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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 340: The Tropes are Hungry</title>
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  <itunes:episode>340</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Tropes are Hungry</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Another week, another meltdown over Xbox exclusives and "WhY ShOuLd I bUy An XbOx", all because Phil continues to say the same thing over and over for years. We also got confirmation that the Mass Effect Television show is full steam ahead! Lets hope Amazon repeats the magic it did with Fallout. Plus there are apparently a million star wars movies in development, and im sure only 4 will actually come out. Denzel teases his future in the MCU, and D23 Brazil brought the heat. That and a hell of a lot more. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:09:34</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 308: Now Streaming on Quibi!</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>April Fools!  Hope Everyone enjoyed their joke filled holiday! This Week we have a Kaiju filled review for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, plus more layoffs hit the gaming industry, in what feels like a death march towards self implosion. Also Xbox wants to bring AI to your support page, and Saber Interactive assures us the KoToR remake is "alive and well". Also WarnerBros wants to poison us with another Matrix movie, Christopher Nolan becomes a Sir and  Sam Raimi is practically begging for The Secret Wars directing job. Plus a hell of a lot more!</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Episode 306: The state of the gaming industry is Unreal</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <itunes:title>The state of the gaming industry is Unreal</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>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. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:18:30</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 219: Its a PS world, we're just livin in it</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>If the title isn't clear, this is a PlayStation news heavy week. Not all news, but a good chunk. EA is making waves with a new Skate Announcement. LEGO has a few big announcements up its sleeve, that's what she said! Amazon and HBO Max aren't pulling any punches with new trailer drops. Netflix is double down on its password enforcement. And was the movement to restore the Snyderverse all a ruse? That and more in this weeks episode. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>56:09</itunes:duration>
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