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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 401: The Sanic Mysteries: Gotta go fast</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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  <itunes:episode>401</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Sanic Mysteries: Gotta go fast</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>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. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:20:15</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 312: Itz gonna be MAY!</title>
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  <itunes:title>Itz gonna be MAY!</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Its gonna be May! Yes its that time again, when our social feeds are filled with JT! Anyway, Starfield is getting a major update in two weeks, Xbox had its yearly ID@Xbox showcase, Escape from Tarkov wants to extract money from you, and Hasbro is all in on gaming. Plus, Lord of the Rings is coming back to theaters, Aaron Sorkin wants to bring us more social networks, Chris Hemsworth says he owes us more Thor, and Quiet on Set is still in the headlines. </itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Episode 212: My time at SWCA22</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 23:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <itunes:title>My time at SWCA22</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>This weeks main story is of course my weekend at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022. My ups, my downs, my ideas for change, what worked and what didn't. Plus Top Gun Maverick, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Stranger Things, Obi-Wan and more. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:14:37</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 182: Guardians of the Empire of Ages</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2021 01:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Square Enix's Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, and Age of Empires IV lead the stories this week. Meanwhile, more updates and interesting news out of ActivisionBlizzard. Cyberpunk continues to take the L's, and Xbox and Adidas give me a shoe I want to wear. Also, Edgar Wright wants to play with the Doctor, The Book Of Boba Fett lays down the vibroblade, and Chris Pratt is just the voice of everything now apparently. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>41:24</itunes:duration>
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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>
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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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