The Free Play Podcast, a conversation between a Southern Baptist, a hippie emo father of millions, and a retired Disney princess about the Love Thy Nerd community, the games they play, and the world of gaming culture at large. Part of the Love Thy Nerd Podcast Network.
LTN Con has LTN Come and LTN Gone, and it was good! Nerds from all over the US and Canada came to learn what exactly Love Thy Nerd is, who runs it and why it’s important. We had sessions on our three…
We’ve been excited about the Link’s Awakening remake since the day it was announced and, ladies and gentlemen, IT IS FINALLY HERE. Is it everything we hoped it would be? And should you pick it up for…
Games cost money, and we’ll gladly hand over all the pennies that we’ve got for them. But how many plays or hours do you expect to get out of a game to make the financial investment “worth it”? How m…
We got another major update from Nintendo last week about the upcoming hotness for Switch. And they did not disappoint, as usual. Updates that included everything from Super Nintendo Games finally ma…
Some things are too good to be true and aren’t made to last. Spider-Guy in the MCU falls well within that category. Why didn’t it work? What will we do without him? Are we finally going to get to…
If you’ve ever wanted to know what it’s like to be in a confined space with 70,000 of your closest friends nerding out over board games for four days in Indianapolis, Indiana… then you should go to G…
This is it… buckle up, kids… we are doin’ a spoiler cast. This week we are talking about Playstation’s Spider-Man and the hit Netflix original, Stranger Things. You’ve been warned… so do what you ha…
Nintendo has officially figured out that nerds love the Switch. We keep asking for every game to make its way to the console and they have answered our cries by ignoring them and offering us the Swi…
Sometimes reality isn’t all it's cracked up to be. If I want to travel to the moon or lift a car over my head it’s a whole lot easier to do it in digital space than to go through the trouble of exer…
Who doesn’t love being rewarded for playing a game? I mean, when you look at all that hard work and dedication that we put into honing our craft it only seems fair to get a little something somethin…
It’s been a crazy whirlwind of dope announcements with this year’s E3. We covered the first half of press conferences on last week’s episode. Today we’re talking all about Nintendo, Square Enix, Ubis…
If there’s one thing nerds like, it’s learning all of the things about new games and consoles coming out in the now to near future. Microsoft, Bethesda, EA, Devolver and Google have all had their pr…
In 1996, we were introduced to three lovable characters named Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Pikachu. These pocket monsters would change the gaming world forever. Fast forward to 2019, over 20 years late…
Wether you're crushing your friends in Super Smash Brothers on the Switch, or eradicating flesh eating bacteria in Pandemic, games are fun or at least they are supposed to be. They offer rest from th…
Do you or someone you love suffer from Gaming Analysis Paralysis? Do you find it difficult and sometimes downright impossible to find a game to play when there are dozens to choose from in your conso…
Fandoms are the lifeblood of the nerd world. Mess with them and you’ll probably get cut. Hollywood knows that… right? Like… they should at least be able to learn from past experiences like Street F…
We’ve all been there. It’s 2 am and you’re trolling around on the internet when a force beyond your control stops your scroll dead in it’s tracks. That force’s name: Kickstarter. Suddenly it’s 4 am…
It’s been a while since we’ve really proven our validity as a gaming media outlet. So long, in fact, that we actually almost didn’t do this one… but too much has happened in the nerd world to not ta…
Part of what we do here at Love Thy Nerd is go out into the world of nerddom and meet new people, make new friends, and love on every nerd as best as we can.
We’re kicking off convention season this …
Bubba, Matt, and Kate are out this week because that’s what happens when two of you work for a church and it’s Easter week.
So they’ve decided to treat you, beloved listener, to an unreleased episode…