Nick DeFalco
Host of Nick's Nerd News
Nick DeFalco has hosted 357 Episodes.
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Episode 406: Phil NOT of the future
February 25th, 2026 | 1 hr 6 mins
a knight of the seven kingdoms, activision, adam driver, ai, amazon games, amazon prime video, asha sharma, assassin's creed, bioshock, bluepoint games, breaking bad, call of duty, christian bale, christopher judge, cod zombies, dave bautista, discord, dunk & egg, ed skrein, evo, far cry, game of thrones, gaming, geek, god of war, hawaii, hbo, heat, heat 2, house of the dragon, insomniac games, jackass, jason momoa, johnny cage, johnny knoxville, kraven, lucasfilm, madam web, marvel's wolverine, michael mann, microsoft, microsoft gaming, morbius, mortal kombat ii, movies, mtv, nacon, nerd, phil spencer, playstation, pokémon firered, pokémon leafgreen, ps5, radical entertainment, razer, robert carradine, sarah bond, sony, spider-man, splinter cell, star wars, steven soderbergh, take two interactive, the wrecking crew, tv, ubisoft, valve, venom, video games, warner bros, x-files, xbox, xbox series, yves guillemot
In massive gaming news, and I MEAN MASSIVE! Phil Spencer has retired from Xbox and Microsoft and his #2 Sarah Bond resigned as well, as a questionable new CEO takes the reigns. Plus Sony plans to reboot their wider Spider-manless Spider-verse after its utter collapse, no more morbin time? Mortal Kombat 2 got a Johnny Cage filled trailer and Valve is getting sued by the state of New York and as Jackie Chiles would say: "It's outrageous, egregious, preposterous!"
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Episode 405: The San Diego Freeway Cast
February 18th, 2026 | 1 hr 11 mins
ai, amazon prime video, angry birds, avengers doomsday, bethesda, black ops 7, call of duty warzone, castlevania, chris hemsworth, daniel radcliffe, dc comics, dice awards, gaming, geek, god of war, hideo kojima, infinity ward, john wick, k-pop demon hunters, karl urban, lucasfilm, marathon, mcu, metal gear solid, mgm+, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, paramount, phil spencer, playstation, pokemon, ps5, resident evil, respawn entertainement, robert duvall, rovio, russo bros, scooby doo, sega, sonic the hedgehog, sony playstation, spider-man, spider-noir, star wars, star wars galactic racer, steam, steam deck, tencent, the avengers, the boys, the dark knight rises, the elder scrolls, the mandalorian and grogu, the simpsons, thor, todd howard, tv, ubisoft, valve, video games, vince zampella, warner brothers, wuthering heights
A week after the Super Bowl and we finally got The Mandalorian and Grogu trailer, took long enough. Also Warner Bros seems to finally relent and gives Paramount 7 days to try again. If the Simpsons ever ends, which is probably more likely than you think, it wont spend time on a grand finale. PlayStation held a state of play last week, and it was heavy on Kratos, plus if you are waiting on a steam deck, blame AI.
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Episode 404: When the Super Bowl isn't so super
February 11th, 2026 | 1 hr 11 mins
gaming, geek, movies, nerd, tv, video games
Baldur's Gate is headed to HBO, how will it compete with GoT, Discord is in disarray over age verification and Overwatch is far from over. Meanwhile the fourth Mummy is a go and has an official release date, Brendan and Rachel are back too. And we break down all the Super Bowl Commercials with seemed very lackluster this year, and filled with AI slop.
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Episode 403: What kind of idiots do you have working here?
February 4th, 2026 | 1 hr 1 min
a24, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, amd, anime, appletv, assassin's creed, assassin's creed black flag, batman, beetlejuice, bethesda game studios, beyond good and evil 2, blizzard entertainment, bob iger, catherine o'hara, crunchyroll, dcu, disney+, f1, fallout, fast and furious, fast forever, fast x, game of thrones, gaming, geek, generative ai, genndy tartakovsky, god of war, google, grand theft auto, gta 6, gta vi, hagrid, harry potter, hbo, home alone, james gunn, josh d'amaro, k-pop demon hunters, kratos, lego, mcu, microsoft, movies, nerd, netflix, nick frost, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, obsidian entertainment, odin, overwatch, overwatch 2, playstation, project genie, roblox, rockstar games, santa monica studio, schitts creek, sony, sony playstation, spider-man, steam, steam machine, stranger things, stranger things tales from '85, super mario, super mario bros, take-two interactive, texas chainsaw massacre, the fast and the furious, the grammy's, the last of us, the outer worlds, the walt disney company, thor, tom holland, tv, ubisoft, universal pictures, valve, video games, vin diesel, walt disney pictures, warner bros, wonder man, xbox, xbox series x
From Disney's new CEO to Googles game "maker". GTA 6 is locked in, and so is the final Fast and Furious. But what does it mean for you? Meanwhile Overwatch is shedding its 2, and going old school.
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Episode 402: Its a trailer park Z
January 29th, 2026 | 59 mins 37 secs
academy awards, ai, batman, beast of reincarnation, beerus, daredevil, darth maul, dcu, disney+, double fine, dragon ball, dragon ball super, elden ring: nightrein, fable, forza horizon, forza horizon 6, from software, game freak, gaming, geek, guillermo del toro, he-man, hellboy, henry cavill, highlander, invincible, james gunn, kiln, lobo, lucasfilm, mario kart, master chief, masters of the universe, maul: shadow lord, mcu, metroid prime, movies, nerd, nintendo, one battle after another, playground games, playstation, pokémon, prince of persia, ron pearlman, runescape, sam raimi, sinners, skeletor, sony, spider-man, star wars, steam, steve downes, super mario galaxy movie, supergirl, ted lasso, the oscars, the simpsons, tv, ubisoft, universal studios japan, video games, xbox, xbox developer direct, yoshi
We finally have a release date for Forza Horizon 6, and at the same time saw that Game Freak can do more than Pokémon. Steam is facing a massive lawsuit in the UK, will it hold? Plus Sinners sweeps the Oscar noms, Dragon Ball celebrates its 40th in style, and there were more Trailers then you could shake a stick at this past week.
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Episode 401: The Sanic Mysteries: Gotta go fast
January 22nd, 2026 | 1 hr 20 mins
a knight of the seven kingdoms, a song of ice and fire, activisonblizzard, amazon mgm, amazon prime video, assassn's creed, avatar, avatar 4, avatar fire & ash, avengers doomsday, batman, bobby kotick, bungie, call of duty, clair obscur, dave filoni, dcu, disney, disneyland, dunk and egg, ecco the dolphin, fallout, far cry, far cry 3, galaxy's edge, game of thrones, gamestop, gaming, geek, george rr martin, god of war, hans zimmer, harry potter, hbo, house of the dragon, indiana jones, invincible, james cameron, james gunn, kathleen kennedy, kratos, lara croft, life is strange, looney tunes, lord of the rings, lucasfilm, marathon, marvel studios, mcu, meta, meta quest, microsoft, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo switch 2, noir, peter jackson, prince of persia, razer, resident evil, riot games, sega, sonic, sonic the hedgehog, sony, sophie turner, speedy gonzalez, squareenix, star wars, steam, switch 2, ted sarandos, the batman pt. 2, the bone temple, the division 3, the hollywood reporter, thr, tom clancy, tomb raider, tv, ubisoft, video games, vr, vr gaming, walt disney pictures, warner bros, westeros, winds of winter, xbox, zootopia, zootopia 2
Well Star Wars fans can continue to argue, because Kathleen Kennedy stepping down certainly wont stop them. But something to stop to listen to, is George RR Martin telling all to the Hollywood Reporter. Plus, Fallout Season 2 is not falling behind season 1, people just don't remember how TV works. Ubisoft decided to lay a big one on the gaming industry by cancelling another Prince of Persia game, and Netflix wants to keep WB movies on the big screen if the merger goes through. That and more on this weeks episode.
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Episode 400: Staying Four-Humble
January 14th, 2026 | 1 hr 1 min
anthem, appletv, avatar, avatar fire & ash, avengers, avengers doomsday, bam margera, bear mccreary, bioware, black mirror, ea, eb games, fable, forza horizon, game freak, games workshop, gamestop, gaming, geek, god of war, godzilla, hamnet, hellblade, jackass, jackass 5, jackass forever, jennifer lawrence, jlaw, johnny knoxville, kathryn hahn, king kong, larry hryb, lego, lego pokémon, lord of the rings, lord of the rings extended edition, lotr, major nelson, marvel studios, massive entertainment, mcu, microsoft xbox, monarch legacy of monsters, monsterverse, movies, nerd, netflix, ninja theory, one battle after another, palworld, peter jackson, playground games, pokémon, rockstar games, russo bros, shawn levy, sinners, star wars, star wars starfighter, tangled, the division 3, the golden globes, the hunger games, the studio, tom cruise, tv, ubisoft, unity, video games, warhammer, xbox, xbox series x|s, zoe saldana
Its our 400th episode! We might be recording a day early but that doesn't mean the news stops. Apparently the Doomsday trailers are a story, not a cohesive one though. Jackass is returning to theaters, but at what cost? GameStop is closing stores, are you surprised? Plus reactions to the Golden Globes, and more!
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Episode 399: You Can't Sit With Us!
January 7th, 2026 | 54 mins 41 secs
amazon prime video, arc raiders, asus, avatar, avatar fire & ash, avengers: doomsday, bethesda, ces, critics choice awards, disney, dune pt. 3, dunesday, fortnite, forza horizon, gaming, geek, gta 6, gta v, halo, hbo, hyperx, intel, lenovo, machine games, movie theaters, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nvdia, paramount, playstation 5, plutotv, podracing, pokémon, ps2, ps4, ps5, razer, red dead redemption 2, roblox, rockstar games, sebastian stan, spider-man, star wars, star wars racer revenge, stranger things, stranger things 5, tangled, the batman part ii, the housemaid, the last of us, the mandalorian and grogu, the pokémon company, tomb raider, tv, ubisoft, video games, warner bros, wolfenstein, x-files
Paramount needs to give up on Warner Bros, they ain't letting you buy them. CES 2026 is in full swing and with it both vaporware and the future of tech. Ubisoft pulls a bad move and closes a studio that just unionized. Stranger Things ended on a high note, despite what the internet thinks. Plus everything Nick's is looking forward to in 2026.
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Episode 398: Nick's Nerd New Year: Lucky Number Se7en
December 31st, 2025 | 1 hr 20 mins
2k games, activision, alien: earth, apple tv+, assassin's creed, assassin's creed shadows, avatar, avatar fire & ash, avengers doomsday, avowed, bethesda, black bag, black ops 7, black panther, bong joon ho, call of duty, call of duty black ops 7, caught stealing, cd projekt red, chadwick boseman, clair obscur: expedition 33, compulsion games, console sales, daredevil: born again, dcu, death by lightning, deli boys, disney+, doom, doom the dark ages, double fine, f1, fx, fx on hulu, gaming, geek, gog, good ole games, grosse pointe garden society, hulu, id software, ironheart, isiah whitlock jr, james gunn, jurassic world, jurassic world evolution 3, keeper, knives out, mafia the old country, malcolm in the middle, mcu, mickey 17, mobland, movies, naked gun, nerd, netflix, nintendo, obsidian, one battle after another, paramount+, peacock, pillars of eternity, playstation, pokémon, pokémon legends: z-a, predator: badlands, ryan coogler, seth rogan, snl50, south of midnight, stick, stranger things, superman, the four seasons, the residence, the studio, thor, thunderbolts*, top 10, top ten, tv, ubisoft, video games, wake up dead man, x-men, xbox, your friends & neighbors
No 7 Wonders of the nerd world here, just Top 10s for 2025. With some news sprinkled in. Nick once again brings his Top 10 Movies, Games and TV shows to round out the year. No more perfect a day than New Years Eve! See you in 2026!
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Episode 397: I'm a Podcast host, not a Doctor!
December 24th, 2025 | 1 hr 12 mins
a christmas carol, aang the last airbender, ai, amazon prime video, avatar the last airbender, avatar: fire and ash, avengers: doomsday, battlefield 6, beauty and the beast, bethesda, braniac, bungie, call of duty, captain america, christmas movies, christopher nolan, clair obscur: expidition 33, daisy ridley, dcu, disney, ea, ebenezer scrooge, fallout, fifa, games workshop, gaming, gaston, geek, history, horizon zero dawn, id software, io interactive, james bond 007 first light, james cameron, jason isaacs, johnny depp, labubu, lex luthor, macauly culkin, magnificent 7, marathon, mcu, movies, naughty dog, nerd, netflix games, nintendo, paramount, peanuts, perfect dark, respawn entertainment, roblox, rupert grint, sony, spider-punk, spider-verse, spuerman, squadron 42, squareenix, star citizen, star trek, star trek strange new worlds, star wars jedi, tangled, tencent, the hunger games, the odyssey, the terminator, titanfall, tomb raider, tv, video games, vince zampella, walt disney pictures, warhammer 40k, wii, wiimote, xbox game studios, youtube
Star Trek has found its new Bones and Sulu, yet we have to wait a while before we actually see them. The video game industry lost a true legend, and we salute everything Vince Zampella brought us. Marvel goes back to what it knows for Doomsday, and Macauly decides what is and isn't a Christmas Movie. Plus we may have to wait a little longer for 007's video game return.
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Episode 396: These go to eleven
December 17th, 2025 | 1 hr 24 mins
a new hope, abc, amazon prime video, amc, avengers endgame, bad robot, bandai namco, battlefield, bethesda, black ops 7, call of duty, ccxp, christopher nolan, clair obscur expedition 33, daniel craig, dcu, disney, elder scrolls, fallout, five nights at freddy's 2, fnaf 2, game of thrones, gamestop, gaming, geek, gta 6, harada, hideo kojima, imax, jon snow, kit harrington, knives out, kotor, kotor 2, lanterns, lobo, lord of the rings, mcu, movies, nerd, netflix, nex playground, obsidian entertainment, paramount, playstation, point break, rian johnson, rob reiner, rockstar games, skyrim, spider-noir, star wars, star wars a new hope, star wars fate of the old republic, stephen spielberg, street fighter, supergirl, tekken, the boys, the game awards, the golden globes, the odyssey, the oscars, tomb raider, total war, tv, uk government, video games, wake up dead man, warhammer 40k, warner bros, whodunnit, youtube, zootopia 2
The world lost a great director this week, and its not gonna be the same without him. We've got two weeks of stories to cover, The Game Awards got swept, and also gave us to Star Wars game announcements. The Golden Globes are set, and will the Bear be dethroned by The Studio? The Warner Bros and Netflix saga has begun, despite Paramount's eagerness, CCXP brought the trailers, and Wake Up Dead man dropped on Netflix. Come take a listen.
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Episode 395: You might have to run for RAM
December 3rd, 2025 | 1 hr 10 mins
ai, ayaneo, batman, bayonetta, blade, bungie, capcom, cd projekt red, ciri, clair obscur: expedition 33, dan hauser, dc elseworlds, dcu, disney, epic games, escape from tarkov, final fantasy, fortnite, gamestop, gaming, geek, gengar, god of war, helldivers, hitman, io interactive, james cameron, jennifer hale, justin lin, kill bill, marathon, mcu, metroid prime 4, mia goth, micron crucial, monster hunter, movies, namco, nerd, netflix, nintendo, open ai, paradox interactive, paranormal activity, pokémon legends z-a, pokémon tcg, predator badlands, ram, samus, scar jo, sonic, splatoon, splinter cell, stranger things, the batman, the predator, the punisher, the witcher, thomas jane, tim sweeney, tv, ubisoft, vampire: the masquerade, video games, walt disney animation, walt disney pictures, wuxia, zootopia, zootopia 2
RAM prices are skyrocketing, are you ready? CD Projekt Red has a release schedule for its next Witcher Trilogy, Clair Obscur did even better than we all thought and Gamestop fights back against haters. Plus Zootopia laid waste to the 2025 box office, Netflix went to the upside down and Predator isnt stuck in the badlands anymore.
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Episode 394: Happy Little Trees
November 26th, 2025 | 57 mins 32 secs
a knight of the seven kingdoms, activision, activisionblizzard, assassin's creed, assassin's creed shadows, attack on titan, battlefield 6, black ops 7, bob ross, brett ratner, call of duty, call of duty black ops 7, charlie cox, clair obscur: expedition 33, disney, donald trump, duffer bros, ea, farcry, friends, frozen, frozen 2, fx, fx on hulu, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george rr martin, gta 6, hbo, hbo max, hoppers, house of the dragon, hulu, james cameron, joey, john oliver, lucasfilm, mcu, mike flannagan, movies, naruto, nerd, netflix, noah hawley, paramount, pbs, pixar, rob mac, rush hour 4, scarjo, star wars, star wars visions, steam, steam machine, stranger things, sunrise on the reaping, the academy awards, the exorcist, the game awards, the hunger games, toy story, toy story 5, treyarch, tv, ubisoft, universal pictures, valve, video games, walt disney animation, walt disney pictures, warner bros, wicked, wicked for good, wonder man, xbox, xbox game pass, xbox partner preview
Happy Thanksgiving week! Just a few major stories to break down this week. FarCry is headed to television on FX with Rob Mac staring, which is the right type of chaos that show needs. Wicked went off to see the wizard with a big box office take, and it might not be, for good. Plus Rush Hour 4 is happening, and the reason why is pretty unusual. That and more on this weeks episode.
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Episode 393: Richards Lives!
November 20th, 2025 | 1 hr 12 mins
activision, ai, amazon prime video, apple tv, arc raiders, asus, asus rog ally, bioshock, black ops 7, braniac, call of duty, call of duty black ops 7, clair obscur: expedition 33, crystal dynamics, dcu, death by lightning, death stranding, disney+, dragon ball z, edgar wright, fallout, family guy, fx on hulu, gaming, geek, glen powell, godzilla, hbo max, hulu, josh gad, lex luthor, mad men, marvel studios, mcu, mega pokémon, moana, monarch legacy of monsters, monsterverse, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, one piece, paramount, peacock, phil spencer, pokémon, pokémon legends z-a, red dead redemption, rockstar games, sharknado, shogun, shroud, splinter cell, squid game, star trek, stargate, stargate sg-1, steam, steam machine, stephen king, superman, syfy, the game awards, the legend of zelda, the running man, toho, treyarch, tv, twisted metal, ubisoft, video games, wonder man, xbox, xdefiant
You should run to see The Running Man, because after you hear Nick's review you wont be walking. Plus the Game Award Nominees have been revealed, and no Arc Raiders wasn't nominated by GOTY. Also Nick gives his purely honest thoughts about Black Ops 7. Nintendo pulls back the curtain on it's live action The Legend of Zelda, Squid Game US is happening sooner than expected, and Disney+ is bringing generative AI to the platform. That and more on this weeks episode.
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Episode 392: I ain't got time to bleed
November 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 13 mins
007, activisionblizzard, alien, alien: earth, amazon, amazonmgm studios, arc raiders, bethesda, bioware, blizzard, blizzcon, bungie, clair obscur, dc universe, dcu, destiny 2, devil wears prada, disney, fx, fxonhulu, game of the year, gaming, geek, gorilla grodd, grand theft auto 6, gremlins, gta 6, gtavi, horizon zero dawn, hulu, james bond, jimmy olsen, jumanji 3, lego, link, marvel 1943, mass effect, movies, n7, ncsoft, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, pixar, playstation 5, pokémon, pokémon legends z-a, predator, predator badlands, predators, ps5, ratchet and clank, rockstar games, sabrina carpenter, shigeru miyamoto, shroud, skydance, sony, square enix, star trek, star trek the next generation, steam, steam machine, super mario, super mario bros movie, super mario galaxy movie, the elder scrolls, the elder scrolls 6, the legend of zelda, the pokémon company, the predator, todd howard, toy story 5, tv, uss enterprise, v for vendetta, valve, video games, weylandyutani, yuatja
Get to the choppa, cause its time for a review of the newest Predator movie, Predator Badlands. It does not disappoint. Plus Valve doubles down on hardware, while the Super Mario Galaxy movie shows off its stars. Also, Sony has buyers remorse about Bungie, and somehow Amazon has forgotten that James Bond has had a history of reboots. and someone call MU/TH/UR because Alien Earth is coming back!
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Episode 391: IMHOTEP! IMHOTEP!
November 5th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
amazon game studios, arc raiders, brendan fraser, call of duty, cd projekt red, cyberpunk 2077, dan hauser, dragon quest, edgar wright, fallout new vegas, fortnite, gaming, geek, godzilla, godzilla minus one, godzilla minus zero, grand theft auto, highlander, hulu, johnny silverhand, k-pop demon hunters, keanu reeves, king of the hill, lego, lord of the rings, megazord, miss piggy, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, obsidian, open ai, palworld, paramount pictures, playstation, playstation 5, playstation portal, pokémon, power rangers, ps5, rambo, robert pattinson, rockstar games, russel crowe, russo bros, shaun of the dead, star trek, steam, taylor sheridan, the mummy, the muppets, the witcher, tv, universal pictures, v for vendetta, video games, warner bros, x-men
If the title wasn't a dead giveaway, we are getting a fourth Mummy movie! And Brendan is back! Sony may be finally copying Xbox when it comes to cross buying games. The Call of Duty movie gets a director and a writer and the Nintendo Switch 2 continues to do numbers. Plus Godzilla minus 1 is getting a sequel! That and a whole lot more, come take a listen!