web01.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:42:38 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/tags/angry%20birds Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:45:00 -0800 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. Theme Song: Science Fiction Movie, Var. 3(instrumental) - Royalty Free Music Maker en-us episodic Nerd Unfiltered Nick DeFalco 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. Theme Song: Science Fiction Movie, Var. 3(instrumental) - Royalty Free Music Maker yes <title>,<googleplay:description>,<googleplay:explicit>,<googleplay:author>,<googleplay:email>,<itunes:explicit>,<itunes:author>,<itunes:email>,<googleplay:image>,<itunes:image>,<image>,<itunes:summary> Nick DeFalco nicks.nerd.news@gmail.com http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/405 8d70c975-abcf-49cf-ab4f-9d66f62a8860 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:45:00 -0800 Nick DeFalco 405 The San Diego Freeway Cast full Nick DeFalco 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. 1:11:25 yes 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. video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Ubisoft, Vince Zampella, Infinity Ward, Respawn Entertainement, Phil Spencer, Hideo Kojima, Todd Howard, PlayStation, Sony PlayStation, PS5, God of War, Castlevania, John Wick, Metal Gear Solid, Marathon, Star Wars Galactic Racer, SEGA, Rovio, Angry Birds, DICE Awards, Call of Duty Warzone, Valve, Steam, Steam Deck, AI, Tencent, Black Ops 7, Pokemon, Nintendo, Resident Evil, The Elder Scrolls, Bethesda, Russo Bros, MCU, Avengers Doomsday, The Avengers, Spider-Noir, Spider-Man, Amazon Prime Video, MGM+, K-Pop Demon Hunters, Netflix, Warner Brothers, Paramount, The Simpsons, Wuthering Heights, Robert Duvall, The Mandalorian and Grogu, Star Wars, Lucasfilm, The Dark Knight Rises, DC Comics, Scooby Doo, Karl Urban, The Boys, Daniel Radcliffe, THor, Chris Hemsworth, Sonic the Hedgehog 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.

]]> 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.

]]> http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/318 78dc6d5a-d041-4402-9b44-13f68ec809c1 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:30:00 -0700 Nick DeFalco 318 Xbox has all the games! full Nick DeFalco The summer of gaming 2024 is here! We got summer games fest, the Xbox Showcase, Sony State of Play(last week), and the Ubisoft Forward! We have news from all of it! And did you expect a Perfect Dark gameplay reveal? Cause I didn't. So many games are coming to gamepass, and so many games are staying on Xbox, except DOOM but thats ok, its a Mad World. Also more hungers games is coming, both on the page and on the screen, Netflix is expaning its Nickelodeon world, and its Zack Snyder world, meanwhile Max is growing Westeros and Middle Earth. WB also seems to doubling down on Anime. Plus is Marvels Blade in trouble again? Plus Alamo Drafthouse is saved by Sony. 1:28:01 yes The summer of gaming 2024 is here! We got summer games fest, the Xbox Showcase, Sony State of Play(last week), and the Ubisoft Forward! We have news from all of it! And did you expect a Perfect Dark gameplay reveal? Cause I didn't. So many games are coming to gamepass, and so many games are staying on Xbox, except DOOM but thats ok, its a Mad World. Also more hungers games is coming, both on the page and on the screen, Netflix is expaning its Nickelodeon world, and its Zack Snyder world, meanwhile Max is growing Westeros and Middle Earth. WB also seems to doubling down on Anime. Plus is Marvels Blade in trouble again? Plus Alamo Drafthouse is saved by Sony. video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Rocksteady Games, WB Interactive, GOG, Counter Strike, Steam, CS:GO, Halo, Halo: CE, Bungie, 343, Xbox, Sonic, SEGA, Banana Game, Blumhouse, Summer Games Fest, LEGO, LEGO Games, LEGO Horizon Adventures, Horizon Zero Dawn, Quidditch Champions, Harry Potter, Civilization VII, CIV, Alan Wake 2, SKATE, EA, Valorant, Killer Bean, Palworld, Monster Hunter, Phantom Blade, Black Myth Wukong, Starship Troopers, XBOX Games Showcase, Call of Duty, Call of Duty Black Ops, Doom, Doom: The Dark Ages, State of Decay, Fallout 76, Dragon Age, Star Field, World of Warcraft, Metal Gear Solid, Perfect Dark, Age of Mythology Retold, Diablo IV, Fable, Life is Strange, Flight Simulator, Indiana Jones, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Avowed, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, Gears of War, Gears of War E-Day, Phil Spencer, IGN Live, Ubisoft Forward, Star Wars Outlaws, Star Wars, Ubisoft, Prince of Persia, Assassin's Creed, Ninajs, Skull & Bones, Monopoly, Resident Evil, RE: Village, Dragon Age; The Veilguard, Madden 25, SUMO Digital, Hunger Games, Angry Birds, Baby Reindeer, Academy Awards, The Lion King, I am Legend, Terminator Zero, Netflix, Plankton, Spongebob, Zack Snyder, Rebel Moon, Twilight of the Gods, MAX, HBO, Tokyo Vice, Suicide Squad Isekai, War of the Rohhirim, Game of Thrones, The Boys, Gen V, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Foster's Home, Sony Pictures, Alamo Drafthouse, Moana, Disney, Blade, MCU, Bad Boys, Bad Boys Ride or Die, Bad Boys 4 The summer of gaming 2024 is here! We got summer games fest, the Xbox Showcase, Sony State of Play(last week), and the Ubisoft Forward! We have news from all of it! And did you expect a Perfect Dark gameplay reveal? Cause I didn't. So many games are coming to gamepass, and so many games are staying on Xbox, except DOOM but thats ok, its a Mad World. Also more hungers games is coming, both on the page and on the screen, Netflix is expaning its Nickelodeon world, and its Zack Snyder world, meanwhile Max is growing Westeros and Middle Earth. WB also seems to doubling down on Anime. Plus is Marvels Blade in trouble again? Plus Alamo Drafthouse is saved by Sony.

]]> The summer of gaming 2024 is here! We got summer games fest, the Xbox Showcase, Sony State of Play(last week), and the Ubisoft Forward! We have news from all of it! And did you expect a Perfect Dark gameplay reveal? Cause I didn't. So many games are coming to gamepass, and so many games are staying on Xbox, except DOOM but thats ok, its a Mad World. Also more hungers games is coming, both on the page and on the screen, Netflix is expaning its Nickelodeon world, and its Zack Snyder world, meanwhile Max is growing Westeros and Middle Earth. WB also seems to doubling down on Anime. Plus is Marvels Blade in trouble again? Plus Alamo Drafthouse is saved by Sony.

]]> http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/313 9902d534-2cf0-4ee8-a20a-a92ac6cee29f Wed, 08 May 2024 23:30:00 -0700 Nick DeFalco 313 Make it Make Sense! full Nick DeFalco Two of our biggest stories this week are making the internet collectively ask...Make it make sense. And guess what, I'm joining them. What is Xbox's strategy, and why is it so ever changing lately. Also how did we kill cable, only for it to come back. Plus Nintendo still doesn't want to talk about the Switch 2. Also the Office is coming back, so of course that's what we get in the hellscape of 2024. But I swear its a fun episode...come and take a listen. 1:08:45 yes Two of our biggest stories this week are making the internet collectively ask...Make it make sense. And guess what, I'm joining them. What is Xbox's strategy, and why is it so ever changing lately. Also how did we kill cable, only for it to come back. Plus Nintendo still doesn't want to talk about the Switch 2. Also the Office is coming back, so of course that's what we get in the hellscape of 2024. But I swear its a fun episode...come and take a listen. video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Tetris, 7Eleven, Elden Ring, Shadow of the Erdtree, FromSoftware, Escape from Tarkov, Fallout, Gundam, The Crow, Call of Duty, Super Nintendo World, Universal Studios, Sony, Sony PlayStation, PS5, PlayStation 5, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Helldivers 2, PSN, Steam, Hades II, Supermassive Games, Homelander, The Boys, Netflix, Mortal Kombat 1, Remedy, Nintendo Direct, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Phil Spencer, Microsoft, Xbox Series X|S, Bethesda Softworks, Zenimax Studios, Tango Gameworks, Hi-Fi Rush, The Evil Within, Shinji Mikami, Arkane Austin, Redfall, Dishonored, Xbox Gamepass, Xbox One, ActivisionBlizzard, Angry Birds, Dragon Age, EA Games, Bioware, Bungie, Destiny 2, Sonic Rumble, Sonic the Hedgehog, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 3, George Miller, Mad Max, Fury Road, Furiosa, Cobra Kai, Netflix, Sony Entertainment, Paramount Global, Colombia Pictures, CBS, Viacom, MTV, Kevin Feige, MCU, Wolverine, Logan, X-Men, Giancarlo Esposito, High Jackman, Deadpool, Deadpool and Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds, The Boys, Amazon Prime Video, Bernard Hill, Theodan, LotR, Lord of the Rings, Rohan, Vin Diesl, Riddick, Frey Allen, The Witcher, Netflix, William Shatner, Star Trek, Dreamworks, The Office, Peacock, Star Wars, May the 4th be with you, Star Wars Tales of the Empire, Thrawn, LEGO Star Wars, Darth Jar Jar, The Bad Batch, Lucasfilm, Disney+, Chris Pine, Wonder Woman, DCEU, Game of Thrones, HBO, MAX, Westeros, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, What if..., Apple Vision Pro, Baby Reindeer, Disney+, Hulu, Max, Streaming wars, cable tv, streaming Two of our biggest stories this week are making the internet collectively ask...Make it make sense. And guess what, I'm joining them. What is Xbox's strategy, and why is it so ever changing lately. Also how did we kill cable, only for it to come back. Plus Nintendo still doesn't want to talk about the Switch 2. Also the Office is coming back, so of course that's what we get in the hellscape of 2024. But I swear its a fun episode...come and take a listen.

]]> Two of our biggest stories this week are making the internet collectively ask...Make it make sense. And guess what, I'm joining them. What is Xbox's strategy, and why is it so ever changing lately. Also how did we kill cable, only for it to come back. Plus Nintendo still doesn't want to talk about the Switch 2. Also the Office is coming back, so of course that's what we get in the hellscape of 2024. But I swear its a fun episode...come and take a listen.

]]> http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/265 3f4a3f80-bf40-4ce5-98d1-169258dfd434 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 23:30:00 -0700 Nick DeFalco 265 Across the Pod-Verse full Nick DeFalco This week we have a review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse, which you wont want to miss. We also have all the news out of both Meta and Apples new conferences, where a lot of new head based hardware was announced. We learned some major shakeups are coming at GameStop, and the WGA strike continues. No movement on the ABK Xbox merger, and The Rock is getting another standalone movie in the Fast Saga. 1:07:25 yes This week we have a review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse, which you wont want to miss. We also have all the news out of both Meta and Apples new conferences, where a lot of new head based hardware was announced. We learned some major shakeups are coming at GameStop, and the WGA strike continues. No movement on the ABK Xbox merger, and The Rock is getting another standalone movie in the Fast Saga. video games, movies, tv shows, META, META Quest, VR, Apple Vision Pro, AR, Alan Wake, Remedy Entertainment, RedFall, Bethesda, Arkane Studios, ZeniMax, Xbox, ActivisionBlizzard, SquareEnix, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, FFVII, Valve, Steam, Nintendo, Street Fighter 6, Capcom, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Insomniac Games, PS5, PlayStation 5, PlayStation, EA Sports, Madden NFL 24, Diablo IV. Microsoft, Xbox, Seagate, Western Digital, Twitch, BioWare, Star Wars, The Old Republic, Knights of the Old Republic, KoTor, Angry Birds, GameStop, Netflix, Verizon, Disney+, Paramount+, The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, Peacock, Community, Six Seasons and a Movie, Black Mirror, Prime Video, The Rock, Fast and Furious, Fast Saga, Hobbs and Shaw, Taika Waititi, Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan, WGA Strike, SAG-AFTRA, Spider-Man 4, MCU, Captain America, DCU, Aquaman, Barbie Movie, Barbie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Sony, Miles Morales, Studio Ghibli, Pixar, Toy Story, Chris Hemsworth, Jurassic Park, This week we have a review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse, which you wont want to miss. We also have all the news out of both Meta and Apples new conferences, where a lot of new head based hardware was announced. We learned some major shakeups are coming at GameStop, and the WGA strike continues. No movement on the ABK Xbox merger, and The Rock is getting another standalone movie in the Fast Saga.

]]> This week we have a review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse, which you wont want to miss. We also have all the news out of both Meta and Apples new conferences, where a lot of new head based hardware was announced. We learned some major shakeups are coming at GameStop, and the WGA strike continues. No movement on the ABK Xbox merger, and The Rock is getting another standalone movie in the Fast Saga.

]]> http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/258 b7ed4812-7f74-4ece-bbfa-fcd0ba030e36 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 23:45:00 -0700 Nick DeFalco 258 Eeeeyahhhh! full Nick DeFalco Its Morphin Time! Did anyone else notice how cheesy The MMPR 30th anniversary special was? Also the absence of certain people was extremely noticeable. Mando ended today, and it was not as satisfying as I had hoped. Star Trek Picard brought the D, and the F to the party, but who invited the Borg? Sonic and the Angry Birds are getting together, and Oppenheimer is not going to let Barbara drop the bomb on him. That and more on this weeks episode! 1:16:39 yes Its Morphin Time! Did anyone else notice how cheesy The MMPR 30th anniversary special was? Also the absence of certain people was extremely noticeable. Mando ended today, and it was not as satisfying as I had hoped. Star Trek Picard brought the D, and the F to the party, but who invited the Borg? Sonic and the Angry Birds are getting together, and Oppenheimer is not going to let Barbara drop the bomb on him. That and more on this weeks episode! video games, movies, tv shows, PS5, PlayStation, Guerilla Games, Horizon Forbidden West, Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores, Aloy, The Quen, Far Zenith, Hollywood, Rocksteady Games, Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, Elden Ring, Time Magazine, Microsoft Windows, Steam Deck, Nintendo, The Legend of Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom, Breath of the Wild, Nintendo Copywrite, Gary Bowser, The Super Mario Bros Movie, Blizzard, Diablo IV, Call of Duty, Call of Duty Warzone, Warzone 2.0, SEGA, Rovio, Angry Birds, Pokémon, Joe State, 343i, Frank O'Connor, Halo, Netflix Games, Star Wars Battlefront III, Harry Potter, Quidditch, Portkey Games, Wizarding World, The Last of Us, HBO, Knuckles, Sonic, Paramount+, Niantic, Monster Hunter, Ken Sugimori, Square Enix, Final Fantasy XVI, Resident Evil 4 Remake, WGA Strike, George RR Martin, Dunk and Egg, GoT, Game of Thrones, Star Trek, Picard, Section 31, Michelle Yeoh, Strange New Worlds, Netflix, Might Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers, Galaxy Quest, Twilight, Venture Bros, Adult Swim, Star Wars, The Mandalorian, Bo Katan, Grogu, Moff Gideon, James Bond, Lord of the Rings, Elijah Wood, Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan, Barbie, Jonathan Majors, MCU, Superman Legacy, James Gunn, DCU, Scorsese, AppleTV+, Wolverine, Deadpool, Godzilla, King Kong, Monsterverse, Fast X, The Fast and the Furious Its Morphin Time! Did anyone else notice how cheesy The MMPR 30th anniversary special was? Also the absence of certain people was extremely noticeable. Mando ended today, and it was not as satisfying as I had hoped. Star Trek Picard brought the D, and the F to the party, but who invited the Borg? Sonic and the Angry Birds are getting together, and Oppenheimer is not going to let Barbara drop the bomb on him. That and more on this weeks episode!

]]> Its Morphin Time! Did anyone else notice how cheesy The MMPR 30th anniversary special was? Also the absence of certain people was extremely noticeable. Mando ended today, and it was not as satisfying as I had hoped. Star Trek Picard brought the D, and the F to the party, but who invited the Borg? Sonic and the Angry Birds are getting together, and Oppenheimer is not going to let Barbara drop the bomb on him. That and more on this weeks episode!

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