CORE 519: D Day

An episode of the CORE - Core Gaming for Core Gamers podcast, hosted by Scott Johnson - Jon Jagger - Beau Schwartz, titled "CORE 519: D Day" was published on April 23, 2026 and runs 194 minutes.

April 23, 2026 ·194m · CORE - Core Gaming for Core Gamers

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Summary

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 plugGames 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 2Listener Stuff- Letter from EdOrange correcting Scott on Cockneys being from London, not Manchester, plus Dragon Warrior Monsters on Game Boy ColorSome 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.

Episode Description

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.

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