This week, the nerds are discussing an interesting phenomenon in Blizzard’s Hearthstone - Heroes of Warcraft… is taking away player speech the only way to ensure people are civil online?

Then - once casual gaming heralded the doom of hardcore games, but is the trend no headed in the opposite direction?

Also - New Star Wars, and Google’s customizable smarthphone future (for real this time). It’s all on this week’s Midwest Nerds Podcast.

Show Links:
Polygon - Hearthstone Chat
VentureBeat - Digital gaming in March

The Verge - Star Wars Rebels
The Verge - Project Ara
Break song - Minus the Bear - Thanks for the Killer game of Crisco Twister