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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 364: Gorilla vs 100</title>
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  <itunes:episode>364</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Gorilla vs 100</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>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?</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:13:57</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 318: Xbox has all the games!</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <itunes:title>Xbox has all the games!</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>The summer of gaming 2024 is here! We got summer games fest, the Xbox Showcase, Sony State of Play(last week), and the Ubisoft Forward! We have news from all of it! And did you expect a Perfect Dark gameplay reveal? Cause I didn't. So many games are coming to gamepass, and so many games are staying on Xbox, except DOOM but thats ok, its a Mad World. Also more hungers games is coming, both on the page and on the screen, Netflix is expaning its Nickelodeon world, and its Zack Snyder world, meanwhile Max is growing Westeros and Middle Earth. WB also seems to doubling down on Anime. Plus is Marvels Blade in trouble again? Plus Alamo Drafthouse is saved by Sony. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:28:01</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 289: This Podcast is out of clay</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
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  <itunes:episode>289</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>This Podcast is out of clay</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Happy Thanksgiving eve! So it looks like we are getting a Wonder Woman game with the nemesis system which makes me instantly excited. Mario Kart falls out of the top selling for the first time in years, Cyberpunk's re release is going to be 3 disks!!!!, and I guess the KoToR remake isnt dead? Also Disney is banking on sequels, again.... Scream 7 loses its stars, and Good Burger 2! Plus a 90s rom com list!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:34:35</itunes:duration>
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  <description>Happy Thanksgiving eve! So it looks like we are getting a Wonder Woman game with the nemesis system which makes me instantly excited. Mario Kart falls out of the top selling for the first time in years, Cyberpunk's re release is going to be 3 disks!!!!, and I guess the KoToR remake isnt dead? Also Disney is banking on sequels, again.... Scream 7 loses its stars, and Good Burger 2! Plus a 90s rom com list! 
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  <title>Episode 285: Your Friendly Neighborhood Podcast</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 23:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <itunes:episode>285</itunes:episode>
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  <itunes:subtitle>If you cant tell by the title, we have a review of Marvel's Spider-Man 2! Which is probably one of the best games of the year, and that's a fact. We also have news from Xbox's Partner Showcase, Twitchcon, and Magic the Gathering. Star Citizen assures us its not vaporware, and Doug Bowser plays coy about Nintendo's next. Meanwhile, in Hollywood, the SAG-AFTRA strikes passes 100 days, but progress may be back on the horizon. Two Hollywood legends say goodbye, and Taylor Swift takes over Hollywood again. Also in our continuing series, we have Nick's Top 10 90s Horror Movies!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:16:21</itunes:duration>
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