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TMS 3040: The Sounds of Bread and Yogurt

Scott Johnson — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:46:01 GMT

Diamond Dunaway. Meeples are Peeples. The Tadpool remembers. The Devil’s Lettuce Redefined. Finish what’s in your mouth before yelling at Ice Cube! Rub that Buff! Skytricity. Cutthroats of Catan. I done dropped my cran in the torlet wodder. A Lazy Enya. It’s Humpin’ Day! Get your Humpin’ done! I don’t like listening to people eeeeeeeeeeat. Keep Your Han…

The MONDAY Show: The Ranchbassador

Scott Johnson — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:46:54 GMT

Tales from the Asher Adams. Flemmings is really good. Wiseguys made us mad. How come Carter suddenly has all this ranch stuff? TV smoothing needs to be outlawed. Friday the 13th series re-watch. Carter rather liked Supergirl. Scott really enjoyed The Odyssey. An email about hot pot problems and lots more!

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CORE 529: Higher Seas

Scott Johnson — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:26:13 GMT

We start with the games we played this week! The Aventures of Elliott still gracing Scott and Jon’s screens. Scott is ALL in on Black Flag Resynced. He also configured Moonlight on his network and has praises for it. Palworld 1.0 for Scott and Jon as well. Jon played Denshattack, and Beau still mainlaining Nightriegn like a pro player. Then some talk ab…

CORE 528: Ex-Box

Scott Johnson — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:12:49 GMT

A reminder about a few new posts on the feeds, and then off to the exciting world of how Xbox seems to be shitting the ENTIRE bed. Plus Games Done Quick, and the summer sale stuff. Scott tested the hell out of the state of GeForce Now, and did it with a load of games, including Just Cause 3, Diablo IV, Black Flag Resynced, Disco Elysium, and Ghostwire T…

MORE CORE: Making the indie game, “Gyro”, with solo-dev Shane Maddox.

Scott Johnson — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:17:59 GMT

We get into what it takes to build your own game, and actually launch it to the public. And go wishlist/get the game on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4822290/Gyro/

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CORE 527: Practical Eve

Scott Johnson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:48:16 GMT

We have Jon Show mugs in the store! Because why not? Also, what about cloud gaming in all these discussions around hardware prices? Plus, Sony says goodbye to physical media, and at the same time closes a couple stores, and took a bunch of movies away from people. Not great. XBOX will likely follow suit. CyberPunk Edge Runners S2 gets a new trailer. The…

CORE 526: The Gabe-Cube

Scott Johnson — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:30:22 GMT

Welp, the Steam Machine is here, and it’s expensive as we figured it might be with the RAM wars and all. Let’s break it all down, and highly discourage Canadians from getting one. :) We also talk about the big games of July, Xbox increasing prices, GTA VI costing too much, Gamestop STOPPING something good, Capcom still trolling with the Engine name, Swi…

CORE 525: Address The Pile

Scott Johnson — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:40:54 GMT

Guys, there were a lot of video games announced lately, and we take it upon ourselves to talk about the ones that make us the most excited! Plus, all the games we played and more!

Games we played this week:

Magic the Gathering, the Commander Decks from Final Fantasy

Resident Evil 9 Requiem

Voidling Bound

Dynasty Warriors Origins

Astro Bot

Astro’s Playroom

Burno…

CORE from Nerdtacular 2026!

Scott Johnson — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:28:47 GMT

With Scott, Jon, Beau, Randy, Brian, Bobby, and the one and only LIAM O’BRIEN! Enjoy the archive from our live episode! Video coming soon to the Youtube Channel as well.

CORE + Summer Games Fest LIVE!

Scott Johnson — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:34:48 GMT

Scott Beau and Jon get together and watch SGF live with commentary! The video version is up on the youtube channel as well: youtube.com/scottjohnson Expect more in future as we break down what’s coming ands what has us the most excited.

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CORE Coverage of the Sony State of Play for 6-2-2026

Scott Johnson — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:02:12 GMT

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CORE 524: Wind’s Howling...

Scott Johnson — Sat, 30 May 2026 20:43:32 GMT

On this week’s CORE, we talk about the Witcher III getting a new expansion next year. Also, the games of June, Dragon Quest XII, the announcement of Unreal 6, Steam Deck getting a $300 price increase, Fable getting pushed again, the upcoming Sony State of Play and our coverage of it. We played Lego Batman: Legacy of The Dark Knight, 007 First Light, Duc…

CORE 523: Fight Me!

Scott Johnson — Sun, 24 May 2026 17:08:20 GMT

Seems like everyone is really into the new Lego Batman game. Also, Sony confirms, no PC ports for their big single player games anymore. We have more thoughts. Warhorse is making a Lord of The Rings RPG. Virtua Fighter 6 leak has us excited. Bungie says Destiny 2 is over. Big Warhammer dump at Skulls Showcase this year. Quantic Dream MOBA actually happe…

CORE 522: Overnite

Scott Johnson — Sun, 24 May 2026 17:03:57 GMT

Today on CORE, turns out those Overwatch coming to Fortnite rumors were true! We talk it about. GDC changes their name. Forza H6 and Subnautica are having a very good week it seems. Capcom is doing really well, and also dominating the digital and PC space for a company like that. Maybe FF7 rebirth is for the olds? Zelda movie has a NEW date. Check out t…

CORE 521: And...it's gone.

Scott Johnson — Fri, 08 May 2026 01:56:02 GMT

Let’s get into another CORE episode today! Some quick Nerdtacular talk, and then straight into Star Fox getting a a new game, this time a remake of the N64 game! Looks neat and the price sounds like it might be right. Also, big talk about how hard it was to get a Steam Controller on launch day. Tips on avoiding family trips. Are steam machines incoming …

CORE 520: A Salty Remake

Scott Johnson — Fri, 01 May 2026 02:42:20 GMT

This week on CORE, the hosts are feeling the heat with only 42 days left until Nerdtacular 2026! Scott, Beau, and Jon dive deep into a massive week of gaming news, starting with the official launch of the Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred expansion. We break down the new classes and whether the Horadric Cube lives up to the name. How stoked are we for the Black…

CORE 519: D Day

Scott Johnson — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:46:23 GMT

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:

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CORE 518: Swung Too Far

Scott Johnson — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:11:52 GMT

We talk a bit about all this Windrose news in our feeds. But then to the deep stuff, like a visual grid of the kinds of gamers we are. Baldurs Gate 3 is getting modded with a remake of the original GB game, done by fans. Microsoft is rethinking gamepass, and saying its too expensive. Maybe they go with ads, bundles, and more? We kinda hate this. Rocksta…

CORE 517: Just Grab The Fish

Scott Johnson — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:18:07 GMT

No Man’s Sky adds Pokémon-style Xeno Arena minigame. Split Fiction studio hits 50M games sold. Graveyard Keeper is free on Steam. Brief OW announcements note. Swear word appreciation, Warhammer 40K musical announcement, StarCraft tabletop minis preorder, Barrett/Animal Crossing crossover bit, scissoring education, game you bounced off question, memorabl…

CORE 516: Inflation Station

Scott Johnson — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:42:23 GMT

Nerdtacular 26 tickets, bags, and CORE swag. Sony raising PS5 prices. Stormgate losing multiplayer after server partner pivots to AI. Super Mario Galaxy Movie reviews are bad. Classic Resident Evil games on Steam, go GOG instead. Scott and Jon played Resident Evil Requiem together (Tuesdays 1pm). Scott in WoW and Dragon Quest Builders 2. Jon hooked on C…