Nick's Nerd News - Episodes Tagged with “Wednesday”

Episode 381: No Difficulty Options

Nick DeFalco — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0700

What is a call of Duty campaign without veteran difficulty? We are going to find out this year, plus Mass Effect has a filming date, Nintendo Switch 2 beats the price allegations, Nic Cage is headed to HBO and Superman breaks the $600 million barrier. Plus a lookback at gamescom, horror icons hit the soda aisle and South Park is moving slow.

Episode 376: No More Tears

Nick DeFalco — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:15:00 -0700

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!

Episode 363: kore ni wa warui yokan ga suru

Nick DeFalco — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 23:15:00 -0700

We have Star Wars Celebration news!!!!! And boy is it good! Plus gamers can return to Cyrodiil and the world of The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. Nintendo recreates an old add, as pre-orders go live. Hollywood is eating its own, and Marvel may have a hit with Fantastic Four.

Episode 310: Okey Dokey

Nick DeFalco — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 21:30:00 -0700

Welcome Vault Dwellers! If you cant tell, this is a Fallout centric episode as we cover all the news of the Amazon Prime Video adaptation of Fallout! Plus a full review of the series! Also layoffs continue to plague the industry, even its top dogs, plus More news on the PS5 Pro, and its goals, but is it for everyone? Also We have more news from Cinemacon, reboots continue to proliferate, and Star Trek loses another red shirt.

Episode 297: 30 Rock Live

Nick DeFalco — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 11:45:00 -0800

Will Tina Fey take over Saturday Night Live? I think Lorne Michaels hopes she does. Plus the Halo Battle Royale was almost real, despite 343 always saying they wouldn't make one. Plus the Emmys happened, and The Bear, Beef, and Succession all walked away as winners. That and more on this weeks Nick's Nerd News.

Episode 296: The Bear's Beef, and his successor too

Nick DeFalco — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 01:15:00 -0800

Well the Golden Globes happened, and CES is still underway, hopefully you wont confuse the two. Lucasfilm dropped a thermal detonator's worth of news, a new star wars film, and a shows renewal. Xbox takes the first stage of 2024, and Star Citizen wants to take all your money, after it already did so. Layoffs continue in the gaming industry, as Hollywood kicks it back into high gear. Plus my favorite movies from 1991, since it was the year I was born. Come take a listen.

Episode 293: ParamountBros:ShowMAX

Nick DeFalco — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 23:30:00 -0800

Are two of Hollywood's oldest studios about to merge? It might be a more plausible outcome then you think as Warner and Paramount have talks. A24 and Kojima make a match made in heaven, Insomniac is hacked, and we learn their future. PS5 continues Sony's dominance in the gaming space, and Bobby Kotick is finally leaving Activision. Several streaming shows are getting renewed for their final seasons, and Curb is ending. Pretty, Pretty, Pretty, not good. The MCU's second greatest villain may not actual be a thing anymore, and I watched Barbie. Plus my top 10 Christmas movies.

Episode 266: Two Discs: Escaping in the same direction!

Nick DeFalco — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:15:00 -0700

E3 might be cancelled, but what happened over the last few days sure feels like E3. We had an Xbox Games Showcase, Ubisoft Forward, Summer Games Fest, Capcom Showcase, and and whole lot more. And boy, how about that Starfield Direct, that is the first time I've been excited for a Bethesda game. Also the Writers strike claims new victims, unsurprisingly, Netflix gets new subscribers, and stick around for a spoiler filled review of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.

Episode 252: When Myths Become Reality

Nick DeFalco — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 01:00:00 -0800

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?

Episode 243: New Year, Same Nerd

Nick DeFalco — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:00:00 -0800

Its 2023! and that means new year new me! JK, we got some news to talk about, but Nick shares his thoughts on what he is most excited for this year! Especially with new games and movies headed our way! take a seat and lets go on a look into the future.

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.