Nerd RoundTable With the Percival Bros.
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 8 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOne in the Big Apple, the other in the Big.....uh, Oklahoma. Kevin and Matthew Percival keep in touch by blabbing about stuff. Mostly nerdy stuff, but who knows? We might get bored and talk about something important!
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Episodes
The Sit-Down, Episode 1: Choice and Consequence
August 05, 2016 23:48OH MY GOSH WE'RE NOT DEAD. In his new solo series, Matthew uses "Life is Strange" to talk about one of gaming's most important mechanics. Video version is on our Youtube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muixLvYHE4M Hate listening to sound? Text version below: ***contains minor spoilers for Life is Strange, a lovely adventure game I highly recommend playing without spoilers. If you want, go give the first episode a try for free on Steam and then come back! Choice and consequence ...
Nerd Roundtable Episode 5: A Spoiler-y Smorgasboard!
May 16, 2016 23:41Kevin and Matthew begin with that important thing that happened on Game of Thrones. BIG FAT SPOILERS for Game of Thrones (and The Walking Dead, I guess), skip ahead if you wish to avoid that (2:30). From there, it's a rambling spree: the Assassin's Creed movie and other significant video game projects like Final Fantasy XV and Persona 5 (20:37), the casting controversy surrounding Doctor Strange (38:30), why remakes and sequels are so prevalent in movies and games (46:00), and Matthew ruinin...
Nerd RoundTable Episode 4-Superhero Movies: What the Hell's Happening?
May 06, 2016 22:27Kevin, Matthew, Laurel, Jake and Kendal wrap up last episode's discussion/destruction of Batman v Superman (1:00), then ponder how DC can make things right going forward (10:00) Other topics include other iterations of Batman, including the upcoming Killing Joke movie (20:10), Marvel wackiness (29:45) and the future of the comic book movie industry (42:45).
EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING, PERSONA 5 HAS A RELEASE DATE
May 05, 2016 21:53Stop the presses! Put down your ham and cheese sandwich! Stop shooting at each other over your ideological differences! Quit performing CPR on that guy, he's not going anywhere! Only one thing matters today: Persona 5 is coming out September 15, 2016. Well, a release date for Japan. Other regions such as the US are still in the dark, though a February-March 2017 release is probably the latest we'd have to wait. But who cares, IT'S HAPPENING. Now, those of you who know what the...
Nerd RoundTable Episode 3: Batman v Superman, What the Hell Happened?
April 24, 2016 19:38Matthew, Jake and Laurel try to explain the entire plot of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to Kevin. Yes, it takes a full hour. Brace yourself. (massive spoilers, of course)
Nerd RoundTable Episode 2: Star Wars Palooza!
April 17, 2016 21:15Special guests Jake Martin and Matthew “Star Wars Grand Maester” Johnson join us to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Star Wars, The Force Awakens (3:15) and the questionable background of the film’s main baddies, the First Order (14:23). Special guest Laurel Percival jumps in to tell us why we’re all being wet blankets about the whole thing (25:46). We then move on to the upcoming spin-off film Rogue One (32:56), Rey’s aptitude for everything she touches (38:06), and the group’s co...
NERD NEWS ROUND-UP: Week of April 8, 2016
April 16, 2016 00:28by Matthew Each podcast, Kevin and I look at several timely nerd topics and choose two or three of them to cover. This is mostly done to keep us focused; otherwise, our conversations would segue every tens seconds because we have the attention spans of five-year-olds. That's where this series comes in! Every week, I'll be looking back over the interesting geek culture tid-bits that we decided not to cover for whatever reason. Maybe it was too hard to discuss for twenty minutes. Maybe one...
Nerd RoundTable Episode 1: Speed Racer Doesn't (Completely) Suck!
April 10, 2016 05:33In the very first episode, the brothers discuss how entertaining this election year has been (2:48) and Kevin drops some life advice (14:57), before moving on to talk about Cartoon Network's planned revival of a cult anime classic (18:05). Then, the bros tackle their favorite bad movie (24:50), peeling back its layers to reveal the terrifying truth (50:19). With special appearances by Laurel Percival and Gasket the Cat.