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    <title>Nick's Nerd News - Episodes Tagged with “Knives Out”</title>
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    <itunes:summary>You might not have asked for it, but here is a podcast that will bring you News about nerd culture, raw and unfiltered. Let Nick take you on a magical journey through Video Games, Movies, Comics and other geeky things. 
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  <title>Episode 398: Nick's Nerd New Year: Lucky Number Se7en</title>
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  <itunes:title>Nick's Nerd New Year: Lucky Number Se7en</itunes:title>
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  <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>
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  <title>Episode 396: These go to eleven</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 23:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
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  <itunes:title>These go to eleven</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>The world lost a great director this week, and its not gonna be the same without him. We've got two weeks of stories to cover, The Game Awards got swept, and also gave us to Star Wars game announcements. The Golden Globes are set, and will the Bear be dethroned by The Studio? The Warner Bros and Netflix saga has begun, despite Paramount's eagerness, CCXP brought the trailers, and Wake Up Dead man dropped on Netflix. Come take a listen. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:24:51</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 382: He makes websites...</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <itunes:episode>382</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>He makes websites...</itunes:title>
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  <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>
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  <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.  
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  <title>Episode 375: Major Snubs, Potential dubs!</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <itunes:episode>375</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Major Snubs, Potential dubs!</itunes:title>
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  <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>
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  <title>Episode 369: A Michael Bay Production</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 23:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
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  <itunes:episode>369</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>A Michael Bay Production</itunes:title>
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  <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>
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  <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.  
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    <![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>]]>
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  <title>Episode 316: Make it Epic</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 19:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
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  <itunes:episode>316</itunes:episode>
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  <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>
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  <title>Episode 299: Rocksteady has lost the plot</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
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  <itunes:title>Rocksteady has lost the plot</itunes:title>
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  <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>
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  <title>Episode 251: State of Presents Earnings Call</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 01:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
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  <itunes:episode>251</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>State of Presents Earnings Call</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>We had a lot of investor news this week, between WB's earnings call, the Sony State of Play, and a Pokémon Presents. EA wants to beef up production on Battlefield, while Ubisoft seems to be less and less interested in beyond good and evil 2 with each passing day. HBO Max loses one prequel and gains another. The Mando is back, and the Lord of the Rings may be as well. That and more come take a listen. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:04:54</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
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  <title>Episode 242: Nick's Nerd New Year, 5th Edition</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 19:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
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  <itunes:title>Nick's Nerd New Year, 5th Edition</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:author>Nick DeFalco</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Nick spend the episode reflecting on 2022. That's it, no news, no updates. Just his top 10s in video games, movies and tv shows. Enjoy and be ready for a strong 2023. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>59:19</itunes:duration>
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  <description>Nick spend the episode reflecting on 2022. That's it, no news, no updates. Just his top 10s in video games, movies and tv shows. Enjoy and be ready for a strong 2023.  
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  <title>Episode 224: Gamescom: House of the Controller</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
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  <itunes:title>Gamescom: House of the Controller</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Gamescom is upon us, and that means gaming announcements geared toward the European Market. But it also means, tons of sweet new game trailers and announcements. Destiny 2 is heading for a huge 2023, Madden 23 has some issues, and WB is up to its normal shenanigans, meanwhile our return to Westeros is better then we thought. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>57:05</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>Gamescom is upon us, and that means gaming announcements geared toward the European Market. But it also means, tons of sweet new game trailers and announcements. Destiny 2 is heading for a huge 2023, Madden 23 has some issues, and WB is up to its normal shenanigans, meanwhile our return to Westeros is better then we thought.  
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  <title>Episode 214: Its a word of Jurassic's and were just living in it</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2022 00:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
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  <itunes:title>Its a word of Jurassic's and were just living in it</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Summer Game fest was in full swing this weekend, and we go over just about every game announced. Which is probably the last time ill ever do that again, lol. We also have a review of Jurassic World Dominion; hint, its not as bad as the internet would have you believe. Also other gaming news, and movie news. As well as reviews for Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 5, and Ms. Marvel episode 2. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:18:36</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
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  <title>Episode 194: Its a gaming world, were just living in it</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2022 23:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
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  <itunes:episode>194</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Its a gaming world, were just living in it</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>More news continues to trickle out from the Xbox &amp; ActivisionBlizzard buyout. 343 makes due on its promises, Respawn announces three new Star Wars games, Boba Fett continues to be a boss, and Mortal Kombat 2 is on the way. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:04:14</itunes:duration>
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  <description>More news continues to trickle out from the Xbox &amp;amp; ActivisionBlizzard buyout. 343 makes due on its promises, Respawn announces three new Star Wars games, Boba Fett continues to be a boss, and Mortal Kombat 2 is on the way.  
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  <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Well, well well, it looks like Nintendo is the juggernaut that everyone expected, while you might be able to get a switch, despite its massive sales, good luck finding a PS5. Some 80s icons are coming to Warzone, if official tweets are to be believed. Ubisoft makes some strange decisions. CSI is returning to screens this fall, while the Golden Globes is being forced out. Paramount Plus wants to be like HBO Max and bring movies home to you, Venom 2 looks boring as hell, and dont expect Drax to hang out forever. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>55:38</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 93: What is the cost of winning?</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>In this weeks rendition of NNN we go over some interesting tidbits in the gaming world? How much will the PS5 cost, what will Anthems future hold? Will E3 ever truly recover from its losses? Also on the agenda: how does Netflix do it? Hopper Lives!!!!! Also that new Batsuit is pretty freakin sweet!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>56:21</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>In this weeks rendition of NNN we go over some interesting tidbits in the gaming world? How much will the PS5 cost, what will Anthems future hold? Will E3 ever truly recover from its losses? Also on the agenda: how does Netflix do it? Hopper Lives!!!!! Also that new Batsuit is pretty freakin sweet! 
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    <![CDATA[<p>In this weeks rendition of NNN we go over some interesting tidbits in the gaming world? How much will the PS5 cost, what will Anthems future hold? Will E3 ever truly recover from its losses? Also on the agenda: how does Netflix do it? Hopper Lives!!!!! Also that new Batsuit is pretty freakin sweet!</p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 83: Depends on who you ask...</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Nick is back? This week we got a doozy of an episode. More #releasethesnydercut drama. Is the Simpsons ending? The Mandalorian news. Disney+ stuff, Is Harley Quinn worth watching? More Tony hawk on the way? And also a review of Knives out. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:02:56</itunes:duration>
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