Nick's Nerd News - Episodes Tagged with “Studio Ghibli”

Episode 409: What have we here? Matching uniforms?

Nick DeFalco — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:00:00 -0700

The Oscars were this weekend, and surprise surprise, PTA won big, while Chalamet went home with nothing. We also got two big trailers this week, Dune Pt. 3 and Spider-Man: Brand New Day! Pokémon Go was used to farm us for AR images and map data, and Nvidia says we're wrong about DLSS5. Plus we have the Scooby gang all casted for Netflix's upcoming adaptation.

Episode 336: Live from New York...

Nick DeFalco — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:45:00 -0700

Did anyone of you know that one of the biggest leaks in Pokémon history happened this past weekend? but hey, now you can buy and play Xbox games right from your phone so that's pretty cool. Disney announces release dates for Lilo & Stich and Freakier Friday, meanwhile Joker 2 has one of the worst second weekends at the box office. That plus a review of Saturday Night.

Episode 307: The Juice is Loose

Nick DeFalco — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:30:00 -0700

We got a fun one for you today! Recaps from GDC were the future of PlayStation and Xbox are on developers minds. Larian is moving on from DnD, Bethesda says The Elder Scrolls VI is playable, and Gearbox is leaving Embracer Group. Plus its trailer centrail, Bad Boys 4, The Penguin, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, House of the Dragon, and More. Plus Happy Gilmore 2 seems to be a lock, and Tony Hawk is making a cartoon. Plus a full review of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and my top 10 90s comedies.

Episode 292: The Game Awards Minus Two

Nick DeFalco — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 23:30:00 -0800

We have a review of Godzilla Minus One, which im gonna say now, my favorite movie of 2023, hands down. We also got the game awards last week, over 20 new games announced, most of which had no release dates, Baldur's Gate 3 was the big winner, no surprises. We also saw the announcement of several movies, and the release of several trailers for big upcoming sequels. Barbie and Succession dominate the Golden Globe Nominees, and we lost a great star of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Episode 286: Spared Every Expense

Nick DeFalco — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 19:15:00 -0700

Happy Halloween everyone! Sony shakeups Bungie, Xbox shakes up its leadership, and Cliff Bleszinski wants to shake up Gears again. Ubisoft is prepping to dump old online services, Stardew Valley creator wants Studio Ghibli version of Stardew Valley, and Five Nights at Freddy's wins the weekend box office. Over in Hollywood, Marvel studios finds its new creative team for Daredevil Born Again, WB parks "Fantastic Beasts", while Disney shifts some dates. The Actors are still negotiating, Plus a top 10 of 90s Sci-Fi movies.

Episode 284: I'm Just Pete

Nick DeFalco — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0700

NYCC 2023 came and went with a whimper, im not kidding. But hey the Xbox finally completed their purchase of ActivisionBlizzard ending the 2 year nightmare. also unfortunately the SAG-AFTRA strike will continue, it seems they wont get the same concessions that the WGA got in their strike. Starfield was the best selling game in the US in September beating expectations, Matthew Vaugn opens up about leaving X3, and we go over the best 90s Teen Movies! Come Take A listen!

Episode 265: Across the Pod-Verse

Nick DeFalco — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 23:30:00 -0700

This week we have a review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse, which you wont want to miss. We also have all the news out of both Meta and Apples new conferences, where a lot of new head based hardware was announced. We learned some major shakeups are coming at GameStop, and the WGA strike continues. No movement on the ABK Xbox merger, and The Rock is getting another standalone movie in the Fast Saga.

Episode 240: The Game Awards 2: Electric Boogaloo

Nick DeFalco — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:15:00 -0800

That's right, we got a lot more sequel announcements at The Game Awards then anyone may have expected! And we aren't done with awards, as the Golden Globe Nominees were announced as well, and it looks like were in for an interesting ride. Meanwhile what the hell is going on at DC, James Gunn seems to have a massive amount of possible or not possible leaks on his hands. Meanwhile, the FTC is now the third regulatory body to "look deeper" into the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Episode 236: He Was Vengeance, He Was the Night, He will always be Batman

Nick DeFalco — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 22:45:00 -0800

RIP Kevin Conroy, the goat, THE Batman! Also God of War Ragnarok is out and is fun, the game awards have announced their nominees, and yes Marvels Avengers is still a thing. Andor continues to knock it out of the park, The Santa Clauses is slow, and Ash finally becomes the very best. John Wick Chpater 4 brings in the big guns, James Gunn teases something Terrific, and Margot Robie is no longer sailing. That and more come take a listen.

Episode 185: Everybody gets a Smash clone!

Nick DeFalco — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

Halo Infinite MP has been out a week, and I have some thoughts. Meanwhile that rumored WarnerBros Smash clone is real, and its spectacular. The external pressure on Activision is growing, and internal pressure isn't simmering down either. Meanwhile Lucasfilm is setting its sights on the future of the franchise, and TV seems to be the path. The MCU is setting up multiple secret projects, and Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a sequel worth your time.

Episode 95: UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A

Nick DeFalco — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 19:30:00 -0800

Yes you read that right, RIP to Kazuhisa Hashimoto, creator of the Konami Code. Also this week a whole bunch of Xbox Series X news, The coronavirus is affecting all aspects of the entertainment community, a big shake up at Disney. What is Project Luminous, Pokemon day, and some clone wars and Picard discussion.

Episode 76: Extra Super Duper Episode Part 2 - Lets all go to the movies

Nick DeFalco — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 17:30:00 -0700

This is part two of a two part episode covering two weeks worth of action packed Nerd news. This episode focuses mainly on the movie news of the past two weeks, with some TV and tech news to book end the episode. a