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The Thrifty Nerd Podcast – Bastion Edition

Posted on: August 1st, 2011 by Michael DiMauro No Comments

This week we discuss Super Giant Games’ Bastion. A deceptively simple but gorgeous RPG that is part of Xbox Live’s Summer of Arcade. The panel has a heated discussion over who loves the game more.

The round table includes Michael DiMauro (@thriftynerd), Doug Scott (@theshmil), John Parie (@johnparie) and special guest Eric “Zilla” Doty (@DMZilla) who is the Community Manager for Xbox Live.

Music this week is from the Bastion soundtrack which sadly isn’t available to purchase. Who’s up for an online petition?

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The Thrifty Nerd Podcast – Trenched Edition

Posted on: July 20th, 2011 by Michael DiMauro No Comments
We talk about Double Fine’s latest XBLA title: Trenched. We all enjoyed the 3rd person mech/tower defense game, but did it give us enough value for the $15 price tag?

This week, the round table consists of Michael DiMauro (@thriftynerd), John Parie (@johnparie), Mike Dao (@mikedao) and Tim Lanning (@timlanning)!

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The Thrifty Nerd Podcast – Shadows of the Damned Edition

Posted on: July 14th, 2011 by Michael DiMauro 1 Comment

With episode 17 of the Thrifty Nerd Podcast, we enter a new era! The format has changed to give the podcast more focus and more purpose.

Each week we will be focusing on a single game, but in a more in-depth way. We will gather three or four people who have played the game, and have them discuss what it is like, it strengths and weaknesses, etc. It will almost be like a meta-review in audio form. Then, if appropriate to the game, we will do a second segment for those who have already played the game where we deep into spoiler territory. To top few most important games of the year tend to get these segments on other podcasts, and I always enjoy them, so I thought why not do them myself, but a lot more often.

This week we talk about Suda 51 and Shinji Mikami’s overlooked gem: Shadows of the Damned. We hope you enjoy the discussion, and if you haven’t already, we hope to inspire you to try the game out.

This week, the round table consists of Michael DiMauro (@thriftynerd), Nick Bristow (@rbristow), and special guest Ludwig Kietzmann (@ludwigk)! Don’t forget to swing by http://www.thriftynerd.com to get the latest deals each and every day!

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The Thrifty Nerd Podcast – Episode 16

Posted on: July 6th, 2011 by Michael DiMauro No Comments

This week the fellas at ThriftyNerd.com are joined by internet super-star Justin McElroy. You may know Justin from http://www.joystiq.com and http://www.mbmbam.com. Michael and Doug still have no idea why Justin agreed to come on the show, but they suspect that they are secretly part of the Make a Wish program.

The guys talk about Ender’s Game, Ticket to Ride, Tiny Tower, Trenched, inFAMOUS 2 and Alice: The Madness Returns.

Follow the hosts on twitter at @thriftynerd, @theshmil, and don’t forget special guest @justinmcelroy! Don’t forget to swing by http://www.thriftynerd.com to get the latest deals each and every day!

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The Thrifty Nerd Podcast – Episode 15 Father’s Day Edition

Posted on: June 19th, 2011 by Michael DiMauro No Comments

I have the most specialist of special guests today: my son Owen! Don’t let his age fool you, yes he is seven, but he is also a video game genius and has lots of very interesting things to say. This episode is only 20 minutes, but I think that is the perfect length for this kind of special episode.

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The Thrifty Nerd Podcast – Episode 14

Posted on: June 13th, 2011 by Michael DiMauro No Comments

This week we are talking all E3 all the time! We cover all the highlights (like Skyrim) and all the lowlights (like Michael’s hotel room).

Follow the hosts on twitter at @thriftynerd, @theshmil and special guests @rbristow and @johnparie!

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The Thrifty Nerd Podcast: Episode 13

Posted on: June 1st, 2011 by Michael DiMauro 1 Comment

In true 13th episode fashion, we were very unlucky this week. Mostly in that we recorded it on Sunday, and here I am posting it now on Wednesday. Special thanks to my stalwart side kick Doug for editing, or it would have taken even longer.

This week we are joined by the usual (Mike Dao and Doug Scott), but we also have with us Team [JOY]‘s own Scott Biggs! You can check out his brew-matology at http://biggsbrewing.com/

We cover scintillating topics such as LA Noire, Super Stickman Golf, Portal 2, Super Quick Hook, Tiny Wings, Ticket to Ride, the Mockingjay, Going Bovine, Barnes and Noble Nook, FIFA 11 and Borderlands. Also the new releases and the Sony “Vita”. (whatever that is)

Follow the hosts on twitter at @thriftynerd, @theshmil and @mikedao, and don’t forget special guest @scottbiggs!

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The Thrifty Nerd Podcast Episode 12

Posted on: May 23rd, 2011 by Michael DiMauro No Comments

Gentlemen, our long national nightmare is at an end. We heard your pleas, and Michael is back for episode 12. He also promises to never ever ever leave you alone with Doug again. At least not until the next book report.

This week the gents talk about LA Noire, Afrika, The Hunger Games, Pulse (iPad), Ticket to Ride (iPad) and Brink. The lack of exciting new releases is apparent, but the newspocolypse is very exciting indeed.

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The Thrifty Nerd Podcast Episode 11

Posted on: May 16th, 2011 by Doug Scott No Comments

Doug is back with a new episode of the Thrifty Nerd Podcast. (Apparently Michael’s child’s education is more important.) Left to his lonesome Doug gathered Jason and Matt to return the the show. With three members of Team [JOY] not a lot of useful info is given but a fun time is had by all. Topics covered include the Gears of War 3 Beta, Bulletstorm, PSN’s revival, Portal 2 and general tomfoolery. Hopefully Michael will be back next week herding cats.

Follow the hosts on twitter at @thriftynerd @theshmil. Don’t forget to follow @champion_matt and@jsin_samsel.

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The Thrifty Nerd Podcast – Episode 10

Posted on: May 11th, 2011 by Michael DiMauro No Comments

Michael and Doug are back with Episode 10 which is double digits. What an accomplishment! I’m pretty sure there are only one or two other podcasts that have gotten this far. Mike Dao joins us again, and we also have on two Team [JOY] members in Matt Champion and Jaaaaason Samsel.

With five members of Team [JOY] get together it quickly becomes a trainwreck, and this podcast is no exception. I’m going to go ahead an apologize now. Topics covered include the Red Faction Armageddon demo, Thor (the movie), First of the North Star (seriously), Snuggle Truck and Darksiders.

Follow the hosts on twitter at @thriftynerd and @theshmil. Don’t forget to follow @mikedao, @champion_matt and @jsin_samsel.

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