Free Play Podcast
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.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 70 minutes
- Episodes
- 183
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2024
Episode 48 | 90's Nostalgia
The 90’s were a seriously tubular time in history. Everything about the 90’s was loud and cutting edge. The colors, the synthesizers, and more importantly… the games. Vanilla Ice wasn’t the only c…
Episode 47 | We Tried Our Best
Games are a big part of our lives for those of us that really really love them. When you love something, people know about it. We at the FreePlay Podcast are Christians who love games. And we’ve had …
Episode 46 | Google Here to Stadia?
Times are a changin’! Things that were once thought impossible are becoming a reality. Technology is moving us forward at an alarming pace, and Skynet is imminent… and we, at the Free Play podcast …
Episode 45 | Games DIY
Playing games is a big part of the hobby. Some would say that the other part of it is collecting games. Looking at you, Backlog… but there is a side of the hobby that we may not think about nearly …
Episode 44 | What's Up Birds?
This past week, Stonemaier games’ retail release of Wingspan wasn’t met with the response they might have hoped.
Only 5,000 English copies of the game went out to game stores worldwide with far more …
Episode 43 | You're Not Hardcore Unless You Game Hardcore
You know what they say… “They just don’t make them like the used to.” For us… that thing is “games.” They used to be harder, you know? It used to take you WEEKS to beat a game. Now, you can get a g…
Episode 42 | Git Gud Kate
Games have all kinds of inherit value that they rarely get credit for. They can help us understand the best way to act in any number of situations… one of which would be when not to throw a flash ban…
Episode 41 | Nintendogs Direct
Sometimes, our bros over at Nintendo know what they are doing when they drop things on us during their YouTube directs. Other times they completely miss the mark by not giving us the Metroid and Ani…
Episode 40 | Horse Stories & Groundbreaking Games
Matt is still in mourning over the loss of his Red Dead horse, Horepens and is also frustrated with the lack of common sense of his replacement mount, Dude. Despite the emotional vulnerability, Matt …
Episode 39 | Gaming in the Workplace
As members of the nerd community we are sadly not strangers to the negative press that our favorite past tends to get. "You are wasting your life!", "You will become violent!" are just some of the cr…
Episode 38 | The Free Play Behind The Scenes VIP Demo
Podcasts are funny, right? You get a chance to listen in on a conversation you’re not a part of and for whatever reason… it’s not weird. We want to make sure that you feel as not weird as possible …
Episode 37 | Retrospectives At PAX South 2019
We can't think of a better way to kick off a new convention year than at PAX South 2019! Bubba and Matt are on hand with Chief Content Nerd Drew Dixon to talk about the games they've played and the d…
Free Play 36 | LTN: Year One (Free Play Finale)
2018 is almost over and that means so is the first year of Love Thy Nerd. It’s been a crazy 10 or so months and we’ve seen some amazing things happen. Our community has grown to over 1,300 people, …
Free Play 31 | Nintendo Sixty Foooooooooooour Classic
It’s finally allegedly happening! We will definitely probably get the Nintendo 64 Classic just in time for Christmas 2018… if the leaks are true, which they are… because I read them on the internet.…
Free Play 30 | Red Dead Reflections
I scream you scream. We all scream for games. We scream with joy because of how great they are and also scream in empathetic agony for what it cost the creators in time, money, relationships, and s…
Free Play 29 | Staying Current
Let’s face it: There just isn’t enough time or money to do all of the things that we need or want to do. A real-life example, happening right now, is that I’m trying to play through Spider-Man as I…
Free Play 28 | Spoopy Games
You may be wondering if you’re too old to trick or treat. A good rule of thumb is: if you have to ask… you probably are. But who needs trick or treating? Why not just head on over to the grocery sto…
Free Play 27 | Let's Get Digital, Digital!
If you’re old enough to remember the feelings of both frustration and relief when your Nintendo Entertainment System cart wouldn’t play but blowing on the contacts… letting it hang over the lip of th…
Free Play 26 | Easter Eggs
Hunting Easter eggs is equal parts rewarding and frustrating. But the pay off always seems to be worth it. We are conditioned to look for things in peculiar places from a young age with books like H…
Free Play 25 | A Sad Telltale
In 2012, Telltale’s “The Walking Dead Season 1” received several game of the year awards as well and single-handedly brought back a genre of video game that lay dormant for almost 30 years.
So, what …