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Displaying Episode 21 - 30 of 48 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag “lord of the rings”.
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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.
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Episode 264: It's Tom Wambsgans, were just living in it.
May 31st, 2023 | 1 hr 51 secs
8bitdo, activisionblizzard, alan wake 2, amazon prime video, amy pascal, andy muschietti, barbie movie, barry, blockbuster, cd projekt red, dceu, dcu, diablo iv, disney, dolphin emulator, elizabeth olsen, game of thrones, games with gold, george rr martin, gollum, gwent, hbo, hideo kojima, house of the dragon, how to train your dragon, iron man, james gunn, john wick 5, jon favreau, kevin feige, konami, like a dragon, lord of the rings, madden nfl, martin scorsese, mcu, metal gear solid, miles morales, movies, naughtydog, netflix, nintendo 64, playstation, pokémon home, pokémon scarlet, pokémon violet, ps plus, quentin tarantino, ratchet and clank, remedy entertainment, robert downey jr, sega, snyderverse, sony pictures, spider-man, spider-woman, steam, succession, the arrowverse, the flash, the flash cw, the last of us, the little mermaid, the office, the pope, the righteous gemstones, tom holland, transformers, tv shows, video games, walt disney pictures, will ferrel, witcher 3, world of warcraft, xbox, yakuza series
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.
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Episode 262: EU x UK: Dawn of Cloud Gaming
May 17th, 2023 | 45 mins 40 secs
abk, activisionblizzard, amazon games, archer, assassins creed, avatar 2, beetlejuice 2, blizzcon, cd projekt red, cma, crash bandicoot, crunchyroll, dbz, dcu, disney+, dragonball z, dungeons and dragons movie, duolingo, ea sports college football, echo, eu, fast x, five nights at freddy's, fortnite, gta6, guardians of the galaxy, hogwarts legacy, indiana jones, jack black, james gunn, john wick 5, johnny bravo, league of legends, loki, lord of the rings, lotr mmo, mcu, microsoft, mission impossible, movies, nintendo, nintendo switch, overwatch 2, paris has fallen, paul walker, playstation, ps5, psvr2, respawn, riot games, rockstar games, sega, sony, sqaureenix, star wars, star wars: jedi survivor, stray, super mario bros movie, superman legacy, take-two interactive, tenacious d, the cw, the mandalorian, tv shows, ubisoft, uk, video games, vin diesel, wga strike, willem dafoe, windows gaming, witcher, xbox
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?
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Episode 259: An F-Bomb drops on the MCU
April 26th, 2023 | 47 mins 41 secs
a haunting in venice, abk, activision, activisionblizzard, agatha coven of chaos, amazon prime video, ana de armas, aquaman 2, asus, asus rog, atari, bad boys, batman caped crusader, beetlejuice 2, big mouth, black mirror, blizzard entertainment, blue beetle, boba fett, call of duty, capcom, cartoon network, chris pine, cinemacon, dcu, diablo iv, disney, disney+, duffer bros, dune, ea, elemental, gamescom, gaming, gareth edwards, ghostbusters, gran turismo, guardians of the galaxy vol. 3, guerilla games, harrison ford, hercule poirot, horizon forbidden west, horizon zero dawn, indiana jones, james gunn, kraven the hunter, lilo & stitch, lord of the rings, marvel studios, mcu, michael fassbender, microsoft, movies, national treasure, netflix, nick kroll, nintendo, paramount plus, pixar, playstation studios, ps plus, ps5, ridley scott, rings of power, sega, sony, sony pictures, spider-man, spider-verse, spongebob, star trek, star trek picard, star wars, steam, street fighter 6, temeura morrison, the division, the flash, the little mermaid, the mandalorian, the meg 2, the super mario bros movie, the witcher, tolkien estate, totally spies, tv shows, twitter, ubisoft, uk cma, venom, video games, walt disney pictures, warner bros, willy wonka, wish, wonder woman, xbox
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.
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Episode 258: Eeeeyahhhh!
April 19th, 2023 | 1 hr 16 mins
343i, adult swim, aloy, angry birds, appletv+, barbie, blizzard, bo katan, breath of the wild, call of duty, call of duty warzone, christopher nolan, dcu, deadpool, diablo iv, dunk and egg, elden ring, elijah wood, far zenith, fast x, final fantasy xvi, frank o'connor, galaxy quest, game of thrones, gary bowser, george rr martin, godzilla, got, grogu, guerilla games, halo, harry potter, hbo, hollywood, horizon forbidden west, horizon forbidden west burning shores, james bond, james gunn, joe state, jonathan majors, ken sugimori, king kong, knuckles, lord of the rings, mcu, michelle yeoh, microsoft windows, might morphin power rangers, moff gideon, monster hunter, monsterverse, movies, netflix, netflix games, niantic, nintendo, nintendo copywrite, oppenheimer, paramount+, picard, playstation, pokémon, portkey games, power rangers, ps5, quidditch, resident evil 4 remake, rocksteady games, rovio, scorsese, section 31, sega, sonic, square enix, star trek, star wars, star wars battlefront iii, steam deck, strange new worlds, suicide squad kill the justice league, superman legacy, tears of the kingdom, the fast and the furious, the last of us, the legend of zelda, the mandalorian, the quen, the super mario bros movie, time magazine, tv shows, twilight, venture bros, video games, warzone 2.0, wga strike, wizarding world, wolverine
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!
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Episode 256: 1.21 Gigadroids
April 5th, 2023 | 1 hr 8 mins
across the spider-verse, activisionblizzard, aegon's conquest, amazon prime video, ark 2, ark: survival evolved, asus, ballerina, barbie movie, blue beetle, captain america, cd projekt red, chris evans, chris pratt, clone high, dc, dcu, disney, disney+, donald glover, dreamworks, dungeons & dragons, dungeons & dragons: honor among thieves, e3, e3 2023, ea games, fantastic 4, frank grillo, game of thrones, games with gold, gaming, god of war: ragnarok, harry potter, hbo, illumination, jack black, james gunn, john wick chapter 4, joker: folie a deux, keanu, lando calrissian, lilo & stich, lizzo, lord of the rings, lucasfilm, marvel studios, mcu, minecraft, moana, movies, netflix, netflix gaming, nlrb, paddington bear, payday, pennywise, pokemongo, scott pilgrim, scott pilgrim vs. the world, secret invasion, seth rogan, shrek, shrek 5, sonic the hedgehog, spider-man, star fleet academy, star trek, star wars, starbreeze, stephen king, street fighter, the mandalorian, the rings of power, the rock, the super mario bros movie, the thunderbolts, tv shows, video games, welcome to derry, xbox, xbox live
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 & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
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Episode 254: Welcome to NNN, Home of the NNN, can I take your order?
March 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 20 mins
activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, bandainamco, barry keoghan, battlefield, bella ramsey, ben affleck, blizzard, call of duty, cirian hinds, counter strike 2, cs:go, david ayer, david lindelof, dceu, dcu, denzel washington, destiny 2, diablo iv, disney+, dwayne "the rock" johnson, ea, eldenring, epic games, farcry 5, ffxvi, final fantasy, final fantasy 16, fortnite, from software, gamestop, gears of war, gladiator 2, good burger, hbo, hyperkin, insomniac games, justin roiland, keenan & kel, lance reddick, lord of the rings, lotr, lucasfilm, marvel studios, marvel's spider-man, mcu, mephisto, middle-earth, mighty morphin power rangers, movies, netflix, nickelodeon, nintendo 3ds, nintendo eshop, openai gpt, paramount+, phil spencer, playstation, podcast, pong, ps5, rare ltd, rebel moon, sam niel, sea of theives, senuas sacrifice, shazam fury of the gods, squareenix, star trek, star trek picard, star wars, superman, the bad batch, the completionist, the daniels, the flash, the last of us, the mandalorian, the rings of power, tom cruise, tv shows, twister, twitch, ubisoft, unreal engine 5, valve, video games, wiiu, willow, xbox, xbox 360, zachari levi, zack snyder
If the title wasn't an indication of the news then I don't know how to tell you this. But Good Burger is coming Back! Good Burrger 2 was announced, among other things. But the Second Dominion war seems to be heading our way in the star trek universe, the Unreal Engine is literally forging new paths, the Power Rangers are back, and Shazam 2 was funnier then it had any business being.
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Episode 251: State of Presents Earnings Call
March 2nd, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
amazon studios, andy muschietti, arkhamverse, baldurs gate 3, batman, battlefield 2042, bethesda, beyond good and evil 2, call of duty, capcom, captain pikachu, chris pine, cocaine bear, dcu, destiny 2, dice, disney+, dune, dune prequel, e3, ea games, elden ring, ffxvi, forspoken, forza horizon 5, forza motorsport, fromsoftware, games with gold, glass onion, guillermo del toro, hbo max, hogwarts legacy, io interactive, it, it prequel, knives out, lord of the rings, mcu, meta quest 2, meta quest 3, middle earth, modern warfare ii, mortal kombat 12, movies, netflix, new line cinema, nintendo, occulus, paramount+, peter jackson, picard, playstation, pokémon, pokémon anime, pokémon concierge, pokémon presents, pokémon scarlet, pokémon sleep, pokémon violet, ps5, psvr2, resident evil, resident evil 4 remake, ring of power, rockstead studios, rogers: the musical, shazam, shigeru miyamoto, shinji mikami, sony, square enix, star trek, star wars, state of play, steven yeun, stranger things, street fighter 6, succession, suicide squad kill the justice league, super mario bros movie, tango gameworks, the evil within, the mandalorian, the night manager, the thunderbolts, tom cruise, top gun maverick, tv shows, ubisoft, vaporware, video games, warnerbros, wb, xbox, xbox series x
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.