Welcome back to The Nerd Stash Show. We’re celebrating our one-year anniversary this week by holding our first annual video game developer draft. You can find a synopsis, timestamps, and the episode itself down below:

Timestamps

  • Intro/Thank You – 0:30
  • Rules of the Game Developer Draft – 5:16

Round 1

To celebrate, we decided to throw a developer draft party! We looked at a bunch of developers — whether they’re first-party, third-party, or indie — and tried to create our best lineup if we had the chance to buy them. Who went number one? Did anybody steal a pick? Who found the darkhorse of the draft? What does the final list shake out to look like? Why not take a listen?”

  • Santa Monica Studio, Sony (Taylor) – 8:35
  • Insomniac Games, Sony (Brandon) – 12:25
  • Nintendo EPD, Nintendo (Johnny) – 15:10

Round 2

  • Respawn, EA (Taylor) – 19:00
  • Guerilla Games, Sony (Brandon) – 22:10
  • Naughty Dog, Sony (Johnny) – 25:50

Round 3

  • Kojima Productions, Indie (Taylor) – 30:05
  • Creative Business Unit 1, Square Enix (Brandon) – 33:30
  • Extremely OK Games, Indie (Johnny) – 36:10

Round 4

  • CD Projekt Red, CD Projekt S.A. (Taylor) – 40:50
  • Double Fine, Microsoft (Brandon) – 43:20
  • Rocksteady, WB Interactive (Johnny) – 45:15

Round 5

  • Rockstar Games, Take-Two (Taylor) – 49:20
  • Bungie, Bungie (Brandon) – 51:35
  • Sucker Punch Productions, Sony (Johnny) – 53:50

Round 6

  • The Behemoth, Indie (Taylor) – 56:37
  • Young Horse, Indie (Brandon) – 58:20
  • Cloud Chamber, 2K (Johnny) – 1:01:10

Round 7

  • The Initiative, Microsoft (Taylor) – 1:04:30
  • Vicarious Visions, Activision (Brandon) – 1:06:20
  • NetherRealm, WB Interactive (Johnny) – 1:07:55

Round 8

  • Popcap, EA (Taylor) – 1:09:55
  • Consumer Development Division 1, Capcom (Brandon) – 1:11:50
  • Yacht Club Games, Indie (Johnny) – 1:14:00

Round 9

  • Obsidian Entertainment, Microsoft (Taylor) – 1:17:00
  • Inti Creates, Indie (Brandon) – 1:19:55
  • Retro Studios, Nintendo (Johnny) – 1:21:20

Round 10

  • 343 Industries, Microsoft (Taylor) – 1:23:30
  • Japan Studio, Sony (Brandon) – 1:25:20
  • Rare, Microsoft (Johnny) – 1:28:00

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