Midwest Game Nerds

Join us as we discuss the final season of The Bear on our final side quest! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We finally sat down to record our final episode. It's not all completely doom and gloom! There's a lengthy listener feedback segment, some video game news, and some of the games we've been playing since we last recorded.Thank you for listening! We wouldn't have made it to 253 episodes without you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Somehow the nerds have cobbled together the top 5 games they played in 2025! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex has played and finished Metroid Prime 4: Beyond! The Game Awards also happened! We discuss some of the awards and big announcements from the show!Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors!If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com!As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The nerds finally return to talk about Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, Battlefield 6, Ball x Pit, RV There Yet?, and the recent announcements from Valve about new Steam hardware!Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors!If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com!As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex finished Clair Obscur Expedition 33! He also started and beat Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and picked up Hollow Knight Silksong! Bryan started checking out The Alters! And Jon is excited for Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles.Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors!If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com!As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All three nerds have finally tried out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33! Alex has platinum'd Death Stranding 2: On the Beach! Bryan played the first weekend of the Battlefield 6 open beta! Alex has started Donkey Kong Bananza! Oops all video games!Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors!If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com!As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bryan got a Nintendo Switch 2! Jon and Alex collectively have over 100 hours in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach! That and Microsoft FAFO'd with the price of The Outer Worlds 2.Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors!If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com!As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MGNP Sidequests are bonus episodes available to $1/month patrons on our Patreon the day after a normal episode releases! They are also released into our normal feed on off-weeks since we typically only release a full episode once every two weeks.Jon, Bryan, Erica, and Alex all discuss the latest season of FX's The Bear which released all 10 episodes on Hulu on 6/25/25.Send us your ideas for sidequest topics to our email ([email protected])!Become a patron by visiting our Patreon!If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com/links!As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apologies for the short episode! We recorded our longer side quest for The Bear season 4 which will be on this feed next week! Alex is deep into Death Stranding 2: On The Beach and he tells Jon and Bryan his initial thoughts about it!Support us on Patreon for as little as $1/month to get early access to our sidequests and Horror Movie Yearbook Tiny Terrors!If you want to follow us on social media or see all of the places you can listen to our show, check out midwestgamenerds.com!As always we would appreciate your feedback at [email protected] and don’t forget to rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.