ep 27: Smash Bros Nintendo Direct! Simon, K.Rool, and Smash Bros iPod →

This week, Peter keeps up with his new years resolution to watch one new movie a week all year! He runs down the 16 movies he’s seen since the last episode went up in April! From the disappointments of Tag and The Equalizer 2, to the highs of Deadpool 2 and Mission Impossible: Fallout, Peter … Continue reading Ep 26: One Movie a Week 2018 (Halfway!) →

This week we have Anthony Giovannetti of Mega Crit on to talk about Slay the Spire, a indie roguelike deck builder on Steam! I had a ton of fun talking to him, big thanks for coming on! Follow us on Twitter and Facebook  – let us know what you think! Feedback appreciated! I’m also starting … Continue reading Episode 25: Slay the Spire Developer Interview →

It all comes down to this! The bracket of the past 16 years of video games ends today! The theme of this episode is games we love vs. games that have extreme cultural relevance and longevity. Which one will win out? (2:12) 2011 vs 2002 Minecraft, Dark Souls, Skyrim and Portal 2 vs. Super Mario … Continue reading Episode 24: Best Year for Video Games (Finale) →

Part 2 of our great conversation about what the best video game year of the past 16 years! If you haven’t listened to the first one, go do that, because this week we hit the bottom half of the bracket! This week, heavy hitters like World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and The Witcher 3 have their … Continue reading Ep 23: Best Year for Video Games Bracket (Part 2) →