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Some Derps Talk About Games
by SomeDerpsTalkAboutGames
We are a couple of derps. We like to talk about games. Join hosts Buddy & Mango each week for discussion of all things games and nerd culture.Write in: [email protected]
Episodes
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Leder Showdown: Root vs Arcs
---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch these episodes live? Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@somederpsplaygames or twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Check out the podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/somederpstalkaboutgames Want to tell us...
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A Thousand Years of World Of Warcraft (Video Games)
BlizzCon 2026 Roundup! Two weeks have passed since ye olde BlizzCon has come through. There's been some updates for Midnight, a huge new announcement for Classic, a new Diablo and Starcraft game announced and a bunch more that we can talk about....
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The Apex Problem in Single Player Game Design (TTRPG & Video Games)
In Slay the Spire, Ascension mode is all about beating harder and harder fights until you crash out entirely. Guildrun, a super popular demo, seems to take things a different way, emphasizing very difficult encounters but trying to make a win streak happen. PLUS: Special after action for a cool...
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Get These Beggars Out of Here (Movies)
THE ODYSSEY Christopher Nolan, with the blankest check in all of Hollywood, decides he's going to start at the very beginning of stories and make a version of The Odyssey. How historically accurate is it? How much does the 35mm or 70mm matter? Is this a faithful adaptation or a garbage one?...
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News Roundup... again (Various)
All the News that's Fit to Podcast About! Wouldn't you know it, it's been a few weeks since we casted! There's a bunch of news! Montabi came out, some Odyssey thoughts before our big episode, there's new Commander news in Magic.…
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News Roundup (Various)
All the News that's Fit to Podcast About! Bungie stuff, Xbox stuff, indie stuff, Magic stuff, there's just a lot floating around in the world of indie gaming. In the face of unmitigated layoffs, surrounded by a contracting industry, are we looking at the death of video games as we know them....
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Midnight Season 1 Raids (Video Games)
Raid Review: The Voidspire, March on Quel'danas, The Forgotten Chimaera and Sporefall It's a little wild to do four of these in one but yes, there were four different raids in 12.0 of Warcraft. Plus, the death of DBM, Weakauras, and other addons in the APOCALYPSE. A new style of raid design for a...
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Immortal Jeff (MtG)
The Immortal Jeff: Our New Commander Format The other day, when we were playing Commander, we wondered what it might look like to have Ian Malcolm, Chaotician just sitting in the middle of the table at all times. What would the game look like? Would that be fun or crazy? What other rules might…
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Some Derps Talk About Everything (Various)
The Boys' reached its series finale! Mango watched a show called Reggie Dinkins! We've been playing Diablo 4! There's a new Star Wars movie and we don't even really care to go see it. The new DnD is off to a banger start. Maybe there's something in all of that for us to talk about....
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Ripples in the Sand Artifacts (Tabletop)
So, on Monday, Ripples in the Sand begins! And because the game starts at level 6 with a number of characters who don't have access to artifacts, we're going to be designing artifacts for Honest Harvey the Graverobber, Eka the Tortollan Historian, and the field medic Silas van Polk of the IVth...
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Rats in the Walls Post-mortem (Tabletop)
Two weeks ago, the Winter 2026 Ceran game came to a thrilling conclusion! The city of Krahz-shek will never be the same. Brothers came to blows! The Skaven invasion was put into the gutter. And Druidbull had a big dinosaur the whole time. With the end of the campaign, we're taking a minute to go...
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Midnight First Impressions (Video Games)
Gamers, it's been about a month since the launch of the Midnight expansion. The new systems are in. The new classes are in. The new addon changes are in. It's a big pot and we're stirring it constantly. What do we think of new stuff? Is the new story good? Do the addon changes make sense? How are...
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Jeff Kaplan and Play Nice (Video Games)
There really isn't any company out there like Blizzard Entertainment. In a world devoid of third places, World of Warcraft, Starcraft II, and Diablo 4 have become that for very, very many people-- including Buddy and Mango. So, in a world where Jeff Kaplan gives his five and a half hour interview...
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Roguelitification: 2026 Edition (Video Games)
A few years ago, Buddy laid out his theory for Roguelitification: How the development of roguelikes has created a world where players don't want one linear experience, they want a planar experience where they explore the game systems in the world around them. With the launch of Slay the Spire 2,...
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Unhinged Universes Beyond Pitch Me (MTG)
Gamers, did you know that Magic: The Gathering does crossovers with major IP constantly? They've done Marvel, Magic: The Gathering, even niche little tiny baby IPs like Final Fantasy. Well, today, we'd like to ask the question: What Universes Beyond would be the wildest direction for them to go?...
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Yet to Come in 2026
The 2026 Forecast Episode Well, there's a ton of stuff coming up in 2026, including the new Magic Set, the new WoW expansion, and a new return to Marvel and Star Wars. What are we hyped for? What are we interested in? What are we dreading?...
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Commander Banlist
Our great friend, Cerryan has a little card in his collection all the way back from 2003. That card is Biorhythm, an eight mana sorcery that maybe wins you the game on the spot. Well, Biorhythm just got unbanned. It's a new card reentering an old format with new opportunities for new game winning...
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Authored vs. Avatar Protagonists (Video Games)
OK, stop me if you've heard this one before. You're loading up an RPG and you can make whatever decisions you want. You can make your character a total chad or butt ugly. You can make him a douche or a charmer. What we call that kind of protagonist? An avatar. And the opposite, where you're...
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How to Win at D&D
In a strange corner of the RPG space, there's a new insistence about how DnD ought to be played. Close adherence to time metrics needs to be prioritized. DnD's roots as a minitature wargame need to be respected. That all that came before us was once good and now we look upon false idols. Jeffro...
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The Derpies 2025
It's been a long, cold year in New Hampshire but now that both Derps talking about games are up here, January means snow, ice and the best, damn podcast awards show this side of appalachia. We've got games, tv, movies, and most importantly-- Magic: The Gathering to hit on, so let's get it…
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The Omega Raid of The War Within (Video Games)
Manaforge Omega Raid Review! We have gotten AotC. We have played into Xal'atath's plans. We have killed Dimensius and imprisoned his power in the Dark Heart. The only question that remains: How was the raid? Was it good? Was it bad? Was the loot cool? Was the loot lame?...
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The Modern Prometheus (Movies)
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein Out now on Netflix and kind of watchable in theatres, Guillermo del Toro's next film, Frankenstein has just premiered! Starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi and the newest ingenue, Mia Goth, let's get into the details! Was it good? Was it bad? Was it book accurate?...
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When Good Storytelling Advice Goes Bad
In the world of storytelling, there's plenty of advice about what to do. What not to do. What to show. What to hide. Alfred Hitchcock talks about suspense. Trey Parker and Matt Stone talking about but and therefore. The holy grail: Show, don't tell. What happens if you follow those rules to a T…
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Raiders of the ARC
ARC Raiders: Shooting Extractors who try to Extract from this Shooter It's a new day, a new game. This one is ARC Raiders, an extraction shooter by the folks behind The Finals. Their love of technical gunplay, usable consumable gadgets, and a set of lore that's deeply strange and maybe cool?…
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New Ceran Pitches & Genre (TTRPG)
Because we're nearing the new arc for the next Ceran game, it looks like we should talk some more about what the new pitches entail. In particular, I'm thinking: How do we attack different genres in TTRPGs? What does it look like to stage a war game in an RPG? What does it look like to run a…
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Ten Years of Some Derps Talk About Games! Some Derps Talk About Games Forever!
Buddy is back from Australia, gamers! That means that there's a lot to catch up on, so let's take a look at what's what! What is a game? How do we feel about the new Commander changes? What's going right or wrong with Legion Remix? How does choice affect storytelling in games?...
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Villains
Villains What do villains mean in our stories? What's the difference between an antagonist and a villain? What are the best villains we've ever encountered? How do villains work? Buddy just wrapped two tabletop arcs that had competing archetypes for villains. How did they play out?...
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Plot Pedestals and the Iron Law of Worldbuilding (Narrative)
What's the Opposite of a Plot Hole? Loooooong time ago, we had a whole big podcast about plot holes. Are they good? Are they bad? What is Mango's Iron Law of Worldbuilding? Well, interestingly, something we didn't consider in that conversation is the opposite of a plot hole. In other words, a…
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Grab Bag Catchup (Various)
Guys, We Have Infinity Things To Talk About Given that it's been more than a month since our last cast, it turns out there's a ton of stuff that has happened. It's getting a little wild. Silksong wasn't even announced at the time of the last podcast and now it's been out for two weeks. Plus, we...
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Dog Days Grab Bag (Various)
More Grab Bag! In accordance with us failing to materialize topics, we're going to rip through a bunch of things that are percolating right underneath the surface. On the docket: GenCon! MTG Proxies 11.2 First Impressions DK Bonanza ----------------------------------------------------------------...
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It is 2025, and I am watching a Superman Movie (Movies)
Look, Up in the Sky: Superman! Would you look at that. Nine months (or something) since our last movie review. Today's foray back towards the monoculture: Superman! James Gunn's entrance into the DC Superhero Universe has arrived with gusto. What do we think? Good? Bad? And what's all this about…
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Power Creep woes... or not? (MTG/VG)
Power Creep through a New Lens Hell gamers-- it's almost been a month because lots of things have happened! Hearthstone released a new expansion! Magic banned a ton of cards in standard! The new WoW patch is coming! All of this comes to a crux-- what does it mean when old games update with new...
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Operation Goblini Freedom (Video Games)
The Liberation of Undermine: Raid Review! It's been months since The Liberation of Undermine actually showed up and now it's time to review it! Operation Goblini Freedom was a great success. Gazlowe has cast out Gallywix. What did we think of one of Blizzard's shortest raids in recent memory? And...
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The For Real Universes Beyond Episode (MTG)
So, a few years ago, we did a big grab bag and complained about Universes Beyond in Magic: The Gathering. Since then, it's... it's just gotten way worse. On top of the release of the Final Fantasy Universes Beyond set, it feels like a good time to revisit the topic for 2025. What is the state of...
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Industry Garbage Fires (Video Games)
Did you know that fan art for Marathon was added into the game? That there's a massive controversy around plagiarism? That the tides are deeply against Marathon and it's only four months from release? It's time to get into the details on all of this as mostly Mango explains to clueless Buddy the...
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PF2E Impressions (TTRPG)
Pathfinder 2.0 Check-in Whelp, we've had a huge set of podcasts about the establishment of PF2E for Heretic Heroes, so why don't we take a minute to check in on how that's going? What are Buddy's first impressions of the systems? How does it feel in comparison to 5E? Let's get into it! We ended…
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WeakAuras too Strong? (Video Games)
WoW's Add-on Philosophy In a huge podcast shaking up twenty years of design, Ian Hozzikostas announced the team's long term intentions to integrate popular add-on functionality into the game itself-- and in the process, strip those same add-ons of their bread and butter functionality in order to...
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Problem Solvers (MTG & TTRPG)
Another episode about Commander and DnD! Mango and I have discovered a new podcast and they're bringing up tons of new stuff to the MTG side of things. We anna talk about it! Also, Buddy has started the new DnD game set in Ceran, Heretic Heroes-- but it poses a problem. How can he and Mango solve...
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Arti-facts with Buddy (TTRPG)
Buddy's System for Artifacts BY REQUEST, we'll be covering the special, super secret ruleset for how Buddy creates and implements magic items in his tabletop games. What are the kinds of systems that are used to accentuate players? How do we come up with where they go and how they progress? What...
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Into the COMMAND ZONE (MTG)
Commander! We spent Saturday playing some new Commander decks with friends of the cast, Frank and Josh and this is a battle report of some of those adventures. How do we feel about power level in Commander? What makes for a powerful Commander deck? What were we able to accomplish?...
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D&D 3.P.2 (TTRPG)
PATHFINDER 2E MEET AND GREET Because we're setting up a new game, it's time to talk systems! Pathfinder 2nd Edition has been out for a while. And it's time to learn what it's all about! What are ancestries and how are they different than races? What are the different class options? How does the...
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A Whole New World (TTRPG)
Ceran Buddy's custom campaign setting gets the Mango interrogation today because we're starting up a new game inside of it in a few weeks. What's the hook of this grand setting? What are the cute little quirks? How does religion and magic work? All will be answered in today's episode! INCLUDING...
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Italian Hoagie Opera (Movies)
Eephus Mango's brother (Grango) happened to be the cinematographer for an indie feature called EEPHUS! It's about old guys. It's about baseball. It's about New England. It's about stuff that doesn't matter. If you like anti-climactic tone poems, see if you can find a showing of Eephus near you!...
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Decisions for a Campaign (TTRPG)
Buddy's Dragonlance Game This one's sort of a grab bag. Buddy has started running a Dragonlance game in person-- and that includes a bunch of different systems. Artifacts, party advantage, the tension pool, and more. How are they playing out? What's it like? Let's talk about it! Potter's Curse...
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The Shame of Sid Meier (Video Games)
Civ VII: Is it bad? The new Civ is out. Buddy was insanely hyped for it. But is it good? Is it bad? It opened to mostly negative reviews, sits at Mixed right now on Steam. The Civ subreddit is huffing copium. Youtubers are tearing it apart or exalting its praises. How do the derps feel about it?...
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SPOODERS RAID (Video Games)
Raid Review: Nerub'ar Palace Coming in late in the game with a Queen An'surek kill just before the new season buzzer went off (as Wombo is well-known to do,) we are now prepared to review the opening raid for the War Within! What do we like? What do we hate? What do we think was the best boss?…
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Sandboxes Vs Railroads (TTRPG)
Imagine you're in a facebook group chat with a bunch of people and someone asks what constitutes a sandbox in a TTRPG. How much does improv vs. preparation factor into it? Can the players go off and do absolutely anything they want? What happens when you run a complete dungeon crawl? Let's talk...
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The Derpies Live, 2025 (Various)
Well, well, well, if it isn't the Derpies. LIVE FROM MANGO'S BASEMENT! Wouldn't you know it, when two people live within an hour of each other we can record our very first live episode in eight years of podcasting! What are the categories this year? What categories do YOU want to relay into chat?...
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When the Capicola Hits (TV)
The Sopranos Now that Buddy has returned to the east coast, it's time to rediscover his New Jersey roots. Gabbagool. Mob wife aesthetics. Throwing people off bridges in Newark. From the black void of New England, because he hasn't bought lights for his desk yet, this is the time for great...
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A Dream of Rome (Movies)
Gladiator II Did they have sharks in the water in the Colliseum? No. Did they have Trebuchets at the siege of Numidia? Nope. Did one of Marcus Aurellius' slaves ascend to become Emperor? Also, no. And also, he never stepped foot in Rome! But that shit doesn't matter because it's Ridley Scott…
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