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Nintendo finally reveals a teaser trailer for the Super Mario Movie at New York Comic Con. Fans are protesting online about Chris Pratt’s performance (even with barely a sentence uttered). Bubba and Kate nerd out about what we loved from the trailer, what they’re looking forward to with the movie, and speculating about what some of Nintendo’s goals are along with the partnership with Illumination and Universal.

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Episode Hosts

Bubba Stallcup

CEO + PRESIDENT + FOUNDER

@bubba_ltn

Bubba is the CEO, President and Founder of LTN, host of the Free Play Podcast and the Church Nerds Podcast. He is also a full-time Nerd-Culture Missionary. Bubba, and his wonderful wife Anna, have 4 children who are pretty good most of the time. A communal gamer at heart who loves to get in and play games with other people #gameNightIStheRightNight

Kate Kadowaki

CO-FOUNDER | LTN ADMIN COORDINATOR

@katedangerous

Kate is a co-founder, admin coordinator, and best girl host of the Free Play podcast for Love Thy Nerd. Some of her favorite games ever are Red Dead Redemption 2, the Assassin's Creed franchise, and Dragon Age: Inquisition. Kate has a Master of Arts in Applied Psychology and thinks games research is awesome. Her husband Steven says that she dies too much in games.

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Kate Kadowaki

CO-FOUNDER | LTN ADMIN COORDINATOR

@katedangerous

Episode Discussion

Free Play 169 | The Last of Us: Season 1

Free Play

Mar 21, 2023

Podcasts

Season 1 of the HBO adaptation of The Last of Us wrapped this past week and as fans of Naughty Dog and Sony’s original games, Bubba, Matt & Kate wanted to chat about it. HBO really set the bar high for future gaming IPs turned into live action shows and movies. They cast some ideas for seasons 2 and 3 of the show, the possibility of a Last of Us Part 3 game, and how much Pedro Pascal is TOO MUCH Pedro Pascal. If that’s even a thing.

10 Video Games from 2022 that You Still Need to Play

Radio Matt

Mar 16, 2023

Articles

2022 was a great year for video games, with many anticipated titles finally releasing and some surprising gems emerging. Whether you are looking for action, adventure, horror, simulation or anything in between, there is a game for you on this list of the top 10 video games of 2022 that you should already be playing!

Pull List 83 | Family-Friendly “Explicit” Content

Pull List

Mar 15, 2023

Podcasts

Chris and co-host Hector are back in the swing of things! Catch up on the latest pulls, some industry news, and more!

Free Play 168 | LTN Turns 5

Free Play

Mar 7, 2023

Podcasts

We’re celebrating LTN’s 5th birthday and can’t believe how fast the time has gone. So much has happened in the past five years and looking back brings up a lot of memories. Kate took the time this week to come up with some hard hitting questions to interview Matt, Bubba, and herself about LTN’s future and some things that they hold near and dear to their hearts from the past five years. HBD Love Thy Nerd!

Pull List 82 | That’s Mister Mxyzptlk

Pull List

Mar 1, 2023

Podcasts

Chris and co-host Hector are back in the swing of things! Catch up on the latest pulls, some industry news, and more!

Free Play 167 | Netflix Tabletop Games

Free Play

Feb 21, 2023

Podcasts

Every once in awhile, Bubba sends something Kate's way that she's actually interested in. This week, it was a link to The Last Kingdom Board Game Kickstarter from Gamelyn Games. The Last Kingdom Netflix series is one of Kate's favorite shows, so she was super pumped to see this even though tabletop games aren’t her area of expertise. That got them curious about other Netflix IPs that have been turned into tabletop experiences.