<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" encoding="UTF-8" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:fireside="http://fireside.fm/modules/rss/fireside">
  <channel>
    <fireside:hostname>web01.fireside.fm</fireside:hostname>
    <fireside:genDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:39:23 -0500</fireside:genDate>
    <generator>Fireside (https://fireside.fm)</generator>
    <title>Nick's Nerd News - Episodes Tagged with “James Gunn”</title>
    <link>https://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/tags/james%20gunn</link>
    <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <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. 
Theme Song: Science Fiction Movie, Var. 3(instrumental) - Royalty Free Music Maker
</description>
    <language>en-us</language>
    <itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type>
    <itunes:subtitle>Nerd Unfiltered</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
    <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. 
Theme Song: Science Fiction Movie, Var. 3(instrumental) - Royalty Free Music Maker
</itunes:summary>
    <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
    <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
    <itunes:keywords>&lt;title&gt;,&lt;googleplay:description&gt;,&lt;googleplay:explicit&gt;,&lt;googleplay:author&gt;,&lt;googleplay:email&gt;,&lt;itunes:explicit&gt;,&lt;itunes:author&gt;,&lt;itunes:email&gt;,&lt;googleplay:image&gt;,&lt;itunes:image&gt;,&lt;image&gt;,&lt;itunes:summary&gt;</itunes:keywords>
    <itunes:owner>
      <itunes:name>Nick DeFalco</itunes:name>
      <itunes:email>nicks.nerd.news@gmail.com</itunes:email>
    </itunes:owner>
<itunes:category text="Leisure">
  <itunes:category text="Video Games"/>
</itunes:category>
<itunes:category text="TV &amp; Film"/>
<itunes:category text="News">
  <itunes:category text="Entertainment News"/>
</itunes:category>
<item>
  <title>Episode 409: What have we here? Matching uniforms?</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/409</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">ec144882-a944-4663-a48b-4be85510d011</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/ec144882-a944-4663-a48b-4be85510d011.mp3" length="54776048" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>409</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>What have we here? Matching uniforms?</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>The Oscars were this weekend, and surprise surprise, PTA won big, while Chalamet went home with nothing. We also got two big trailers this week, Dune Pt. 3 and Spider-Man: Brand New Day!  Pokémon Go was used to farm us for AR images and map data, and Nvidia says we're wrong about DLSS5. Plus we have the Scooby gang all casted for Netflix's upcoming adaptation. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:04:58</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/e/ec144882-a944-4663-a48b-4be85510d011/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>The Oscars were this weekend, and surprise surprise, PTA won big, while Chalamet went home with nothing. We also got two big trailers this week, Dune Pt. 3 and Spider-Man: Brand New Day!  Pokémon Go was used to farm us for AR images and map data, and Nvidia says we're wrong about DLSS5. Plus we have the Scooby gang all casted for Netflix's upcoming adaptation.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, PEGI, Xbox, Microsoft, Jeff Kaplan, Blizzard, Activision, Overwatch, Bluepoint, Sony, PlayStation, Steam Machine, Steam, Fortnite, Epic Games, Vbucks, Pokémon Go, Niantic, Resident Evil, Resident Evil Requiem, Capcom, Bethesda, Fallout 4, Krafton, Subnautica 2, Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft, Netflix, Nvidia, DLSS 5, Starfield, Take Two Interactive, Starbreeze, PAYDAY, Aaron Pierre, Green Lantern, DCU, DC Studios, James Gunn, Superman, Stewie, Family Guy, Seth McFarlane, Fox, Oceans 11, Bradley Cooper, Amazon Prime Video, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hulu, Firefly, Nathan Fillion, The Oscars, The 98th Academy Awards, One Battle After Another, KPop Demon Hunters, Sinners, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, The Last of Us, A quiet Place, Jack Ryan, Tom Clancy, Dune Pt. 3, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Spider-Man, MCU, A24, Bloodsport, JCVD, Robert Pattinson, The Batman, Matt Reeves, Sony, AI, Studio Ghibli, Disney, Pixar, Lilo &amp; Stich, The Incredibles, Scooby Doo, Netflix, </itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>The Oscars were this weekend, and surprise surprise, PTA won big, while Chalamet went home with nothing. We also got two big trailers this week, Dune Pt. 3 and Spider-Man: Brand New Day!  Pokémon Go was used to farm us for AR images and map data, and Nvidia says we&#39;re wrong about DLSS5. Plus we have the Scooby gang all casted for Netflix&#39;s upcoming adaptation. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>The Oscars were this weekend, and surprise surprise, PTA won big, while Chalamet went home with nothing. We also got two big trailers this week, Dune Pt. 3 and Spider-Man: Brand New Day!  Pokémon Go was used to farm us for AR images and map data, and Nvidia says we&#39;re wrong about DLSS5. Plus we have the Scooby gang all casted for Netflix&#39;s upcoming adaptation. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 403: What kind of idiots do you have working here?</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/403</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">78355ba4-8952-4be0-9997-e94064bf78e6</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 23:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/78355ba4-8952-4be0-9997-e94064bf78e6.mp3" length="51717886" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>403</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>What kind of idiots do you have working here?</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>From Disney's new CEO to Googles game "maker". GTA 6 is locked in, and so is the final Fast and Furious. But what does it mean for you? Meanwhile Overwatch is shedding its 2, and going old school. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:01:06</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/7/78355ba4-8952-4be0-9997-e94064bf78e6/cover.jpg?v=2"/>
  <description>From Disney's new CEO to Googles game "maker". GTA 6 is locked in, and so is the final Fast and Furious. But what does it mean for you? Meanwhile Overwatch is shedding its 2, and going old school.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Xbox, Xbox Series X, Microsoft, Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed Black Flag, God of War, Kratos, Thor, Odin, PlayStation, Santa Monica Studio, Amazon Prime Video, Beyond Good and Evil 2, Google, Project Genie, Roblox, Generative AI, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario, The Grammy's, The Outer Worlds, Obsidian Entertainment, Sony, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2,  Grand Theft Auto, GTA 6, GTA VI, Rockstar Games, Take-Two Interactive, AMD, Valve, Steam, Steam Machine, Overwatch 2, Blizzard Entertainment, ActivisionBlizzard, Overwatch, James Gunn, Batman, DCU, Nick Frost, Hagrid, Harry Potter, HBO, Tom Holland, MCU, Spider-Man, Catherine O'Hara, Schitts Creek, Home Alone, Beetlejuice, Fast and Furious, The Fast and the Furious, Fast X, Fast Forever, Vin Diesel, Universal Pictures, Game of Thrones, Genndy Tartakovsky, Stranger Things, Stranger Things Tales from '85, Netflix, Crunchyroll, Anime, The Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger, Josh D'Amaro, Walt Disney Pictures, The Last of Us, HBO, K-Pop Demon Hunters, LEGO, F1, AppleTV, Warner Bros, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A24, Disney+, Wonder Man, Bethesda Game Studios, Fallout</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>From Disney&#39;s new CEO to Googles game &quot;maker&quot;. GTA 6 is locked in, and so is the final Fast and Furious. But what does it mean for you? Meanwhile Overwatch is shedding its 2, and going old school. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>From Disney&#39;s new CEO to Googles game &quot;maker&quot;. GTA 6 is locked in, and so is the final Fast and Furious. But what does it mean for you? Meanwhile Overwatch is shedding its 2, and going old school. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 402: Its a trailer park Z</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/402</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">cd9496bd-b41a-4bf2-9329-036445aff252</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/cd9496bd-b41a-4bf2-9329-036445aff252.mp3" length="49795653" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>402</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Its a trailer park Z</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>We finally have a release date for Forza Horizon 6, and at the same time saw that Game Freak can do more than Pokémon. Steam is facing a massive lawsuit in the UK, will it hold? Plus Sinners sweeps the Oscar noms, Dragon Ball celebrates its 40th in style, and there were more Trailers then you could shake a stick at this past week. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>59:37</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/c/cd9496bd-b41a-4bf2-9329-036445aff252/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>We finally have a release date for Forza Horizon 6, and at the same time saw that Game Freak can do more than Pokémon. Steam is facing a massive lawsuit in the UK, will it hold? Plus Sinners sweeps the Oscar noms, Dragon Ball celebrates its 40th in style, and there were more Trailers then you could shake a stick at this past week.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Ubisoft, Prince of Persia, Pokémon, Universal Studios Japan, Metroid Prime, Nintendo, Xbox, Xbox Developer Direct, Forza Horizon, Forza Horizon 6, Fable, Playground Games, Beast of Reincarnation, Game Freak, Kiln, Double Fine, Steve Downes, Master Chief, AI, Mario Kart, Steam, Runescape, PlayStation, Sony, Elden Ring: Nightrein, From Software, Batman, DCU, Ron Pearlman, Hellboy, Guillermo Del Toro, Sinners, One Battle After Another, Academy Awards, The Oscars, Maul: Shadow Lord, Star Wars, Lucasfilm, Darth Maul, He-Man, Masters of the Universe, Skeletor, Invincible, Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Yoshi, James Gunn, Lobo, Supergirl, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Super, Beerus, Sam Raimi, Spider-Man, The Simpsons, Daredevil, MCU, Disney+, Henry Cavill, Highlander, Ted Lasso</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>We finally have a release date for Forza Horizon 6, and at the same time saw that Game Freak can do more than Pokémon. Steam is facing a massive lawsuit in the UK, will it hold? Plus Sinners sweeps the Oscar noms, Dragon Ball celebrates its 40th in style, and there were more Trailers then you could shake a stick at this past week. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>We finally have a release date for Forza Horizon 6, and at the same time saw that Game Freak can do more than Pokémon. Steam is facing a massive lawsuit in the UK, will it hold? Plus Sinners sweeps the Oscar noms, Dragon Ball celebrates its 40th in style, and there were more Trailers then you could shake a stick at this past week. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 401: The Sanic Mysteries: Gotta go fast</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/401</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">8793cb1b-5f5b-49a7-b42a-611ba1019978</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/8793cb1b-5f5b-49a7-b42a-611ba1019978.mp3" length="67186797" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>401</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Sanic Mysteries: Gotta go fast</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Well Star Wars fans can continue to argue, because Kathleen Kennedy stepping down certainly wont stop them. But something to stop to listen to, is George RR Martin telling all to the Hollywood Reporter. Plus, Fallout Season 2 is not falling behind season 1, people just don't remember how TV works. Ubisoft decided to lay a big one on the gaming industry by cancelling another Prince of Persia game, and Netflix wants to keep WB movies on the big screen if the merger goes through. That and more on this weeks episode. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:20:15</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/8/8793cb1b-5f5b-49a7-b42a-611ba1019978/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Well Star Wars fans can continue to argue, because Kathleen Kennedy stepping down certainly wont stop them. But something to stop to listen to, is George RR Martin telling all to the Hollywood Reporter. Plus, Fallout Season 2 is not falling behind season 1, people just don't remember how TV works. Ubisoft decided to lay a big one on the gaming industry by cancelling another Prince of Persia game, and Netflix wants to keep WB movies on the big screen if the merger goes through. That and more on this weeks episode.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, META, VR, VR Gaming, META Quest, Bobby Kotick, ActivisonBlizzard, Microsoft, Xbox, Call of Duty, God of War, Kratos, Sony, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon MGM, Sophie Turner, Lara Croft, Tomb Raider, Ecco the Dolphin, SEGA, Resident Evil, Disney, Steam, The Division 3, Ubisoft, Tom Clancy, Marathon, Bungie, Far Cry, Far Cry 3, Assassn's Creed, Riot Games, Razer, Life is Strange, SquareEnix, Clair Obscur, Prince of Persia, Nintendo Switch 2, Switch 2, GameStop, Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog, noir, Disneyland, Galaxy's Edge, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, George RR Martin, Game of Thrones, Winds of Winter, House of the Dragon, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, A Song of Ice and Fire, Westeros, Dunk and Egg, HBO, The Hollywood Reporter, THR, James Cameron, Avatar, Avatar Fire &amp; Ash, Avatar 4, Kathleen Kennedy, Lucasfilm, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Dave Filoni, Fallout, Amazon Prime Video, Speedy Gonzalez, Looney Tunes, Warner Bros, Avengers Doomsday, MCU, Marvel Studios, Ted Sarandos, Netflix, Hans Zimmer, Harry Potter, Zootopia 2, Walt Disney Pictures, Zootopia, The Bone Temple, Batman, DCU, James Gunn, The Batman pt. 2, Invincible</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well Star Wars fans can continue to argue, because Kathleen Kennedy stepping down certainly wont stop them. But something to stop to listen to, is George RR Martin telling all to the Hollywood Reporter. Plus, Fallout Season 2 is not falling behind season 1, people just don&#39;t remember how TV works. Ubisoft decided to lay a big one on the gaming industry by cancelling another Prince of Persia game, and Netflix wants to keep WB movies on the big screen if the merger goes through. That and more on this weeks episode. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well Star Wars fans can continue to argue, because Kathleen Kennedy stepping down certainly wont stop them. But something to stop to listen to, is George RR Martin telling all to the Hollywood Reporter. Plus, Fallout Season 2 is not falling behind season 1, people just don&#39;t remember how TV works. Ubisoft decided to lay a big one on the gaming industry by cancelling another Prince of Persia game, and Netflix wants to keep WB movies on the big screen if the merger goes through. That and more on this weeks episode. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 398: Nick's Nerd New Year: Lucky Number Se7en</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/398</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">50d3097a-5bcc-46c4-adc9-e06b766fdb77</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/50d3097a-5bcc-46c4-adc9-e06b766fdb77.mp3" length="68158677" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>398</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Nick's Nerd New Year: Lucky Number Se7en</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>No 7 Wonders of the nerd world here, just Top 10s for 2025. With some news sprinkled in. Nick once again brings his Top 10 Movies, Games and TV shows to round out the year. No more perfect a day than New Years Eve! See you in 2026!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:20:30</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/5/50d3097a-5bcc-46c4-adc9-e06b766fdb77/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>No 7 Wonders of the nerd world here, just Top 10s for 2025. With some news sprinkled in. Nick once again brings his Top 10 Movies, Games and TV shows to round out the year. No more perfect a day than New Years Eve! See you in 2026! 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Avatar Fire &amp; Ash, Avatar, CD Projekt Red, GoG, Good Ole Games, Malcolm in the Middle, Hulu, Console sales, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, Avengers Doomsday, MCU, Thor, X-Men, Stranger Things, Netflix, Ryan Coogler, Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Call of Duty, Call of Duty Black Ops 7, Black Ops 7, Activision, Avowed, Obsidian, Pillars of Eternity, Doom The Dark Ages, Doom, ID Software, Bethesda, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft, South of Midnight, Compulsion Games, Jurassic World Evolution 3, Jurassic World, Mafia the Old Country, 2k Games, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Pokémon,  Keeper, Double Fine, Mobland, Paramount+, Ironheart, Disney+, Grosse Pointe Garden Society, Peacock, The Four Seasons, Your Friends &amp; Neighbors, Deli Boys, Stick, Apple TV+, Death By Lightning, SNL50, The Residence, Daredevil: Born Again, Alien: Earth, FX, FX on Hulu, The Studio, Seth Rogan, Naked Gun, Predator: Badlands, Caught Stealing, Black Bag, Thunderbolts*, Superman, DCU, James Gunn, Mickey 17, Bong Joon Ho, Wake Up Dead Man, Knives Out, F1, One Battle After Another, Top 10, Top Ten</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>No 7 Wonders of the nerd world here, just Top 10s for 2025. With some news sprinkled in. Nick once again brings his Top 10 Movies, Games and TV shows to round out the year. No more perfect a day than New Years Eve! See you in 2026!</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>No 7 Wonders of the nerd world here, just Top 10s for 2025. With some news sprinkled in. Nick once again brings his Top 10 Movies, Games and TV shows to round out the year. No more perfect a day than New Years Eve! See you in 2026!</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 389: Thank the Maker?</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/389</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">33ccf6f3-e65a-4f6f-ba42-c3fb00b9d637</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 23:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/33ccf6f3-e65a-4f6f-ba42-c3fb00b9d637.mp3" length="75703918" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>389</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Thank the Maker?</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>George has moved on, we need to accept that, elsewhere in a Galaxy Far Far Away Ben Solo is staying dead. Warner Bros has finally accepted its time to sell, after saying no to unwanted solicitors, Amazon paid pennies for James Bond. Xbox is sticking with the high prices, ಠ_ಠ, and more drama out of Ubisoft and Assassin's Creed. That and more on tonight's episode. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:32:10</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/3/33ccf6f3-e65a-4f6f-ba42-c3fb00b9d637/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>George has moved on, we need to accept that, elsewhere in a Galaxy Far Far Away Ben Solo is staying dead. Warner Bros has finally accepted its time to sell, after saying no to unwanted solicitors, Amazon paid pennies for James Bond. Xbox is sticking with the high prices, ಠ_ಠ, and more drama out of Ubisoft and Assassin's Creed. That and more on tonight's episode.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Quantic Dream, Star Wars, Dead or Alive, GTA VI, Grand Theft Auto, Rockstar Games, Battlefield 6, EA, DICE, Dead Space, Horizon Zero Dawn, Sony, PlayStation, Tencent, Pokémon, Nintendo, Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft, Fallout, Bethesda, Atari, Intellivison, Sleeping Dogs, Twitch, Twitchcon, James Bond, 007, Gamescom, Xbox ROG Ally, ASUS, Xbox, Pocketpair, Palworld, AI, God of War, Keeper, DoubleFine, Xbox Game Studios, Disney, Marvel Studios, MCU, Daredevil, Disney+, South Park, Stranger Things, Netflix, Gen V, The Boys, Amazon Prime Video, The Flash, Batgirl, George Lucas, Star Wars,  Dr Who, The Hulk, Event Horizon, Glen Powell, Stephen King, Apple TV, Peacock, Settlers of Catan, WarnerBros Discovery, WarnerBros, HBO Max, Ben Solo, Star Wars, Kylo Ren, Amazon MGM, Mortal Kombat II, James Gunn, DCU, Arkham, Peacemaker, Superman, Darkseid</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>George has moved on, we need to accept that, elsewhere in a Galaxy Far Far Away Ben Solo is staying dead. Warner Bros has finally accepted its time to sell, after saying no to unwanted solicitors, Amazon paid pennies for James Bond. Xbox is sticking with the high prices, ಠ_ಠ, and more drama out of Ubisoft and Assassin&#39;s Creed. That and more on tonight&#39;s episode. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>George has moved on, we need to accept that, elsewhere in a Galaxy Far Far Away Ben Solo is staying dead. Warner Bros has finally accepted its time to sell, after saying no to unwanted solicitors, Amazon paid pennies for James Bond. Xbox is sticking with the high prices, ಠ_ಠ, and more drama out of Ubisoft and Assassin&#39;s Creed. That and more on tonight&#39;s episode. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 388: Twist-It! Pull-It! Bop-It!</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/388</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">ec607348-8f41-4a18-9820-944322bfc665</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/ec607348-8f41-4a18-9820-944322bfc665.mp3" length="78946281" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>388</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Twist-It! Pull-It! Bop-It!</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Sony lays out its future, while Pokémon's future got leaked all over the internet. New York Comic Con brought the trailers, making it a definite competitor to SDCC. Plus IGN Fan fest was in full effect today with some great new, like a Bob-It video game! Plus a full review of Tron: Ares, is it bad, is it good, or is it just there...</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:34:29</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/e/ec607348-8f41-4a18-9820-944322bfc665/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Sony lays out its future, while Pokémon's future got leaked all over the internet. New York Comic Con brought the trailers, making it a definite competitor to SDCC. Plus IGN Fan fest was in full effect today with some great new, like a Bob-It video game! Plus a full review of Tron: Ares, is it bad, is it good, or is it just there... 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Call of Duty, Black Ops 7, Blops 7, Call of Duty: Black Ops, GTA 6, GTA VI, PlayStation, PS5, PS6, Sony, AMD, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo, Nintendo Pictures, Pikmin, Elder Scrolls 6, Besthesda, Skyrim, Discord, Pokémon, Game Freak, Battlefield 6, EA, Backyard Sports, Everwild, Rare ltd, Fallout, Infinity Ward, Assassins Creed, Ubisoft, Suckerpunch, Ghost of Yotei, IGN Fan Fest, Invincible, Predator Badlands, Bop-It, Friends, Jennifer Anniston, Harry Potter, HBO Max, Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Simpsons Movie, A Minecraft movie, Peacemaker, DCU, James Gunn, Doctor Who, BBC, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Batman Knightfall, Marvel Studios, NYCC, Star Trek, Mortal Kombat II, Diane Keaton, George RR Martin, Tron, Tron: Ares, Apple TV, K-pop Demon Hunters, Netflix, Stranger Things, The Walking Dead, Star Wars, Jar Jar, Bogart, The Jetsons, Jim Carey</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Sony lays out its future, while Pokémon&#39;s future got leaked all over the internet. New York Comic Con brought the trailers, making it a definite competitor to SDCC. Plus IGN Fan fest was in full effect today with some great new, like a Bob-It video game! Plus a full review of Tron: Ares, is it bad, is it good, or is it just there...</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Sony lays out its future, while Pokémon&#39;s future got leaked all over the internet. New York Comic Con brought the trailers, making it a definite competitor to SDCC. Plus IGN Fan fest was in full effect today with some great new, like a Bob-It video game! Plus a full review of Tron: Ares, is it bad, is it good, or is it just there...</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 386: Let's just not nitpick over the passwords</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/386</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">151a5646-fbca-4718-9a7e-5d7ea58da54e</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/151a5646-fbca-4718-9a7e-5d7ea58da54e.mp3" length="85783233" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>386</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Let's just not nitpick over the passwords</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>One Battle After Another, is what I should rename this podcast, because the movie was that good, and a full review is inside. Plus Xbox takes another self imposed L, Sony gives itself a gold medal, and EA goes private. The Simpsons are headed back to the big screen, and an AI "actress" has Hollywood in a fervor. Plus Forza Horizon is finally headed to the land of the Rising Sun, and Ubisoft gives Assassin's Creed a new home. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:40:31</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/1/151a5646-fbca-4718-9a7e-5d7ea58da54e/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>One Battle After Another, is what I should rename this podcast, because the movie was that good, and a full review is inside. Plus Xbox takes another self imposed L, Sony gives itself a gold medal, and EA goes private. The Simpsons are headed back to the big screen, and an AI "actress" has Hollywood in a fervor. Plus Forza Horizon is finally headed to the land of the Rising Sun, and Ubisoft gives Assassin's Creed a new home.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Tokyo Game Show, Forza Horizon, Forza Horizon 6, Playground Games, Helldivers, Helldivers 2, ROG Ally, Xbox ROG Ally, ASUS, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Nintendo, Nintendo of America, Doug Bowser, Bowser, Sony, SIE, Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation, PS5, PS4, Sony PlayStation, EA, EA Games, PIF, Saudi Arabia, Secret Lair, Magic the Gathering, God of War, Kratos, The Last of Us, Nathan Drake, uncharted, Fornite, Peacemaker, Dan House, Rockstar Games, Grand Theft Auto, Battlefield, Call of Duty, DICE, Skyrim Grandma, Elder Scrolls, Skyrim, Xbox, Xbox GamePass, Microsoft, Walton Goggins, The Ghoul, Fallout 76, Fallout, Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Ranbow Six, Tom Clancy, Ubisoft, Tencent, Spider-Man, Marvel Studios, MCU, Marvel Zombies, Disney+, Spaceballs, Mel Brooks, Star Wars, Star Wars Visions, Studio Trigger, The Office, Dwight Schrute, Jaws, Furby, James Gunn, DCU, Batman, Clayface, Pete Davidson, Pedro Pascal, Collin Farrell, The Batman 2, Tom Holland, The Simpsons, The Simpsons Movie, AI, Superman, HBO Max, Avengers: Doomsday, Avengers, MCU, Russo Bros, One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson, Leonardo DiCaprio</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>One Battle After Another, is what I should rename this podcast, because the movie was that good, and a full review is inside. Plus Xbox takes another self imposed L, Sony gives itself a gold medal, and EA goes private. The Simpsons are headed back to the big screen, and an AI &quot;actress&quot; has Hollywood in a fervor. Plus Forza Horizon is finally headed to the land of the Rising Sun, and Ubisoft gives Assassin&#39;s Creed a new home. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>One Battle After Another, is what I should rename this podcast, because the movie was that good, and a full review is inside. Plus Xbox takes another self imposed L, Sony gives itself a gold medal, and EA goes private. The Simpsons are headed back to the big screen, and an AI &quot;actress&quot; has Hollywood in a fervor. Plus Forza Horizon is finally headed to the land of the Rising Sun, and Ubisoft gives Assassin&#39;s Creed a new home. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 385: Hey Bub....This is the way</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/385</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">26bcdb39-b427-420c-b891-a0f308d8f85a</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 23:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/26bcdb39-b427-420c-b891-a0f308d8f85a.mp3" length="66665737" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>385</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Hey Bub....This is the way</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>New Trailers for Insomniacs Wolverine and The Mandalorian and Grogu have blown me away. Black Ops 7 gives a full multiplayer reveal, Xbox jacks up prices in an unprecedented move, and Nintendo is trying to rewrite the rules. Plus Daredevil is getting more screen time, Disney+ is hiking up prices, Alien: Earth needs more time, and James Gunn says Batman has to be done right. That and more on this weeks episode. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:19:09</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/2/26bcdb39-b427-420c-b891-a0f308d8f85a/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>New Trailers for Insomniacs Wolverine and The Mandalorian and Grogu have blown me away. Black Ops 7 gives a full multiplayer reveal, Xbox jacks up prices in an unprecedented move, and Nintendo is trying to rewrite the rules. Plus Daredevil is getting more screen time, Disney+ is hiking up prices, Alien: Earth needs more time, and James Gunn says Batman has to be done right. That and more on this weeks episode.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Horizon Zero Dawn, Guerilla Games, PlayStation, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Tencent, Twitch, Discord, Steam, Reddit, Gabe Newell, Nintendo, Pocketpair, Palworld, Fortnite, Roblox, Xbox, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Perfect Dark, Hideo Kojima, Kojima Productions, Tokyo Game Show, Call of Duty, Call of Duty Black Ops 7, Black Ops 7, Activision, Avatar, PlayStation Stars, Borderlands 4, Borderlands, Nintendo Switch 2, Sony State of Play, Wolverine, Marvel, X-Men, Insomniac, Deus Ex Remastered, Dardevil Born Again, MCU, Disney+, Star Wars Starfighter, Ryan Gosling, Lucasfilm, The Mandalorian and Grogu, The Mandalorian, Star Wars, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, South Park, Comedy Central, Paramount+, Avengers Doomsday, Jimmy Kimmel, Kimmel, James Gunn, DCU, Batman, 2 Bears 1 Cave, Tom Segura, Hulu, Alien: Earth, Alien, Noah Hawley, Xenomorph, James Bond, MGM, AmazonMGM, 007, Marvel Zombies, Gen V, The Boys, Amazon Prime Video</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>New Trailers for Insomniacs Wolverine and The Mandalorian and Grogu have blown me away. Black Ops 7 gives a full multiplayer reveal, Xbox jacks up prices in an unprecedented move, and Nintendo is trying to rewrite the rules. Plus Daredevil is getting more screen time, Disney+ is hiking up prices, Alien: Earth needs more time, and James Gunn says Batman has to be done right. That and more on this weeks episode. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>New Trailers for Insomniacs Wolverine and The Mandalorian and Grogu have blown me away. Black Ops 7 gives a full multiplayer reveal, Xbox jacks up prices in an unprecedented move, and Nintendo is trying to rewrite the rules. Plus Daredevil is getting more screen time, Disney+ is hiking up prices, Alien: Earth needs more time, and James Gunn says Batman has to be done right. That and more on this weeks episode. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 382: He makes websites...</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/382</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">b7b65a45-8d16-41fd-811f-670ac6a4b9fc</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/b7b65a45-8d16-41fd-811f-670ac6a4b9fc.mp3" length="89587015" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>382</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>He makes websites...</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Two wildly different movie reviews this week with Caught Stealing, and The Thursday Murder Club and boy are they wildly different movies as well. Plus James Gunn announces a Superman sequel, Amazon gives us our new Laura Croft, and Call of Duty is headed to the big screen. Also, Prefect Dark wasn't as dead as we thought, well, it is now, Konami made an interesting choice for Metal Gears return. That and more. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:20:57</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/b/b7b65a45-8d16-41fd-811f-670ac6a4b9fc/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Two wildly different movie reviews this week with Caught Stealing, and The Thursday Murder Club and boy are they wildly different movies as well. Plus, James Gunn announces a Superman sequel, Amazon gives us our new Laura Croft, and Call of Duty is headed to the big screen. Also, Prefect Dark wasn't as dead as we thought, well, it is now, Konami made an interesting choice for Metal Gears return. That and more.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us, HBO, TLOU, Helldivers 2, PlayStation, DICE, Battlefield 6, PS6, PS5, Indiana Jones, Machinegames, Konami, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 3, Mortal Kombat, Warner Bros, Pokémon, LEGO,  Haven Studios, PlayStation Studios, SIE, Hollow Knight, Hollow Knight Silksong, Capcom, Monster Hunter, Ubisoft, Rayman, TakeTwo Interactive, The Initiative, Perfect Dark, Crystal Dynamics, Call of Duty, Activision, Paramount, Resident Evil, Sophie Turner, Tomb Raider, Laura Croft, AmazonMGM, Amazon Prime Video, Phoebe Wallers Bridge, James Bond, 007, 007 First Light, IOI, IO Interactive, Hitman, James Gunn, Chris Pratt, Batman, DCU, Alan Ritchson, Superman, Man of Tomorrow, David Corenswet, Lex Luthor, Nicolas Hoult, War of the Worlds, Star Wars, Lucasfilm, Star Wars Starfighter, Ryan Gosling, Back to the Future, Michelle Yeoh, Star Trek, Star Trek Section 31, The Studio, Apple TV+, Sony Pictures, Ridley Scott, Gladiator, Alien, Disney, D23, Walt Disney, Pixar, Walt Disney World, Walt Disney Animation, Toy Story, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Paramount+,  Warwick Davis, Harry Potter, HBO Max, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Clayface, Scrubs, Marvel Zombies, MCU, Disney+, Knives Out, Netflix, The Paper, The Office, Peacock, The Thursday Murder Club</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Two wildly different movie reviews this week with Caught Stealing, and The Thursday Murder Club and boy are they wildly different movies as well. Plus, James Gunn announces a Superman sequel, Amazon gives us our new Laura Croft, and Call of Duty is headed to the big screen. Also, Prefect Dark wasn&#39;t as dead as we thought, well, it is now, Konami made an interesting choice for Metal Gears return. That and more. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Two wildly different movie reviews this week with Caught Stealing, and The Thursday Murder Club and boy are they wildly different movies as well. Plus, James Gunn announces a Superman sequel, Amazon gives us our new Laura Croft, and Call of Duty is headed to the big screen. Also, Prefect Dark wasn&#39;t as dead as we thought, well, it is now, Konami made an interesting choice for Metal Gears return. That and more. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 381: No Difficulty Options</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/381</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">7e396e5d-c28c-43d4-8cff-fe03c3d87ce0</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/7e396e5d-c28c-43d4-8cff-fe03c3d87ce0.mp3" length="104276452" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>381</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>No Difficulty Options</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>What is a call of Duty campaign without veteran difficulty? We are going to find out this year, plus Mass Effect has a filming date, Nintendo Switch 2 beats the price allegations, Nic Cage is headed to HBO and Superman breaks the $600 million barrier. Plus a lookback at gamescom, horror icons hit the soda aisle and South Park is moving slow. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:32:22</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/7/7e396e5d-c28c-43d4-8cff-fe03c3d87ce0/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>What is a call of Duty campaign without veteran difficulty? We are going to find out this year, plus Mass Effect has a filming date, Nintendo Switch 2 beats the price allegations, Nic Cage is headed to HBO and Superman breaks the $600 million barrier. Plus a lookback at gamescom, horror icons hit the soda aisle and South Park is moving slow.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Forza Horizon, Forza Motorsport, Xbox, Turn 10, Playground Games, Gamescom, Pokémon, Mortal Kombat, Hollow Knight, Call of Duty, Black Ops 7, Call of Duty Black Ops, Activision, Treyarch, James Gunn, WB Games, Peter Parsons, Bungie, Sony Interactive, EVO, Splinter Cell, Ubisoft, Tom Clancy, Double Fine, Tim Schafer, Pyschonaughts, Devil May Cry, Squanch Games, High on Life, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Pokémon Go, Hideo Kojima, Death Stranding, Skate, EA, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo, Roblox, Mass Effect, Bioware, Amazon Prime Video, Fallout, Atari, Alex Garland, Elden Ring, Clair Obscur, Star Citizen, Bethesda, Starfield, Xbox Game Pass, Crystal Dynamics, Wizards of the Coast, Alan Cumming, MCU, Avengers Doomsday, Avengers, X2, X-Men, Nightcrawler, Chucky, Fanta, The Paper, The Office, Peacock, Peacemaker, DCU, DCEU, The Justice Gang, HBO Max, John Cena, Katee Sackhoff, The Mandalorian, Star Wars, Lucasfilm, Disney+, Doctor Who, BBC, Nicolas Cage, True Detective, Superman, DCU, Kumail Nanjiani, The Eternals, MCU, South Park, Comedy Central, Paramount, LEGO, Pirates of the Caribbean, Ewan McGregor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, King of the Hill, Hulu, K-Pop Demon Hunters, Netflix, Wednesday, Sisu, Harry Potter</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>What is a call of Duty campaign without veteran difficulty? We are going to find out this year, plus Mass Effect has a filming date, Nintendo Switch 2 beats the price allegations, Nic Cage is headed to HBO and Superman breaks the $600 million barrier. Plus a lookback at gamescom, horror icons hit the soda aisle and South Park is moving slow. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>What is a call of Duty campaign without veteran difficulty? We are going to find out this year, plus Mass Effect has a filming date, Nintendo Switch 2 beats the price allegations, Nic Cage is headed to HBO and Superman breaks the $600 million barrier. Plus a lookback at gamescom, horror icons hit the soda aisle and South Park is moving slow. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 380: Kneel before Zod, right meow!</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/380</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">ec71779a-ad60-4e88-aa9b-ff6223c83d11</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 23:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/ec71779a-ad60-4e88-aa9b-ff6223c83d11.mp3" length="91445373" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>380</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Kneel before Zod, right meow!</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Listen here meow, Super Troopers 3 is coming, but not right meow. Gamescom is in full swing, and opening night live did not disappoint. PlayStation is joining its rivals, in raising prices on its 5 year old console, but at least the ODSTs are dropping into Helldivers 2? Plus Casting news for Scary Movie 6, The Hunt for Gollum and Avengers Doomsday. That and more, come take a listen, </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:20:07</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/e/ec71779a-ad60-4e88-aa9b-ff6223c83d11/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Listen here meow, Super Troopers 3 is coming, but not right meow. Gamescom is in full swing, and opening night live did not disappoint. PlayStation is joining its rivals, in raising prices on its 5 year old console, but at least the ODSTs are dropping into Helldivers 2? Plus Casting news for Scary Movie 6, The Hunt for Gollum and Avengers Doomsday. That and more, come take a listen,  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Xbox Game Pass, Metal Gear Solid 5, David Hayter, Blizzard, Diablo IV, PayPal, Steam, Pokémon, McDonalds, Guile, Street Fighter, Sakurai, Nintendo Direct, Kirby, Wuchang Fallen Feathers, Helldivers 2, Halo, Halo 3 ODST, Xbox, PS5, Nintendo Switch 2, Gamescom, Opening Night Live, Geoff Keighley, Sekrio, Hollow Knight, Best Buy, Call of Duty, Black Ops 7, Rod Fergusson, Bioshock, Xbox ROG Ally, ASUS, Hyperkin, HBO Max, Anime, Margot Robbie, Harley Quinn, James Gunn, DCU, Superman, The Boys, Homelander, King of the Hill, Hulu,  Doctor Who, Home Alone, James Bond, Scary Movie 6, Anna Farris, Regina Hall, Wayans Brothers, Ryan Reynolds, Avengers, Avengers Doomsday, Deadpool, Hugh Jackman, Wolverine, MCU, Lord &amp; Miller, Archie Comics, Paramount, YouTube, Mission Impossible, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Super Troopers, Broken Lizard, Disney+, ESPN</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Listen here meow, Super Troopers 3 is coming, but not right meow. Gamescom is in full swing, and opening night live did not disappoint. PlayStation is joining its rivals, in raising prices on its 5 year old console, but at least the ODSTs are dropping into Helldivers 2? Plus Casting news for Scary Movie 6, The Hunt for Gollum and Avengers Doomsday. That and more, come take a listen, </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Listen here meow, Super Troopers 3 is coming, but not right meow. Gamescom is in full swing, and opening night live did not disappoint. PlayStation is joining its rivals, in raising prices on its 5 year old console, but at least the ODSTs are dropping into Helldivers 2? Plus Casting news for Scary Movie 6, The Hunt for Gollum and Avengers Doomsday. That and more, come take a listen, </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 379: Not for Clankers</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/379</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">6bcf8a34-82b7-4deb-a8d2-3549c0aa8392</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/6bcf8a34-82b7-4deb-a8d2-3549c0aa8392.mp3" length="76916915" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>379</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Not for Clankers</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>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. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:08:17</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/6/6bcf8a34-82b7-4deb-a8d2-3549c0aa8392/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>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.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Xbox, ROG, ROG Ally, Xbox ROG Ally, Eminem, Fortnite, Nintendo, Nintendo Indie World Showcase, Nintendo Switch 2, Jurassic World, Jurassic Park, Flight Simulator, Sony, Sony Entertainment America, Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Studios, BATTLEFIELD 6, DICE, EA, PS5, PlayStation 5, Contraband, Forza Motorsport, Forza Horizon, Turn 10 Studios, Take Two Interactive, Bioshock 4, Bioshock, Civ 7, Civilization 7, Randy Pitchford, Gearbox Interactive, Borderlands 4, Borderlands, Straus Zelnick, Tencent, Kojima, Mario, Weapons, Helldivers, Helldivers 2, Halo, Halo 3: ODST, ODST, Blizzard, Rod Fergusson, Inzoi, PUBG, Legend of Zelda, The Paper, The Office, Zaslav, Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, WarnerBros, The Batman, The Batman 2, DC Studios, DCU, Superman, James Gunn, John Wick, Ballerina, Lionsgate, Street Sharks, IDW, James Cameron, Avatar, One Piece, Netflix, Channing Tatum, Demon Slayer, Shrek 5, Dreamworks, Jerry Bruckheimer, Pirates of the Caribbean, Johnny Depp, Jack Sparrow, John Boyega, Star Wars, Ryan Reynolds, Avengers Doomsday, Daredevil, Daredevil: Born Again, MCU, Simon Pegg, Star Trek, Paramount Pictures, Top Gun, Transformers, Black Bag, Steven Soderbergh, Twisted Metal, Peacock, Alien Earth, FX, Hulu, FX on Hulu, Xenomorph</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>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&#39;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. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>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&#39;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. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 376: No More Tears</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/376</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">9ce2e631-a53b-45e8-b2a1-2e80db8888fc</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/9ce2e631-a53b-45e8-b2a1-2e80db8888fc.mp3" length="116250522" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>376</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>No More Tears</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>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!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:43:21</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/9/9ce2e631-a53b-45e8-b2a1-2e80db8888fc/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>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! 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Madden Curse, Madden, FC 26, Donkey Kong, Nintendo, Mario Kart World, Nintendo Switch 2, Ghosts of Yotei, PlayStation, Alamo Drafthouse, popcorn bucket, Jeopardy, The Elder Scrolls, Bethesda, Netflix, Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft, Final Fantasy XIV, Square Enix, Windows 10, Valve, Gabe Newell, Unreal Engine, Star Wars, The Chines Room, Resident Evil 2, Hellraiser, Critical Roll, Supermassive, Pokémon, Pokémon Presents, Pokémon Legends ZA, Xbox, Obsidian Entertainment, The Outer Worlds, The Outer Worlds 2, LEGO, LEGO Gameboy, Invincible, Amazon Prime Video, Harry Potter, HBO, HBO Max, Warner Bros, The Fantastic Four, The Avengers, Avengers Doomsday, Kevin Feige, MCU, Marvel Studios, X-Men, Thunderbolts*, Captain Marvel, Disney+, Loki, Wandavision, Reed Richards, Doctor Doom, Robert Downey Jr, Tron Ares, Tron, Disney, Walt Disney Pictures, Taika Waititi, Judge Dredd, Dredd, Mortal Kombat II, Stranger Things, The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, CBS, Paramount, Alien: Earth, FX, FX on Hulu, Captain Planet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Beyond the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man, Miles Morales, Futurama, HULU, James Gunn, DCU, Superman, Booster Gold, South Park, Paramount+, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Ozzy Osbourne, Wednesday, Wednesday Adams, King of the Hill </itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>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!</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>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!</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 375: Major Snubs, Potential dubs!</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/375</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">34ceec1e-6e4b-42c0-afcf-ddf10f0351f9</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/34ceec1e-6e4b-42c0-afcf-ddf10f0351f9.mp3" length="78787185" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>375</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Major Snubs, Potential dubs!</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Look UP! Its a review of Superman! Plus, more fallout from the Xbox layoffs, what's in store for Final Fantasy's future, Resident Evil gets a multiverse, and the internet can finally calm down about the Legend of Zelda movie. Also Scrubs is back with its main cast, the Emmy nominations were announced, and why no love for Cassian? That and a whole lot more. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:36:37</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/3/34ceec1e-6e4b-42c0-afcf-ddf10f0351f9/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Look UP! Its a review of Superman! Plus, more fallout from the Xbox layoffs, what's in store for Final Fantasy's future, Resident Evil gets a multiverse, and the internet can finally calm down about the Legend of Zelda movie. Also Scrubs is back with its main cast, the Emmy nominations were announced, and why no love for Cassian? That and a whole lot more.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Sea of Thieves, Rare ltd, Xbox, Microsoft, Fallout 76, Bethesda Online, Fallout, Donkey Kong Bonanza, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch 2, Ghosts of Yotei, PlayStation, PS5, Sucker Punch, PlayStation 5, Ghosts of Tsushima, Subnautica, Krafton, Dragon Quest III, Resident Evil, Overwatch 2, Blizzard, Final Fantasy, Clair Obscur, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, BBC, SEGA, Akihabara, Arcades, Japan, The Last of Us, HBO, The Legend of Zelda, Zelda, Link, Johnny Cage, Mortal Kombat, Solo Leveling, Anime, Netflix, King of the Hill, Hulu, Chief of War, Apple TV+, Jason Momoa, The Office, The Paper, Peacock, Pokémon, LEGO, Transformers, Scrubs, ABC, Zach Braff, Red Sonja, Dean Cain, Superman, Rian Johnson, Star Wars, Knives Out, Harry Potter, Bluey, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, South Park, Paramount Skydance, M3GAN 2.0, Doctor Who, The Emmys, Andor, The Bear, Severance, Penguin, Walt Disney, Disneyland, Krypto the Superdog, Superman, DCU, Stranger Things, John Malkovich, Fantastic Four, James Gunn, Superman, Lex Luthor, Mr. Terrific, Green Lantern, DCU, DC Universe, Warner Bros</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Look UP! Its a review of Superman! Plus, more fallout from the Xbox layoffs, what&#39;s in store for Final Fantasy&#39;s future, Resident Evil gets a multiverse, and the internet can finally calm down about the Legend of Zelda movie. Also Scrubs is back with its main cast, the Emmy nominations were announced, and why no love for Cassian? That and a whole lot more. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Look UP! Its a review of Superman! Plus, more fallout from the Xbox layoffs, what&#39;s in store for Final Fantasy&#39;s future, Resident Evil gets a multiverse, and the internet can finally calm down about the Legend of Zelda movie. Also Scrubs is back with its main cast, the Emmy nominations were announced, and why no love for Cassian? That and a whole lot more. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 374: Does this really count as a rebirth?</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/374</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">3ea508f7-45c6-42a5-a0f3-234d23511910</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/3ea508f7-45c6-42a5-a0f3-234d23511910.mp3" length="75448390" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>374</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Does this really count as a rebirth?</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Serious question, why call something Rebirth, if there is no rebirthing, where was the rebirthing? Yes I have a full review of Jurassic World Rebirth in todays drop. Plus more fallout from the Microsoft and Xbox layoffs, and who is to blame? Helldivers 2 is dropping on Xbox next month, and Nintendo ponders the future of game development. ScarJo is now the highest grossing lead actor ever, John M Chu is going to be racing into theaters as the director of Hot Wheels. Meanwhile James Gunn and Zack Snyder portal into Rick and Morty in the least suspecting way. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:30:38</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/3/3ea508f7-45c6-42a5-a0f3-234d23511910/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Serious question, why call something Rebirth, if there is no rebirthing, where was the rebirthing? Yes I have a full review of Jurassic World Rebirth in todays drop. Plus more fallout from the Microsoft and Xbox layoffs, and who is to blame? Helldivers 2 is dropping on Xbox next month, and Nintendo ponders the future of game development. ScarJo is now the highest grossing lead actor ever, John M Chu is going to be racing into theaters as the director of Hot Wheels. Meanwhile James Gunn and Zack Snyder portal into Rick and Morty in the least suspecting way.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Helldivers 2, PlayStation, PS5, Xbox, Xbox Series X, Sony, Microsoft, Gaming, John Romero, Romero Games, Rare LTD, Sea of Thieves, Everwild, Phil Spencer, Turn10, Forza Motorsport, EA, CoPilot, Open AI, AI, Bill Gates, Hideo Kojima, Death Stranding 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Netflix, Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Nintendo, Battlefront 2, DICE, Wargaming, World of Tanks, Steel Hunters, James Gunn, Superman, DCU, Ryan Coogler, Ironheart, MCU, Michael Madsen, Julian McMahon, Jurassic World Rebirth, Scarlett Johansen, ScarJo, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, F1, Zack Snyder, Rick and Morty, John M Chu, Hot Wheels, Mattel, Sinners, Blade, Crunchyroll, Anime Expo, Jason Isaacs, Harry Potter, Warner Bros, HBO Max, Anime, Doctor Who, Captain America, Marvel Comics, Universal Pictures</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Serious question, why call something Rebirth, if there is no rebirthing, where was the rebirthing? Yes I have a full review of Jurassic World Rebirth in todays drop. Plus more fallout from the Microsoft and Xbox layoffs, and who is to blame? Helldivers 2 is dropping on Xbox next month, and Nintendo ponders the future of game development. ScarJo is now the highest grossing lead actor ever, John M Chu is going to be racing into theaters as the director of Hot Wheels. Meanwhile James Gunn and Zack Snyder portal into Rick and Morty in the least suspecting way. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Serious question, why call something Rebirth, if there is no rebirthing, where was the rebirthing? Yes I have a full review of Jurassic World Rebirth in todays drop. Plus more fallout from the Microsoft and Xbox layoffs, and who is to blame? Helldivers 2 is dropping on Xbox next month, and Nintendo ponders the future of game development. ScarJo is now the highest grossing lead actor ever, John M Chu is going to be racing into theaters as the director of Hot Wheels. Meanwhile James Gunn and Zack Snyder portal into Rick and Morty in the least suspecting way. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 373: Imperfect Dark</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/373</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">58ebe1ed-f31e-4e79-8c02-283184c0ebca</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 23:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/58ebe1ed-f31e-4e79-8c02-283184c0ebca.mp3" length="67738189" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>373</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Imperfect Dark</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Xbox is always finding rakes to step on, which is ridiculous. After the success for NCAA College football, EA is brining NCAA College Basketball, and no one is shocked. Vin Diesel announces the plan for Fast X part 2, and there's major concerns. Matt Reeves finally finishes the Script for The Batman sequel, and James Gunn gives us who is playing Jor El. Plus a full review for F1 The Movie, which is hands down the best movie of the year so far. That and more on tonight's episode. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:22:59</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/5/58ebe1ed-f31e-4e79-8c02-283184c0ebca/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Xbox is always finding rakes to step on, which is ridiculous. After the success for NCAA College football, EA is brining NCAA College Basketball, and no one is shocked. Vin Diesel announces the plan for Fast X part 2, and there's major concerns. Matt Reeves finally finishes the Script for The Batman sequel, and James Gunn gives us who is playing Jor El. Plus a full review for F1 The Movie, which is hands down the best movie of the year so far. That and more on tonight's episode.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Capcom, Resident Evil, Call of Duty, Black Ops 7, Sonic the Hedgehog, Magic the Gathering, MTG, Hyperkin, Nintendo, Amazon, My Hero Academia, Bandai Namco, Xbox, Microsoft, Perfect Dark, The Initiative, Rare, Everwild, Bethesda, Zenimax Online Studios, Turn 10, Assassin's Creed Black Flag, Assassin's Creed IV, Ubisoft, EA Sports, EA Sports College Basketball, NCAA Basketball, Valve, Steam, Ghost Recon, Tom Clancy, Halo Studios, Halo, Red Dead Redemption 2, RDR2, Rockstar Games, Neil Druckman, The Last of Us, HBO, Naughty Dog, Mark Hamill, Star Wars, The Last Jedi, Luke Skywalker, Disney, Lilo &amp; Stitch, Gareth Edwards, Rogue One, Sam Raimi, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, The Simpsons, Matt Reeves, The Batman, F1 The Movie, F1, Brad Pitt, Vin Diesel, Fast X, Fast and Furious, James Gunn, DCU, Amanda Waller, Superman, TMNT, Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir, Ryan Gosling, Spider-Man No Way Home, Reddit, MCU, Eyes of Wakanda, Black Panther, Ryan Coogler, Ironheart, Mephisto, The Running Man, Stephen King, Glen Powell, The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss, The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan, South Park, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Paramount, Blumhouse, M3GAN 2.0, Squid Game, Netflix, The Bear, Hulu</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Xbox is always finding rakes to step on, which is ridiculous. After the success for NCAA College football, EA is brining NCAA College Basketball, and no one is shocked. Vin Diesel announces the plan for Fast X part 2, and there&#39;s major concerns. Matt Reeves finally finishes the Script for The Batman sequel, and James Gunn gives us who is playing Jor El. Plus a full review for F1 The Movie, which is hands down the best movie of the year so far. That and more on tonight&#39;s episode. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Xbox is always finding rakes to step on, which is ridiculous. After the success for NCAA College football, EA is brining NCAA College Basketball, and no one is shocked. Vin Diesel announces the plan for Fast X part 2, and there&#39;s major concerns. Matt Reeves finally finishes the Script for The Batman sequel, and James Gunn gives us who is playing Jor El. Plus a full review for F1 The Movie, which is hands down the best movie of the year so far. That and more on tonight&#39;s episode. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 371: Spaceballs: the news story</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/371</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">b73c8a81-e0cf-480b-9e90-c7bf8d4996da</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 23:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/b73c8a81-e0cf-480b-9e90-c7bf8d4996da.mp3" length="69242406" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>371</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Spaceballs: the news story</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>You heard it here a week later folks, Spaceballs 2 is finally coming! I hope you are excited as I am. Plus Xbox and PlayStation both tease their futures. Dune 3 gets some new cast members, and Harold and Kumar are coming back to our screens. Naked Gun released a new trailer, While James Gun opens up about how he really feels. Plus the Nintendo Switch 2 continues to dominate. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:24:07</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/b/b73c8a81-e0cf-480b-9e90-c7bf8d4996da/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>You heard it here a week later folks, Spaceballs 2 is finally coming! I hope you are excited as I am. Plus Xbox and PlayStation both tease their futures. Dune 3 gets some new cast members, and Harold and Kumar are coming back to our screens. Naked Gun released a new trailer, While James Gun opens up about how he really feels. Plus the Nintendo Switch 2 continues to dominate.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Konami, Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Stellar Blade, Steam, Sony, PlayStation, SAG-AFTRA, Bungie, Marathon, PlayStation, PlayStation 5, PS5, PlayStation 6, Mario Kart World, Mario Kart, Super Mario, Pokémon, Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox Series X, AMD, Hideo Kojima, Kojima Productions, Death Stranding, Death Stranding 2, WB Games, Warner Bros, Mortal Kombat, Harry Potter, Elden Ring, A24, Alex Garland, Rings of Power, Lord of the Rings, Prime Video, Amazon, Orlando Bloom Star Trek, Star Trek Strange New Worlds, Spaceballs, Spaceballs 2, Mel Brooks, Mister Miracle, Tom King, DCU, James Gunn, Superman, Supergirl, Batman, Marvel, MCU, Star Wars, Lucasfilm, A New Hope, Kathleen Kennedy, Temeura Morrison, Boba Fett, He-Man, Naked Gun, Liam Neeson, Clayface, Mike Flannagan, Pirates of the Caribbean, Spider-Man '94, Spider-Man The animated series, Harold and Kumar, Dune 3</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>You heard it here a week later folks, Spaceballs 2 is finally coming! I hope you are excited as I am. Plus Xbox and PlayStation both tease their futures. Dune 3 gets some new cast members, and Harold and Kumar are coming back to our screens. Naked Gun released a new trailer, While James Gun opens up about how he really feels. Plus the Nintendo Switch 2 continues to dominate. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>You heard it here a week later folks, Spaceballs 2 is finally coming! I hope you are excited as I am. Plus Xbox and PlayStation both tease their futures. Dune 3 gets some new cast members, and Harold and Kumar are coming back to our screens. Naked Gun released a new trailer, While James Gun opens up about how he really feels. Plus the Nintendo Switch 2 continues to dominate. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 370: Anti-E3</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/370</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">6bb83cef-031a-4336-a1db-0b8d646ea5a6</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 23:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/6bb83cef-031a-4336-a1db-0b8d646ea5a6.mp3" length="65424242" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>370</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Anti-E3</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>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. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:21:02</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/6/6bb83cef-031a-4336-a1db-0b8d646ea5a6/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>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.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, Mario Kart, Halloween Horror Nights, Five Nights at Freddy's, Fallout, Sony, Sony State of Play, Dune Awakening, Dune, Black Myth Wukong, Princess Peach, Toad, Mario Kart World, Hollow Knight, IO Interactive, Hitman, Death Stranding, Kojima, SAG-AFTRA, Splatoon, Sumer Games Fest, Geoff Keighly, Resident Evil 9, Jurassic World Evolution, IGN Live, IGN, Xbox Games Showcase, XBOX, Call of Duty, Call of Duty Black Ops, Tony Hawk, Final Fantasy, ROG ALLY, XBOX ROG Ally, GameFreak, Obsidian, The Outer Worlds 2, In Xile, DoubleFine, Activison, Alien, Alien Earth, FX, Hulu, Saw, Blumhouse, Marvel Studios, MCU, Comic Con, Hall H, Michael Biehn, Predator Killer of Killer, Predator, Mia Goth, Star Wars, Star Wars Starfighter, Denzel Washington, Ryan Coogler, Black Panther 3, Harry Potter, HBO, HBO Max, WarnerBros, WarnerBros Discovery, IronHeart, Disney+, MCU, James Gunn, DCU, Wonder Woman, Incredibles 3, Brad Bird, Pixar, Star Trek, Wes Anderson, The Phoenician Scheme, PREY, Predator 2, Ballerina, John Wick, Keanu Reeves</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Its that magical time of year, when all the games are announced, and the big 3 come together! I&#39;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&#39;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. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Its that magical time of year, when all the games are announced, and the big 3 come together! I&#39;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&#39;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. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 369: A Michael Bay Production</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/369</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">f4363654-4c4c-40bd-a726-aebf3aea857b</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 23:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/f4363654-4c4c-40bd-a726-aebf3aea857b.mp3" length="63206908" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>369</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>A Michael Bay Production</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Guess what, there's another reason to question the existence of the PS5 Pro! The Sony Sate of Play was pretty solid today, and its mainly due to the James Bond game trailer. Microsoft pushes back its handheld plans, Nintendo keeps it close to the vest, and Activision has a blunder. Plus Netflix has its Tudum, Mark Hamill shares his future, and thank god we don't live in the Michael Bay Superman Timeline. Plus my review of Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:16:24</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/f/f4363654-4c4c-40bd-a726-aebf3aea857b/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Guess what, there's another reason to question the existence of the PS5 Pro! The Sony Sate of Play was pretty solid today, and its mainly due to the James Bond game trailer. Microsoft pushes back its handheld plans, Nintendo keeps it close to the vest, and Activision has a blunder. Plus Netflix has its Tudum, Mark Hamill shares his future, and thank god we don't live in the Michael Bay Superman Timeline. Plus my review of Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077, EA, Ubisoft, Splinter Cell, Activision, Call of Duty, Call of Duty Black Ops 6, Xbox, Xbox Handheld, Bethesda, Zenimax, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch 2, Pokémon, Pokémon Scarlet, Pokémon Violet, People Can Fly, Stig Asmussen, D&amp;D, Zynga, Unreal Engine, Unreal, Epic Games, The Witcher 4, The Witcher, Sony State of Play, PlayStation, IO Interactive, James Bond, 007, Capcom, Arc System Works, Marvel Games, Capcom, Pragmata, Mortal Kombat, Ryan Reynolds, Star Wars, James Gunn, DCU, Peacemaker, Superman, Marvel Studios, MCU, Vision Quest, Fantastic 4, Galactus, King of the Hill, Hulu, Netflix, Netflix TUDUM, Happy Gilmore, Stranger Things, Knives Out, Squid Game, Mark Hamill, Luke Skywalker, Mission Impossible, Lilo &amp; Stich, Sinners, Doctor Who, Michael Bay, Snyderverse, Nick Frost, Hagrid, Harry Potter, HBO, WarnerBros, Andor, Disney+, Red Hulk, Captain America Brave New World, MCU, Captain America</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Guess what, there&#39;s another reason to question the existence of the PS5 Pro! The Sony Sate of Play was pretty solid today, and its mainly due to the James Bond game trailer. Microsoft pushes back its handheld plans, Nintendo keeps it close to the vest, and Activision has a blunder. Plus Netflix has its Tudum, Mark Hamill shares his future, and thank god we don&#39;t live in the Michael Bay Superman Timeline. Plus my review of Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Guess what, there&#39;s another reason to question the existence of the PS5 Pro! The Sony Sate of Play was pretty solid today, and its mainly due to the James Bond game trailer. Microsoft pushes back its handheld plans, Nintendo keeps it close to the vest, and Activision has a blunder. Plus Netflix has its Tudum, Mark Hamill shares his future, and thank god we don&#39;t live in the Michael Bay Superman Timeline. Plus my review of Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 368: The Host Returns</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/368</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">8fa4f61a-f0a3-4a0b-8982-60bd4ef29a1e</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/8fa4f61a-f0a3-4a0b-8982-60bd4ef29a1e.mp3" length="66700839" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>368</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Host Returns</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Nick is back from Vacation and we got fully stuffed episode for you! Avengers delays, Harry Potter Casting, gaming records and more. Plus Pokémon gets a release date,  Xbox brings the classics and Batman and Deadpool are teaming up. And I finally weigh in on the Battlefront shenanigans, that and more in this weeks episode!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:18:04</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/8/8fa4f61a-f0a3-4a0b-8982-60bd4ef29a1e/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Nick is back from Vacation and we got fully stuffed episode for you! Avengers delays, Harry Potter Casting, gaming records and more. Plus Pokémon gets a release date,  Xbox brings the classics and Batman and Deadpool are teaming up. And I finally weigh in on the Battlefront shenanigans, that and more in this weeks episode! 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Pokémon, Chicago, Square Enix, Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts 4, Doug Bowser, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch 2, Netflix, Gears of War, Take Two Interactive, GTA VI, GTA 6, Grand Theft Auto, LEGO, Bioncle, Kojima, Death Stranding, Bungie, Marathon, Destiny 2, Gamescom, AI, Darth Vader, Fortnite, AI Vader, Star Wars, Randy Pitchford, Boderlands 4, Gearbox Interactive, Naughty Dog, Geralt, The Witcher, Clash of Clans, Atomfall, Avowed, Obsidian, Pokémon Go Fest, Pokémon Go, ID Software, Doom, Doom The Dark Ages, Elder Scrolls, The Elder Scrolls Oblivion, Activision, Xbox Game Pass, Shigeru Miyamoto, Donkey Kong, PlayStation, Street Fighter, Star Wars Battlefront II, DICE, EA, Elden Ring, Alex Garland, A24, Mortal Kombat 1, Pokémon Legends Z-A, EA Games, Black Panther, Marvel, Rambo, Ralph Fiennes, Kieran Culkin, The Hunger Games, Paramount, The Last Airbender, James Gunn, DCU, Jurassic World Rebirth, Sesame Street, Conan Obrien, Toy Story 5, Pixar, The Last of Us, HBO, HBO Max, Guillermo Del Toro, Frankenstein, Zootopia 2, George Wendt, Cheers, Norm!, Lilo &amp; Stich, George RR Martin, Zach Braff, Scrubs!, Avengers Doomsday, Avengers Secret Wars, MCU, Marvel Studios, Spider-Man, Wheel of Time, Deadpool, Batman, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Harry Potter, HBO Max, Wizarding World, Tom Cruise, Mission Impossible</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Nick is back from Vacation and we got fully stuffed episode for you! Avengers delays, Harry Potter Casting, gaming records and more. Plus Pokémon gets a release date,  Xbox brings the classics and Batman and Deadpool are teaming up. And I finally weigh in on the Battlefront shenanigans, that and more in this weeks episode!</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Nick is back from Vacation and we got fully stuffed episode for you! Avengers delays, Harry Potter Casting, gaming records and more. Plus Pokémon gets a release date,  Xbox brings the classics and Batman and Deadpool are teaming up. And I finally weigh in on the Battlefront shenanigans, that and more in this weeks episode!</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 366: Another Rebrand?</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/366</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">56cbd2f3-535a-4034-b23d-510ce64bd230</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 23:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/56cbd2f3-535a-4034-b23d-510ce64bd230.mp3" length="83502217" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>366</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Another Rebrand?</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>A lot of big news out of the Studio Upfronts, the biggest being the return of HBO Max! Also we need to talk about the things Nintendo is doing, because i gotta say, NitenDONT! Plus Waffle House in Tekken is still not any closer, and we got to see our first look at Spider-Noir. Plus I break down my day at Universal Studios Hollywood!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:39:38</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/5/56cbd2f3-535a-4034-b23d-510ce64bd230/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>A lot of big news out of the Studio Upfronts, the biggest being the return of HBO Max! Also we need to talk about the things Nintendo is doing, because i gotta say, NitenDONT! Plus Waffle House in Tekken is still not any closer, and we got to see our first look at Spider-Noir. Plus I break down my day at Universal Studios Hollywood! 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Mafia The Old Country, 2K Games, Pokémon, Pokémon Scarlet/Violet, GTA 6, GTA VI, FTC, Microsoft, Xbox, Activision, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Switch 2, Tony Hawk, Tony Hawks Underground, THUG, GeoGuesser, Marvel 1943, Tekken, Waffle House, Able Gamers, Sony, PlayStation, Hideo Kojima, Square Enix, Kingdom Hearts, EA, Bog Iger, MCU, Mavel Studios, Thunderbolts*, The Hunt for Gollum, Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth, All-Star Superman, DC, Superman, Fallout, Prime Video, James Bond, X-Men, Peacemaker, DC Studios, James Gunn, Netflix, Monsterverse, Godzilla, King Kong, Godzilla x Kong, Spider-Noir, Spider-Man, Alien, Alien Earth, AMC, Krysten Ritter, Jessica Jones, Daredevil Born Again, Disney+, Ironheart, Star Wars, Andor, Lucasfilm, Cassian Andor, Rogue One, HBO Max, HBO, NBCUniversal, Illumination, Westeros, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Game of Thrones, Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Fan Fest, Fan Fest Nights, Back to the Future, Star Trek Picard, Star Trek, USS Enterprise-D, NCC-1701-D, Picard, Dungeons and Dragons, Xanathar, One Piece, Jurassic World, Super Mario Land, The Mummy</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>A lot of big news out of the Studio Upfronts, the biggest being the return of HBO Max! Also we need to talk about the things Nintendo is doing, because i gotta say, NitenDONT! Plus Waffle House in Tekken is still not any closer, and we got to see our first look at Spider-Noir. Plus I break down my day at Universal Studios Hollywood!</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>A lot of big news out of the Studio Upfronts, the biggest being the return of HBO Max! Also we need to talk about the things Nintendo is doing, because i gotta say, NitenDONT! Plus Waffle House in Tekken is still not any closer, and we got to see our first look at Spider-Noir. Plus I break down my day at Universal Studios Hollywood!</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 364: Gorilla vs 100</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/364</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">55616f9e-b782-4719-ad3f-b48f289e29dd</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/55616f9e-b782-4719-ad3f-b48f289e29dd.mp3" length="63337977" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>364</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Gorilla vs 100</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <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>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/5/55616f9e-b782-4719-ad3f-b48f289e29dd/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>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? 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, EA, EA Games, EA Sports, Madden NFL 27, EA Sports College Football, EA Sports FC, Blade Runner, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Split Fiction, Sydney Sweeney, SKATE, Clair Obscur, Game Pass, Respawn Entertainment, Titanfall, Borderlands 4, Seth Rogan, Call of Duty, 4/20, Call of Duty Black Ops 4, Fortnite, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Ubisoft, Gorilla, Netflix, Hollywood, Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola, Blade, MCU, Mahershala Ali, Daywalker, Hunger Games, Fantastic Four, DVD, DVD Rot, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars, Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars Revenge of the Sith, Ian McDiarmid, Rise of Skywalker, Palpatine, A Minecraft Movie, Sinners, The Smashing Machine, The Rock, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, A24, Bob Gale, Back to the Future, Miami Vice, Shogun, FX, DCU, Sgt. Rock, James Gunn, Roadhouse, AmazonMGM, Jake Gyllenhaal</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>No 100 dudes aren&#39;t beating 1 Gorilla, you&#39;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&#39;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?</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>No 100 dudes aren&#39;t beating 1 Gorilla, you&#39;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&#39;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?</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 361: Nintendo's and Dont's of Tariffs</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/361</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">54633fa3-ffa9-4e42-a092-c2bfa076b8f6</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 23:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/54633fa3-ffa9-4e42-a092-c2bfa076b8f6.mp3" length="49116470" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>361</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Nintendo's and Dont's of Tariffs</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>The Switch 2 faces an uphill battle, and its only half Nintendo's fault. Plus more trailers from Cinemacon, The Predator gets animated, and Robert Pattison may be heading to Arrakis. Meanwhile, Minecraft breaks the box office in more ways than one, Bungie pulls the lid off of Marathon. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>57:03</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/5/54633fa3-ffa9-4e42-a092-c2bfa076b8f6/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>The Switch 2 faces an uphill battle, and its only half Nintendo's fault. Plus more trailers from Cinemacon, The Predator gets animated, and Robert Pattison may be heading to Arrakis. Meanwhile, Minecraft breaks the box office in more ways than one, Bungie pulls the lid off of Marathon.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, Tariffs, Mario Kart, BAFTA, Shenmue, ESA, Minecraft, The Minecraft Movie, Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Bungie, Marathon, Death Stranding, Microsoft, CoPilot, AI, Quake, Quake II, Blizzard, Diablo IV, Xbox, The Outer Worlds, Obsidian Entertainment, Razer, Razer Blade 16, Hades 2, Arrowhead, Helldivers 2, Battle Royales, Fortnite, The Naked Gun, Avatar, Ang, The Last Airbender, Superman, James Gunn, DCU, Tron, Jared Leto, The Matrix, Morpheus, Laurence Fishburne, Peacemaker, Oscar Isaac, Star Wars Celebration, Moon Knight, Avengers Doomsday, MCU, Revenge of the Sith, Lucasfilm, Predator, Predator: Killer of Killers, Robert Pattison, Dune, Simu Liu, The Last of Us, HBO</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>The Switch 2 faces an uphill battle, and its only half Nintendo&#39;s fault. Plus more trailers from Cinemacon, The Predator gets animated, and Robert Pattison may be heading to Arrakis. Meanwhile, Minecraft breaks the box office in more ways than one, Bungie pulls the lid off of Marathon. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>The Switch 2 faces an uphill battle, and its only half Nintendo&#39;s fault. Plus more trailers from Cinemacon, The Predator gets animated, and Robert Pattison may be heading to Arrakis. Meanwhile, Minecraft breaks the box office in more ways than one, Bungie pulls the lid off of Marathon. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 355: George's Vision</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/355</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">776ed80d-430f-47bb-8757-e6d8f338917c</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 23:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/776ed80d-430f-47bb-8757-e6d8f338917c.mp3" length="45528622" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>355</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>George's Vision</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Do we all really want George's Vision? Or are we just saying that because its cool now? Is an Elden Ring movie coming? Will Fable release in 2026? I'm not really sure, but we do know the Wonder Woman game is no longer happening. With 007's future now in flux, Harry Potter's is more certain. The MCU changes some dates, and the DCU wipes one of the slate. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>52:20</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/7/776ed80d-430f-47bb-8757-e6d8f338917c/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Do we all really want George's Vision? Or are we just saying that because its cool now? Is an Elden Ring movie coming? Will Fable release in 2026? I'm not really sure, but we do know the Wonder Woman game is no longer happening. With 007's future now in flux, Harry Potter's is more certain. The MCU changes some dates, and the DCU wipes one of the slate.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Activision, Tony Hawk, Call of Duty, Elden Ring, George RR Martin, ID@Xbox, Xbox, Quantic Dream, Black Ops 6, Bloober Team, Konami, Silent Hill, Fable, Warner Bros Gaming, Monolith Productions, Wonder Woman, DC Studios, Avowed, Obsidian Entertainment, Avatar The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, Nickelodeon, AmazonMGM, James Bond, 007, MGM, Marvel Studios, MCU, Spider-Man 4, Captain America Brave New World, The Punisher, Moon Knight, DCU, James Gunn, The Authority, Clayface, DC Studios, The Dark Tower, Stephen King, Barney, A24, Ayo Edebiri, Andor, Star Wars, Disney+, Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, George Lucas, Dave Filoni, Harry Potter, John Lithgow, HBO, Warner Bros, Christopher Nolan</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Do we all really want George&#39;s Vision? Or are we just saying that because its cool now? Is an Elden Ring movie coming? Will Fable release in 2026? I&#39;m not really sure, but we do know the Wonder Woman game is no longer happening. With 007&#39;s future now in flux, Harry Potter&#39;s is more certain. The MCU changes some dates, and the DCU wipes one of the slate. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Do we all really want George&#39;s Vision? Or are we just saying that because its cool now? Is an Elden Ring movie coming? Will Fable release in 2026? I&#39;m not really sure, but we do know the Wonder Woman game is no longer happening. With 007&#39;s future now in flux, Harry Potter&#39;s is more certain. The MCU changes some dates, and the DCU wipes one of the slate. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 351: Wide Angle Lens </title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/351</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">1cec5268-6bdf-4a2d-89e2-2e6ec1d7d0d9</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 23:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/1cec5268-6bdf-4a2d-89e2-2e6ec1d7d0d9.mp3" length="52126307" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>351</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Wide Angle Lens </itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>How about that Superman Trailer....people need to chill. Is Bioware doomed? Is Xbox really going to change to publishing? The Oscars controversy continues, and Robert Eggers is heading to the land of Labyrinth, which I miss David Bowie even more. Also Fans need to chill, for real....</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:00:41</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/1/1cec5268-6bdf-4a2d-89e2-2e6ec1d7d0d9/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>How about that Superman Trailer....people need to chill. Is Bioware doomed? Is Xbox really going to change to publishing? The Oscars controversy continues, and Robert Eggers is heading to the land of Labyrinth, which I miss David Bowie even more. Also Fans need to chill, for real.... 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, PocketPair, Palworld, Call of Duty, Call of Duty Black Ops 6, Blops 6, CoD, Square Enix, Final Fantasy 7, PlayStation, Assassin's Creed, Assassins Creed Shadows, Ubisoft, Xbox, Xbox Developer Direct, Ninja Gaiden 4, Ninja Gaiden, Team Ninja, Platinum games, Doom The Dark Ages, id Software, Compulsion Games, South of Midnight, Epic Games, Resident Evil, Phil Spencer, Nintendo Switch 2, NVIDIA, Sony, Sony Interactive Entertainment, PSN, Bioware, EA, Dragon Age, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 5, Beyond Two Souls, The Oscars, Academy Awards, Emilia Perez, Robert Eggers, Labyrinth, David Bowie, Supergirl, James Gunn, DCU, DC Studios, Superman, Will Smith, The Matrix, Jurassic World, Jurassic World Rebirth, Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, Disney+, MCU, Agatha All Along, George RR Martin, Game of Thrones, Westeros, Dunk &amp; Egg, HBO, MAX, Star Trek, Star Trek Section 31, Paramount+, Paramount</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>How about that Superman Trailer....people need to chill. Is Bioware doomed? Is Xbox really going to change to publishing? The Oscars controversy continues, and Robert Eggers is heading to the land of Labyrinth, which I miss David Bowie even more. Also Fans need to chill, for real....</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>How about that Superman Trailer....people need to chill. Is Bioware doomed? Is Xbox really going to change to publishing? The Oscars controversy continues, and Robert Eggers is heading to the land of Labyrinth, which I miss David Bowie even more. Also Fans need to chill, for real....</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 350: Don't Worry, Nobody's Listening Anway!</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/350</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">0b422384-605e-4e56-8efd-b7e7574d4fbb</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/0b422384-605e-4e56-8efd-b7e7574d4fbb.mp3" length="50326365" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>350</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Don't Worry, Nobody's Listening Anway!</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>WE DID IT! WE MADE IT TO 350! That's right 350 episodes in the can! Who would've thought? Not me, well not really. Anyway we still got news! The Nintendo Switch 2 has been officially revealed, despite the lame name. Netflix is jacking up prices again...meanwhile the industry is hoping Rockstar charges $100 for GTA 6, here's hoping they don't.  Ryan gosling may be heading to a galaxy far, far, away, and the spider-verse is going to be farther away. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>59:44</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/0/0b422384-605e-4e56-8efd-b7e7574d4fbb/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>WE DID IT! WE MADE IT TO 350! That's right 350 episodes in the can! Who would've thought? Not me, well not really. Anyway we still got news! The Nintendo Switch 2 has been officially revealed, despite the lame name. Netflix is jacking up prices again...meanwhile the industry is hoping Rockstar charges $100 for GTA 6, here's hoping they don't.  Ryan gosling may be heading to a galaxy far, far, away, and the spider-verse is going to be farther away.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Mario Kart, PlayStation, PlayStation Studios, Live Service games, EA Sports, EA Sports College Football 26, Marvel Snap, ByteDance, TikTok, Grand Theft Auto VI, GTA 6, GTA VI, Rockstar Games, New York Game Awards, Insomniac Games, Call of Duty Black Ops 6, Blops 6, CoD, Black Ops 6, Activision, The Terminator, Celeste, David Lynch, Bob Uecker, Major League, Stephen King, the Oscars, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, Into the Spider-Verse, Across the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man, Sony Pictures, Colombia Pictures, James Gunn, DCU, DC Elseworlds, Chris Columbus, Harry Potter, HBO, Shawn Levy, Star Wars, Lucasfilm, Ryan Gosling, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic 4, Paramount Pictures, Netflix, Benedict Cumberbatch, Doctor Strange, MCU, The Avengers, Conclave</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>WE DID IT! WE MADE IT TO 350! That&#39;s right 350 episodes in the can! Who would&#39;ve thought? Not me, well not really. Anyway we still got news! The Nintendo Switch 2 has been officially revealed, despite the lame name. Netflix is jacking up prices again...meanwhile the industry is hoping Rockstar charges $100 for GTA 6, here&#39;s hoping they don&#39;t.  Ryan gosling may be heading to a galaxy far, far, away, and the spider-verse is going to be farther away. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>WE DID IT! WE MADE IT TO 350! That&#39;s right 350 episodes in the can! Who would&#39;ve thought? Not me, well not really. Anyway we still got news! The Nintendo Switch 2 has been officially revealed, despite the lame name. Netflix is jacking up prices again...meanwhile the industry is hoping Rockstar charges $100 for GTA 6, here&#39;s hoping they don&#39;t.  Ryan gosling may be heading to a galaxy far, far, away, and the spider-verse is going to be farther away. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 346: It's the MO-st Wonderful time of the year!</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/346</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">8bf2cb18-5d78-446c-9e01-930a97b53ce2</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/8bf2cb18-5d78-446c-9e01-930a97b53ce2.mp3" length="154555858" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>346</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>It's the MO-st Wonderful time of the year!</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>In this holiday Super SIZED Episode! Nick chats with his friend Mo about everything under the sun. But especially James Gunn's Superman, the future of James Bond and Christopher Nolan. Plus more thoughts on Indiana Jones, and my new Meta Quest 3s. Plus Mo gives a review of Nosferatu. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>2:13:11</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/8/8bf2cb18-5d78-446c-9e01-930a97b53ce2/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>In this holiday Super SIZED Episode! Nick chats with his friend Mo about everything under the sun. But especially James Gunn's Superman, the future of James Bond and Christopher Nolan. Plus more thoughts on Indiana Jones, and my new Meta Quest 3s. Plus Mo gives a review of Nosferatu.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, SEGA, Sonic, Live and Learn, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sony, Kadokawa Group, FromSoftware, Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Star Citizen, Steam, Steam Replay, Fatal Fury, SNK, Arcane, Netflix, Riot, Tencent, Call of Duty, Squid Game, Black Ops 6, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Meta Quest 3s, META, Meta Quest, Superman, James Gunn, DCU, Sonic 4, Creature Commandos, Dune Prophecy, Dune, HBO, Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Lee Cronin, The Mummy, Jared Leto, Skeletor, Masters of the Universe, He-Man, James Bond, MGM, Amazon, 007, Christopher Nolan, The Odyssey, Homer, Nosferatu, Robert Eggers</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>In this holiday Super SIZED Episode! Nick chats with his friend Mo about everything under the sun. But especially James Gunn&#39;s Superman, the future of James Bond and Christopher Nolan. Plus more thoughts on Indiana Jones, and my new Meta Quest 3s. Plus Mo gives a review of Nosferatu. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>In this holiday Super SIZED Episode! Nick chats with his friend Mo about everything under the sun. But especially James Gunn&#39;s Superman, the future of James Bond and Christopher Nolan. Plus more thoughts on Indiana Jones, and my new Meta Quest 3s. Plus Mo gives a review of Nosferatu. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 344: The Gods will decide</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/344</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">cf473f70-5173-45e6-889e-2c008204d778</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 23:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/cf473f70-5173-45e6-889e-2c008204d778.mp3" length="69187094" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>344</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Gods will decide</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>The Gods will decide the fate of Gladiator 2, because if I had a say so it would be put in the Bargain Bin. Also, Chris Evans is returning to the MCU(again), Jeremy Allen White is headed to a Galaxy Far Far away in a role you would never expect, and Eminem is hitting the links with Happy Gilmore. Plus Sony is finally putting its Spidey Spinoffs out to pasture. Plus, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is living up to its potential, Pokémon is teaming up with Aardman, while Marvel Rivals is just existing. That and more, come take a listen. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:16:25</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/c/cf473f70-5173-45e6-889e-2c008204d778/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>The Gods will decide the fate of Gladiator 2, because if I had a say so it would be put in the Bargain Bin. Also, Chris Evans is returning to the MCU(again), Jeremy Allen White is headed to a Galaxy Far Far away in a role you would never expect, and Eminem is hitting the links with Happy Gilmore. Plus Sony is finally putting its Spidey Spinoffs out to pasture. Plus, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is living up to its potential, Pokémon is teaming up with Aardman, while Marvel Rivals is just existing. That and more, come take a listen.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Square Enix, Foamstars, PlayStation, PS5, Riot Games, League of Legends, Sony, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Grand Theft Auto III, Ubisoft, Tencent, Fortnite, Red Dead Redemption, Games Workshop, Amazon Prime Video, Warhammer 40k, Henry Cavil, Geralt, The Witcher, CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077, People Can Fly, Kadokawa Group, From Software, Marvel Rivals, Overwatch, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Xbox, Machine Games, Bethesda, Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X, James Gunn, DCU, DC Studios, Superman, Creature Commandos, George RR Martin, Game of Thrones, A song of Ice and Fire, Winds of Winter, Harry Potter, Wizarding World, HBO, Warner Bros, CCXP 24, Disneyland, Chris Evans, MCU, Jeremy Allen White, The Bear, Star Wars, Jabba the Hutt, Golden Globes, Jeremy Renner, Eminem, Happy Gilmore, Adam Sandler, Netflix, Meet the Parents, Ben Stiller, Robert DE Niro, Jim Carrey, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Mandalorian and Grogu, Star Wars, Disney+, The Mandalorian, Lucasfilm, Pokémon, Aardman, Wallace &amp; Gromit, Tangled, Disney, Austin Butler, American Pyscho, Gladiator 2, Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, Gladiator, Ridley Scott</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>The Gods will decide the fate of Gladiator 2, because if I had a say so it would be put in the Bargain Bin. Also, Chris Evans is returning to the MCU(again), Jeremy Allen White is headed to a Galaxy Far Far away in a role you would never expect, and Eminem is hitting the links with Happy Gilmore. Plus Sony is finally putting its Spidey Spinoffs out to pasture. Plus, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is living up to its potential, Pokémon is teaming up with Aardman, while Marvel Rivals is just existing. That and more, come take a listen. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>The Gods will decide the fate of Gladiator 2, because if I had a say so it would be put in the Bargain Bin. Also, Chris Evans is returning to the MCU(again), Jeremy Allen White is headed to a Galaxy Far Far away in a role you would never expect, and Eminem is hitting the links with Happy Gilmore. Plus Sony is finally putting its Spidey Spinoffs out to pasture. Plus, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is living up to its potential, Pokémon is teaming up with Aardman, while Marvel Rivals is just existing. That and more, come take a listen. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 343: You may now retrieve the Index.</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/343</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">77a768d5-2421-484c-841a-53db3cc92aed</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 23:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/77a768d5-2421-484c-841a-53db3cc92aed.mp3" length="62178911" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>343</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>You may now retrieve the Index.</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>It looks like Moana 2 went farther than anyone expected, as the Thanksgiving weekend box office was dominated by her and Maui. Plus Ubisoft kills a game, Warner Bros may have found their new Snape, and don't expect an Elden Ring sequel anytime soon. Plus a review of Skeleton Crew and Alien Romulus. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:07:20</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/7/77a768d5-2421-484c-841a-53db3cc92aed/cover.jpg?v=2"/>
  <description>It looks like Moana 2 went farther than anyone expected, as the Thanksgiving weekend box office was dominated by her and Maui. Plus Ubisoft kills a game, Warner Bros may have found their new Snape, and don't expect an Elden Ring sequel anytime soon. Plus a review of Skeleton Crew and Alien Romulus. Greetings. I am the Monitor of Installation 04. I am 343 Guilty Spark. 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Hitman, IO Interactive, Troy Baker, Naughty Dog, Casey Hudson, Bioware, Xbox, Xbox Avatars, Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Machine Games, Bethesda, 2k games, The Witcher, CD Projekt Red, Sony, PlayStation, SIE, Palworld, Gearbox Interactive, Randy Pitchford, Reddit, Borderlands, Tencent, Horizon Zero Dawn, Halo, 343 Guilty Spark, Watch Dogs, Ubisoft, Audible, Nintendo, LEGO, James Bond, The Game Awards, Pokémon TCG Pocket, Elden Ring, From Software, Ubisoft, XDefiant, Pixar, Disney, D23, Courtney B Vance, Percy Jackson, Lance Reddick, Mr. Beast, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Christopher Nolan, Star Wars, Dune, Dennis Villeneuve, The Rock, Moana, Moana 2, Gladiator 2. Wicked, Crunchyroll, One Piece, James Gunn, Zack Snyder, Warner Bros, Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Alien Romulus, Alien, Aliens, Hulu, Ridley Scott, Ripley, Star Wars Skeleton Crew, Jude Law, Lucasfilm, Star Wars, Disney+, Amblin, The Goonies, ET, Pirates of the Caribbean</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>It looks like Moana 2 went farther than anyone expected, as the Thanksgiving weekend box office was dominated by her and Maui. Plus Ubisoft kills a game, Warner Bros may have found their new Snape, and don&#39;t expect an Elden Ring sequel anytime soon. Plus a review of Skeleton Crew and Alien Romulus. Greetings. I am the Monitor of Installation 04. I am 343 Guilty Spark.</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>It looks like Moana 2 went farther than anyone expected, as the Thanksgiving weekend box office was dominated by her and Maui. Plus Ubisoft kills a game, Warner Bros may have found their new Snape, and don&#39;t expect an Elden Ring sequel anytime soon. Plus a review of Skeleton Crew and Alien Romulus. Greetings. I am the Monitor of Installation 04. I am 343 Guilty Spark.</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 341: This is an Xbox!</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/341</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">3143d3b0-0c84-407b-b755-63718d014699</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 23:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/3143d3b0-0c84-407b-b755-63718d014699.mp3" length="65581164" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>341</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>This is an Xbox!</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Yes this is an Xbox? If you believe it! We also break down the game awards and the controversy surrounding the game of the year nominees, does DLC count? Also a Star Wars movie gets delayed again, and a major Simpsons shake up is coming. Plus a very late of Transformers One, James Gunn opens up about the DCU, and the children yearn for the mines. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:14:30</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/3/3143d3b0-0c84-407b-b755-63718d014699/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Yes this is an Xbox? If you believe it! We also break down the game awards and the controversy surrounding the game of the year nominees, does DLC count? Also a Star Wars movie gets delayed again, and a major Simpsons shake up is coming. Plus a very late of Transformers One, James Gunn opens up about the DCU, and the children yearn for the mines.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, GoG, Good Ol Games, CD Projekt Red, Splinter Cell, Ubisoft, Assassins Creed, Rainbow Six Siege, Sophie Turner, Tomb Raider, Lara Croft, Amazon Prime Video, Xbox, Phil Spencer, This is an Xbox, Xbox Game Pass, Blizzard, StarCraft, Roblox, Steam, Riot Games, Arcane, League of Legends, Half Life, Half Life 2, The Game Awards, Game of the Year, Elden Ring, Shadow of the Erdtree, Sony, From Software, Remedy, Minecraft, LEGOLAND, Merlin Entertainment, Final Fantasy 14, Palworld, Pokémon, Pokémon Go, Fortnite, Disney, Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Pictures, Predator, Star Wars, Lucasfilm, James Gunn, DCU, DC Studios, Lanterns, Green Lantern, Peacemaker, Creature Commandos, Dune, HBO Max, Dune Prophecy, Kevin Smith, DOGMA, Minecraft, Warner Bros, South Korea, Jack Black, How to Train your Dragon, Star Wars Visions, Anime, Studio Trigger, Alien, Alien Earth, Daniel Craig, The Simpsons, Millhouse, Scott Pilgrim, Netflix, Transformers One, Transformers, Optimus Prime, Paramount Plus</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Yes this is an Xbox? If you believe it! We also break down the game awards and the controversy surrounding the game of the year nominees, does DLC count? Also a Star Wars movie gets delayed again, and a major Simpsons shake up is coming. Plus a very late of Transformers One, James Gunn opens up about the DCU, and the children yearn for the mines. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Yes this is an Xbox? If you believe it! We also break down the game awards and the controversy surrounding the game of the year nominees, does DLC count? Also a Star Wars movie gets delayed again, and a major Simpsons shake up is coming. Plus a very late of Transformers One, James Gunn opens up about the DCU, and the children yearn for the mines. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 336: Live from New York...</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/336</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">5b602bfd-8c52-4afa-955a-5b71a52d76d6</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/5b602bfd-8c52-4afa-955a-5b71a52d76d6.mp3" length="64479695" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>336</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Live from New York...</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Did anyone of you know that one of the biggest leaks in Pokémon history happened this past weekend? but hey, now you can buy and play Xbox games right from your phone so that's pretty cool. Disney announces release dates for Lilo &amp; Stich and Freakier Friday, meanwhile Joker 2 has one of the worst second weekends at the box office. That plus a review of Saturday Night. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:11:59</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/5/5b602bfd-8c52-4afa-955a-5b71a52d76d6/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Did anyone of you know that one of the biggest leaks in Pokémon history happened this past weekend? but hey, now you can buy and play Xbox games right from your phone so that's pretty cool. Disney announces release dates for Lilo &amp;amp; Stich and Freakier Friday, meanwhile Joker 2 has one of the worst second weekends at the box office. That plus a review of Saturday Night.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Konami, FIFA, Star Wars, Lucasarts, Football Manager 25, Xbox, Saudi Arabia, Tomb Raider, Steam, Nintenod, Microsoft, Xbox App, PS5, PlayStation 30th Anniversary, Tron, Destiny, Destiny 2, Mobile Game, CD Projekt Red, The Witcher, PlayStation the concert, Bandai Namco, Riot Games, IO Interactive, James Bond, 007, Don't Nod, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Analogue 3d, Pokémon, My Hero Academia, Henry Cavill, Voltron, Doraemon, Lilo &amp; Stich, Freakier Friday, Freaky Friday, Aardman, One Piece, I, Robot, James Gunn, DCU, Superman, Krypto, Joker 2, Knull, Venom, Invincible, Studio Ghibli, The Rock, JJ Abrams, Viewmaster, Saturday Night, SNL</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Did anyone of you know that one of the biggest leaks in Pokémon history happened this past weekend? but hey, now you can buy and play Xbox games right from your phone so that&#39;s pretty cool. Disney announces release dates for Lilo &amp; Stich and Freakier Friday, meanwhile Joker 2 has one of the worst second weekends at the box office. That plus a review of Saturday Night. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Did anyone of you know that one of the biggest leaks in Pokémon history happened this past weekend? but hey, now you can buy and play Xbox games right from your phone so that&#39;s pretty cool. Disney announces release dates for Lilo &amp; Stich and Freakier Friday, meanwhile Joker 2 has one of the worst second weekends at the box office. That plus a review of Saturday Night. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 334: Moo Deng's Favorite Podcast</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/334</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">7be3e882-4e81-45fc-a6db-f31892b3106e</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 23:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/7be3e882-4e81-45fc-a6db-f31892b3106e.mp3" length="63111820" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>334</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Moo Deng's Favorite Podcast</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Sony really does not have a gamer first mentality and if you think they do, stop drinking the Kool-Aid. Xbox shows up to play at TGS, Ubisoft faces its second strike in a year, Blizzard is making some interesting moves, and California wants gamers to be informed. Plus, Lionsgate faces another flop, but their is light on the horizon, DC seems to be seeing what sticks, and Hollywood loses some greats in the span of a week. ALSO, go watch Mr. McMahon on NETFLIX, because STONE COLD SAID SO!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:11:47</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/7/7be3e882-4e81-45fc-a6db-f31892b3106e/cover.jpg?v=2"/>
  <description>Sony really does not have a gamer first mentality and if you think they do, stop drinking the Kool-Aid. Xbox shows up to play at TGS, Ubisoft faces its second strike in a year, Blizzard is making some interesting moves, and California wants gamers to be informed. Plus, Lionsgate faces another flop, but their is light on the horizon, DC seems to be seeing what sticks, and Hollywood loses some greats in the span of a week. ALSO, go watch Mr. McMahon on NETFLIX, because STONE COLD SAID SO! 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, PlayStation, PS5, PlayStation 5, Sony, SIE, Sony Interactive, Tokyo Games Show, TGS, XBOX, StarCraft II, Blizzard, Horizon Zero Dawn, Ubisoft, Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo, The Day Before, California Law, Physical Media, Digital Media, DRM, Netflix, Hideo Kojima, Death Stranding, Kojima Productions, Tekken, Tekken 8, KFC, Colonel Sanders, Square Enix, Final Fantasy, Jason Schrier, Hi-Rez, Smite 2, Unreal Fest, Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, Steven Spielberg, Space Marine 2, Henry Cavill, Warhammer 40k, John Wick, Lionsgate, Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola, Chucky, Child's Play, SyFy, Maggie Smith, Kris Kristofferson, John Ashton, John Amos, Ken Page, DCU, DC Studios, James Gunn, Bane, Deathstroke, James Gunn, Dynamic Duo, Robin, Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Super Hero, Liam Hemsworth, The Witcher, Netflix, Scream, Scream 7,  Ghostface, Paramount, Rugrats, Nickelodeon, Daniel Day Lewis, AEW, All Elite Wrestling, MAX, Wrestling, WWE, Vince McMahon, Mr. McMahon, Attitude Era, WCW, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Triple H</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Sony really does not have a gamer first mentality and if you think they do, stop drinking the Kool-Aid. Xbox shows up to play at TGS, Ubisoft faces its second strike in a year, Blizzard is making some interesting moves, and California wants gamers to be informed. Plus, Lionsgate faces another flop, but their is light on the horizon, DC seems to be seeing what sticks, and Hollywood loses some greats in the span of a week. ALSO, go watch Mr. McMahon on NETFLIX, because STONE COLD SAID SO!</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Sony really does not have a gamer first mentality and if you think they do, stop drinking the Kool-Aid. Xbox shows up to play at TGS, Ubisoft faces its second strike in a year, Blizzard is making some interesting moves, and California wants gamers to be informed. Plus, Lionsgate faces another flop, but their is light on the horizon, DC seems to be seeing what sticks, and Hollywood loses some greats in the span of a week. ALSO, go watch Mr. McMahon on NETFLIX, because STONE COLD SAID SO!</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 332: Lawyers for Nintendon't</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/332</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">049b31ef-68df-45d7-a552-3cec8b83c560</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 22:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/049b31ef-68df-45d7-a552-3cec8b83c560.mp3" length="80685946" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>332</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Lawyers for Nintendon't</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>I am Not currently being sued by Nintendo, which seems to be a shrinking club everyday. LOL, I kid, but Nintendo isnt, as they win a lawsuit and begin a new one. Tony Hawk is teasing a 25th Anniversary announcement, Sony is all up in the news for good and bad reasons, and Vince Zampella has some wild takes. Borderlands ends its sad run, Donald Glover wants to bring fun back to star wars, and Gary Oldman is open to going back to the Wizard World. That plus more. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:34:53</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/0/049b31ef-68df-45d7-a552-3cec8b83c560/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>I am Not currently being sued by Nintendo, which seems to be a shrinking club everyday. LOL, I kid, but Nintendo isnt, as they win a lawsuit and begin a new one. Tony Hawk is teasing a 25th Anniversary announcement, Sony is all up in the news for good and bad reasons, and Vince Zampella has some wild takes. Borderlands ends its sad run, Donald Glover wants to bring fun back to star wars, and Gary Oldman is open to going back to the Wizard World. That plus more.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Pokémon, Pokémon Cards, Payday 3, Microsoft, Xbox, Microsoft Gaming, Xbox Studios, PS5, PlayStation 5, PS5 Pro, PS5 Slim, Tony Hawk, Tony Hawks Pro Skater, Activision, Ubisoft, The Crew, Flappy Bird, 4A Games, Embracer Group, Saber Interactive, Metacritic, Palworld, Nintendo, PS6, AMD, Intel, Bungie, Destiny 2, Final Fantasy 16, Vince Zampella, Battlefield, EA, Skate., Switch, Nintendo Switch, HTC, HTC Vive, Horizon Zero Dawn, PS4, Xdefiant, Dragon Age, Age of Mythology Retold, LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Star Wars Rebuild the Galaxy, Neil Degrasse Tyson, , Superman 78, Borderlands, Lionsgate, Knull, Venom, Inside Out 2, Disney+, Pixar, Constantine, DCU, The Emmy's, Baby Reindeer, Shogun, The Bear, Donald Glover, Star Wars, Lando Calrissian, Lando, James Cameron, Netflix, Netflix Geeked Week, Gary Oldman, HBO, Harry Potter, Wizarding World, Superman, James Gunn, Krypto the super dog, Mr. Beast, Transformers, GI Joe, Agatha All Along, MCU, Marvel Studios, Disney+</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>I am Not currently being sued by Nintendo, which seems to be a shrinking club everyday. LOL, I kid, but Nintendo isnt, as they win a lawsuit and begin a new one. Tony Hawk is teasing a 25th Anniversary announcement, Sony is all up in the news for good and bad reasons, and Vince Zampella has some wild takes. Borderlands ends its sad run, Donald Glover wants to bring fun back to star wars, and Gary Oldman is open to going back to the Wizard World. That plus more. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>I am Not currently being sued by Nintendo, which seems to be a shrinking club everyday. LOL, I kid, but Nintendo isnt, as they win a lawsuit and begin a new one. Tony Hawk is teasing a 25th Anniversary announcement, Sony is all up in the news for good and bad reasons, and Vince Zampella has some wild takes. Borderlands ends its sad run, Donald Glover wants to bring fun back to star wars, and Gary Oldman is open to going back to the Wizard World. That plus more. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 329: There are no Strings on ME!</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/329</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">01ec0977-e566-4bbc-b733-619c8159462d</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/01ec0977-e566-4bbc-b733-619c8159462d.mp3" length="57296307" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>329</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>There are no Strings on ME!</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Two Pinocchio stories this week, one about a horror movie, the other, the return of Ultron. Its the week after Gamescom, so that means its time for Call of Duty news! Plus Nintendo decided to have a direct and not talk about the Switch's successor. Sony bombs out with their latest games as a service, and Lionsgate debuts their 2nd flop of the summer. Meanwhile Ted Lasso is gearing up for a new season on the pitch, and Tarantino takes a phaser to his chances of directing a Star Trek. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:05:10</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/0/01ec0977-e566-4bbc-b733-619c8159462d/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Two Pinocchio stories this week, one about a horror movie, the other, the return of Ultron. Its the week after Gamescom, so that means its time for Call of Duty news! Plus Nintendo decided to have a direct and not talk about the Switch's successor. Sony bombs out with their latest games as a service, and Lionsgate debuts their 2nd flop of the summer. Meanwhile Ted Lasso is gearing up for a new season on the pitch, and Tarantino takes a phaser to his chances of directing a Star Trek.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Randy Pitchford, Gearbox, Borderlands 4, Epic Games, Steam, Valve, Concord, PlayStation, PS5, PlayStation 5, Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Studios, live service games, Infinity Nikki, NHL '25, EA Sports, Gamescom, Amazon Game Studios, MMO, Black Myth Wukong, SEGA, Yakuza Kiwami, Like A Dragon, Awoved, Obsidian Entertainment, Xbox, Xbox Game Studios, Microsoft, Dragon Age, Bioware, Atari, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 7800+, Nintendo, Nintendo Direct, Nintendo Switch, Tetris, Foamstars, Square Enix, Final Fantasy, Harry Potter, Quidditch, Crysis, Crytek, Raven Software, Greedfall, Call of Duty, Activision, Call of Duty Black Ops, Call of Duty Black Ops 6, CoD, Call of Duty Warzone, Verdansk, Call of Duty Zombies, Treyarch, Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft, Star Wars, Lucasfilm Games,  Todd Phillips, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings War of the Rohirrim, Peter Jackson, Middle Earth, Netflix, One Piece, James Spader, Ultron, MCU, Vision, Age of Ultron, White Vision, WandaVision, James Gunn, Spuerman, Martian Manhunter, Lee Jung Jae, Amandla Stenberg, Star Wars The Acolyte, Disney+, Lucasfilm, Ted Lasso, Quentin Tarantino, Star Trek, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic 3, Shadow the Hedgehog, Keanu Reeves, Borderland Movie, Lionsgate, The Crow</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Two Pinocchio stories this week, one about a horror movie, the other, the return of Ultron. Its the week after Gamescom, so that means its time for Call of Duty news! Plus Nintendo decided to have a direct and not talk about the Switch&#39;s successor. Sony bombs out with their latest games as a service, and Lionsgate debuts their 2nd flop of the summer. Meanwhile Ted Lasso is gearing up for a new season on the pitch, and Tarantino takes a phaser to his chances of directing a Star Trek. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Two Pinocchio stories this week, one about a horror movie, the other, the return of Ultron. Its the week after Gamescom, so that means its time for Call of Duty news! Plus Nintendo decided to have a direct and not talk about the Switch&#39;s successor. Sony bombs out with their latest games as a service, and Lionsgate debuts their 2nd flop of the summer. Meanwhile Ted Lasso is gearing up for a new season on the pitch, and Tarantino takes a phaser to his chances of directing a Star Trek. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 328: Back to the Motherland!</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/328</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">dea20899-cad0-4b14-995a-b9202759f9fd</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/dea20899-cad0-4b14-995a-b9202759f9fd.mp3" length="66301704" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>328</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Back to the Motherland!</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Well folks its finally happening, a Mafia game set in Sicily at the turn of the 20th Century! I am very excited! But that wasn't the only news out of Gamescom this week, another Bethesda title is going multiplatform, old franchises are returning, and new adaptations are unexpectedly coming! Also, don't go after actors for roles they play, they aren't really those characters! Meanwhile, Deadpool &amp; Wolverine continues to break records, Indiana Jones's hat sells for over $600k, and The Acolyte is sent packing. Nic Cage, now here's a guy, will be playing John Madden, and forget the chicken sandwich war, Chick-fil-a is jumping into the streaming wars. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:18:27</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/d/dea20899-cad0-4b14-995a-b9202759f9fd/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Well folks its finally happening, a Mafia game set in Sicily at the turn of the 20th Century! I am very excited! But that wasn't the only news out of Gamescom this week, another Bethesda title is going multiplatform, old franchises are returning, and new adaptations are unexpectedly coming! Also, don't go after actors for roles they play, they aren't really those characters! Meanwhile, Deadpool &amp;amp; Wolverine continues to break records, Indiana Jones's hat sells for over $600k, and The Acolyte is sent packing. Nic Cage, now here's a guy, will be playing John Madden, and forget the chicken sandwich war, Chick-fil-a is jumping into the streaming wars.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Uwe Boll, Borderlands, Activision, Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Black Ops, CoD, CoD: Blops, Black Ops 6, Dragon Age, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, EA, Bioware, Bungie, Destiny 2, META, GTA: San Andreas, Tango Gameworks, HiFi Rush, Krafton, Epic Games, Quantic Dream, Star Wars, Detroit Become Human, Ubisoft, HBO, The Last of Us, Eternal Champions, SEGA, Black Myth Wukong, King Kong, Monsterverse, Backyard Sports, Backyard Baseball, Legacy of Kain, Final Fantasy, Gamescom, Geoff Keighly, Opening Night Live, Boderlands 4, CoD, Goat Simulator, Dying Light, Dragon Ball, King of Meat, Dont Nod, No More Room in Hell, Infinity Nikki, Path of Exile 2, Warhammer, Warhammer 40k Space Marine, Dune, Genshin Impact, Fatal Fury, Monster Hunter Wilds, Civilization 7, Civ 7, Marvel Rivals, Bethesda Softworks, Starfield, Age of Mythology, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Batman Arkham, Batman Arkham Shadows, Squid Game, Netflix Games, Xbox GamePass, Xbox, Xbox Series X, World of Warcraft, WoW, Warcraft, Blizzard, Diablo IV, Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Machine Games, Lucasfilm Games, Mafia, Mafia The OId Country, Italy, Sicily, Tim Walz, Crazy Taxi, SEGA Dreamcast, Starship Troopers, Mars Attacks, Avowed, Masters of the Universe, Logan, Deadpool &amp; Wolverine, Matthew Perry, Nicolas Cage, John Madden, Biopic, X-Men '97, Disney+, Marvel Studios, Marvel Television, Disney, Alien: Romulus, Alien Franchise, Ridley Scott, Fede Alvarez, Star Wars, The Mandalorian, Boba Fett, The Acolyte, Lucasfilm, Michael Keaton, Batman, Batgirl, HBO Max, DC Comics, DCU, DCEU, Superman, James Gunn, VFX, Pacific Rim, Lionsgate, Ian McKellan, Chick-Fil-A, Streaming, Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Anaconda, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Planet of the Apes, Hulu</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well folks its finally happening, a Mafia game set in Sicily at the turn of the 20th Century! I am very excited! But that wasn&#39;t the only news out of Gamescom this week, another Bethesda title is going multiplatform, old franchises are returning, and new adaptations are unexpectedly coming! Also, don&#39;t go after actors for roles they play, they aren&#39;t really those characters! Meanwhile, Deadpool &amp; Wolverine continues to break records, Indiana Jones&#39;s hat sells for over $600k, and The Acolyte is sent packing. Nic Cage, now here&#39;s a guy, will be playing John Madden, and forget the chicken sandwich war, Chick-fil-a is jumping into the streaming wars. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well folks its finally happening, a Mafia game set in Sicily at the turn of the 20th Century! I am very excited! But that wasn&#39;t the only news out of Gamescom this week, another Bethesda title is going multiplatform, old franchises are returning, and new adaptations are unexpectedly coming! Also, don&#39;t go after actors for roles they play, they aren&#39;t really those characters! Meanwhile, Deadpool &amp; Wolverine continues to break records, Indiana Jones&#39;s hat sells for over $600k, and The Acolyte is sent packing. Nic Cage, now here&#39;s a guy, will be playing John Madden, and forget the chicken sandwich war, Chick-fil-a is jumping into the streaming wars. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 325: I'm smelling what you're stepping in</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/325</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">47377f95-2442-49b8-a631-6266503a74ef</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 01:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/47377f95-2442-49b8-a631-6266503a74ef.mp3" length="82242310" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>325</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>I'm smelling what you're stepping in</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Comic-Con 2024 has come and gone, and with it some pretty major news. And Marvel did not disappoint during their return to Hall H, and the Russo's brought us a very unexpected gift. SAG-AFTRA is back with a new strike, this time for Video Game Voice actors, Bungie gets hit with a massive lay off. And to top it all off, we have a review of Deadpool and Wolverine! LFG!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:33:42</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/4/47377f95-2442-49b8-a631-6266503a74ef/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Comic-Con 2024 has come and gone, and with it some pretty major news. And Marvel did not disappoint during their return to Hall H, and the Russo's brought us a very unexpected gift. SAG-AFTRA is back with a new strike, this time for Video Game Voice actors, Bungie gets hit with a massive lay off. And to top it all off, we have a review of Deadpool and Wolverine! LFG! 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, SAG-AFTRA, Voice Actors, Fortnite, PSVR 2, PlayStation VR, Sony, SIE, Bioshock, Netflix, Dragon Age, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, EA Games, Castle Crashers, Mortal Kombat, Star Trek Fleet Command, Galaxy Quest, AStro Bot, Bethesda, Starfield, Starborn, Rocksteady, Arkhamverse, Batman, Assassin's Creed, Reddit, Ubisoft, Roll20, Amy Hennig, Avengers, Twitch, Amazon, WB Interactive, Quidditch Champions, Mario and Sonic at the Olympics, The OIympics, Activision, Call of Duty, SBMM, Games Workshop, Warhammer, Xbox, Xbox Series X, Xbox Game Pass, Fallout, Palworld, Bungie, Discord, Legacy of Kain, James Mangold, San Diego Comic Con, Comic Con, SDCC, Rings of Power, Amazon Prime Video, The Boys, Soldier Boy, Creature Commandos, DCU, James Gunn, Star Trek, Star Trek Strange New Worlds, Star Trek Lower Decks, Penguin, The Batman, MAX, Gundam Requiem, Mark Hamill, Spongebob, Tales of the TMNT, TMNT, Peaky Blinders, Chris Hemsworth, Transformers, Shaun of the Dead, Todd Phillips, Joker, Dexter, Showtime, Deadpool &amp; Wolverine, Marvel Studios, Captain America, Sam Wilson, Fantastic Four, Galactus, Thunderbolts*, Red Hulk, Avengers, Doctor Doom, Dr. Doom, Russo Bros, Robert Downey Jr, RDJ, Jonathan Majors, Superman, Star Wars, Skeleton Crew, Disney+, Squid Game, Battlestar Galactica, Road House, MCU, Deadpool, Wolverine, X-Men, 20th Century Fox</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Comic-Con 2024 has come and gone, and with it some pretty major news. And Marvel did not disappoint during their return to Hall H, and the Russo&#39;s brought us a very unexpected gift. SAG-AFTRA is back with a new strike, this time for Video Game Voice actors, Bungie gets hit with a massive lay off. And to top it all off, we have a review of Deadpool and Wolverine! LFG!</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Comic-Con 2024 has come and gone, and with it some pretty major news. And Marvel did not disappoint during their return to Hall H, and the Russo&#39;s brought us a very unexpected gift. SAG-AFTRA is back with a new strike, this time for Video Game Voice actors, Bungie gets hit with a massive lay off. And to top it all off, we have a review of Deadpool and Wolverine! LFG!</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 324: The Great Journey is at an End</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/324</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">189c3fa5-dfbd-4322-b8bd-8c9b7872e60c</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 00:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/189c3fa5-dfbd-4322-b8bd-8c9b7872e60c.mp3" length="60732441" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>324</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Great Journey is at an End</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>We can finally have peace, as the Halo show has been put out of its misery. Fighting games seem to be getting a lot of new content this year, EA Sports hits the jackpot on College Football 25, and Unions make waves. Plus 24 may be coming back to a screen near you, James Gunn clarifies the DCU a little more, and the world preps for Deadpool &amp; Wolverine. Meanwhile Pixar takes over the world inside our heads, Glen Powell seems poised to take over the actual world, and Twisters takes you on a thrilling ride. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:10:33</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/1/189c3fa5-dfbd-4322-b8bd-8c9b7872e60c/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>We can finally have peace, as the Halo show has been put out of its misery. Fighting games seem to be getting a lot of new content this year, EA Sports hits the jackpot on College Football 25, and Unions make waves. Plus 24 may be coming back to a screen near you, James Gunn clarifies the DCU a little more, and the world preps for Deadpool &amp;amp; Wolverine. Meanwhile Pixar takes over the world inside our heads, Glen Powell seems poised to take over the actual world, and Twisters takes you on a thrilling ride.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, FTC, Xbox, Xbox Game Pass, Call of Duty, Monopoly, Monopoly Go, EA Sports College Football 25, EA Sports, College Football 25, EA Games, Bethesda, CWA, WoW, World of Warcraft, Blizzard, Multiversus, WB Games, Guilty Gear Strike, Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, EVO 2024, Dragon Age, Fortnite, LEGO, CoD, CoD: Modern Warfare, Humble Games, Nintendo, Splatoon 3, Mario+Rabbids, Ubisoft, PS5, Activision, Runescape, Respawn, APEX Legends, Halo, Paramount+, Deadpool &amp; Wolverine, Deadpool, Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, MCU, 24, Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland, James Gunn, DCU, Superman, Supergirl, Peacemaker, Inside out 2, PIXAR, Disney, Walt Disney Pictures, Animation, Dune Prophecy, MAX, Dune, Netflix, Bob Newhart, Jack Quaid, Jamie Lee Curtis, One Piece, Twisters, Glen Powell, Edgar Wright, The Running Man, Apple, Apple tv+, Joker, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Hulu, What we do in the shadows, Monty Python, Comic-Con, The Batman, The Boys, Amazon Prime Video</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>We can finally have peace, as the Halo show has been put out of its misery. Fighting games seem to be getting a lot of new content this year, EA Sports hits the jackpot on College Football 25, and Unions make waves. Plus 24 may be coming back to a screen near you, James Gunn clarifies the DCU a little more, and the world preps for Deadpool &amp; Wolverine. Meanwhile Pixar takes over the world inside our heads, Glen Powell seems poised to take over the actual world, and Twisters takes you on a thrilling ride. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>We can finally have peace, as the Halo show has been put out of its misery. Fighting games seem to be getting a lot of new content this year, EA Sports hits the jackpot on College Football 25, and Unions make waves. Plus 24 may be coming back to a screen near you, James Gunn clarifies the DCU a little more, and the world preps for Deadpool &amp; Wolverine. Meanwhile Pixar takes over the world inside our heads, Glen Powell seems poised to take over the actual world, and Twisters takes you on a thrilling ride. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 321: The Patron Saint of Gaming</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/321</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">b4c93f7d-2e5c-4eca-95c0-4a9026ed8186</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/b4c93f7d-2e5c-4eca-95c0-4a9026ed8186.mp3" length="58631311" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>321</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Patron Saint of Gaming</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Well, I did not expect news of a saint who games, but here we are, a kid who loved Halo and Pokémon is going to be a saint. Plus SEGA pulled back the soft top on its Crazy Taxi reboot, Elden Ring continues to rake in the cash, and Capcom sets its sites on the future. Warner sets dates for the next Dune and Godzilla picture, Inside Out 2 hits a billion, and will Barbenheimer get a sequel? PLus reviews of The Bear and That 90s show. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:08:09</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/b/b4c93f7d-2e5c-4eca-95c0-4a9026ed8186/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Well, I did not expect news of a saint who games, but here we are, a kid who loved Halo and Pokémon is going to be a saint. Plus SEGA pulled back the soft top on its Crazy Taxi reboot, Elden Ring continues to rake in the cash, and Capcom sets its sites on the future. CDProjekt Red wants to push the envelope in its next Cyberpunk game, Nintendo continues to go after its fans. Also Netflix cancels a new show, and announces the the cast of its current and upcoming shows. Warner sets dates for the next Dune and Godzilla picture, Inside Out 2 hits a billion, and will Barbenheimer get a sequel? PLus reviews of The Bear and That 90s show.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, GTA, Rockstar Games, Miyazaki, Elden Ring, FromSoftware, Shadow of the Erd Tree, George RR Martin, Let me Solo Her, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Xbox, Amazon Fire TV, Phil Spencer, PAX, PAX West, Star Wars Bounty Hunter, Star Wars, Lucasarts, Aspyr, Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft, Assassins' Creed, YouTube Gaming, Dr. Disrespect, Amazon Gaming, Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Solid, Kojima, Konami, CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077, SNK, Legacy of Kain, Crazy Taxi, SEGA, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Capcom, Resident Evil, Dino Crisis, Dead Rising, Call of Duty, Call of Duty Warzone, CoD, Fortnite, Transformers, Battlfield, Watch Dogs, Dead Space, SquareEnix, Final Fantasy, Letitia Wright, Black Panther, MCU, Netflix, One Piece, That 90s Show, Terminator, Lord of the Rings, The Hunt for Gollum, Andy Serkis, Deadpool and Wolverine, Deadpool, X-Men, WarnerBros, Lionsgate, Legendary Pictures, Dune, Denis Villeneuve,  Monsterverse, Godzilla, Demon Slayer, Anime, Hellboy, Morgan Freeman, Inside Out 2, Pixar, Disney, Wicked, Gladiator 2, Ridley Scott, Paramount+, Star Trek, Star Wars, The Acolyte, Kylo Ren, The Knights of Ren, Disney+, Zack Snyder, The Snyder Cut, Justice League, Batfleck, The Bear, Hulu,  Chris Pratt, DCU, James Gunn, Superman</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well, I did not expect news of a saint who games, but here we are, a kid who loved Halo and Pokémon is going to be a saint. Plus SEGA pulled back the soft top on its Crazy Taxi reboot, Elden Ring continues to rake in the cash, and Capcom sets its sites on the future. CDProjekt Red wants to push the envelope in its next Cyberpunk game, Nintendo continues to go after its fans. Also Netflix cancels a new show, and announces the the cast of its current and upcoming shows. Warner sets dates for the next Dune and Godzilla picture, Inside Out 2 hits a billion, and will Barbenheimer get a sequel? PLus reviews of The Bear and That 90s show. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well, I did not expect news of a saint who games, but here we are, a kid who loved Halo and Pokémon is going to be a saint. Plus SEGA pulled back the soft top on its Crazy Taxi reboot, Elden Ring continues to rake in the cash, and Capcom sets its sites on the future. CDProjekt Red wants to push the envelope in its next Cyberpunk game, Nintendo continues to go after its fans. Also Netflix cancels a new show, and announces the the cast of its current and upcoming shows. Warner sets dates for the next Dune and Godzilla picture, Inside Out 2 hits a billion, and will Barbenheimer get a sequel? PLus reviews of The Bear and That 90s show. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 320: Thick Gatorade?</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/320</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">142c8bef-7aca-41d7-9cdf-602057fe57b9</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/142c8bef-7aca-41d7-9cdf-602057fe57b9.mp3" length="66383911" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>320</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Thick Gatorade?</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Just sit there and stew a while with that title. Once you get that out of the way, we got a bit to talk about. The Acolyte just dropped a action packed, death filled episode, and hinted at ties to the sequel trilogy. Eddie Murphy dropping extremely unexpected Shrek news, and HBO gets what MAX didnt! Plus, Sony seems to be abandoning the PSVR 2 already, XBOX wants to make a big splash at Gamescom, and Capcom is bringing Frank West back, again. A ton more so stick around and take a listen. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:18:12</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/1/142c8bef-7aca-41d7-9cdf-602057fe57b9/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Just sit there and stew a while with that title. Once you get that out of the way, we got a bit to talk about. The Acolyte just dropped a action packed, death filled episode, and hinted at ties to the sequel trilogy. Eddie Murphy dropping extremely unexpected Shrek news, and HBO gets what MAX didnt! Plus, Sony seems to be abandoning the PSVR 2 already, XBOX wants to make a big splash at Gamescom, and Capcom is bringing Frank West back, again. A ton more so stick around and take a listen.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Xbox, XBOX Series X, Microsoft, Gamescom, Sony, Nintendo, Bluepoint Games, RedFall, Arkane Austin, Fallout, Fallout 3, Palmer Lucky, Oculus, Beyond Good &amp; Evil, Ubisoft, LEGO Island, Fornite, PSVR 2, Sony PlayStation, PS5, Embracer Group, Red Faction, Black Myth Wukong, Palworld, Dr. Disrespect, Twitch, Streamer, Stella Blade, MK1, Mortal Komabt, T2, SEGA, Jet Set Radio, Lara Croft, Tomb Raider, Dead by Daylight, Tekken, Soul Calibur, Bethesda Games Studios, CWA, Dead Rising, Capcom, Zombies, Valve, Street Fighter, Steam Deck, Games as a Service, Amazon Prime Video, Full Metal Jacket, The Penguin, DCU, MAX, HBO, Green Lanterns, WB, James Gunn, Superman, Mr. Terrific, John Hamm, Batman Caped Crusader, Donald Sutherland, M3GAN, SOULM8TE, The Boys, The Biker Mice from Mars, Kevin Costner, Yellowstone, Blade, MCU, The Fantastic Four, Comic Con, Kevin Feige, Hall H, Deadpool and Wolverine, Oscar Isaac, BEEF, Netflix, ScarJo, Jurassic World, Jurassic Park, Inside Out 2, Pixar, Kite Man, Star Wars, The Acolyte, The Knights of Wren, Kylo Wren, Disney+, Andor, Rogue One, Paramount+, Eddie Murphy, Shrek, Shrek 5, Channing Tatum, 23 Jump Street, 21 Jump Street, Harry Potter, Welcome to Derry, HBO, MAX, WarnerBros, The Bear, Hulu, House of the Dragon, Game of Thrones, Westeros</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Just sit there and stew a while with that title. Once you get that out of the way, we got a bit to talk about. The Acolyte just dropped a action packed, death filled episode, and hinted at ties to the sequel trilogy. Eddie Murphy dropping extremely unexpected Shrek news, and HBO gets what MAX didnt! Plus, Sony seems to be abandoning the PSVR 2 already, XBOX wants to make a big splash at Gamescom, and Capcom is bringing Frank West back, again. A ton more so stick around and take a listen. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Just sit there and stew a while with that title. Once you get that out of the way, we got a bit to talk about. The Acolyte just dropped a action packed, death filled episode, and hinted at ties to the sequel trilogy. Eddie Murphy dropping extremely unexpected Shrek news, and HBO gets what MAX didnt! Plus, Sony seems to be abandoning the PSVR 2 already, XBOX wants to make a big splash at Gamescom, and Capcom is bringing Frank West back, again. A ton more so stick around and take a listen. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 319: We have a (2)-319!</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/319</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">76f8579a-9569-47fb-864e-bb6c3597384b</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/76f8579a-9569-47fb-864e-bb6c3597384b.mp3" length="58346768" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>319</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>We have a (2)-319!</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Nintendo continues to beat its on drum, as we saw on full display at the newest Direct, and did we get our first footage of a game running on the next switch? Elden Ring hits a major milestone before its DLC release, and Todd Howard gets candid. They Boys and House of the Dragon return and hit the ground running. And the Acolyte has broken the fandom, in a way I never expected. But what about the droid attack on the wookies?</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:09:59</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/7/76f8579a-9569-47fb-864e-bb6c3597384b/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Nintendo continues to beat its on drum, as we saw on full display at the newest Direct, and did we get our first footage of a game running on the next switch? Elden Ring hits a major milestone before its DLC release, and Todd Howard gets candid. They Boys and House of the Dragon return and hit the ground running. And the Acolyte has broken the fandom, in a way I never expected. But what about the droid attack on the wookies? 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Elden Ring, Discord, Warcraft, World of Warcraft, Blizzard, Shovel Knight, Star Citizen, Lords of the Fallen, Miyazaki, FromSoftware, Todd Howard, Bethesda, Starfield, Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Embracer Group, Sakurai, Wonder Woman, WB Interactive, Ark Survival Evolved, Street Fighter, Paradox Interactive, PlayStation Portal, PlayStation 5, NVIDIA,Nintendo, Nintendo Direct, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid Prime 4, Metroid, Zelda, Mario and Luigi, Mario, Dragon Quest, Donkey Kong, Super Mario Party, Marvel vs Capcom, Switch Sports, Nintendo Switch, Among Us, Metal Slug, Luigi's Mansion, DCU, James Gunn, Creature Commandos, House of the Dragon, MAX, HBO, Game of Thrones, Watchmen, Blue Beetle, Inside Out 2, Pixar, Disney, Wesley Snipes, Blade, MCU, Jordan Peele, Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola, Will Ferrel, Totally Spies, Uncharted, Lord of the Rings, Tom Hardy, Mad Max, Spaceballs, Mel Brooks, Josh Gad, The Boys, Amazon Prime Video, Star Wars, The Acolyte, Dsney+</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Nintendo continues to beat its on drum, as we saw on full display at the newest Direct, and did we get our first footage of a game running on the next switch? Elden Ring hits a major milestone before its DLC release, and Todd Howard gets candid. They Boys and House of the Dragon return and hit the ground running. And the Acolyte has broken the fandom, in a way I never expected. But what about the droid attack on the wookies?</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Nintendo continues to beat its on drum, as we saw on full display at the newest Direct, and did we get our first footage of a game running on the next switch? Elden Ring hits a major milestone before its DLC release, and Todd Howard gets candid. They Boys and House of the Dragon return and hit the ground running. And the Acolyte has broken the fandom, in a way I never expected. But what about the droid attack on the wookies?</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 316: Make it Epic</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/316</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">5fb01c0c-f7a5-45f2-9ac1-33212f218efa</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 19:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/5fb01c0c-f7a5-45f2-9ac1-33212f218efa.mp3" length="63427928" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>316</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Make it Epic</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>What a deal, what a day! Furiosa review coming in hot! Yes Dementus has struck a chord with me. We also learned about the next Knives Out movie, Brad Pitt and George Clooney are reuniting, and Tom Bombadil is finally getting his shot at live action. Meanwhile Sony announces a State of Play last minute, Neil Druckmann gets taken out of context, and Activision wins its lawsuit against cheaters. Cheaters never prosper. Plus thoughts on two major lawsuits affecting Hollywood and Video Games. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:16:43</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/5/5fb01c0c-f7a5-45f2-9ac1-33212f218efa/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>What a deal, what a day! Furiosa review coming in hot! Yes Dementus has struck a chord with me. We also learned about the next Knives Out movie, Brad Pitt and George Clooney are reuniting, and Tom Bombadil is finally getting his shot at live action. Meanwhile Sony announces a State of Play last minute, Neil Druckmann gets taken out of context, and Activision wins its lawsuit against cheaters. Cheaters never prosper. Plus thoughts on two major lawsuits affecting Hollywood and Video Games.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Neil Druckmann, Naughty Dog, The Last of Us, Uncharted, PlayStation, Sony, State of Play, Ps5, PlayStation 5, Embracer Group, Atari, Intellivision, Black Ops 6, BlOps, Call of Duty, Activision, Microsoft, Gulf War, Nintendo, Nintendo of America, Doom, Doom Dark Ages, Id Software, Bethesda, Baldurs Gate 3, Larian, Dragons Quest, Silent Hill, Konami, CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077, Legend of Zelda, LEGO, Ubisoft, Rainbow Six, Rainbow Six Siege, Star Citizen, Capcom, Resident Evil, RE Zero, RE Code Veronica, League of Legends, Riot Games, Faker, EA Sports, NCAA Football 25, Multiversus, Amazon Games, Arrowhead studios, Helldivers 2, PSVR 2, PS5, Just Cause, Marvel Studios, MCU, X-Men '97, Spider-Man, Spielberg, Naked Gunn, Cody Rhoades, Doge, Jeffery Wright, The Last of Us Show, Knives Out, Rian Johnson, Daniel Craig, Morgan Spurlock, Super Size Me, Deadpool and Wolverine, Rob McElhenney, Welcome to Wrexham, Alex Baldwin, George Lucas, Cannes, Richard Sherman, Disney Legend, Tom King, Damon Lindelof, Green Lanterns, DCU, James Gunn, Ted Saranados, Netflix, Barbenheimer, Furiosa, Garfield, Giancarlo Esposito, David Lynch, Tom Bombadil, Middle Earth, Rings of Power, Amazon Prime Video, Lord of the Rings, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Moana, Disney, He-Man, The Exorcist, Mad Max, Furiosa A Mad Max Saga, George Miller, Chris Hemsworth</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>What a deal, what a day! Furiosa review coming in hot! Yes Dementus has struck a chord with me. We also learned about the next Knives Out movie, Brad Pitt and George Clooney are reuniting, and Tom Bombadil is finally getting his shot at live action. Meanwhile Sony announces a State of Play last minute, Neil Druckmann gets taken out of context, and Activision wins its lawsuit against cheaters. Cheaters never prosper. Plus thoughts on two major lawsuits affecting Hollywood and Video Games. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>What a deal, what a day! Furiosa review coming in hot! Yes Dementus has struck a chord with me. We also learned about the next Knives Out movie, Brad Pitt and George Clooney are reuniting, and Tom Bombadil is finally getting his shot at live action. Meanwhile Sony announces a State of Play last minute, Neil Druckmann gets taken out of context, and Activision wins its lawsuit against cheaters. Cheaters never prosper. Plus thoughts on two major lawsuits affecting Hollywood and Video Games. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 315: Streaming Wars: The Wrath of Cable</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/315</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">36f7ca21-e965-4ec9-b92b-3d76ca9e8a82</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2024 00:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/36f7ca21-e965-4ec9-b92b-3d76ca9e8a82.mp3" length="67791333" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>315</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Streaming Wars: The Wrath of Cable</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Here we are yet again, streaming bundles are just cable, and its obvious that big tech just makes things more complicated then they ever needed to be. Also, gaming rumors run rampant this week, and they touch all facets of the industry. Meanwhile, consolidation hits a arm of the gaming biz no one expected, IGN gobbles up Eurogame, gamesindustry.biz and more, plus EA SPORTS College Football is here and has a release date. Plus the MCU is plotting its return, Star Trek is confused and the Monsterverse looses its captain. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:19:28</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/3/36f7ca21-e965-4ec9-b92b-3d76ca9e8a82/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Here we are yet again, streaming bundles are just cable, and its obvious that big tech just makes things more complicated then they ever needed to be. Also, gaming rumors run rampant this week, and they touch all facets of the industry. Meanwhile, consolidation hits a arm of the gaming biz no one expected, IGN gobbles up Eurogame, gamesindustry.biz and more, plus EA SPORTS College Football is here and has a release date. Plus the MCU is plotting its return, Star Trek is confused and the Monsterverse looses its captain.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, EA Sports, EA, EA Sports College Football 25, NCCA Football, Madden NFL 25, Mobile gamers, Activision, Call of Duty, LEGO, Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West, TakeTwo Interactive, 2K games, Rockstar Games, GTA 5, GTA 6, Grand Theft Auto, Valve corp, Steam, Total War, Creative Assembly, SEGA, PlayStation, PS4, PS5, PlayStation 4, Sony, Gundam, GunPla, Ghosts of Tsushima, Multiversus, DC, WarnerBros, The Matrix, Cartoon Network, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Kingdom Hearts, Ninja Theory, Hellblade II, IGN, Eurogamer, gamesindustry.biz, Rock Paper Shotgun, Digital Foundry, Helldivers 2, Sakurai, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, CoD:Blops, Call of Duty Black Ops, Overwatch 2, Blizzard, The Batman 2, George RR Martin, Game of Thrones, Peter Jackson, Lord of the Rings, Gollum, Francis Ford Coppola, Megalopolis, Jason Vorhees, Friday the 13th, VENU Sports, Sports Streaming, ESPN, FS1, Shogun, Hulu, X-Men '97, Marvel Animation, MCU, Disney+, Venom 3, Spider-Man, Kraven the Hunter, Sony Pictures, Colombia Pictures, Comcast, Comcast/Xfinity, Netflix, Peacock, AppleTV+, Adult Swim, Toonami, Dragon Ball Z Kai, Naruto, Sailor Moon, Cartoon Network, Star Wars, Star Wars Skeleton Crew, Lucasfilm, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, James Gunn, DCU, Superman, Steve Carell, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jerry Bruckheimer, Club 33, Walt Disney Studios, Simon Kinberg, Star Trek, Paramount, The Rock, A24, Pixar, Adam Wingard, Monsterverse, Godzilla, King Kong, Godzilla x Kong, X-Men, Luke Cage, Liam Hemsworth, The Witcher, Geralt, White Vision, Vision, Terry Matalas, WandaVision, Deadpool &amp; Wolverine, Deadpool, Wolverine </itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Here we are yet again, streaming bundles are just cable, and its obvious that big tech just makes things more complicated then they ever needed to be. Also, gaming rumors run rampant this week, and they touch all facets of the industry. Meanwhile, consolidation hits a arm of the gaming biz no one expected, IGN gobbles up Eurogame, gamesindustry.biz and more, plus EA SPORTS College Football is here and has a release date. Plus the MCU is plotting its return, Star Trek is confused and the Monsterverse looses its captain. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Here we are yet again, streaming bundles are just cable, and its obvious that big tech just makes things more complicated then they ever needed to be. Also, gaming rumors run rampant this week, and they touch all facets of the industry. Meanwhile, consolidation hits a arm of the gaming biz no one expected, IGN gobbles up Eurogame, gamesindustry.biz and more, plus EA SPORTS College Football is here and has a release date. Plus the MCU is plotting its return, Star Trek is confused and the Monsterverse looses its captain. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 314: A Sixth fit for the gods</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/314</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">1b0600ef-829d-42ea-8900-014a042ce152</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 23:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/1b0600ef-829d-42ea-8900-014a042ce152.mp3" length="66199360" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>314</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>A Sixth fit for the gods</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Well would you look at that, 6 years in, we are still rambling about nonsense. Ubisoft finally announces and shows off its newest Assassin's Creed, Shadows, set in feudal Japan, allowing everyone to play out their Shogun dreams. Meanwhile, Square Enix is finally going to support a multiplatform agenda, and Helldivers breaks a record. Also Hollywood upfronts are going on, so we have a ton of TV news, not to be outdone, by the announcement of a new Lord of the Rings movie, or the return of Happy Gilmore. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:18:07</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/1/1b0600ef-829d-42ea-8900-014a042ce152/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Well would you look at that, 6 years in, we are still rambling about nonsense. Ubisoft finally announces and shows off its newest Assassin's Creed, Shadows, set in feudal Japan, allowing everyone to play out their Shogun dreams. Meanwhile, Square Enix is finally going to support a multiplatform agenda, and Helldivers breaks a record. Also Hollywood upfronts are going on, so we have a ton of TV news, not to be outdone, by the announcement of a new Lord of the Rings movie, or the return of Happy Gilmore.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Nintendo Switch, WB Interactive, Rocksteady Studios, SSKTJL, Jurassic World Evolution 3, Jurassic World Evolution, Frontier, Jurassic World, Limited Run, Hi-Fi Rush, Tango Gameworks, Bethesda, Xbox, Microsoft, Call of Duty, Xbox Game Pass, EA Sports, EA Sports College Football, SquareEnix, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 16, FFVII, FF 7 Remake, Final Fantasy 7, GameStop, Stonks, Pokémon, META, Meta Quest, PlayStation, Sony PlayStation, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Helldivers 2, Ubisoft, Tom Clancy, XDefiant, Rainbow Six, The Division, Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Japan, Shinobi, Samurai, Shogun, Toys for Bob, Lord of the Rings, Gollum, Peter Jackson, Andy Serkis, WarnerBros, New Line, Batman the Caped Crusader, Amazon Prime Video, The Bear, Hulu, Ted, Peacock, Seth McFarlane, MCU, Fantastic Four, Galactus, Ralph Ineson, John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne, Shōgun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Frank Grillo, DCU, Peacemaker, Godzilla X Kong, Godzilla, Monsterverse, Kaiju, Dave Bautista, Sigourney Weaver, Star Wars, Roger Corman, Marvel Studios, X-Men '97, Jerry Seinfeld, Bee Movie, Rings of Power, Amazon Prime Video, Planet of the Apes, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Spider-Man Noir, Nic Cage, The Boys, MGM+, Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith, Road House, House of the Dragon, Game of Thrones, Westeros, MAX, Legally Blonde, Dune, Dune:Prophecy, Tomb Raider, Dardevil Born Again, Agatha All Along, Wanda Vision, Supergirl, DC, James Gunn, Mortal Kombat, Iron Heart, Netflix, The Terminator, Happy Gilmore, Adam Sandler, NFL, John Wick, Donnie Yen, Harry Potter, Chris Pratt</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well would you look at that, 6 years in, we are still rambling about nonsense. Ubisoft finally announces and shows off its newest Assassin&#39;s Creed, Shadows, set in feudal Japan, allowing everyone to play out their Shogun dreams. Meanwhile, Square Enix is finally going to support a multiplatform agenda, and Helldivers breaks a record. Also Hollywood upfronts are going on, so we have a ton of TV news, not to be outdone, by the announcement of a new Lord of the Rings movie, or the return of Happy Gilmore. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well would you look at that, 6 years in, we are still rambling about nonsense. Ubisoft finally announces and shows off its newest Assassin&#39;s Creed, Shadows, set in feudal Japan, allowing everyone to play out their Shogun dreams. Meanwhile, Square Enix is finally going to support a multiplatform agenda, and Helldivers breaks a record. Also Hollywood upfronts are going on, so we have a ton of TV news, not to be outdone, by the announcement of a new Lord of the Rings movie, or the return of Happy Gilmore. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 309: Total Eclipse of the Pod</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/309</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">ba00658b-d014-4b91-bbf4-c33cd4a1c99c</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/ba00658b-d014-4b91-bbf4-c33cd4a1c99c.mp3" length="45259929" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>309</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Total Eclipse of the Pod</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Don't worry, no need to wear protective eyewear to listen to this weeks episode. This week, EA makes a few announcements, some of them late, some of them unexpected, and some of them booed. Ubisoft finally gives us a release date for Star Wars Outlaws, and gives the Prince of Persia a roguelike makeover. Meanwhile, Disney makes big announcements for 2026, Joker gets a trailer, and AMC says "hindsight is 20/20". That and more. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>56:44</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/b/ba00658b-d014-4b91-bbf4-c33cd4a1c99c/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Don't worry, no need to wear protective eyewear to listen to this weeks episode. This week, EA makes a few announcements, some of them late, some of them unexpected, and some of them booed. Ubisoft finally gives us a release date for Star Wars Outlaws, and gives the Prince of Persia a roguelike makeover. Meanwhile, Disney makes big announcements for 2026, Joker gets a trailer, and AMC says "hindsight is 20/20". That and more.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming,  RELIC Entertainment, Hellbade, Hellblade 2, Ninja Theory, Xbox, Xbox Studios, Xbox Gamepass, Microsoft, WB Montreal, Monolith, Nolanverse, Batman, Middle Earth: Shadow of War, Nemesis System, EA, Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes, EA Play, Dead Space, Troy Baker, GTA 6, Saber Interactive, Embracer Group, Fallout, Amazon Prime Video, Bethesda, Ermac, Moral Kombat, MK1, Star Wars Outlaws, Star Wars, Ubisoft, Massive Entertainment, Jabba the Hutt, Lenovo, Desitny 2, The Final Shape, Bungie, Blizzard, Netease, Diablo, Starcraft II, World of Warcraft, Five Nights at Freddy's, Game of Thrones, Jon Snow, HBO, HBO Max, George RR Martin, Disney, Pixar, Moana, Star Wars, Lucasfilm, Toy Story, Toy Story 5, Michael J Fox, Disney+, Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde, Superman, James Gunn, DCU, Cinemacon, Netflix, Avatar the Last Airbender, Star Wars Tales of the Empire, Star Wars Tales of the Jedi, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Christian Bale, Frakenstein, Jonathan Nolan, Westworld, Gillian Anderson, The X-Files, The Witcher, Beau Wilimon, James Mangold, Sonic the Hedgehog, Jonathan Majors, Crunchyroll, Zack Snyder, Joker: Foile a Deux, Joker, The Crow, SAW XI, Robert Downey Jr, RDJ, MCU, Iron Man, AMC, Dune 2, Dune Popcorn bucket, meme culture, Warner Bros, Monopoly, Margot Robbie, Barbie, Blumhouse, The Blair Witch Project, Heroes, TV</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Don&#39;t worry, no need to wear protective eyewear to listen to this weeks episode. This week, EA makes a few announcements, some of them late, some of them unexpected, and some of them booed. Ubisoft finally gives us a release date for Star Wars Outlaws, and gives the Prince of Persia a roguelike makeover. Meanwhile, Disney makes big announcements for 2026, Joker gets a trailer, and AMC says &quot;hindsight is 20/20&quot;. That and more. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Don&#39;t worry, no need to wear protective eyewear to listen to this weeks episode. This week, EA makes a few announcements, some of them late, some of them unexpected, and some of them booed. Ubisoft finally gives us a release date for Star Wars Outlaws, and gives the Prince of Persia a roguelike makeover. Meanwhile, Disney makes big announcements for 2026, Joker gets a trailer, and AMC says &quot;hindsight is 20/20&quot;. That and more. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 306: The state of the gaming industry is Unreal</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/306</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">4b526e14-1b17-45a7-87b7-1ae081ad4586</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/4b526e14-1b17-45a7-87b7-1ae081ad4586.mp3" length="63306467" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>306</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The state of the gaming industry is Unreal</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <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>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/4/4b526e14-1b17-45a7-87b7-1ae081ad4586/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>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.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Aspyr, Embracer Group, Star Wars Battlefront, Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection, Saber Interactive, Respawn Entertainment, EA Game, Tim Sweeny, Epic Games, Valve Corp, Gabe Newell, Lord Gaben, Twitch, Among Us, Minecraft, Jay and Silent Bob, Star Citizen, Palworld, Halo 2, Xbox, Xbox Live, PS5 Pro, PlayStation 5, PS5, Sony PlayStation, Apex Legends, Steam, Final Fantasy 14, Square Enix, Akira Toriyama, Sand Land, Overwatch 2, Blizzard Entertainment, Bungie, Marathon, Riot Games, League of Legends, Unreal Engine 5, State of Unreal, GDC, Game Developers Conference, Marvel 1943 Rise of Hydra, Captain America, Black Panther, Marvel Games, Skydance New Media, Amy Henig, MetaHuman, UEFN, Fortnite, Dune: Awakening, Max Payne 1, Max Payne, Remedy Entertainment, Rockstar Games, The Sims, Margot Robbie, Sydney Sweeny, Madame Web, Black Mirror, Netflix, Nic Cage, Spider-Man Noir, Sony Pictures, Pokémon, The Bear, Hulu, FX, FX on Hulu, Doctor Who, Billy Dee Williams, Lando Calrissian, Star Wars, The Acolyte, The High Republic, Disney+, James Marsden, Deadpool 3, Cyclops, Teen Titans, DCU, James Gunn, Dune pt. 2, Warner Bros, Bill Hader, The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss, Rebel Moon Pt. 2, Mr. Beast, Amazon Prime Video, Steve Martin, Apple TV+, The Crow, Spider-Man, Colombia Pictures, Spider-Man 2, Fallout, Jonathan Nolan, Nuka Cola, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Kick-Ass, Bullet Train, 007, James Bond, Furiosa, Mad Max, Popeye, George Lucas, The Walt Disney Company, Alien Romulus, 20th Century, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Marvel Zombies, MCU, The Never Ending Story</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>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. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>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. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 305: My Eyes See Barbenheimer</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/305</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">53265db8-c09d-409f-ad76-8c72111e64a3</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/53265db8-c09d-409f-ad76-8c72111e64a3.mp3" length="59283764" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>305</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>My Eyes See Barbenheimer</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>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!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:13:13</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/5/53265db8-c09d-409f-ad76-8c72111e64a3/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>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! 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Toyota, Pokémon, Pokémon Scarlet, Pokémon Violet, Nintendo, Fallout, Bethesda Softworks, Bethesda Studios, Amazon Prime Video, WB Games, Adult Swim Games, Overwatch 2, Blizzard, Cowboy Bebop, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man The Great Web, Insomniac Games, Activision, QA Testers, CWA, Deviation Games, PlayStation, Sony, Mario Bros, MAR10 Day, Super Mario, Mario Kart, LEGO, Multiversus, Shawn Layden, SIE, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony PlayStation, PUBG, System Shock, Starbreeze, Payday 3, Sig Asmussen, Summer Games Fest, Geoff Keighly, Turtle Beach, Denis Villeneuve, Dune Part 2, Crunchyroll, Funimation, Inside Out, PIXAR, Shogun, FX, Hulu, Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, DBZ, Shrek 2, Dreamworks Animation, Shrek, Daisy Ridley, Star Wars, The Oscars, The Academy Awards, Oppenheimer, Barbie, Poor Things, The Holdovers, American Fiction, Jimmy Kimmel, Al Pacino, John Cena, John Mulaney, Peacemaker, DCU, Superman, James Gunn, Michael Keaton, Morbius, Barbie, Barbie 2, Greta Gerwig, Star Trek, Star Trek Starfleet Academy, Paramount+, The Boy and the Heron, Miyazaki, MAX, Jon Bernthal, MCU, Daredevil, Disney+, Toonami, Salems Lot, Stephen King, Neve Campbell, Scream, Scream 7, The Batman, The Batman II, Matt Reeves, DCU, Venom, Venom 3, X-Men '97, MCU, Disney+, Zone of Interest, Nicolas Cage, National Treasure, Halo, Xbox, Paramount+, Master Chief, Star Wars, Star Wars Rogue Squadron, Patty Jenkins, Lucasfilm</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>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!</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>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!</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 304: Cerveza Cristal!</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/304</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">1d1e40e3-52f2-4a83-ad52-286485633abb</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 23:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/1d1e40e3-52f2-4a83-ad52-286485633abb.mp3" length="50552302" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>304</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Cerveza Cristal!</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>🎶Cerveza Cristal!🎶 Happy post Leap Day! Did y'all survive 2/29?? cause Not everyone did. Anywho, This week we have a lot of shakeups in the gaming industry with both Saber Interactive and Toys for Bob leaving their parent corporations. Xbox showed off games during their Partner Preview, Baldur's Gate 3 will be 4 discs and Arthur Morgan will narrate and Audio book about Red Dead Redemption 2. Meanwhile Superman Legacy becomes Superman, Disney cancels movies, and 6 Seasons and a Movie is no longer in doubt. Plus! A review of Dune Pt. 2!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:03:05</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/1/1d1e40e3-52f2-4a83-ad52-286485633abb/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>🎶Cerveza Cristal!🎶 Happy post Leap Day! Did y'all survive 2/29?? cause Not everyone did. Anywho, This week we have a lot of shakeups in the gaming industry with both Saber Interactive and Toys for Bob leaving their parent corporations. Xbox showed off games during their Partner Preview, Baldur's Gate 3 will be 4 discs and Arthur Morgan will narrate and Audio book about Red Dead Redemption 2. Meanwhile Superman Legacy becomes Superman, Disney cancels movies, and 6 Seasons and a Movie is no longer in doubt. Plus! A review of Dune Pt. 2! 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Cloud Imperium, Star Citizen, FFVII, FF7, FFVII Rebirth, KH4, Kingdom Hearts IV, Saber Interactive, Embracer Group, Gearbox Interactive, Terminator, Judgement Day, Toys 4 Bob, Activision Blizzard, Microsoft, Xbox Gaming Studios, Leap Day, Leap Year, Crazy Taxi, Hot Ones, Finn Wolfhard, Firesprite, Sony, PlayStation Studios, PSVR, EA, Star Wars, Lucasfilm Games, Fallout, Vault Dwellers, Bethesda, Amazon Prime Video, Xbox, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Game Pass, FFIVX, Persona 3 Reload, Frostpunk 2, Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2, RDR2, History, Dune Awakening, Baldur's Gate 3, YUZU, Nintendo, Helldivers 2, Hades, Games as a Service, SSKTJL, WB Games, Arkhamverse, Ghosts of Tsushima, Apple, Epic Games, Rooster Teeth, Red vs. Blue, RWBY, The Roost, Skybound Comics, Universal Monsters, Frankenstein, Auli'i Cravalho, Moana, Moana 2, Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, BTAS, Batman the Animates Series, DCAU, Deadpool &amp; Wolverine, MCU, Deadpool, Will Forte, Coyote vs Acme, WBD, Warner Bros, Looney Toons, DCU, James Gunn, Superman: Legacy, Superman, Tron, Tron: Ares, Dune pt2, Denis Villeneuve, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Cerveza Cristal, Star Wars, Chile, Zack Snyder, Rebel Moon, Netflix, House of the Dragon, Game of Thrones, MAX, HBO, Joel Mchale, Community, 6 seasons and a movie, Peacock, Dakota Johnson, Madame Webb, Spider-Man, Sony Pictures, Disney, Disney+, Star Wars, Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, MCU, Moon Knight, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Star Tours, Disney Parks, Bob Iger, Walt Disney Pictures, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Lindsey Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Freaky Friday, Avatar the last airbender, Twilight, VInny Jones, Dune Pt. 2, Frank Herbet, Paul Atredies</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>🎶Cerveza Cristal!🎶 Happy post Leap Day! Did y&#39;all survive 2/29?? cause Not everyone did. Anywho, This week we have a lot of shakeups in the gaming industry with both Saber Interactive and Toys for Bob leaving their parent corporations. Xbox showed off games during their Partner Preview, Baldur&#39;s Gate 3 will be 4 discs and Arthur Morgan will narrate and Audio book about Red Dead Redemption 2. Meanwhile Superman Legacy becomes Superman, Disney cancels movies, and 6 Seasons and a Movie is no longer in doubt. Plus! A review of Dune Pt. 2!</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>🎶Cerveza Cristal!🎶 Happy post Leap Day! Did y&#39;all survive 2/29?? cause Not everyone did. Anywho, This week we have a lot of shakeups in the gaming industry with both Saber Interactive and Toys for Bob leaving their parent corporations. Xbox showed off games during their Partner Preview, Baldur&#39;s Gate 3 will be 4 discs and Arthur Morgan will narrate and Audio book about Red Dead Redemption 2. Meanwhile Superman Legacy becomes Superman, Disney cancels movies, and 6 Seasons and a Movie is no longer in doubt. Plus! A review of Dune Pt. 2!</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 300: For Tonight We Dine In Hell!</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/300</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">d011ed35-b4ca-4b9e-acb2-8cb53419ab57</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 23:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/d011ed35-b4ca-4b9e-acb2-8cb53419ab57.mp3" length="76470979" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>300</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>For Tonight We Dine In Hell!</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>We made it! 300 episodes! Look at us, who woulda thunk? But hey we still got news to talk about. Top stories include Disney's investment into Epic Games and a new Fortnite partnership. Microsoft and Xbox are facing a massive wave of distrust, doubt, and sadness after rumors spark a wildstorm, and Gina Carano is suing Disney over "free speech". Plus we have Final Fantasy news, EVO news, and Hollywood just sending a flood of news down the pike. Including a river of Disney news.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:32:37</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/d/d011ed35-b4ca-4b9e-acb2-8cb53419ab57/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>We made it! 300 episodes! Look at us, who woulda thunk? But hey we still got news to talk about. Top stories include Disney's investment into Epic Games and a new Fortnite partnership. Microsoft and Xbox are facing a massive wave of distrust, doubt, and sadness after rumors spark a wildstorm, and Gina Carano is suing Disney over "free speech". Plus we have Final Fantasy news, EVO news, and Hollywood just sending a flood of news down the pike. Including a river of Disney news. 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Meto Awakening, PSV2, Metro 2033, Jason Kelce, Backyard Football, Backyard Baseball, Resident Evil 4, The Day Before, Hi-Fi Rush, Tango Gameworks, Bethesda, Sea of Thieves, Rare, Machinegmaes, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Starfield, Xbox, Xbox Series X, Xbox GamePass, PlayStation, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo, Neil Druckman, Naughty Dog, The Last of Us, Hideo Kojima, Death Stranding, Final Fantasy 14, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Final Fantasy 7, Square Enix, Henry Cavill, Warhammer 40k, Elden Ring, Capcom, Dino Crisis, Tom Raider, WWE2k24, EVO 2024, Tekken 8, Mortal Kombat 1, Street Fighter 6, Call of Duty, Infinity Ward, Activision, Toys for Bob, Sledgehammer Games, Epic Games, Fortnite, Disney, Spider-Man 2, Insomniac games, FTC, Homeworld 3, David Leitch, King Fu, Donnie Yen, Jurassic World, Universal Pictures, Daredevil Born Again, Ewan McGregor, Star Wars, Disney+, Lucasfilm, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Donald Glover, Community, six seasons and a movie, Hulu, James Bond, Netflix, Cobra Kai, Squid Game, James Gunn, DCU, Superman Legacy, Creature Commandos, Megamind, Peacock, Beetlejuice, Sweet Victory, Spongebob SquarePants, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Jim Carrey, Across The Spider-Verse, Brad Pitt, Quentin Tarantino, Carl Weathers, Apollo Creed, Rocky, Chubbs, Happy Gilmore, Predator, Sylvester Stallone, Catherine Ohara, Argylle, Matthew Vaughn, Game of Thrones, Jeremy Renner, MCU, Rob Liefield, Deadpool, Deadpool 3, Robert Downey Jr, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Christopher Nolan, Butch Hartman, Danny Phantom, Evil Dead, Wonder Man, ESPN, Fox Sports, TNT, NBA, NFL, MLB, Gina Carano, The Mandalorian, Kumail Nanjiani, The Eternals, Funimation, Crunchyroll, The Eras Tour, Taylor Swift, Moana, Moana 2, Toy Story, Zootopia, Frozen, Pixar, Thunderbolts, Avengers, Percy Jackson</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>We made it! 300 episodes! Look at us, who woulda thunk? But hey we still got news to talk about. Top stories include Disney&#39;s investment into Epic Games and a new Fortnite partnership. Microsoft and Xbox are facing a massive wave of distrust, doubt, and sadness after rumors spark a wildstorm, and Gina Carano is suing Disney over &quot;free speech&quot;. Plus we have Final Fantasy news, EVO news, and Hollywood just sending a flood of news down the pike. Including a river of Disney news.</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>We made it! 300 episodes! Look at us, who woulda thunk? But hey we still got news to talk about. Top stories include Disney&#39;s investment into Epic Games and a new Fortnite partnership. Microsoft and Xbox are facing a massive wave of distrust, doubt, and sadness after rumors spark a wildstorm, and Gina Carano is suing Disney over &quot;free speech&quot;. Plus we have Final Fantasy news, EVO news, and Hollywood just sending a flood of news down the pike. Including a river of Disney news.</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 299: Rocksteady has lost the plot</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/299</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">f4361532-e244-4153-814b-94b747fcbeaa</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/f4361532-e244-4153-814b-94b747fcbeaa.mp3" length="78565640" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>299</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Rocksteady has lost the plot</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Hello All! Another week, another rant, but not as heated. As you can tell by the title its about Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, and boy am I not happy. We also had a state of play from Sony, Microsoft gutted Blizzard, and Mass Effect is headed to Destiny. Meanwhile The Thunderbolts loses several stars, Supergirl is found, Denis Villeneuve has plans for Dune 3. Also, there was an issue with my microphone this week, so that will explain the poor audio quality. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:13:34</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/f/f4361532-e244-4153-814b-94b747fcbeaa/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Hello All! Another week, another rant, but not as heated. As you can tell by the title its about Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, and boy am I not happy. We also had a state of play from Sony, Microsoft gutted Blizzard, and Mass Effect is headed to Destiny. Meanwhile The Thunderbolts loses several stars, Supergirl is found, Denis Villeneuve has plans for Dune 3. Also, there was an issue with my microphone this week, so that will explain the poor audio quality.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Palworld, Halo Infnite, Halo, 343i, 343 Industries, Halo Wars, Xbox, Xbox Series X, Cronus Zen, People Can Fly, SEGA of America, Xbox, ActivisionBlizzard, Layoffs, Microsoft, The Embracer Group, Deus Ex, Eidos Montreal, Fortnite, IOS, Tekken, Tekken 8, BandaiNamco, Tiffa, Tiffa Lockhart, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, Rocksteady Studios, Arkhamverse, Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Arkham Knight, Arkham Batman, Batman, Kevin Conroy, BTAS, Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy 6, Square Enix, Spec Ops: The Line,  Cliff Bleszinski, Gears of War, Epic Games, The Coalition, Kurt Russel, Metal Gear Solid, Mass Effect, Bioware, Destiny 2, Bungie, EA, EA Sports, Metaverse, Pokimane, Twitch, Sony State of Play, Sony PlayStation, PlayStation, PS5, Hideo Kojima, Death Stranding, Death Stranding 2, Norman Reedus, Rise of the Ronin, Team Ninja, Until Dawn,  Stellar Blade, Dragons Dogma 2, Sonic X Shadow GEnerations, Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Silent Hill: The Short Message, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Judas, Ken Levine, Bioshock, V Rising, Dave the Diver, Zenless Zone Zero, Metro Awakening VR, LEgendary Tales 2, Foamstars, Helldivers 2, Doug Liman, Roadhouse, Amazon Prime Video, MGM, Amazon Studios, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Bob the Builder, JLo, Henry Cavill, Highlander, Deadpool 3, Colman Domingo, Michael Jackson, Tenet, The Last of Us Show, Lewis Pullman, Ayo Edibiri, Geraldine Viswanatha, The Thunderbolts, MCU, Marvel Studios, Knives Out, Knives Out 3, Billy Dee Williams, Lando Calrissian, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Milly Alcock, Supergirl, Superman, DCU, DC Comics, James Gunn, Ghostbusters, Duncan Jones, The Rogue Trooper, 2000 AD, Universal Studios Orlando,  SNIL Movie, Kevin Conroy Batman, Seth McFarlane, Family Guy, Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld, HBO, MAX, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, 28 Years Later, Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, Barbie Movie, Denis Villeneuve, Dune, Dune Part 2, Dune Messiah, WarnerBros</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Hello All! Another week, another rant, but not as heated. As you can tell by the title its about Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, and boy am I not happy. We also had a state of play from Sony, Microsoft gutted Blizzard, and Mass Effect is headed to Destiny. Meanwhile The Thunderbolts loses several stars, Supergirl is found, Denis Villeneuve has plans for Dune 3. Also, there was an issue with my microphone this week, so that will explain the poor audio quality. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Hello All! Another week, another rant, but not as heated. As you can tell by the title its about Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, and boy am I not happy. We also had a state of play from Sony, Microsoft gutted Blizzard, and Mass Effect is headed to Destiny. Meanwhile The Thunderbolts loses several stars, Supergirl is found, Denis Villeneuve has plans for Dune 3. Also, there was an issue with my microphone this week, so that will explain the poor audio quality. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 296: The Bear's Beef, and his successor too</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/296</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">4c00acc5-b853-4e35-847e-d856ece33064</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 01:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/4c00acc5-b853-4e35-847e-d856ece33064.mp3" length="86725890" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>296</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Bear's Beef, and his successor too</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>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. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:14:42</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/4/4c00acc5-b853-4e35-847e-d856ece33064/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>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.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, CES, Xbox, PlayStation, Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Konami, Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty, CD Projekt Red, Star Citizen, City of Heroes, NcSoft, Larian, Baldur's Gate 3, Hi-Fi Rush, NVIDIA, RTX 4080, AMD, Ryzen, Half-Life 2, Pokémon TV, Unity Engine, Unity Software, Hogwarts Legacy, WBGAmes, Sony PlayStation Studios, God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, Hyperkin, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Spider-Man 2, Sakurai, Super Smash, Ubisoft, Valve Corp, Steam, Twitch, Marvel SNAP, Bytedance, APEX Legends, Final Fantasy, Minecraft, Mojang, Warzone, Call of Duty, Escape from Tarkov, DICE Awards, Ayaneo, Steam Deck, STEAM OS, Team Fortress 2, Ayer Cut, Snyderverse, Snyder Cut, DCEU, Suicide Squad, David Ayer, Steven Yeun, The Thunderbolts, MCU, Daredevil, Echo, Netflix, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, The Rock, A24, James Gunn, DCU, Margot Robbie, Harley Quinn, Seth MacFarlane, The Orville, The Marvels, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Gerard Butler, How to Train your Dragon, Emma Stone, Cruela, Golden Globes, The Golden Globes, Beef, The Bear, Succession, HBO, Hulu, FXonHulu, FX, Oppenheimer, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie Movie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Wonka, Stranger Things, Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool, Martin Scorsese, Star Wars, Lucasfilm, The Mandalorian, The Mandalorian &amp; Grogu, Baby Yoda, Ahsoka, Disney+, Tom Cruise, WarnerBrosDiscovery, Ghostbusters, Godzilla, King Kong, Our Flag Means Death, HBO, Wednesday, The Addams Family, Game of Thrones, Hellraiser, The Blob, Star Trek, Paramount Pictures, Kelvin Timeline, Prime Timeline, Paul Thomas Anderson, Dune 2, David Lynch, 1991, 90s movies, nothing but trouble, LA Story, Hot Shots!, Hook, City Slickers, Beauty and the Beast, Bill &amp; Ted's Bogus Journey, Terminator 2, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well the Golden Globes happened, and CES is still underway, hopefully you wont confuse the two. Lucasfilm dropped a thermal detonator&#39;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. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well the Golden Globes happened, and CES is still underway, hopefully you wont confuse the two. Lucasfilm dropped a thermal detonator&#39;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. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 293: ParamountBros:ShowMAX</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/293</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">e649c50d-727c-4355-9eab-c5c52fe2fd43</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 23:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/e649c50d-727c-4355-9eab-c5c52fe2fd43.mp3" length="84551334" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>293</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>ParamountBros:ShowMAX</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Are two of Hollywood's oldest studios about to merge? It might be a more plausible outcome then you think as Warner and Paramount have talks. A24 and Kojima make a match made in heaven, Insomniac is hacked, and we learn their future. PS5 continues Sony's dominance in the gaming space, and Bobby Kotick is finally leaving Activision. Several streaming shows are getting renewed for their final seasons, and Curb is ending. Pretty, Pretty, Pretty, not good. The MCU's second greatest villain may not actual be a thing anymore, and I watched Barbie. Plus my top 10 Christmas movies. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:14:40</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/e/e649c50d-727c-4355-9eab-c5c52fe2fd43/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Are two of Hollywood's oldest studios about to merge? It might be a more plausible outcome then you think as Warner and Paramount have talks. A24 and Kojima make a match made in heaven, Insomniac is hacked, and we learn their future. PS5 continues Sony's dominance in the gaming space, and Bobby Kotick is finally leaving Activision. Several streaming shows are getting renewed for their final seasons, and Curb is ending. Pretty, Pretty, Pretty, not good. The MCU's second greatest villain may not actual be a thing anymore, and I watched Barbie. Plus my top 10 Christmas movies.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, A24, Hideo Kojima, Kojima Productions, Death Stranding, Larian, Baldur's Gate 3, The Game Awards, The Crew, Ubisoft, The Last of Us, Naughty Dog, Valve, DOTA 2, Embracer Group, 3D Realms, ActivisionBlizzard, Bobby Kotick, Luigi, Henry Cavil, Games Workshop, Warhammer 40k, James McCaffrey, Max Payne, Insomniac Games, Marvels Spider-Man 2, Marvels Wolverine, Ratchet and Clank, PlayStation Studios, Zack Snyder, Fortnite, Jet Set Radio, SEGA, Fallout76, Bethesda, Pokémon, PS5, PlayStation 5, Sony, Xbox, Xbox Series X|S, Microsoft, Final Fantasy VII, The Lost Boys, John Krasinski, Ryan Reynolds, Good Omens, Amazon Studios, Beverly Hills Cop IV, Axel Foley, Eddie Murphy, Netflix, Percy Jackson, Disney+, Matthew Lillard, Five Nights at Freddy's, Curb your Enthusiasm, HBO, MAX, Larry David,  Gary Oldman, Harry Potter, Dark Knight Trilogy, James Gunn, Matt Reeves, The Batman, DCU, Steamboat Willie, Disney, One Piece, Echo, MCU, Jonathan Majors, Kang the Conqueror, Wonka, Jack Black, Peaky Blinders, The X-Files, DCU, James Gunn, Wednesday, Uncle Fester, The Addams Family, Rings of Power, Lord of the Rings, Tolkein Estate,  Avatar the Last Airbender, Paramount Pictures, WarnerBros Discovery, Godzilla Minus One, Toho, Andor, Star Wars, What We do in the Shadows, FX, Barbie, Christmas, Festivus, Christmas Movies, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Scrooged, The Santa Clause, A Knightmare before Christmas, Jingle all the Way, Office Christmas Party,  Home Alone, Die Hard, The Year without a Santa Clause, Rankin/Bass, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Are two of Hollywood&#39;s oldest studios about to merge? It might be a more plausible outcome then you think as Warner and Paramount have talks. A24 and Kojima make a match made in heaven, Insomniac is hacked, and we learn their future. PS5 continues Sony&#39;s dominance in the gaming space, and Bobby Kotick is finally leaving Activision. Several streaming shows are getting renewed for their final seasons, and Curb is ending. Pretty, Pretty, Pretty, not good. The MCU&#39;s second greatest villain may not actual be a thing anymore, and I watched Barbie. Plus my top 10 Christmas movies. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Are two of Hollywood&#39;s oldest studios about to merge? It might be a more plausible outcome then you think as Warner and Paramount have talks. A24 and Kojima make a match made in heaven, Insomniac is hacked, and we learn their future. PS5 continues Sony&#39;s dominance in the gaming space, and Bobby Kotick is finally leaving Activision. Several streaming shows are getting renewed for their final seasons, and Curb is ending. Pretty, Pretty, Pretty, not good. The MCU&#39;s second greatest villain may not actual be a thing anymore, and I watched Barbie. Plus my top 10 Christmas movies. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 292: The Game Awards Minus Two</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/292</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">c6880d7d-a21c-4af1-ba7b-e0829731c59d</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 23:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/c6880d7d-a21c-4af1-ba7b-e0829731c59d.mp3" length="98714273" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>292</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Game Awards Minus Two</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>We have a review of Godzilla Minus One, which im gonna say now, my favorite movie of 2023, hands down. We also got the game awards last week, over 20 new games announced, most of which had no release dates, Baldur's Gate 3 was the big winner, no surprises. We also saw the announcement of several movies, and the release of several trailers for big upcoming sequels. Barbie and Succession dominate the Golden Globe Nominees, and we lost a great star of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:19:43</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/c/c6880d7d-a21c-4af1-ba7b-e0829731c59d/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>We have a review of Godzilla Minus One, which im gonna say now, my favorite movie of 2023, hands down. We also got the game awards last week, over 20 new games announced, most of which had no release dates, Baldur's Gate 3 was the big winner, no surprises. We also saw the announcement of several movies, and the release of several trailers for big upcoming sequels. Barbie and Succession dominate the Golden Globe Nominees, and we lost a great star of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, The Last of Us, Nintendo, Nintendo Japan, Splatoon 3, Mario Kart 8, PlayStation, PS5, PlayStation 5, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Jim Ryan, The Game Awards, Geoff Keighly, Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom, Kojima, Jordan Peele, Xbox, God Of War Ragnarok, Arkane Lyon, Bethesda, Marvel Games, Blade, SEGA, Jet Set Radio, Golden Axe, Crazy Taxi, Hello Games, Team Ninja, Skull &amp; Bones, Ubisoft, Fortnite, Dragon Ball, Moon Studios, Jurassic Park, Dead by Daylight, Visions of Mana, Tales of Mana, Square Enix, Outlast Trials, Warhammer 40k Space Marine, Guilty Gear Strive, World of Goo, Asgards Wrath 2, Meta Quest, Twisted Metal, Baldur's Gate 3, Kenan Thompson, The Day Before, Call of Duty, Epic Games, Rocket League, LEGO Fortnite, Fortnite Festival, The Completionist, Mark Whalberg, Uncharted Movie, The Legend of Zelda, Timesplitters, E3, ESA, Disney Games, Star Wars, KoToR Remake, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, Insomniac Games, Spider-Man 2, Hogwarts Legacy, WB Games, Portkey Games, Harry Potter, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Twitch, Mahershala Ali, MCU, Blade, Marvel Studios, Godzilla Minus One, Toho, Godzilla, Oppenheimer, Barbie, Barbenheimer, The Penguin, DCU, The Batman, Max, Superman Legacy, Lex Luthor, Dennis Villeneuve, Dune, The Boy and The Heron, Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli, Anne Hathaway, Saw 11, Paramount+, Showtime, Eyes of Wakanda, Disney+, Tubi, Paddington, Netflix, Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Nine-Nine, BONE, Home Alone, National Film Registry, Terminator 2, James Gunn, Adam Driver, Star Wars, The Force Awakens, The Rise of Skywalker, Kylo Ren, JJ Abrams, Rich Eisen, Kung Fu Panda 4, Kung Fu Panda, James Cameron, Avatar 4, Kaiju</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>We have a review of Godzilla Minus One, which im gonna say now, my favorite movie of 2023, hands down. We also got the game awards last week, over 20 new games announced, most of which had no release dates, Baldur&#39;s Gate 3 was the big winner, no surprises. We also saw the announcement of several movies, and the release of several trailers for big upcoming sequels. Barbie and Succession dominate the Golden Globe Nominees, and we lost a great star of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>We have a review of Godzilla Minus One, which im gonna say now, my favorite movie of 2023, hands down. We also got the game awards last week, over 20 new games announced, most of which had no release dates, Baldur&#39;s Gate 3 was the big winner, no surprises. We also saw the announcement of several movies, and the release of several trailers for big upcoming sequels. Barbie and Succession dominate the Golden Globe Nominees, and we lost a great star of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 291: Return of the VICE</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/291</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">f4160e74-ab82-4106-ac81-3821f39b13ef</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/f4160e74-ab82-4106-ac81-3821f39b13ef.mp3" length="97666733" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>291</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Return of the VICE</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>We waited and we received, the trailer for GTA VI is here and it is glorious! Rockstar did not disappoint. We also have news about the turmoil at Bungie, Fornite has piqued my interest for the first time, and Phil Spencer gets candid on several topics. Plus Tom Holland on his Spider-Man future, Pixar is releasing several films in theaters for the first time next year, Ryan Reynolds opens up about Deadpool leaks, and Barbie is hitting Max. Plus We have a trailer bonanza, Godzilla, Halo, The Boys, Furiosa, and more. Come take a listen.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:18:09</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/f/f4160e74-ab82-4106-ac81-3821f39b13ef/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>We waited and we received, the trailer for GTA VI is here and it is glorious! Rockstar did not disappoint. We also have news about the turmoil at Bungie, Fornite has piqued my interest for the first time, and Phil Spencer gets candid on several topics. Plus Tom Holland on his Spider-Man future, Pixar is releasing several films in theaters for the first time next year, Ryan Reynolds opens up about Deadpool leaks, and Barbie is hitting Max. Plus We have a trailer bonanza, Godzilla, Halo, The Boys, Furiosa, and more. Come take a listen. 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Xbox, Xbox GamePass, Phil Spencer, BanjoKazooie, Windows Central, Homeworld 3, Halo Infinite, 343 Industries, Fortnite, Family Guy, Rocket League, Solid Snake, LEGO, Harmonix, Pysonix, Fallout, Bethesda, Fallout TV show, Amazon Prime Video, Halo Show, Paramount +, Sony, PlayStation, PS+, PSN, SEGA, The Game Awards, Starfield, Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red, The Witcher, Mortal Kombat 1, MK1, Ed Boon, James Gunn, DCU, Starbreeze, D&amp;D, Codemasters, EA Games, Bioware, Dragon Age, The Last of Us 2 Remastered, Ark: Survival Evolved, Nintendo, Universal Studios, Super Nintendo World, Donkey Kong, EA Sports, NCAA Football, The Legend of Zelda, Miyazaki, Twitch, Arkham Trilogy, Kevin Conroy, Bunige, Desitny 2, Rockstar Games, Grand Theft Auto 6, GTA 6, GTA VI, Vice City, Tom Holland, MCU, Spider-Man, Kevin Feige, Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr, Furiosa, Mad Max, Mad Max Fury Road, Eli Roth, House of the Dragon, HBO, Game of Thrones, HBO Max, Max, GodzillaxKong, Godzilla, The Boys, Zack Snyder, Christopher Nolan, Watchmen, Man of Steel, 300, Disney, The Marvels, Beyonce, Deadpool 3, Pixar, Luca, Soul, Turning Red, Nic Cage, Barbie, Margot Robbie, Ryan Reynolds, Squid Game, Netflix, A24, George RR Martin, Normal Lear, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, Rob Reiner</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>We waited and we received, the trailer for GTA VI is here and it is glorious! Rockstar did not disappoint. We also have news about the turmoil at Bungie, Fornite has piqued my interest for the first time, and Phil Spencer gets candid on several topics. Plus Tom Holland on his Spider-Man future, Pixar is releasing several films in theaters for the first time next year, Ryan Reynolds opens up about Deadpool leaks, and Barbie is hitting Max. Plus We have a trailer bonanza, Godzilla, Halo, The Boys, Furiosa, and more. Come take a listen.</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>We waited and we received, the trailer for GTA VI is here and it is glorious! Rockstar did not disappoint. We also have news about the turmoil at Bungie, Fornite has piqued my interest for the first time, and Phil Spencer gets candid on several topics. Plus Tom Holland on his Spider-Man future, Pixar is releasing several films in theaters for the first time next year, Ryan Reynolds opens up about Deadpool leaks, and Barbie is hitting Max. Plus We have a trailer bonanza, Godzilla, Halo, The Boys, Furiosa, and more. Come take a listen.</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 289: This Podcast is out of clay</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/289</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">56321499-e1af-497a-a46c-38bc245d0c0b</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/56321499-e1af-497a-a46c-38bc245d0c0b.mp3" length="31414455" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>289</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>This Podcast is out of clay</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <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>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <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! 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, hogwarts legacy, the game awards, wonder woman, nemesis system, monolith productions, embracer group, nvidia, fortnite, dragons dogma, mario kart 8, Metal Gear Solid 4, Borderlands 3, Empire at War, Cyberpunk2077, cd projeckt red, rockstar games, rockstar social club, ubisoft, prince of persia, destiny 2, Saber interactive, KoToR, Star Wars, Call of Duty, CoD, Percy Jackson, Disney+, Frozen, Zootopia, Toy Story, Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, Harley Quinn, DC, MAX, Ted, Peacock, Scott Pilgrim, Donald Glover, Michael B Jordan, Creed, Aardman, Wallace and Grommet, Claymation, Hunger Games, Dune pt. 2, Superman, DCU, James Gunn, Jason Bourne, The Mandalorian, Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio, The Karate Kid, Scream, Jenna Ortega, Dave Filoni, Star Wars, Lucasfilm, Scott Pilgrim, Netflix, James May, Top Gear, BBC, Family Guy, Seth McFarlane, Daisy Ridley, Tim Burton, Knightmare before Christmas, WGA, Amazon Studios, Good Burger 2, Paramount+, 90s, 90s movies,  you've got mail, Meg Ryan, The Wedding Singer, Adam Sandler, While You Were Sleeping, Sandra Bullock, LA Story, Steve Martin, There's Something About Mary, Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Out To Sea, Ghost, Patrick Swayze, Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts, My Best Friends Wedding, The Beautician and the Beast </itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>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&#39;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!</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>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&#39;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!</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 288: Snubfield Legacy</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/288</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">4f1f662a-ece9-4e23-b21e-5febf15065ce</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/4f1f662a-ece9-4e23-b21e-5febf15065ce.mp3" length="83293222" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>288</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Snubfield Legacy</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>The Game awards nominees have been announced, and boy are there some major snubs. Nintendo had its indieworld showcase, Rocksteady shows off more of Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, Valve announces the Steam Deck OLED. Meanwhile as Hollywood gets back to work, Marvel Studios delays, WB cancels, and Netflix keeps chugging along. Plus a review of The Marvels, and my top 10 Disney Channel Original Movies. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:13:09</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/4/4f1f662a-ece9-4e23-b21e-5febf15065ce/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>The Game awards nominees have been announced, and boy are there some major snubs. Nintendo had its indieworld showcase, Rocksteady shows off more of Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, Valve announces the Steam Deck OLED. Meanwhile as Hollywood gets back to work, Marvel Studios delays, WB cancels, and Netflix keeps chugging along. Plus a review of The Marvels, and my top 10 Disney Channel Original Movies.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, NVIDIA, CES, Steam Deck, Valve Corp, Steam, Star Wars Hunters, Eli Roth, Borderlands, Borderlands Movie, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Insomniac Games, Sony PlayStation, PlayStation, PS5, PlayStation Studios, Call of Duty ,CoD, Modern Warfare 3, MWIII, Sledgehammer Games, Larian, Baldur's Gate 3, Hades II, Amazon Games, Pokémon, Tiffany &amp; Co, The Game Awards, Starfield, Resident Evil 4, Super Mario Wonder, Alan Wake 2, Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom, Tomb Raider, Magic the Gathering, Tekken, Tekken 8, Anthony Starr, The Boys, Mortal Kombat 1, Xbox, Xbox Series X, Wonka, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Indieworld Showcase, Rocksteady Studios, Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, Arkhamverse, SEGA, Persona, Kaiserpunk, Zac Effron, Matthew Perry, Inside Out 2, Pixar, Disney, Venom 3, Sony Pictures, Sony Spider-Man Universe, Madame Webb, John Wick, Netflix, Netflix Geeked Week, Yu Yu Hakusho, Avatar the Last Airbender, Arcane, Stranger Things, The Witcher, Exploding Cats, He-Man, Ultraman, WB Discovery, WarnerBros, Looney Tunes, Coyote vs Acme, Deadpool 3, MCU, Marvel Studios, Fantastic 4, Pedro Pascal, The Marvels, Captain Marvel, Marvel's What If..., Highlander, Henry Cavill, The Simpsons, Matt Groenig, James Gunn, DCU, Superman Legacy, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Ryan Gosling, "I'm Just Ken", The Grammys, Garfield, Chris Pratt, The Office, Loki, MCU on Disney+, Disney+, The Abyss, James Cameron, Denzel Washington, Matt LeBlanc, Friends, Taika Waititi, Thor 5, Star Wars, Disney Channel Original Movie, Halloweentown, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, Smart House, Brink!, top 10, 90s movies, 90s</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>The Game awards nominees have been announced, and boy are there some major snubs. Nintendo had its indieworld showcase, Rocksteady shows off more of Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, Valve announces the Steam Deck OLED. Meanwhile as Hollywood gets back to work, Marvel Studios delays, WB cancels, and Netflix keeps chugging along. Plus a review of The Marvels, and my top 10 Disney Channel Original Movies. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>The Game awards nominees have been announced, and boy are there some major snubs. Nintendo had its indieworld showcase, Rocksteady shows off more of Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, Valve announces the Steam Deck OLED. Meanwhile as Hollywood gets back to work, Marvel Studios delays, WB cancels, and Netflix keeps chugging along. Plus a review of The Marvels, and my top 10 Disney Channel Original Movies. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 283: NNN: Slim Edition</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/283</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">9703d641-32f8-436a-bee8-a5c88707b51a</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 23:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/9703d641-32f8-436a-bee8-a5c88707b51a.mp3" length="95586975" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>283</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>NNN: Slim Edition</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Well the PS5 Slim is real, and its hideous, yes its hideous, but its modular. Marvel Studios has also announced a complete overhaul of how it will approach its Disney+ shows moving forward, including starting Daredevil Born Again from scratch. We also have a lot of news about Cyberpunk2077 and CDProjektRed, Ubisoft has hopes for Assassins Creed's future, Activision is prepping for its new ownership. Guillermo Del Toro opens up about Pacific Rim 2, Jerry Seinfeld teases a Seinfeld continuation, and Dan Harmon talks to Zack Snyder about a Rick and Morty Movie. That and more come take a listen. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:24:09</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/9/9703d641-32f8-436a-bee8-a5c88707b51a/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Well the PS5 Slim is real, and its hideous, yes its hideous, but its modular. Marvel Studios has also announced a complete overhaul of how it will approach its Disney+ shows moving forward, including starting Daredevil Born Again from scratch. We also have a lot of news about Cyberpunk2077 and CDProjektRed, Ubisoft has hopes for Assassins Creed's future, Activision is prepping for its new ownership. Guillermo Del Toro opens up about Pacific Rim 2, Jerry Seinfeld teases a Seinfeld continuation, and Dan Harmon talks to Zack Snyder about a Rick and Morty Movie. That and more come take a listen.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3, PS Plus, PlayStation Plus, PS+, PlayStation 5, PS5, Sony, Sony PlayStation, PS5 Slim, Xbox, Xbox Series X, ActivisionBlizzard, Telltale Games, iRacing, LEGO, Animal Crossing, Nintendo, Epic Games, Unity, Intel, Disney, EA Games, Diablo IV, Overwatch 2, Guitar Hero, Minecraft, Rocket League, Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty, CoD, Ubisoft, Assassins Creed, Zorro, Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad, Suits, Netflix, Fantastic 4, MCU, Marvel Studios, Daredevil, Disney+, Loki, Christophe Waltz, Guillermo Del Toro, Pacific Rim, WGA strike, The Exorcists, Jerry Seinfeld, Seinfeld, AppleTV+, Star Wars, James Gunn, DCU, Superman, Justice League, Roku Channel, Cruncyroll, Star Trek, Paramount+, Dan Harmon, Rick and Morty, Adult Swim, Zack Snyder, Oceans 11, 90s movies, 90s comedy, 90s Action, 90s action comedy, Rush Hour, The Mummy, Galaxy Quest, Mars Attacks, Lethal Weapon, Blue Streak, Wild Wild West, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris Farley, Brendan Frasier</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well the PS5 Slim is real, and its hideous, yes its hideous, but its modular. Marvel Studios has also announced a complete overhaul of how it will approach its Disney+ shows moving forward, including starting Daredevil Born Again from scratch. We also have a lot of news about Cyberpunk2077 and CDProjektRed, Ubisoft has hopes for Assassins Creed&#39;s future, Activision is prepping for its new ownership. Guillermo Del Toro opens up about Pacific Rim 2, Jerry Seinfeld teases a Seinfeld continuation, and Dan Harmon talks to Zack Snyder about a Rick and Morty Movie. That and more come take a listen. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well the PS5 Slim is real, and its hideous, yes its hideous, but its modular. Marvel Studios has also announced a complete overhaul of how it will approach its Disney+ shows moving forward, including starting Daredevil Born Again from scratch. We also have a lot of news about Cyberpunk2077 and CDProjektRed, Ubisoft has hopes for Assassins Creed&#39;s future, Activision is prepping for its new ownership. Guillermo Del Toro opens up about Pacific Rim 2, Jerry Seinfeld teases a Seinfeld continuation, and Dan Harmon talks to Zack Snyder about a Rick and Morty Movie. That and more come take a listen. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 276: It'sa Not-a-me, Mario! Woo-Hoo!</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/276</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">d55fb649-717d-47df-b353-e98bcb6946b2</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/d55fb649-717d-47df-b353-e98bcb6946b2.mp3" length="37137992" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>276</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>It'sa Not-a-me, Mario! Woo-Hoo!</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>If the title wasn't a giveaway, we have learned that Charles Martinet will not longer be the voice of Mario in future Mario games, tis a sad day in gaming. Yet at the same time Gamescom is currently going on in Germany, and we got a wealth of gaming news to talk about. Activision pulled the lid off of the Modern Warfare III, Atari is trying to make another comeback, and oh yeah, Microsoft is selling Activision streaming rights to Ubisoft. Meanwhile in Hollywoodland, the WGA continue their strike and call out the big three, Disney announces a slew of physical releases for digital only shows, and Ahsoka is the best live action Star Wars show, full stop. Plus I give my honest opinion about my top 10 favorite 80s movies. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:33:40</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/d/d55fb649-717d-47df-b353-e98bcb6946b2/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>If the title wasn't a giveaway, we have learned that Charles Martinet will not longer be the voice of Mario in future Mario games, tis a sad day in gaming. Yet at the same time Gamescom is currently going on in Germany, and we got a wealth of gaming news to talk about. Activision pulled the lid off of the Modern Warfare III, Atari is trying to make another comeback, and oh yeah, Microsoft is selling Activision streaming rights to Ubisoft. Meanwhile in Hollywoodland, the WGA continue their strike and call out the big three, Disney announces a slew of physical releases for digital only shows, and Ahsoka is the best live action Star Wars show, full stop. Plus I give my honest opinion about my top 10 favorite 80s movies.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>Video Games, movies, tv shows, Gamescom, Alan Wake 2, Remedy Entertainment, Xbox 360, Lenovo, Gaming handhelds, Dumb Money, Game Stop, Stonks, Embracer Group, Tolkien Estate, Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth, Activision, Sledgehammer Games, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare III, Workinman Interactive, Unionization, Twitch, SEGA, Rovio, Treyarch, Bethesda Softworks, Starfield, Charles Martinet, Mario, Super Mario, Nintendo, Miyamoto, Xbox, Xbox Series X, Microsoft, ActivisionBlizzard, ABK, Ubisoft, Cloud Gaming, Cloud Streaming, Atari, Atari 2600, Atari 2600+, Gamescom, Diablo 4, Mortal Kombat 1, Tekken 8, Cyberpunk 2077, Sonic, Quantic Dream, Marvel Snap, Age of Empires, Armored Core 6, The Game Awards, Turok 3, Star Wars Dark Forces, PlayStation 5, PS5, PlayStation Portal, Sony PlayStation, Zack Snyder, Phil Spencer, Xbox Game Pass, Epic Games, Epic, Certain Affinity, Ewan McGregor, Star Wars Obi-Wan, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Kenobi, Apple TV+, Monsterverse, Godzilla, Suits, Streaming, WGA Strike, SAG Strike, Suits, David Ayer, DCEU, Suicide Squad, The Joker, Prey, Predator, Hulu, Star Wars Visions, Star Wars, Ahsoka, Disney+, Batman 89, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Percy Jackson, Nerf, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, James Gunn, DCU, Blue Beetle, Superman, Fraiser, Frozen 2, Robocop, Die Hard, Commando, Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Superman II, Rocky, Rocky IV, The Terminator, Lethal Weapon, 80s movies, 80 action movies, action hero, classic movies</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>If the title wasn&#39;t a giveaway, we have learned that Charles Martinet will not longer be the voice of Mario in future Mario games, tis a sad day in gaming. Yet at the same time Gamescom is currently going on in Germany, and we got a wealth of gaming news to talk about. Activision pulled the lid off of the Modern Warfare III, Atari is trying to make another comeback, and oh yeah, Microsoft is selling Activision streaming rights to Ubisoft. Meanwhile in Hollywoodland, the WGA continue their strike and call out the big three, Disney announces a slew of physical releases for digital only shows, and Ahsoka is the best live action Star Wars show, full stop. Plus I give my honest opinion about my top 10 favorite 80s movies. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>If the title wasn&#39;t a giveaway, we have learned that Charles Martinet will not longer be the voice of Mario in future Mario games, tis a sad day in gaming. Yet at the same time Gamescom is currently going on in Germany, and we got a wealth of gaming news to talk about. Activision pulled the lid off of the Modern Warfare III, Atari is trying to make another comeback, and oh yeah, Microsoft is selling Activision streaming rights to Ubisoft. Meanwhile in Hollywoodland, the WGA continue their strike and call out the big three, Disney announces a slew of physical releases for digital only shows, and Ahsoka is the best live action Star Wars show, full stop. Plus I give my honest opinion about my top 10 favorite 80s movies. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 275: Puck Man Returns</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/275</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">deb7192f-118a-44a1-9661-0d3b601809a1</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/deb7192f-118a-44a1-9661-0d3b601809a1.mp3" length="77742147" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>275</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Puck Man Returns</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Well Friends we are back for another week! And this time we have some Pokémon News, CoD news, and the identity of the Embracer Groups mystery almost investor, also Keith David joins another premier Bungie franchise. On the Hollywood side of things, the WGA and AMPTP seem to have gone back to the negotiating table, Wonder Woman 3 seems to be maybe happening, maybe not, Barbie continues to break records, and Hollywood accounting strikes again with Mission Impossible and Indiana Jones. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:10:18</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/d/deb7192f-118a-44a1-9661-0d3b601809a1/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Well Friends we are back for another week! And this time we have some Pokémon News, CoD news, and the identity of the Embracer Groups mystery almost investor, also Keith David joins another premier Bungie franchise. On the Hollywood side of things, the WGA and AMPTP seem to have gone back to the negotiating table, Wonder Woman 3 seems to be maybe happening, maybe not, Barbie continues to break records, and Hollywood accounting strikes again with Mission Impossible and Indiana Jones.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, uncharted, uncharted movie, tom holland, Sony Pictures, PlayStation Studios, PlayStation, Sony, Twisted Metal, Peacock, Anthony Mackie, Metro 2033, Metro Series, Russia, Quake 2, Quake, Microsoft, Xbox, Bethesda, Id Software, Xbox Gamepass, Blizzard, Overwatch 2, Keith David, Destiny 2, Bungie, TMNT: The Last Ronin, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, THQ Nordic, THQ, The Embracer Group, Savvy Games Group, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare, Modern Warfare 3, Activision, Pokémon, The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, Ubisoft, Assassins Creed, DC Universe Online, Daybreak Games, Epic Games, The Emmys, The Dark Tower, Stephen King, Johnny Hardwick, Dale Gribble, King of the Hill, Wonder Woman, DCU, James Gunn, Gal Gadot, Ali G, Sacha Baron Cohen, Bruce Lee, Parks &amp; Rec, Barbie, Barbie movie, Barbenheimer, Rick &amp; Morty, TV Viewership, Tron, Toxic Avenger, WGA Strike, SAG-AFTRA Strike, AMPTP, Indiana Jones, Lucasfilm, Mission Impossible, Paramount, Tom Cruise, Scott Pilgrim, Netflix, Ant-Man, MCU, Marvel Studios, House of the Dragon, HBO, MAX, 1980s, 80s Movies, 80s Comedies, Airplane!, Beverly Hills Cop, Spaceballs, Three Amigos, Caddyshack, Coming to America, Major League, Ghostbusters, National Lampoons Vacation, One Crazy Summer</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well Friends we are back for another week! And this time we have some Pokémon News, CoD news, and the identity of the Embracer Groups mystery almost investor, also Keith David joins another premier Bungie franchise. On the Hollywood side of things, the WGA and AMPTP seem to have gone back to the negotiating table, Wonder Woman 3 seems to be maybe happening, maybe not, Barbie continues to break records, and Hollywood accounting strikes again with Mission Impossible and Indiana Jones. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well Friends we are back for another week! And this time we have some Pokémon News, CoD news, and the identity of the Embracer Groups mystery almost investor, also Keith David joins another premier Bungie franchise. On the Hollywood side of things, the WGA and AMPTP seem to have gone back to the negotiating table, Wonder Woman 3 seems to be maybe happening, maybe not, Barbie continues to break records, and Hollywood accounting strikes again with Mission Impossible and Indiana Jones. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 274: Pokémon Presents: Tekken 8</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/274</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">6dce97ae-b016-4742-8424-8a60489aa7a7</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 22:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/6dce97ae-b016-4742-8424-8a60489aa7a7.mp3" length="77853104" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>274</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Pokémon Presents: Tekken 8</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>We had some big gaming news over the last week between EVO 2023 and Pokémon Presents, thus giving us something to feast on before Gamescon. Meanwhile there has been a lot of movement out of Hollywood, not necessarily on the strike front, but news nonetheless. Barbie made a billion in under 20 days, Disney+ is following in Netflix's footsteps, and while Max is pulling a pandemic Netflix. Lin Manuel Miranda wants to adapt a classic for the stage, and Pixar isn't worried about the future. We cap off the show with the best movies from the 1970s. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:10:24</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/6/6dce97ae-b016-4742-8424-8a60489aa7a7/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>We had some big gaming news over the last week between EVO 2023 and Pokémon Presents, thus giving us something to feast on before Gamescon. Meanwhile there has been a lot of movement out of Hollywood, not necessarily on the strike front, but news nonetheless. Barbie made a billion in under 20 days, Disney+ is following in Netflix's footsteps, and while Max is pulling a pandemic Netflix. Lin Manuel Miranda wants to adapt a classic for the stage, and Pixar isn't worried about the future. We cap off the show with the best movies from the 1970s.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, 8bitdo, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare, Activision, Infinity Ward, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar Games, Take Two Interactive, Xbox, Pokémon Presents, Pokémon Anime, Pokémon Scarlet, Pokémon Violet, Paradox Pokémon, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, PlayStation 5, PS5, Sony PlayStation, EVO, Street Fighter 6, Mortal Kombat 1, Tekken 8, Fatal Fury, Guilty Gear Strive, Baldur's Gate 3, Steam, Magic the Gathering, MTG, Fallout, Bethesda, Sonic the Hedgehog, TikTok, Embracer Group, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Resident Evil, Capcom, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 4, Star Trek, Star Trek Strange New Worlds, Max, HBO, WBDiscovery, Batfleck, Batman, Ben Affleck, DCEU, Lionsgate, eOne, Monopoly, Hasbro, Jonathan Majors, Marvel Studios, Kang, Loki, MCU, Barbie, Barbie Movie, Mattel, Crayola, The Hulk, Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow, Lin Manuel Miranda, The Warriors, WGA strike, Writers Guild of America, Little Mermaid, Disney+, David Ayer, Suicide Squad, The Ayer Cut, DCU, James Gunn, I am Groot, Groot, Sharknado, Ridley Scott, Blade Runner, Adam Devine, Pixar, Game of Thrones, Jon Snow, Hulu, Bob Iger, 1970s, Star Wars, The Godfather, Blazing Saddles, Animal House, Willy Wonka &amp; the Chocolate Factory, Star Trek The Motion Picture, Jaws, Chinatown, Grease, Robin Hood, The Rescuers, The Aristocats, The Phantom Tollbooth, Charlottes Web, Superman, Turner Classic Movies, TCM</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>We had some big gaming news over the last week between EVO 2023 and Pokémon Presents, thus giving us something to feast on before Gamescon. Meanwhile there has been a lot of movement out of Hollywood, not necessarily on the strike front, but news nonetheless. Barbie made a billion in under 20 days, Disney+ is following in Netflix&#39;s footsteps, and while Max is pulling a pandemic Netflix. Lin Manuel Miranda wants to adapt a classic for the stage, and Pixar isn&#39;t worried about the future. We cap off the show with the best movies from the 1970s. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>We had some big gaming news over the last week between EVO 2023 and Pokémon Presents, thus giving us something to feast on before Gamescon. Meanwhile there has been a lot of movement out of Hollywood, not necessarily on the strike front, but news nonetheless. Barbie made a billion in under 20 days, Disney+ is following in Netflix&#39;s footsteps, and while Max is pulling a pandemic Netflix. Lin Manuel Miranda wants to adapt a classic for the stage, and Pixar isn&#39;t worried about the future. We cap off the show with the best movies from the 1970s. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 270: Comic-Accurate Suit</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/270</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">6f470419-a43d-4da9-8489-1577f5e5a85a</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 22:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/6f470419-a43d-4da9-8489-1577f5e5a85a.mp3" length="68785338" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>270</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Comic-Accurate Suit</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>If the title doesn't give it away, Wolverine is finally wearing his comics accurate suit. THIS IS NOT A DRILL! 24 years later and its finally happening. Anyway, Microsoft seems to have won its case against the FTC, and its acquisition of ActivisionBlizzard should be able to go through. The Emmys have announced their nominees, Ashoka released a trailer, and Bog Iger isn't going anywhere anytime soon. That and a whole lot more. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:01:37</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/6/6f470419-a43d-4da9-8489-1577f5e5a85a/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>If the title doesn't give it away, Wolverine is finally wearing his comics accurate suit. THIS IS NOT A DRILL! 24 years later and its finally happening. Anyway, Microsoft seems to have won its case against the FTC, and its acquisition of ActivisionBlizzard should be able to go through. The Emmys have announced their nominees, Ashoka released a trailer, and Bog Iger isn't going anywhere anytime soon. That and a whole lot more.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, super mario bros movie, peacock, kobe bryant, nba 2k24, Mortal Kombat 1, SEGA, SEGA of America, Capcom, Mega Man, Street Fighter 6, Exoprimal, Baldurs Gate 3, UFC 5, EA Sports, Black Panther, Marvel Games, Twisted Metal, Metal Gear Solid, classic gaming, The Boys, Call of Duty, Warzone 2.0, Black Noir, Homelander, Modern Warfare II, Neil Druckman, Naughty Dog, Gex the Gecko, Limited Run Games, Xbox, ActivisionBlizzard, ABK, FTC, Microsoft, Sony, Emilia Clark, MCU, Secret Invasion, Nick Fury, Skrulls, James Gunn, Doom Patrol, MAX, DCU, Wheel of Time, Amazon Prime Video, Ashoka, Star Wars, Disney+, WGA Strike, The Emmy Awards, Zack Snyder, Rebel Moon, SDCC, San Diego Comic Con, Warner Bros, Barbie, Barbenheimer, Simu Liu, MCUI, Shang-Chi, Deadpool 3, Wolverine, Hugh Jackman, X-Men, Ryan Reynolds, Elektra, Coen Brothers, Insidious 3, Ridley Scott, Napoleon, Stephen Spielberg, Jurassic Park, Kit Harrington, Blade, DCU, Blue Beetle, Nathan Fillion, Guy Gardener, Green Lanter, Mister Terrific, Godzilla, Toho, The Fast and The Furious, Universal Studios Hollywood, Bob Iger, Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Studios</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>If the title doesn&#39;t give it away, Wolverine is finally wearing his comics accurate suit. THIS IS NOT A DRILL! 24 years later and its finally happening. Anyway, Microsoft seems to have won its case against the FTC, and its acquisition of ActivisionBlizzard should be able to go through. The Emmys have announced their nominees, Ashoka released a trailer, and Bog Iger isn&#39;t going anywhere anytime soon. That and a whole lot more. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>If the title doesn&#39;t give it away, Wolverine is finally wearing his comics accurate suit. THIS IS NOT A DRILL! 24 years later and its finally happening. Anyway, Microsoft seems to have won its case against the FTC, and its acquisition of ActivisionBlizzard should be able to go through. The Emmys have announced their nominees, Ashoka released a trailer, and Bog Iger isn&#39;t going anywhere anytime soon. That and a whole lot more. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 268: This Podcast is just a social construct</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/268</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">243bb33b-48eb-4cc3-b00d-cd975275a438</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2023 22:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/243bb33b-48eb-4cc3-b00d-cd975275a438.mp3" length="67609120" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>268</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>This Podcast is just a social construct</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>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. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:00:34</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/2/243bb33b-48eb-4cc3-b00d-cd975275a438/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>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.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, the old republic, Todd Howard, Bethesda, Starfield, E3, Lance Reddick, Horizon Forbidden West, Xbox and Barbie, Multiversus, Meta, Meta Quest, Google, Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom, Among Us, Blizzard, WoW Classic, Roland Emmerich, FTC v. Xbox, Jim Ryan, PlayStation, GeoForce Now, Call of Duty, Indian Jones, Machine Games, Xcloud, Game Pass Ultimate, Phil Spencer, Satya Nadella, Bobby Kotick, SEGA, PS6, PS5, PlayStation 5, ActivisionBlizzard, Nintendo Switch, Giancarlo Esposito, The Mandalorian, Moff Gideon, Star Wars, Disney+, Marvel, MCU, Secret Invasion, Crunchyroll, Dragon Ball, Star Trek, Star Trek Prodigy, Paramount+, Netflix, Squid Game, Max, Harley Quinn, DC, Sony, Spider-Man, El Meurto, James Mangold, Logan, Deadpool 3, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Swamp Thing, DCU, Henry Cavill, James Bond, Idris Elba, 007, The Flash, Ezra Miller, DCEU, Snyderverse, Spider-Verse, James Gunn, Chadwick Boseman, Hollywood walk of fame, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Superman Legacy, Superman</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>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. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>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. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 267: I would like the Podcast to start now</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/267</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">2df337da-2fb7-43c7-ad00-7cc8d0c4ecb3</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/2df337da-2fb7-43c7-ad00-7cc8d0c4ecb3.mp3" length="78350429" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>267</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>I would like the Podcast to start now</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>This week we have a review of DC's The Flash, and after a long wait, it did not disappoint. Nintendo held a long and fruitful direct. Netflix held their annual Tudum event, and the FTC is smoking the same stuff as the UK's CMA. We also got news on two PlayStation movie ventures, Star Trek Strange New Worlds returns to screens, and Sony dropped a bloody and brutal Kraven the Hunter Trailer. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:06:41</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/2/2df337da-2fb7-43c7-ad00-7cc8d0c4ecb3/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>This week we have a review of DC's The Flash, and after a long wait, it did not disappoint. Nintendo held a long and fruitful direct. Netflix held their annual Tudum event, and the FTC is smoking the same stuff as the UK's CMA. We also got news on two PlayStation movie ventures, Star Trek Strange New Worlds returns to screens, and Sony dropped a bloody and brutal Kraven the Hunter Trailer.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Sony, Sony PlayStation, PlayStation Plus, PS5, PlayStation Studios, Deadspace, EA Game, EA Entertainment, EA sports, The Last of Us, Naughty Dog, Halloween Horror Nights, Universal Stuiods, ViewSonic, Xbox, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Series, CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher, Geralt, xQc, Twitch, Kick, Hideo Kojima, Death Stranding, Chad Stahleski, Ghosts of Tsushima, Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft, Mario + Rabbids, 343i, Halo, Halo Infinite, ActivisionBlizzard, Crash Bandicoot, Toys for Bob, Dota 2, Valve, Nintendo, Nintendo Direct, Nintendo Switch, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario RPG, Luigi's Mansion, Detective Pikachu, Pokémon, Metal Gear Solid, Pikmin, Dragon Quest, Hotwheels, Arkham Trilogy, Disney+, Star Wars, Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, MCU, Marvel Studios, Secret Invasion, Nick Fury, Ryan Reynolds, Netflix Tudum, Netlfix, Fubar, Extraction, Avatar the Last Airbender, One Piece, Rebel Moon, Bridgerton, Stranger Things, Red Dwarf WGA Strike, BBC, Solar Opposites, HULU, Star Trek, Star Trek Strange New Worlds, Paramount+, Kraven the Hunter, Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Andy Muschietti, Batman the Brave and the Bold, DCU, James Gunn, David Fincher, Se7en, Across the Spider-Verse, Jonathan Majors, Comic-Con, Tom Cruise, Mission Impossible, John Wick, Supergirl, DCU, Batman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Justice League, Reverse Flash</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>This week we have a review of DC&#39;s The Flash, and after a long wait, it did not disappoint. Nintendo held a long and fruitful direct. Netflix held their annual Tudum event, and the FTC is smoking the same stuff as the UK&#39;s CMA. We also got news on two PlayStation movie ventures, Star Trek Strange New Worlds returns to screens, and Sony dropped a bloody and brutal Kraven the Hunter Trailer. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>This week we have a review of DC&#39;s The Flash, and after a long wait, it did not disappoint. Nintendo held a long and fruitful direct. Netflix held their annual Tudum event, and the FTC is smoking the same stuff as the UK&#39;s CMA. We also got news on two PlayStation movie ventures, Star Trek Strange New Worlds returns to screens, and Sony dropped a bloody and brutal Kraven the Hunter Trailer. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 264: It's Tom Wambsgans, were just living in it. </title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/264</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">70e3827d-de26-4796-98bb-029b713e7333</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 23:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/70e3827d-de26-4796-98bb-029b713e7333.mp3" length="67749608" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>264</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>It's Tom Wambsgans, were just living in it. </itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <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>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/7/70e3827d-de26-4796-98bb-029b713e7333/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>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.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, 8bitdo, Nintendo 64, Pokémon Home, Pokémon Scarlet, Pokémon Violet, Alan Wake 2, Remedy Entertainment, PlayStation, Xbox, ActivisionBlizzard, The Last of Us, NaughtyDog, Lord of the Rings, Gollum, Will Ferrel, Madden NFL, Diablo IV, Dolphin Emulator, Steam, Witcher 3, Gwent, CD Projekt Red, SEGA, Like a Dragon, Yakuza series, Ratchet and Clank, Games with Gold, PS Plus, Metal Gear Solid, Konami, Hideo Kojima, World of Warcraft, The Flash CW, The Arrowverse, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Blockbuster, HBO, Succession, Game of Thrones, Barry, House of the Dragon, George RR Martin, The Righteous Gemstones, The Office, Transformers, Barbie Movie, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Feige, Iron Man, Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr, MCU, Elizabeth Olsen, John Wick 5, Walt Disney Pictures, Disney, The Little Mermaid, Martin Scorsese, The Pope, Andy Muschietti, The Flash, Snyderverse, DCU, DCEU, James Gunn, How to Train Your Dragon, Amy Pascal, Spider-Man, Sony Pictures, Spider-Woman, Miles Morales, Tom Holland</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>How about that succession ending, it stuck the landing and that&#39;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&#39;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. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>How about that succession ending, it stuck the landing and that&#39;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&#39;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. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 262: EU x UK: Dawn of Cloud Gaming</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/262</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">2847cd77-200e-4e38-976a-b32b6b47bba0</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2023 23:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/2847cd77-200e-4e38-976a-b32b6b47bba0.mp3" length="52245557" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>262</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>EU x UK: Dawn of Cloud Gaming</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>So here we are at a point where the EU has approved the ABK deal for the same reasons that the UK denied the deal, its unreal. We've learned that GTA 6 may be coming sooner then anyone expected. SquareEnix wants to keep growing, and Sony contracts. The WGA strike claims another victim, and who is excited for Fast X?</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>45:40</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/2/2847cd77-200e-4e38-976a-b32b6b47bba0/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>So here we are at a point where the EU has approved the ABK deal for the same reasons that the UK denied the deal, its unreal. We've learned that GTA 6 may be coming sooner then anyone expected. SquareEnix wants to keep growing, and Sony contracts. The WGA strike claims another victim, and who is excited for Fast X? 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Riot Games, League of LEgends, Tenacious D, Jack Black, Xbox, Windows Gaming, PSVR2, PlayStation, PS5, Witcher, CD Projekt Red, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo, SqaureEnix, Hogwarts Legacy, Fortnite, Amazon Games, Lord of the Rings, LOTR MMO, EU, UK, CMA, ABK, ActivisionBlizzard, Xbox, Microsoft, Crash Bandicoot, Stray, Overwatch 2, Ubisoft, Assassins Creed, Star Wars: Jedi Survivor, Respawn, Sony, Five Nights at Freddy's, GTA6, Rockstar Games, Take-Two Interactive, SEGA, EA Sports College Football, Blizzcon, The CW, Paris has Fallen, Archer, Johnny Bravo, DBZ, DragonBall Z, Loki, MCU, Echo, The Mandalorian, Star Wars, Disney+, WGA Strike, Crunchyroll, Duolingo, Paul Walker, Fast X, Vin Diesel, John Wick 5, Willem Dafoe, Beetlejuice 2, Superman Legacy, DCU, James Gunn, Avatar 2, Super Mario Bros Movie, Dungeons and Dragons Movie, Indiana Jones, Guardians of the Galaxy, Mission Impossible </itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>So here we are at a point where the EU has approved the ABK deal for the same reasons that the UK denied the deal, its unreal. We&#39;ve learned that GTA 6 may be coming sooner then anyone expected. SquareEnix wants to keep growing, and Sony contracts. The WGA strike claims another victim, and who is excited for Fast X?</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>So here we are at a point where the EU has approved the ABK deal for the same reasons that the UK denied the deal, its unreal. We&#39;ve learned that GTA 6 may be coming sooner then anyone expected. SquareEnix wants to keep growing, and Sony contracts. The WGA strike claims another victim, and who is excited for Fast X?</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 260: 5 Years in the can!</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/260</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">46524878-e34d-4fc5-a638-263fd503ebcf</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2023 19:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/46524878-e34d-4fc5-a638-263fd503ebcf.mp3" length="69258676" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>260</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>5 Years in the can!</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>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. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>59:26</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/4/46524878-e34d-4fc5-a638-263fd503ebcf/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>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.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn, Cal Kestis, Star Wars, Xbox, Microsoft, ActivisionBlizzard, ABK, UK CMA, Call of Duty, Cloud Gaming, UK Prime Minister, Game Development, Nintendo, Armored Core, From Software, Titanfall 3, Forza Motorsport, Games with Gold, Street Fighter, Capcom, Twisted Metal, Sony, PlayStation, PS5, PSVR2, Vampire Survivors, Super Mario Bros Movie, Kevin Durant, Marvel Midnight Suns, Xbox Games Showcase, Bethesda, Starfield, Discord, Counter Strike, Ukraine, King of the Hill, Alien, Christopher Robin, The Simpsons, Star Wars Day, Disney+, Sweet Tooth, Netflix, Babylon 5, WGA, WGA Strike, Writers Strike, Writers Guild of America, Sigourney Weaver, Alita:Battle Angel, Transformers: One, Chris Hemsworth, Optimus Prime, Paramount Pictures, Cinemacon, Rhianna, Smurfette, SpongeBob, Mission Impossible, Tom Cruise, Avatar The Last Airbender, Dodgeball, Vince Vaughn, Blade, MCU, Marvel Studios, James Gunn, Super-Man, Damon Lindelof, Pedro Pascal, Gladiator 2, Rob Delaney, Deadpool 3, Chris Pratt, SNL, Dune Part 2, Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>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&#39;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. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>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&#39;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. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 259: An F-Bomb drops on the MCU</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/259</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">cb92ba3f-2f74-4e30-b11f-45c7695b9eca</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 23:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/cb92ba3f-2f74-4e30-b11f-45c7695b9eca.mp3" length="52231227" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>259</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>An F-Bomb drops on the MCU</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Yes you read that correctly, the MCU is getting its first F-Bomb and its not coming from the merc with a mouth. The CMA blocks the Microsoft ABK deal in a shocking twist, that will surely end the way we all expect it to. SEGA unionizes, Netflix brings back a classic, and Pircard gives the D its hero moment. Cinemacon is underway and the studios brought out all the big guns. Come take a listen. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>47:41</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/c/cb92ba3f-2f74-4e30-b11f-45c7695b9eca/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Yes you read that correctly, the MCU is getting its first F-Bomb and its not coming from the merc with a mouth. The CMA blocks the Microsoft ABK deal in a shocking twist, that will surely end the way we all expect it to. SEGA unionizes, Netflix brings back a classic, and Pircard gives the D its hero moment. Cinemacon is underway and the studios brought out all the big guns. Come take a listen.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, atari, gaming, Sony, PlayStation Studios, PS5, Steam, Blizzard Entertainment, Diablo IV, Xbox, EA, Street Fighter 6, Capcom, Twitter, Nintendo, The Super Mario Bros Movie, Ubisoft, The Division, Call of Duty, Activision, Guerilla Games, Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West, SEGA, ASUS, ASUS Rog, Gamescom, PS Plus, UK CMA, Microsoft, ActivisionBlizzard, ABK, Amazon Prime Video, Rings of Power, Tolkien Estate, Lord of the Rings, Netflix, Duffer Bros, Black Mirror, Big Mouth, Nick Kroll, The Witcher, Disney+, MCU, Agatha Coven of Chaos, National Treasure, Star Wars, The Mandalorian, Temeura Morrison, Boba Fett, Cartoon Network, Totally Spies, Batman Caped Crusader, Paramount Plus, Star Trek, Star Trek Picard, Spider-Man, Venom, Disney, Marvel Studios, Lilo &amp; Stitch, Ana de Armas, Wonder Woman, DCU, Kraven the Hunter, Sony Pictures, Spongebob, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3, James Gunn, Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford, Cinemacon, Gran Turismo, Spider-Verse, Ridley Scott, Ghostbusters, Bad Boys, Warner Bros, The Flash, Aquaman 2, Blue Beetle, Dune, Willy Wonka, Beetlejuice 2, The Meg 2, Walt Disney Pictures, Elemental, Pixar, Wish, Chris Pine, The Little Mermaid, Gareth Edwards, Michael Fassbender, A Haunting in Venice, Hercule Poirot </itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Yes you read that correctly, the MCU is getting its first F-Bomb and its not coming from the merc with a mouth. The CMA blocks the Microsoft ABK deal in a shocking twist, that will surely end the way we all expect it to. SEGA unionizes, Netflix brings back a classic, and Pircard gives the D its hero moment. Cinemacon is underway and the studios brought out all the big guns. Come take a listen. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Yes you read that correctly, the MCU is getting its first F-Bomb and its not coming from the merc with a mouth. The CMA blocks the Microsoft ABK deal in a shocking twist, that will surely end the way we all expect it to. SEGA unionizes, Netflix brings back a classic, and Pircard gives the D its hero moment. Cinemacon is underway and the studios brought out all the big guns. Come take a listen. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 258: Eeeeyahhhh!</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/258</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">b7ed4812-7f74-4ece-bbfa-fcd0ba030e36</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2023 23:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/b7ed4812-7f74-4ece-bbfa-fcd0ba030e36.mp3" length="84245577" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>258</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Eeeeyahhhh!</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Its Morphin Time! Did anyone else notice how cheesy The MMPR 30th anniversary special was? Also the absence of certain people was extremely noticeable. Mando ended today, and it was not as satisfying as I had hoped. Star Trek Picard brought the D, and the F to the party, but who invited the Borg? Sonic and the Angry Birds are getting together, and Oppenheimer is not going to let Barbara drop the bomb on him. That and more on this weeks episode!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:16:39</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/b/b7ed4812-7f74-4ece-bbfa-fcd0ba030e36/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Its Morphin Time! Did anyone else notice how cheesy The MMPR 30th anniversary special was? Also the absence of certain people was extremely noticeable. Mando ended today, and it was not as satisfying as I had hoped. Star Trek Picard brought the D, and the F to the party, but who invited the Borg? Sonic and the Angry Birds are getting together, and Oppenheimer is not going to let Barbara drop the bomb on him. That and more on this weeks episode! 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, PS5, PlayStation, Guerilla Games, Horizon Forbidden West, Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores, Aloy, The Quen, Far Zenith, Hollywood, Rocksteady Games, Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, Elden Ring, Time Magazine, Microsoft Windows, Steam Deck, Nintendo, The Legend of Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom, Breath of the Wild, Nintendo Copywrite, Gary Bowser, The Super Mario Bros Movie, Blizzard, Diablo IV, Call of Duty, Call of Duty Warzone, Warzone 2.0, SEGA, Rovio, Angry Birds, Pokémon, Joe State, 343i, Frank O'Connor, Halo, Netflix Games, Star Wars Battlefront III, Harry Potter, Quidditch, Portkey Games, Wizarding World, The Last of Us, HBO, Knuckles, Sonic, Paramount+, Niantic, Monster Hunter, Ken Sugimori, Square Enix, Final Fantasy XVI, Resident Evil 4 Remake, WGA Strike, George RR Martin, Dunk and Egg, GoT, Game of Thrones, Star Trek, Picard, Section 31, Michelle Yeoh, Strange New Worlds, Netflix, Might Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers, Galaxy Quest, Twilight, Venture Bros, Adult Swim, Star Wars, The Mandalorian, Bo Katan, Grogu, Moff Gideon, James Bond, Lord of the Rings, Elijah Wood, Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan, Barbie, Jonathan Majors, MCU, Superman Legacy, James Gunn, DCU, Scorsese, AppleTV+, Wolverine, Deadpool, Godzilla, King Kong, Monsterverse, Fast X, The Fast and the Furious</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Its Morphin Time! Did anyone else notice how cheesy The MMPR 30th anniversary special was? Also the absence of certain people was extremely noticeable. Mando ended today, and it was not as satisfying as I had hoped. Star Trek Picard brought the D, and the F to the party, but who invited the Borg? Sonic and the Angry Birds are getting together, and Oppenheimer is not going to let Barbara drop the bomb on him. That and more on this weeks episode!</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Its Morphin Time! Did anyone else notice how cheesy The MMPR 30th anniversary special was? Also the absence of certain people was extremely noticeable. Mando ended today, and it was not as satisfying as I had hoped. Star Trek Picard brought the D, and the F to the party, but who invited the Borg? Sonic and the Angry Birds are getting together, and Oppenheimer is not going to let Barbara drop the bomb on him. That and more on this weeks episode!</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 257: HBOGO, wait no HBONOW, um, HBOMax, err, Max is coming</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/257</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">8832b3d8-e125-451d-8d98-e5f89d0a2681</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 23:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/8832b3d8-e125-451d-8d98-e5f89d0a2681.mp3" length="66107062" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>257</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>HBOGO, wait no HBONOW, um, HBOMax, err, Max is coming</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Yes MAX is coming, because this is clearly the greatest name for a streaming service, while also showing off its new content. Star Wars Celebration Europe was this past weekend, and it laid out all the ways we can hope for a bright future in a galaxy far, far, away. And we go deep into the Mushroom Kingdom to bring you a review of the Super Mario Bros movie!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>58:35</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/8/8832b3d8-e125-451d-8d98-e5f89d0a2681/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Yes MAX is coming, because this is clearly the greatest name for a streaming service, while also showing off its new content. Star Wars Celebration Europe was this past weekend, and it laid out all the ways we can hope for a bright future in a galaxy far, far, away. And we go deep into the Mushroom Kingdom to bring you a review of the Super Mario Bros movie!
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Xbox, Microsoft, ActivisionBlizzard, UK CMA, Sony, PlayStation, Joseph Staten, Nintendo, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Ark Survival Evolved, Tekken 8, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Discord, QuakeCon, Doom, Quake, Arcane, Netflix, Stranger Things, HBO Max, MAX, The Conjuring, Game of Thrones, The Penguin, The Batman, DC, Creature Commandos, James Gunn, Peacemaker, True Detective, Jodi Foster, Harry Potter, JK Rowling, Succession, Rick &amp; Morty Anime, Star Trek, Star Trek Picard, Paramount+, The Continental, Peacock, Star Wars, The Mandalorian, Disney+, Star Wars Celebration, Star Wars Celebration Europe, Ahsoka, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Indiana Jones, James Mangold, Dawn of the Jedi, Rey Skywalker, New Jedi Order, Dave Filoni, Star Wars Skeleton Crew, Star Wars The Acolyte, Andor, Rogue Squadron, Lando, Tales of the Jedi, Star Wars Visions, The Bad Batch, Star Wars Celebration Japan, Ike Perlmutter, MCU, The Marvels, DCU, Shazam, Swamp Thing, DCU/MCU Crossover, Deadpool 3, The Super Mario Bros Movie, Nintendo, Super Mario</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Yes MAX is coming, because this is clearly the greatest name for a streaming service, while also showing off its new content. Star Wars Celebration Europe was this past weekend, and it laid out all the ways we can hope for a bright future in a galaxy far, far, away. And we go deep into the Mushroom Kingdom to bring you a review of the Super Mario Bros movie!</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Yes MAX is coming, because this is clearly the greatest name for a streaming service, while also showing off its new content. Star Wars Celebration Europe was this past weekend, and it laid out all the ways we can hope for a bright future in a galaxy far, far, away. And we go deep into the Mushroom Kingdom to bring you a review of the Super Mario Bros movie!</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 256: 1.21 Gigadroids</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/256</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">68fd0f6e-fa90-40bf-9395-5442cbf1c7db</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2023 23:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/68fd0f6e-fa90-40bf-9395-5442cbf1c7db.mp3" length="75372147" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>256</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>1.21 Gigadroids</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>What are you doing in my swamp, because Shrek 5 is closer then you think. E3 is cancelled, and probably forever if we believe the games media. Scott Pilgrim is returning to our screens, and with the same cast as the movie. The Mandalorian brings the cameos and make sure to stick around because we will have a review of Dungeons &amp; Dragons: Honor Among Thieves </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:08:20</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>What are you doing in my swamp, because Shrek 5 is closer then you think. E3 is cancelled, and probably forever if we believe the games media. Scott Pilgrim is returning to our screens, and with the same cast as the movie. The Mandalorian brings the cameos and make sure to stick around because we will have a review of Dungeons &amp;amp; Dragons: Honor Among Thieves  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, gaming, CD Projekt Red, Xbox, Xbox Live, Games with Gold, Netflix, Netflix Gaming, E3, E3 2023, Sonic the Hedgehog, NLRB, ActivisionBlizzard, Ark: Survival Evolved, Ark 2, PokemonGo, Asus, Street Fighter, EA Games, God of War: Ragnarok, Minecraft, Starbreeze, Payday, Star Trek, Star Fleet Academy, Scott Pilgrim, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Welcome to Derry, Pennywise, Stephen King, MCU, Secret Invasion, Disney+, HBO, Game of Thrones, Aegon's Conquest, Lord of the Rings, The Rings of Power, Amazon Prime Video, Harry Potter, Donald Glover, Star Wars, Lando Calrissian, Lucasfilm, Clone High, The Mandalorian, Jack Black, Lizzo, Seth Rogan, The Super Mario Bros Movie, Keanu, John Wick Chapter 4, Marvel Studios, The Thunderbolts, Fantastic 4, Lilo &amp; Stich, Disney, Dungeons &amp; Dragons, Blue Beetle, DC, DCU, The Rock, Moana, Chris Evans, Captain America, Paddington Bear, Barbie  Movie, Chris Pratt, James Gunn, Across the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man, Frank Grillo, Ballerina, Shrek, Shrek 5, Illumination, DreamWorks, Joker: Folie a Deux, Dungeons &amp; Dragons: Honor Among Thieves</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>What are you doing in my swamp, because Shrek 5 is closer then you think. E3 is cancelled, and probably forever if we believe the games media. Scott Pilgrim is returning to our screens, and with the same cast as the movie. The Mandalorian brings the cameos and make sure to stick around because we will have a review of Dungeons &amp; Dragons: Honor Among Thieves </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>What are you doing in my swamp, because Shrek 5 is closer then you think. E3 is cancelled, and probably forever if we believe the games media. Scott Pilgrim is returning to our screens, and with the same cast as the movie. The Mandalorian brings the cameos and make sure to stick around because we will have a review of Dungeons &amp; Dragons: Honor Among Thieves </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 253: The Ides of March</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/253</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">920cd866-2799-4454-a6c2-d27780e9251e</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 00:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/920cd866-2799-4454-a6c2-d27780e9251e.mp3" length="43673614" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>253</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Ides of March</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>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. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>39:05</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/9/920cd866-2799-4454-a6c2-d27780e9251e/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>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.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, suicide squad kill the justice league, arkhamverse, rocksteady studios, E3, Ubisoft, Capcom, Resident Evil, Exoprimal, Monster Hunter, Street Fighter 6, Mega Man, Sony, Call of Duty, Microsoft, Xbox, Call of Duty, ActivisionBlizzard, Gamestop, Stonks, Reddit, Nintendo, Legend of Zelda, Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Raid Shadow Legends, The Last of Us, HBO, IO Interactive, Hitman, James Bond, NASA, Minecraft, Bethesda, Tango Gameworks, Ghostwire Tokyo, Batman: Caped Crusader, Bruce Timm, Amazon Prime Video, Elizabeth Olsen, Scarlet Witch, MCU, Agatha: Coven of Chaos, Willow, Disney+, Lucasfilm, Star Wars, The Mandalorian, The Bad Batch, Gattaca, Paramount+, Star Trek, Picard, The Room, Tommy Wiseau, Bob Odenkirk, Bob Iger, Star Wars, Keanu Reeves, John Wick, Everything Everywhere all at once, Beetlejuice, Tim Burton, Jenna Ortega, The Rock, Henry Cavill, Black Adam, Superman, DCU, James Gunn, Guillermo Del Toro, Frankenstein, Ant-Man, Quentin Tarantino, Zack Snyder, Darkseid, the Academy Awards, The Oscars</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Yes on this Ides of March we have a new episode. We&#39;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. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Yes on this Ides of March we have a new episode. We&#39;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. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 249: The Big Game Spot</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/249</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">eace2680-54af-4773-b1a8-be876ccb129f</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/eace2680-54af-4773-b1a8-be876ccb129f.mp3" length="66074988" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>249</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Big Game Spot</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Well the Super Bowl dropped some serious Batman on us, and some guardians too. But mostly here for the I'm Batman in the Flash. Respawn Entertainment thinks they can keep Apex going for 20 years, and EA signs a deal with the English Premier League. Mattel is rebooting Barney for some reason, and Arrested Development is leaving Netflix in a surprise move. Meanwhile Kevin Feige gets real about the MCU and and James Gunn gets praise from Zack Snyder. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>58:39</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/e/eace2680-54af-4773-b1a8-be876ccb129f/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Well the Super Bowl dropped some serious Batman on us, and some guardians too. But mostly here for the I'm Batman in the Flash. Respawn Entertainment thinks they can keep Apex going for 20 years, and EA signs a deal with the English Premier League. Mattel is rebooting Barney for some reason, and Arrested Development is leaving Netflix in a surprise move. Meanwhile Kevin Feige gets real about the MCU and and James Gunn gets praise from Zack Snyder.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, The Legend of Zelda, Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Link, Zelda, The Division 2, Ubisoft, Tom Clancy, EA Games, EA Sports, FIFA, English Premier League, Xbox, Microsoft, Xbox GamePass, ActivisionBlizzard, Activision, Bobby Kotick, Dead Island 2, Dead Space, Respawn, Apex Legends, Roblox, Riot Games, League of Legends, Multiversus, Warzone, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare II, Amazon, Sony, Spider-Man, Spider-Man Noir, Lord and Miller, Mattel, Barney the purple dinosaur, Barney, Arrested Development, Netflix, Velma, HBO Max, Star Wars, The Mandalorian, Disney+, The Bad Batch, Ted Lasso, AppleTV+, Squid Game, MCU, Kevin Feige, Ant Man and the Wasp, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Bob Iger, Marvel Studios, Deadpool 3, James Gunn, DCU, The Flash, Zack Snyder, Batman, Batman 89, Michael Keaton, Batfleck, Ezra Miller, General Zod, Supergirl, Batgirl, Magic Mike, Joker, How to Train your Dragon, Fast X, The Fast and The Furious, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Super Bowl, Super Mario Bros Movie, Patrick Stewart, Transformers</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well the Super Bowl dropped some serious Batman on us, and some guardians too. But mostly here for the I&#39;m Batman in the Flash. Respawn Entertainment thinks they can keep Apex going for 20 years, and EA signs a deal with the English Premier League. Mattel is rebooting Barney for some reason, and Arrested Development is leaving Netflix in a surprise move. Meanwhile Kevin Feige gets real about the MCU and and James Gunn gets praise from Zack Snyder. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well the Super Bowl dropped some serious Batman on us, and some guardians too. But mostly here for the I&#39;m Batman in the Flash. Respawn Entertainment thinks they can keep Apex going for 20 years, and EA signs a deal with the English Premier League. Mattel is rebooting Barney for some reason, and Arrested Development is leaving Netflix in a surprise move. Meanwhile Kevin Feige gets real about the MCU and and James Gunn gets praise from Zack Snyder. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 247: When E3 died again</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/247</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">b6d511ee-275d-4c27-99d6-4df47f246ee2</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/b6d511ee-275d-4c27-99d6-4df47f246ee2.mp3" length="86485858" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>247</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>When E3 died again</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Is E3 dead again? seems like it. PSVR2 dead on arrival? Halo Infinite dead? why is everything dying in the video game industry??? Netflix dominated 2022, and is looking to lose it all in 2023 with their password crackdown. It also looks like 2023 is the year of the revival with both King of the Hill and Fraiser coming back. Then in the biggest news of the week James Gunn and Peter Safran finally lay out their grand design for DC and somehow it includes Booster Gold. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:14:16</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/b/b6d511ee-275d-4c27-99d6-4df47f246ee2/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Is E3 dead again? seems like it. PSVR2 dead on arrival? Halo Infinite dead? why is everything dying in the video game industry??? Netflix dominated 2022, and is looking to lose it all in 2023 with their password crackdown. It also looks like 2023 is the year of the revival with both King of the Hill and Fraiser coming back. Then in the biggest news of the week James Gunn and Peter Safran finally lay out their grand design for DC and somehow it includes Booster Gold.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Halo Infinite, Halo, 343i, Xbox Studios, Xbox, Microsoft, Xbox Series X, Naughty Dog, PlayStation Studios, Uncharted, The Last of Us, HBO Max, HBO, Phil Spencer, Activision Blizzard, Tomb Raider, Amazon Studios, Amazon Prime Video, Street Fighter 6, WWE, Capcom, MLB The Show, Games with Gold, PSN+, E3, ESA, PSVR2, Sony PlayStation 5, Sony, Star Wars Jedi Survivor, Star Wars, EA, Respawn Entertainment, Resident Evil 4, Apex Legends, Titanfall, Netflix, Squid Game, Streaming, Stranger Things, Cowboy Bebop, One Piece, Succession, HBO, Paramount+, Showtime, Fraiser, Hulu, King of the Hill, Pennyworth, DC, DCU, Disney+, The Bad Batch, National Treasure, MCU, The Thunderbolts, Tobey McGuire, Spider-Man, Glass Onion, Avatar The Way of Water, James Cameron, Jordan Peele, Akira, Dave Bautista, Bane, John Wick 4, Bad Boys 4, Michael B Jordan, Creed, James Gunn, Peter Safran, DCU, DC Elseworlds, Amanda Waller, Superman, Batman, Green Lanterns, The Flash, Aquaman, Ezra Miller, Peacemaker, Creature Commandos, The Authority, Midnighter, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batgirl, Super Heroes, Warner Bros </itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Is E3 dead again? seems like it. PSVR2 dead on arrival? Halo Infinite dead? why is everything dying in the video game industry??? Netflix dominated 2022, and is looking to lose it all in 2023 with their password crackdown. It also looks like 2023 is the year of the revival with both King of the Hill and Fraiser coming back. Then in the biggest news of the week James Gunn and Peter Safran finally lay out their grand design for DC and somehow it includes Booster Gold. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Is E3 dead again? seems like it. PSVR2 dead on arrival? Halo Infinite dead? why is everything dying in the video game industry??? Netflix dominated 2022, and is looking to lose it all in 2023 with their password crackdown. It also looks like 2023 is the year of the revival with both King of the Hill and Fraiser coming back. Then in the biggest news of the week James Gunn and Peter Safran finally lay out their grand design for DC and somehow it includes Booster Gold. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 246: The Nerd Before an MMO</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/246</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">d384a175-dec2-40ec-9b61-3294c77c6bcc</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2023 07:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/d384a175-dec2-40ec-9b61-3294c77c6bcc.mp3" length="60472007" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>246</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Nerd Before an MMO</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>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. 
</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>54:03</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/d/d384a175-dec2-40ec-9b61-3294c77c6bcc/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>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.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv sows, Call of Duty, CoD, Modern Warfare II, Warzone 2.0, Call of Duty Modern Warfare II, Ubisoft, PSVR, PSVR2, PlayStation, PS5, Sony, Riot Games, League of Legends, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Zelda, The Legend of Zelda, Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Marvels Avengers, SquareEnix, Crystal Dynamics, Obsidian Entertainment, Fallout New Vegas, Last of Us, The Last of Us, CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk2077, WWE 2k23, John Cena, Lord of the Rings, Gollum, LotR: Gollum, 343i, 343 Industries, Halo, Master Chief, Xbox, Hogwarts Legacy, Harry Potter, The Wizarding World, JK Rowling, Bethesda, Xbox, Redfall, Minecraft Legends, Mojang, Forza Motorsport, Turn 10, Hi-Fi Rush, Tango Gameworks, Morrowind, Tamriel, Elder Scrolls, Elder Scrolls Online, Zenimax, Netflix, Reed Hastings, That 90s Show, Kobra Kai, Pokémon, Ash Ketchum, Amazon Prime Video, Invincible, Critical Roll, The Legend of Vox Machina, Apple TV+, Ted Lasso, Attack on Titan, Disney+, Star Wars, The Bad Batch, Skeleton Crew, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Rick &amp; Morty, Rick and Morty, Justin Roiland, Hulu, Solar Opposites, Koala Man, Alec Baldwin, Rust, Tron, Tron Legacy, Tron Ares, Jared Leto, Jason Momoa, DCU, Aquaman 2, Lobo, James Gunn, Peter Safran, Steven Spielberg, John Williams, The Fabelmans, Avatar 2, James Cameron, Hot Wheels, WB, WarnerBros, Ben Affleck, Nike, Michael Jordan, Air Jordan, Kevin Feige, MCU, Marvel Studios, Jeremy Renner, Academy Awards, The Oscars, Everything Everywhere all at Once, The Whale, The Banshees of Inisherin, Brendan Fraiser</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>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&#39;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. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>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&#39;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. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 245: Cubicle of 10k layoffs</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/245</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">0904763b-9d6a-47bf-83ad-4680392aeb95</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2023 07:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/0904763b-9d6a-47bf-83ad-4680392aeb95.mp3" length="60758417" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>245</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Cubicle of 10k layoffs</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Those Microsoft Layoffs may have a greater impact on gaming then we might realize, especially for Master Chief. NVIDIA and Google voice their concerns over the Activision deal, but stop short of jumping in Sony's bandwagon. Pour one out for Stadia, as today was its final day. Mark Hamill gives and update on playing the Joker, Spielberg wants to jump into TV, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are coming back. Meanwhile the BatVerse is more real then you realize, James Cameron hits another Billion, and Rainbow Six is coming to the big screen. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>54:39</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/0/0904763b-9d6a-47bf-83ad-4680392aeb95/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Those Microsoft Layoffs may have a greater impact on gaming then we might realize, especially for Master Chief. NVIDIA and Google voice their concerns over the Activision deal, but stop short of jumping in Sony's bandwagon. Pour one out for Stadia, as today was its final day. Mark Hamill gives and update on playing the Joker, Spielberg wants to jump into TV, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are coming back. Meanwhile the BatVerse is more real then you realize, James Cameron hits another Billion, and Rainbow Six is coming to the big screen. 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Pokémon, Pokémon Scarlet, Pokémon Violet, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, The Pokémon Company, GameFreak, DICE Awards, NVIDIA, Google, ActivisionBlizzard, King, Candy Crush, Netease, League of Legends, The Last of Us, Naughty Dog, Microsoft, Xbox, John Carpenter, Dead Space, Black Myth Wukong, Mario Kart, The Callisto Protocol, Rocksteady, Suicide Squad kill the Justice League, Ubisoft, Yves Guillmot, Tomb Raider, Powerwash Simulator, 343i, Halo, Bungie, Xbox Studios, Mark Hamill, The Joker, Batman TAS, Kevin Conroy, Trigun, Trigun Stampede, Cruncyroll, HBO Max, Justin Roiland, Rick and Morty, The Boys, Amazon Prime Video, Alien, Ridley Scott, The Mandalorian, Star Wars, The Bad Batch, Disney+, Animaniacs, Hulu, Might Morphin Power Rangers, Netflix, Hasbro, Saban, Steven Spielberg, Stephen Colbert, Ezra Miller, The Flash, DCU, the Batman, The BatVerse, James Gunn, WB, Avatar, James Cameron, Chad Stahleski, Rainbow Six, Michael B Jordan, Tom Clancy, John Wick, Channing Tatum, Ghost, Patrick Swayze, Netflix, Antoine Fuqua, Michael Jackson Biopic, M3GAN</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Those Microsoft Layoffs may have a greater impact on gaming then we might realize, especially for Master Chief. NVIDIA and Google voice their concerns over the Activision deal, but stop short of jumping in Sony&#39;s bandwagon. Pour one out for Stadia, as today was its final day. Mark Hamill gives and update on playing the Joker, Spielberg wants to jump into TV, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are coming back. Meanwhile the BatVerse is more real then you realize, James Cameron hits another Billion, and Rainbow Six is coming to the big screen. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Those Microsoft Layoffs may have a greater impact on gaming then we might realize, especially for Master Chief. NVIDIA and Google voice their concerns over the Activision deal, but stop short of jumping in Sony&#39;s bandwagon. Pour one out for Stadia, as today was its final day. Mark Hamill gives and update on playing the Joker, Spielberg wants to jump into TV, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are coming back. Meanwhile the BatVerse is more real then you realize, James Cameron hits another Billion, and Rainbow Six is coming to the big screen. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 243: New Year, Same Nerd</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/243</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">ba16ea0d-1dbb-44fa-bee0-0048a8afdda1</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/ba16ea0d-1dbb-44fa-bee0-0048a8afdda1.mp3" length="55497139" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>243</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>New Year, Same Nerd</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Its 2023! and that means new year new me! JK, we got some news to talk about, but Nick shares his thoughts on what he is most excited for this year! Especially with new games and movies headed our way! take a seat and lets go on a look into the future. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>48:24</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/b/ba16ea0d-1dbb-44fa-bee0-0048a8afdda1/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Its 2023! and that means new year new me! JK, we got some news to talk about, but Nick shares his thoughts on what he is most excited for this year! Especially with new games and movies headed our way! take a seat and lets go on a look into the future.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, God of War Ragnarok, God of War, PS5, PlayStation, Pokémon, Pokémon Scarlet, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Sony, CES, Project Leonardo, Gran Turismo, PSVR2, Games with Gold, Xbox, Xbox Games Pass, PS Plus, Star Wars: Jedi, Netflix, Assassin's Creed Show, Nvidia, RTX 4070, Hitman 3, Wizards of the Coast, EA, Madden NFl 23, Naughty Dog, The Last of Us, Hogwarts Legacy, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Legend of Zelda, Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, Starfield, Forza Motorsport, Alan Wake, Marvels Spider-Man 2, The Flash, CW, Arrow, Oliver Queen, Arrowverse, Stan Lee, Disney+, Wednesday, The Adams Family, Breaking Bad, Walter White, The Super Bowl, Star Trek Deep Space 9, DS9, Star Trek, Hulu, History of the World Part II, Mel Brooks, The Bad Batch, Star Wars, Avatar the Way of Water, Jeremy Renner, Damar Hamlin, Mark Hamill, Roger Corman, Dave Bautista, Drax, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3, Black Adam, Dwayne Johnson, Ezra Miller, The Flash Movie, DCU, James Gunn, WarnerBros, Ant-man, Shazam 2, John Wick, Super Mario Bros Movie, Fast X, Across the Spider-Verse, Transformers, Indiana Jones, Mission Impossible, Dune, The Expendables, Beverly Hills Cop, Aquaman, Jason Momoa</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Its 2023! and that means new year new me! JK, we got some news to talk about, but Nick shares his thoughts on what he is most excited for this year! Especially with new games and movies headed our way! take a seat and lets go on a look into the future. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Its 2023! and that means new year new me! JK, we got some news to talk about, but Nick shares his thoughts on what he is most excited for this year! Especially with new games and movies headed our way! take a seat and lets go on a look into the future. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 241: The Power that's inside</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/241</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">2a819de0-a50e-4368-b0c6-c8a43cd0837c</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2022 01:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/2a819de0-a50e-4368-b0c6-c8a43cd0837c.mp3" length="53796177" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>241</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Power that's inside</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>You read that title right. Its a Pokémon reference, as we have now learned, Ash Ketchum is nearing the end of his Pokémon Journey.  Big Shakeups happening in the world of the Xbox Activision merger. The FTC moves against Epic, John Carmack is leaving Meta, and Goat Simulator tries to rip off GTA 6. Amazon is making big promises for the Rings of Power's future, and HBO Max continues to fumble on the goal line. James Gunn talks Terminators future, Henry Cavill joins a new IP universe, and James Gunn isn't backing down. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>49:13</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/2/2a819de0-a50e-4368-b0c6-c8a43cd0837c/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>You read that title right. Its a Pokémon reference, as we have now learned, Ash Ketchum is nearing the end of his Pokémon Journey.  Big Shakeups happening in the world of the Xbox Activision merger. The FTC moves against Epic, John Carmack is leaving Meta, and Goat Simulator tries to rip off GTA 6. Amazon is making big promises for the Rings of Power's future, and HBO Max continues to fumble on the goal line. James Gunn talks Terminators future, Henry Cavill joins a new IP universe, and James Gunn isn't backing down.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Marvel, Marvels Spider-Man, Marvels Spider-Man Miles Morales, Insomniac Games, PlayStation Studios, PlayStation, PS5, Tomb Raider, Crystal Dynamics, Amazon Games, Embracer Group, Death Stranding, Kojima Productions, Hideo Kojima, Guerilla Games, Horizon Zero Dawn, Valve, Steam Controller, Steam Deck, Five Nights at Freddy's, Epic Games, FTC, Fortnite, Final Fantasy, High on Life, Squanch Games, Rick and Morty, Justin Roiland, GTA 6, Rockstar Games, Goat Simulator, Disney+, The Santa Clauses, Star Wars, The Mandalorian, Ashoka, Bad Batch, MCU, Loki, Secret Invasion, HBO Max, Westworld, HBO, Amazon Studios, Amazon Prime Video, Rings of Power, Middle Earth, Lord of the Rings, Velma, Scooby-Doo,  Pokémon, Ash Ketchum, Pikachu, Nintendo, James Cameron, The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Avatar, Avatar the Way of Water, Barbie, Barbie movie, Henry Cavill, Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer 40k, Donald Glover, Spider-Man, Sony Pictures, Indiana Jones 5, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Lucasfilm, Deadpool, Deadpool 3, Wolverine, DCU, James Gunn, Shazam, Black Adam, The Rock, Dwane Johnson, Gal Gadot, Wonder Woman</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>You read that title right. Its a Pokémon reference, as we have now learned, Ash Ketchum is nearing the end of his Pokémon Journey.  Big Shakeups happening in the world of the Xbox Activision merger. The FTC moves against Epic, John Carmack is leaving Meta, and Goat Simulator tries to rip off GTA 6. Amazon is making big promises for the Rings of Power&#39;s future, and HBO Max continues to fumble on the goal line. James Gunn talks Terminators future, Henry Cavill joins a new IP universe, and James Gunn isn&#39;t backing down. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>You read that title right. Its a Pokémon reference, as we have now learned, Ash Ketchum is nearing the end of his Pokémon Journey.  Big Shakeups happening in the world of the Xbox Activision merger. The FTC moves against Epic, John Carmack is leaving Meta, and Goat Simulator tries to rip off GTA 6. Amazon is making big promises for the Rings of Power&#39;s future, and HBO Max continues to fumble on the goal line. James Gunn talks Terminators future, Henry Cavill joins a new IP universe, and James Gunn isn&#39;t backing down. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 240: The Game Awards 2: Electric Boogaloo</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/240</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">edaf6300-a6ba-4b44-8e71-f36aed7513e9</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/edaf6300-a6ba-4b44-8e71-f36aed7513e9.mp3" length="78971700" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>240</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Game Awards 2: Electric Boogaloo</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>That's right, we got a lot more sequel announcements at The Game Awards then anyone may have expected! And we aren't done with awards, as the Golden Globe Nominees were announced as well, and it looks like were in for an interesting ride. Meanwhile what the hell is going on at DC, James Gunn seems to have a massive amount of possible or not possible leaks on his hands.  Meanwhile, the FTC is now the third regulatory body to "look deeper" into the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:11:33</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/e/edaf6300-a6ba-4b44-8e71-f36aed7513e9/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>That's right, we got a lot more sequel announcements at The Game Awards then anyone may have expected! And we aren't done with awards, as the Golden Globe Nominees were announced as well, and it looks like were in for an interesting ride. Meanwhile what the hell is going on at DC, James Gunn seems to have a massive amount of possible or not possible leaks on his hands.  Meanwhile, the FTC is now the third regulatory body to "look deeper" into the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, The Game Awards, Elden Ring, God of War Ragnarok, Stray, Hades II, Death Stranding 2, Final Fantasy XVI, From Software, Armored Core VI, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, EA Games, Respawn Entertainment, Star Wars, Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, Horizon Forbidden West; The Burning Shores, Crime Boss, Diablo IV, Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, Kevin Conroy, Rocksteady, Hellboy, Bayonetta, Cyberpunk 2077, Idris Elba, FTC, Xbox, Microsoft, ActivisionBlizzard, Riot Games, Sony, PlayStation, Bend Studio, Days Gone, Nintendo, Pokémon, Pokémon Scarlet/Violet, Reebok, Hogwarts Legacy, Megan Man, Mega Man Battle Network, Kratos, Super Mario Bros Movie, Super Nintendo World, Universal Studios, The Dark Tower, Stephen King, Mike Flanagan, Amazon Prime Video, Jon Snow, George RR Martin, Game of Thrones, True Lies, HBO Max, Westworld, Wednesday, Netflix, Disney+, Golden Globes, Jackie Chan, Rush Hour 4, Joker 2, Ghostbusters, Dune Part 2, My Hero Academia, Hobbs &amp; Shaw, The Rock, Fast and Furious, Across the Spider-Verse, Into the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man, Norman Reedus, John Wick, Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli, Scream VI, John Krasinski, MCU, Fantastic 4, Iron Man, DCEU, DCU, James Gunn, Peter Safran, Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Superman, Batman, Black Adam, Wonder Woman, Snyderverse, Aquaman, Patty Jenkins, Justice League  </itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>That&#39;s right, we got a lot more sequel announcements at The Game Awards then anyone may have expected! And we aren&#39;t done with awards, as the Golden Globe Nominees were announced as well, and it looks like were in for an interesting ride. Meanwhile what the hell is going on at DC, James Gunn seems to have a massive amount of possible or not possible leaks on his hands.  Meanwhile, the FTC is now the third regulatory body to &quot;look deeper&quot; into the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>That&#39;s right, we got a lot more sequel announcements at The Game Awards then anyone may have expected! And we aren&#39;t done with awards, as the Golden Globe Nominees were announced as well, and it looks like were in for an interesting ride. Meanwhile what the hell is going on at DC, James Gunn seems to have a massive amount of possible or not possible leaks on his hands.  Meanwhile, the FTC is now the third regulatory body to &quot;look deeper&quot; into the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 239: Lord Gaben Has Spoken!</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/239</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">682aab91-0af7-4f4f-97bc-4a4820dbe9ac</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 23:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/682aab91-0af7-4f4f-97bc-4a4820dbe9ac.mp3" length="61323167" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>239</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Lord Gaben Has Spoken!</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Yes you heard that right! Lord Gaben has spoken and we all should listen! Anywho, Nick finally got his Analogue Pocket so listen to him speak of its wares, we also prepare for tomorrows The Game Awards, unions are gaining strength in the Games Industry, and Sony is gonna Sony! The Rings of Power ads 15 new cast members, the Boys sets its sights on a spinoff, and what's going on at HBO Max? Meanwhile last Thursday was movie trailer day! We finally get to see Rise of the Beasts and Indiana Jones and the dial of destiny. Meanwhile is the Snyderverse actually going to die?</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>54:22</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/6/682aab91-0af7-4f4f-97bc-4a4820dbe9ac/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Yes you heard that right! Lord Gaben has spoken and we all should listen! Anywho, Nick finally got his Analogue Pocket so listen to him speak of its wares, we also prepare for tomorrows The Game Awards, unions are gaining strength in the Games Industry, and Sony is gonna Sony! The Rings of Power ads 15 new cast members, the Boys sets its sights on a spinoff, and what's going on at HBO Max? Meanwhile last Thursday was movie trailer day! We finally get to see Rise of the Beasts and Indiana Jones and the dial of destiny. Meanwhile is the Snyderverse actually going to die? 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, analogue, analogue pocket, Gameboy, Nintendo, Pokémon, Pokémon Scarlet, Pokémon Violet, Street Fighter 6, Capcom, Google, Google Doodle, Jerry Lawson, Valve, Steam, Steam Deck, The Game Awards, Ed Boon, NetherRealm, The Last of Us, Sifu, 343 Industries, Halo Infinite, CD Projekt Red, Gwent, Cyberpunk2077, Xbox, Phil Spencer, ActivisionBlizzard,  Unionize, ZeniMax Media, Call of Duty, ToeJam and Earl, Riot Games, League of Legends, Sonic, Rings of Power, Amazon Prime Video, The Boys, Gen V, Simon Pegg, HBO Max, Dune: Sisterhood, Dune, Disney+, The Mandalorian, Star Wars, MCU, Daredevil, Netflix, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Avatar the Last Airbender, CCXP, Transformers Rise of the Beasts, Transformers, Optimus Primal, Beast Wars, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3, Indian Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Indiana Jones, Lucasfilm, Margot Robbie, Pirates of the Caribbean, Black Panther Wakanda Forever, Into the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man, DCU, DCEU, Black Adam, Justice League, Snyderverse, Wonder Woman 3, James Gunn, Blue Beetle, The Flash, Aquaman, Batman </itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Yes you heard that right! Lord Gaben has spoken and we all should listen! Anywho, Nick finally got his Analogue Pocket so listen to him speak of its wares, we also prepare for tomorrows The Game Awards, unions are gaining strength in the Games Industry, and Sony is gonna Sony! The Rings of Power ads 15 new cast members, the Boys sets its sights on a spinoff, and what&#39;s going on at HBO Max? Meanwhile last Thursday was movie trailer day! We finally get to see Rise of the Beasts and Indiana Jones and the dial of destiny. Meanwhile is the Snyderverse actually going to die?</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Yes you heard that right! Lord Gaben has spoken and we all should listen! Anywho, Nick finally got his Analogue Pocket so listen to him speak of its wares, we also prepare for tomorrows The Game Awards, unions are gaining strength in the Games Industry, and Sony is gonna Sony! The Rings of Power ads 15 new cast members, the Boys sets its sights on a spinoff, and what&#39;s going on at HBO Max? Meanwhile last Thursday was movie trailer day! We finally get to see Rise of the Beasts and Indiana Jones and the dial of destiny. Meanwhile is the Snyderverse actually going to die?</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 238: Nintendo gonna Nintendo</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/238</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">a4bb268d-9788-4e23-882f-969f87552718</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2022 23:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/a4bb268d-9788-4e23-882f-969f87552718.mp3" length="59170631" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>238</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Nintendo gonna Nintendo</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>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!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>52:42</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/a/a4bb268d-9788-4e23-882f-969f87552718/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>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! 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, TV shows, Nintendo, Pokémon, Game Freak, The Federal Trade Comission, Xbox, Microsoft, ActivisionBlizzard, Sony, Call of Duty, Battlefield, EA, James Gunn, Starship Troopers, Arma 3, David Cage, Star Wars, Quantic Dream, SEGA, Mario, Mass Effect, Overwatch 2, Fallout, Bethesda, Super Mario Bros, Andor, Disney+, Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, MCU, Phase 4, AMC, The Walking Dead, Picard, Star Trek, Star Trek The Next Generation, Paramount+, Star Trek TNG, DC Animation, Amazon Prime Video, Indian Jones 5, Lucasfilm, Greta Gerwig, Barbie, The Rock, DCU, Black Adam, Superman, Henry Cavill, Shazam, Top Gun Maverick, Easy Rider, Cocaine Bear, Ang Lee, Bruce Lee, DC Studio, DC Kingdom Come, MCU Ranking</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Why does Nintendo always have such poor community outreach? At least when it comes to games that aren&#39;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!</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Why does Nintendo always have such poor community outreach? At least when it comes to games that aren&#39;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!</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 237: Immersion Broken</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/237</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">36ca030e-b488-4193-807a-315efdd28f36</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2022 00:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/36ca030e-b488-4193-807a-315efdd28f36.mp3" length="65389668" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>237</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Immersion Broken</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are out, and not looking too hot. A major shakeup at Disney, Ubisoft drops some news, A power Ranger leaves us, and Indy goes digital. Meanwhile the future of DC is on the horizon, the MCU has some interesting things in its future, and Fast X is apparently out of control. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>56:51</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/3/36ca030e-b488-4193-807a-315efdd28f36/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are out, and not looking too hot. A major shakeup at Disney, Ubisoft drops some news, A power Ranger leaves us, and Indy goes digital. Meanwhile the future of DC is on the horizon, the MCU has some interesting things in its future, and Fast X is apparently out of control.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Pokémon, Pokémon scarlet, Pokémon violet, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Game Freak, The Pokémon Company, Legacy of Kain, Embracer Group, ActivisionBlizzard, Overwatch 2, Nvidia, RTX 4090, Ubisoft, Splinter Cell, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Steam, PC, Sonic the Hedgehog, Bayonetta, Mario Kart 8, Sony, PS5, PlayStation, PlayStation 5, Honda, Phil Spencer, XBOX, Call of Duty, Warzone 2, Netflix, Team Ninja, Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden, Xbox Gamepass, Twisted Metal, God of War Ragnarok, Kratos, Quentin Tarantino, Star Trek, Picard, Riker, Star Trek Picard, Paramount+, Silk Spider, Silk: Spider Society, Amazon Primer Video, Lord &amp; Miller, Chris Hemsworth, Atlanta, Jason David Frank, Tommy Oliver, Power Rangers, Green Ranger, Amy Adams, Superman, Lois Lane, Escape from New York, James Wan, Jason Blum, Blumhouse, Steven Spielberg, Bullitt, David Leitch, Fast X, Fast and the Furious, James Gunn, DCU, DC Studios, Ryan Reynold, Deadpool, Deadpool Christmas, Bob Chapek, Bob Iger, Disney, Disney+, Star Wars, Indian Jones, Lucasfilm, Avatar 2, Top Gun Maverick, Across the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man, Black Panther Wakanda Forever, Black Panther, MCU, Namor, Marvel Studios, Disneyland, Galax's Edge, Rise of the Resistance, Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Anaheim, Genie+, Lightning Lane</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are out, and not looking too hot. A major shakeup at Disney, Ubisoft drops some news, A power Ranger leaves us, and Indy goes digital. Meanwhile the future of DC is on the horizon, the MCU has some interesting things in its future, and Fast X is apparently out of control. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are out, and not looking too hot. A major shakeup at Disney, Ubisoft drops some news, A power Ranger leaves us, and Indy goes digital. Meanwhile the future of DC is on the horizon, the MCU has some interesting things in its future, and Fast X is apparently out of control. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 236: He Was Vengeance, He Was the Night, He will always be Batman</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/236</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">bf5f61aa-ec00-4074-8824-1aa864f9ea42</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2022 22:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/bf5f61aa-ec00-4074-8824-1aa864f9ea42.mp3" length="46123904" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>236</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>He Was Vengeance, He Was the Night, He will always be Batman</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>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. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>39:26</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/b/bf5f61aa-ec00-4074-8824-1aa864f9ea42/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>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.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Kevin Conroy, Batman, Batman the animated series, Batman Arkham City, Justice League Unlimited, God of War Ragnarok, PS5, Sony Santa Monica, PlayStation, Dragon Age, EA, Bioware, Google, Google Stadia, Gears of War, Dave Bautista, Netflix, Razer, Remedy Entertainment, Control 2, Alan Wake 2, Hogwarts Legacy, The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley, Stray, The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red, Eminem, GTA, Tony Scott, Marvels Avengers, Crystal Dynamics, SquareEnix, Destiny 2, Bungie, Fable, Sony, Bioshock, Overwatch 2, Phil Spencer, Xbox, Bethesda, Starfield, Game of Thrones, HBO Max, Penguin, DC, The Batman, Witcher: Blood Origin, Avatar the last airbender, Paramount+, Ash Ketchum, Pokémon, Studio Ghibli, Star Wars, Disney+, Andor, The Santa Clauses, Duffer Bros, Stranger Things, Yellowstone, John Wick, Creed 3, Sly Stallone, Rocky, James Gunn, DCU, Mister Terrific, Top Gun Maverick, Margot Robie, Pirates of the Caribbean, David Harbour, THunderbolts, Rian Johnson, Walter Hamada, Lionsgate, Streets of Rage, Alien, A quiet Place, nerd, geek</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>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. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>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. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 235: The GOAT has Spoken</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/235</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">e4511ee8-50af-4d63-8a18-662c26ea96df</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2022 21:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/e4511ee8-50af-4d63-8a18-662c26ea96df.mp3" length="31662167" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>235</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The GOAT has Spoken</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Short episode, heavy on content. More Call of Duty news as the behemoth continues to dominate the industry. Now Europe is looking into Xbox, and Hideo Kojima confirms what is true and what isnt. Meanwhile, WB and HBO lay down the cancel hammer, Disney+ continues to shine, and Andor is top notch. DC films may have a new unified focus, as WB as a whole moves towards a franchise focus. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>30:26</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/e/e4511ee8-50af-4d63-8a18-662c26ea96df/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Short episode, heavy on content. More Call of Duty news as the behemoth continues to dominate the industry. Now Europe is looking into Xbox, and Hideo Kojima confirms what is true and what isnt. Meanwhile, WB and HBO lay down the cancel hammer, Disney+ continues to shine, and Andor is top notch. DC films may have a new unified focus, as WB as a whole moves towards a franchise focus.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, xbox, xbox series x, halo, halo infinite, hideo kojima, kojima productions, death stranding, take two interactive, GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2, Mass Effect, Bioware, N7 DAY, Ubisoft, Prince of Persia, ActivisionBlizzard, Call of Duty, Infinity Ward, Warzone 2.0, Modern Warfare II, CoD, Overwatch 2, Netflix, Gears of War, Nintendo, EA, Project Cars, Animal Crossings New Horizons, Fifa, Tuca &amp; bertie, adult swim, hbo max, degrassi, hbo, westworld, andor, star wars, disney+, indiana jones, vision quest, wandavision, wanda maximoff, mcu, the acolyte, lin manuel miranda, percy jackson, true dectective, toho, godzilla, DCU, DC Studios, James Gunn, Aquaman, Jason Momoa, Lobo, Quentin Tarantino, Into the Spider-Verse, Spider-Punk, Ian Mcshane, Keanu Reeves, John Wick, Stephen Spielberg, Weird, Roku, Weird Al Yankovich</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Short episode, heavy on content. More Call of Duty news as the behemoth continues to dominate the industry. Now Europe is looking into Xbox, and Hideo Kojima confirms what is true and what isnt. Meanwhile, WB and HBO lay down the cancel hammer, Disney+ continues to shine, and Andor is top notch. DC films may have a new unified focus, as WB as a whole moves towards a franchise focus. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Short episode, heavy on content. More Call of Duty news as the behemoth continues to dominate the industry. Now Europe is looking into Xbox, and Hideo Kojima confirms what is true and what isnt. Meanwhile, WB and HBO lay down the cancel hammer, Disney+ continues to shine, and Andor is top notch. DC films may have a new unified focus, as WB as a whole moves towards a franchise focus. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 234: Is it time to dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge, again, again?</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/234</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">a4811cc6-ed45-4234-ac5f-5f7a724d42fb</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 23:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/a4811cc6-ed45-4234-ac5f-5f7a724d42fb.mp3" length="52507398" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>234</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Is it time to dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge, again, again?</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <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>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/a/a4811cc6-ed45-4234-ac5f-5f7a724d42fb/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>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?  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Call of Duty, CoD, Modern Warfare II, CoD:MWII, PlayStation 5, PlayStation, PS5, Sony, PSVR2, PlayStation+, The Callisto Protocol, Phil Spencer, Xbox, Xbox Gamepass, ActivisionBlizzard, EA, Marvel, Marvel Games, God of War Ragnarok, God of War, Remedy, Alan Wake, Alan Wake 2, Control, Overwatch 2, Vision Quest, MCU, Disney+, Wonderman, Aubrey Plaza, Agatha Coven of Chaos, Yahya Abdul Mateen, Henry Cavill, The Witcher, Geralt, Liam Hemsworth, DC, Stargirl, The Penguin, Christina Milioti, The Last of Us, HBO, The Sandman, Netflix, Andor, Star Wars, Zootopia+, Manifest, Blockbuster, Community, Joel McHale, Jeff Goldblum, Wicked, Oz, James Gunn, DCU, DC Studios, Venom 3, Superman, Man of Steel, Black Adam, Shazam 2, Dodgeball, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Avatar, Way of the Water, Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>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? </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>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? </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 233: Gotham Plights</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/233</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">ce66f306-eed2-4a33-a76d-62eaa46ed7ad</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 23:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/ce66f306-eed2-4a33-a76d-62eaa46ed7ad.mp3" length="78042360" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>233</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Gotham Plights</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>The hierarchy of the DC Universe did change, just not in the way the Rock would want you to believe. In todays episode we have a review of Black Adam, James Gunn takes over DC Studios. Phil Spencer gets candid, and Sausage Party is coming to a TV near you. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:11:22</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/c/ce66f306-eed2-4a33-a76d-62eaa46ed7ad/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>The hierarchy of the DC Universe did change, just not in the way the Rock would want you to believe. In todays episode we have a review of Black Adam, James Gunn takes over DC Studios. Phil Spencer gets candid, and Sausage Party is coming to a TV near you.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Gotham Knights, WB Montreal, Arkham City, Rocksteady Studios, Batman, Bat Family, Xbox, ActivisionBlizzard, CMA, UK, Digimon, Pokémon, NaughtDog, PlayStation, PlayStation Studios, CD Prokjekt Red, Bayonetta, Capcom, Resident Evil 4, Steam, Creative Assembly, Fallout, Amazon Prime Video, Age of Empires, Gamepass, Nintendo Classic, Phil Spencer, Meta, Meta Quest, Metaverse, PS Plus, Nioh 2, Hideo Kojima, PS2, PlayStation 2, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare II, CoD, Duffer Bros, Netflix, Death Note, HBO, HBO Max, House of the Dragon, Game of Thrones, Succession, DC, Green Lantern, Arkham Asylum, GCPD, Commissioner Gordon, The Batman, Apple TV+, Disney+, The Witcher, Star Wars, Guardians of the Galaxy, MCU, Tales of the Jedi, Ahsoka, Sausage Party, Moon Knight, Rian Johnson, Peacock, Ryan Coogler, Black Panther Wakanda Forever, Kevin Feige, Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems, Tim Burton, Dumbo, Black Adam, Dwayne Johnson, The Rock, Justice Society of America, Doctor Fate, Hawkman, Damon Lindelof, Henry Cavill, Superman, Snyderverse, DCEU, DCU, James Gunn, Peter Safran, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Kang the Conqueror, Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania, Joker 2, Andor</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>The hierarchy of the DC Universe did change, just not in the way the Rock would want you to believe. In todays episode we have a review of Black Adam, James Gunn takes over DC Studios. Phil Spencer gets candid, and Sausage Party is coming to a TV near you. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>The hierarchy of the DC Universe did change, just not in the way the Rock would want you to believe. In todays episode we have a review of Black Adam, James Gunn takes over DC Studios. Phil Spencer gets candid, and Sausage Party is coming to a TV near you. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 232: N.I.C.K.S. Nerd N.E.W.S</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/232</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">6c86d3ab-aa0e-4b2b-91fa-0a6e9824143e</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2022 00:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/6c86d3ab-aa0e-4b2b-91fa-0a6e9824143e.mp3" length="79355240" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>232</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>N.I.C.K.S. Nerd N.E.W.S</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Did you know the MCU is controlled by K.E.V.I.N? Just like how NNN is hosted by N.I.C.K. Anywho, ignore the man behind the curtain, this week we have some big gaming news: Valve updates the steam app, Razer is making a cloud gaming hanheld, the DualSense gets an upgrage, and Silent Hill is officially coming back. Meanwhile Scorsese is making a Gangs of New York show, and Alan Moore hates the Watchmen show too. Harrison Ford joins the MCU, while WarnerBros continues to make the strangest decisions regarding the DCEU, at least Henry is back for Man of Steel 2. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:10:21</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/6/6c86d3ab-aa0e-4b2b-91fa-0a6e9824143e/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Did you know the MCU is controlled by K.E.V.I.N? Just like how NNN is hosted by N.I.C.K. Anywho, ignore the man behind the curtain, this week we have some big gaming news: Valve updates the steam app, Razer is making a cloud gaming hanheld, the DualSense gets an upgrage, and Silent Hill is officially coming back. Meanwhile Scorsese is making a Gangs of New York show, and Alan Moore hates the Watchmen show too. Harrison Ford joins the MCU, while WarnerBros continues to make the strangest decisions regarding the DCEU, at least Henry is back for Man of Steel 2.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, NES, Nintendo, Sony, GameStop, GameStonks, Stonks, Meme Stock, Valve, Steam, Stadia, Google, Spider-Man Miles Morales, ActivisionBlizzard, Pokémon, Overwatch 2, Gotham Knights, Nvidia, RTX4080, Razer, Razer Edge, Bayonetta 3, CoD, Modern Warfare II, battle.net, G4, EA Games, Mirrors Edge, Command &amp; Conquer, Mortal Kombat, DualSense, PS5, PlayStation 5, DualSense Edge, Elite Series 2, Xbox Design Lab, Netflix, Silent Hill, Konami, Xbox Gamepass, CoD, Call of Duty, Scorsese, Gangs of New York, Alan Moore, HBO, Watchmen, Damon Lindelof, She-Hulk, MCU, Disney+, Rings of Power, Lord of the Rings, Tolkein, Sauron, Gandalf, Galadriel, Middle Earth, LOTR, House of the Dragon, Game of Thrones, GoT, Andor, Star Wars, Rogue One, Lonely Island, Naked Gun, Liam Neeson, Joe Manginello, Dungeons and Dragons, Harrison Ford, Thunderbolt Ross, MCU, William Hurt, Robbie Coltrane, Harry Potter, Hagrid, Star Trek, Star Trek 4, Twister, Rihanna, Black Panther Wakanda Forever, A Christmas Story, DCEU, DC Films, WarnerBros, Walter Hamada, Black Adam, James Gunn, The Flash, Ezra Miller, Man of Steel, Henry Cavill, Superman, The Batman</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Did you know the MCU is controlled by K.E.V.I.N? Just like how NNN is hosted by N.I.C.K. Anywho, ignore the man behind the curtain, this week we have some big gaming news: Valve updates the steam app, Razer is making a cloud gaming hanheld, the DualSense gets an upgrage, and Silent Hill is officially coming back. Meanwhile Scorsese is making a Gangs of New York show, and Alan Moore hates the Watchmen show too. Harrison Ford joins the MCU, while WarnerBros continues to make the strangest decisions regarding the DCEU, at least Henry is back for Man of Steel 2. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Did you know the MCU is controlled by K.E.V.I.N? Just like how NNN is hosted by N.I.C.K. Anywho, ignore the man behind the curtain, this week we have some big gaming news: Valve updates the steam app, Razer is making a cloud gaming hanheld, the DualSense gets an upgrage, and Silent Hill is officially coming back. Meanwhile Scorsese is making a Gangs of New York show, and Alan Moore hates the Watchmen show too. Harrison Ford joins the MCU, while WarnerBros continues to make the strangest decisions regarding the DCEU, at least Henry is back for Man of Steel 2. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 209: Getting back on the Lunchbox</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/209</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">20b88459-4614-4dd3-b0ba-3513ff7f82f6</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2022 23:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/20b88459-4614-4dd3-b0ba-3513ff7f82f6.mp3" length="54588599" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>209</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Getting back on the Lunchbox</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Are you looking for a review of Doctor Strange? Well we've got one, you'll just have to listen till the end of the episode, and beware spoilers within. We've also got news on the EA and FIFA split, as well as a review for Picard and Halo!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>49:05</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/2/20b88459-4614-4dd3-b0ba-3513ff7f82f6/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Are you looking for a review of Doctor Strange? Well we've got one, you'll just have to listen till the end of the episode, and beware spoilers within. We've also got news on the EA and FIFA split, as well as a review for Picard and Halo! 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Sony Entertainment America, Sony Online Entertainment, Bungie, Destiny 2, 343i, Halo, Halo Infinite, Nvidia, Blizzard, ActivisionBlizzard, FFXVI, Final Fantasy, Square Enix, EVE Online, CCP Games, WWE, Gotham Knights, Batman, Red Hood, Knightwing, PlayStation Studios, PS5, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Mass Effect, Bioware, Intel, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Elden Ring, EA Games, EA Sports, FIFA 23, EA Sports FIFA, EA Sports FC, HBO Max, Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, Westeros, Westworld, Tim Allen, Disney+, The Santa Clause, Netflix, Quantum Leap, NBC, Doctor Who, BBC, David Fincher, Ahsoka, Star Wars, Jack Ryan, Amazon Prime Video, Star Trek Picard, Halo Series, Paramount+, MCU, Marvel Studios, Thor Love and Thunder, Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn, Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron, Toxic Avenger, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Sam Raimi, Wanda Maximoff, Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Charlize Theron, Mr. Fantastic, Black Bolt, Professor X, Ipod</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Are you looking for a review of Doctor Strange? Well we&#39;ve got one, you&#39;ll just have to listen till the end of the episode, and beware spoilers within. We&#39;ve also got news on the EA and FIFA split, as well as a review for Picard and Halo!</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Are you looking for a review of Doctor Strange? Well we&#39;ve got one, you&#39;ll just have to listen till the end of the episode, and beware spoilers within. We&#39;ve also got news on the EA and FIFA split, as well as a review for Picard and Halo!</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 202: No Delays Here</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/202</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">37133381-8ccf-4a19-9e97-e6fb5d01787c</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/37133381-8ccf-4a19-9e97-e6fb5d01787c.mp3" length="45660879" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>202</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>No Delays Here</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Video Game delays? No way (pretends to be shocked). Snoop Dogg in Call of Duty? Sure that's reasonable. Gran Turismo down for 30 hours? That's unreasonable. New Godzilla move? Thats unexpected. These questions and more on this weeks episode. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>41:35</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/3/37133381-8ccf-4a19-9e97-e6fb5d01787c/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Video Game delays? No way (pretends to be shocked). Snoop Dogg in Call of Duty? Sure that's reasonable. Gran Turismo down for 30 hours? That's unreasonable. New Godzilla move? Thats unexpected. These questions and more on this weeks episode.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, quantic dream, Detroit Become Human, David Cage, Star Wars Eclipse, Steam Deck, Valve, Steam, Xbox Game Pass, Hogwarts Legacy, Portkey Games, WB Interactive, Harry Potter, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, Overwatch 2, Epic Games, Fortnite, Tekken, Netflix, Snoop Dogg, CoD, Warzone, CoD: Vanguard, Call of Duty, CD Projekt Red, The Witcher 3, The Witcher 4, Unreal Engine 5, Godfall, PlayStation Studios, EA Sports, Far Cry 6, NFL, Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, Rocksteady Games, Gran Turismo 7, GT7, PlayStation, PS4, PS5, Polyphony Digital, Resident Evil, Daredevil, MCU, Disney+, Paramount+, The Mandalorian, Star Wars, James Gunn, HBO Max, Peacemaker, Justice League, DCEU, Jumanji, Merlin Entertainments, MGM,  James Bond, Amazon, The Batman, LEGO, Daniel Radcliffe, Scream 6, Fast 10, The Incredible Hulk, Johnny Carson, Voltron, Godzilla, Monsterverse, King Kong</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Video Game delays? No way (pretends to be shocked). Snoop Dogg in Call of Duty? Sure that&#39;s reasonable. Gran Turismo down for 30 hours? That&#39;s unreasonable. New Godzilla move? Thats unexpected. These questions and more on this weeks episode. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Video Game delays? No way (pretends to be shocked). Snoop Dogg in Call of Duty? Sure that&#39;s reasonable. Gran Turismo down for 30 hours? That&#39;s unreasonable. New Godzilla move? Thats unexpected. These questions and more on this weeks episode. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 195: Sony's Moon is haunted</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/195</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">17a85aa0-df81-49c4-8fac-b5d84609a214</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2022 23:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/17a85aa0-df81-49c4-8fac-b5d84609a214.mp3" length="54466723" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>195</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Sony's Moon is haunted</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Well Sony is laying down the gauntlet, and keeping things multiplatform?  Meanwhile the NFT battle heats up among gamers, developers and publishers, Sega exits the arcade business, and Wordle goes to the NYT? Paramount+ doubles, well more like triples down on Star Trek, and Matt Reeves dishes on The Batman. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>48:09</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/1/17a85aa0-df81-49c4-8fac-b5d84609a214/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Well Sony is laying down the gauntlet, and keeping things multiplatform?  Meanwhile the NFT battle heats up among gamers, developers and publishers, Sega exits the arcade business, and Wordle goes to the NYT? Paramount+ doubles, well more like triples down on Star Trek, and Matt Reeves dishes on The Batman.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Sony, Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Studios, Sony PlayStation, PlayStation 5, Bungie, Destiny, Destiny 2, System Shock, Naughty Dog, Uncharted, Star Wars 1313, Lucasarts, Xbox, Microsoft, Xbox GamePass, Ubisoft, NFTs, WB Games, Hogwarts Legacy, Gotham Knights, Suicide Squad kill the Justice League, SEGA, American McGee's Alice, Modern Warfare, CoD, Call of Duty, Activision, MLB the Show, San Diego Studio, Warcraft, The New York Time's, Wordle, Discord, Steam Deck, Battlefield 2042, EA,  Shovel Knight, Tim Schaefer, Double Fine, Halo, Paramount+, Star Trek, Strange New Worlds, Starfleet Academy, The Boys, Star Wars, Disney+, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Tom Holland, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Uncharted Movie, Nathan Drake, Fight Club, Ron Pearlman, Hellboy 3, Matt Reeves, The Batman, Batman, Batfleck, DCEU, Jason Momoa, Fast and Furious, Fast 10, James Gunn, MCU, Marvel Studios, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Doctor Strange 2</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well Sony is laying down the gauntlet, and keeping things multiplatform?  Meanwhile the NFT battle heats up among gamers, developers and publishers, Sega exits the arcade business, and Wordle goes to the NYT? Paramount+ doubles, well more like triples down on Star Trek, and Matt Reeves dishes on The Batman. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well Sony is laying down the gauntlet, and keeping things multiplatform?  Meanwhile the NFT battle heats up among gamers, developers and publishers, Sega exits the arcade business, and Wordle goes to the NYT? Paramount+ doubles, well more like triples down on Star Trek, and Matt Reeves dishes on The Batman. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 193: What does $70b get me</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/193</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">dda9d801-4363-4eec-a19c-976b53b8adc3</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/dda9d801-4363-4eec-a19c-976b53b8adc3.mp3" length="66519425" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>193</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>What does $70b get me</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Obviously the only story that matters this week is that Real Steel is getting a Disney+ show. Im kidding its Xbox purchasing ActivisionBlizzard. That and some other stuff too, come take a listen. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>57:18</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/d/dda9d801-4363-4eec-a19c-976b53b8adc3/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Obviously the only story that matters this week is that Real Steel is getting a Disney+ show. Im kidding its Xbox purchasing ActivisionBlizzard. That and some other stuff too, come take a listen.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, DICE Awards, Steam, Valve, Steam Deck, PUBG, Dying Light 2, 343i, Halo Infinite, Halo Multiplayer, Pokémon, NPD, Call of Duty, Warcraft, StarCraft, Overwatch, Diablo, Activison, Blizzard, King, Candy Crush, ActivisionBlizzard, Microsoft, Bobby Kotick, Phil Spencer, Xbox, Acquisition, Real Steel, Disney+, Moon Knight, MCU, Marvel Studios, The Book of Boba Fett, The Santa Clause, Tim Allen, Netflix, Cuphead, Will Arnett, Justified, Timothy Olyphant, King of the Hill, Mike Judge, Paramount+, Star Trek, Star Trek Picard, Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek Lower Decks, Star Trek Strange New Worlds, Peacemaker, DCEU, HBO Max, James Gunn, John Cena, Amazon Studios, Lord of the Rings, The Rings of Power, Superbad, Jonah Hill, Black Panther Wakanda Forever, Batgirl, Batgirl of Burnside, Joss Whedon, Daniel Radcliffe, Weird Al, The Godfather</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Obviously the only story that matters this week is that Real Steel is getting a Disney+ show. Im kidding its Xbox purchasing ActivisionBlizzard. That and some other stuff too, come take a listen. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Obviously the only story that matters this week is that Real Steel is getting a Disney+ show. Im kidding its Xbox purchasing ActivisionBlizzard. That and some other stuff too, come take a listen. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 192: A Zynga party</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/192</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">e92f3abf-35bd-441e-b51a-df7ded31fb6c</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2022 02:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/e92f3abf-35bd-441e-b51a-df7ded31fb6c.mp3" length="53598781" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>192</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>A Zynga party</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Well no one saw that coming, Take Two is buying Zynga. E3 may be cancelled, Dying Light 2 demands a month of your time and From Software may be reviving an old IP. They boys is coming back and we have a return date, Scott Pilgrim may return in animated form, and The Suicide Squad may soon invade your TV. Meanwhile Ben Affleck talks about his Batman future, Pixar sticks to Disney+ and The Batman is not what you think it was. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>44:38</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/e/e92f3abf-35bd-441e-b51a-df7ded31fb6c/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Well no one saw that coming, Take Two is buying Zynga. E3 may be cancelled, Dying Light 2 demands a month of your time and From Software may be reviving an old IP. They boys is coming back and we have a return date, Scott Pilgrim may return in animated form, and The Suicide Squad may soon invade your TV. Meanwhile Ben Affleck talks about his Batman future, Pixar sticks to Disney+ and The Batman is not what you think it was.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, CES 2022, Nvidia, AMD Radeon, Intel, Razer, Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West, Aloy, Days Gone, Sony Bend Studio, E3 2022, E3, Fallout, Amazon Studios, Mario Kart 9, Nintendo, Sega, NFT, Converse, Pokémon, Show American Story, Dying Light 2, PSVR, PlayStation 5, PSVR, From Software, Armored Core, Take-Two Interactive, Zynga, GTA, Midnight Club, The CW, The Boys, Bob Saget, Scott Pilgrim, Netflix, Golden Globes, SAG Awards, The Suicide Squad, HBO Max, Peacemaker, James Gunn, The Book of Boba Fett, Star Wars, Tom Holland, Uncharted, James Bond, Pixar, Wes Anderson, Roald Dahl, Ben Affleck, Batman, The Flash, Justice League, Spider-Man, Shazam 2, The Batman, Red Notice</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well no one saw that coming, Take Two is buying Zynga. E3 may be cancelled, Dying Light 2 demands a month of your time and From Software may be reviving an old IP. They boys is coming back and we have a return date, Scott Pilgrim may return in animated form, and The Suicide Squad may soon invade your TV. Meanwhile Ben Affleck talks about his Batman future, Pixar sticks to Disney+ and The Batman is not what you think it was. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well no one saw that coming, Take Two is buying Zynga. E3 may be cancelled, Dying Light 2 demands a month of your time and From Software may be reviving an old IP. They boys is coming back and we have a return date, Scott Pilgrim may return in animated form, and The Suicide Squad may soon invade your TV. Meanwhile Ben Affleck talks about his Batman future, Pixar sticks to Disney+ and The Batman is not what you think it was. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 179: All the Time to Not Die</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/179</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">0c1454ea-ec43-4da8-8b42-9765cc94ebd6</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2021 01:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/0c1454ea-ec43-4da8-8b42-9765cc94ebd6.mp3" length="44953725" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>179</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>All the Time to Not Die</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>We have Far Cry 6 and the Guardians of the Galaxy Game. More Squid Game coverage, as well as a nice send off for What If.... And of course a review No Time to Die. Spoilers....it was amazing, and a top 5 007 movie for me. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>52:22</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/0/0c1454ea-ec43-4da8-8b42-9765cc94ebd6/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>We have Far Cry 6 and the Guardians of the Galaxy Game. More Squid Game coverage, as well as a nice send off for What If.... And of course a review No Time to Die. Spoilers....it was amazing, and a top 5 007 movie for me.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Ubisoft, FarCry, FarCry6, Giancarlo Esposito, Microsoft, Microsoft Xbox, Xbox20, Xbox Series X, Call of Duty, CoD Warzone, Verdansk, Destiny 2, Bungie, GTA The Trilogy, GTA Vice City, GTAIII, GTA San Andreas, Rockstar Games, SEGA, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Pokémon, Pokémon Legends, Activision Blizzard, G4, Disney, Star Wars Video game, Netflix, Squid Game, That 70's Show, That 90's Show, Cowboy Bebop, Lost in Space, Disney+, Agatha Harkness, WandaVision, MCU, The Mandalorian, What If..., Star Trek, NYCC, Paramount+, Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek Prodigy, Captain Janeway, Ferengi, Blade Runner: Black Lotus, Crunchyroll, Adult Swim, Venom: Let There be Carnage, Venom 2, The Matrix, The Batman, DC Fandome, Scream, Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn, James Bond, MGM, 007, No Time to Die, Skyfall, Daniel Craig, Sean Connery, Goldfinger</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>We have Far Cry 6 and the Guardians of the Galaxy Game. More Squid Game coverage, as well as a nice send off for What If.... And of course a review No Time to Die. Spoilers....it was amazing, and a top 5 007 movie for me. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>We have Far Cry 6 and the Guardians of the Galaxy Game. More Squid Game coverage, as well as a nice send off for What If.... And of course a review No Time to Die. Spoilers....it was amazing, and a top 5 007 movie for me. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 178: Kingdom Carnarge: Let their be Squid</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/178</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">7149d636-76aa-43e7-8a4c-ba28aa59ca13</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2021 01:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/7149d636-76aa-43e7-8a4c-ba28aa59ca13.mp3" length="65710847" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>178</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Kingdom Carnarge: Let their be Squid</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Have you watched Squid Game yet? because you should. Also on the show today, Tokyo Games Show roundup, big news and rumors from Konami, and Capcom. Appple is apparently the number one video game retailer, and Twitch faces a massive leak. Meanwhile Venom and 007 rule the box office, and Smash Fans are dissapointed but still praise Sakurai, </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:13:44</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/7/7149d636-76aa-43e7-8a4c-ba28aa59ca13/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Have you watched Squid Game yet? because you should. Also on the show today, Tokyo Games Show roundup, big news and rumors from Konami, and Capcom. Appple is apparently the number one video game retailer, and Twitch faces a massive leak. Meanwhile Venom and 007 rule the box office, and Smash Fans are dissapointed but still praise Sakurai,  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, PlayStation 5, PS5, Sony, Sony Santa Monica, God of War, God of War Ragnarok, Kratos, Xbox, Xbox Series X, Halo, Halo Infinite, Xbox 20, Halo20, Tokyo Games Show, TGS 2021, Square Enix, Final Fantasy, Capcom, BandaiNamco, Konami, Metal Gear Solid, Catslevania, Sega, Guilty Gear Strive, Bluepoint Games, The Game Awards, Paradox Interactive, Epic Games Store, GTA Remaster, Grand Theft Auto 3, GTA San Andreas, GTA Vice City, Apple, Apple App Store, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Ubisoft, Battle Royale, Pokémon Legends Arceus, Pokémon, Universal Studios, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Super Smash Bro's, Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, Sora, Kingdom Hearts, Gearbox Entertainment, Randy Pitchford, Twitch, Steam, Amazon Games, Squid Game, Netflix, HBO Max, House of the Dragon, Game of Thrones, Rick and Morty, Peacemaker, DCEU, The Suicide Squad, John Cena, James Gunn, MCU, Marvels What If..., Ultron, Disney+, Don Bluth, Black Widow, Rocky IV, Ivan Drago, Stallone, Scarlett Johansson, Disney, James Bond, 007, No Time to Die, James Bond 007, Venom, Sony Pictures, Spider-Man, Tom Hardy, Ben Affleck, Batfleck, Batman, The Flash, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker  </itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Have you watched Squid Game yet? because you should. Also on the show today, Tokyo Games Show roundup, big news and rumors from Konami, and Capcom. Appple is apparently the number one video game retailer, and Twitch faces a massive leak. Meanwhile Venom and 007 rule the box office, and Smash Fans are dissapointed but still praise Sakurai, </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Have you watched Squid Game yet? because you should. Also on the show today, Tokyo Games Show roundup, big news and rumors from Konami, and Capcom. Appple is apparently the number one video game retailer, and Twitch faces a massive leak. Meanwhile Venom and 007 rule the box office, and Smash Fans are dissapointed but still praise Sakurai, </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 171: That NPC Dude</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/171</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">415ed7ab-9ccb-4023-877b-e8a0a330d3de</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/415ed7ab-9ccb-4023-877b-e8a0a330d3de.mp3" length="37494617" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>171</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>That NPC Dude</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>We finally have more news about Pokémon Legends Arceus! and boy does this game look better and better. Also with rumors swirling about a GTA Trilogy remastered, which game are you most excited to revisit? Meanwhile Star Trek Lower Decks returns in tip top form, The Bad Batch ends with a major nod to legends, and What If, knocks it out of the part with its animation. Meanwhile, Free Guy is one of the funniest films to see this summer. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>42:28</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/4/415ed7ab-9ccb-4023-877b-e8a0a330d3de/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>We finally have more news about Pokémon Legends Arceus! and boy does this game look better and better. Also with rumors swirling about a GTA Trilogy remastered, which game are you most excited to revisit? Meanwhile Star Trek Lower Decks returns in tip top form, The Bad Batch ends with a major nod to legends, and What If, knocks it out of the part with its animation. Meanwhile, Free Guy is one of the funniest films to see this summer.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Call of Duty, Activision, Call of Duty Vanguard, GTA, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, Quakecon, Square Enix, Outriders, Xbox Game Pass, Intel, Ubisoft, Pokémon, Pokémon Legends Arceus, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, Pokémon Shinning Pearl, Netflix, Avatar the Last Airbender, Nestflix, What we do in the shadows, Alien, Nerf, Star Trek, Star Trek Lower Decks, Paramount+, Star Wars, The Bad Batch, Disney+, Heir to the empire, MCU, Marvels What If..., Danny DeVito, Batman Returns, The Penguin, Free Guy, Ryan Reynolds, James Gunn, The Suicide Squad, Fast and Furious 10, Dune, Kevin Smith, Clerks 3, Anthony Mackie, Cap 4, Captain America  </itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>We finally have more news about Pokémon Legends Arceus! and boy does this game look better and better. Also with rumors swirling about a GTA Trilogy remastered, which game are you most excited to revisit? Meanwhile Star Trek Lower Decks returns in tip top form, The Bad Batch ends with a major nod to legends, and What If, knocks it out of the part with its animation. Meanwhile, Free Guy is one of the funniest films to see this summer. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>We finally have more news about Pokémon Legends Arceus! and boy does this game look better and better. Also with rumors swirling about a GTA Trilogy remastered, which game are you most excited to revisit? Meanwhile Star Trek Lower Decks returns in tip top form, The Bad Batch ends with a major nod to legends, and What If, knocks it out of the part with its animation. Meanwhile, Free Guy is one of the funniest films to see this summer. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 170: The Suicide Batch 2.0</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/170</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">0a749b71-1c73-48ca-9b4d-901fb89a25d4</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2021 01:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/0a749b71-1c73-48ca-9b4d-901fb89a25d4.mp3" length="50549464" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>170</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Suicide Batch 2.0</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Well this week the major focus is of course James Gunn's The Suicide Squad! We also talk more fallout over ActivisionBlizzard. Microsoft Flight Simulator is unreal. Deadpool 3 is closer then we think. Rick and Morty and The Bad Batch drop great penultimate episodes. South Park isn't going anywhere, and more!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>57:23</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/0/0a749b71-1c73-48ca-9b4d-901fb89a25d4/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Well this week the major focus is of course James Gunn's The Suicide Squad! We also talk more fallout over ActivisionBlizzard. Microsoft Flight Simulator is unreal. Deadpool 3 is closer then we think. Rick and Morty and The Bad Batch drop great penultimate episodes. South Park isn't going anywhere, and more! 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, microsoft flight simmulator, Xbox Series X, Xbox, Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation, PSVR 2, South Park, Embracer Group, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Overwatch 2, Activision, Blizzard, Pokémon GO, Epic Games, Google, Indie Games, Dr. Disrespect, Forza Horizon 5, The Bad Batch, Disney+, Netflix, Stranger Things, Rick and Morty, Adult Swim, Funimation, Cruncyroll, Jeopardy, Powerpuff Girls, DCEU, Warner Bros, DC Comics, James Gunn, The Suicide Squad, Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool, MCU, Jackass 4, Paramount, HBO Max, Idris Elba, Sonic the Hedgehog, Morbius, Spider-Man, Venom, Sony</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well this week the major focus is of course James Gunn&#39;s The Suicide Squad! We also talk more fallout over ActivisionBlizzard. Microsoft Flight Simulator is unreal. Deadpool 3 is closer then we think. Rick and Morty and The Bad Batch drop great penultimate episodes. South Park isn&#39;t going anywhere, and more!</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well this week the major focus is of course James Gunn&#39;s The Suicide Squad! We also talk more fallout over ActivisionBlizzard. Microsoft Flight Simulator is unreal. Deadpool 3 is closer then we think. Rick and Morty and The Bad Batch drop great penultimate episodes. South Park isn&#39;t going anywhere, and more!</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 168: Don't get caught in the Blizzard</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/168</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">a14c34bd-084d-4819-973f-3eb76b4711ca</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2021 00:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/a14c34bd-084d-4819-973f-3eb76b4711ca.mp3" length="61214330" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>168</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Don't get caught in the Blizzard</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Well a reckoning has come for ActivisionBlizzard, who will weather the storm? Also HALO Infinite flighting starts this weekend! Next Gen Consoles are outpacing their predecessors, and ComicCon@home fails to make a splash. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:07:16</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/a/a14c34bd-084d-4819-973f-3eb76b4711ca/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Well a reckoning has come for ActivisionBlizzard, who will weather the storm? Also HALO Infinite flighting starts this weekend! Next Gen Consoles are outpacing their predecessors, and ComicCon@home fails to make a splash.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>Video games, movies, tv shows, Xbox, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series X, Halo, Halo Infinite, Halo Multiplayer, Microsoft, Halo Insider, Halo Waypoint, EA, EA Motive, Dead Space, Mortal Komabat, Battlefield Portal, Battlefield 2042, Death Stranding, Kojima Productions, PlayStation, PlayStation 5, Sony, PS5, The Coalition, Oculus Rift, Bioware, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Alienware, Games with Gold, Xbox Live, PSN Plus, ActivisonBlizzard, Activison, Bobby Kotick, Loki, MCU, Disney+, Star Trek, Paramount+, Michael B Jordan, Superman, DCEU, HBO Max, Netflix, Lucifer, Pokémon, Arthur, PBS, Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn, The Bad Batch, Star Wars, Rick and Morty, Adult Swim, Streaming, Warner Bros,  Bob's Burgers, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Jungle Cruise, The Exorcist, Peacock, Ant-Man</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well a reckoning has come for ActivisionBlizzard, who will weather the storm? Also HALO Infinite flighting starts this weekend! Next Gen Consoles are outpacing their predecessors, and ComicCon@home fails to make a splash. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well a reckoning has come for ActivisionBlizzard, who will weather the storm? Also HALO Infinite flighting starts this weekend! Next Gen Consoles are outpacing their predecessors, and ComicCon@home fails to make a splash. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 163: The 3 CEOs of Gaming</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/163</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">f8c4fc9d-ab6b-4af9-803f-b9a40fc22004</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/f8c4fc9d-ab6b-4af9-803f-b9a40fc22004.mp3" length="57599652" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>163</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The 3 CEOs of Gaming</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Well we are a week past E3 and the gaming news keeps dropping. Lets check in with the heads of Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo. Meanwhile lets all try to not be hypocrites. The Bad Batch sees the return of a fan favorite character. Loki offers up a twist, and Rick and Morty changes things up for the better. And Optimus Primal is coming to the big screen baby!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:06:11</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/f/f8c4fc9d-ab6b-4af9-803f-b9a40fc22004/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Well we are a week past E3 and the gaming news keeps dropping. Lets check in with the heads of Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo. Meanwhile lets all try to not be hypocrites. The Bad Batch sees the return of a fan favorite character. Loki offers up a twist, and Rick and Morty changes things up for the better. And Optimus Primal is coming to the big screen baby! 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, EA sports, Madden NFL, Five Nights at Freddy's, Xbox, E3 2021, Hellblade 2, Forza Horizon 5, Epic Games Store, Alan Wake, Jim Ryan, Sony Entertainment America, Sony Entertainment Online, Sony PlayStation, PlayStation 5, PS5, Nintendo of America, Nintendo Switch , Doug Bowser, Nintendo, EA, Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox Series X|S, Phil Spencer, 343i, Halo Infinite, Tekken, Tekken X Street Fighter, Street Fighter, PAX West, PAX, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Solar Opposites, Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland, Nathan Pyle, Strange Planet, Rick and Morty, The Boys, Loki, Disney+, MCU, Adult Swim, The Bad Batch, Star Wars, Cad Bane, How it Ends, Kevin Feige, Shazam, DCEU, The Flash, Supergirl, The Suicide Squad, James Gunn, Idris Elba, John Cena, Starro, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, Jurassic World Dominion, Fast 9, F9, IMAX, Transformers, Beast Wars, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well we are a week past E3 and the gaming news keeps dropping. Lets check in with the heads of Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo. Meanwhile lets all try to not be hypocrites. The Bad Batch sees the return of a fan favorite character. Loki offers up a twist, and Rick and Morty changes things up for the better. And Optimus Primal is coming to the big screen baby!</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Well we are a week past E3 and the gaming news keeps dropping. Lets check in with the heads of Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo. Meanwhile lets all try to not be hypocrites. The Bad Batch sees the return of a fan favorite character. Loki offers up a twist, and Rick and Morty changes things up for the better. And Optimus Primal is coming to the big screen baby!</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 155: Mortal Podkast</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/155</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">7c210d0f-33e7-41be-acad-ddae291ee4fc</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 22:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/7c210d0f-33e7-41be-acad-ddae291ee4fc.mp3" length="36700166" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>155</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Mortal Podkast</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>If it wasn't blatantly obvious, todays top story is the review of Mortal Kombat! Also PS5 is outdoing projections. Xbox has a solid Q3, Titanfall 2 sees a spike, and Little Big Planet is up in the air. The Falcon and The Winter Solider nails its landing, and we haven't seen the last of Justice League Unlimited. The Oscar goes to a MCU director, Captain America 4 is in the works. Adam Wingard might not be done with the Monsterverse, and the streaming wars aren't slowing down. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>43:12</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/7/7c210d0f-33e7-41be-acad-ddae291ee4fc/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>If it wasn't blatantly obvious, todays top story is the review of Mortal Kombat! Also PS5 is outdoing projections. Xbox has a solid Q3, Titanfall 2 sees a spike, and Little Big Planet is up in the air. The Falcon and The Winter Solider nails its landing, and we haven't seen the last of Justice League Unlimited. The Oscar goes to a MCU director, Captain America 4 is in the works. Adam Wingard might not be done with the Monsterverse, and the streaming wars aren't slowing down.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, mortal kombat, HBO max, Sony, Sony PlayStation, PlayStation 5, PS5, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox Series X|S, CoD, CoD Warzone, Verdansk, Verdansk 84, Battlefield, Little Big Planet, Sackboy, PS4, PS3, Super Mario Party, Respawn, EA, CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077, Justice League Unlimited, DCAU, Cartoon Network, Parasite, James Gunn, MCU, Guardians of the Galaxy,  The Falcon and the Winter Solider, Captain America, Disney+, Ironheart, Matt Lanter, Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars, Clone Wars, Netflix, Army of the Dead, The Eternals, Chloe Zhao, The Oscars, Russel Crowe, Thor 4, Thor Love and Thunder, Disney Parks, Imagineers, Groot, Indiana Jones 5, Adam Wingard, Monsterverse, Godzilla vs Kong, DC Fandome, Scorpion, Sub Zero, Raiden, Kung Lao</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>If it wasn&#39;t blatantly obvious, todays top story is the review of Mortal Kombat! Also PS5 is outdoing projections. Xbox has a solid Q3, Titanfall 2 sees a spike, and Little Big Planet is up in the air. The Falcon and The Winter Solider nails its landing, and we haven&#39;t seen the last of Justice League Unlimited. The Oscar goes to a MCU director, Captain America 4 is in the works. Adam Wingard might not be done with the Monsterverse, and the streaming wars aren&#39;t slowing down. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>If it wasn&#39;t blatantly obvious, todays top story is the review of Mortal Kombat! Also PS5 is outdoing projections. Xbox has a solid Q3, Titanfall 2 sees a spike, and Little Big Planet is up in the air. The Falcon and The Winter Solider nails its landing, and we haven&#39;t seen the last of Justice League Unlimited. The Oscar goes to a MCU director, Captain America 4 is in the works. Adam Wingard might not be done with the Monsterverse, and the streaming wars aren&#39;t slowing down. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 152: Giant Monkey x Giant Lizard X Giant Robot</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/152</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">7a6a3c7d-d535-47ae-8f37-bba555aa17d6</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/7a6a3c7d-d535-47ae-8f37-bba555aa17d6.mp3" length="38673438" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>152</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Giant Monkey x Giant Lizard X Giant Robot</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Xbox Game Pass hits it out of the park with MLB the Show, while Bioware lays down the deets on Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Solar Opposites season 2 delivers on all channels, and First Contact day confirms the return of Q.  Meanwhile Godzilla vs Kong is all that and more!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>43:29</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/7/7a6a3c7d-d535-47ae-8f37-bba555aa17d6/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Xbox Game Pass hits it out of the park with MLB the Show, while Bioware lays down the deets on Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Solar Opposites season 2 delivers on all channels, and First Contact day confirms the return of Q.  Meanwhile Godzilla vs Kong is all that and more! 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Godzilla vs Kong, Godzilla, king kong, monsterverse, warner bros, hbomax, Sony interactive, Sony japan studio, PlayStation, PlayStation 5, ps5, Sony, MLB the Show 2021, MLB, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Series, Xbox One, XBOX gamepass, LEGO, LEGO Star Wars, Apex Legends, Titanfall, Respawn entertainment, Diablo 2, Blizzard, GTA V, Marvels Avengers, PlayStation Now, IO Interactive, Hitman 3, James Bond, 007, E3, Bioware, Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Solar Opposites, Hulu, Adult Swim, Rick and Morty, April Fools, The Witcher, Netflix, The Last Us, HBO, Loki, Disney+, MCU, Levar Burton, Jeopardy, Star Trek, First Contact Day, Star Trek Day, Picard, Lower Decks, Star Trek Discovery, Q, The Falcon and the Winter Solider, Baron Zemo, The Power Broker, Captain America, Uncharted, The Suicide Squad, James Gunn, Guardians of the Galaxy 3, DCEU, DC Comics, The New Gods, Tom King, Ava DuVernay, Darkseid, Mister Miracle, The Trench, Aquaman, Joss Whedon, Justice League, Zack Snyder's Justice League, Sylvester Stalone, Rocky, Creed 3, King Kong, Godzilla </itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Xbox Game Pass hits it out of the park with MLB the Show, while Bioware lays down the deets on Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Solar Opposites season 2 delivers on all channels, and First Contact day confirms the return of Q.  Meanwhile Godzilla vs Kong is all that and more!</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Xbox Game Pass hits it out of the park with MLB the Show, while Bioware lays down the deets on Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Solar Opposites season 2 delivers on all channels, and First Contact day confirms the return of Q.  Meanwhile Godzilla vs Kong is all that and more!</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 146: Nick's Nerd Nursery</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/146</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">3fb5dab7-fd14-496e-ab24-45e18aafc9fe</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 01:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/3fb5dab7-fd14-496e-ab24-45e18aafc9fe.mp3" length="82655043" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>146</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Nick's Nerd Nursery</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Its a video game centric week as we discuss the official death of Anthem, Blizzcon announcements, trouble is brewing at several developers while other studios are growing. Sony continues to go in a strange trajectory, while Chicago Lawmakers make the billionth attempt at outlawing violent video games. Plus big news from the TCA upfronts for Disney+ and Paramount+. What's new on streaming, and also more information about the Snyder Cut and what to expect from Spider-Man.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:28:11</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/3/3fb5dab7-fd14-496e-ab24-45e18aafc9fe/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Its a video game centric week as we discuss the official death of Anthem, Blizzcon announcements, trouble is brewing at several developers while other studios are growing. Sony continues to go in a strange trajectory, while Chicago Lawmakers make the billionth attempt at outlawing violent video games. Plus big news from the TCA upfronts for Disney+ and Paramount+. What's new on streaming, and also more information about the Snyder Cut and what to expect from Spider-Man. 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, EA, Bioware, Anthem, The Legend of Zelda, Link, Nintendo, The Embracer Group, THQ Nordic, Fall Guys, Xbox Series X, Xbox, Microsoft, Bungie, Destiny 2, Nvidia, Blizzard, Blizzcon, Warcraft, Diablo 2, Diablo 4, WoW, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Overwatch 2, Metallica, switch, CD Projekt Red, Google, Stadia, Analogue Pocket, Gran Turismo, PlayStation, PS5, Sony PlayStation, PSVR, Bloodlines 2, Dying Light 2, Republic Commando, Amazon Studios, Donald Glover, HBO Max, DCEU, Aquaman, Netflix, Twisted Metal, Ronald D Moore, Disney+, MCU, Loki, Star Wars, The Bad Batch, The Clone Wars, The Flash, The CW, Green Lantern, Paramount+, Star Trek, Nickelodeon, Rugrats, Fraiser, Halo, Avatar, Reno 911, Workaholics, Beavis and Butthead, WandaVision, Danny Elfman, Doctor Strange 2, Spider-Man No Way Home, Fantastic Four, Supergirl, Blue Beetle, The Snyder Cut, James Gunn, Harley Quinn, Mortal Kombat, Henry Cavil, Mass Effect</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Its a video game centric week as we discuss the official death of Anthem, Blizzcon announcements, trouble is brewing at several developers while other studios are growing. Sony continues to go in a strange trajectory, while Chicago Lawmakers make the billionth attempt at outlawing violent video games. Plus big news from the TCA upfronts for Disney+ and Paramount+. What&#39;s new on streaming, and also more information about the Snyder Cut and what to expect from Spider-Man.</p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Its a video game centric week as we discuss the official death of Anthem, Blizzcon announcements, trouble is brewing at several developers while other studios are growing. Sony continues to go in a strange trajectory, while Chicago Lawmakers make the billionth attempt at outlawing violent video games. Plus big news from the TCA upfronts for Disney+ and Paramount+. What&#39;s new on streaming, and also more information about the Snyder Cut and what to expect from Spider-Man.</p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 139: This is a new year?</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/139</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">779bdb68-f82d-455a-90fa-4e05a2ae3df2</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 20:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/779bdb68-f82d-455a-90fa-4e05a2ae3df2.mp3" length="48526413" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>139</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>This is a new year?</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Short episode this week: PS Plus for January, Cyberpunk causes a lawsuit. Xbox celebrates a milestone. Gaming was king in 2020. A change may be coming in the Tardis. Big shakeups at DC Films and Borat isnt coming back. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>39:00</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/7/779bdb68-f82d-455a-90fa-4e05a2ae3df2/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Short episode this week: PS Plus for January, Cyberpunk causes a lawsuit. Xbox celebrates a milestone. Gaming was king in 2020. A change may be coming in the Tardis. Big shakeups at DC Films and Borat isnt coming back.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv, streaming, cd projekt s.a., cd projekt red, cyberpunk 2077, steam, among us, Nintendo, Nintendo of America, Nintendo switch, Sony,  ps5, PS plus, PlayStation, PlayStation 5, Xbox, Xbox one, Xbox series x, Microsoft, youtube gaming, youtube, twitch, outriders, squire enix, ea games, netflix, dr. who, bbc, whoopi golberg, star trek, star trek picard, dceu, james gunn, the suicide squad, hbo max, patty jenkins, wonder woman 3, WW84, gal gadot, ray fisher, dc films, walter hamada, justice league, joss whedon, cybord, zach snyder, the snyder cut, batgil, static shock, michael b jordan, creed 3, rocky balboa, Stallone, Sascha baron Coen, Borat</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Short episode this week: PS Plus for January, Cyberpunk causes a lawsuit. Xbox celebrates a milestone. Gaming was king in 2020. A change may be coming in the Tardis. Big shakeups at DC Films and Borat isnt coming back. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Short episode this week: PS Plus for January, Cyberpunk causes a lawsuit. Xbox celebrates a milestone. Gaming was king in 2020. A change may be coming in the Tardis. Big shakeups at DC Films and Borat isnt coming back. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 132: Now thats Next Gen</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/132</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">0de8da98-6666-4be4-83de-a2cca8912a55</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 21:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/0de8da98-6666-4be4-83de-a2cca8912a55.mp3" length="34401497" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>132</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Now thats Next Gen</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Nick jumps right in with his first week in Next Gen gaming with the Xbox Series X. Also first looks at AC Valhalla, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War. Plus a review of The Mandalorian. Some Disney+ and HBO Max News. And The movie front is still leaking pretty bleak, but at least we have some MCU news. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:08:59</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/0/0de8da98-6666-4be4-83de-a2cca8912a55/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Nick jumps right in with his first week in Next Gen gaming with the Xbox Series X. Also first looks at AC Valhalla, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War. Plus a review of The Mandalorian. Some Disney+ and HBO Max News. And The movie front is still leaking pretty bleak, but at least we have some MCU news.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, Xbox series x, Microsoft, Xbox series s, Xbox one, PlayStation, PlayStation 5, PS5, assassins creed, assassins creed Valhalla, Ubisoft, ac Valhalla, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Marvel's Spider-Man, Activision, Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War, next gen gaming, Nintendo Switch, xbox game pass, netflix, umbrella academy, spaceforce, disney+, wandavision, mcu, darkwing duck, hbo max, the suicide squad, fresh prince of bel air, the snyder cut, dceu, the justice league, justice league, batman, superman, catwoman, halo, the Mandalorian, star wars, the rock, james gunn, guardians of the galaxy, black panter, mcu, thor 4, thor love and thunder</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Nick jumps right in with his first week in Next Gen gaming with the Xbox Series X. Also first looks at AC Valhalla, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War. Plus a review of The Mandalorian. Some Disney+ and HBO Max News. And The movie front is still leaking pretty bleak, but at least we have some MCU news. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Nick jumps right in with his first week in Next Gen gaming with the Xbox Series X. Also first looks at AC Valhalla, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War. Plus a review of The Mandalorian. Some Disney+ and HBO Max News. And The movie front is still leaking pretty bleak, but at least we have some MCU news. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 111: SNAP returns!</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/111</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">a85b1e31-0ec1-478a-9b6e-a5765ddd8b75</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 19:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/a85b1e31-0ec1-478a-9b6e-a5765ddd8b75.mp3" length="62720280" type="audio/mpeg"/>
  <itunes:episode>111</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>SNAP returns!</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle> Thats right folks, POKEMON Snap is back!!!!!!!!!! This week we also discuss the new Pokemon Expansion: Isle of Armor, the Star Wars Squadrons Announcement. Madden '21 and FIFA '21 will upgrade for free. Cyberpunk gets a delay, while the confusion continues regarding Spider-Man Miles Morales for the PS5. Skate might also maybe possibly be back? Obi-Wan Kenobi will utilize the same VFX as The Mandalorian. Avatar and Jurassic World are going back to work. The Oscars gets delayed. AMC looking to open soon. We get a better look at Darkseid. And Star Wars Celebration gets cancelled, while DC opens the DC FanDOME in Comic-cons absence. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>49:17</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/a/a85b1e31-0ec1-478a-9b6e-a5765ddd8b75/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description> Thats right folks, POKEMON Snap is back!!!!!!!!!! This week we also discuss the new Pokemon Expansion: Isle of Armor, the Star Wars Squadrons Announcement. Madden '21 and FIFA '21 will upgrade for free. Cyberpunk gets a delay, while the confusion continues regarding Spider-Man Miles Morales for the PS5. Skate might also maybe possibly be back? Obi-Wan Kenobi will utilize the same VFX as The Mandalorian. Avatar and Jurassic World are going back to work. The Oscars gets delayed. AMC looking to open soon. We get a better look at Darkseid. And Star Wars Celebration gets cancelled, while DC opens the DC FanDOME in Comic-cons absence.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, movies, tv shows, ps5, spider-man, miles morales, sony, pokemon, pokemon sword, pokemon snap, star wars, EA games, star wars squadrons, madden, fifa, kingdom hearts, PAX, KFC, cyberpunk2077, mortal kombat, apex, skate, billy mitchell, the witcher, netflix, obi wan, star wars, disney+, dan harmon, bill and ted, no time to die, james bond, attack the block, avatar, Jurassic world, Jurassic park, indian jones, james gunn, guardians of the galaxy, MCU, amc theaters, regal cinema, DUNE, snydercut, justice league, darkseid, DCEU, star wars celebration, comic con</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Thats right folks, POKEMON Snap is back!!!!!!!!!! This week we also discuss the new Pokemon Expansion: Isle of Armor, the Star Wars Squadrons Announcement. Madden &#39;21 and FIFA &#39;21 will upgrade for free. Cyberpunk gets a delay, while the confusion continues regarding Spider-Man Miles Morales for the PS5. Skate might also maybe possibly be back? Obi-Wan Kenobi will utilize the same VFX as The Mandalorian. Avatar and Jurassic World are going back to work. The Oscars gets delayed. AMC looking to open soon. We get a better look at Darkseid. And Star Wars Celebration gets cancelled, while DC opens the DC FanDOME in Comic-cons absence. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Thats right folks, POKEMON Snap is back!!!!!!!!!! This week we also discuss the new Pokemon Expansion: Isle of Armor, the Star Wars Squadrons Announcement. Madden &#39;21 and FIFA &#39;21 will upgrade for free. Cyberpunk gets a delay, while the confusion continues regarding Spider-Man Miles Morales for the PS5. Skate might also maybe possibly be back? Obi-Wan Kenobi will utilize the same VFX as The Mandalorian. Avatar and Jurassic World are going back to work. The Oscars gets delayed. AMC looking to open soon. We get a better look at Darkseid. And Star Wars Celebration gets cancelled, while DC opens the DC FanDOME in Comic-cons absence. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Episode 84: The Golden Games Awards</title>
  <link>http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/84</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">37c53c3b-c6d1-4b2b-96b1-11033086b646</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2019 19:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/37c53c3b-c6d1-4b2b-96b1-11033086b646.mp3" length="73550670" type="audio/mp3"/>
  <itunes:episode>84</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Golden Games Awards</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Oh you want reward show coverage? you got it both the game awards and the Golden Globes. Also we finally know the name of the next XBOX. plus unsurprising news about Modern Warfare. Amazons LOTR show looses an actor. Crisis recap. Netflix, DCEU news, Keanu Day, Loot crate and more. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>59:22</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:image href="https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d123fe1e-af9a-444a-82a1-ad727c243689/episodes/3/37c53c3b-c6d1-4b2b-96b1-11033086b646/cover.jpg?v=1"/>
  <description>Oh you want reward show coverage? you got it both the game awards and the Golden Globes. Also we finally know the name of the next XBOX. plus unsurprising news about Modern Warfare. Amazons LOTR show looses an actor. Crisis recap. Netflix, DCEU news, Keanu Day, Loot crate and more.  
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>video games, the game awards, the golden globes, xbox, play station, mlb the show, xbox series x, minecraft, fortnite, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, pokemon, call of duty modern warfare, amazon, netflix, disney, the mandalorian, disney+, the office, crisis on infinite earths, arrowverse, rick and morty, movies, tv shows, star wars, ghostbusters, shazam, john wick, Keanu reeves, the matrix, james gunn, dceu, loot crate, </itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Oh you want reward show coverage? you got it both the game awards and the Golden Globes. Also we finally know the name of the next XBOX. plus unsurprising news about Modern Warfare. Amazons LOTR show looses an actor. Crisis recap. Netflix, DCEU news, Keanu Day, Loot crate and more. </p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Oh you want reward show coverage? you got it both the game awards and the Golden Globes. Also we finally know the name of the next XBOX. plus unsurprising news about Modern Warfare. Amazons LOTR show looses an actor. Crisis recap. Netflix, DCEU news, Keanu Day, Loot crate and more. </p>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
</item>
  </channel>
</rss>
