CORE 519: D Day

About this episode

The hosts discuss trivia, gaming news, and listener interactions while sharing humorous anecdotes.

The Big Stuff: - Nerdtacular All-Stars trivia team, all three hosts ended up on the same team with Scott's sister Wendy - Team name brainstorming (Cerebral Cortex, Obsessive Core Pulsive, Psycore Logical Corefare, etc.) - Trivia seeding test results and strategy - 500 episode milestone / mugs still available - Patreon/Core.show support plug Games Discussed: - Diablo IV's new expansion (record-breaking second expansion, early buzz positive) - Vampire Crawlers - Windrose - Blacksmith Master - Mouse: P.I. for Hire - Lucky Tower Ultimate - Pragmata - The Witcher 3 - Syntopia - Slave Spire 2 Listener Stuff - Letter from EdOrange correcting Scott on Cockneys being from London, not Manchester, plus Dragon Warrior Monsters on Game Boy Color Some chaos for you at the end: - Bo sharing weird Amazon product recommendations that escalated into adult toy territory - Ottawa sex shop / the Glebe neighborhood rabbit hole - Tax write-off bit inspired by a Conan podcast segment about buying nerd stuff and expensing it Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Scott Johnson, Jon Jagger, Beau Schwartz

Topics covered

• trivia
• gaming news
• game expansions
• listener interaction
• humor
• adult products

Keywords

• Nerdtacular
• trivia team
• Diablo IV expansion
• listener letters
• adult toys
• Amazon recommendations

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Diablo IV, Vampire Crawlers, Windrose, Blacksmith Master, Mouse: P.I. for Hire, Lucky Tower Ultimate, Pragmata, The Witcher 3, Syntopia, Slave Spire 2

Books & works: Dragon Warrior Monsters

Places: London, Manchester

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