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    <title>Nick's Nerd News - Episodes Tagged with “Blockbuster”</title>
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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 264: It's Tom Wambsgans, were just living in it. </title>
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  <itunes:title>It's Tom Wambsgans, were just living in it. </itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>How about that succession ending, it stuck the landing and that's all that matters, meanwhile the Arrowverse left us, no whimper no bang, just and end. Nintendo continues its fight against itself and its fans,  and Konami is just in it for the snakes. Spider-Man's future gets an uplifting update, and The little Mermaid fails to make a splash outside of the US. That and more, come take a listen. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:00:51</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 234: Is it time to dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge, again, again?</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 23:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <itunes:title>Is it time to dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge, again, again?</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Modern Warfare II is out and its fun, but short. Phil Spencer continues his candidness, Sony drops us a doozy with the price of the PSVR2, and Overwatch 2 drops the ball again. Meanwhile the MCU continues to grow on Disney+, DC on tv faces another casualty, and Henry Cavill ditches Geralt. Meanwhile is Dogdeball 2 on the way? </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>46:55</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 231: I got a mushroom over heer!</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <itunes:title>I got a mushroom over heer!</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Well we finally got to hear Chris Pratt's Mario, and uhhh, he may be from Brooklyn? Need for Speed is making a quick comeback, Doom has been ported to yet another device. Twitchcon leaves attendees with more then swag, Google ditches Stadia for gaming chromebooks, and META shifts the quest from work to play. Meanwhile HBO Max continues its DC output, while Discovery guts WB of everything else, Netflix in an ironic twist has a Blockbuster show coming, and Andor has its best yet. Marvel Delays Blade, and everything along with it. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:02:18</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 184: A Legend turns 20</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 23:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>As we celebrate #HALO20 and #XBOX20 lets not forget our future. We also have more depression ActivisionBlizzard news, The Game Awards announces its nominees. Disney+ celebrates it's Disneyplusaversary, and Marvel Nukes the internet with the new Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer. Also Nick finally watched Eternals, and has some thoughts.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:01:42</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 119: When Infinite becomes Indefinite</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Will the delay of Halo Infinite hurt the Launch of Series X? Probably, Nick has some thoughts. Apple and Epic are duking it out in a battle for the ages, who will come out on top. Star Trek is boldly going but not as soon as you might expect, while Agents of Shield goes above and beyond expectations in its finale. Tron 3 is happening but at what cost? And movie theaters are opening but is it worth it? That and a hell of a lot more. </itunes:subtitle>
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