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Displaying Episode 11 - 20 of 45 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag “lord of the rings”.
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Episode 315: Streaming Wars: The Wrath of Cable
May 23rd, 2024 | 1 hr 19 mins
2k games, a24, activision, adam wingard, adult swim, appletv+, blizzard, call of duty, call of duty black ops, cartoon network, club 33, cod:blops, colombia pictures, comcast, comcast/xfinity, creative assembly, daisy ridley, dc, dcu, deadpool, deadpool & wolverine, digital foundry, disney+, dragon ball z kai, ea, ea sports, ea sports college football 25, espn, eurogamer, francis ford coppola, friday the 13th, 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, hulu, ign, james gunn, jason vorhees, jerry bruckheimer, john boyega, king kong, kingdom hearts, kraven the hunter, lego, liam hemsworth, lord of the rings, lucasfilm, luke cage, madden nfl 25, marvel animation, mcu, megalopolis, mobile gamers, monsterverse, movies, multiversus, naruto, ncca football, nerd, netflix, ninja theory, nintendo, nintendo switch, overwatch 2, paramount, peacock, peter jackson, pirates of the caribbean, pixar, playstation, playstation 4, ps4, ps5, rock paper shotgun, rockstar games, sailor moon, sakurai, sega, shogun, simon kinberg, sony, sony pictures, spider-man, sports streaming, star trek, star wars, star wars skeleton crew, steam, steve carell, super smash bros ultimate, superman, taketwo interactive, terry matalas, the batman 2, the matrix, the rock, the witcher, toonami, total war, tv, valve corp, venom 3, venu sports, video games, vision, 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
adam sandler, agatha all along, amazon prime video, andy serkis, assassin's creed, assassin's creed shadows, batman the caped crusader, bee movie, bethesda, call of duty, chris pratt, dardevil born again, dave bautista, dc, dcu, donnie yen, dune, dune:prophecy, ea sports, ea sports college football, fantastic four, ff 7 remake, ffvii, final fantasy, final fantasy 16, final fantasy 7, 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, hulu, 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, mcu, meta, meta quest, mgm+, microsoft, monsterverse, mortal kombat, movies, mr. & mrs. smith, natasha lyonne, nerd, netflix, new line, nfl, nic cage, nintendo switch, peacemaker, peacock, peter jackson, planet of the apes, playstation, pokémon, rainbow six, 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, star wars, stonks, supergirl, tango gameworks, ted, the bear, the boys, the division, the terminator, tom clancy, tomb raider, toys for bob, tv, ubisoft, video games, wanda vision, warnerbros, wb interactive, westeros, x-men '97, xbox, 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 313: Make it Make Sense!
May 8th, 2024 | 1 hr 8 mins
7eleven, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, angry birds, apple vision pro, arkane austin, baby reindeer, bernard hill, bethesda softworks, bioware, bungie, cable tv, call of duty, cbs, chris pine, cobra kai, colombia pictures, darth jar jar, dceu, deadpool, deadpool and wolverine, destiny 2, dishonored, disney+, dragon age, dreamworks, ea games, elden ring, escape from tarkov, fallout, frey allen, fromsoftware, furiosa, fury road, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george miller, giancarlo esposito, gundam, hades ii, hbo, helldivers 2, hi-fi rush, high jackman, homelander, hulu, keanu reeves, kevin feige, lego star wars, logan, lord of the rings, lotr, lucasfilm, mad max, max, may the 4th be with you, mcu, microsoft, modern warfare 3, mortal kombat 1, movies, mtv, nerd, netflix, nintendo direct, nintendo switch, paramount global, peacock, phil spencer, playstation 5, ps5, psn, redfall, remedy, riddick, rohan, ryan reynolds, sandra bullock, shadow of the erdtree, shinji mikami, sonic rumble, sonic the hedgehog, sony, sony entertainment, sony interactive entertainment, sony playstation, star trek, star wars, star wars tales of the empire, steam, streaming, streaming wars, super nintendo world, supermassive games, tango gameworks, tetris, the bad batch, the boys, the crow, the evil within, the office, the witcher, theodan, thrawn, tv, universal studios, viacom, video games, vin diesl, westeros, what if..., william shatner, wolverine, wonder woman, x-men, xbox, xbox gamepass, xbox one, xbox series x|s, zenimax studios
Two of our biggest stories this week are making the internet collectively ask...Make it make sense. And guess what, I'm joining them. What is Xbox's strategy, and why is it so ever changing lately. Also how did we kill cable, only for it to come back. Plus Nintendo still doesn't want to talk about the Switch 2. Also the Office is coming back, so of course that's what we get in the hellscape of 2024. But I swear its a fun episode...come and take a listen.
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Episode 312: Itz gonna be MAY!
May 1st, 2024 | 1 hr 18 mins
aaron sorkin, activision, activisonblizzard, avengelyne, batman, batman arkham, bethesda softworks, biolante, blizzard entertainment, blizzcon, bungie, capcom, chris hemsworth, crunchyroll, daniel radcliffe, deadpool and wolverine, destiny 2: the final shape, diablo iv, disney, doctor who, dragons dogma, dragons dogma 2, escape from tarkov, fallouot, fathom events, final fantasy, final fantasy vii rebirth, final fantasy vii remake, funko fusion, funko pop, gaming, geek, goat simulator, goat simulator 3, godzilla, godzilla minus one, google play, hades 2, harry potter, hasbro, he-man, heisei era, id@xbox, indie games, jeff bridges, karate kid, kerbal space program, kingdom of the planet of the apes, koeitechmo, kraven the hunter, lord of the rings, manor lords, margot robbie, masters of the universe, mcu, meta, meta quest 3, microsoft xbox, movies, mufasa, ncuti gatwa, nerd, netflix, new line cinema, oculus quest 3, olivia wilde, paramount, paramount global, ps plus, ps5, returnal, rise of the ronin, rob liefeld, roguelike, scooby-doo, sega, shinji mikami, sonic, sony, spider-man, squareenix, star wars, star wars hunters, starfield, street fighter, street fighter 6, take two interactive, tango gameworks, tekken, tekken 8, the legend of zelda, the lion king, the rock, the simpsons, the social network, thor, thor love and thunder, todd howard, tomb raider 3, tron, tv, ubisoft, video games, vt, wanerbros, wb interactive, xbox, xbox game pass, xbox series x|s, zenimax studios
Its gonna be May! Yes its that time again, when our social feeds are filled with JT! Anyway, Starfield is getting a major update in two weeks, Xbox had its yearly ID@Xbox showcase, Escape from Tarkov wants to extract money from you, and Hasbro is all in on gaming. Plus, Lord of the Rings is coming back to theaters, Aaron Sorkin wants to bring us more social networks, Chris Hemsworth says he owes us more Thor, and Quiet on Set is still in the headlines.
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Episode 303: Rubber goose, green moose, guava juice!
February 28th, 2024 | 1 hr 3 mins
age of empires, age of mythology, amazon prime video, andor, aspyr, assassins creed black flag, at&t, avatar the last airbender, bandai namco, battlefield, community, cosmo and wanda, crunchyroll, curb your enthusiasm, deck nine, destin daniel cretton, disney+, doom, ea, ea games, ea sports, ea sports college football, ea sports f1, elden ring, fairly oddparents, fairy godparents!, fraiser, funimation, game of thrones, gamescent, gaming, geek, gta 6, gta vi, harry potter, hbo, helldivers 2, high on life, knight of the seven kingdoms, larry david, league of legends, let me solo her, liam neeson, lord of the rings, lucasarts, marcus lehto, mark ruffalo, mark wahlberg, marvel's spider-man 2, max, mcu, mk1, mortal kombat 1, mother 3, movies, naruto, nerd, netflix, nickelodeon, nintendo, nintendo switch, nvidia, palworld, paramount+, peacemaker, peacock, pokémon, pokémon go, pokémon legends arceus, pokémon legends z-a, pokémon presents, pokémon tcg, pokémon unite, ps plus, psvr 2, richard lewis, rings of power, riot games, rockstar games, rocksteady studios, schoolboy q, six seasons and a movie, skull & bones, skull and bones, sony, sony interactive entertainment, sony playstation, ssktjl, star trek, star trek discovery, star wars, star wars battlefront, star wars battlefront classic collection, star wars dark forces, star wars episode 1: the phantom menace, steam, suicide squad, supermassive games, tekken, tekken 8, the boys, the naked gun, tmnt, tmnt mutant mayhem, true detective, tv, ubisoft, uncharted, video games, warner bros, wb games, yuri lowenthal
3oh!3! We got a good episode for yall today! Pokémon news? WE got it! Age of Empires news? WE got it! Naked Gun news? We got it! Unfortunately we also have news of more layoffs effecting the gaming industry. Meanwhile companies like Nvidia diversify and hit a $2trillion, yes with a T, market cap. Plus, is 6 seasons and a movie in danger?
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Episode 293: ParamountBros:ShowMAX
December 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 14 mins
3d realms, a knightmare before christmas, a24, activisionblizzard, amazon studios, andor, avatar the last airbender, axel foley, baldur's gate 3, barbie, bethesda, beverly hills cop iv, bobby kotick, christmas, christmas movies, curb your enthusiasm, dark knight trilogy, dcu, death stranding, die hard, disney, disney+, dota 2, echo, eddie murphy, embracer group, fallout76, festivus, final fantasy vii, five nights at freddy's, fortnite, fx, games workshop, gaming, gary oldman, geek, godzilla minus one, good omens, harry potter, hbo, henry cavil, hideo kojima, home alone, how the grinch stole christmas, insomniac games, jack black, james gunn, james mccaffrey, jet set radio, jingle all the way, john krasinski, jonathan majors, kang the conqueror, kojima productions, larian, larry david, lord of the rings, luigi, marvels spider-man 2, marvels wolverine, matt reeves, matthew lillard, max, max payne, mcu, microsoft, movies, national lampoons christmas vacation, naughty dog, nerd, netflix, office christmas party, one piece, paramount pictures, peaky blinders, percy jackson, playstation 5, playstation studios, pokémon, ps5, rankin/bass, ratchet and clank, rings of power, ryan reynolds, scrooged, sega, sony, star wars, steamboat willie, the addams family, the batman, the crew, the game awards, the last of us, the lost boys, the santa clause, the x-files, the year without a santa clause, toho, tolkein estate, tv, ubisoft, uncle fester, valve, video games, warhammer 40k, warnerbros discovery, wednesday, what we do in the shadows, wonka, xbox, xbox series x|s, zack snyder
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.
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Episode 285: Your Friendly Neighborhood Podcast
October 25th, 2023 | 1 hr 16 mins
007, 90s, 90s horror, 90s movies, activisionblizzard, adult swim, alan wake 2, amazon prime video, amptp, anime, apple tv+, aqua teen hunger force, aquaman 2, arachnaphobia, ark survival evolved, baldurs gate 3, bioshock, bioware, blizzard, burt young, crunchyroll, david tenant, dceu, deep blue sea, diablo iv, disney+, doctor who, doug bowser, dualsense, dune, ea games, event horizon, fallout, from dusk till dawn, halo forge, halo infinite, halo multiplayer, hunger games, insomniac games, iron man, james bond, james wan, john carpenter, lake placid, larian, las vegas, lego, like a dragon, loki, lord of the rings, magic the gathering, marvel games, marvel's spider-man 2, mass effect, mass effect 5, mcu, metal gear solid 3: snake eater, metal gear solid delta, mission impossible, mission impossible dead reckoning, movies, mtg secret lair, netflix, nintendo, nintendo of america, nintendo switch, paddington, paddington in peru, pillars of eternity, ps5, remedy entertainment, richard roundtree, robocop, rocky, sag-aftra, scream, shaft, snyderverse, sony, sony playstation, species, sphere, star citizen, star wars dark forces, taylor swift, the boys, the boys: gen v, the eras tour, the haunting, the sphere, tremors, tv shows, twitchcon, unreal engine, unreal engine 5, video games
If you cant tell by the title, we have a review of Marvel's Spider-Man 2! Which is probably one of the best games of the year, and that's a fact. We also have news from Xbox's Partner Showcase, Twitchcon, and Magic the Gathering. Star Citizen assures us its not vaporware, and Doug Bowser plays coy about Nintendo's next. Meanwhile, in Hollywood, the SAG-AFTRA strikes passes 100 days, but progress may be back on the horizon. Two Hollywood legends say goodbye, and Taylor Swift takes over Hollywood again. Also in our continuing series, we have Nick's Top 10 90s Horror Movies!
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Episode 279: Unity or Unionization
September 14th, 2023 | 1 hr 28 mins
80s movies, 80s teen movies, ahsoka, ai art, alan moore, among us, anakin skywalker, attack on titan, bad bunny, bethesda, bethesda studios, bill & ted, bill mahr, captain rex, clone wars, cupnoodles, darth vader, dc comics, dcu, disney+, drew barrymore, e3, ea games, elder scrolls, epic games, fallout, fast times at ridgemont high, ferris bueller, final fantasy, final fantasy xiv, final fantasy xvi, fortnite, george a romero, goosbumbs, harry potter, hulu, ian mckellen, iatse, jean claude vandame, jimmy fallon, john hughes, life is strange, lord of the rings, lotr, lucasfilm, mario, marvel studios, microsoft, mortal kombat, movies, murder she wrote, nba 2k24, netflix, night of the living dead, nintendo, nintendo switch, one piece, pokémon, ramen, rebels, respawn entertainment, scream, shawn levy, shigeru miamoto, sony, spider-man, squareenix, star wars, star wars jedi: survivor, starfield, steam, super mario, teen wolf, the breakfast club, the crow, the tonight show, tim burton, tv shows, ubisoft, unity engine, valve, vfx artists, video games, war games, warnerbrosdiscovery, wb, weird science, wga strike, xbox, xbox game pass, xbox live, xdefiant, zaslav
unity decided to just drop a nuke on the game development world and the both backtracked and doubled down, but so far it has cause among us to be pulled from storefronts. Meanwhile, Marvel Studios VFX artists have unanimously voted to join IATSE, in the first of its kind unionization vote in the VFX industry. Starfield continues to dominate the headlines and gaming charts, SquareEnix may be facing a interesting situation, and the iPhone is getting AAA gaming support. Meanwhile Miyazaki unretires, Alan Moore gives his money to charity, and Shawn Levy says Deadpool is like John Candy. Plus my favorite 80s teen movies! Come take a listen.
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Episode 277: Have your pets spayed or neutered
August 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 10 mins
80s movies, 80s sci-fi, adam sandler, ahsoka, andor, arleen sorkin, back to the future, baldur's gate 3, batman, batman tas, bethesda softworks, bob barker, call of duty, cbs, chad stahelski, chinese theater, couch co-op, david ayer, dcu, disney+, district 9, dune, dune pt 2, empire strikes back, epic games, fortnite, gamescom, godzilla, godzilla x kong, gran turismo, gremlins, happy gilmore, harley quinn, highlander, imagine dragons, james cameron, king kong, kobe, kobe bryant, lara croft, larian, lord of the rings, mamba mentality, mamba moments, marvel studios, mcu, modern warfare, monsterverse, moria, mortal kombat, movies, nba 2k24, neil blomkamp, obi-wan, paramount+, phil spencer, pokémon, ps plus, ps5, return of the jedi, rick and morty, robocop, saints row, scorsese, short circuit, sonic superstars, sonic team, sonic the hedgehog, sony playstation, star trek, star trek day, star wars, starfield, strange new worlds, suicide squad, teenage mutant ninja turtles, the elder scrolls, the elder scrolls vi, the fast and the furious, the flash, the mandalorian, the old republic, the price is right, tmnt, tron, tv shows, video games, warner bros, warzone 2.0, wrath of khan, xbox, xbox series x|s, zendaya
Pour one out for the Homie Bob Barker, keeping all millennials and Gen Xers company on sick days. So more news out of Gamescom, including Baldur's Gate finally on Xbox, what Sonic's future holds, and how long it takes to follow the fellowship through Moria. Mortal Kombat isnt just rebooting its story, Sony jacks up its prices, and Imagine Dragons make a song for Starfield. Meanwhile, in Hollywood, WarnerBros delays movies, Disney releases streaming data, and the Late Night hosts launch a podcast. Also my favorite 80s SciFi movies.
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Episode 276: It'sa Not-a-me, Mario! Woo-Hoo!
August 24th, 2023 | 1 hr 33 mins
80 action movies, 80s movies, abk, action hero, activision, activisionblizzard, age of empires, ahsoka, alan wake 2, amazon prime video, apple tv+, armored core 6, atari, atari 2600, atari 2600+, batman 89, bethesda softworks, blue beetle, call of duty, certain affinity, charles martinet, classic movies, cloud gaming, cloud streaming, commando, cyberpunk 2077, david ayer, dc comics, dceu, dcu, diablo 4, die hard, disney+, dumb money, embracer group, epic, epic games, ewan mcgregor, fraiser, frozen 2, game stop, gamescom, gaming handhelds, godzilla, hulu, indiana jones, indiana jones and the last crusade, james gunn, kenobi, lenovo, lethal weapon, lord of the rings, mario, marvel comics, marvel snap, microsoft, middle earth, miyamoto, modern warfare iii, monsterverse, mortal kombat 1, movies, nerf, netflix, nintendo, obi-wan kenobi, percy jackson, phil spencer, playstation 5, playstation portal, predator, prey, ps5, quantic dream, remedy entertainment, robocop, rocky, rocky iv, rovio, sag strike, sega, sledgehammer games, sonic, sony playstation, star wars, star wars dark forces, star wars obi-wan, star wars visions, starfield, stonks, streaming, suicide squad, suits, super mario, superman, superman ii, tekken 8, the game awards, the joker, the terminator, tolkien estate, treyarch, turok 3, tv shows, twitch, ubisoft, unionization, video games, wga strike, workinman interactive, xbox, xbox 360, xbox game pass, xbox series x, zack snyder
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.