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Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 13 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag “fx”.
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Episode 394: Happy Little Trees
November 26th, 2025 | 57 mins 32 secs
a knight of the seven kingdoms, activision, activisionblizzard, assassin's creed, assassin's creed shadows, attack on titan, battlefield 6, black ops 7, bob ross, brett ratner, call of duty, call of duty black ops 7, charlie cox, clair obscur: expedition 33, disney, donald trump, duffer bros, ea, farcry, friends, frozen, frozen 2, fx, fx on hulu, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george rr martin, gta 6, hbo, hbo max, hoppers, house of the dragon, hulu, james cameron, joey, john oliver, lucasfilm, mcu, mike flannagan, movies, naruto, nerd, netflix, noah hawley, paramount, pbs, pixar, rob mac, rush hour 4, scarjo, star wars, star wars visions, steam, steam machine, stranger things, sunrise on the reaping, the academy awards, the exorcist, the game awards, the hunger games, toy story, toy story 5, treyarch, tv, ubisoft, universal pictures, valve, video games, walt disney animation, walt disney pictures, warner bros, wicked, wicked for good, wonder man, xbox, xbox game pass, xbox partner preview
Happy Thanksgiving week! Just a few major stories to break down this week. FarCry is headed to television on FX with Rob Mac staring, which is the right type of chaos that show needs. Wicked went off to see the wizard with a big box office take, and it might not be, for good. Plus Rush Hour 4 is happening, and the reason why is pretty unusual. That and more on this weeks episode.
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Episode 392: I ain't got time to bleed
November 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 13 mins
007, activisionblizzard, alien, alien: earth, amazon, amazonmgm studios, arc raiders, bethesda, bioware, blizzard, blizzcon, bungie, clair obscur, dc universe, dcu, destiny 2, devil wears prada, disney, fx, fxonhulu, game of the year, gaming, geek, gorilla grodd, grand theft auto 6, gremlins, gta 6, gtavi, horizon zero dawn, hulu, james bond, jimmy olsen, jumanji 3, lego, link, marvel 1943, mass effect, movies, n7, ncsoft, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, pixar, playstation 5, pokémon, pokémon legends z-a, predator, predator badlands, predators, ps5, ratchet and clank, rockstar games, sabrina carpenter, shigeru miyamoto, shroud, skydance, sony, square enix, star trek, star trek the next generation, steam, steam machine, super mario, super mario bros movie, super mario galaxy movie, the elder scrolls, the elder scrolls 6, the legend of zelda, the pokémon company, the predator, todd howard, toy story 5, tv, uss enterprise, v for vendetta, valve, video games, weylandyutani, yuatja
Get to the choppa, cause its time for a review of the newest Predator movie, Predator Badlands. It does not disappoint. Plus Valve doubles down on hardware, while the Super Mario Galaxy movie shows off its stars. Also, Sony has buyers remorse about Bungie, and somehow Amazon has forgotten that James Bond has had a history of reboots. and someone call MU/TH/UR because Alien Earth is coming back!
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Episode 379: Not for Clankers
August 14th, 2025 | 1 hr 8 mins
alien earth, avatar, avengers doomsday, ballerina, battlefield 6, bioshock, bioshock 4, black bag, blizzard, borderlands, borderlands 4, channing tatum, civ 7, civilization 7, contraband, daredevil, daredevil: born again, dc studios, dcu, demon slayer, dice, dreamworks, ea, eminem, flight simulator, fortnite, forza horizon, forza motorsport, fx, fx on hulu, gaming, gearbox interactive, geek, halo, halo 3: odst, helldivers, helldivers 2, hulu, idw, inzoi, jack sparrow, james cameron, james gunn, jerry bruckheimer, john boyega, john wick, johnny depp, jurassic park, jurassic world, kojima, legend of zelda, lionsgate, lord of the rings, mario, mcu, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nintendo indie world showcase, nintendo switch 2, odst, one piece, paramount pictures, peacock, peter jackson, pirates of the caribbean, playstation 5, playstation studios, ps5, pubg, randy pitchford, rod fergusson, rog, rog ally, ryan reynolds, shrek 5, simon pegg, sony, sony entertainment america, sony interactive entertainment, star trek, star wars, steven soderbergh, straus zelnick, street sharks, superman, take two interactive, tencent, the batman, the batman 2, the office, the paper, top gun, transformers, turn 10 studios, tv, twisted metal, video games, warnerbros, weapons, xbox, xbox rog ally, xenomorph, zaslav
Xbox just keeps taking hits, and there is no way to spin it. Sony takes one on the chin too, as their Live Service goals aren't playing out the way they hoped. Plus Blizzard loses Rod, Strauss is the ultimate hype man, and Battlefield is back? Plus Paramount sets its sights on its new future, DC Studios has a plan, Captain Jack Sparrow might be back. Plus Reviews of Black Bag, Twisted Metal Season 2 and the first two episodes of Alien Earth.
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Episode 376: No More Tears
July 24th, 2025 | 1 hr 43 mins
alamo drafthouse, alien: earth, amazon prime video, assassin's creed, avengers doomsday, bethesda, beyond the spider-verse, booster gold, captain marvel, captain planet, cbs, critical roll, dcu, disney, disney+, doctor doom, donkey kong, dredd, fc 26, final fantasy xiv, futurama, fx, fx on hulu, gabe newell, gaming, geek, ghosts of yotei, harry potter, hbo, hbo max, hellraiser, hulu, invincible, james gunn, jeopardy, judge dredd, kevin feige, king of the hill, lego, lego gameboy, leonardo dicaprio, loki, madden, madden curse, malcolm jamal warner, mario kart world, marvel studios, mcu, miles morales, mortal kombat ii, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, obsidian entertainment, ozzy osbourne, paramount, paramount+, playstation, pokémon, pokémon legends za, pokémon presents, popcorn bucket, reed richards, resident evil 2, robert downey jr, south park, spider-man, square enix, star wars, stephen colbert, stranger things, superman, supermassive, taika waititi, the avengers, the chines room, the elder scrolls, the fantastic four, the late show, the outer worlds, the outer worlds 2, thunderbolts*, tron, tron ares, tv, ubisoft, unreal engine, valve, video games, walt disney pictures, wandavision, warner bros, wednesday, wednesday adams, windows 10, x-men, xbox
Another day, another round of layoffs in the gaming industry, will it ever stop? The Pokémon company had a presents and showed off more TV than games, Xbox rolls back a controversial pricing plan, and why are video games getting popcorn buckets? Plus, new trailers all around: Tron Ares, Mortal Kombat, Stranger Things and Alien: Earth. Kevin Feige holds an MCU roundtable instead of going to Comic Con, Captain Planet is headed back to TV!
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Episode 370: Anti-E3
June 11th, 2025 | 1 hr 21 mins
activison, alien, alien earth, ballerina, black myth wukong, black panther 3, blumhouse, brad bird, call of duty, call of duty black ops, comic con, dcu, death stranding, denzel washington, disney+, doublefine, dune, dune awakening, fallout, final fantasy, five nights at freddy's, fx, gamefreak, gaming, geek, geoff keighly, hall h, halloween horror nights, harry potter, hbo, hbo max, hitman, hollow knight, hulu, ign, ign live, in xile, incredibles 3, io interactive, ironheart, james gunn, john wick, jurassic world evolution, keanu reeves, kojima, mario kart, mario kart world, marvel studios, mcu, mia goth, michael biehn, movies, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, obsidian, pixar, predator, predator 2, predator killer of killer, prey, princess peach, resident evil 9, rog ally, ryan coogler, sag-aftra, saw, sony, sony state of play, splatoon, star trek, star wars, star wars starfighter, sumer games fest, the outer worlds 2, the phoenician scheme, toad, tony hawk, tv, video games, warnerbros, warnerbros discovery, wes anderson, wonder woman, xbox, xbox games showcase, xbox rog ally
Its that magical time of year, when all the games are announced, and the big 3 come together! I'm talking about, wait, no, E3 is gone, but its spirit lives on, in this disjointed days of virtual press conferences. Xbox had their Games Showcase and didn't show any of the tentpoles, Summer Games Fest knocked it out of the park with Resident Evil 9, and IGN Live tried to fill in some gaps. Plus, The Phoenician Scheme, Predator Killer of Killers, and Ballerina from the World of John Wick all get reviewed.
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Episode 364: Gorilla vs 100
April 30th, 2025 | 1 hr 13 mins
4/20, a minecraft movie, a24, amazonmgm, assassin's creed shadows, back to the future, blade, blade runner, bob gale, borderlands 4, call of duty, call of duty black ops 4, clair obscur, daywalker, dcu, dvd, dvd rot, dwayne "the rock" johnson, ea, ea games, ea sports, ea sports college football, ea sports fc, fantastic four, fortnite, francis ford coppola, fx, game pass, gaming, geek, gorilla, hollywood, hunger games, ian mcdiarmid, jake gyllenhaal, james gunn, madden nfl 27, mahershala ali, mcu, megalopolis, miami vice, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, palpatine, respawn entertainment, revenge of the sith, rise of skywalker, roadhouse, seth rogan, sgt. rock, shogun, sinners, skate, split fiction, star wars, star wars revenge of the sith, star wars: revenge of the sith, sydney sweeney, the rock, the smashing machine, titanfall, tv, ubisoft, video games
No 100 dudes aren't beating 1 Gorilla, you're wild for thinking otherwise. Anyway, did you get your hands on a Switch 2 preorder? Cause if you did you may have avoided the chaos. EA announced a big shakeup, cancelled games, and is bringing paid season pass to FC 25. Plus what is Call of Duty's obsession with the ganja? Hollywood is not being saved by Netflix, sequels abound, and some superhero movies lose their capes, plus will The Rock win with A24?
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Episode 306: The state of the gaming industry is Unreal
March 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 18 mins
007, 20th century, aaron taylor johnson, akira toriyama, alien romulus, amazon prime video, among us, amy henig, apex legends, apple tv+, aspyr, beetlejuice beetlejuice, bill hader, billy dee williams, black mirror, black panther, blizzard entertainment, bullet train, bungie, captain america, colombia pictures, cyclops, dcu, deadpool 3, disney+, doctor who, dr. seuss, dune pt. 2, dune: awakening, ea game, embracer group, epic games, fallout, final fantasy 14, fortnite, furiosa, fx, fx on hulu, gabe newell, game developers conference, gaming, gdc, geek, george lucas, halo 2, hulu, james bond, james gunn, james marsden, jay and silent bob, jonathan nolan, kick-ass, lando calrissian, league of legends, lord gaben, mad max, madame web, marathon, margot robbie, marvel 1943 rise of hydra, marvel games, marvel zombies, max payne, max payne 1, mcu, metahuman, minecraft, movies, mr. beast, nerd, netflix, nic cage, nuka cola, overwatch 2, palworld, playstation 5, pokémon, popeye, ps5, ps5 pro, rebel moon pt. 2, remedy entertainment, respawn entertainment, riot games, rockstar games, saber interactive, sand land, skydance new media, sony pictures, sony playstation, spider-man, spider-man 2, spider-man noir, square enix, star citizen, star wars, star wars battlefront, star wars battlefront classic collection, state of unreal, steam, steve martin, sydney sweeny, teen titans, the acolyte, the bear, the cat in the hat, the crow, the high republic, the never ending story, the sims, the walt disney company, tim sweeny, tv, twitch, uefn, unreal engine 5, valve corp, video games, warner bros, xbox, xbox live
You read that correctly, the state of the gaming world is unreal, as in Unreal Engine. As the GDC is fully underway, there was still a lot of news to get through. From Epic games having their state of Unreal, to Saber Interactive breaking free from Embracers embrace, to the failure of the PSVR 2, and Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection taking a nosedive. Also Popeye, The Cat in the Hat, and The Never Ending Story are all making some kind of comeback, The Acolyte gets its first trailer, and Dune Pt. 2 continues to sizzle as the box office. That and a whole lot more.
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Episode 305: My Eyes See Barbenheimer
March 14th, 2024 | 1 hr 13 mins
activision, adult swim games, akira toriyama, al pacino, amazon prime video, american fiction, barbie, barbie 2, bethesda softworks, bethesda studios, blizzard, chrono trigger, cowboy bebop, crunchyroll, cwa, daisy ridley, daredevil, dbz, dcu, denis villeneuve, deviation games, disney+, dragon ball, dragon ball z, dragon quest, dreamworks animation, dune part 2, fallout, funimation, fx, gaming, geek, geoff keighly, greta gerwig, halo, hulu, inside out, insomniac games, james gunn, jimmy kimmel, john cena, john mulaney, jon bernthal, lego, lucasfilm, mar10 day, mario bros, mario kart, master chief, matt reeves, max, mcu, michael keaton, miyazaki, morbius, movies, multiversus, national treasure, nerd, neve campbell, nicolas cage, nintendo, oppenheimer, overwatch 2, paramount+, patty jenkins, payday 3, peacemaker, pixar, playstation, pokémon, pokémon scarlet, pokémon violet, poor things, pubg, qa testers, salems lot, scream, scream 7, shawn layden, shogun, shrek, shrek 2, sie, sig asmussen, sony, sony interactive entertainment, sony playstation, spider-man 2, spider-man the great web, star trek, star trek starfleet academy, star wars, star wars rogue squadron, starbreeze, stephen king, summer games fest, super mario, superman, system shock, the academy awards, the batman, the batman ii, the boy and the heron, the holdovers, the oscars, toonami, toyota, turtle beach, tv, venom, venom 3, video games, wb games, x-men '97, xbox, zone of interest
And the Award goes too...boy was that a fun Oscars telecast, I enjoyed it. Full of nonsurprises. Also the world mourns the loss of a great man, we lost the Great Akira Toriyama last week, he provided to much to so many people, he will never be forgotten. And In the best news, Patty Jenkins is still making her Rogue Squadron movie for Lucasfilm! Plus we learned about a cancelled Spider-Man multiplayer game, Mario has his MAR10 day, and Shrek 2 is coming back to theaters. Come take a listen!
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Episode 297: 30 Rock Live
January 18th, 2024 | 1 hr 29 mins
343i, 90s, 90s movies, a league of their own, alien, alien covenant, aliens, amc, andy kaufman, anya chalotra, baldur's gate 3, bill & ted, bill mitchell, brad pitt, call of duty, certain affinity, chad stahelski, clerks, cool world, creature commandos, daisy ridley, daniel day lewis, dark souls, david lynch's dune, dcu, discord, disney+, dune, epic games, fargo, fight club, final fantasy vii, final fantasy xvi, foamstars, forrest gump, fortnite, fromsoftware, fx, gameshark, gaming, geek, gta 6, halo, halo battle royale, hbo, iron man, jenna ortega, jim carrey, john wick, kevin smith, king of kong, kingdom of the planet of the ape, larian studios, laurence fisburne, lorne michaels, lucasfilm, man on the moon, margot robbie, martin scorsese, marvel studios, max, mcu, minecraft, movies, nerd, netflix, nicole kidman, noah hawley, oppenheimer, our flag means death, paramount+, peacock, peter griffin, pixar, planet of the apes, playstation, playstation plus, pokémon, prison architect, ps plus, ps4, ps5, remedy entertainment, robert downer jr, robin williams, rock band 4, rockstar games, saturday night live, seth macfarlane, she hulk, smite, snl, square enix, stalker 2, star wars, stranger things, take two interactive, tatian maslany, ted, the 75th emmy awards, the big lebowski, the coen brothers, the dude, the exorcist, the television academy, the truman show, the witcher, tina fey, tom cruise, tom hanks, top gun, top gun 3, top gun maverick, top spin, toys, tpain, tv, twin galaxies, twitch, ubisoft, ubisoft+, until dawn, video games, warzone, wednesday, young sheldon
Will Tina Fey take over Saturday Night Live? I think Lorne Michaels hopes she does. Plus the Halo Battle Royale was almost real, despite 343 always saying they wouldn't make one. Plus the Emmys happened, and The Bear, Beef, and Succession all walked away as winners. That and more on this weeks Nick's Nerd News.
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Episode 296: The Bear's Beef, and his successor too
January 11th, 2024 | 1 hr 14 mins
1991, 90s movies, a24, ahsoka, amd, anatomy of a fall, apex legends, aquaman and the lost kingdom, ayaneo, ayer cut, baby yoda, baldur's gate 3, barbie movie, beauty and the beast, beef, bill & ted's bogus journey, bytedance, call of duty, cd projekt red, ces, city of heroes, city slickers, cruela, cyberpunk 2077 phantom liberty, daredevil, david ayer, david lynch, dceu, dcu, deadpool, dice awards, disney+, dune 2, echo, emma stone, escape from tarkov, final fantasy, fx, fxonhulu, game of thrones, gaming, geek, gerard butler, ghostbusters, god of war, godzilla, golden globes, half-life 2, harley quinn, hbo, hellraiser, hi-fi rush, hogwarts legacy, hook, horizon zero dawn, hot shots!, how to train your dragon, hulu, hyperkin, james gunn, jessica jones, kelvin timeline, killers of the flower moon, king kong, konami, la story, larian, lucasfilm, luke cage, margot robbie, martin scorsese, marvel snap, mcu, metal gear solid 3 remake, minecraft, mojang, movies, ncsoft, nerd, netflix, nothing but trouble, nvidia, oppenheimer, our flag means death, paramount pictures, paul thomas anderson, playstation, pokémon tv, prime timeline, rtx 4080, ryan reynolds, ryzen, sakurai, sega genesis, sega master system, seth macfarlane, silent hill 2 remake, snyder cut, snyderverse, sony playstation studios, spider-man 2, star citizen, star trek, star trek vi: the undiscovered country, star wars, steam, steam deck, steam os, steven yeun, stranger things, succession, suicide squad, super smash, team fortress 2, terminator 2, the addams family, the bear, the blob, the golden globes, the mandalorian, the mandalorian & grogu, the marvels, the orville, the rock, the thunderbolts, tom cruise, tv, twitch, ubisoft, unity engine, unity software, valve corp, video games, warnerbrosdiscovery, warzone, wbgames, wednesday, wonka, xbox
Well the Golden Globes happened, and CES is still underway, hopefully you wont confuse the two. Lucasfilm dropped a thermal detonator's worth of news, a new star wars film, and a shows renewal. Xbox takes the first stage of 2024, and Star Citizen wants to take all your money, after it already did so. Layoffs continue in the gaming industry, as Hollywood kicks it back into high gear. Plus my favorite movies from 1991, since it was the year I was born. Come take a listen.