Welcome back to The Stage Select! This week, we have a new

guest: Westen from Big Nerd Gaming. He’s proof positive that there are great

people that you can meet and interact with on Twitter still, and he brings a

pleasant and balanced view of video games to the discussion. We also have a

fun/stupid announcement in this episode that will hopefully become a popular

recurring bit this year!

00:00 Introduction, Getting to know Westen

24:23 Rise of the Ronin, open world game design

56:42 2024 Video Game Presidential election: Primary

nominations

01:05:24 Ultros, A little more Unicorn Overlord (wait,

come back!)

01:17:03 Justin may be done with Dragon’s Dogma 2

01:30:01 Julian, a grown-ass man, cannot navigate downtown

Austin

01:49:14 Persona 3 Reload

02:23:53 “60% of time spent in video games in 2023

was spent on games at least 6 years old”

02:42:45 Stellar Blade

Be sure to submit your video game presidential nominees to

us, however you would like to submit those to us!

Check out Westen’s blog, Big Nerd Gaming: https://bignerdgaming.com/

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com

Theme song lyrics:

What could this possibly be?

Seems a lot like a podcast…

Wonder what specifically?

Talkin’ bout video games,

With your hosts, you’re in good hands.

Not more of the same!

Now we’ll jump right in,

So expect the unexpected and more.  

Now we’ll get groovin,’

Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!

There just might be some treasure in this chest,

Having fun with our special guests,

Time for Stage Select!

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