Nick DeFalco
Host of Nick's Nerd News
Nick DeFalco has hosted 367 Episodes.
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Episode 416: The Force Is not Strong
May 6th, 2026 | 1 hr 17 mins
2k sports, amazon, asha sharma, atomfall, battlefield, battlefield 6, bioshock 4, call of duty, daredevil born again, darth maul, dcu, diego luna, disney+, django, ebay, evangeline lilly, fortnite, gamestop, gaming, geek, gta vi, harry potter, hbo max, hulu, imax, injustice, king of the hill, lord of the rings, lucasfilm, man of tomorrow, marvel studios, matthew lillard, maul shadow lord, may the 4th, mcu, memestock, meryl streep, microsoft, mortal kombat, movies, narnia, neatherealm, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, ninteno, planet of the apes, playstation, pokemon, regie fils-amie, roblox, rockstar games, sony, sony interactive entertainment, star fox, star fox 64, star wars, star wars celebration, star wars day, super mario galaxy, superman, switch 2, take two interactive, tangled, the blair witch project, the crown, the devil wears prada 2, the hunt for golum, the mandalorian, the mandalorian and grogu, tv, video games, viggo mortensen, walt disney pictures, xbox, zorro
Should we all for the sequel hate ragebait? Probably not. Xbox continues to make positive changes, will it mean anything? Sony suffers a legal loss, and the speculation about GTA VI's price keeps going. Daredevil gets a new status quo, while Maul cowers away. Star Wars Celebration tickets hit the market today, and boy what a cluster that was.
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Episode 415: Like Zoinks Scoob!
April 29th, 2026 | 1 hr 15 mins
alien: isolation, amazon prime video, apple tv, assassin's creed, assassin's creed iv black flag, call of duty, capcom, casper, clayface, clueless, crimson desert, daredevil born again, david hayter, dcu, discord, disney+, far cry, final fantasy, final fantasy xiv, frosted flakes, game of thrones, gaming, geek, gen v, gina carano, godzilla, gta vi, hbo, house of the dragon, id@xbox, illumination, jackass 5, kamiya, kojima, lego, lucasfilm, mcu, metal gear solid, mgm+, miami vice, michael, michael jackson, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, paramount+, peacock, peter berg, pokémon go, pokémon go fest, resident evil, scooby-doo, seth mcfarlane, shrek, spider-noir, square enix, star trek, star trek strange new worlds, star wars, star wars galactic racer, steam, steam machine, stranger things, take two interactive, tales from '85, ted 3, ted lasso, the authority, the boys, the mandalorian, the mummy, thor, toho, toy story 5, tv, ubisoft, valve, video games, wuchang fallen feathers, xbox
Is XBOX back? Its making the right moves, hopefully it sticks to them. PlayStation causes an overhyped uproar, but should we still be worried? Michael dominates the box office, despite not moonwalking the critics, class is out on Gen V at Amazon after 2 seasons. And Sony is exploring a Django & Zorro Team up movie, im all in.
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Episode 414: Gaming's Worst Kept Secret
April 22nd, 2026 | 1 hr 4 mins
a24, alex garland, amazon mgm, amazon prime video, assassin's creed, assassin's creed iv: black flag, avengers doomsday, avengers endgame, beerus, charlie cox, cinemacon, clair obscur, clayface, counter strike 2, coyote vs acme, cs2, cyberpunk 2077, d&d, dcu, deadpool, disney, disney+, dragon ball super, dragon ball super beerus, dragon ball xenoverse 3, dungeons and dragons, elden ring, freiza, gaming, gears of war, geek, gundam, halo, halo studios, i am legend, james bond, jonathan frakes, kiki wolfkill, looney tunes, lord of the rings, lucasfilm, man of tomorrow, marvel studios, mass effect, mcu, meta quest 3, metro 2033, metro 2039, miami vice, microsoft, minds eye, miyamoto, mobile suit gundam, movies, nerd, netflix, paramount pictures, pixar, playstation, playstation 5, ryan reynolds, shuhei yoshida, sony, star trek, street fighter, super mario galaxy, super mario galaxy movie, the batman, the mandalorian and grogu, the rings of power, tom cruise, top gun, toy story 5, tv, ubisoft, video games, warner bros, will smith, willy wonka, x-men '97, xbox, xbox gamepass
In earth shattering news, Xbox announces a price decrease for GamePass, Elsewhere Ubisoft finally admits the Black Flag remake is real, and Shuhei Yoshida says he was fired from Sony. Plus Top Gun 3 was announced at Cinemacon, and Marvel Studios returns to Hall H this summer. That and more on this weeks episode.
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Episode 413: All IS OURS
April 15th, 2026 | 1 hr 4 mins
aegons conquest, air bud, amazon luna, amazonmgm, avatar aang the last airbender, avengers, avengers doomsday, avengers secret wars, bethesda, brad bird, bungie, cinemacon, darth maul, disney, disney+, donkey kong, dragon age, ea, ed boon, escape from new york, game of thrones, gaming, geek, godzilla, ian mckellan, lego, man of tomorrow, marathon, marvel rivals, marvel studios, mcu, metal gear solid, metro, metro 2039, mortal kombat, mortal kombat ii, movies, nerd, percy jackson, pete hines, playsation 5, playstation studios, pokemon, pokémon go, power rangers, ps5, pubg, ray gunn, sam witwer, sony pictures, star wars, starkiller, superman, target, the force unleashes, the housemaid, the king of kong, tv, universal pictures, video games, warhammer, warner bros, xbox, xbox gamepass
Another week another day another podcast. This week Cinemacon is in full effect and we are getting trailers and news and we're gonna break it all down. There is a lot going on at Xbox, while PlayStation see's a surge to beat the price hike. Disney is planning to lay off 1000 people across all spaces. Plus Malcolm in the Middle Life's Still Unfair dropped on hulu, and we are gonna discuss all of it. That and More tonight!
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Episode 412: Regularly Scheduled Programming
April 8th, 2026 | 45 mins 48 secs
007 first light, andy serkis, animorphs, avatar, avatar fire & ash, capcom, darth maul, disney+, dungeon crawler carl, forza horizon, forza horizon 6, forza motorsport, gaming, geek, glenn powell, jack black, james cameron, judd apatow, lego, lord of the rings, lucasfilm, mark hamill, marvel studios, mcdonalds, mcu, movies, naughty dog, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, one piece, peacock, playerunknown, pokémon champions, pokémon go, pubg, red dead redemtion 2, resident evil, she-hulk, shigeru miyamoto, star wars, star wars maul, star wars maul: shadow lord, state of decay 3, steam, stephen soderberg, super mario maker 2, the hunt for gollum, the legend of zelda movie, the pokémon company, the super mario bros movie, the super mario galaxy movie, the toys that made us, tv, uncharted, video games, xbox
We are back to our regularly scheduled programming, and that's all things nerd, geek and not sports. This week, we have Forza Horizon 6 news, the Super Mario Galaxy Movie dominates the box office, and Animorphs is pulling a Doug and coming to Disney. Plus Xbox news, PUBG wants to take Fornite's crown, and Avatar is losing steam.
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Episode 411: Nick's Sports News
April 1st, 2026 | 1 hr 9 mins
amazon prime video, april fools, avatar the last airbender, back to the future, c-3p0, call of duty, d23, dave chappelle, dcu, disney, ditto, eidos montreal, epic games, fallout, fanta, fortnite, gaming, geek, glen powell, god of war, half baked, harry potter, hbo max, he-man, invincible, james tolkan, john hannah, lobo, masters of the universe, miyamoto, moana, movies, nerd, netflix, pikmin, playstation, pokopia, pokémon, project hail mary, pubg, scream, sony, spider-noir, star fox, star wars, super mario, super mario galaxy movie, supergirl, team italy, the masters, the mummy, the world cup, tiger woods, tomb raider, top gun, tv, video games, walt disney pictures, xbox
Major Announcement we are shifting our coverage. This is a permanent change. No there isn't news about PlayStation raising prices. Or That Dave Chappelle is coming to CoD. Nintendo losing a lawsuit, not here. Netflix raising prices, I guess that might warrant sports coverage. Also not sure who Supergirl or He-man are.
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Episode 410: Fist my bump
March 25th, 2026 | 1 hr 12 mins
a minecraft movie, afeela, andy weir, assassins' creed, batman '89, beyond the spider-verse, call of duty, capcom, chuck norris, crimson desert, crystal dynamics, disney, disney+, dlss 5, epic games, final fantasy, fortnite, from software, gaming, geek, harry potter, hbo, hobbits, honda, john boyega, kirsten dunst, lord of the rings, lucasfilm, marvel rivals, mcu, middle earth, moana, modern warfare, movies, mst3k, mystery science theater 3000, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, nvidia, open ai, paramount+, peter jackson, phil lord & chris miller, playstation network, pokémon, pokémon champions, project hail mary, psn, resident evil 9, ryan gosling, sony, sora, spider-man, spider-man brand new day, star trek, star wars, starfleet academy, stephen colbert, the punisher, the shire, the wheel of time, tomb raider, tv, ubisoft, unreal, video games, wonder man, xbox, xbox game pass
Amaze! we have the first big movie review of the year, and it gets a perfect score, full review of Project Hail Mary inside. Plus the Harry Potter HBO show dropped its first trailer, The aforementioned Project Hail Mary dominates at the box office, and post game depression is a real thing. Meanwhile Epic is cutting staff at a hefty amount, and Stephen Colbert is making his mark on middle earth.
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Episode 409: What have we here? Matching uniforms?
March 18th, 2026 | 1 hr 4 mins
a quiet place, a24, aaron pierre, activision, ai, amazon prime video, assassin's creed, bethesda, blizzard, bloodsport, bluepoint, bradley cooper, buffy the vampire slayer, capcom, dc studios, dcu, disney, dlss 5, dune pt. 3, epic games, fallout 4, family guy, firefly, fortnite, fox, gaming, geek, green lantern, hulu, jack ryan, james gunn, jcvd, jeff kaplan, kpop demon hunters, krafton, lilo & stich, matt reeves, mcu, microsoft, movies, nathan fillion, nerd, netflix, niantic, nvidia, oceans 11, one battle after another, overwatch, paul thomas anderson, payday, pegi, pixar, playstation, pokémon go, resident evil, resident evil requiem, robert pattinson, ryan coogler, scooby doo, seth mcfarlane, sinners, sony, spider-man, spider-man: brand new day, starbreeze, starfield, steam, steam machine, stewie, studio ghibli, subnautica 2, superman, take two interactive, the 98th academy awards, the batman, the incredibles, the last of us, the oscars, tom clancy, tv, ubisoft, vbucks, video games, xbox
The Oscars were this weekend, and surprise surprise, PTA won big, while Chalamet went home with nothing. We also got two big trailers this week, Dune Pt. 3 and Spider-Man: Brand New Day! Pokémon Go was used to farm us for AR images and map data, and Nvidia says we're wrong about DLSS5. Plus we have the Scooby gang all casted for Netflix's upcoming adaptation.
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Episode 408: Get to da Choppa...again?
March 11th, 2026 | 57 mins 37 secs
ai actress, amazon prime video, arnold schwarzenegger, battlefield, battlefield 6, bon jovi, capcom, commodore, dave filoni, disney+, donald glover, ea, elijah wood, epic games, frodo, gaming, geek, ghostface, halo, hbo, jonathan frakes, k-pop demon hunters, kate winslet, knights of the old republic, konami, kotor, lord of the rings, lucasfilm, major nelson, marvel, master chief, mega man, microsoft, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, palworld, playstation, pokémon, project helix, resident evil 9, rooster, saber interactive, samurai champloo, sony, spider-man, star trek, star wars, steam machine, super mario galaxy movie, tangled, tariffs, the boys, the hulk, the oscars, tinker bell, tv, valve, video games, walt disney animation, walt disney pictures, xbox, yoshi, yu-gi-oh, zootopia 2
Xbox's future is secure for now, but can Project Helix help? PlayStation decides to say screw everyone and adopts dynamic pricing. Meanwhile, lawsuits are brimming all over the gaming landscape. Plus, Star Wars has entered a new "Era", and Arnold is teasing legacy sequels???
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Episode 407: they always come back
March 4th, 2026 | 1 hr 15 mins
abc, activision, amazon prime video, amc theaters, assassins' creed, batman, bloodborne, bluepoint, brendan frasier, bruce lee, call of duty, capcom, cartoon network, dcu, fallout, fallout new vegas, fromsoftware, game of thrones, gaming, geek, ghostface, god of war, green lanterns, hal jordan, hbo max, highguard, hulu, jim carrey, lanterns, lego batman, lego games, lord & miller, mar10 day, mario, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, one piece, paramount, playstation, playstation 5, pokémon, pokémon day, ps5, re 9, resident evil, resident evil 9 requiem, scary movie 6, scream 5, scream 6, scream 7, scrubs, sony, sony santa monica, spider-man, spider-verse, super mario, tencent, the mummy, tubi, tv, ubisoft, video games, warner bros, wayans brothers, wes craven
What's your favorite scary movie? Mine isn't scream 7, and take a listen to hear why. Speaking of scary movies, the Wayans's dropped a trailer for their big return to Scary Movie, and HBO graced us with a trailer for its upcoming Green Lantern Show Lanterns. Also we finally got a reveal of Pokémon Generation 10 and its starters, meanwhile Highguard which exploded onto the gaming stage is shutting down after only a few weeks. That and more on this weeks episode.
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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.