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Displaying items 41-50 of 107 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "james gunn".
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Episode 324: The Great Journey is at an End
July 25th, 2024 | 1 hr 10 mins
24, Bethesda, COD, Comic-Con, Dragon Age, EA Games, EDGAR WRIGHT, Fortnite, Halo, Hulu, Joker, MCU, Netflix, RuneScape, Ryan Reynolds, TV, WoW, Xbox, activision, amazon prime video, animation, apex legends, apple, apple tv+, blizzard, bob newhart, call of duty, cod: modern warfare, college football 25, cwa, cyberpunk edgerunners, dcu, deadpool, deadpool & wolverine, disney, dune, dune prophecy, ea sports, ea sports college football 25, evo 2024, ftc, gaming, geek, glen powell, guilty gear strike, hugh jackman, humble games, inside out 2, jack bauer, jack quaid, james gunn, jamie lee curtis, kiefer sutherland, kingdom of the planet of the apes, lego, mario+rabbids, max, monopoly, monopoly go, monty python, movies, multiversus, nerd, nintendo, one piece, paramount+, peacemaker, pixar, ps5, respawn, splatoon 3, street fighter 6, supergirl, superman, tekken 8, the batman, the boys, the running man, twisters, ubisoft, video games, walt disney pictures, wb games, what we do in the shadows, wolverine, world of warcraft, xbox game pass
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 & 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.
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Episode 321: The Patron Saint of Gaming
July 4th, 2024 | 1 hr 8 mins
Black Panther, COD, Final Fantasy, Fortnite, GTA, Hellboy, Hulu, Konami, MCU, Miyazaki, Netflix, Phil Spencer, Resident Evil, Ridley Scott, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV, Tomb Raider, Xbox, amazon fire tv, amazon gaming, andy serkis, anime, aspyr, assassins' creed, batfleck, battlfield, call of duty, call of duty warzone, capcom, cd projekt red, chris pratt, crazy taxi, cyberpunk 2077, dcu, dead rising, dead space, deadpool, deadpool and wolverine, demon slayer, denis villeneuve, dino crisis, disney, disney+, dr. disrespect, dune, elden ring, fromsoftware, gaming, geek, george rr martin, gladiator 2, godzilla, inside out 2, james gunn, justice league, kojima, kylo ren, legacy of kain, legendary pictures, let me solo her, letitia wright, lionsgate, lord of the rings, lucasarts, metal gear solid, monsterverse, morgan freeman, movies, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch, one piece, paramount+, pax, pax west, pixar, rockstar games, sega, shadow of the erd tree, snk, squareenix, star wars bounty hunter, superman, terminator, that 90s show, the acolyte, the bear, the hunt for gollum, the knights of ren, the snyder cut, transformers, ubisoft, video games, warnerbros, watch dogs, wicked, x-men, xbox cloud gaming, youtube gaming, yves guillemot, zack snyder
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.
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Episode 320: Thick Gatorade?
June 27th, 2024 | 1 hr 18 mins
21 jump street, 23 jump street, Fallout, Hulu, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Sony, Star Wars, TV, Tomb Raider, Xbox, Zombies, amazon prime video, andor, arkane austin, batman caped crusader, beef, bethesda games studios, beyond good & evil, black myth wukong, blade, bluepoint games, capcom, channing tatum, comic con, cwa, dcu, dead by daylight, dead rising, deadpool and wolverine, disney+, donald sutherland, dr. disrespect, eddie murphy, embracer group, fallout 3, fornite, full metal jacket, game of thrones, games as a service, gamescom, gaming, geek, green lanterns, hall h, harry potter, hbo, house of the dragon, inside out 2, james gunn, jet set radio, john hamm, jurassic park, jurassic world, kevin costner, kevin feige, kite man, kylo wren, lara croft, lego island, m3gan, max, mk1, mortal komabt, movies, mr. terrific, nerd, nintendo, oculus, oscar isaac, palmer lucky, palworld, paramount+, pixar, ps5, psvr 2, red faction, redfall, rogue one, scarjo, sega, shrek, shrek 5, sony playstation, soul calibur, soulm8te, steam deck, stella blade, streamer, street fighter, superman, t2, tekken, the acolyte, the bear, the biker mice from mars, the boys, the fantastic four, the knights of wren, the penguin, twitch, ubisoft, valve, video games, warnerbros, wb, welcome to derry, westeros, xbox series x, yellowstone
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.
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Episode 319: We have a (2)-319!
June 20th, 2024 | 1 hr 9 mins
Bethesda, Discord, Donkey Kong, Fallout, Jordan Peele, MCU, Mad Max, Mario, Metroid, Miyazaki, Nintendo Direct, Star Wars, TV, The Legend of Zelda, amazon prime video, among us, ark survival evolved, blade, blizzard, blue beetle, creature commandos, dcu, disney, dragon quest, dsney+, elden ring, embracer group, francis ford coppola, fromsoftware, game of thrones, gaming, geek, hbo, house of the dragon, inside out 2, james gunn, josh gad, lord of the rings, lords of the fallen, luigi's mansion, mario and luigi, marvel vs capcom, max, megalopolis, mel brooks, metal slug, metroid prime 4, movies, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch, nvidia, paradox interactive, pixar, playstation 5, playstation portal, sakurai, shovel knight, spaceballs, star citizen, starfield, street fighter, super mario party, switch sports, the acolyte, the boys, the elder scrolls, todd howard, tom hardy, totally spies, uncharted, video games, warcraft, watchmen, wb interactive, wesley snipes, will ferrel, wonder woman, world of warcraft, zelda
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?
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Episode 316: Make it Epic
May 29th, 2024 | 1 hr 16 mins
Bethesda, Daniel Craig, Garfield, Just Cause, Konami, Legend of Zelda, MCU, Mad Max, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Rainbow Six, Rainbow Six Siege, Resident Evil, Richard Sherman, Silent Hill, Sony, Spider-Man, TV, Tom King, activision, alex baldwin, amazon games, amazon prime video, arrowhead studios, atari, baldurs gate 3, barbenheimer, black ops 6, blops, brad pitt, call of duty, cannes, capcom, cd projekt red, chris hemsworth, cody rhoades, cyberpunk 2077, damon lindelof, david lynch, dcu, deadpool and wolverine, disney, disney legend, doge, doom, doom dark ages, dragons quest, ea sports, embracer group, faker, furiosa, furiosa a mad max saga, gaming, geek, george clooney, george lucas, george miller, giancarlo esposito, green lanterns, gulf war, he-man, helldivers 2, id software, intellivision, james gunn, jeffery wright, knives out, larian, league of legends, lego, lord of the rings, marvel studios, middle earth, moana, morgan spurlock, movies, multiversus, naked gunn, naughty dog, ncaa football 25, neil druckmann, nerd, nintendo, nintendo of america, playstation 5, ps5, psvr 2, re code veronica, re zero, rian johnson, rings of power, riot games, rob mcelhenney, spielberg, star citizen, state of play, super size me, ted saranados, the exorcist, the last of us, the last of us show, tom bombadil, ubisoft, uncharted, video games, welcome to wrexham, x-men '97
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.
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Episode 315: Streaming Wars: The Wrath of Cable
May 23rd, 2024 | 1 hr 19 mins
2k games, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, DC, EA, Friday the 13th, Hulu, Lucasfilm, Luke Cage, MCU, Netflix, PS4, Playstation, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV, The Witcher, Total War, Vision, a24, activision, adam wingard, appletv+, blizzard, call of duty, call of duty black ops, club 33, cod:blops, colombia pictures, comcast, comcast/xfinity, creative assembly, daisy ridley, dcu, deadpool, deadpool & wolverine, digital foundry, disney+, dragon ball z kai, ea sports, ea sports college football 25, espn, eurogamer, francis ford coppola, fs1, game of thrones, gamesindustry.biz, gaming, geek, george rr martin, geralt, ghosts of tsushima, godzilla, godzilla x kong, gollum, grand theft auto, gta 5, gta 6, gundam, gunpla, hellblade ii, helldivers 2, horizon forbidden west, horizon zero dawn, ign, james gunn, jason vorhees, jerry bruckheimer, john boyega, king kong, kingdom hearts, kraven the hunter, lego, liam hemsworth, lord of the rings, madden nfl 25, marvel animation, megalopolis, mobile gamers, monsterverse, movies, multiversus, naruto, ncca football, nerd, ninja theory, nintendo, nintendo switch, overwatch 2, paramount, peacock, peter jackson, pirates of the caribbean, pixar, playstation 4, ps5, rock paper shotgun, rockstar games, sailor moon, sakurai, sega, shogun, simon kinberg, sony pictures, sports streaming, star wars skeleton crew, steam, steve carell, super smash bros ultimate, superman, taketwo interactive, terry matalas, the batman 2, the matrix, the rock, toonami, valve corp, venom 3, venu sports, video games, walt disney studios, wandavision, warnerbros, white vision, wolverine, x-men, x-men '97
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.
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Episode 314: A Sixth fit for the gods
May 15th, 2024 | 1 hr 18 mins
Assassin's Creed, Bethesda, DC, Donnie Yen, Fantastic Four, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 7, Hulu, MCU, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, Planet of the Apes, Playstation, Rainbow Six, Star Wars, TED, TV, The Division, The Terminator, Tomb Raider, Xbox, adam sandler, agatha all along, amazon prime video, andy serkis, assassin's creed shadows, batman the caped crusader, bee movie, call of duty, chris pratt, dardevil born again, dave bautista, dcu, dune, dune:prophecy, ea sports, ea sports college football, ff 7 remake, ffvii, final fantasy 16, frank grillo, frontier, galactus, game of thrones, gamestop, gaming, geek, godzilla, godzilla x kong, gollum, happy gilmore, harry potter, helldivers 2, hi-fi rush, hiroyuki sanada, house of the dragon, iron heart, james gunn, japan, jerry seinfeld, john malkovich, john wick, jurassic world, jurassic world evolution, jurassic world evolution 3, kaiju, kingdom of the planet of the apes, legally blonde, limited run, lord of the rings, marvel studios, max, meta quest, mgm+, monsterverse, mortal kombat, movies, mr. & mrs. smith, natasha lyonne, nerd, new line, nfl, nic cage, nintendo switch, peacemaker, peacock, peter jackson, pokémon, ralph ineson, rings of power, road house, rocksteady studios, roger corman, samurai, seth mcfarlane, shinobi, shogun, shōgun, sigourney weaver, sony interactive entertainment, sony playstation, spider-man noir, squareenix, ssktjl, stonks, supergirl, tango gameworks, the bear, the boys, tom clancy, toys for bob, ubisoft, video games, wanda vision, warnerbros, wb interactive, westeros, x-men '97, xbox game pass, xdefiant
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.
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Episode 309: Total Eclipse of the Pod
April 11th, 2024 | 56 mins 44 secs
AMC, Bethesda, EA, Fallout, Five Nights At Freddy's, Joker, Jon Snow, Lenovo, Lucasfilm, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Star Wars, TV, The Witcher, Xbox, amazon prime video, avatar the last airbender, barbie, batman, beau wilimon, blizzard, blumhouse, bungie, christian bale, cinemacon, crunchyroll, dcu, dead space, desitny 2, diablo, disney, disney+, dune 2, dune popcorn bucket, ea play, embracer group, ermac, frakenstein, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george rr martin, gillian anderson, grand admiral thrawn, gta 6, hbo, hbo max, hellbade, hellblade 2, heroes, iron man, jabba the hutt, james gunn, james mangold, joker: foile a deux, jonathan majors, jonathan nolan, legally blonde, margot robbie, massive entertainment, meme culture, michael j fox, middle earth: shadow of war, mk1, moana, monolith, monopoly, moral kombat, movies, nemesis system, nerd, netease, ninja theory, nolanverse, pixar, rdj, reese witherspoon, relic entertainment, robert downey jr, saber interactive, saw xi, sonic the hedgehog, star wars galaxy of heroes, star wars outlaws, star wars tales of the empire, star wars tales of the jedi, starcraft ii, superman, the blair witch project, the crow, the final shape, the x-files, toy story, toy story 5, troy baker, ubisoft, video games, warner bros, wb montreal, westworld, world of warcraft, xbox gamepass, xbox studios, zack snyder
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.
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Episode 306: The state of the gaming industry is Unreal
March 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 18 mins
007, 20th century, Black Mirror, Black Panther, Blizzard Entertainment, FX, Fallout, Fortnite, Hulu, MCU, Mad Max, Netflix, Spider-Man, Square Enix, Star Wars, Star Wars Battlefront, TV, Xbox, aaron taylor johnson, akira toriyama, alien romulus, amazon prime video, among us, amy henig, apex legends, apple tv+, aspyr, beetlejuice beetlejuice, bill hader, billy dee williams, bullet train, bungie, captain america, colombia pictures, cyclops, dcu, deadpool 3, disney+, doctor who, dr. seuss, dune pt. 2, dune: awakening, ea game, embracer group, epic games, final fantasy 14, furiosa, fx on hulu, gabe newell, game developers conference, gaming, gdc, geek, george lucas, halo 2, james bond, james gunn, james marsden, jay and silent bob, jonathan nolan, kick-ass, lando calrissian, league of legends, lord gaben, madame web, marathon, margot robbie, marvel 1943 rise of hydra, marvel games, marvel zombies, max payne, max payne 1, metahuman, minecraft, movies, mr. beast, nerd, nic cage, nuka cola, overwatch 2, palworld, playstation 5, pokémon, popeye, ps5, ps5 pro, rebel moon pt. 2, remedy entertainment, respawn entertainment, riot games, rockstar games, saber interactive, sand land, skydance new media, sony pictures, sony playstation, spider-man 2, spider-man noir, star citizen, star wars battlefront classic collection, state of unreal, steam, steve martin, sydney sweeny, teen titans, the acolyte, the bear, the cat in the hat, the crow, the high republic, the never ending story, the sims, the walt disney company, tim sweeny, twitch, uefn, unreal engine 5, valve corp, video games, warner bros, xbox live
You read that correctly, the state of the gaming world is unreal, as in Unreal Engine. As the GDC is fully underway, there was still a lot of news to get through. From Epic games having their state of Unreal, to Saber Interactive breaking free from Embracers embrace, to the failure of the PSVR 2, and Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection taking a nosedive. Also Popeye, The Cat in the Hat, and The Never Ending Story are all making some kind of comeback, The Acolyte gets its first trailer, and Dune Pt. 2 continues to sizzle as the box office. That and a whole lot more.
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Episode 305: My Eyes See Barbenheimer
March 14th, 2024 | 1 hr 13 mins
Al Pacino, Daredevil, FX, Fallout, Halo, Hulu, Lucasfilm, MCU, Matt Reeves, Miyazaki, PUBG, Playstation, Sony, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV, Venom, Xbox, activision, adult swim games, akira toriyama, amazon prime video, american fiction, barbie, barbie 2, bethesda softworks, bethesda studios, blizzard, chrono trigger, cowboy bebop, crunchyroll, cwa, daisy ridley, dbz, dcu, denis villeneuve, deviation games, disney+, dragon ball, dragon ball z, dragon quest, dreamworks animation, dune part 2, funimation, gaming, geek, geoff keighly, greta gerwig, inside out, insomniac games, james gunn, jimmy kimmel, john cena, john mulaney, jon bernthal, lego, mar10 day, mario bros, mario kart, master chief, max, michael keaton, morbius, movies, multiversus, national treasure, nerd, neve campbell, nicolas cage, nintendo, oppenheimer, overwatch 2, paramount+, patty jenkins, payday 3, peacemaker, pixar, pokémon, pokémon scarlet, pokémon violet, poor things, qa testers, salems lot, scream, scream 7, shawn layden, shogun, shrek, shrek 2, sie, sig asmussen, sony interactive entertainment, sony playstation, spider-man 2, spider-man the great web, star trek starfleet academy, star wars rogue squadron, starbreeze, stephen king, summer games fest, super mario, superman, system shock, the academy awards, the batman, the batman ii, the boy and the heron, the holdovers, the oscars, toonami, toyota, turtle beach, venom 3, video games, wb games, x-men '97, zone of interest
And the Award goes too...boy was that a fun Oscars telecast, I enjoyed it. Full of nonsurprises. Also the world mourns the loss of a great man, we lost the Great Akira Toriyama last week, he provided to much to so many people, he will never be forgotten. And In the best news, Patty Jenkins is still making her Rogue Squadron movie for Lucasfilm! Plus we learned about a cancelled Spider-Man multiplayer game, Mario has his MAR10 day, and Shrek 2 is coming back to theaters. Come take a listen!