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Nerds Without Pants Episode 58: Free to Play
Nerds Without Pants Episode 58: Free to Play
You can listen for free, but if you want to throw 99 cents our way we'll take it...
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Published on November 16, 2014 4:00 PM
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Well hello, there! Unfortunately it’s a two man band again this time, as Patrick was out for work reasons. Angelo and Julian hold down the fort by talking for FAR TOO LONG about mobile games, free to play philosophy, and Christmas shopping.

1:55 Julian likes his monster phone; Julian doesn’t know what Tera Battle is

1:15 Hearthstone; Spider-Man Unlimited

21:25 Dealing with free to play economy; Heroes of Dragon Age

40:43 Monster Strike; Rollers of the Realm anticipation

50:55 Christmas shopping at the Grant household; Olive Garden is fine dining for Julian

1:06:45 Julian’s epic weekend roadtrip; Julian is still a young and virile man; Angelo vs. The Tick

FEATURED MUSIC:

Brendan Small- Alone

Brendan Small- Livin’ Like a Bug Ain’t Easy

Brendan Small- Mr. Pants

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Posted on November 16, 2014 6:16 PM

Rollers of the Realm comes out on Tuesday...  Hell yeah.

Posted on November 17, 2014 1:26 PM

SO EXCITED!

Posted on November 17, 2014 3:08 PM

The $10 price point makes it a no brainer, even if the pinball and RPG elements do not mix well.

Posted on November 18, 2014 2:10 PM

I'm really happy to know this game finally came together.

Also, really dig the music from Home Movies. I love that show.  Really wish Netflix would bring it back.

Posted on November 19, 2014 12:27 AM

Glad someone appreciated the music! I was really sweating what to pepper the show with this time.

Posted on November 19, 2014 12:25 AM

Yeah, I'm picking it up on Angelo's hype, and 10 bucks makes it an easy decision.

Posted on November 19, 2014 12:33 PM

It was a nice surprise to see that it has a week one discount as well on the PSN.  

Posted on November 17, 2014 1:45 AM

Was hoping for more in-depth Olive Garden discussion Tongue Out I disagree with the gift giving thing though. Wouldn't you rather give someone what they really want? Then they'll remember that you're the one that game them something super-amazing that they always wanted--which of course, is the true spirit of giving.

Posted on November 17, 2014 2:19 PM

I have yet to eat at taco bell this month. Also, Dragon Age Legends was real good, and it still exists (I didn't realize it was spun out into a game and kept around after DA2 came out): dragonagelegends.com.

Posted on November 18, 2014 2:08 PM

What? No wall of text this time?  LOL! Always good to hear from you though :-)

Posted on November 19, 2014 12:26 AM

I'm sure I mentioned this somewhere, but they could take the framework for that game, add some more story and mechanics, put it into a nice-looking graphics engine, and I would totally buy this on 3DS or iOS or even PSN. It's that good.

Honestly, if Heroes of Dragon Age had just been this with a new coat of paint I would have been tickled.

Posted on November 23, 2014 2:47 AM

I'm one of those people who listens to the podcast on my daily commute, so it usually takes a couple of days to get through it and then a couple of days to get around to commenting...if I can remember what it is I was going to say, that is. 

You guys talked about iOS a lot (I remember that much!) and I've always been fond of iOS gaming. It can't supplant traditional gaming but there is a lot of fun to be had. You guys mentioned, though, how you usually go with free-to-play games to avoid the risk that comes with buying games you know nothing about. I get around this problem with by using Touch Arcade, which is a site all about iOS gaming. Their mobile app has an awesome feature called the Watch List. When you put a game in your Watch List, the app will notify you whenever the game is updated or there's a price change. By reading the site and poking around in their forums I've garnered a pretty huge Watch List and so have gotten a ton of paid games for free just by being patient. Using their app is an easy recommendation to make.

As for actual free-to-play games, I think the last one I really sunk significant time into was Disco Zoo but that was a good, I don't know, six months ago. Cool game though. You play a little Battleship-esque game to collect animals for your ever-growing zoo. There have been some updates since then, including one that took things into space, but I never did get back to it after maxing everything out initially. I downloaded Monster Strike after listening to the show but haven't tried it yet. Sounds like fun!

Angelo, you worried me for a second when you mentioned Backloggers and then said you were playing Amnesia. I was afraid I had missed something! But I checked my podcasts and saw nothing new, so I guess that's just a personal thing? That's probably just as well. My second son is just two-and-a-half months old, which means I'm still getting up a lot in the middle of the night. I probably would not want that game on my mind!

Anyway, good job rocking the two-man show, guys. Looking forward to the next one.

Posted on November 23, 2014 10:29 PM

I'll have to check that out now that I once again have an iOS device that is supported. I've been spending way too much time with Knights & Dragons and I don't know why. It is not a good game, but I am sadly enjoying it more than Dragon Age at this point...