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Displaying 5 items of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "playground games".
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Episode 402: Its a trailer park Z
January 29th, 2026 | 59 mins 37 secs
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We finally have a release date for Forza Horizon 6, and at the same time saw that Game Freak can do more than Pokémon. Steam is facing a massive lawsuit in the UK, will it hold? Plus Sinners sweeps the Oscar noms, Dragon Ball celebrates its 40th in style, and there were more Trailers then you could shake a stick at this past week.
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Episode 400: Staying Four-Humble
January 14th, 2026 | 1 hr 1 min
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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 386: Let's just not nitpick over the passwords
October 2nd, 2025 | 1 hr 40 mins
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One Battle After Another, is what I should rename this podcast, because the movie was that good, and a full review is inside. Plus Xbox takes another self imposed L, Sony gives itself a gold medal, and EA goes private. The Simpsons are headed back to the big screen, and an AI "actress" has Hollywood in a fervor. Plus Forza Horizon is finally headed to the land of the Rising Sun, and Ubisoft gives Assassin's Creed a new home.
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Episode 381: No Difficulty Options
August 28th, 2025 | 1 hr 32 mins
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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 162: The Return of the Chief
June 17th, 2021 | 45 mins 45 secs
343i, andor, anime, aquaman, assassins creed, avatar, batman, bethesda, book of boba fett, breath of the wild, dceu, disney+, e3, e32021, elden ring, fallout, farcry 6, final fantasy, flight simulator, forza horizon 5, forza motorsport, from software, frontier, geeked week, gta, gta online, guardians of the galaxy, halo infinite, helms deep, jurassic world evolution 2, kenobi, kojima productions, lego batman, link, loki, lord of the rings, mario + rabbids, marvels the avengers, mcu, metroid, metroid dread, microsoft xbox, movies, netflix, ninteno, no way home, paramount+, picard, playground games, rainbow 6, razer, riders republic, rocksmith+, rockstar games, rohan, samus, spider-man, splinter cell, square enix, star trek, star trek prodigy, star wars, starfield, summer of gamming, the bad bath, the flash, the legend of zelda, the mandaloria, turn10, tv shows, ubisoft, video games, warner bros, xbox, xbox games showcase, xbox series x, zelda
E3 2021 is in the bag, mostly. Disney is making waves at Disney+. And the Future of DC on film is coming into focus