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Displaying items 1-10 of 12 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "x-men '97".
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Episode 419: Hutt Stuff
May 27th, 2026 | 1 hr 9 mins
Adult Swim, Blizzard Entertainment, Cartoon Network, Christopher Nolan, Lucasfilm, MCU, Netflix, Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2, Rocket League, Sony, Star Wars, TV, The Witcher 3, Warhammer 40k, Xbox, adventure time, alan wake, amazonmgm, arnold schwarzenegger, bowie knife99, bungie, cd projekt red, dave filoni, destiny, destiny 2, disney+, epic games, fallout 4, forza horizon 6, gaming, geek, harada, henry cavill, jack ryan, jack ryan: ghost war, king conan, ladies first, mando, marathon, marvel studios, marvel television, movies, nerd, overwatch, overwatch 2, playground games, playstation plus, pokemon, pokemon cards, pokemon tcg, prime video, ps+, psyonix, remedy, rick & morty, rockstar games, sacha baron cohen, sony interactive entertainment, stan lee, star citizen, steam deck, take-two interactive, tekken, the boys, the mandalorian, the mandalorian and grogu, the odyssey, the witcher 3 blood & wine, tom clancy, unreal 5, unreal 6, unreal engine, unreal engine 5, unreal engine 6, valve corp, video games, voltron, waffle house, warhammer, warhammer skulls, x-men '97, zorro
Let's do Hutt Stuff while Mando is away. We've got a review of The Mandalorian and Grogu, and Nick updates his Star Wars Ranking. Plus The Steam Deck is the latest gaming device to get a price hike, but hey at least a new Witcher 3 DLC is coming out! Excelsior! Stan Lee is coming back, but i'm not so sure everyone will be happy about that, and Bungie is taking the light out of Destiny 2.
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Episode 414: Gaming's Worst Kept Secret
April 22nd, 2026 | 1 hr 4 mins
Assassin's Creed, Halo, Lucasfilm, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Ryan Reynolds, Sony, Star Trek, TV, Tom Cruise, Xbox, a24, alex garland, amazon mgm, amazon prime video, assassin's creed iv: black flag, avengers doomsday, avengers endgame, beerus, charlie cox, cinemacon, clair obscur, clayface, counter strike 2, coyote vs acme, cs2, cyberpunk 2077, d&d, dcu, deadpool, disney, disney+, dragon ball super, dragon ball super beerus, dragon ball xenoverse 3, dungeons and dragons, elden ring, freiza, gaming, gears of war, geek, gundam, halo studios, i am legend, james bond, jonathan frakes, kiki wolfkill, looney tunes, lord of the rings, man of tomorrow, marvel studios, mass effect, meta quest 3, metro 2033, metro 2039, miami vice, minds eye, miyamoto, mobile suit gundam, movies, nerd, paramount pictures, pixar, playstation 5, shuhei yoshida, street fighter, super mario galaxy, super mario galaxy movie, the batman, the mandalorian and grogu, the rings of power, top gun, toy story 5, ubisoft, video games, warner bros, will smith, willy wonka, x-men '97, xbox gamepass
In earth shattering news, Xbox announces a price decrease for GamePass, Elsewhere Ubisoft finally admits the Black Flag remake is real, and Shuhei Yoshida says he was fired from Sony. Plus Top Gun 3 was announced at Cinemacon, and Marvel Studios returns to Hall H this summer. That and more on this weeks episode.
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Episode 328: Back to the Motherland!
August 22nd, 2024 | 1 hr 18 mins
Batgirl, COD, DC comics, Dragon Age, EA, Final Fantasy, Hulu, Lucasfilm, Meta, Paul Rudd, Planet of the Apes, Ridley Scott, Star Wars, Starship Troopers, TV, WoW, Xbox, activision, age of mythology, alien franchise, alien: romulus, anaconda, avowed, backyard baseball, backyard sports, batman, batman arkham, batman arkham shadows, bethesda softworks, biopic, bioware, black myth wukong, black ops 6, blizzard, boba fett, boderlands 4, borderlands, bungie, call of duty, call of duty: black ops, chick-fil-a, civ 7, civilization 7, cod: blops, crazy taxi, dceu, dcu, deadpool & wolverine, destiny 2, detroit become human, diablo iv, disney, disney+, dont nod, dragon age: the veilguard, dragon ball, dune, dying light, epic games, eternal champions, fatal fury, fede alvarez, francis ford coppola, gamescom, gaming, geek, genshin impact, geoff keighly, goat simulator, gta: san andreas, hbo, hbo max, hifi rush, ian mckellan, indiana jones, indiana jones and the great circle, infinity nikki, italy, jack black, james gunn, john madden, king kong, king of meat, kingdom come deliverance, kingdom of the planet of the apes, krafton, legacy of kain, lionsgate, logan, lucasfilm games, machine games, mafia, mafia the oid country, mars attacks, marvel rivals, marvel studios, marvel television, masters of the universe, matthew perry, megalopolis, michael keaton, monster hunter wilds, monsterverse, movies, nerd, netflix games, nicolas cage, no more room in hell, opening night live, pacific rim, path of exile 2, quantic dream, sega, sega dreamcast, sicily, squid game, starfield, streaming, superman, tango gameworks, the acolyte, the last of us, the mandalorian, tim walz, ubisoft, uwe boll, vfx, video games, warcraft, warhammer, warhammer 40k space marine, world of warcraft, x-men '97, xbox gamepass, xbox series x
Well folks its finally happening, a Mafia game set in Sicily at the turn of the 20th Century! I am very excited! But that wasn't the only news out of Gamescom this week, another Bethesda title is going multiplatform, old franchises are returning, and new adaptations are unexpectedly coming! Also, don't go after actors for roles they play, they aren't really those characters! Meanwhile, Deadpool & Wolverine continues to break records, Indiana Jones's hat sells for over $600k, and The Acolyte is sent packing. Nic Cage, now here's a guy, will be playing John Madden, and forget the chicken sandwich war, Chick-fil-a is jumping into the streaming wars.
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Episode 327: Darkness falls on the (Para)mount...
August 14th, 2024 | 1 hr 16 mins
2k games, Cartoon Network, Daredevil, Jon Snow, MCU, Netflix, PUBG, Spider-Man, Star Wars, TV, a knight of the seven kingdoms, amazon prime video, andor, asus rog, bandai namco, batman caped crusader, black ops 6, borderlands, borderlands movie, bungie, call of duty, call of duty zombies, cbs studios, control, creature from the black lagoon, d23, dbz, deadpool, deadpool & wolverine, destiny 2, disney, disney+, doom, doom 2, doom eternal, dragon ball z, fallout london, frozen, game of thrones, gamepass, gaming, gaming strike, gearbox, geek, gog, grogu, hbo, hi-fi rush, james wan, kingmakers, kit harrington, krafton, kraven the hunter, like a dragon, lilo & stich, looney tunes, m night, marvel, moana, moba, movies, nerd, one piece, paramount global, paramount plus, paramount television studios, paramount+, pixar, pokémon, quakecon, remedy entertainment, saturday night live, snow white, steam os, strauss zelnick, take-two interactive, tango gameworks, the eternals, the incredibles, the lion king, the mandalorian, the witcher 4, tony stark, toy story, treyarch, tron, umbrella academy, valve, video games, walt disney pictures, walt disney studios animation, westeros, wolverine, x-men, x-men '97, yakuza, zootopia
We are back, and this time...on time. Tango Gameworks has been saved, and so has Hi-Fi Rush! as the PUBG owners swoop in to save it, Borderlands fails to find loot at the box office, and Strauss Zelnick has a lot to say about the game industry. Meanwhile, Kit Harrington opens up about GoT and Marvel. Disney brings the smoke at D23, and Paramount is diving off its peak. That and More, come take a listen.
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Episode 316: Make it Epic
May 29th, 2024 | 1 hr 16 mins
Bethesda, Daniel Craig, Garfield, Just Cause, Konami, Legend of Zelda, MCU, Mad Max, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Rainbow Six, Rainbow Six Siege, Resident Evil, Richard Sherman, Silent Hill, Sony, Spider-Man, TV, Tom King, activision, alex baldwin, amazon games, amazon prime video, arrowhead studios, atari, baldurs gate 3, barbenheimer, black ops 6, blops, brad pitt, call of duty, cannes, capcom, cd projekt red, chris hemsworth, cody rhoades, cyberpunk 2077, damon lindelof, david lynch, dcu, deadpool and wolverine, disney, disney legend, doge, doom, doom dark ages, dragons quest, ea sports, embracer group, faker, furiosa, furiosa a mad max saga, gaming, geek, george clooney, george lucas, george miller, giancarlo esposito, green lanterns, gulf war, he-man, helldivers 2, id software, intellivision, james gunn, jeffery wright, knives out, larian, league of legends, lego, lord of the rings, marvel studios, middle earth, moana, morgan spurlock, movies, multiversus, naked gunn, naughty dog, ncaa football 25, neil druckmann, nerd, nintendo, nintendo of america, playstation 5, ps5, psvr 2, re code veronica, re zero, rian johnson, rings of power, riot games, rob mcelhenney, spielberg, star citizen, state of play, super size me, ted saranados, the exorcist, the last of us, the last of us show, tom bombadil, ubisoft, uncharted, video games, welcome to wrexham, x-men '97
What a deal, what a day! Furiosa review coming in hot! Yes Dementus has struck a chord with me. We also learned about the next Knives Out movie, Brad Pitt and George Clooney are reuniting, and Tom Bombadil is finally getting his shot at live action. Meanwhile Sony announces a State of Play last minute, Neil Druckmann gets taken out of context, and Activision wins its lawsuit against cheaters. Cheaters never prosper. Plus thoughts on two major lawsuits affecting Hollywood and Video Games.
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Episode 315: Streaming Wars: The Wrath of Cable
May 23rd, 2024 | 1 hr 19 mins
2k games, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, DC, EA, Friday the 13th, Hulu, Lucasfilm, Luke Cage, MCU, Netflix, PS4, Playstation, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV, The Witcher, Total War, Vision, a24, activision, adam wingard, appletv+, blizzard, call of duty, call of duty black ops, club 33, cod:blops, colombia pictures, comcast, comcast/xfinity, creative assembly, daisy ridley, dcu, deadpool, deadpool & wolverine, digital foundry, disney+, dragon ball z kai, ea sports, ea sports college football 25, espn, eurogamer, francis ford coppola, fs1, game of thrones, gamesindustry.biz, gaming, geek, george rr martin, geralt, ghosts of tsushima, godzilla, godzilla x kong, gollum, grand theft auto, gta 5, gta 6, gundam, gunpla, hellblade ii, helldivers 2, horizon forbidden west, horizon zero dawn, ign, james gunn, jason vorhees, jerry bruckheimer, john boyega, king kong, kingdom hearts, kraven the hunter, lego, liam hemsworth, lord of the rings, madden nfl 25, marvel animation, megalopolis, mobile gamers, monsterverse, movies, multiversus, naruto, ncca football, nerd, ninja theory, nintendo, nintendo switch, overwatch 2, paramount, peacock, peter jackson, pirates of the caribbean, pixar, playstation 4, ps5, rock paper shotgun, rockstar games, sailor moon, sakurai, sega, shogun, simon kinberg, sony pictures, sports streaming, star wars skeleton crew, steam, steve carell, super smash bros ultimate, superman, taketwo interactive, terry matalas, the batman 2, the matrix, the rock, toonami, valve corp, venom 3, venu sports, video games, walt disney studios, wandavision, warnerbros, white vision, wolverine, x-men, x-men '97
Here we are yet again, streaming bundles are just cable, and its obvious that big tech just makes things more complicated then they ever needed to be. Also, gaming rumors run rampant this week, and they touch all facets of the industry. Meanwhile, consolidation hits a arm of the gaming biz no one expected, IGN gobbles up Eurogame, gamesindustry.biz and more, plus EA SPORTS College Football is here and has a release date. Plus the MCU is plotting its return, Star Trek is confused and the Monsterverse looses its captain.
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Episode 314: A Sixth fit for the gods
May 15th, 2024 | 1 hr 18 mins
Assassin's Creed, Bethesda, DC, Donnie Yen, Fantastic Four, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 7, Hulu, MCU, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, Planet of the Apes, Playstation, Rainbow Six, Star Wars, TED, TV, The Division, The Terminator, Tomb Raider, Xbox, adam sandler, agatha all along, amazon prime video, andy serkis, assassin's creed shadows, batman the caped crusader, bee movie, call of duty, chris pratt, dardevil born again, dave bautista, dcu, dune, dune:prophecy, ea sports, ea sports college football, ff 7 remake, ffvii, final fantasy 16, frank grillo, frontier, galactus, game of thrones, gamestop, gaming, geek, godzilla, godzilla x kong, gollum, happy gilmore, harry potter, helldivers 2, hi-fi rush, hiroyuki sanada, house of the dragon, iron heart, james gunn, japan, jerry seinfeld, john malkovich, john wick, jurassic world, jurassic world evolution, jurassic world evolution 3, kaiju, kingdom of the planet of the apes, legally blonde, limited run, lord of the rings, marvel studios, max, meta quest, mgm+, monsterverse, mortal kombat, movies, mr. & mrs. smith, natasha lyonne, nerd, new line, nfl, nic cage, nintendo switch, peacemaker, peacock, peter jackson, pokémon, ralph ineson, rings of power, road house, rocksteady studios, roger corman, samurai, seth mcfarlane, shinobi, shogun, shōgun, sigourney weaver, sony interactive entertainment, sony playstation, spider-man noir, squareenix, ssktjl, stonks, supergirl, tango gameworks, the bear, the boys, tom clancy, toys for bob, ubisoft, video games, wanda vision, warnerbros, wb interactive, westeros, x-men '97, xbox game pass, xdefiant
Well would you look at that, 6 years in, we are still rambling about nonsense. Ubisoft finally announces and shows off its newest Assassin's Creed, Shadows, set in feudal Japan, allowing everyone to play out their Shogun dreams. Meanwhile, Square Enix is finally going to support a multiplatform agenda, and Helldivers breaks a record. Also Hollywood upfronts are going on, so we have a ton of TV news, not to be outdone, by the announcement of a new Lord of the Rings movie, or the return of Happy Gilmore.
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Episode 311: Whiskey D***k of the Claws
April 24th, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
Blizzard Entertainment, Fortnite, MCU, Netflix, PUBG, Playstation, Ryan Gosling, Sea of Thieves, TV, The Witcher, WoW, Xbox, amazon prime video, asus rog, batman v superman, ben stiller, bethesda softworks, blair witch, borderlands, bvs, cities skylines, dceu, deadpool, deadpool & wolverine, disneyland, elite dangerous, embracer group, fallout 3, fallout 4, fallout 76, game of thrones, gaming, gary's mod, geek, gta 5, hasbro, hbo, helldivers 2, jack black, kingdom come: deliverance, leonardo dicaprio, little big planet 3, meta quest, minecraft, movies, nerd, nintendo, one piece, optimus prime, paramount, playstation 5, quest 2, rare, razer, sam raimi, scary movie, scream 7, silent hill 2, snyderverse, sony pictures, space mountain, spider-man 2, steam, target, the last airbender, the office, the shining, transformers, transformers one, valve, video games, walt disney pictures, wolverine, world of warcraft, x-men, x-men '97, xbox series x, zack snyder
HI Peanut! Boy was that Deadpool and Wolverine trailer just glorious. Just inject it straight into my corneas. Also, Embracer group was apparently not too big to fail, as they are splitting into 3 sperate companies. Meta announces new partnerships for the quest, and a price drop for the Quest 2. Jack Black is unsurprisingly playing Steve in the Minecraft movie, Sony wants to buy Paramount, and Zoolander 2 was a wake up call for Ben Stiller. That and more, come take a listen.
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Episode 305: My Eyes See Barbenheimer
March 14th, 2024 | 1 hr 13 mins
Al Pacino, Daredevil, FX, Fallout, Halo, Hulu, Lucasfilm, MCU, Matt Reeves, Miyazaki, PUBG, Playstation, Sony, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV, Venom, Xbox, activision, adult swim games, akira toriyama, amazon prime video, american fiction, barbie, barbie 2, bethesda softworks, bethesda studios, blizzard, chrono trigger, cowboy bebop, crunchyroll, cwa, daisy ridley, dbz, dcu, denis villeneuve, deviation games, disney+, dragon ball, dragon ball z, dragon quest, dreamworks animation, dune part 2, funimation, gaming, geek, geoff keighly, greta gerwig, inside out, insomniac games, james gunn, jimmy kimmel, john cena, john mulaney, jon bernthal, lego, mar10 day, mario bros, mario kart, master chief, max, michael keaton, morbius, movies, multiversus, national treasure, nerd, neve campbell, nicolas cage, nintendo, oppenheimer, overwatch 2, paramount+, patty jenkins, payday 3, peacemaker, pixar, pokémon, pokémon scarlet, pokémon violet, poor things, qa testers, salems lot, scream, scream 7, shawn layden, shogun, shrek, shrek 2, sie, sig asmussen, sony interactive entertainment, sony playstation, spider-man 2, spider-man the great web, star trek starfleet academy, 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, venom 3, video games, wb games, x-men '97, 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!
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Episode 220: Comic Kang: The Shazam Dynasty
July 28th, 2022 | 45 mins 42 secs
I Am Groot, MCU, Netflix, Rick and Morty, Star Trek, The Walking Dead, agatha: coven of chaos, ant man and the wasp quantumania, apple tv+, aspyr, avatar, avengers secret wars, avengers the kang dynasty, beavis and butthead, black adam, black panther wakanda forever, blade, brzrkr, captain america new world order, comic con, daredevil born again, dc universe, dceu, detroit become human, disney+, doctor who, dungeons and dragons movie, echo, eragon, fantastic 4, grand theft auto 6, gremlins, gta 6, guardians of the galaxy vol. 3, halo infinite, hbo max, ironheart, john wick 4, kang the conqueror, keanu reeves, king of the hill, knights of the old republic, light & magic, loki, lower decks, marvel studios, marvel zombies, marvel's what if...?, meta quest 2, mike judge, monsterverse, movies, multiversus, national treasure, occulus quest 2, phase 6, phase5, picard, rockstar games, sabre interactive, secret invasion, shazam 2, she-hulk, snyderverse, spider-man freshman year, star wars kotor, the embracer group, the thunderbolts, tmnt cowabunga collection, top gun maverick, tv show, ubisoft, video games, westworld, wizards of the coast, x-men '97
Comic-Con has come and gone, how did yall feel about it, because Marvel came to play, while DC is still just trying to figure itself out? Star Trek laid on the nostalgia, and Keanu pulled no punches. Meanwhile, that KoToR Remake isn't coming out anytime soon.