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Displaying items 1-10 of 19 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "the oscars".
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Episode 409: What have we here? Matching uniforms?
March 18th, 2026 | 1 hr 4 mins
a quiet place, a24, aaron pierre, activision, ai, amazon prime video, assassin's creed, bethesda, blizzard, bloodsport, bluepoint, bradley cooper, buffy the vampire slayer, capcom, dc studios, dcu, disney, dlss 5, dune pt. 3, epic games, fallout 4, family guy, firefly, fortnite, fox, gaming, geek, green lantern, hulu, jack ryan, james gunn, jcvd, jeff kaplan, kpop demon hunters, krafton, lilo & stich, matt reeves, mcu, microsoft, movies, nathan fillion, nerd, netflix, niantic, nvidia, oceans 11, one battle after another, overwatch, paul thomas anderson, payday, pegi, pixar, playstation, pokémon go, resident evil, resident evil requiem, robert pattinson, ryan coogler, scooby doo, seth mcfarlane, sinners, sony, spider-man, spider-man: brand new day, starbreeze, starfield, steam, steam machine, stewie, studio ghibli, subnautica 2, superman, take two interactive, the 98th academy awards, the batman, the incredibles, the last of us, the oscars, tom clancy, tv, ubisoft, vbucks, video games, xbox
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.
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Episode 408: Get to da Choppa...again?
March 11th, 2026 | 57 mins 37 secs
ai actress, amazon prime video, arnold schwarzenegger, battlefield, battlefield 6, bon jovi, capcom, commodore, dave filoni, disney+, donald glover, ea, elijah wood, epic games, frodo, gaming, geek, ghostface, halo, hbo, jonathan frakes, k-pop demon hunters, kate winslet, knights of the old republic, konami, kotor, lord of the rings, lucasfilm, major nelson, marvel, master chief, mega man, microsoft, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, palworld, playstation, pokémon, project helix, resident evil 9, rooster, saber interactive, samurai champloo, sony, spider-man, star trek, star wars, steam machine, super mario galaxy movie, tangled, tariffs, the boys, the hulk, the oscars, tinker bell, tv, valve, video games, walt disney animation, walt disney pictures, xbox, yoshi, yu-gi-oh, zootopia 2
Xbox's future is secure for now, but can Project Helix help? PlayStation decides to say screw everyone and adopts dynamic pricing. Meanwhile, lawsuits are brimming all over the gaming landscape. Plus, Star Wars has entered a new "Era", and Arnold is teasing legacy sequels???
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Episode 402: Its a trailer park Z
January 29th, 2026 | 59 mins 37 secs
academy awards, ai, batman, beast of reincarnation, beerus, daredevil, darth maul, dcu, disney+, double fine, dragon ball, dragon ball super, elden ring: nightrein, fable, forza horizon, forza horizon 6, from software, game freak, gaming, geek, guillermo del toro, he-man, hellboy, henry cavill, highlander, invincible, james gunn, kiln, lobo, lucasfilm, mario kart, master chief, masters of the universe, maul: shadow lord, mcu, metroid prime, movies, nerd, nintendo, one battle after another, playground games, playstation, pokémon, prince of persia, ron pearlman, runescape, sam raimi, sinners, skeletor, sony, spider-man, star wars, steam, steve downes, super mario galaxy movie, supergirl, ted lasso, the oscars, the simpsons, tv, ubisoft, universal studios japan, video games, xbox, xbox developer direct, yoshi
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 396: These go to eleven
December 17th, 2025 | 1 hr 24 mins
a new hope, abc, amazon prime video, amc, avengers endgame, bad robot, bandai namco, battlefield, bethesda, black ops 7, call of duty, ccxp, christopher nolan, clair obscur expedition 33, daniel craig, dcu, disney, elder scrolls, fallout, five nights at freddy's 2, fnaf 2, game of thrones, gamestop, gaming, geek, gta 6, harada, hideo kojima, imax, jon snow, kit harrington, knives out, kotor, kotor 2, lanterns, lobo, lord of the rings, mcu, movies, nerd, netflix, nex playground, obsidian entertainment, paramount, playstation, point break, rian johnson, rob reiner, rockstar games, skyrim, spider-noir, star wars, star wars a new hope, star wars fate of the old republic, stephen spielberg, street fighter, supergirl, tekken, the boys, the game awards, the golden globes, the odyssey, the oscars, tomb raider, total war, tv, uk government, video games, wake up dead man, warhammer 40k, warner bros, whodunnit, youtube, zootopia 2
The world lost a great director this week, and its not gonna be the same without him. We've got two weeks of stories to cover, The Game Awards got swept, and also gave us to Star Wars game announcements. The Golden Globes are set, and will the Bear be dethroned by The Studio? The Warner Bros and Netflix saga has begun, despite Paramount's eagerness, CCXP brought the trailers, and Wake Up Dead man dropped on Netflix. Come take a listen.
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Episode 384: Mileage may vary
September 18th, 2025 | 1 hr 37 mins
a knight of the seven kingdoms, amazon prime video, amy poehler, anaconda, assassin's creed, asus, avengers, avengers: doomsday, battlefield 6, bethesda, boderlands 4, central perk, comedy central, console wars, dice, disney+, dr. doom, ea, elder scrolls online, eso, final fantasy vii, fire emblem, friends, game of thrones, gaming, gearbox interactive, geek, halle berry, hbo, hbo max, henry cavill, highlander, hollow knight silksong, house of the dragon, jack black, jimmy kimmel, joseph kosinski, mark hamill, mass effect, mega pokémon, miami vice, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, paul rudd, pokémon, pokémon legends z-a, ricky gervais, robert redford, sega, seth rogan, sonic, south park, star wars, stephen king, super mario, super mario bros, super mario galaxy, superman, the batman pt 2, the elder scrolls, the emmys, the long walk, the muppet show, the muppets, the oscars, the witcher, tv, ubisoft, video games, xbox
While there are fun things to talk about, like the Muppets returning, Nintendo directs, the 90s Console wars, and the new Anaconda. There are also not fun things, like Nintendo and Pokémon behind paywalls, HBO and passwords, and The Long Walk. And at the end, a serious discussion about a topic I try to stay away from, but luckily, that's at the end. Enjoy
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Episode 362: Marathon: Born Again
April 16th, 2025 | 1 hr 13 mins
amazon prime video, bfi, bungie, call of duty, call of duty warzone, cd projekt red, china, daredevil born again, david fincher, devil may cry, disney+, drm, elder scrolls, gaming, geek, george lucas, harry potter, hbo, lucasfilm, m3gan, marathon, mcu, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, phil spencer, phoebe waller-bridge, playstation 5, ps5, regie fils-aime, samsung, shawn layden, shawn levy, shuhei yoshida, star wars, star wars zero company, the crew, the oscars, tomb raider, tv, ubisoft, verdansk, video games, warzone, xbox
Did y'all catch that Daredevil Born Again finale? Cause that was pretty damn good. Everyone in the industry comments on the Switch 2, Xbox has some leaks, and and CD Projekt Red is fighting rumors. Plus Ubisoft is trying to say we dont own our games???? Meanwhile HBO confirms some of its Harry Potter Cast, The Oscars finally are going to recognize Stunts, and Star Wars is getting a different kind of re-release.
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Episode 356: My power bands are running low!
March 5th, 2025 | 42 mins 31 secs
academy awards, activision, ai, anora, black ops, black ops 6, blizzard, call of duty, capcom, cartoon network, cod warzone, conan obrien, dardevil born again, dc studios, disney, disney+, dreamworks, gaming, geek, gene hackman, grand theft auto 6, green lantern, gta 6, john cena, kathleen kennedy, lanterns, lucasfilm, marvel studios, marvel television, mcu, monster hunter, movies, naughty dog, neil druckman, nerd, nintendo, playstation, pokémon, ps5, rockstar, rod ferguson. diablo 4, shrek, shrek 5, sony interactive entertainment, space ghost, star trek, star wars, steam, tariffs, the brutalist, the last of us, the oscars, the wrath of khan, tony hawk, tony hawks pro skater, tv, verdansk, video games, wicked
I’m not a regular talk show host. I’m a cool talk show host, is what I would say if I were Space Ghost, RIP to George Lowe. Pokémon finally gave us an update Pokémon Legends Z-A, plus what looks like a successor to Pokémon Stadium. Activision is in some hot water over AI again, but might win back hearts with Tony Hawk and Verdansk. Plus Shrek 5 ruffles some feathers, Kathleen Kennedy isnt going anywhere, and the Oscars make some surprises.
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Episode 351: Wide Angle Lens
January 29th, 2025 | 1 hr 41 secs
academy awards, agatha all along, assassin's creed, assassins creed shadows, beyond two souls, bioware, blops 6, call of duty, call of duty black ops 6, cod, compulsion games, david bowie, dc studios, dcu, disney+, doom the dark ages, dragon age, dragon age: the veilguard, dunk & egg, ea, emilia perez, epic games, final fantasy 7, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george rr martin, hbo, id software, james gunn, jurassic park, jurassic world, jurassic world rebirth, labyrinth, mass effect, mass effect 5, max, mcu, movies, nerd, ninja gaiden, ninja gaiden 4, nintendo switch 2, nvidia, palworld, paramount, paramount+, phil spencer, platinum games, playstation, pocketpair, psn, resident evil, robert eggers, sony, sony interactive entertainment, south of midnight, spider-man, square enix, star trek, star trek section 31, supergirl, superman, team ninja, the matrix, the oscars, tv, ubisoft, video games, westeros, will smith, xbox, xbox developer direct
How about that Superman Trailer....people need to chill. Is Bioware doomed? Is Xbox really going to change to publishing? The Oscars controversy continues, and Robert Eggers is heading to the land of Labyrinth, which I miss David Bowie even more. Also Fans need to chill, for real....
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Episode 350: Don't Worry, Nobody's Listening Anway!
January 22nd, 2025 | 59 mins 44 secs
across the spider-verse, activision, benedict cumberbatch, black ops 6, blops 6, bob uecker, bytedance, call of duty black ops 6, celeste, chris columbus, cod, colombia pictures, conclave, david lynch, dc elseworlds, dcu, doctor strange, ea sports, ea sports college football 26, gaming, geek, grand theft auto vi, gta 6, gta vi, harry potter, hbo, insomniac games, into the spider-verse, james gunn, live service games, lucasfilm, major league, mario kart, marvel snap, mcu, movies, nerd, netflix, new york game awards, nintendo, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, paramount pictures, playstation, playstation studios, rockstar games, ryan gosling, shawn levy, sonic 4, sonic the hedgehog, sony pictures, spider-man, spider-man: beyond the spider-verse, star wars, stephen king, the avengers, the oscars, the terminator, tiktok, tv, video games
WE DID IT! WE MADE IT TO 350! That's right 350 episodes in the can! Who would've thought? Not me, well not really. Anyway we still got news! The Nintendo Switch 2 has been officially revealed, despite the lame name. Netflix is jacking up prices again...meanwhile the industry is hoping Rockstar charges $100 for GTA 6, here's hoping they don't. Ryan gosling may be heading to a galaxy far, far, away, and the spider-verse is going to be farther away.
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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!