Nick's Nerd News

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

353 episodes of Nick's Nerd News since the first episode, which aired on May 9th, 2018.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Episode 345: Better than Kraven

    December 18th, 2024  |  58 mins 45 secs
    astro bot, avengers doomsday, batman, batman and robin, beetlejuice beetlejuice, beyond the spider-verse, black panther, black panther 3, boderlands 4, bungie, cd projekt red, clayface, colombia pictures, courtney cox, dark souls, dc studios, dcu, disney+, dungeons and dragons, elden ring, final fantasy 7 rebirth, friday night lights, from software, gaming, geek, hayley atwell, helldivers 2, kraven the hunter, madam web, marathon, marvel studios, matt reeves, mcu, metapho: rephantazio, movies, naughty dog, nerd, nintendo switch, nova, pacman, peacock, playstation, ps2, ps5, ps5 pro, scream 7, scream franchise, secret level, sony, sony interactive entertainment, sony pictures, spider-man, ssassins' creed shadows, tekken, the batman, the game awards, the penguin, the witcher 4, tim burton, turok, tv, ubisoft, venom, video games, wakanda, youtube, youtube tv, zenimax onlie studios

    Yeah that's right, you will definitely enjoy this podcast more than if you went to the theater and saw Kraven. This week we have a recap of the game awards, all the announcements and all the winners! Also a lot of news out of Marvel and DC, plus a very late review of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice! Come and take a listen, and Happy Festivus!

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    Episode 344: The Gods will decide

    December 11th, 2024  |  1 hr 16 mins
    a song of ice and fire, aardman, adam sandler, amazon prime video, american pyscho, austin butler, ben stiller, bethesda, ccxp 24, cd projekt red, chris evans, creature commandos, cyberpunk 2077, dc studios, dcu, denzel washington, disney, disney+, disneyland, eminem, foamstars, fortnite, from software, game of thrones, games workshop, gaming, geek, george rr martin, geralt, gladiator, gladiator 2, golden globes, grand theft auto iii, happy gilmore, harry potter, hbo, henry cavil, indiana jones and the great circle, jabba the hutt, james gunn, jeremy allen white, jeremy renner, jim carrey, kadokawa group, league of legends, lucasfilm, machine games, marvel rivals, mcu, meet the parents, movies, nerd, netflix, overwatch, paul mescal, pedro pascal, people can fly, playstation, playstation 2, pokémon, ps5, red dead redemption, ridley scott, riot games, robert de niro, sonic the hedgehog, sony, square enix, star wars, superman, tangled, tencent, the bear, the mandalorian, the mandalorian and grogu, the witcher, tv, ubisoft, video games, wallace & gromit, warhammer 40k, warner bros, winds of winter, wizarding world, xbox, xbox game pass, xbox series x

    The Gods will decide the fate of Gladiator 2, because if I had a say so it would be put in the Bargain Bin. Also, Chris Evans is returning to the MCU(again), Jeremy Allen White is headed to a Galaxy Far Far away in a role you would never expect, and Eminem is hitting the links with Happy Gilmore. Plus Sony is finally putting its Spidey Spinoffs out to pasture. Plus, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is living up to its potential, Pokémon is teaming up with Aardman, while Marvel Rivals is just existing. That and more, come take a listen.

  • Episode 343: You may now retrieve the Index.

    December 4th, 2024  |  1 hr 7 mins
    2k games, 343 guilty spark, alien, alien romulus, aliens, amazon prime video, amblin, audible, bethesda, bioware, borderlands, casey hudson, cd projekt red, christopher nolan, courtney b vance, crunchyroll, d23, dennis villeneuve, disney, disney+, dune, elden ring, et, from software, gaming, gearbox interactive, geek, gladiator 2. wicked, halo, harry potter, hitman, horizon zero dawn, hulu, indiana jones, indiana jones and the great circle, io interactive, james bond, james gunn, jude law, lance reddick, lego, lucasfilm, machine games, moana, moana 2, movies, mr. beast, naughty dog, nerd, nintendo, one piece, palworld, percy jackson, pirates of the caribbean, pixar, playstation, pokémon tcg pocket, randy pitchford, reddit, ridley scott, ripley, severus snape, sie, sony, star wars, star wars skeleton crew, tencent, the game awards, the goonies, the rock, the witcher, troy baker, tv, ubisoft, video games, warner bros, watch dogs, xbox, xbox avatars, xdefiant, youtube, zack snyder

    It looks like Moana 2 went farther than anyone expected, as the Thanksgiving weekend box office was dominated by her and Maui. Plus Ubisoft kills a game, Warner Bros may have found their new Snape, and don't expect an Elden Ring sequel anytime soon. Plus a review of Skeleton Crew and Alien Romulus.

  • Episode 342: The Happiest Podcast on Earth

    November 27th, 2024  |  42 mins 20 secs
    ac odyssey, andor, arcane, assassin's creed odyssey, avengers campus, baldur's gate 3, big hero six, cars land, disney, disney parks, disney's california adventure, disney+, disneyland, gaming, geek, gladiator, gladiator ii, henry cavill, highlander, larian studios, league of legends, lilo & stich, lucasfilm, movies, nerd, netflix, paramount, playstation, playstation 2, playstation portable, ps vita, ps2, psp, riot games, rogue one, season passes, sega, sega genesis, skeleton crew, sonic 3, sonic the hedgehog, sony, spider-man, splash mountain, star wars, star wars galaxy's edge, star wars outlaws, steam, theme parks, tiana's bayou adventure, tony gilroy, toontown, tv, ubisoft, video games, walt disney pictures, wicked

    A short episode to tide you over this Thanksgiving Holiday. Some Big news out of Sony, and Ubisoft. Plus Lucasfilm moves up the premier of Star Wars Skeleton Crew, and Wicked and Gladiator 2 duke it out at the box office. And I went to Disneyland over the weekend, lets have a chat about the new rides.

  • Episode 341: This is an Xbox!

    November 20th, 2024  |  1 hr 14 mins
    alien, alien earth, amazon prime video, anime, arcane, assassins creed, blizzard, cd projekt red, creature commandos, daniel craig, dc studios, dcu, disney, dogma, dune, dune prophecy, elden ring, final fantasy 14, fortnite, from software, game of the year, gaming, geek, gog, good ol games, green lantern, half life, half life 2, hbo max, how to train your dragon, jack black, james gunn, kevin smith, lanterns, lara croft, league of legends, legoland, lucasfilm, merlin entertainment, millhouse, minecraft, movies, nerd, netflix, optimus prime, palworld, paramount plus, peacemaker, phil spencer, pokémon, pokémon go, predator, rainbow six siege, remedy, riot games, roblox, scott pilgrim, shadow of the erdtree, sony, sophie turner, south korea, splinter cell, star wars, star wars visions, starcraft, steam, studio trigger, the game awards, the simpsons, this is an xbox, tomb raider, transformers, transformers one, tv, ubisoft, video games, walt disney company, walt disney pictures, warner bros, xbox, xbox game pass

    Yes this is an Xbox? If you believe it! We also break down the game awards and the controversy surrounding the game of the year nominees, does DLC count? Also a Star Wars movie gets delayed again, and a major Simpsons shake up is coming. Plus a very late of Transformers One, James Gunn opens up about the DCU, and the children yearn for the mines.

  • Episode 340: The Tropes are Hungry

    November 14th, 2024  |  1 hr 9 mins
    amazon mgm, amazon prime, andor, andrew wilson, batman, ben stiller, bioware, black myth wukong, blade, blizzard entertainment, bob iger, boderlands 4, borderlands, borderlands movie, captain america, colin ferrel, d23, daredevil, david zaslav, dc studios, dcu, death stranding, denzel washington, disney, ea, ea sports, fallout, fortnite, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george rr martin, grand theft auto, gta 6, halo 2, happy gilmore, harrison ford, harry potter, hbo, hideo kojima, hogwarts legacy, house of the dragon, ironheart, joker 2, lady gaga, lionsgate, lucasfilm, madden nfl, marvel studios, mass effect, matt reeves, mcu, miles morales, mission impossible, miyamoto, mortal kombat, movies, multiversus, n7, nerd, netflix, nintendo, palworld, persona 5, phil spencer, playstation, pokémon, ps5, red hulk, rey skywalker, rockstar games, scarlet witch, simon kinberg, sonic 3, sony, spider-man, star wars, super mario, take two interactive, tcg pocket, the batman, the penguin, thunderbolts*, tom cruise, tony todd, tv, venom 3, video games, warcraft, warcraft 2, warcraft 3, warner bros, wb interactive, wednesday adam, westeros, world of warcraft, xbox, xbox live, xbox series x

    Another week, another meltdown over Xbox exclusives and "WhY ShOuLd I bUy An XbOx", all because Phil continues to say the same thing over and over for years. We also got confirmation that the Mass Effect Television show is full steam ahead! Lets hope Amazon repeats the magic it did with Fallout. Plus there are apparently a million star wars movies in development, and im sure only 4 will actually come out. Denzel teases his future in the MCU, and D23 Brazil brought the heat. That and a hell of a lot more.

  • Episode 339: Vote for Kramer

    November 6th, 2024  |  50 mins 47 secs
    agatha all along, arcane, arkane, back to the future, baldur's gate 3, bioware, black ops 6, blops 6, borderlands, call of duty, call of duty black ops 6, cliffhanger, cronenberg, days of thunder, disney+, dragon age, game of thrones, gaming, geek, godzilla, harry potter, hbo, hogwarts legacy, konami, league of legends, legend of zelda, lego, lego movie, mass effect, mcu, metal gear solid, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch, paul w.s. anderson, private division, ridley scott, sega, squid game, stalone, star wars, star wars outalws, star wars skeleton crew, take two interactive, the fly, the house of the dead, tom cruise, tv, ubisoft, universal pictures, video games, virtua fighter, warner bros

    The only election that matters is the Condo President of Del Boca Vista! Also in the news, the Switch's eventual successor will be backwards compatible, in what form, we don't actually know, and the Netflix animated series Arcane based on League of Legends cost more than most movies to make??? Plus 3 new LEGO movies are in development at Universal, and we got a full trailer for the new Star Wars show Skeleton Crew. The Goonies vibes are high! That plus a hell of a lot more.

  • Episode 338: The Witching Hour

    October 30th, 2024  |  1 hr 3 mins
    20th century studios, 28 years later, agatha all along, ai, alien: romulus, amazon prime video, apex legends, apple, black ops 6, braavos, call of duty, call of duty black ops 6, concord, daisy ridley, dcu, deadpool & wolverine, disney+, ea, eddie redmayne, fantastic beasts, firewalk studios, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george rr martin, good omens, insomniac games, jack ryan, john krasinski, joker, jumanji 3, lucasfilm, marvel studios, marvel tv, master & commander, max, mcu, microsoft, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nintendo music, nintendo switch, oregon trail, penguin, playstation, predator, press reset, ps5, ps5 pro, psn, ralph fiennes, rdj, respawn, roblox, sag, satya nadella, scary movie, sony, sony playstation, speed, spider-man 4, star wars, switch online, teri gar, titanfall, tom clancy, tomb raider, treyarch, tv, venom, venom 3, venom the last dance, video game history foundation, video games, wayans bros, wizarding world

    You are here for one thing, and one thing only, Black Ops 6, and guess what, I got exactly what you are looking for. Full Black Ops Coverage! Campaign review, multiplayer preview, and all the launch news. We also have news about a new scary movie, with the WAYANS BROS returning, but as one franchise returns, another fades. We may have seen the end of the Fantastic Beasts spin offs. Plus Nintendo dropped a music app, so are we all gonna have Nintendo Wrapped at the end of the year?