We are a couple of derps. We like to talk about games. Join hosts Buddy & Mango each week for discussion of all things games and nerd culture. Write in: podcast@somederpsplaygame.com
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THE ODYSSEY Christopher Nolan, with the blankest check in all of Hollywood, decides he's going to start at the very beginning of stories and make a version of The Odyssey. How historically accurate is it? How much does the 35mm or 70mm matter? Is this a faithful adaptation or a garbage one? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch these episodes live? Check us…
All the News that's Fit to Podcast About! Wouldn't you know it, it's been a few weeks since we casted! There's a bunch of news! Montabi came out, some Odyssey thoughts before our big episode, there's new Commander news in Magic. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch these episodes live? Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@somederpsplaygames or…
All the News that's Fit to Podcast About! Bungie stuff, Xbox stuff, indie stuff, Magic stuff, there's just a lot floating around in the world of indie gaming. In the face of unmitigated layoffs, surrounded by a contracting industry, are we looking at the death of video games as we know them. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch these episodes live? Check…
Raid Review: The Voidspire, March on Quel'danas, The Forgotten Chimaera and Sporefall It's a little wild to do four of these in one but yes, there were four different raids in 12.0 of Warcraft. Plus, the death of DBM, Weakauras, and other addons in the APOCALYPSE. A new style of raid design for a new era of WoW. The only question is: What do we think of all that?…
The Immortal Jeff: Our New Commander Format The other day, when we were playing Commander, we wondered what it might look like to have Ian Malcolm, Chaotician just sitting in the middle of the table at all times. What would the game look like? Would that be fun or crazy? What other rules might look like along those lines? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to…
The Boys' reached its series finale! Mango watched a show called Reggie Dinkins! We've been playing Diablo 4! There's a new Star Wars movie and we don't even really care to go see it. The new DnD is off to a banger start. Maybe there's something in all of that for us to talk about. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch these episodes live? Check us out at…
So, on Monday, Ripples in the Sand begins! And because the game starts at level 6 with a number of characters who don't have access to artifacts, we're going to be designing artifacts for Honest Harvey the Graverobber, Eka the Tortollan Historian, and the field medic Silas van Polk of the IVth Legion. Join us as we weed through the specifics of Pathfinder 2e rules and try and make interesting,…
Two weeks ago, the Winter 2026 Ceran game came to a thrilling conclusion! The city of Krahz-shek will never be the same. Brothers came to blows! The Skaven invasion was put into the gutter. And Druidbull had a big dinosaur the whole time. With the end of the campaign, we're taking a minute to go over the last few months, chat about the game, and all the little nooks and crannies it uncovered! Join…
Gamers, it's been about a month since the launch of the Midnight expansion. The new systems are in. The new classes are in. The new addon changes are in. It's a big pot and we're stirring it constantly. What do we think of new stuff? Is the new story good? Do the addon changes make sense? How are the new dungeons and raids? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to…
There really isn't any company out there like Blizzard Entertainment. In a world devoid of third places, World of Warcraft, Starcraft II, and Diablo 4 have become that for very, very many people-- including Buddy and Mango. So, in a world where Jeff Kaplan gives his five and a half hour interview to Lex Friedman charting the course of those early days, and Jason Shrier published a book called Play…
