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With co-host Neil Strebig out this week, Donald "Double D" DeCray is joined by guest host Evan Johnson in this week's Spectator Mode.

A new segment that's a rundown of the latest current events in nerdom. This week's episode covers the upcoming release of Valve's Steam Deck, Epic's decision to omit "Fortnite" from Steam Deck, Riot August's promotion as the lead champion developer for League of Legends, and an overview of upcoming 2022 releases including the new Lord of the Ring series on Amazon Prime. 

For those of y'all who are unaware Spectator Mode is a sort of trending topic rundown about several current event news bits within geek culture including TV/film, gaming, comic book, and anime news. 

Music: A Running Chip/Evan Beigel, Scott Emerson

Noted chapter logs for y'all that may want to skip ahead to a specific discussion point: 
Steam Deck - minute marker 1:37
Epic omits Fortnite   -- minute marker 7:25
Champion designs in League of Legends   -- minute marker 12:12
LOTR TV series & summer blockbusters  -- minute marker 19:33

Check out Evan's League of Legends team and other semi-pro teams in action this weekend via the Unified Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/unifiedlive