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Displaying items 1-10 of 11 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "ben affleck".
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Episode 359: Go Go Disney Rangers!
March 26th, 2025 | 56 mins 52 secs
007, Ben Affleck, Bethesda, Coco, DC comics, Fallout, Halo, Konami, Lucasfilm, MCU, McDonalds, Phil Spencer, Star Wars, TV, Xbox, amazon prime video, andor, appletv+, assassin's creed shadows, australia, avengers, bam margera, batfleck, batman, call of duty, dcu, digimon, disney, disney+, elizabeth olsen, gameinformer, gaming, geek, hasbro, indian jones and the great circle, invincible, james bond, japan, john carpenter, lobo, machine games, mighty morphin power rangers, minecraft, mmpr, movies, nerd, nintendo, palworld, pixar, playstation 5, pokémon, power rangers, ps5, saban, scarlet witch, seattle mariners, severance, silent hill f, snyderverse, super sentai, supergirl, the Thing, tony hawk, tony hawks pro skater, verdansk, video games, warnerbros, warzone
Disney is making a crack at the Power Rangers, will they succeed where others failed? GameInformer rises from the ashes, and Nintendo is hitting the pitchers mound. Meanwhile, the future of James Bond gets a little clearer as its new producers are named, Assassin's Creed Shadows is out and in the wild, and Minecraft hopes to dominate at the box office.
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Episode 299: Rocksteady has lost the plot
January 31st, 2024 | 1 hr 13 mins
2000 ad, 28 days later, 28 weeks later, 28 years later, 343 industries, 343i, Ben Affleck, DC comics, Deus Ex, EA, Fortnite, Ghostbusters, Halo, Highlander, MCU, Matt Damon, Michael Jackson, Microsoft, Playstation, Square Enix, Star Wars, TV, Until Dawn, Xbox, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, amazon studios, arkham asylum, arkham batman, arkham city, arkham knight, arkhamverse, ayo edibiri, bandainamco, barbie movie, batman, billy dee williams, bioshock, bioware, bob the builder, btas, bungie, cliff bleszinski, colman domingo, cronus zen, dave the diver, dcu, deadpool 3, death stranding, death stranding 2, denis villeneuve, destiny 2, doug liman, dragons dogma 2, duncan jones, dune, dune messiah, dune part 2, ea sports, eidos montreal, epic games, evan rachel wood, family guy, final fantasy 6, final fantasy 7 remake, final fantasy vi, foamstars, gaming, gears of war, geek, geraldine viswanatha, greta gerwig, halo infnite, halo wars, hbo, helldivers 2, henry cavill, hideo kojima, ios, james gunn, jlo, judas, ken levine, kevin conroy, kevin conroy batman, knives out, knives out 3, kurt russel, lando calrissian, layoffs, legendary tales 2, lewis pullman, margot robbie, marvel studios, mass effect, max, metal gear solid, metaverse, metro awakening vr, mgm, milly alcock, movies, nerd, norman reedus, palworld, people can fly, pokimane, ps5, rise of the ronin, roadhouse, rocksteady studios, sega of america, seth mcfarlane, shadow the hedgehog, silent hill 2 remake, silent hill: the short message, snil movie, sonic the hedgehog, sonic x shadow generations, sony playstation, sony state of play, spec ops: the line, stellar blade, suicide squad kill the justice league, supergirl, superman, team ninja, tekken, tekken 8, tenet, the coalition, the embracer group, the empire strikes back, the last of us show, the rogue trooper, the thunderbolts, tiffa, tiffa lockhart, twitch, universal studios orlando, v rising, video games, warnerbros, westworld, xbox series x, zenless zone zero
Hello All! Another week, another rant, but not as heated. As you can tell by the title its about Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, and boy am I not happy. We also had a state of play from Sony, Microsoft gutted Blizzard, and Mass Effect is headed to Destiny. Meanwhile The Thunderbolts loses several stars, Supergirl is found, Denis Villeneuve has plans for Dune 3. Also, there was an issue with my microphone this week, so that will explain the poor audio quality.
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Episode 274: Pokémon Presents: Tekken 8
August 9th, 2023 | 1 hr 10 mins
1970s, 8bitdo, Ben Affleck, Bethesda, EVO, Fallout, Hulu, I Am Groot, Jon Snow, MCU, Metroid Prime, Red Dead Redemption, Resident Evil, Ridley Scott, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, The Godfather, Xbox, activision, adam devine, animal house, baldur's gate 3, barbie, barbie movie, batfleck, batman, blade runner, blazing saddles, bob iger, call of duty, capcom, charlottes web, chinatown, crayola, david ayer, dceu, dcu, disney+, edge of tomorrow, embracer group, emily blunt, eone, fatal fury, game of thrones, grease, groot, guilty gear strive, hasbro, hbo, infinity ward, james gunn, jaws, jonathan majors, kang, lin manuel miranda, lionsgate, little mermaid, loki, magic the gathering, marvel studios, mattel, max, metroid prime 4, modern warfare, monopoly, mortal kombat 1, movies, mtg, nintendo, nintendo switch, paradox pokémon, pixar, playstation 5, pokémon anime, pokémon presents, pokémon scarlet, pokémon violet, ps5, resident evil 2 remake, robin hood, rockstar games, sharknado, sonic the hedgehog, sony playstation, star trek strange new worlds, star trek the motion picture, steam, street fighter 6, suicide squad, superman, take two interactive, tcm, tekken 8, the aristocats, the ayer cut, the hulk, the phantom tollbooth, the pokémon company, the rescuers, the warriors, tiktok, turner classic movies, video games, wbdiscovery, wga strike, willy wonka & the chocolate factory, writers guild of america
We had some big gaming news over the last week between EVO 2023 and Pokémon Presents, thus giving us something to feast on before Gamescon. Meanwhile there has been a lot of movement out of Hollywood, not necessarily on the strike front, but news nonetheless. Barbie made a billion in under 20 days, Disney+ is following in Netflix's footsteps, and while Max is pulling a pandemic Netflix. Lin Manuel Miranda wants to adapt a classic for the stage, and Pixar isn't worried about the future. We cap off the show with the best movies from the 1970s.
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Episode 254: Welcome to NNN, Home of the NNN, can I take your order?
March 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 20 mins
Ben Affleck, Denzel Washington, EA, Farcry 5, Final Fantasy, Fortnite, Lucasfilm, MCU, Middle-earth, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Phil Spencer, Playstation, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, Tom Cruise, Xbox, Xbox 360, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, bandainamco, barry keoghan, battlefield, bella ramsey, blizzard, call of duty, cirian hinds, counter strike 2, cs:go, david ayer, david lindelof, dceu, dcu, destiny 2, diablo iv, disney+, dwayne "the rock" johnson, eldenring, epic games, ffxvi, final fantasy 16, from software, gamestop, gears of war, gladiator 2, good burger, hbo, hyperkin, insomniac games, justin roiland, keenan & kel, lance reddick, lord of the rings, lotr, marvel studios, marvel's spider-man, mephisto, mighty morphin power rangers, movies, nintendo 3ds, nintendo eshop, openai gpt, paramount+, podcast, pong, ps5, rare ltd, rebel moon, sam niel, sea of theives, senuas sacrifice, shazam fury of the gods, squareenix, star trek picard, superman, the bad batch, the completionist, the daniels, the flash, the last of us, the mandalorian, the rings of power, twister, twitch, ubisoft, unreal engine 5, valve, video games, wiiu, willow, zachari levi, zack snyder
If the title wasn't an indication of the news then I don't know how to tell you this. But Good Burger is coming Back! Good Burrger 2 was announced, among other things. But the Second Dominion war seems to be heading our way in the star trek universe, the Unreal Engine is literally forging new paths, the Power Rangers are back, and Shazam 2 was funnier then it had any business being.
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Episode 246: The Nerd Before an MMO
January 27th, 2023 | 54 mins 3 secs
343 industries, 343i, Academy Awards, Adult Swim, Ben Affleck, Bethesda, COD, Cartoon Network, Halo, Hulu, MCU, Netflix, Playstation, Rick and Morty, Sony, Star Wars, The Legend of Zelda, Xbox, air jordan, alec baldwin, amazon prime video, apple tv+, aqua teen hunger force, aquaman 2, ash ketchum, attack on titan, avatar 2, breath of the wild, brendan fraiser, call of duty, call of duty modern warfare ii, cd projekt red, critical roll, crystal dynamics, cyberpunk2077, dcu, disney+, elder scrolls, elder scrolls online, everything everywhere all at once, fallout new vegas, forza motorsport, gollum, harry potter, hi-fi rush, hogwarts legacy, hot wheels, invincible, james cameron, james gunn, jared leto, jason momoa, jeremy renner, jk rowling, john cena, john williams, justin roiland, kevin feige, koala man, kobra kai, last of us, league of legends, lobo, lord of the rings, lotr: gollum, marvel studios, marvels avengers, master chief, michael jordan, minecraft legends, modern warfare ii, mojang, morrowind, movies, nike, nintendo, nintendo switch, obsidian entertainment, peter safran, pokémon, ps5, psvr, psvr2, redfall, reed hastings, rick & morty, riot games, rust, skeleton crew, solar opposites, squareenix, steven spielberg, tamriel, tango gameworks, tears of the kingdom, ted lasso, that 90s show, the bad batch, the banshees of inisherin, the fabelmans, the last of us, the legend of vox machina, the oscars, the whale, the wizarding world, tron, tron ares, tron legacy, turn 10, tv sows, ubisoft, video games, warnerbros, warzone 2.0, wb, wwe 2k23, zelda, zenimax
Is the Day before real? does anyone actually believe it to be? Also Xbox and Bethesda had a developer direct, 343 continues to deploy smoke and mirrors, and Marvel's Avengers is finally being put out of its misery. Netflix gets a new CEO, and may actually start its password sharing crackdown,. Meanwhile, Rick and Morty will never be the same. Alec Baldwin faces the most ludicrous charges known to man, James Cameron was not snubbed by the Oscars, now Jared Leto is out to kill Tron.
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Episode 240: The Game Awards 2: Electric Boogaloo
December 15th, 2022 | 1 hr 11 mins
Ben Affleck, Days Gone, EA Games, Ghostbusters, Hellboy, Jon Snow, MCU, Microsoft, Miyazaki, Netflix, Playstation, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Wars, Studio Ghibli, TV shows, The Dark Tower, Universal Studios, Xbox, across the spider-verse, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, aquaman, armored core vi, batman, bayonetta, bend studio, black adam, crime boss, cyberpunk 2077, dceu, dcu, death stranding 2, diablo iv, disney+, dune part 2, elden ring, fantastic 4, fast and furious, final fantasy xvi, from software, ftc, game of thrones, george rr martin, god of war ragnarok, golden globes, hades ii, hbo max, henry cavill, hobbs & shaw, hogwarts legacy, horizon forbidden west; the burning shores, idris elba, into the spider-verse, iron man, jackie chan, james gunn, john krasinski, john wick, joker 2, justice league, kevin conroy, kratos, mega man battle network, megan man, mike flanagan, movies, my hero academia, nintendo, norman reedus, patty jenkins, peter safran, pokémon, pokémon scarlet/violet, reebok, respawn entertainment, riot games, rocksteady, rush hour 4, scream vi, snyderverse, star wars jedi: survivor, stephen king, stray, street fighter 6, suicide squad kill the justice league, super mario bros movie, super nintendo world, superman, tekken 8, the game awards, the rock, true lies, video games, wednesday, westworld, wonder woman
That's right, we got a lot more sequel announcements at The Game Awards then anyone may have expected! And we aren't done with awards, as the Golden Globe Nominees were announced as well, and it looks like were in for an interesting ride. Meanwhile what the hell is going on at DC, James Gunn seems to have a massive amount of possible or not possible leaks on his hands. Meanwhile, the FTC is now the third regulatory body to "look deeper" into the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
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Episode 223: She-Hulk Commeth
August 17th, 2022 | 39 mins 44 secs
Academy Awards, Batgirl, Ben Affleck, Neil Gaiman, Netflix, PUBG, Playstation, Sony, Star Wars, TV shows, The Joker, activision, amazon prime video, batfleck, batman, black adam, blizzard, bungie, call of duty, d23, david zaslav, dc universe, death stranding, destiny 2, disney, disney+, duffer bros, ezra miller, ghosts of tsushima, google, google stadia, harry potter, hbo, hbo max, hogwarts, hogwarts legacy, infinity ward, john wick, lego star wars: the skywalker saga, leslie grace, lord of the rings, lotr, love death + robots, lucasfilm games, marvel games, michael keaton, modern warfare ii, movies, nintendo, overwatch 2, peacock, rogue one, saw, sony playstation, star wars visions, steve martin, stranger things, the CW, the adams family, the batman, the flash, the rings of power, the sandman, the simpsons, vertigo comics, video games, walter hamada, warnerbros, wednesday adams, westworld, weta workshop, wizarding world, wizardry, xbox game pass, young justice
HULLO! This week is full of misadventures, and also ads another chapter to the ongoing drama at WarnerBros-Discovery. That is just the well that keeps on giving. Disney is set to have its first ever games showcase at D23. Steve Martin may hang up his hat, and we know when the Rings of Power will premier!
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Episode 221: WB's Killing Joke
August 3rd, 2022 | 38 mins 7 secs
Batgirl, Ben Affleck, Cars, EA, EA Games, MCU, Netflix, Playstation, Rick and Morty, Sega Genesis, Sony, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, Tomb Raider, activision blizzard, alicia vikander, andor, aquaman 2, arrowverse, batfleck, batman, black adam, bungie, call of duty, cars on the road, creed 3, dc's league of super pets, dceu, disney+, game of thrones, guardians of the galaxy, hbo max, ivan drago, joker 2, justin roiland, kevin feige, lara croft, lightning mcqueen, logitech, mgm, movies, nichele nichols, nintendo, pat carrol, pixar, playstation 5, pokémon, pokémon scarlet, pokémon violet, prime video, ps5, rocky, sega, sega genesis mini, shazam 2, she-hulk, snyderverse, sony playstation, sylvester stallone, tencent gaming, the CW, the avengers, the boys, the flash, the infinity saga, the multiverse saga, tony hawk, tony hawk's pro skater, video games
Well I'm thoroughly convinced Warner Bro's has no idea how to run film franchises anymore. As Batgirl has been shelved, potentially forever, and I mean forever. PlayStation kills a feature no one ever used, Streaming heats up this August, and the Arrowverse may have a end date.
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Episode 192: A Zynga party
January 13th, 2022 | 44 mins 38 secs
Ben Affleck, Days Gone, E3, Fallout, GTA, Netflix, Spider-Man, Star Wars, TV shows, Tom holland, aloy, amazon studios, amd radeon, armored core, batman, bob saget, ces 2022, converse, dying light 2, e3 2022, from software, golden globes, hbo max, horizon forbidden west, horizon zero dawn, intel, james bond, james gunn, justice league, mario kart 9, midnight club, movies, nft, nintendo, nvidia, peacemaker, pixar, playstation 5, pokémon, psvr, razer, red notice, roald dahl, sag awards, scott pilgrim, sega, shazam 2, show american story, sony bend studio, take-two interactive, the CW, the batman, the book of boba fett, the boys, the flash, the suicide squad, uncharted, video games, wes anderson, zynga
Well no one saw that coming, Take Two is buying Zynga. E3 may be cancelled, Dying Light 2 demands a month of your time and From Software may be reviving an old IP. They boys is coming back and we have a return date, Scott Pilgrim may return in animated form, and The Suicide Squad may soon invade your TV. Meanwhile Ben Affleck talks about his Batman future, Pixar sticks to Disney+ and The Batman is not what you think it was.
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Episode 178: Kingdom Carnarge: Let their be Squid
October 7th, 2021 | 1 hr 13 mins
007, Battle Royale, Ben Affleck, Don Bluth, Final Fantasy, God of War, Halo, Joker, Konami, MCU, Netflix, Rick and Morty, Scarlett Johansson, Sony, Spider-Man, Square Enix, TV shows, Universal Studios, Venom, Xbox, amazon games, apple, apple app store, bandainamco, batfleck, batman, black widow, bluepoint games, capcom, catslevania, dceu, disney, disney+, epic games store, game of thrones, gearbox entertainment, god of war ragnarok, grand theft auto 3, gta remaster, gta san andreas, gta vice city, guilty gear strive, halo infinite, halo20, hbo max, house of the dragon, ivan drago, james bond, james bond 007, james gunn, joaquin phoenix, john cena, kingdom hearts, kratos, marvels what if..., metal gear solid, movies, nintendo, nintendo switch, no time to die, paradox interactive, peacemaker, playstation 5, pokémon, pokémon legends arceus, ps5, randy pitchford, rocky iv, sega, sony pictures, sony santa monica, sora, squid game, stallone, steam, super smash bro's, super smash brothers ultimate, tgs 2021, the flash, the game awards, the suicide squad, tokyo games show, tom clancy's ghost recon, tom hardy, twitch, ubisoft, ultron, video games, xbox 20, xbox series x
Have you watched Squid Game yet? because you should. Also on the show today, Tokyo Games Show roundup, big news and rumors from Konami, and Capcom. Appple is apparently the number one video game retailer, and Twitch faces a massive leak. Meanwhile Venom and 007 rule the box office, and Smash Fans are dissapointed but still praise Sakurai,