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We found 10 episodes of Nick's Nerd News with the tag “microsoft”.
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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 275: Puck Man Returns
August 17th, 2023 | 1 hr 10 mins
1980s, 80s comedies, 80s movies, activision, airplane!, ali g, amptp, ant-man, anthony mackie, assassins creed, barbenheimer, barbie, barbie movie, bethesda, beverly hills cop, blizzard, bruce lee, bungie, caddyshack, call of duty, coming to america, dale gribble, daybreak games, dc universe online, dcu, destiny 2, epic games, gal gadot, ghostbusters, hbo, house of the dragon, id software, indiana jones, james gunn, johnny hardwick, keith david, king of the hill, lucasfilm, major league, marvel studios, max, mcu, metro 2033, metro series, microsoft, mission impossible, modern warfare, modern warfare 3, movies, national lampoons vacation, netflix, nintendo, one crazy summer, overwatch 2, paramount, parks & rec, peacock, playstation, playstation studios, pokémon, quake, quake 2, rick & morty, russia, sacha baron cohen, sag-aftra strike, savvy games group, scott pilgrim, sony, sony pictures, spaceballs, stephen king, teenage mutant ninja turtles, the dark tower, the embracer group, the emmys, the pokémon company, thq, thq nordic, three amigos, tmnt: the last ronin, tom cruise, tom holland, toxic avenger, tron, tv shows, tv viewership, twisted metal, ubisoft, uncharted, uncharted movie, video games, wga strike, wonder woman, xbox, xbox gamepass
Well Friends we are back for another week! And this time we have some Pokémon News, CoD news, and the identity of the Embracer Groups mystery almost investor, also Keith David joins another premier Bungie franchise. On the Hollywood side of things, the WGA and AMPTP seem to have gone back to the negotiating table, Wonder Woman 3 seems to be maybe happening, maybe not, Barbie continues to break records, and Hollywood accounting strikes again with Mission Impossible and Indiana Jones.
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Episode 273: Be sure and tell ’em Large Marge sent you
August 2nd, 2023 | 57 mins 18 secs
007, 1960s, alien, bad boys, baldurs gate 3, barbenheimer, barbie, billy dee williams, call of duty, classic film, dcu, dead by daylight, discord, disenchantment, disney+, divinity original sin, dolly, donald glover, dungeons and dragons, final fantasy, final fantasy 14, from russia with love, gal gadot, ghostbusters, goldfinger, hello, incredible mr. limpet, james bond, karate kid, kraven the hunter, lando, lando calrissian, larian, loki, mario + rabbids, mary poppins, mcu, microsoft, modern warfare 2, modern warfare 3, movies, nasa, nasa+, netflix, nickelodeon, nickelodeon all star brawl, nicki minaj, nintendo, nintendo switch, one hundred and one dalmatians, oppenheimer, paramount, path of exile, paul reubens, pee wee herman, planet of the apes, playstation, playstation 5, pollyanna, ps5, respawn entertainment, sag strike, sakurai, sony pictures, sony playstation, spider-man beyond the spider-verse, square enix, star wars, star wars jedi: survivor, stephen amell, sucker punch, super mario, super smash bros, teenage mutant ninja turtles, the jungle book, the odd couple, the parent trap, the sound of music, the sword in the stone, tmnt, to kill a mockingbird, turner classic movies, tv shows, venom 3, video games, warzone 2.0, wga strike, wonder woman, yellow submarine, zack snyder
Pour one out for the realest, PeeWee Herman, we lost a real one this week. PlayStation 5 continues to match its predecessors, and outsells its competition, and Microsoft decides to start selling you parts to fix your controllers. The WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes we are not talking about new movies so we have a list of my favorite movies from the 1960s, also news from the picket lines, Sony comes out with the first major delays, and Donald Glover ist aking over writing duties for Lando. Let's take a listen.
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Episode 272: A movieless Comic Con
July 27th, 2023 | 55 mins 49 secs
abk, activisionblizzard, alfred hitchcock, andor, animators, ash ketchum, bandai namco, barbenheimer, barbie, beetlejuice 2, borderlands, captain marvel, christopher nolan, comic con international, cyberpunk 2077, disney+, dolphin, dreamworks, ftc, gamecube, godzilla, gundam, high on life, homelander, insomniac, invincible, jabba the hutt, kart racing games, kevin smith, lucasfilm, marvel studios, marvels spider-man, mcu, microsoft, mortal kombat 1, movies, nickelodeon, nintendo, north by northwest, omni-man, oppenheimer, peacemaker, peter pan, playstation 5, pokémon, ps5, rear window, rick and morty, riot games, ryan reynolds, secret invasion, shrek, singing in the rain, sony playstation, star trek, star trek lower decks, star trek strange new worlds, star wars, star wars outlaws, steam, the boys, the marvels, tmnt, tv shows, ubisoft, venmo, video games, walt disney animation, walt disney studios, xbox
What happens when all the major studios pull out of comic con? nothing really, it keeps going because comic con is more then movies and television. We also learned about some major Ubisoft shakeups, kart racers are making a comeback, and Sony's Project Q leaks. Plus Barbenheimer makes for the 4th biggest box office weekend, MOVIES are in fact back! Also due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA Strikes, i have dedicated some time talking about old movies, this week we have my favorite movies made in the 1950's.
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Episode 271: Your Mission If you choose to accept it....
July 19th, 2023 | 58 mins 23 secs
activisionblizzard, assassins creed mirage, baldurs gate 3, bob iger, bungie, call of duty, casablanca, citizen kane, classic cinema, classic movies, cnbc, disney+, dumbo, ea sports, ea sports fc24, equity, ftc, grand theft auto, gta 6, guardians of the galaxy vol. 3, guerilla games, hitchcock, horizon forbidden west, horizon zero dawn, house of the dragon, larry hryb, major nelson, max, mcu, microsoft, mission impossible, mission impossible dead reckoning part i, movies, netflix, nick fury, overwatch 2, paramount+, peacock, pinocchio, playstation, ps5, rockstar games, sag-aftra, sag-aftra strike, secret invasion, sega, sega saturn, skrulls, snow white, sony playstation, spock, star trek, star wars, star wars outlaws, strange new worlds, team fortress 2, the walt disney company, tom cruise, tv shows, ubisoft, video games, vulcan, wga, wga strike, wizard of oz, xbl, xbox, xbox live gold, xbox series x
In solidarity with the WGA & SAG-AFTRA Strike this will be our last week reporting on new and newly released TV and Movie content, so we will go out with a bang a review of Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part I. Also the Xbox-Activision acquisition is one step closer to completion, finally. Also we will start talking about old movies, and going over things that are already out to you san enjoy content without being a scab! Lets all take a listen!
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Episode 270: Comic-Accurate Suit
July 12th, 2023 | 1 hr 1 min
abk, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, ashoka, baldurs gate 3, barbenheimer, barbie, black noir, black panther, blade, blue beetle, bob iger, call of duty, capcom, classic gaming, coen brothers, dcu, deadpool 3, disney+, doom patrol, ea sports, elektra, emilia clark, exoprimal, ftc, gex the gecko, godzilla, green lanter, guy gardener, homelander, hugh jackman, insidious 3, james gunn, jurassic park, kit harrington, kobe bryant, limited run games, marvel games, max, mcu, mcui, mega man, metal gear solid, microsoft, mister terrific, modern warfare ii, mortal kombat 1, movies, napoleon, nathan fillion, naughty dog, nba 2k24, neil druckman, nick fury, peacock, rebel moon, ridley scott, ryan reynolds, san diego comic con, sdcc, secret invasion, sega, sega of america, shang-chi, simu liu, skrulls, sony, star wars, stephen spielberg, street fighter 6, super mario bros movie, the boys, the emmy awards, the fast and the furious, toho, tv shows, twisted metal, ufc 5, universal studios hollywood, video games, walt disney company, walt disney studios, warner bros, warzone 2.0, wga strike, wheel of time, wolverine, x-men, xbox, zack snyder
If the title doesn't give it away, Wolverine is finally wearing his comics accurate suit. THIS IS NOT A DRILL! 24 years later and its finally happening. Anyway, Microsoft seems to have won its case against the FTC, and its acquisition of ActivisionBlizzard should be able to go through. The Emmys have announced their nominees, Ashoka released a trailer, and Bog Iger isn't going anywhere anytime soon. That and a whole lot more.
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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 260: 5 Years in the can!
May 3rd, 2023 | 59 mins 26 secs
abk, activisionblizzard, alien, alita:battle angel, armored core, avatar the last airbender, babylon 5, bethesda, blade, cal kestis, call of duty, capcom, chris hemsworth, chris pratt, christopher robin, cinemacon, cloud gaming, counter strike, damon lindelof, deadpool 3, discord, disney+, dodgeball, dune part 2, forza motorsport, from software, game development, games with gold, gladiator 2, james gunn, kevin durant, king of the hill, marvel midnight suns, marvel studios, mcu, microsoft, mission impossible, movies, netflix, nintendo, optimus prime, paramount pictures, pedro pascal, playstation, ps5, psvr2, respawn, rhianna, rob delaney, sigourney weaver, smurfette, snl, sony, spider-man across the spider-verse, spongebob, star wars, star wars day, star wars jedi: survivor, starfield, street fighter, super mario bros movie, super-man, sweet tooth, the simpsons, titanfall 3, tom cruise, transformers: one, tv shows, twisted metal, uk cma, uk prime minister, ukraine, vampire survivors, video games, vince vaughn, wga, wga strike, writers guild of america, writers strike, xbox, xbox games showcase
You Heard that Right! Today marks the 5th anniversary of the start of this podcast, and how are we celebrating? By treating it like any other week of course! lol. Anyway, this weeks has some fun topics. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is out and we have a early feelings review, we are a week out from the CMA's decision on the Xbox ABK deal, The Writers Strike is official, and we finally got our first look at Dune Part II. Come take a listen.
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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 257: HBOGO, wait no HBONOW, um, HBOMax, err, Max is coming
April 12th, 2023 | 58 mins 35 secs
activisionblizzard, ahsoka, andor, arcane, ark survival evolved, bandai namco, capcom, creature commandos, dave filoni, dawn of the jedi, dc, dcu, dcu/mcu crossover, deadpool 3, discord, disney+, donkey kong, doom, game of thrones, grand admiral thrawn, harry potter, hbo max, ike perlmutter, indiana jones, james gunn, james mangold, jk rowling, jodi foster, joseph staten, lando, max, mcu, microsoft, movies, netflix, new jedi order, nintendo, paramount+, peacemaker, peacock, playstation, quake, quakecon, rey skywalker, rick & morty anime, rogue squadron, shazam, sony, star trek, star trek picard, star wars, star wars celebration, star wars celebration europe, star wars celebration japan, star wars skeleton crew, star wars the acolyte, star wars visions, stranger things, succession, super mario, swamp thing, tales of the jedi, tekken 8, the bad batch, the batman, the conjuring, the continental, the legend of zelda, the mandalorian, the marvels, the penguin, the super mario bros movie, true detective, tv shows, uk cma, video games, xbox
Yes MAX is coming, because this is clearly the greatest name for a streaming service, while also showing off its new content. Star Wars Celebration Europe was this past weekend, and it laid out all the ways we can hope for a bright future in a galaxy far, far, away. And we go deep into the Mushroom Kingdom to bring you a review of the Super Mario Bros movie!