Nick's Nerd News
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Displaying items 31-40 of 151 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "nerd".
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Episode 401: The Sanic Mysteries: Gotta go fast
January 22nd, 2026 | 1 hr 20 mins
a knight of the seven kingdoms, a song of ice and fire, activisonblizzard, amazon mgm, amazon prime video, assassn's creed, avatar, avatar 4, avatar fire & ash, avengers doomsday, batman, bobby kotick, bungie, call of duty, clair obscur, dave filoni, dcu, disney, disneyland, dunk and egg, ecco the dolphin, fallout, far cry, far cry 3, galaxy's edge, game of thrones, gamestop, gaming, geek, george rr martin, god of war, hans zimmer, harry potter, hbo, house of the dragon, indiana jones, invincible, james cameron, james gunn, kathleen kennedy, kratos, lara croft, life is strange, looney tunes, lord of the rings, lucasfilm, marathon, marvel studios, mcu, meta, meta quest, microsoft, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo switch 2, noir, peter jackson, prince of persia, razer, resident evil, riot games, sega, sonic, sonic the hedgehog, sony, sophie turner, speedy gonzalez, squareenix, star wars, steam, switch 2, ted sarandos, the batman pt. 2, the bone temple, the division 3, the hollywood reporter, thr, tom clancy, tomb raider, tv, ubisoft, video games, vr, vr gaming, walt disney pictures, warner bros, westeros, winds of winter, xbox, zootopia, zootopia 2
Well Star Wars fans can continue to argue, because Kathleen Kennedy stepping down certainly wont stop them. But something to stop to listen to, is George RR Martin telling all to the Hollywood Reporter. Plus, Fallout Season 2 is not falling behind season 1, people just don't remember how TV works. Ubisoft decided to lay a big one on the gaming industry by cancelling another Prince of Persia game, and Netflix wants to keep WB movies on the big screen if the merger goes through. That and more on this weeks episode.
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Episode 400: Staying Four-Humble
January 14th, 2026 | 1 hr 1 min
anthem, appletv, avatar, avatar fire & ash, avengers, avengers doomsday, bam margera, bear mccreary, bioware, black mirror, ea, eb games, fable, forza horizon, game freak, games workshop, gamestop, gaming, geek, god of war, godzilla, hamnet, hellblade, jackass, jackass 5, jackass forever, jennifer lawrence, 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, mcu, microsoft xbox, monarch legacy of monsters, monsterverse, movies, nerd, netflix, ninja theory, one battle after another, palworld, peter jackson, playground games, pokémon, rockstar games, russo bros, shawn levy, sinners, star wars, star wars starfighter, tangled, the division 3, the golden globes, the hunger games, the studio, tom cruise, tv, ubisoft, unity, video games, warhammer, xbox, 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 399: You Can't Sit With Us!
January 7th, 2026 | 54 mins 41 secs
amazon prime video, arc raiders, asus, avatar, avatar fire & ash, avengers: doomsday, bethesda, ces, critics choice awards, disney, dune pt. 3, dunesday, fortnite, forza horizon, gaming, geek, gta 6, gta v, halo, hbo, hyperx, intel, lenovo, machine games, movie theaters, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nvdia, paramount, playstation 5, plutotv, podracing, pokémon, ps2, ps4, ps5, razer, red dead redemption 2, roblox, rockstar games, sebastian stan, spider-man, star wars, star wars racer revenge, stranger things, stranger things 5, tangled, the batman part ii, the housemaid, the last of us, the mandalorian and grogu, the pokémon company, tomb raider, tv, ubisoft, video games, warner bros, wolfenstein, x-files
Paramount needs to give up on Warner Bros, they ain't letting you buy them. CES 2026 is in full swing and with it both vaporware and the future of tech. Ubisoft pulls a bad move and closes a studio that just unionized. Stranger Things ended on a high note, despite what the internet thinks. Plus everything Nick's is looking forward to in 2026.
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Episode 398: Nick's Nerd New Year: Lucky Number Se7en
December 31st, 2025 | 1 hr 20 mins
2k games, activision, alien: earth, apple tv+, assassin's creed, assassin's creed shadows, avatar, avatar fire & ash, avengers doomsday, avowed, bethesda, black bag, black ops 7, black panther, bong joon ho, call of duty, call of duty black ops 7, caught stealing, cd projekt red, chadwick boseman, clair obscur: expedition 33, compulsion games, console sales, daredevil: born again, dcu, death by lightning, deli boys, disney+, doom, doom the dark ages, double fine, f1, fx, fx on hulu, gaming, geek, gog, good ole games, grosse pointe garden society, hulu, id software, ironheart, isiah whitlock jr, james gunn, jurassic world, jurassic world evolution 3, keeper, knives out, mafia the old country, malcolm in the middle, mcu, mickey 17, mobland, movies, naked gun, nerd, netflix, nintendo, obsidian, one battle after another, paramount+, peacock, pillars of eternity, playstation, pokémon, pokémon legends: z-a, predator: badlands, ryan coogler, seth rogan, snl50, south of midnight, stick, stranger things, superman, the four seasons, the residence, the studio, thor, thunderbolts*, top 10, top ten, tv, ubisoft, video games, wake up dead man, x-men, xbox, your friends & neighbors
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!
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Episode 397: I'm a Podcast host, not a Doctor!
December 24th, 2025 | 1 hr 12 mins
a christmas carol, aang the last airbender, ai, amazon prime video, avatar the last airbender, avatar: fire and ash, avengers: doomsday, battlefield 6, beauty and the beast, bethesda, braniac, bungie, call of duty, captain america, christmas movies, christopher nolan, clair obscur: expidition 33, daisy ridley, dcu, disney, ea, ebenezer scrooge, fallout, fifa, games workshop, gaming, gaston, geek, history, horizon zero dawn, id software, io interactive, james bond 007 first light, james cameron, jason isaacs, johnny depp, labubu, lex luthor, macauly culkin, magnificent 7, marathon, mcu, movies, naughty dog, nerd, netflix games, nintendo, paramount, peanuts, perfect dark, respawn entertainment, roblox, rupert grint, sony, spider-punk, spider-verse, spuerman, squadron 42, squareenix, star citizen, star trek, star trek strange new worlds, star wars jedi, tangled, tencent, the hunger games, the odyssey, the terminator, titanfall, tomb raider, tv, video games, vince zampella, walt disney pictures, warhammer 40k, wii, wiimote, xbox game studios, youtube
Star Trek has found its new Bones and Sulu, yet we have to wait a while before we actually see them. The video game industry lost a true legend, and we salute everything Vince Zampella brought us. Marvel goes back to what it knows for Doomsday, and Macauly decides what is and isn't a Christmas Movie. Plus we may have to wait a little longer for 007's video game return.
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Episode 396: These go to eleven
December 17th, 2025 | 1 hr 24 mins
a new hope, abc, amazon prime video, amc, avengers endgame, bad robot, bandai namco, battlefield, bethesda, black ops 7, call of duty, ccxp, christopher nolan, clair obscur expedition 33, daniel craig, dcu, disney, elder scrolls, fallout, five nights at freddy's 2, fnaf 2, game of thrones, gamestop, gaming, geek, gta 6, harada, hideo kojima, imax, jon snow, kit harrington, knives out, kotor, kotor 2, lanterns, lobo, lord of the rings, mcu, movies, nerd, netflix, nex playground, obsidian entertainment, paramount, playstation, point break, rian johnson, rob reiner, rockstar games, skyrim, spider-noir, star wars, star wars a new hope, star wars fate of the old republic, stephen spielberg, street fighter, supergirl, tekken, the boys, the game awards, the golden globes, the odyssey, the oscars, tomb raider, total war, tv, uk government, video games, wake up dead man, warhammer 40k, warner bros, whodunnit, youtube, zootopia 2
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.
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Episode 395: You might have to run for RAM
December 3rd, 2025 | 1 hr 10 mins
ai, ayaneo, batman, bayonetta, blade, bungie, capcom, cd projekt red, ciri, clair obscur: expedition 33, dan hauser, dc elseworlds, dcu, disney, epic games, escape from tarkov, final fantasy, fortnite, gamestop, gaming, geek, gengar, god of war, helldivers, hitman, io interactive, james cameron, jennifer hale, justin lin, kill bill, marathon, mcu, metroid prime 4, mia goth, micron crucial, monster hunter, movies, namco, nerd, netflix, nintendo, open ai, paradox interactive, paranormal activity, pokémon legends z-a, pokémon tcg, predator badlands, ram, samus, scar jo, sonic, splatoon, splinter cell, stranger things, the batman, the predator, the punisher, the witcher, thomas jane, tim sweeney, tv, ubisoft, vampire: the masquerade, video games, walt disney animation, walt disney pictures, wuxia, zootopia, zootopia 2
RAM prices are skyrocketing, are you ready? CD Projekt Red has a release schedule for its next Witcher Trilogy, Clair Obscur did even better than we all thought and Gamestop fights back against haters. Plus Zootopia laid waste to the 2025 box office, Netflix went to the upside down and Predator isnt stuck in the badlands anymore.
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Episode 394: Happy Little Trees
November 26th, 2025 | 57 mins 32 secs
a knight of the seven kingdoms, activision, activisionblizzard, assassin's creed, assassin's creed shadows, attack on titan, battlefield 6, black ops 7, bob ross, brett ratner, call of duty, call of duty black ops 7, charlie cox, clair obscur: expedition 33, disney, donald trump, duffer bros, ea, farcry, friends, frozen, frozen 2, fx, fx on hulu, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george rr martin, gta 6, hbo, hbo max, hoppers, house of the dragon, hulu, james cameron, joey, john oliver, lucasfilm, mcu, mike flannagan, movies, naruto, nerd, netflix, noah hawley, paramount, pbs, pixar, rob mac, rush hour 4, scarjo, star wars, star wars visions, steam, steam machine, stranger things, sunrise on the reaping, the academy awards, the exorcist, the game awards, the hunger games, toy story, toy story 5, treyarch, tv, ubisoft, universal pictures, valve, video games, walt disney animation, walt disney pictures, warner bros, wicked, wicked for good, wonder man, xbox, xbox game pass, xbox partner preview
Happy Thanksgiving week! Just a few major stories to break down this week. FarCry is headed to television on FX with Rob Mac staring, which is the right type of chaos that show needs. Wicked went off to see the wizard with a big box office take, and it might not be, for good. Plus Rush Hour 4 is happening, and the reason why is pretty unusual. That and more on this weeks episode.
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Episode 393: Richards Lives!
November 20th, 2025 | 1 hr 12 mins
activision, ai, amazon prime video, apple tv, arc raiders, asus, asus rog ally, bioshock, black ops 7, braniac, call of duty, call of duty black ops 7, clair obscur: expedition 33, crystal dynamics, dcu, death by lightning, death stranding, disney+, dragon ball z, edgar wright, fallout, family guy, fx on hulu, gaming, geek, glen powell, godzilla, hbo max, hulu, josh gad, lex luthor, mad men, marvel studios, mcu, mega pokémon, moana, monarch legacy of monsters, monsterverse, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, one piece, paramount, peacock, phil spencer, pokémon, pokémon legends z-a, red dead redemption, rockstar games, sharknado, shogun, shroud, splinter cell, squid game, star trek, stargate, stargate sg-1, steam, steam machine, stephen king, superman, syfy, the game awards, the legend of zelda, the running man, toho, treyarch, tv, twisted metal, ubisoft, video games, wonder man, xbox, xdefiant
You should run to see The Running Man, because after you hear Nick's review you wont be walking. Plus the Game Award Nominees have been revealed, and no Arc Raiders wasn't nominated by GOTY. Also Nick gives his purely honest thoughts about Black Ops 7. Nintendo pulls back the curtain on it's live action The Legend of Zelda, Squid Game US is happening sooner than expected, and Disney+ is bringing generative AI to the platform. That and more on this weeks episode.
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Episode 392: I ain't got time to bleed
November 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 13 mins
007, activisionblizzard, alien, alien: earth, amazon, amazonmgm studios, arc raiders, bethesda, bioware, blizzard, blizzcon, bungie, clair obscur, dc universe, dcu, destiny 2, devil wears prada, disney, fx, fxonhulu, game of the year, gaming, geek, gorilla grodd, grand theft auto 6, gremlins, gta 6, gtavi, horizon zero dawn, hulu, james bond, jimmy olsen, jumanji 3, lego, link, marvel 1943, mass effect, movies, n7, ncsoft, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, pixar, playstation 5, pokémon, pokémon legends z-a, predator, predator badlands, predators, ps5, ratchet and clank, rockstar games, sabrina carpenter, shigeru miyamoto, shroud, skydance, sony, square enix, star trek, star trek the next generation, steam, steam machine, super mario, super mario bros movie, super mario galaxy movie, the elder scrolls, the elder scrolls 6, the legend of zelda, the pokémon company, the predator, todd howard, toy story 5, tv, uss enterprise, v for vendetta, valve, video games, weylandyutani, yuatja
Get to the choppa, cause its time for a review of the newest Predator movie, Predator Badlands. It does not disappoint. Plus Valve doubles down on hardware, while the Super Mario Galaxy movie shows off its stars. Also, Sony has buyers remorse about Bungie, and somehow Amazon has forgotten that James Bond has had a history of reboots. and someone call MU/TH/UR because Alien Earth is coming back!