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We found 10 episodes of Nick's Nerd News with the tag “video games”.
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Episode 261: I'm not a Racoon!
May 10th, 2023 | 1 hr 14 mins
activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, amc, babylon 5, beetlejuice 2, bethesda, blade, bravely default, bungie, burger king, capcom, carrie fisher, cbs, disney, disney+, doctor strange, dungeons and dragons, ea, ea games, good omens, gran turismo, guardians of the galaxy vol. 3, harry potter, hogwarts legacy, into the spider-verse, jenna ortega, karl urban, kathleen kennedy, lotr, lucasfilm, marvel studios, marvel's spider-man, may the 4th be with you, mcu, metroid prime remastered, middle earth, movies, neil gaiman, netflix, niantic, nintendo, nintendo switch, one piece, oppenheimer, phil spencer, pokémon, pokémon anime, pokémon go, redfall, rings of power, riot games, rogue one, skeleton crew, star wars, star wars visions vol. 2, stranger things, street fighter 6, swat, tv shows, ubisoft, ultimate team, video games, wandavision, wga strike, xbox, yellowstone
This week is dominated by the affects of the WGA strike so lets talk about what is gonna get delayed. Also gaming seems to be beating at a normal pace so nothing major, other then EA posing massive profits, shocker, I know. And of course we have a review of Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3.
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Episode 260: 5 Years in the can!
May 3rd, 2023 | 59 mins 26 secs
abk, activisionblizzard, alien, alita:battle angel, armored core, avatar the last airbender, babylon 5, bethesda, blade, cal kestis, call of duty, capcom, chris hemsworth, chris pratt, christopher robin, cinemacon, cloud gaming, counter strike, damon lindelof, deadpool 3, discord, disney+, dodgeball, dune part 2, forza motorsport, from software, game development, games with gold, gladiator 2, james gunn, kevin durant, king of the hill, marvel midnight suns, marvel studios, mcu, microsoft, mission impossible, movies, netflix, nintendo, optimus prime, paramount pictures, pedro pascal, playstation, ps5, psvr2, respawn, rhianna, rob delaney, sigourney weaver, smurfette, snl, sony, spider-man across the spider-verse, spongebob, star wars, star wars day, star wars jedi: survivor, starfield, street fighter, super mario bros movie, super-man, sweet tooth, the simpsons, titanfall 3, tom cruise, transformers: one, tv shows, twisted metal, uk cma, uk prime minister, ukraine, vampire survivors, video games, vince vaughn, wga, wga strike, writers guild of america, writers strike, xbox, xbox games showcase
You Heard that Right! Today marks the 5th anniversary of the start of this podcast, and how are we celebrating? By treating it like any other week of course! lol. Anyway, this weeks has some fun topics. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is out and we have a early feelings review, we are a week out from the CMA's decision on the Xbox ABK deal, The Writers Strike is official, and we finally got our first look at Dune Part II. Come take a listen.
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Episode 259: An F-Bomb drops on the MCU
April 26th, 2023 | 47 mins 41 secs
a haunting in venice, abk, activision, activisionblizzard, agatha coven of chaos, amazon prime video, ana de armas, aquaman 2, asus, asus rog, atari, bad boys, batman caped crusader, beetlejuice 2, big mouth, black mirror, blizzard entertainment, blue beetle, boba fett, call of duty, capcom, cartoon network, chris pine, cinemacon, dcu, diablo iv, disney, disney+, duffer bros, dune, ea, elemental, gamescom, gaming, gareth edwards, ghostbusters, gran turismo, guardians of the galaxy vol. 3, guerilla games, harrison ford, hercule poirot, horizon forbidden west, horizon zero dawn, indiana jones, james gunn, kraven the hunter, lilo & stitch, lord of the rings, marvel studios, mcu, michael fassbender, microsoft, movies, national treasure, netflix, nick kroll, nintendo, paramount plus, pixar, playstation studios, ps plus, ps5, ridley scott, rings of power, sega, sony, sony pictures, spider-man, spider-verse, spongebob, star trek, star trek picard, star wars, steam, street fighter 6, temeura morrison, the division, the flash, the little mermaid, the mandalorian, the meg 2, the super mario bros movie, the witcher, tolkien estate, totally spies, tv shows, twitter, ubisoft, uk cma, venom, video games, walt disney pictures, warner bros, willy wonka, wish, wonder woman, xbox
Yes you read that correctly, the MCU is getting its first F-Bomb and its not coming from the merc with a mouth. The CMA blocks the Microsoft ABK deal in a shocking twist, that will surely end the way we all expect it to. SEGA unionizes, Netflix brings back a classic, and Pircard gives the D its hero moment. Cinemacon is underway and the studios brought out all the big guns. Come take a listen.
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Episode 258: Eeeeyahhhh!
April 19th, 2023 | 1 hr 16 mins
343i, adult swim, aloy, angry birds, appletv+, barbie, blizzard, bo katan, breath of the wild, call of duty, call of duty warzone, christopher nolan, dcu, deadpool, diablo iv, dunk and egg, elden ring, elijah wood, far zenith, fast x, final fantasy xvi, frank o'connor, galaxy quest, game of thrones, gary bowser, george rr martin, godzilla, got, grogu, guerilla games, halo, harry potter, hbo, hollywood, horizon forbidden west, horizon forbidden west burning shores, james bond, james gunn, joe state, jonathan majors, ken sugimori, king kong, knuckles, lord of the rings, mcu, michelle yeoh, microsoft windows, might morphin power rangers, moff gideon, monster hunter, monsterverse, movies, netflix, netflix games, niantic, nintendo, nintendo copywrite, oppenheimer, paramount+, picard, playstation, pokémon, portkey games, power rangers, ps5, quidditch, resident evil 4 remake, rocksteady games, rovio, scorsese, section 31, sega, sonic, square enix, star trek, star wars, star wars battlefront iii, steam deck, strange new worlds, suicide squad kill the justice league, superman legacy, tears of the kingdom, the fast and the furious, the last of us, the legend of zelda, the mandalorian, the quen, the super mario bros movie, time magazine, tv shows, twilight, venture bros, video games, warzone 2.0, wga strike, wizarding world, wolverine
Its Morphin Time! Did anyone else notice how cheesy The MMPR 30th anniversary special was? Also the absence of certain people was extremely noticeable. Mando ended today, and it was not as satisfying as I had hoped. Star Trek Picard brought the D, and the F to the party, but who invited the Borg? Sonic and the Angry Birds are getting together, and Oppenheimer is not going to let Barbara drop the bomb on him. That and more on this weeks episode!
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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 256: 1.21 Gigadroids
April 5th, 2023 | 1 hr 8 mins
across the spider-verse, activisionblizzard, aegon's conquest, amazon prime video, ark 2, ark: survival evolved, asus, ballerina, barbie movie, blue beetle, captain america, cd projekt red, chris evans, chris pratt, clone high, dc, dcu, disney, disney+, donald glover, dreamworks, dungeons & dragons, dungeons & dragons: honor among thieves, e3, e3 2023, ea games, fantastic 4, frank grillo, game of thrones, games with gold, gaming, god of war: ragnarok, harry potter, hbo, illumination, jack black, james gunn, john wick chapter 4, joker: folie a deux, keanu, lando calrissian, lilo & stich, lizzo, lord of the rings, lucasfilm, marvel studios, mcu, minecraft, moana, movies, netflix, netflix gaming, nlrb, paddington bear, payday, pennywise, pokemongo, scott pilgrim, scott pilgrim vs. the world, secret invasion, seth rogan, shrek, shrek 5, sonic the hedgehog, spider-man, star fleet academy, star trek, star wars, starbreeze, stephen king, street fighter, the mandalorian, the rings of power, the rock, the super mario bros movie, the thunderbolts, tv shows, video games, welcome to derry, xbox, xbox live
What are you doing in my swamp, because Shrek 5 is closer then you think. E3 is cancelled, and probably forever if we believe the games media. Scott Pilgrim is returning to our screens, and with the same cast as the movie. The Mandalorian brings the cameos and make sure to stick around because we will have a review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
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Episode 255: I'm Thinking I'm Back
March 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 2 mins
2k, activisionblizzard, amazonprime video, amy jo johnson, aquaman, batman v superman, brie larson, cap 4, captain america 4, curb your enthusiasm, dardevil born again, dcu, disney+, donnie yen, e3, elden ring, fast x, fromsoftware, geek, guardians of the galaxy vol 3, guerilla games, hbo, henry cavill, hitchcock, horizon forbidden west, horizon zero dawn, jason momoa, john wick, keanu reeves, larry david, lego games, lionsgate, live tyler, lotr, lower decks, man of steel, marvel studios, mcu, microsoft, mmpr, movies, multiversus, muppets mayhem, nerd, paramount+, peta, playstation, pokémon, pokémon anime, pokémon horizons, power rangers, ps5, questlove, rings of power, roberty downey jr, sega, shazam, snyderverse, sonic, sonic origins, sony, star trek, star trek picard, star trek prodigy, star wars, steam, strange new world, streaming, teenage mutant ninja turtles, the aristocats, the bad batch, the lord of the rings, the mandalorian, tmnt, tommy wiseau, tv shows, ubisoft, vertigo, video games, vincent d'onofrio, windows 7, xbox, zachary levi, zack snyder, zack snyder's justice league
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 254: Welcome to NNN, Home of the NNN, can I take your order?
March 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 20 mins
activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, bandainamco, barry keoghan, battlefield, bella ramsey, ben affleck, blizzard, call of duty, cirian hinds, counter strike 2, cs:go, david ayer, david lindelof, dceu, dcu, denzel washington, destiny 2, diablo iv, disney+, dwayne "the rock" johnson, ea, eldenring, epic games, farcry 5, ffxvi, final fantasy, final fantasy 16, fortnite, from software, gamestop, gears of war, gladiator 2, good burger, hbo, hyperkin, insomniac games, justin roiland, keenan & kel, lance reddick, lord of the rings, lotr, lucasfilm, marvel studios, marvel's spider-man, mcu, mephisto, middle-earth, mighty morphin power rangers, movies, netflix, nickelodeon, nintendo 3ds, nintendo eshop, openai gpt, paramount+, phil spencer, playstation, podcast, pong, ps5, rare ltd, rebel moon, sam niel, sea of theives, senuas sacrifice, shazam fury of the gods, squareenix, star trek, star trek picard, star wars, superman, the bad batch, the completionist, the daniels, the flash, the last of us, the mandalorian, the rings of power, tom cruise, tv shows, twister, twitch, ubisoft, unreal engine 5, valve, video games, wiiu, willow, xbox, xbox 360, zachari levi, zack snyder
If the title wasn't an indication of the news then I don't know how to tell you this. But Good Burger is coming Back! Good Burrger 2 was announced, among other things. But the Second Dominion war seems to be heading our way in the star trek universe, the Unreal Engine is literally forging new paths, the Power Rangers are back, and Shazam 2 was funnier then it had any business being.
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Episode 253: The Ides of March
March 16th, 2023 | 39 mins 5 secs
activisionblizzard, agatha: coven of chaos, amazon prime video, ant-man, arkhamverse, batman: caped crusader, beetlejuice, bethesda, black adam, bob iger, bob odenkirk, breath of the wild, bruce timm, call of duty, capcom, darkseid, dcu, disney+, e3, elizabeth olsen, everything everywhere all at once, exoprimal, frankenstein, gamestop, gattaca, ghostwire tokyo, guillermo del toro, hbo, henry cavill, hitman, io interactive, james bond, james gunn, jenna ortega, john wick, keanu reeves, legend of zelda, lucasfilm, mcu, mega man, microsoft, minecraft, monster hunter, movies, nasa, nintendo, paramount+, picard, quentin tarantino, raid shadow legends, reddit, resident evil, rocksteady studios, scarlet witch, sony, star trek, star wars, stonks, street fighter 6, suicide squad kill the justice league, superman, tango gameworks, tears of the kingdom, the academy awards, the bad batch, the last of us, the mandalorian, the oscars, the rock, the room, tim burton, tommy wiseau, tv shows, ubisoft, video games, willow, xbox, zack snyder
Yes on this Ides of March we have a new episode. We've got Oscars Coverage, and Mando reviews. More news from the Microsoft Activision merger plus DC and Marvel news you wont want to miss. Just make sure to let Caesar know before he sees Brutus.
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Episode 252: When Myths Become Reality
March 9th, 2023 | 51 mins 12 secs
activisionblizzard, barry, bethesda, call of duty, cities skylines, crusader kings, daredevil, dead by daylight, dead space, detective pikachu, disney+, donnie yen, dragon ball z budokai, ea games, google, google stadia, half-life, haunted mansion, hbo, hellboy, hogwarts legacy, hulu, james bond, jenna ortega, john bernthal, john wick chapter 4, keanu reeves, kevin feigi, lucasfilm, mario kart 8, mcu, metroid fusion, microsoft, movies, netflix, nic cage, paradox interactive, paramount+, patty jenkins, playstation, pokémon anime, punisher, rogue squadron, sea of thieves, seth rogan, sony, splatoon, square-enix, star trek, star trek discovery, star trek picard, star wars, starfield, steam, stellaris, taika waititi, taron eggerton, ted lasso, the devil in the white city, the dominion, the founders, the mandalorian, the simpsons hit and run, tmnt, tv shows, valve, video games, wednesday, wii u, xbox
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?