web02.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:52:32 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/tags/xdefiant Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:15:00 -0800 You might not have asked for it, but here is a podcast that will bring you News about nerd culture, raw and unfiltered. Let Nick take you on a magical journey through Video Games, Movies, Comics and other geeky things. Theme Song: Science Fiction Movie, Var. 3(instrumental) - Royalty Free Music Maker en-us episodic Nerd Unfiltered Nick DeFalco You might not have asked for it, but here is a podcast that will bring you News about nerd culture, raw and unfiltered. Let Nick take you on a magical journey through Video Games, Movies, Comics and other geeky things. Theme Song: Science Fiction Movie, Var. 3(instrumental) - Royalty Free Music Maker yes <title>,<googleplay:description>,<googleplay:explicit>,<googleplay:author>,<googleplay:email>,<itunes:explicit>,<itunes:author>,<itunes:email>,<googleplay:image>,<itunes:image>,<image>,<itunes:summary> Nick DeFalco nicks.nerd.news@gmail.com http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/393 16cc9742-f16a-4bf9-b2e4-ef96c0ae88cf Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:15:00 -0800 Nick DeFalco 393 Richards Lives! full Nick DeFalco You should run to see The Running Man, because after you hear Nick's review you wont be walking. Plus the Game Award Nominees have been revealed, and no Arc Raiders wasn't nominated by GOTY. Also Nick gives his purely honest thoughts about Black Ops 7. Nintendo pulls back the curtain on it's live action The Legend of Zelda, Squid Game US is happening sooner than expected, and Disney+ is bringing generative AI to the platform. That and more on this weeks episode. 1:12:09 yes You should run to see The Running Man, because after you hear my review you wont be walking. Plus the Game Award Nominees have been revealed, and no Arc Raiders wasn't nominated by GOTY. Also Nick gives his purely honest thoughts about Black Ops 7. Nintendo pulls back the curtain on it's live action The Legend of Zelda, Squid Game US is happening sooner than expected, and Disney+ is bringing generative AI to the platform. That and more on this weeks episode. video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Fallout, Amazon Prime Video, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar Games, Death Stranding, Disney+, Phil Spencer, Xbox, Steam, Steam Machine, Crystal Dynamics, Activision, Treyarch, AI, Call of Duty, Black Ops 7, Call of Duty Black Ops 7, xDefiant, Splinter Cell, Ubisoft, The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo, ASUS, ASUS RoG Ally, The Game Awards, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, ARC Raiders, Shroud, Pokémon, Mega Pokémon, Pokémon Legends Z-A, Bioshock, One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, Monarch Legacy of Monsters, Monsterverse, Godzilla, Toho, Apple TV, Shogun, Hulu, FX on Hulu, Superman, DCU, Braniac, Lex Luthor, Star Trek, Paramount, Sharknado, SyFy, Josh Gad, MCU, Marvel Studios, Wonder Man, Moana, Twisted Metal, Peacock, Death by Lightning, Netflix, Stargate, Stargate SG-1, Squid Game, Family Guy, Mad Men, HBO Max, The Running Man, Glen Powell, Edgar Wright, Stephen King You should run to see The Running Man, because after you hear my review you wont be walking. Plus the Game Award Nominees have been revealed, and no Arc Raiders wasn't nominated by GOTY. Also Nick gives his purely honest thoughts about Black Ops 7. Nintendo pulls back the curtain on it's live action The Legend of Zelda, Squid Game US is happening sooner than expected, and Disney+ is bringing generative AI to the platform. That and more on this weeks episode.

]]> You should run to see The Running Man, because after you hear my review you wont be walking. Plus the Game Award Nominees have been revealed, and no Arc Raiders wasn't nominated by GOTY. Also Nick gives his purely honest thoughts about Black Ops 7. Nintendo pulls back the curtain on it's live action The Legend of Zelda, Squid Game US is happening sooner than expected, and Disney+ is bringing generative AI to the platform. That and more on this weeks episode.

]]> http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/343 77a768d5-2421-484c-841a-53db3cc92aed Wed, 04 Dec 2024 23:15:00 -0800 Nick DeFalco 343 You may now retrieve the Index. full Nick DeFalco It looks like Moana 2 went farther than anyone expected, as the Thanksgiving weekend box office was dominated by her and Maui. Plus Ubisoft kills a game, Warner Bros may have found their new Snape, and don't expect an Elden Ring sequel anytime soon. Plus a review of Skeleton Crew and Alien Romulus. 1:07:20 yes It looks like Moana 2 went farther than anyone expected, as the Thanksgiving weekend box office was dominated by her and Maui. Plus Ubisoft kills a game, Warner Bros may have found their new Snape, and don't expect an Elden Ring sequel anytime soon. Plus a review of Skeleton Crew and Alien Romulus. Greetings. I am the Monitor of Installation 04. I am 343 Guilty Spark. video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Hitman, IO Interactive, Troy Baker, Naughty Dog, Casey Hudson, Bioware, Xbox, Xbox Avatars, Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Machine Games, Bethesda, 2k games, The Witcher, CD Projekt Red, Sony, PlayStation, SIE, Palworld, Gearbox Interactive, Randy Pitchford, Reddit, Borderlands, Tencent, Horizon Zero Dawn, Halo, 343 Guilty Spark, Watch Dogs, Ubisoft, Audible, Nintendo, LEGO, James Bond, The Game Awards, Pokémon TCG Pocket, Elden Ring, From Software, Ubisoft, XDefiant, Pixar, Disney, D23, Courtney B Vance, Percy Jackson, Lance Reddick, Mr. Beast, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Christopher Nolan, Star Wars, Dune, Dennis Villeneuve, The Rock, Moana, Moana 2, Gladiator 2. Wicked, Crunchyroll, One Piece, James Gunn, Zack Snyder, Warner Bros, Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Alien Romulus, Alien, Aliens, Hulu, Ridley Scott, Ripley, Star Wars Skeleton Crew, Jude Law, Lucasfilm, Star Wars, Disney+, Amblin, The Goonies, ET, Pirates of the Caribbean It looks like Moana 2 went farther than anyone expected, as the Thanksgiving weekend box office was dominated by her and Maui. Plus Ubisoft kills a game, Warner Bros may have found their new Snape, and don't expect an Elden Ring sequel anytime soon. Plus a review of Skeleton Crew and Alien Romulus. Greetings. I am the Monitor of Installation 04. I am 343 Guilty Spark.

]]> It looks like Moana 2 went farther than anyone expected, as the Thanksgiving weekend box office was dominated by her and Maui. Plus Ubisoft kills a game, Warner Bros may have found their new Snape, and don't expect an Elden Ring sequel anytime soon. Plus a review of Skeleton Crew and Alien Romulus. Greetings. I am the Monitor of Installation 04. I am 343 Guilty Spark.

]]> http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/332 049b31ef-68df-45d7-a552-3cec8b83c560 Wed, 18 Sep 2024 22:00:00 -0700 Nick DeFalco 332 Lawyers for Nintendon't full Nick DeFalco I am Not currently being sued by Nintendo, which seems to be a shrinking club everyday. LOL, I kid, but Nintendo isnt, as they win a lawsuit and begin a new one. Tony Hawk is teasing a 25th Anniversary announcement, Sony is all up in the news for good and bad reasons, and Vince Zampella has some wild takes. Borderlands ends its sad run, Donald Glover wants to bring fun back to star wars, and Gary Oldman is open to going back to the Wizard World. That plus more. 1:34:53 yes I am Not currently being sued by Nintendo, which seems to be a shrinking club everyday. LOL, I kid, but Nintendo isnt, as they win a lawsuit and begin a new one. Tony Hawk is teasing a 25th Anniversary announcement, Sony is all up in the news for good and bad reasons, and Vince Zampella has some wild takes. Borderlands ends its sad run, Donald Glover wants to bring fun back to star wars, and Gary Oldman is open to going back to the Wizard World. That plus more. video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Pokémon, Pokémon Cards, Payday 3, Microsoft, Xbox, Microsoft Gaming, Xbox Studios, PS5, PlayStation 5, PS5 Pro, PS5 Slim, Tony Hawk, Tony Hawks Pro Skater, Activision, Ubisoft, The Crew, Flappy Bird, 4A Games, Embracer Group, Saber Interactive, Metacritic, Palworld, Nintendo, PS6, AMD, Intel, Bungie, Destiny 2, Final Fantasy 16, Vince Zampella, Battlefield, EA, Skate., Switch, Nintendo Switch, HTC, HTC Vive, Horizon Zero Dawn, PS4, Xdefiant, Dragon Age, Age of Mythology Retold, LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Star Wars Rebuild the Galaxy, Neil Degrasse Tyson, , Superman 78, Borderlands, Lionsgate, Knull, Venom, Inside Out 2, Disney+, Pixar, Constantine, DCU, The Emmy's, Baby Reindeer, Shogun, The Bear, Donald Glover, Star Wars, Lando Calrissian, Lando, James Cameron, Netflix, Netflix Geeked Week, Gary Oldman, HBO, Harry Potter, Wizarding World, Superman, James Gunn, Krypto the super dog, Mr. Beast, Transformers, GI Joe, Agatha All Along, MCU, Marvel Studios, Disney+ I am Not currently being sued by Nintendo, which seems to be a shrinking club everyday. LOL, I kid, but Nintendo isnt, as they win a lawsuit and begin a new one. Tony Hawk is teasing a 25th Anniversary announcement, Sony is all up in the news for good and bad reasons, and Vince Zampella has some wild takes. Borderlands ends its sad run, Donald Glover wants to bring fun back to star wars, and Gary Oldman is open to going back to the Wizard World. That plus more.

]]> I am Not currently being sued by Nintendo, which seems to be a shrinking club everyday. LOL, I kid, but Nintendo isnt, as they win a lawsuit and begin a new one. Tony Hawk is teasing a 25th Anniversary announcement, Sony is all up in the news for good and bad reasons, and Vince Zampella has some wild takes. Borderlands ends its sad run, Donald Glover wants to bring fun back to star wars, and Gary Oldman is open to going back to the Wizard World. That plus more.

]]> http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/314 1b0600ef-829d-42ea-8900-014a042ce152 Wed, 15 May 2024 23:00:00 -0700 Nick DeFalco 314 A Sixth fit for the gods full Nick DeFalco 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. 1:18:07 yes 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. video games, movies, tv, nerd, geek, gaming, Nintendo Switch, WB Interactive, Rocksteady Studios, SSKTJL, Jurassic World Evolution 3, Jurassic World Evolution, Frontier, Jurassic World, Limited Run, Hi-Fi Rush, Tango Gameworks, Bethesda, Xbox, Microsoft, Call of Duty, Xbox Game Pass, EA Sports, EA Sports College Football, SquareEnix, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 16, FFVII, FF 7 Remake, Final Fantasy 7, GameStop, Stonks, Pokémon, META, Meta Quest, PlayStation, Sony PlayStation, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Helldivers 2, Ubisoft, Tom Clancy, XDefiant, Rainbow Six, The Division, Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Japan, Shinobi, Samurai, Shogun, Toys for Bob, Lord of the Rings, Gollum, Peter Jackson, Andy Serkis, WarnerBros, New Line, Batman the Caped Crusader, Amazon Prime Video, The Bear, Hulu, Ted, Peacock, Seth McFarlane, MCU, Fantastic Four, Galactus, Ralph Ineson, John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne, Shōgun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Frank Grillo, DCU, Peacemaker, Godzilla X Kong, Godzilla, Monsterverse, Kaiju, Dave Bautista, Sigourney Weaver, Star Wars, Roger Corman, Marvel Studios, X-Men '97, Jerry Seinfeld, Bee Movie, Rings of Power, Amazon Prime Video, Planet of the Apes, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Spider-Man Noir, Nic Cage, The Boys, MGM+, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Road House, House of the Dragon, Game of Thrones, Westeros, MAX, Legally Blonde, Dune, Dune:Prophecy, Tomb Raider, Dardevil Born Again, Agatha All Along, Wanda Vision, Supergirl, DC, James Gunn, Mortal Kombat, Iron Heart, Netflix, The Terminator, Happy Gilmore, Adam Sandler, NFL, John Wick, Donnie Yen, Harry Potter, Chris Pratt 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.

]]> 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.

]]> http://nicksnerdnews.fireside.fm/279 dea3c4a9-6da4-4388-b035-45bfed2e1a47 Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:45:00 -0700 Nick DeFalco 279 Unity or Unionization full Nick DeFalco unity decided to just drop a nuke on the game development world and the both backtracked and doubled down, but so far it has cause among us to be pulled from storefronts. Meanwhile, Marvel Studios VFX artists have unanimously voted to join IATSE, in the first of its kind unionization vote in the VFX industry. Starfield continues to dominate the headlines and gaming charts, SquareEnix may be facing a interesting situation, and the iPhone is getting AAA gaming support. Meanwhile Miyazaki unretires, Alan Moore gives his money to charity, and Shawn Levy says Deadpool is like John Candy. Plus my favorite 80s teen movies! Come take a listen. 1:28:28 yes unity decided to just drop a nuke on the game development world and the both backtracked and doubled down, but so far it has cause among us to be pulled from storefronts. Meanwhile, Marvel Studios VFX artists have unanimously voted to join IATSE, in the first of its kind unionization vote in the VFX industry. Starfield continues to dominate the headlines and gaming charts, SquareEnix may be facing a interesting situation, and the iPhone is getting AAA gaming support. Meanwhile Miyazaki unretires, Alan Moore gives his money to charity, and Shawn Levy says Deadpool is like John Candy. Plus my favorite 80s teen movies! Come take a listen. Video Games, Movies, TV Shows, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Shigeru Miamoto, Mario, Super Mario, SquareEnix, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy XVI, E3, Valve, Steam, CupNoodles, Ramen, Jean Claude VanDame, Mortal Kombat, Epic Games, Fortnite, Starfield, Bethesda, Bethesda Studios, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Life is Strange, Microsoft, Xbox, Ubisoft, XDefiant, NBA 2k24, Unity Engine, Pokémon, Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Live, Among Us, Respawn Entertainment, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, EA Games, Goosbumbs, Disney+, Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show, One Piece, Netflix, Scream, Ian McKellen, WB, WarnerBrosDiscovery, Harry Potter, DCU, DC Comics, LotR, Lord of the Rings, Zaslav, Hulu, George A Romero, Night of the Living Dead, Shawn Levy, Drew Barrymore, WGA Strike, Bill Mahr, Tim Burton, AI Art, Attack on Titan, Murder She Wrote, The Crow, Alan Moore, Marvel Studios, VFX Artists, IATSE, Bad Bunny, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Wars, Ahsoka, Clone Wars, Rebels, Lucasfilm, Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader, Captain Rex, 80s movies, 80s Teen Movies, John Hughes, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller, The Breakfast Club, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Bill & Ted, War Games, Teen Wolf unity decided to just drop a nuke on the game development world and the both backtracked and doubled down, but so far it has cause among us to be pulled from storefronts. Meanwhile, Marvel Studios VFX artists have unanimously voted to join IATSE, in the first of its kind unionization vote in the VFX industry. Starfield continues to dominate the headlines and gaming charts, SquareEnix may be facing a interesting situation, and the iPhone is getting AAA gaming support. Meanwhile Miyazaki unretires, Alan Moore gives his money to charity, and Shawn Levy says Deadpool is like John Candy. Plus my favorite 80s teen movies! Come take a listen.

]]> unity decided to just drop a nuke on the game development world and the both backtracked and doubled down, but so far it has cause among us to be pulled from storefronts. Meanwhile, Marvel Studios VFX artists have unanimously voted to join IATSE, in the first of its kind unionization vote in the VFX industry. Starfield continues to dominate the headlines and gaming charts, SquareEnix may be facing a interesting situation, and the iPhone is getting AAA gaming support. Meanwhile Miyazaki unretires, Alan Moore gives his money to charity, and Shawn Levy says Deadpool is like John Candy. Plus my favorite 80s teen movies! Come take a listen.

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