The Merely Gamers Podcast

The Merely Gamers Podcast


Latest Episodes

Merely Gamers: Episode 13 – Be a Good Sport
February 08, 2017

Overview:  This week we are joined by our friend John “Think2wice” Willey. We get into Juice’s experience with the newly released Resident Evil 7 along with some of the horror games we’ve played. For this episode’s topic we talk about what makes a good...

Merely Gamers: Episode 12 – Gimme the Feels
February 01, 2017

Overview:  WARNING: This episode contains Chrono Trigger spoilers (around 01:05:00 to 01:10:00) This week we are joined by our buddy Cliff Duda. We kick it off talking about escape rooms and other real-life experiences that have ties to gaming before g...

Merely Gamers: Episode 11 – Magic Bazaar
January 25, 2017

Overview:  We are joined this week by a new guest, the one and only “Pirate” Pete Abraham. Pete just recently bought a PS4 to get his Skyrim fix and is a big fan of Magic the Gathering. This episode’s topic is the pros and cons of being on the cutting ...

Merely Gamers: Episode 10 – I’ll Be Back
January 18, 2017

Overview:  Jill “Jillstreak” Knetter is back for more! Juice is getting over some food poisoning so we open up with some food chat before getting into what we’ve been playing. This episode’s topic asks why we come back to certain types of games.

Merely Gamers: Episode 09 – Cheese and Cake
January 11, 2017

Overview:  Our friend Isaiah “Z” Olson joins us for our first attempt at our new format. The first hour of the podcast is the same as always but the second hour we are trying to focus on exploring a more focused topic.

Merely Gamers: Episode 08 – Year in Review 2016
January 03, 2017

Overview:  It’s the Merely Gamers Year in Review 2016 episode! Juice and Dak sit down with Tayler to go over their picks for not necessarily new games but games they’ve played this year. It’s a long one and things get more than a little out of control ...

Merely Gamers: Episode 07 – Hotness Scale Stone Level
December 22, 2016

Overview:  Getting back into the swing of things, we sit down with our first repeat guest: Brenton Wienkes. Dak talks about some of the neat mechanics in the newly released Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Past that he played recently befor...

Merely Gamers: Episode 06 – Survival Coming Soon
December 07, 2016

Overview:  We sit down with our buddy Derrick “DRock” Brunette this week. This episode kicks off with talk about tennis and bowling of all things but quickly transistions to chatting about our experiences with dungeon crawlers.

Merely Gamers: Episode 05 – Juice Needs Food
November 23, 2016

Overview:  This episode we sit down with our friend Isaiah “Z” Olson.  Juice was hungry going into this one so we go hard on the food talk but we do eventually get to talking games. Toward the end, Dak ropes Z into some Magic drafting plans.

Merely Gamers: Episode 04 – Hard Mode
November 09, 2016

Overview:  This episode we are joined by our friend Tayler Phillips. We talk about his obsession with the Fallout games, difficulty in games, and the importance of having a meaningful impact on the games that we play through morality and choice mechani...