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Episode 376: No More Tears
July 24th, 2025 | 1 hr 43 mins
Assassin's Creed, Bethesda, CBS, Doctor Doom, Donkey Kong, FX, Final Fantasy XIV, Futurama, Hulu, Judge dredd, MCU, Miles Morales, Netflix, Playstation, Reed Richards, South Park, Spider-Man, Square Enix, Star Wars, TV, Taika Waititi, Windows 10, Xbox, alamo drafthouse, alien: earth, amazon prime video, avengers doomsday, beyond the spider-verse, booster gold, captain marvel, captain planet, critical roll, dcu, disney, disney+, dredd, fc 26, fx on hulu, gabe newell, gaming, geek, ghosts of yotei, harry potter, hbo, hbo max, hellraiser, invincible, james gunn, jeopardy, kevin feige, king of the hill, lego, lego gameboy, leonardo dicaprio, loki, madden, madden curse, malcolm jamal warner, mario kart world, marvel studios, mortal kombat ii, movies, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, obsidian entertainment, ozzy osbourne, paramount, paramount+, pokémon, pokémon legends za, pokémon presents, popcorn bucket, resident evil 2, robert downey jr, stephen colbert, stranger things, superman, supermassive, the avengers, the chines room, the elder scrolls, the fantastic four, the late show, the outer worlds, the outer worlds 2, thunderbolts*, tron, tron ares, ubisoft, unreal engine, valve, video games, walt disney pictures, wandavision, warner bros, wednesday, wednesday adams, x-men
Another day, another round of layoffs in the gaming industry, will it ever stop? The Pokémon company had a presents and showed off more TV than games, Xbox rolls back a controversial pricing plan, and why are video games getting popcorn buckets? Plus, new trailers all around: Tron Ares, Mortal Kombat, Stranger Things and Alien: Earth. Kevin Feige holds an MCU roundtable instead of going to Comic Con, Captain Planet is headed back to TV!
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Episode 290: The Courage to podcast
November 29th, 2023 | 1 hr 12 mins
90s, 90s drama, 90s movies, Bethesda, Beyond Good and Evil, Fallout, Five Nights At Freddy's, Good Will Hunting, MCU, Netflix, PS Plus, Phil Spencer, Playstation, Red Dead Redemption 2, Silent Hill, Sony, Star Wars, TED, TV, Taika Waititi, The Division, The Witcher, Xbox, alien, amazon prime video, american history x, any given sunday, apollo 13, ark: survival evolved, avatar, beetlejuice, blue beetle, blumhouse, bob iger, brokedown palace, bungie, bytedance, casino, cd projekt red, chris evans, cyberpunk 2077, david zaslav, destiny 2, disney, disney 100, disney's wish, free radicals, frontier, gabe newell, gaming, geek, geoff keighly, goodfellas, gta definitive edition, gta online, hamlet, hbo, kang the conqueror, lego 2kdrive, life is beautiful, looney tunes, lord gaben, marvel snap, massive entertainment, max, michael waldron, movies, namcobandai, naruto, naughtydog, ncsoft, nerd, netflix games, nuvrse, october sky, peacock, pokémon, ps5, rdr online, red dead online, rockstar games, sag-aftra, sebastian stan, seth mcfarlane, sonic 3, sony interactive entertainment, spider-man 2, steam, team17, tekken 8, the arkham trilogy, the avengers, the batman, the boys, the game awards, the hunger games, the kang dynasty, the last of us, the last of us 2, the snydercut, this is spinal tap, tiktok, timesplitters, timothy olyphant, todd howard, tom clancy, tony todd, twitter, ubisoft, unity engine, valve corp, video games, warhammer, warnerbros discovery, wb games, wbd, weta fx, willem dafoe, wish, worms, zack snyder
We should all have courage like David Zaslav (；￣Д￣）. Lord Gaben has been required to return to the US for court, more layoffs hit the game development world, and CD Projekt Red is really gearing up for the Witcher 4. Meanwhile The Hunger Games prequel is just wrapping up the box office, Taika wants to make sure his Star Wars will be good, and Chris Evans is totally unware of the return of Cap. Also I give my top 10 90s Drama films.
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Episode 288: Snubfield Legacy
November 16th, 2023 | 1 hr 13 mins
90s, 90s movies, COD, Denzel Washington, Garfield, Highlander, MCU, Netflix, Playstation, Ryan Gosling, Star Wars, TV shows, Taika Waititi, The Witcher, Tomb Raider, Top 10, Xbox, alan wake 2, amazon games, anthony starr, arcane, arkhamverse, avatar the last airbender, baldur's gate 3, borderlands, borderlands movie, brink!, call of duty, captain marvel, ces, chris pratt, coyote vs acme, dcu, deadpool 3, disney, disney channel original movie, disney+, eli roth, exploding cats, fantastic 4, friends, hades ii, halloweentown, he-man, henry cavill, i'm just ken, inside out 2, insomniac games, james cameron, james gunn, john wick, kaiserpunk, larian, loki, looney tunes, madame webb, magic the gathering, marvel studios, marvel's spider-man 2, marvel's what if..., matt groenig, matt leblanc, matthew perry, mcu on disney+, modern warfare 3, mortal kombat 1, movies, mwiii, netflix geeked week, nintendo, nintendo indieworld showcase, nintendo switch, nvidia, pedro pascal, persona, pixar, playstation studios, pokémon, ps5, resident evil 4, rocksteady studios, sega, sledgehammer games, smart house, sony pictures, sony playstation, sony spider-man universe, star wars hunters, starfield, steam, steam deck, stranger things, suicide squad kill the justice league, super mario wonder, supergirl: woman of tomorrow, superman legacy, tears of the kingdom, tekken, tekken 8, the abyss, the boys, the game awards, the grammys, the marvels, the office, the simpsons, thor 5, tiffany & co, ultraman, valve corp, venom 3, video games, warnerbros, wb discovery, wonka, xbox series x, yu yu hakusho, zac effron, zelda, zenon: girl of the 21st century
The Game awards nominees have been announced, and boy are there some major snubs. Nintendo had its indieworld showcase, Rocksteady shows off more of Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, Valve announces the Steam Deck OLED. Meanwhile as Hollywood gets back to work, Marvel Studios delays, WB cancels, and Netflix keeps chugging along. Plus a review of The Marvels, and my top 10 Disney Channel Original Movies.
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Episode 265: Across the Pod-Verse
June 7th, 2023 | 1 hr 7 mins
AR, Bethesda, Black Mirror, Christopher Nolan, MCU, Meta, Miles Morales, Netflix, Playstation, Sony, Star Wars, Studio Ghibli, TV shows, Taika Waititi, Verizon, Xbox, activisionblizzard, ahsoka, alan wake, angry birds, apple vision pro, aquaman, arkane studios, barbie, barbie movie, bioware, capcom, captain america, chris hemsworth, community, dcu, diablo iv. microsoft, disney+, ea sports, fast and furious, fast saga, ffvii, final fantasy 7 remake, gamestop, hobbs and shaw, insomniac games, jurassic park, knights of the old republic, kotor, madden nfl 24, marvel's spider-man 2, meta quest, movies, nintendo, oppenheimer, paramount+, peacock, pixar, playstation 5, prime video, ps5, redfall, remedy entertainment, sag-aftra, seagate, six seasons and a movie, spider-man 4, spider-man: across the spider-verse, squareenix, steam, street fighter 6, the mandalorian, the old republic, the rock, toy story, twitch, valve, video games, vr, western digital, wga strike, zenimax
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.
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Episode 252: When Myths Become Reality
March 9th, 2023 | 51 mins 12 secs
Bethesda, Daredevil, Donnie Yen, EA Games, Hellboy, Hulu, Lucasfilm, MCU, Metroid Fusion, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Punisher, Sea of Thieves, Sony, Star Trek, Star Wars, TMNT, TV shows, Taika Waititi, Wii U, Xbox, activisionblizzard, barry, call of duty, cities skylines, crusader kings, dead by daylight, dead space, detective pikachu, disney+, dragon ball z budokai, google, google stadia, half-life, haunted mansion, hbo, hogwarts legacy, james bond, jenna ortega, john bernthal, john wick chapter 4, keanu reeves, kevin feigi, mario kart 8, movies, nic cage, paradox interactive, paramount+, patty jenkins, pokémon anime, rogue squadron, seth rogan, splatoon, square-enix, star trek discovery, star trek picard, starfield, steam, stellaris, taron eggerton, ted lasso, the devil in the white city, the dominion, the founders, the mandalorian, the simpsons hit and run, valve, video games, wednesday
Will the ActivisionBlizzard deal ever stop making for great content? Because at this point its the gift that keeps on giving. Paradox interactive announces a slew of new games and DLC including Cities: Skylines II, Starfield finally has a new release date, and Google Admits it can't do cloud games alone. Paramount+ pulls the plug on Star Trek Discovery, maybe? Jon Bernthal joins the MCU, The Mandalorian shows a Star Wars beast of mythical proportions and Star Trek Picard brings back and old enemy. Also what's going on at Lucasfilm in regards to Star Wars film future?
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Episode 217: I'm not even supposed to be here today
July 6th, 2022 | 46 mins 38 secs
Cuphead, EA Games, Fire Emblem, God of War, Kevin Smith, MCU, Netflix, Star Wars, TV shows, Taika Waititi, andor, ant-man, askiewniverse, atlus, avatar, bethesda softworks, bungie, cinema, clerks iii, destiny 2, disney cruises, disney+, duffer brothers, f-zero, fall guys, fallout 4, fallout76, forespoken, games with gold, ghosts of tsushima, god of war ragnarok, gta vi, halo infinite, hbo max, james cameron, jay and silent bob, kratos, michael jordan, minions, movies, national treasure, nba2k23, nintendo, persona, ps5, return to monkey island, rockstar games, sega, skate 4, sly cooper, sony santa monica, stranger things, sucker punch, taron egerton, thor love and thunder, ubisoft, video games, wolverine, x-men, xbox game pass, xbox live
Snoochie Boochies! Dante and Randall are back! Clerks III is coming and I cant wait! Also we finally have an official release date for God of War Ragnarok. Andor is coming in hot, and The Duffer Brothers are expanding their power at Netflix.
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Episode 105: Word to your mother
May 13th, 2020 | 57 mins 20 secs
Black Mirror, Rick and Morty, Star Wars, TV shows, Taika Waititi, Tom Cruise, Xbox, assassin's creed valhalla, avatar, batman, boba fett, bright, community, cyberpunk2077, demolition man, disney, disney+, disneyland, harry potter, hercules, jedi: fallen order, josh trank, lego star wars, loot crate, movies, national treasure, next gen, nic cage, parks and rec, reno 911!, sapce, solar opposites, space force, star wars day, the mandalorian, tiger king, ubisoft, video games, xbox series x
ITS OUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOLKS! so Nick spends it by not talking about it at all. We get our first look at next gen "gameplay". Cyberpunk2077 wants to piss off the religious groups, Mortal Kombat gets an extension. Star Wars day news!!!!!!!!!!!BOBA FETT, TAIKA, Jedi Fallen Order! Nic Cage is going to tv for the first time. Solar Opposites is hilarious, RENO911! is perfect. Sly says Demolition Man 2 is in the works, Avatar sequels cost how much? And the Batman 80th anniversary loot crate.
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Episode 65: The ShawHobbs Redemption
August 8th, 2019 | 46 mins 45 secs
DC comics, GTA, Ghostbusters, Halo, MCU, Playstation, Taika Waititi, Xbox, arrowverse, batman, d&d, deadpool, games with gold, geeks, hobbs and shaw, it, john wick, lion king, loot crate, movies, nerds, news, ninja, power rangers, psn plus, showtime, the fast and the furious, the flash, thor, twitch, video games
a Review of Hobbs and Shaw, Halo TV news. Ninja leaves twitch and more.