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Displaying 8 items of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "nicolas cage".
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Episode 381: No Difficulty Options
August 28th, 2025 | 1 hr 32 mins
activision, alan cumming, alex garland, amazon prime video, assassin's creed mirage, atari, avengers, avengers doomsday, bbc, bethesda, bioware, black ops 7, bungie, call of duty, call of duty black ops, chucky, clair obscur, comedy central, crystal dynamics, dceu, dcu, death stranding, devil may cry, disney+, doctor who, double fine, ea, elden ring, evo, ewan mcgregor, fallout, fanta, forza horizon, forza motorsport, gamescom, gaming, geek, harry potter, hbo max, hideo kojima, high on life, hollow knight, hulu, james gunn, john cena, k-pop demon hunters, katee sackhoff, king of the hill, kumail nanjiani, lego, lucasfilm, mass effect, mcu, mortal kombat, movies, nerd, netflix, nicolas cage, nightcrawler, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, obi-wan kenobi, paramount, peacemaker, peacock, peter parsons, pirates of the caribbean, playground games, pokémon, pokémon go, pyschonaughts, roblox, sisu, skate, sony interactive, south park, splinter cell, squanch games, star citizen, star wars, starfield, superman, the eternals, the justice gang, the mandalorian, the office, the paper, tim schafer, tom clancy, treyarch, true detective, turn 10, tv, ubisoft, video games, wb games, wednesday, wizards of the coast, x-men, x2, xbox, xbox game pass
What is a call of Duty campaign without veteran difficulty? We are going to find out this year, plus Mass Effect has a filming date, Nintendo Switch 2 beats the price allegations, Nic Cage is headed to HBO and Superman breaks the $600 million barrier. Plus a lookback at gamescom, horror icons hit the soda aisle and South Park is moving slow.
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Episode 328: Back to the Motherland!
August 22nd, 2024 | 1 hr 18 mins
activision, age of mythology, alien franchise, alien: romulus, anaconda, avowed, backyard baseball, backyard sports, batgirl, batman, batman arkham, batman arkham shadows, bethesda softworks, biopic, bioware, black myth wukong, black ops 6, blizzard, boba fett, boderlands 4, borderlands, bungie, call of duty, call of duty: black ops, chick-fil-a, civ 7, civilization 7, cod, cod: blops, crazy taxi, dc comics, dceu, dcu, deadpool & wolverine, destiny 2, detroit become human, diablo iv, disney, disney+, dont nod, dragon age, dragon age: the veilguard, dragon ball, dune, dying light, ea, epic games, eternal champions, fatal fury, fede alvarez, final fantasy, francis ford coppola, gamescom, gaming, geek, genshin impact, geoff keighly, goat simulator, gta: san andreas, hbo, hbo max, hifi rush, hulu, ian mckellan, indiana jones, indiana jones and the great circle, infinity nikki, italy, jack black, james gunn, john madden, king kong, king of meat, kingdom come deliverance, kingdom of the planet of the apes, krafton, legacy of kain, lionsgate, logan, lucasfilm, lucasfilm games, machine games, mafia, mafia the oid country, mars attacks, marvel rivals, marvel studios, marvel television, masters of the universe, matthew perry, megalopolis, meta, michael keaton, monster hunter wilds, monsterverse, movies, nerd, netflix games, nicolas cage, no more room in hell, opening night live, pacific rim, path of exile 2, paul rudd, planet of the apes, quantic dream, ridley scott, sega, sega dreamcast, sicily, squid game, star wars, starfield, starship troopers, streaming, superman, tango gameworks, the acolyte, the last of us, the mandalorian, tim walz, tv, ubisoft, uwe boll, vfx, video games, warcraft, warhammer, warhammer 40k space marine, world of warcraft, wow, x-men '97, xbox, xbox gamepass, xbox series x
Well folks its finally happening, a Mafia game set in Sicily at the turn of the 20th Century! I am very excited! But that wasn't the only news out of Gamescom this week, another Bethesda title is going multiplatform, old franchises are returning, and new adaptations are unexpectedly coming! Also, don't go after actors for roles they play, they aren't really those characters! Meanwhile, Deadpool & Wolverine continues to break records, Indiana Jones's hat sells for over $600k, and The Acolyte is sent packing. Nic Cage, now here's a guy, will be playing John Madden, and forget the chicken sandwich war, Chick-fil-a is jumping into the streaming wars.
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Episode 322: Angōs, Meleys.
July 11th, 2024 | 1 hr 36 mins
a fistful of dollars, amazon prime video, apex legends, arkham asylum, assassins creed, assassins creed shadows, bethesda, beverly hills cop, beverly hills cop axel f, bleach, boba fett, brad pitt, capcom, cities skylines, crunchyroll, darryl dixon, dcu, denzel washington, disney+, ea sports, ea sports fc, embracer group, emma roberts, epic games, exoprimal, f1, fallout 4, fallout london, fallout mods, fantastic 4, ff14, final fantasy 14, futurama, game of thrones, gaming, geek, generative ai, ghosts of tsushima, gladiator ii, god of war, gta v, guilty gear strive, hbo, hellblade 2, horizon zero dawn, house of the dragon, inside out 2, invisible woman, jessica alba, john cena, madam web, matt reeves, mcu, movies, nba 2k25, nerd, netflix, nicolas cage, nintendo, nintendo switch, norman reedus, one piece, palworld, paramount pictures, pixar, playstation, rockstar, rooster teeth, rwby, secret wars, sega, shrek 5, sie, skydance meida, sonic the hedgehog, spaghetti western, star trek, star wars, temuera morrison, the acolyte, the batman, the boys, the devil wears prada, the mandalorian, the walking dead, tv, ubisoft, video games, westeros, xbox, xbox cloud gaming, xbox gamepass, xbox gamepass ultimate
Well, GamePass is getting a price hike, but are you surprised? Inside Out 2 keeps raking it in, movies are so back! Kevin Feige had to explain a certain act to MCU execs for a Deadpool joke. Meanwhile, the Horizon Zero Dawn show is dead at Netflix. Also Gladiator II and Agatha All Along get trailers that do not dispel any confusion, Palworld wants to expand beyond gaming, and Nintendo goes off brand. Plus, Shrek 5 is official now, Temuera wants to steal an episode of the Mandalorian and Norman Reedus plans for more Darryl Dixon. Then, a Beverly Hills Cop review to wrap it all up. RIP Rhaenys.
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Episode 305: My Eyes See Barbenheimer
March 14th, 2024 | 1 hr 13 mins
activision, adult swim games, akira toriyama, al pacino, amazon prime video, american fiction, barbie, barbie 2, bethesda softworks, bethesda studios, blizzard, chrono trigger, cowboy bebop, crunchyroll, cwa, daisy ridley, daredevil, dbz, dcu, denis villeneuve, deviation games, disney+, dragon ball, dragon ball z, dragon quest, dreamworks animation, dune part 2, fallout, funimation, fx, gaming, geek, geoff keighly, greta gerwig, halo, hulu, inside out, insomniac games, james gunn, jimmy kimmel, john cena, john mulaney, jon bernthal, lego, lucasfilm, mar10 day, mario bros, mario kart, master chief, matt reeves, max, mcu, michael keaton, miyazaki, morbius, movies, multiversus, national treasure, nerd, neve campbell, nicolas cage, nintendo, oppenheimer, overwatch 2, paramount+, patty jenkins, payday 3, peacemaker, pixar, playstation, pokémon, pokémon scarlet, pokémon violet, poor things, pubg, qa testers, salems lot, scream, scream 7, shawn layden, shogun, shrek, shrek 2, sie, sig asmussen, sony, sony interactive entertainment, sony playstation, spider-man 2, spider-man the great web, star trek, star trek starfleet academy, star wars, star wars rogue squadron, starbreeze, stephen king, summer games fest, super mario, superman, system shock, the academy awards, the batman, the batman ii, the boy and the heron, the holdovers, the oscars, toonami, toyota, turtle beach, tv, venom, venom 3, video games, wb games, x-men '97, xbox, zone of interest
And the Award goes too...boy was that a fun Oscars telecast, I enjoyed it. Full of nonsurprises. Also the world mourns the loss of a great man, we lost the Great Akira Toriyama last week, he provided to much to so many people, he will never be forgotten. And In the best news, Patty Jenkins is still making her Rogue Squadron movie for Lucasfilm! Plus we learned about a cancelled Spider-Man multiplayer game, Mario has his MAR10 day, and Shrek 2 is coming back to theaters. Come take a listen!
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Episode 244: Everywhere the Banshees of the White Lotus Elementary
January 12th, 2023 | 51 mins 34 secs
activisionblizzard, adam devine, amazon prime video, andy muschietti, ant-man, ant-man & the wasp quantomania, avatar, avatar the way of water, borderlands, call of duty, ces2023, collin farrell, commander cody, community, dave filoni, dcu, deadpool, digital game sales, disney+, dungeons & dragons, francis ford coppola, game of thrones, george rr martin, gladiator 2, got, hbo, hbo max, hogwarts legacy, htc, htc vive, hugh jackman, into the spider-verse, james cameron, jerrod carmichael, joel mchale, jonathan majors, kang the conqueror, kevin fiege, m3gan, marvel studios, mcu, meta, meta quest, microsoft, modok, movies, netflix, nicolas cage, paramount+, paul rudd, peacock, phase 5, playstation, playstation 5, ps5, razer, ridley scott, simon pegg, skull and bones, sony, star wars, steam, the adams family, the bad batch, the batman, the clone wars, the flash, the golden globes, the last of us, the penguin, troy baker, tv shows, ubisoft, uk government, verizon, video games, vr, warnerbros, warnerbrosdiscovery, wednesday adams, wolverine, workaholics, x-men, xbox
Well the Golden Globes huh, how about them apples? Also how are no physical games being sold in the UK, that makes absolutely no sense. Some genre defining directors are making some missteps, WarnerBros is trying out a "were sorry" approach, Paramount+ makes some interesting choices for non Star Trek Properties.
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Episode 200: 200 in the Bag
March 9th, 2022 | 43 mins 7 secs
343 industries, activisionblizzard, advance wars, alien, aquaman 2, black adam, bobby kotick, capcom, dc, dc super pets, dceu, disney+, dune part 2, evo2022, faze, fede alvarez, final fantasy, florence pugh, game of thrones, ghostwire tokyo, god of war, gotham knights, gotham pd, gta v, halo infinite, hbo max, house of the dead, i am legend, isle of the dead, keanu reeves, kenobi, lego star wars, microsoft, movies, negan, netflix, nicolas cage, nintendo, playstation state of play, returnal, rockstar games, shazam 2, snoop dogg, sony, sony entertainment america, sony interactive entertainment, sony playstation, square enix, star wars, the adam project, the batman, the flash, the muppets, the penguin, the walking dead, tmnt, tv shows, video games, warnerbros, wb montreal
Nick hits his 200th episode! Yes you read that right 200 hundred episodes of Nick's Nerd News! We appreciate all of our loyal listeners. And this week, the most important thing is our review of The Batman (2022), everything else is just a toy!
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Episode 176: Screaming into the void is a DeathLoop
September 23rd, 2021 | 1 hr 6 mins
007, 343 industries, activision, activision blizzard, amazon prime video, andy muschietti, apple, arkane lyon, balenciage, batman '89, bethesda softworks, cowboy bebop, daniel craig, david cage, deathloop, denis villeneuve, destroy all humans, disney+, embracer group, epic, ewan mcgregor, fantastic beasts, far cry 6, fortnite, god of war, god of war ragnarok, halo, halo infinite, harry potter, hbo, howard shore, hulu, jagged alliance, james bond, jeopardy, jurassic world, jurassic world evolution, ken jennings, levar burton, lord of the rings, marcia lucas, marvel vs. capcom 2, mcu, movies, neil druckman, netflix, nicolas cage, obi-wan, overwatch 2, paramount+, ps5, quantic dream, respawn entertainment, roald dahl, rugrats, santa monica studios, splitgate, star wars, the flash, the last of us, the secrets of dumbledore, thq nordic, titanfall, tv shows, ubisoft, video games, warnerbros, xbox, xbox series x
This week a review of DeathLoop, which is great btw. News out of THQ Nordic, 343 and Jurassic World Evolution 2. Meanwhile Epic and Apple cant squash their beef. Activision isn't out of hot water yet. Disney+ announces Disney+ day. And several high profile Hollywood A listers stir the pot.
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Episode 166: Glorious Purpose
July 15th, 2021 | 42 mins 41 secs
adult swim, amazon prime video, barbie, bethesda, black adam, black panther, black widow, boba fett, comiccon, comiccon@home, dceu, deadpool, death stranding, deathloop, disney, disney+, double fine, encanto, ghostwire tokyo, gran turismo 7, greta gerwig, hera syndulla, jackass forever, kojima, korg, loki, margot robbie, mcu, movies, netflix gaming, nickelodeon, nicolas cage, nintendo, paramount+, pixar, playstation 5, ps4, ps5, pyschonaughts 2, rick and morty, snk, sony, star wars, stranger things, super mario64, the bad batch, the book of boba fett, the boys, the emmys, the legend of zelda, the mandalorian, the witcher, the witcher 3, tiger king, tv shows, video games, wakanda forever, wandavision, xbox series x|s
We are back with another rendition of the pod. This week: Black Widow Review, Netflix is looking to up their game output, and the Bad Batch hits a sour note. That and more, come take a listen.