Nick's Nerd News
Nerd Unfiltered
About the show
You might not have asked for it, but here is a podcast that will bring you News about nerd culture, raw and unfiltered. Let Nick take you on a magical journey through Video Games, Movies, Comics and other geeky things.
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Episodes
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Episode 361: Nintendo's and Dont's of Tariffs
April 9th, 2025 | 57 mins 3 secs
ai, ang, arrowhead, avatar, avengers doomsday, bafta, battle royales, blizzard, bungie, copilot, dcu, death stranding, diablo iv, dune, esa, fortnite, gaming, geek, hades 2, hbo, helldivers 2, jack black, james gunn, jared leto, jason momoa, laurence fishburne, lucasfilm, marathon, mario kart, mcu, microsoft, minecraft, moon knight, morpheus, movies, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, obsidian entertainment, oscar isaac, peacemaker, predator, predator: killer of killers, quake, quake ii, razer, razer blade 16, revenge of the sith, robert pattison, shenmue, simu liu, star wars celebration, superman, tariffs, the last airbender, the last of us, the matrix, the minecraft movie, the naked gun, the outer worlds, tron, tv, video games, xbox
The Switch 2 faces an uphill battle, and its only half Nintendo's fault. Plus more trailers from Cinemacon, The Predator gets animated, and Robert Pattison may be heading to Arrakis. Meanwhile, Minecraft breaks the box office in more ways than one, Bungie pulls the lid off of Marathon.
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Episode 360: Xbox 360 2
April 2nd, 2025 | 1 hr 27 mins
activision, apple tv+, assassin's creed, asus, asus rog, asus rog ally, avengers, avengers doomsday, blizzard, call of duty, chainsaw man, cinemacon, coyote vs acme, david fincher, disney+, donkey kong, doom, doom the dark ages, dune, fantastic four, finn jones, from software, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george rr martin, grant theft auto 6, gta vi, guy ritchie, harry potter, hbo, hogwarts legacy, house of the dragon, iron fist, jason momoa, john wick, looney tunes, lucasfilm, mario kart, marvel, marvel studios, mcu, microsoft, movies, neil druckman, nerd, netflix, nier: automata, nintendo, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, nuaghty dog, once upon a time in hollywood, quentin tarantino, rick and morty, rockstar, runescape, scooby doo, sean bean, seth rogan, south park, star wars, starcraft, the last of us, the legend of zelda, the residence, the studio, tv, ubisoft, val kilmer, video games, warner bros, x-men, xbox
The wait it finally over, The Nintendo Switch 2 finally has a release date, a price and some games! Nintendo isnt playing anymore. Plus the MCU decided to blow up the internet the one week I record a day early. CinemaCon is staging a bright future for Hollywood, and Asus may be behind the first Xbox handheld. Plus Ubisoft, Sean Bean, and Coyote vs Acme!
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Episode 359: Go Go Disney Rangers!
March 26th, 2025 | 56 mins 52 secs
007, amazon prime video, andor, appletv+, assassin's creed shadows, australia, avengers, bam margera, batfleck, batman, ben affleck, bethesda, call of duty, coco, dc comics, dcu, digimon, disney, disney+, elizabeth olsen, fallout, gameinformer, gaming, geek, halo, hasbro, indian jones and the great circle, invincible, james bond, japan, john carpenter, konami, lobo, lucasfilm, machine games, mcdonalds, mcu, mighty morphin power rangers, minecraft, mmpr, movies, nerd, nintendo, palworld, phil spencer, pixar, playstation 5, pokémon, power rangers, ps5, saban, scarlet witch, seattle mariners, severance, silent hill f, snyderverse, star wars, super sentai, supergirl, the thing, tony hawk, tony hawks pro skater, tv, verdansk, video games, warnerbros, warzone, xbox
Disney is making a crack at the Power Rangers, will they succeed where others failed? GameInformer rises from the ashes, and Nintendo is hitting the pitchers mound. Meanwhile, the future of James Bond gets a little clearer as its new producers are named, Assassin's Creed Shadows is out and in the wild, and Minecraft hopes to dominate at the box office.
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Episode 358: Service Guarantees Citizenship
March 20th, 2025 | 1 hr 6 mins
adam sandler, amazon prime video, appletv+, assassins creed, baldur's gate, ballerina, co-pilot, colombia pictures, critical role, dc, disco elysium, disney+, freakier friday, freaky friday, gaming, geek, george lucas, god of war, happy gilmore, happy gilmore 2, hasbro, hbo, hbo max, hulu, idw, jack quaid, john wick, justice league, konami, kotor, lego, looney tunes, max, monster hunter wilds, mortal kombat, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, novocaine, pixar, playstation 5, pokémon, pokémon go, ps5, razer, reacher, respawn entertainment, saber interactive, silent hill, snes, solar opposites, sonic the hedgehog, sony pictures, star trek, star wars, star wars hunters, star wars knights of the old republic, starship troopers, super nintendo, ted lasso, the last of us, the simpsons, tv, video games, warhammer 40k, warhammer 40k space marine, xbox, zynga
Would you like to know more? A new Starship troopers movie is coming, but it wont be a satire. Star Wars Hunters is ending its hunt, but in its place we may get a Star Wars Tactics game. Pokémon is ditching MEGA Blocks and announces a new partnership with LEGO, Happy Gilmore gets some help and we learned more about the unproduced Star Wars Underworld show. Plus a review of Novocaine, a movie set in San Diego but not filmed in San Diego.
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Episode 357: Mickey357
March 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 8 mins
007, activisionblizzard, amazonmgm, apex legends, batman, batman 89, battlefield, battlefield 6, blizzard, blizzcon, bong joon ho, burtonverse, call of duty, call of duty black ops 6, call of duty warzone, cw, dc, death stranding, devil may cry, dice, discord, disney, disney+, ea, forza horizon, forza motorsport, gaming, geek, hideo kojima, james bond, jeff bezos, jon favreau, kevin conroy, lilo and stich, mar10, mcu, mickey17, minecraft, minecraft movie, mojang, monopoly go, movies, nerd, netflix, niantic, nintendo, oswald the lucky rabbit, playstation, pokémon go, powerpuff girls, ps5, respawn, robert pattison, sadie sink, sag-aftra, sam raimi, scar jo, scopely, skate, spider-man, spider-man 4, super mario, tim burton, titanfall, tv, ubisoft, verdansk, video games
We've got a movie review! Mickey17 is out and I highly recommend it! Plus its a great placeholder before Verdansk returns to Warzone in a few weeks! Also in the news Pokémon GO is now somehow owned by the Saudis, Jeff Bezos really said FAFO, and even Minecraft is getting a popcorn bucket. Plus and Xbox handheld may be closer than you think, Kevin Conroy has another posthumous role, and major casting news for Spider-Man 4.
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Episode 356: My power bands are running low!
March 5th, 2025 | 42 mins 31 secs
academy awards, activision, ai, anora, black ops, black ops 6, blizzard, call of duty, capcom, cartoon network, cod warzone, conan obrien, dardevil born again, dc studios, disney, disney+, dreamworks, gaming, geek, gene hackman, grand theft auto 6, green lantern, gta 6, john cena, kathleen kennedy, lanterns, lucasfilm, marvel studios, marvel television, mcu, monster hunter, movies, naughty dog, neil druckman, nerd, nintendo, playstation, pokémon, ps5, rockstar, rod ferguson. diablo 4, shrek, shrek 5, sony interactive entertainment, space ghost, star trek, star wars, steam, tariffs, the brutalist, the last of us, the oscars, the wrath of khan, tony hawk, tony hawks pro skater, tv, verdansk, video games, wicked
I’m not a regular talk show host. I’m a cool talk show host, is what I would say if I were Space Ghost, RIP to George Lowe. Pokémon finally gave us an update Pokémon Legends Z-A, plus what looks like a successor to Pokémon Stadium. Activision is in some hot water over AI again, but might win back hearts with Tony Hawk and Verdansk. Plus Shrek 5 ruffles some feathers, Kathleen Kennedy isnt going anywhere, and the Oscars make some surprises.
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Episode 355: George's Vision
February 26th, 2025 | 52 mins 20 secs
007, a24, activision, amazonmgm, andor, avatar the last airbender, avowed, ayo edebiri, barney, black ops 6, bloober team, call of duty, captain america brave new world, christopher nolan, clayface, dave filoni, dc studios, dcu, disney+, elden ring, fable, gaming, geek, george lucas, george rr martin, harry potter, hbo, id@xbox, james bond, james gunn, john lithgow, kathleen kennedy, konami, lucasfilm, marvel studios, mcu, mgm, monolith productions, moon knight, movies, nerd, nickelodeon, obsidian entertainment, quantic dream, silent hill, spider-man 4, star wars, stephen king, the authority, the dark tower, the legend of korra, the punisher, tony hawk, tv, video games, warner bros, warner bros gaming, wonder woman, xbox
Do we all really want George's Vision? Or are we just saying that because its cool now? Is an Elden Ring movie coming? Will Fable release in 2026? I'm not really sure, but we do know the Wonder Woman game is no longer happening. With 007's future now in flux, Harry Potter's is more certain. The MCU changes some dates, and the DCU wipes one of the slate.
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Episode 354: Cowabung-NO
February 19th, 2025 | 55 mins 41 secs
amazon prime video, bethesda, black ops 6, blizzard, call of duty, capcom, captain america: brave new world, christopher nolan, elder scrolls, elder scrolls 6, everwild, final fantasy, game of thrones, gaming, geek, hbo, magic the gathering, marvel rivals, matt damon, mcu, microsoft, movies, naughty dog, neil druckman, nerd, netease, netflix, niantic, ninja theory, nintendo, nintendo eshop, okami, overwatch 2, phil spencer, pokemon go, rainbow six siege, rare, rings of power, saturday night live, snl, snl 50, street fighter, the accountant, the defenders, the last of us, the last of us hbo, the odyssey, tmnt, tv, twisted metal, ubisoft, video games, xbox
Another week another round of gaming layoffs, are you shocked? Didn't think so. Should CoD go Free to Play? Some gamers think so after the newest crossover. SNL celebrated its 50th and it was a damn good show, The Accountant finally shows off its sequel, and we have a full review of Captain America: Brave New World.
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Episode 353: Read Beyond the Headlines
February 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min
activision, activisionblizzard, back to the future, baldur's gate 3, batman, blizzard, bobby kotick, call of duty, capcom, connecticut, crysis 4, crytek, days gone, diablo 4, disney+, dragon age, ea, elden ring, friendly neighborhood spider-man, gaming, geek, grand theft auto, gta, gta 6, harrison ford, harry potter, hbo, hogwarts legacy, indiana jones, john lithgow, johnny cage, karl urban, kendrick lamar, larian, lucasfilm, magic the gathering, mcu, metal gear solid, mortal kombat, movie theaters, movies, nerd, netherealm, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, onimusha, overwatch 2, playstation, playstation state of play, ps5, psn, resident evil, roblox, rocksteady, sonic racers, super bowl lix, thunderbolts*, tv, video games, warcraft, wb games, wonder woman, world of warcraft
Was it just me or were the commercials at the Super Bowl just not as good as they used to be? Even movie trailers were lacking. Anyway, PlayStation had a state of play and announced another remaster of a game that's less than 10 years old (-_-). An American in a major Harry potter role? A law about movie roles? How bout no, and A new Rocksteady Batman???
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Episode 352: The Console Wars have ended
February 6th, 2025 | 1 hr 9 mins
age of empires, ai, avengers doomsday, battlefield, bioware, buffy, buffy the vampire slayer, capcom, captain america, chris evans, clair obscur, dice, disney+, dr disrespect, dragon age, ea, fantastic 4, forza horizon, forza horizon 5, forza motorsport, gaming, geek, hulu, indiana jones, jcvd, jurassic park, jurassic world, jurassic world rebirth, kickboxer, madden, mass effect, matthew lillard, mcu, mobile suit gundam, monster hunter wilds, movies, multiversus, nerd, netflix, nic cage, nintendo gamecube, nintendo switch 2, oscar isaac, playstation 5, pokémon, pokémon tcg pocket, ps5, scream, scream 7, simu liu, sleeping dogs, space world, squid game, star wars, steam, tariffs, tv, video games, wb interactive, xbox, xbox game studios
Yes that's right, I'm declaring an end to the console wars, and its end comes with Forza heading to PS5. They end not with a bang, but a whimper. Also Multiversus fails to capture any market share from Super Smash Bros, and is shutting down after a year. Both Fantastic Four and Jurassic World Rebirth drop some serious trailers. And EA faces and interesting future. While Disney+ loses almost a million subs, and Buffy is returning to a screen near you.
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Episode 351: Wide Angle Lens
January 29th, 2025 | 1 hr 41 secs
academy awards, agatha all along, assassin's creed, assassins creed shadows, beyond two souls, bioware, blops 6, call of duty, call of duty black ops 6, cod, compulsion games, david bowie, dc studios, dcu, disney+, doom the dark ages, dragon age, dragon age: the veilguard, dunk & egg, ea, emilia perez, epic games, final fantasy 7, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george rr martin, hbo, id software, james gunn, jurassic park, jurassic world, jurassic world rebirth, labyrinth, mass effect, mass effect 5, max, mcu, movies, nerd, ninja gaiden, ninja gaiden 4, nintendo switch 2, nvidia, palworld, paramount, paramount+, phil spencer, platinum games, playstation, pocketpair, psn, resident evil, robert eggers, sony, sony interactive entertainment, south of midnight, spider-man, square enix, star trek, star trek section 31, supergirl, superman, team ninja, the matrix, the oscars, tv, ubisoft, video games, westeros, will smith, xbox, xbox developer direct
How about that Superman Trailer....people need to chill. Is Bioware doomed? Is Xbox really going to change to publishing? The Oscars controversy continues, and Robert Eggers is heading to the land of Labyrinth, which I miss David Bowie even more. Also Fans need to chill, for real....
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Episode 350: Don't Worry, Nobody's Listening Anway!
January 22nd, 2025 | 59 mins 44 secs
across the spider-verse, activision, benedict cumberbatch, black ops 6, blops 6, bob uecker, bytedance, call of duty black ops 6, celeste, chris columbus, cod, colombia pictures, conclave, david lynch, dc elseworlds, dcu, doctor strange, ea sports, ea sports college football 26, gaming, geek, grand theft auto vi, gta 6, gta vi, harry potter, hbo, insomniac games, into the spider-verse, james gunn, live service games, lucasfilm, major league, mario kart, marvel snap, mcu, movies, nerd, netflix, new york game awards, nintendo, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, paramount pictures, playstation, playstation studios, rockstar games, ryan gosling, shawn levy, sonic 4, sonic the hedgehog, sony pictures, spider-man, spider-man: beyond the spider-verse, star wars, stephen king, the avengers, the oscars, the terminator, tiktok, tv, video games
WE DID IT! WE MADE IT TO 350! That's right 350 episodes in the can! Who would've thought? Not me, well not really. Anyway we still got news! The Nintendo Switch 2 has been officially revealed, despite the lame name. Netflix is jacking up prices again...meanwhile the industry is hoping Rockstar charges $100 for GTA 6, here's hoping they don't. Ryan gosling may be heading to a galaxy far, far, away, and the spider-verse is going to be farther away.
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Episode 349: I like the idea of it...
January 15th, 2025 | 55 mins 31 secs
ahsoka, andy muschietti, arkhamverse, assassin's creed, baldur's gate 3, batman, batman arkham, baylan skoll, better man, cap 4, captain america brave new world, ces, d.i.c.e awards, daredevil, daredevil born again, dceu, disney+, donnie yen, fisk, gameboy, gaming, geek, helldivers 2, hideo kojima, iron man, larian, lego, mario, marvel rivals, marvel's spider-man, mcu, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch, paramount pictures, playstation studios, ray stevenson, robbie williams, rocksteady, rory mccann, seth rollins, shrek, shrek 5, skeleton crew, sleeping dogs, snyderverse, sonic the hedgehog 3, star wars, suicide squad kill the justice league, super mario, tencent, the flash, tv, ubisoft, until dawn, video games, visionquest, yves guillemot
We finally know who will play Baylan Skoll after the death of Ray Stevenson. Ubisoft is facing an uncertain future, and Nintendo's is coming into view. LEGO wants to enter the handheld console market, and Marvel Rivals wants to keep adding heroes. Sonic and Mario are battling over new territory, the box office. Any Muschietti misses the mark, while Daredevil hits the bullseye. That and more, come take a listen.
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Episode 348: Hey, Dwayne...
January 8th, 2025 | 1 hr 8 mins
activision, amazon prime video, amd, andrew garfield, atari, black myth: wukong, breaking bad, call of duty, ces, colombia pictures, doom, doomguy, emilia perez, fallout, gaming, geek, ghosts of tsushima, halo, helldivers 2, hideo kojima, horizon zero dawn, hyperkin, intel, la fires, master chief, minecraft, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo switch, notch, nvidia, playstation studios, popeye, private division, secret level, shogun, sonic the hedgehog, sony playstation, sony productions, spider-man 4, squid game, squid game 2, steamos, stellar blade, switch 2, tencent, the brutalist, the golden globes, the matrix, tv, until dawn, valve, video games, walter white, will smith
The Golden Globes came and went, Shogun wrapped up, and we might have a greater picture of how the Oscars might play out this year. Plus NVIDIA and AMD come out swinging at CES. Sony wants to adapt more of their gaming IPs and Activision is spending a lot on Call of Duty, are we really surprised though? Squid Game 2 wows with its intensity, Will Smith is teasing something with the Matrix and LA is burning, literally.
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Episode 347: Nick's Nerd New Year 6.0
January 1st, 2025 | 59 mins 38 secs
ac shadows, activision, agatha all along, age of mythology, age of mythology retold, alien: romulus, amazon prime video, assassin's creed, avowed, baby reindeer, bandai namco, batman arkham shadow, bethesda, beverly hills cop axel f, blops 6, call of duty black ops 6, cod: black ops 6, deadpool & wolverine, disney+, doom the dark ages, dune pt. 2, ea sports, ea sports college football 25, fall guy, fallout, frontier, furiosa, gaming, geek, grand theft auto 6, gta vi, hulu, indiana jones and the great circle, jason momoa, kingdom of the planet of the apes, lobo, machine games, marvel rivals, marvel studios, marvel television, mcu, meta quest 3, movies, mr. mcmahon, ncaa, nerd, netflix, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, no good deed, planet coaster 2, pokémon, saturday night, shogun, skeleton crew, snl, star wars, star wars outlaws, starfield: shattered space, tekken 8, the acolyte, the batman, the batman pt. 2, the penguin, tires, top 10, transformers one, treyarch, tv, twisters, ubisoft, video games, your friendly neighborhood spider-man
Happy New Year! Its that time again where there isn't really any news, so instead we look back on what was 2024. Nick breaks down his Top 10's for the year. We've got Movies, we've got games, and we've got TV shows. No sense in spoiling it all, so you will just have to listen!
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Episode 346: It's the MO-st Wonderful time of the year!
December 26th, 2024 | 2 hrs 13 mins
007, amazon, arcane, black ops 6, call of duty, christopher nolan, creature commandos, dark souls, dcu, dune, dune prophecy, elden ring, fatal fury, fromsoftware, gaming, geek, hbo, he-man, homer, indiana jones and the great circle, jack black, james bond, james gunn, jared leto, kadokawa group, lee cronin, live and learn, masters of the universe, meta, meta quest, meta quest 3s, mgm, movies, nerd, netflix, nosferatu, paul rudd, riot, robert eggers, sega, skeletor, snk, sonic, sonic 4, sonic adventure 2, sonic the hedgehog 3, sony, squid game, star citizen, steam, steam replay, superman, tencent, the mummy, the odyssey, tv, video games
In this holiday Super SIZED Episode! Nick chats with his friend Mo about everything under the sun. But especially James Gunn's Superman, the future of James Bond and Christopher Nolan. Plus more thoughts on Indiana Jones, and my new Meta Quest 3s. Plus Mo gives a review of Nosferatu.