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Displaying 10 items of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "shazam".
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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!
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Episode 255: I'm Thinking I'm Back
March 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 2 mins
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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 251: State of Presents Earnings Call
March 2nd, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
amazon studios, andy muschietti, arkhamverse, baldurs gate 3, batman, battlefield 2042, bethesda, beyond good and evil 2, call of duty, capcom, captain pikachu, chris pine, cocaine bear, dcu, destiny 2, dice, disney+, dune, dune prequel, e3, ea games, elden ring, ffxvi, forspoken, forza horizon 5, forza motorsport, fromsoftware, games with gold, glass onion, guillermo del toro, hbo max, hogwarts legacy, io interactive, it, it prequel, knives out, lord of the rings, mcu, meta quest 2, meta quest 3, middle earth, modern warfare ii, mortal kombat 12, movies, netflix, new line cinema, nintendo, occulus, paramount+, peter jackson, picard, playstation, pokémon, pokémon anime, pokémon concierge, pokémon presents, pokémon scarlet, pokémon sleep, pokémon violet, ps5, psvr2, resident evil, resident evil 4 remake, ring of power, rockstead studios, rogers: the musical, shazam, shigeru miyamoto, shinji mikami, sony, square enix, star trek, star wars, state of play, steven yeun, stranger things, street fighter 6, succession, suicide squad kill the justice league, super mario bros movie, tango gameworks, the evil within, the mandalorian, the night manager, the thunderbolts, tom cruise, top gun maverick, tv shows, ubisoft, vaporware, video games, warnerbros, wb, xbox, xbox series x
We had a lot of investor news this week, between WB's earnings call, the Sony State of Play, and a Pokémon Presents. EA wants to beef up production on Battlefield, while Ubisoft seems to be less and less interested in beyond good and evil 2 with each passing day. HBO Max loses one prequel and gains another. The Mando is back, and the Lord of the Rings may be as well. That and more come take a listen.
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Episode 241: The Power that's inside
December 22nd, 2022 | 49 mins 13 secs
000, amazon games, amazon prime video, amazon studios, arnold schwarzenegger, ash ketchum, ashoka, avatar, avatar the way of water, bad batch, barbie, barbie movie, black adam, crystal dynamics, dcu, deadpool, deadpool 3, death stranding, disney+, donald glover, dwane johnson, embracer group, epic games, final fantasy, five nights at freddy's, fortnite, ftc, gal gadot, goat simulator, gta 6, guerilla games, hbo, hbo max, henry cavill, hideo kojima, high on life, horizon zero dawn, indiana jones 5, indiana jones and the dial of destiny, insomniac games, james cameron, james gunn, justin roiland, kojima productions, loki, lord of the rings, lucasfilm, marvel, marvels spider-man, marvels spider-man miles morales, mcu, middle earth, movies, nintendo, pikachu, playstation, playstation studios, pokémon, ps5, rick and morty, rings of power, rockstar games, scooby-doo, secret invasion, shazam, sony pictures, spider-man, squanch games, star wars, steam controller, steam deck, the mandalorian, the rock, the santa clauses, the terminator, tomb raider, tv shows, valve, velma, video games, warhammer 40, warhammer 40k, westworld, wolverine, wonder woman
You read that title right. Its a Pokémon reference, as we have now learned, Ash Ketchum is nearing the end of his Pokémon Journey. Big Shakeups happening in the world of the Xbox Activision merger. The FTC moves against Epic, John Carmack is leaving Meta, and Goat Simulator tries to rip off GTA 6. Amazon is making big promises for the Rings of Power's future, and HBO Max continues to fumble on the goal line. James Gunn talks Terminators future, Henry Cavill joins a new IP universe, and James Gunn isn't backing down.
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Episode 238: Nintendo gonna Nintendo
November 30th, 2022 | 52 mins 42 secs
activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, amc, andor, ang lee, arma 3, barbie, battlefield, bethesda, black adam, bruce lee, call of duty, cocaine bear, david cage, dc animation, dc kingdom come, dc studio, dcu, disney+, ea, easy rider, fallout, game freak, greta gerwig, guardians of the galaxy holiday special, henry cavill, indian jones 5, james gunn, lucasfilm, mario, mass effect, mcu, mcu ranking, microsoft, movies, nintendo, overwatch 2, paramount+, phase 4, picard, pokémon, quantic dream, sega, shazam, sony, star trek, star trek the next generation, star trek tng, star wars, starship troopers, super mario bros, superman, the federal trade comission, the rock, the walking dead, top gun maverick, tv shows, video games, xbox
Why does Nintendo always have such poor community outreach? At least when it comes to games that aren't Pokémon. is there more trouble brewing for the Microsoft acquisition of ActivisionBlizzard? What made the Fallout TV show so much more appealing this time around? AMC is facing its own Walking Dead, Netflix has a hit with Wednesday and Disney+ is bring in more Fox properties. Andor ending on the highest note possible. Meanwhile Indy 5 impressed Harrison, James Gunn hints at whats to come, the Cocaine Bear is getting the movie adaptation it deserved!
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Episode 213: Wait where are the E's? Aren't there supposed to be 3?
June 8th, 2022 | 51 mins 58 secs
amazon prime video, apple tv+, arcane, beavis and butthead, bioware, black adam, call of duty, call of duty: modern warfare 2, capcom, cod, dceu, deadpool 3, disney plus, doctor strange in the multiverse of madness, dragonage, e3, ea, final fantasy 16, ghostbusters, gotham knights, hbo max, horizon forbidden west, i am groot, its morbin time, joker 2, kelvin timeline, kong skull island, lotr, manifest, mcu, modern warfare, modern warfare 2, morbius, movies, ms. marvel, netflix geeked week, obi-wan kenobi, one piece, paramount+, playstation, prehistoric planet, prey, raised by wolves, razer, resident evil 4, sandman, scream 6, shazam, sonic central, sonic frontiers, sonic origins, sonic the hedgehog, sony, sony playstation, star trek, star wars, state of play, street fighter, street fighter 6, super nintendo world, the boys, the cw, the rings of power, the rock, tim burton, top gun maverick, tv shows, universal studios hollywood, video games, what we do in the shadows
There is definitely a noticeable difference when E3 doesn't happen. Yet the gaming worlds keeps trucking. Sony dropped their state of play last week, which revelated Street Fighter 6 to the world. Sonic decided to stop by and announce new licensing deals. CoD is coming back with a vengeance. Netflix hosts its annual Geeked Week, and the CW is just idk man. Meanwhile Top Gun continues its dominance, Joker 2 is a real thing, and Beavis and Butthead Return!
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Episode 163: The 3 CEOs of Gaming
June 24th, 2021 | 1 hr 6 mins
343i, adult swim, alan wake, beast wars, cad bane, dan harmon, dceu, disney+, doug bowser, e3 2021, ea, ea sports, epic games store, f9, fast 9, five nights at freddy's, forza horizon 5, halo infinite, harrison ford, hellblade 2, how it ends, idris elba, imax, indiana jones, james gunn, jim ryan, john cena, jurassic world dominion, justin roiland, kevin feige, loki, madden nfl, mcu, microsoft, movies, nathan pyle, nintendo, nintendo of america, nintendo switch, pax, pax west, phil spencer, playstation 5, ps5, ratchet and clank rift apart, rick and morty, shazam, solar opposites, sony entertainment america, sony entertainment online, sony playstation, star wars, starro, strange planet, street fighter, supergirl, tekken, tekken x street fighter, the bad batch, the boys, the flash, the suicide squad, transformers, transformers: rise of the beasts, tv shows, video games, xbox, xbox series x|s
Well we are a week past E3 and the gaming news keeps dropping. Lets check in with the heads of Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo. Meanwhile lets all try to not be hypocrites. The Bad Batch sees the return of a fan favorite character. Loki offers up a twist, and Rick and Morty changes things up for the better. And Optimus Primal is coming to the big screen baby!
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Episode 160: A Ragnarok for another day
June 2nd, 2021 | 54 mins 33 secs
black panther, borderlands 3, danai gurira, dark horse comics, dceu, disney+, doctor strange 2, e3 2021, evo 2021, farcry, farcry 6, gearbox, god of war, god of war ragnarok, guerilla games, hellboy, horizon forbidden west, horizon zero dawn, indiana jones, joker, jungle cruise, jupiters legacy, lootcrate, mark millar, mcu, millarworld, moonknight, movies, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch, okoye, oscar isaac, playstation 5, ps5, scott derrickson, sega, seth rogan, shazam, sonic the hedgehog, sony interactive entertainment, sony pictures, sony playstation, sony santa monica, spider-man, spumc, star wars, the bad batch, the rock, tmnt, todd phillips, tv shows, ubisoft, video games, wakanda
Hot off the delay of God of War Ragnarok, we take the time to discuss Horizon Forbidden West and Far Cry 6. Sonic turns 30, and Dark Horse Comics wants to get into the games business. Meanwhile Netflix changes its plans for Jupiters Legacy, The Bad Batch picks up steam again, and Jungle Cruise looks to be a wild ride, no pun intended. Plus Loot Crate earns points with me again.
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Episode 151: NNN patch 1.5.1
April 1st, 2021 | 53 mins 20 secs
#restorethesnyderverse, adult swim, analogue pocket, anime, attack on titan, band and olufsen, black adam, call of duty, call of duty modern warfare, cdprojektred, chroma, cod, cyberpunk 2077, cyberpunk bugs, dc comics, dceu, discord, disney+, ea sports, ever given, games with gold, george rr martin, hulu, jar jar binks, john hamm, lucifer, marvel, mcu, microsoft, microsoft xbox, modok, mortal kombat, movies, nbcuniversal, netflix, obi wan kenobi, oculus quest 2, oddworld, pax east, peacock, playstation, playstation 4, playstation 5, powepuff girls, project hazel, ps4, ps5, psn plus games, razer, rgb, rick and morty, russell crowe, san diego comic con, sdcc, shazam, sony, sony playstation, star wars, star wars the clone wars, suez canal, the arrowverse, the bad batch, the cw, the falcon and the winter solider, the flash, the foo fighters, the rock, the suicide squad, the witcher, thor 4, thor love and thunder, tv shows, venom 2, video games, warner bros, warzone, xbox, xbox one, xbox series x|s
Welcome All, welcome In! This week we wonder if Discord will become part of the Microsoft family. Cyberpunk finally addresses most of its bugs. Razer wants to RGB and chroma the world. While Netflix is increasing its theatrical and Anime Output. The Streaming wars are heating up in response. Obi-Wan will have returning characters, but not the ones you think. The Suicide Squad looks great, and I mean that. All that, and Comic-Con may be back in a new way. Come take a listen.
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Episode 84: The Golden Games Awards
December 18th, 2019 | 59 mins 22 secs
amazon, arrowverse, call of duty modern warfare, crisis on infinite earths, dceu, disney, disney+, final fantasy, fortnite, ghostbusters, james gunn, john wick, keanu reeves, kingdom hearts, loot crate, minecraft, mlb the show, movies, netflix, play station, pokemon, rick and morty, shazam, star wars, the game awards, the golden globes, the mandalorian, the matrix, the office, tv shows, video games, xbox, xbox series x
Oh you want reward show coverage? you got it both the game awards and the Golden Globes. Also we finally know the name of the next XBOX. plus unsurprising news about Modern Warfare. Amazons LOTR show looses an actor. Crisis recap. Netflix, DCEU news, Keanu Day, Loot crate and more.