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    <description>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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    <itunes:summary>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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  <title>Episode 370: Anti-E3</title>
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  <itunes:title>Anti-E3</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Its that magical time of year, when all the games are announced, and the big 3 come together! I'm talking about, wait, no, E3 is gone, but its spirit lives on, in this disjointed days of virtual press conferences. Xbox had their Games Showcase and didn't show any of the tentpoles, Summer Games Fest knocked it out of the park with Resident Evil 9, and IGN Live tried to fill in some gaps. Plus, The Phoenician Scheme, Predator Killer of Killers, and Ballerina from the World of John Wick all get reviewed. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:21:02</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 193: What does $70b get me</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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  <itunes:episode>193</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>What does $70b get me</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Obviously the only story that matters this week is that Real Steel is getting a Disney+ show. Im kidding its Xbox purchasing ActivisionBlizzard. That and some other stuff too, come take a listen. </itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Obviously the only story that matters this week is that Real Steel is getting a Disney+ show. Im kidding its Xbox purchasing ActivisionBlizzard. That and some other stuff too, come take a listen.  
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  <title>Episode 168: Don't get caught in the Blizzard</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2021 00:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Well a reckoning has come for ActivisionBlizzard, who will weather the storm? Also HALO Infinite flighting starts this weekend! Next Gen Consoles are outpacing their predecessors, and ComicCon@home fails to make a splash. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:07:16</itunes:duration>
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  <description>Well a reckoning has come for ActivisionBlizzard, who will weather the storm? Also HALO Infinite flighting starts this weekend! Next Gen Consoles are outpacing their predecessors, and ComicCon@home fails to make a splash.  
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  <title>Episode 144: Video Game Jurisprudence</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 01:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>New Amazon CEO recommits to gaming, as we all watch and wonder why. The PS5 may have a dualsense problem, while gamers debate the morality of the nemesis system patent, and CD Projekt Red faces ransomware. Earnings call news: F2P for both Ubisoft and Blizzard, and of course a new CoD, and the future of Anthem may be in clear view. Scalpers in the UK may be a think of the past, as us scalpers focus their attention on a new target.  CW lays down some renewals, and Lucasfilm cuts ties. Rumors about a highly requested scene circle the SnyderCut and we say goodbye to a Star Trek Villain. That and more. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:22:50</itunes:duration>
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