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Displaying items 1-10 of 24 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "lotr".
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Episode 400: Staying Four-Humble
January 14th, 2026 | 1 hr 1 min
Anthem, Black Mirror, EA, God of War, Hellblade, Jennifer Lawrence, MCU, Netflix, Star Wars, TV, Tangled, Tom Cruise, Xbox, appletv, avatar, avatar fire & ash, avengers, avengers doomsday, bam margera, bear mccreary, bioware, eb games, fable, forza horizon, game freak, games workshop, gamestop, gaming, geek, godzilla, hamnet, jackass, jackass 5, jackass forever, jlaw, johnny knoxville, kathryn hahn, king kong, larry hryb, lego, lego pokémon, lord of the rings, lord of the rings extended edition, lotr, major nelson, marvel studios, massive entertainment, microsoft xbox, monarch legacy of monsters, monsterverse, movies, nerd, ninja theory, one battle after another, palworld, peter jackson, playground games, pokémon, rockstar games, russo bros, shawn levy, sinners, star wars starfighter, the division 3, the golden globes, the hunger games, the studio, ubisoft, unity, video games, warhammer, xbox series x|s, zoe saldana
Its our 400th episode! We might be recording a day early but that doesn't mean the news stops. Apparently the Doomsday trailers are a story, not a cohesive one though. Jackass is returning to theaters, but at what cost? GameStop is closing stores, are you surprised? Plus reactions to the Golden Globes, and more!
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Episode 317: No longer in 8k
June 5th, 2024 | 1 hr 20 mins
8k, Bethesda, Dungeons & Dragons, Fallout, Lucasfilm, MCU, Netflix, New York Times, Playstation, Ready Player One, Silent Hill, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV, Tomb Raider, Until Dawn, alien, alien romulus, amazon prime video, aragorn, astro bot, asus, avalanche studios, baldur's gate 3, batman, batman ninja, beyond the spider-verse, bill skarsgard, bungie, chris hemsworth, concord, deadpool, deadpool and wolverine, destiny 2, destiny 2: the final shape, disney+, doom, doom guy, dynasty warriors, ea sports, eli roth, elle fanning, embracer group, fallout 76, finding nemo, gaming, geek, gi joe, giancarlo esposito, god of war ragnarok, godzilla minus one, hostel, hyperkin, id software, ikea, inside out 2, it, john romero, jurassic world, kathleen kennedy, like a dragon: yakuza, lord of the rings, lotr, mahershala ali, marvel rivals, max, minecraft, movie pass, movies, multiversus, naughty dog, ncaa football 25, nerd, nvidia, peaky blinders, pixar, predator, ps5, psvr 2, riot games, roblox, rog ally x, sega, sony state of play, tekken 8, the acolyte, the hunt for gollum, the incredibles, the last of us, the sims, todd howard, transformers, ubisoft, umbrella academy, valorant, venom: the last dance, video game adaptations, video games, viggo mortenson, waffle house, where winds meet, wordle, worldle
Well the summer game showcase season has begun, and the Sony State of Play kicked it all off! More Video game adaptations are also hitting our screens this year, as the industry continues to flip flop between healthy and layoffs. Hollywood seems to finally be bouncing back from the pandemic and the dual strikes as new projects are aplenty. Plus The Acolyte seems to be a shining star in the Star Wars Galaxy!
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Episode 313: Make it Make Sense!
May 8th, 2024 | 1 hr 8 mins
7eleven, CBS, Chris Pine, Dishonored, Dragon Age, EA Games, Fallout, Hulu, Lucasfilm, MCU, Mad Max, Microsoft, Netflix, Nintendo Direct, Phil Spencer, Ryan Reynolds, Sony, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV, Tetris, The Witcher, Universal Studios, Xbox, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, angry birds, apple vision pro, arkane austin, baby reindeer, bernard hill, bethesda softworks, bioware, bungie, cable tv, call of duty, cobra kai, colombia pictures, darth jar jar, dceu, deadpool, deadpool and wolverine, destiny 2, disney+, dreamworks, elden ring, escape from tarkov, 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, keanu reeves, kevin feige, lego star wars, logan, lord of the rings, lotr, max, may the 4th be with you, modern warfare 3, mortal kombat 1, movies, mtv, nerd, nintendo switch, paramount global, peacock, playstation 5, ps5, psn, redfall, remedy, riddick, rohan, sandra bullock, shadow of the erdtree, shinji mikami, sonic rumble, sonic the hedgehog, sony entertainment, sony interactive entertainment, sony playstation, star wars tales of the empire, steam, streaming, streaming wars, super nintendo world, supermassive games, tango gameworks, the bad batch, the boys, the crow, the evil within, the office, theodan, thrawn, viacom, video games, vin diesl, westeros, what if..., william shatner, wolverine, wonder woman, x-men, 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 279: Unity or Unionization
September 14th, 2023 | 1 hr 28 mins
80s movies, 80s teen movies, Alan Moore, Bethesda, Bill & Ted, DC comics, E3, EA Games, Fallout, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy XIV, Fortnite, Hulu, Life is Strange, Lucasfilm, Mario, Microsoft, Netflix, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Wars, TV shows, Xbox, ahsoka, ai art, among us, anakin skywalker, attack on titan, bad bunny, bethesda studios, bill mahr, captain rex, clone wars, cupnoodles, darth vader, dcu, disney+, drew barrymore, elder scrolls, epic games, fast times at ridgemont high, ferris bueller, final fantasy xvi, george a romero, goosbumbs, harry potter, ian mckellen, iatse, jean claude vandame, jimmy fallon, john hughes, lord of the rings, lotr, marvel studios, mortal kombat, movies, murder she wrote, nba 2k24, night of the living dead, nintendo, nintendo switch, one piece, pokémon, ramen, rebels, respawn entertainment, scream, shawn levy, shigeru miamoto, squareenix, star wars jedi: survivor, starfield, steam, super mario, teen wolf, the breakfast club, the crow, the tonight show, tim burton, ubisoft, unity engine, valve, vfx artists, video games, war games, warnerbrosdiscovery, wb, weird science, wga strike, 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 261: I'm not a Racoon!
May 10th, 2023 | 1 hr 14 mins
AMC, Bethesda, CBS, Carrie Fisher, Doctor Strange, EA, EA Games, Lucasfilm, MCU, Neil Gaiman, Netflix, Phil Spencer, Pokémon GO, Star Wars, TV shows, Xbox, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, babylon 5, beetlejuice 2, blade, bravely default, bungie, burger king, capcom, disney, disney+, dungeons and dragons, good omens, gran turismo, guardians of the galaxy vol. 3, harry potter, hogwarts legacy, into the spider-verse, jenna ortega, karl urban, kathleen kennedy, lotr, marvel studios, marvel's spider-man, may the 4th be with you, metroid prime remastered, middle earth, movies, niantic, nintendo, nintendo switch, one piece, oppenheimer, pokémon, pokémon anime, redfall, rings of power, riot games, rogue one, skeleton crew, star wars visions vol. 2, stranger things, street fighter 6, swat, ubisoft, ultimate team, video games, wandavision, wga strike, yellowstone
This week is dominated by the affects of the WGA strike so lets talk about what is gonna get delayed. Also gaming seems to be beating at a normal pace so nothing major, other then EA posing massive profits, shocker, I know. And of course we have a review of Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3.
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Episode 255: I'm Thinking I'm Back
March 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 2 mins
2k, Donnie Yen, E3, MCU, Microsoft, Playstation, Sony, Star Trek, Star Wars, TMNT, TV shows, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Xbox, activisionblizzard, amazonprime video, amy jo johnson, aquaman, batman v superman, brie larson, cap 4, captain america 4, curb your enthusiasm, dardevil born again, dcu, disney+, elden ring, fast x, fromsoftware, geek, guardians of the galaxy vol 3, guerilla games, hbo, henry cavill, hitchcock, horizon forbidden west, horizon zero dawn, jason momoa, john wick, keanu reeves, larry david, lego games, lionsgate, live tyler, lotr, lower decks, man of steel, marvel studios, mmpr, movies, multiversus, muppets mayhem, nerd, paramount+, peta, pokémon, pokémon anime, pokémon horizons, power rangers, ps5, questlove, rings of power, roberty downey jr, sega, shazam, snyderverse, sonic, sonic origins, star trek picard, star trek prodigy, steam, strange new world, streaming, the aristocats, the bad batch, the lord of the rings, the mandalorian, tommy wiseau, ubisoft, vertigo, video games, vincent d'onofrio, windows 7, zachary levi, zack snyder, zack snyder's justice league
We've got a John Wick Chapter 4 review in todays episode so make sure to stick around till the end. More news on the Microsoft Activision merger, E3 faces another loss, and Guerilla clarifies why the Horizon Forbidden West DLC is on PS5 only. Star Trek announces its 2023 plans, HBO may be toying with our hearts, and Daredevil may be around longer then we expected. The MCU is growing, and shrinking at the same time, while we get more details about the DCU and Fast franchises. Come take a listen!
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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
Ben Affleck, Denzel Washington, EA, Farcry 5, Final Fantasy, Fortnite, Lucasfilm, MCU, Middle-earth, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Phil Spencer, Playstation, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, Tom Cruise, Xbox, Xbox 360, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, bandainamco, barry keoghan, battlefield, bella ramsey, blizzard, call of duty, cirian hinds, counter strike 2, cs:go, david ayer, david lindelof, dceu, dcu, destiny 2, diablo iv, disney+, dwayne "the rock" johnson, eldenring, epic games, ffxvi, final fantasy 16, 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, marvel studios, marvel's spider-man, mephisto, mighty morphin power rangers, movies, nintendo 3ds, nintendo eshop, openai gpt, paramount+, podcast, pong, ps5, rare ltd, rebel moon, sam niel, sea of theives, senuas sacrifice, shazam fury of the gods, squareenix, star trek picard, superman, the bad batch, the completionist, the daniels, the flash, the last of us, the mandalorian, the rings of power, twister, twitch, ubisoft, unreal engine 5, valve, video games, wiiu, willow, 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 232: N.I.C.K.S. Nerd N.E.W.S
October 20th, 2022 | 1 hr 10 mins
Alan Moore, COD, EA Games, Konami, MCU, Netflix, Silent Hill, Sony, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, a christmas story, activisionblizzard, andor, battle.net, bayonetta 3, black adam, black panther wakanda forever, call of duty, command & conquer, damon lindelof, dc films, dceu, disney+, dualsense, dualsense edge, dungeons and dragons, elite series 2, ezra miller, g4, galadriel, game of thrones, gamestonks, gamestop, gandalf, gangs of new york, google, got, gotham knights, hagrid, harrison ford, harry potter, hbo, henry cavill, house of the dragon, james gunn, joe manginello, liam neeson, lonely island, lord of the rings, lotr, man of steel, meme stock, middle earth, mirrors edge, modern warfare ii, mortal kombat, movies, naked gun, nes, nintendo, nvidia, overwatch 2, playstation 5, pokémon, ps5, razer, razer edge, rihanna, rings of power, robbie coltrane, rogue one, rtx4080, sauron, scorsese, she-hulk, spider-man miles morales, stadia, star trek 4, steam, stonks, superman, the batman, the flash, thunderbolt ross, tolkein, twister, valve, video games, walter hamada, warnerbros, watchmen, william hurt, xbox design lab, xbox gamepass
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.
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Episode 231: I got a mushroom over heer!
October 13th, 2022 | 1 hr 2 mins
2k games, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, Crash Bandicoot, DC, DC comics, Daredevil, Dishonored, EA Games, Fantastic Four, Hulu, MCU, Mario, Microsoft, NASA, Need for Speed, Netflix, Phil Spencer, Rick and Morty, Scooby Doo, Silent Hill, Sony, Square Enix, Star Wars, TV shows, Tom Cruise, Xbox, activisionblizzard, adriana chechick, agatha christie, among us vr, andor, angela lansbury, ark suvival evolved, arkane studios, avatar 4, avenue 5, barbarella, blade, blockbuster, call of duty, chris pratt, collin farrell, console wars, crystal dynamics, dceu, deadpool, deathloop, discovery, disney+, doom patrol, ezra miller, fall guys, fifa 23, final fantasy 7 soldier, game of thrones, google chromebooks, hbo, hbo max, hercule poirot, hideo kojima, house of the dragon, iron man vr, james cameron, john candy, keanu reeves, kenneth branagh, legacy of kain, leonardo dicaprio, lotr, meta quest 2, meta quest pro, middle earth, modern warfare 2, movies, overwatch 2, playstation plus, ps5, rings of power, ryan reynold, secret wars, she-hulk, steam deck, street fighter 6, super mario bros movie, sydney sweeney, the daily show, the flash, the last of us, the penguin, titans, tolkien, trevor noah, twitchcon, valve, velma, video games, warnerbros, wb animation, xbox cloud gaming, xbox game pass
Well we finally got to hear Chris Pratt's Mario, and uhhh, he may be from Brooklyn? Need for Speed is making a quick comeback, Doom has been ported to yet another device. Twitchcon leaves attendees with more then swag, Google ditches Stadia for gaming chromebooks, and META shifts the quest from work to play. Meanwhile HBO Max continues its DC output, while Discovery guts WB of everything else, Netflix in an ironic twist has a Blockbuster show coming, and Andor has its best yet. Marvel Delays Blade, and everything along with it.
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Episode 227: State of Forward Direct 23
September 15th, 2022 | 51 mins 31 secs
343 industries, Discord, EA Games, Fire Emblem, Kamala Khan, Lucasfilm, MCU, N64, Netflix, PS4, Resident Evil, Star Wars, TV shows, The Witcher, Xbox, ahsoka, amazon prime video, amy hennig, andor, ant-man and the wasp quantumania, assassins' creed, assassins' creed codename hexe, assassins' creed codename red, assassins' creed mirage, avengers: kang dynasty, battlefield 2042, black adam, bonnie ross, captain america new world order, captain marvel, d23, daredevil born again, dceu, disenchanted, disney+, echo, fatal frame, game of thrones, glass onion, god of war ragnarok, goldeneye 007, halo infinite, haunted mansion, hbo, hocus pocus 2, hogwarts legacy, house of the dragon, inside out, ironheart, king of the hill, koeitecmo, lee jung-jae, legend of zelda breath of the wild, legend of zelda tears of the kingdom, like a dragon, like a dragon gaiden, loki, lotr, mario vs rabbids, midnight suns, movies, mufasa, niantic, nintendo, nintendo switch, octopath traveler 2, omega force, pacific drive, paper girls, paramount+, peter pan & wendy, pikmin 4, pixar, playstation 4, playstation 5, ps5, psvr2, rings of power, rise of the ronin, secret invasion, sega, she hulk, skrulls, snow white, sony entertainment america, sony playstation, squid game, star trek day, star trek discovery, star trek lower decks, star trek picard, stellar blade, syduality, tales of the jedi, team ninja, tekken 8, the bad batch, the emmys, the little mermaid, the marvels, the sims 4, the thunderbolts, tom clancy, tron, ubisoft, ubisoft forward, us agent, video games, walt disney studios, willow, winter soldier, xenoblade chronicles, yakuza 8, yakuza ishin, yelena bolova
Are you a fan of Disney and Video games? Well this was the week for you. We had D23, a Nintendo Direct, a Sony State of Play and a Ubisoft Forward. So buckle in and lets get going. Also Make sure to join our brand new Discord Server!