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Displaying items 51-60 of 79 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "bethesda".
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Episode 268: This Podcast is just a social construct
June 28th, 2023 | 1 hr 34 secs
007, Bethesda, DC, E3, Harley Quinn, MCU, Meta, Netflix, Phil Spencer, Playstation, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, activisionblizzard, among us, blizzard, bobby kotick, call of duty, chadwick boseman, crunchyroll, dceu, dcu, deadpool 3, disney+, dragon ball, el meurto, ezra miller, ftc v. xbox, game pass ultimate, geoforce now, giancarlo esposito, google, henry cavill, hollywood walk of fame, honey i shrunk the kids, horizon forbidden west, idris elba, indian jones, indiana jones and the dial of destiny, james bond, james gunn, james mangold, jim ryan, lance reddick, logan, machine games, marvel, max, meta quest, moff gideon, movies, multiversus, nintendo switch, paramount+, playstation 5, ps5, ps6, roland emmerich, satya nadella, secret invasion, sega, snyderverse, spider-verse, squid game, star trek prodigy, starfield, superman, superman legacy, swamp thing, tears of the kingdom, the flash, the mandalorian, the old republic, todd howard, video games, wow classic, xbox and barbie, xcloud, zelda
This week was a doozy, how about that FTC v. Xbox case, that is a bonafied shit show. Sony and Microsoft say some wild things in their emails, thats for sure. Tears of the Kingdom sold more copies than expected, Among us heads to TV and Todd Howard talks starfield. Giancarlo wants to still play Moff Gideon, Tomb Raider is still coming from PWB, and Paramount+ cancels a Star Trek show. Sony pulls a Spider universe film, James Mangold talks about his movies, The Flash faces troubles, and we find out who the next Superman will be.
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Episode 265: Across the Pod-Verse
June 7th, 2023 | 1 hr 7 mins
AR, Bethesda, Black Mirror, Christopher Nolan, MCU, Meta, Miles Morales, Netflix, Playstation, Sony, Star Wars, Studio Ghibli, TV shows, Taika Waititi, Verizon, Xbox, activisionblizzard, ahsoka, alan wake, angry birds, apple vision pro, aquaman, arkane studios, barbie, barbie movie, bioware, capcom, captain america, chris hemsworth, community, dcu, diablo iv. microsoft, disney+, ea sports, fast and furious, fast saga, ffvii, final fantasy 7 remake, gamestop, hobbs and shaw, insomniac games, jurassic park, knights of the old republic, kotor, madden nfl 24, marvel's spider-man 2, meta quest, movies, nintendo, oppenheimer, paramount+, peacock, pixar, playstation 5, prime video, ps5, redfall, remedy entertainment, sag-aftra, seagate, six seasons and a movie, spider-man 4, spider-man: across the spider-verse, squareenix, steam, street fighter 6, the mandalorian, the old republic, the rock, toy story, twitch, valve, video games, vr, western digital, wga strike, zenimax
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.
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Episode 261: I'm not a Racoon!
May 10th, 2023 | 1 hr 14 mins
AMC, Bethesda, CBS, Carrie Fisher, Doctor Strange, EA, EA Games, Lucasfilm, MCU, Neil Gaiman, Netflix, Phil Spencer, Pokémon GO, Star Wars, TV shows, Xbox, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, babylon 5, beetlejuice 2, blade, bravely default, bungie, burger king, capcom, disney, disney+, dungeons and dragons, good omens, gran turismo, guardians of the galaxy vol. 3, harry potter, hogwarts legacy, into the spider-verse, jenna ortega, karl urban, kathleen kennedy, lotr, marvel studios, marvel's spider-man, may the 4th be with you, metroid prime remastered, middle earth, movies, niantic, nintendo, nintendo switch, one piece, oppenheimer, pokémon, pokémon anime, redfall, rings of power, riot games, rogue one, skeleton crew, star wars visions vol. 2, stranger things, street fighter 6, swat, ubisoft, ultimate team, video games, wandavision, wga strike, yellowstone
This week is dominated by the affects of the WGA strike so lets talk about what is gonna get delayed. Also gaming seems to be beating at a normal pace so nothing major, other then EA posing massive profits, shocker, I know. And of course we have a review of Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3.
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Episode 260: 5 Years in the can!
May 3rd, 2023 | 59 mins 26 secs
Bethesda, Discord, Dodgeball, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Sony, Star Wars, TV shows, Tom Cruise, Ukraine, Xbox, abk, activisionblizzard, alien, alita:battle angel, armored core, avatar the last airbender, babylon 5, blade, cal kestis, call of duty, capcom, chris hemsworth, chris pratt, christopher robin, cinemacon, cloud gaming, counter strike, damon lindelof, deadpool 3, disney+, dune part 2, forza motorsport, from software, game development, games with gold, gladiator 2, james gunn, kevin durant, king of the hill, marvel midnight suns, marvel studios, mission impossible, movies, nintendo, optimus prime, paramount pictures, pedro pascal, ps5, psvr2, respawn, rhianna, rob delaney, sigourney weaver, smurfette, snl, spider-man across the spider-verse, spongebob, star wars day, star wars jedi: survivor, starfield, street fighter, super mario bros movie, super-man, sweet tooth, the simpsons, titanfall 3, transformers: one, twisted metal, uk cma, uk prime minister, vampire survivors, video games, vince vaughn, wga, wga strike, writers guild of america, writers strike, xbox games showcase
You Heard that Right! Today marks the 5th anniversary of the start of this podcast, and how are we celebrating? By treating it like any other week of course! lol. Anyway, this weeks has some fun topics. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is out and we have a early feelings review, we are a week out from the CMA's decision on the Xbox ABK deal, The Writers Strike is official, and we finally got our first look at Dune Part II. Come take a listen.
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Episode 253: The Ides of March
March 16th, 2023 | 39 mins 5 secs
Bethesda, E3, Guillermo Del Toro, Legend of Zelda, Lucasfilm, MCU, Mega Man, Microsoft, Monster Hunter, NASA, Resident Evil, Sony, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, Xbox, activisionblizzard, agatha: coven of chaos, amazon prime video, ant-man, arkhamverse, batman: caped crusader, beetlejuice, black adam, bob iger, bob odenkirk, breath of the wild, bruce timm, call of duty, capcom, darkseid, dcu, disney+, elizabeth olsen, everything everywhere all at once, exoprimal, frankenstein, gamestop, gattaca, ghostwire tokyo, hbo, henry cavill, hitman, io interactive, james bond, james gunn, jenna ortega, john wick, keanu reeves, minecraft, movies, nintendo, paramount+, picard, quentin tarantino, raid shadow legends, reddit, rocksteady studios, scarlet witch, stonks, street fighter 6, suicide squad kill the justice league, superman, tango gameworks, tears of the kingdom, the academy awards, the bad batch, the last of us, the mandalorian, the oscars, the rock, the room, tim burton, tommy wiseau, ubisoft, video games, willow, zack snyder
Yes on this Ides of March we have a new episode. We've got Oscars Coverage, and Mando reviews. More news from the Microsoft Activision merger plus DC and Marvel news you wont want to miss. Just make sure to let Caesar know before he sees Brutus.
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Episode 252: When Myths Become Reality
March 9th, 2023 | 51 mins 12 secs
Bethesda, Daredevil, Donnie Yen, EA Games, Hellboy, Hulu, Lucasfilm, MCU, Metroid Fusion, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Punisher, Sea of Thieves, Sony, Star Trek, Star Wars, TMNT, TV shows, Taika Waititi, Wii U, Xbox, activisionblizzard, barry, call of duty, cities skylines, crusader kings, dead by daylight, dead space, detective pikachu, disney+, dragon ball z budokai, google, google stadia, half-life, haunted mansion, hbo, hogwarts legacy, james bond, jenna ortega, john bernthal, john wick chapter 4, keanu reeves, kevin feigi, mario kart 8, movies, nic cage, paradox interactive, paramount+, patty jenkins, pokémon anime, rogue squadron, seth rogan, splatoon, square-enix, star trek discovery, star trek picard, starfield, steam, stellaris, taron eggerton, ted lasso, the devil in the white city, the dominion, the founders, the mandalorian, the simpsons hit and run, valve, video games, wednesday
Will the ActivisionBlizzard deal ever stop making for great content? Because at this point its the gift that keeps on giving. Paradox interactive announces a slew of new games and DLC including Cities: Skylines II, Starfield finally has a new release date, and Google Admits it can't do cloud games alone. Paramount+ pulls the plug on Star Trek Discovery, maybe? Jon Bernthal joins the MCU, The Mandalorian shows a Star Wars beast of mythical proportions and Star Trek Picard brings back and old enemy. Also what's going on at Lucasfilm in regards to Star Wars film future?
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Episode 251: State of Presents Earnings Call
March 2nd, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
Bethesda, Chris Pine, E3, EA Games, Guillermo Del Toro, MCU, Netflix, Playstation, Resident Evil, Sony, Square Enix, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, The night manager, Tom Cruise, Xbox, amazon studios, andy muschietti, arkhamverse, baldurs gate 3, batman, battlefield 2042, beyond good and evil 2, call of duty, capcom, captain pikachu, cocaine bear, dcu, destiny 2, dice, disney+, dune, dune prequel, elden ring, ffxvi, forspoken, forza horizon 5, forza motorsport, fromsoftware, games with gold, glass onion, hbo max, hogwarts legacy, io interactive, it, it prequel, knives out, lord of the rings, meta quest 2, meta quest 3, middle earth, modern warfare ii, mortal kombat 12, movies, new line cinema, nintendo, occulus, paramount+, peter jackson, picard, pokémon, pokémon anime, pokémon concierge, pokémon presents, pokémon scarlet, pokémon sleep, pokémon violet, ps5, psvr2, resident evil 4 remake, ring of power, rockstead studios, rogers: the musical, shazam, shigeru miyamoto, shinji mikami, state of play, steven yeun, stranger things, street fighter 6, succession, suicide squad kill the justice league, super mario bros movie, tango gameworks, the evil within, the mandalorian, the thunderbolts, top gun maverick, ubisoft, vaporware, video games, warnerbros, wb, xbox series x
We had a lot of investor news this week, between WB's earnings call, the Sony State of Play, and a Pokémon Presents. EA wants to beef up production on Battlefield, while Ubisoft seems to be less and less interested in beyond good and evil 2 with each passing day. HBO Max loses one prequel and gains another. The Mando is back, and the Lord of the Rings may be as well. That and more come take a listen.
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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 238: Nintendo gonna Nintendo
November 30th, 2022 | 52 mins 42 secs
AMC, Bethesda, Bruce Lee, David Cage, EA, Fallout, Lucasfilm, MCU, Mario, Microsoft, Sony, Star Trek, Star Wars, Starship Troopers, TV shows, The Walking Dead, Xbox, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, andor, ang lee, arma 3, barbie, battlefield, black adam, call of duty, cocaine bear, dc animation, dc kingdom come, dc studio, dcu, disney+, easy rider, game freak, greta gerwig, guardians of the galaxy holiday special, henry cavill, indian jones 5, james gunn, mass effect, mcu ranking, movies, nintendo, overwatch 2, paramount+, phase 4, picard, pokémon, quantic dream, sega, shazam, star trek the next generation, star trek tng, super mario bros, superman, the federal trade comission, the rock, top gun maverick, video games
Why does Nintendo always have such poor community outreach? At least when it comes to games that aren't Pokémon. is there more trouble brewing for the Microsoft acquisition of ActivisionBlizzard? What made the Fallout TV show so much more appealing this time around? AMC is facing its own Walking Dead, Netflix has a hit with Wednesday and Disney+ is bring in more Fox properties. Andor ending on the highest note possible. Meanwhile Indy 5 impressed Harrison, James Gunn hints at whats to come, the Cocaine Bear is getting the movie adaptation it deserved!
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Episode 236: He Was Vengeance, He Was the Night, He will always be Batman
November 16th, 2022 | 39 mins 26 secs
Bethesda, DC, Dragon Age, EA, GTA, Netflix, Phil Spencer, Playstation, Sony, Star Wars, Studio Ghibli, TV shows, The Witcher 3, Xbox, a quiet place, alan wake 2, alien, andor, ash ketchum, avatar the last airbender, batman, batman arkham city, batman the animated series, bioshock, bioware, bungie, cd projekt red, control 2, creed 3, crystal dynamics, cyberpunk 2077, dave bautista, david harbour, dcu, destiny 2, disney+, duffer bros, eminem, fable, game of thrones, gears of war, geek, geoff keighley, god of war ragnarok, google, google stadia, hbo max, hogwarts legacy, james gunn, john wick, justice league unlimited, kevin conroy, lionsgate, margot robie, marvels avengers, mister terrific, movies, nerd, overwatch 2, paramount+, penguin, pirates of the caribbean, pokémon, ps5, razer, remedy entertainment, rian johnson, rocky, sly stallone, sony santa monica, squareenix, starfield, stranger things, stray, streets of rage, the batman, the game awards, the santa clauses, thunderbolts, tony scott, top gun maverick, video games, walter hamada, witcher: blood origin, yellowstone
RIP Kevin Conroy, the goat, THE Batman! Also God of War Ragnarok is out and is fun, the game awards have announced their nominees, and yes Marvels Avengers is still a thing. Andor continues to knock it out of the park, The Santa Clauses is slow, and Ash finally becomes the very best. John Wick Chpater 4 brings in the big guns, James Gunn teases something Terrific, and Margot Robie is no longer sailing. That and more come take a listen.