NerdVsWorld
100 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago -NerdVsWorld is a podcast from two thirtysomething nerds from Oxford: Brendan and Spindles. It was born out of the amalgamation of Brendan's NerdVsWorld youtube show and Si and Ady's Eclectic Technicolour Podcast of Awesome.
Every fortnight the lads tackle the latest news in Film, TV, Comics, Gadgets, Nerd Culture and more.
As well as this we also have special guests on the show in the form of various authors, actors and musicians. So far there have been appearances from the likes of Robert Rankin, Jonathan Green, Emma Newman, Megan Hayes, Professor Elemental and Bitter Ruin to name but a few.
New episodes are released fortnightly on Fridays and you can find the latest episodes of NerdVsWorld below, or you can subscribe below.
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Episodes
Episode 91 - Things to do in Denver when you're Nerd.
February 02, 2018 09:07 - 131 BytesHola Internet, on this week's show, we talk about all the shiny new movies we've got to look forward to this year, round up our favourites of the current crop of TV shows, review Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri and more. If you're interested in the conventions we talked about during the show, check these links for more info: www.lawgiver.co.uk www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http:/...
Episode 91 - Things to do in Denver when you're Nerd.
February 02, 2018 09:07 - 132 MBHola Internet, on this week's show, we talk about all the shiny new movies we've got to look forward to this year, round up our favourites of the current crop of TV shows, review Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri and more. If you're interested in the conventions we talked about during the show, check these links for more info: www.lawgiver.co.uk www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http:...
Episode 90 - The Last Nerd
January 07, 2018 17:11 - 151 BytesIn our round up show of 2017, Brendan and Spindles give their reactions to The Last Jedi, the Disney/Fox merger, top films of 2017 and more. As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twitter.com/spindlyone Until next time, Take care and be excellent to each other.
Episode 89 - The Nerd Locker
December 09, 2017 17:27 - 162 BytesHello and welcome back to NerdVsWorld, on this week's show, Brendan and Spindles talk Justice League, Stranger Things, Thor Ragnarok, The Punisher and much, much more. As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twitter.com/spindlyone
Special Episode - Why Vinyl Matters
October 24, 2017 10:07 - 84 BytesHello, and welcome to a very special edition of NerdVsWorld. On this episode I chat with Pop Music Academic and Pop Culture Nerd, Dr. Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, about her latest book “Why Vinyl Matters.” In “Why Vinyl Matters”, Jen chats with some great and notable names within the music industry (Henry Rollins, Lars Ulrich, Nick Hornby, Norman Cook, Fat Mike.. and many more) about their memories of vinyl. We discuss these memories on the podcast, looking at how one’s connection to creati...
Episode 88 - Nerdgames 2: The Dead Code
October 07, 2017 07:53 - 137 BytesOn this week's show, Brendan and Spindles report back from EGX 2017, Reviews of IT and American Assassin, a round up of reactions to some of this season's new shows and much more. For more information about EGX and tickets for next year's events, please check out their site at https://www.egx.net/egx you can also find details of all the studios and games mentioned in this week's show there too. As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitt...
Episode 87: Nerd Lucky
September 14, 2017 14:20 - 141 BytesWelcome back to another jam packed episode of NerdVsWorld. On this week's show, Brendan and Spindles give their thoughts on some of the new shows for the 2017-18 season. Spindles reports back from The Weekend at the Asylum and we talk over that Game of Thrones finale. For a list of all the new upcoming shows, check out the list on the site at https://www.wonkyspanner.com/news/tv/2017-fall-tv-schedule As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on...
Episode 86 - Valerian and the City of a Thousand Nerds
August 27, 2017 12:26 - 133 BytesHello and Welcome to the show notes for NerdVsWorld Episode: 86.. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Nerds. On this weeks show Bren and Spindles are joined by Rammy for The Wonky Gamer Podcast. Together they review The Defenders mini-series, Valerian: City of a Thousand Planets, and the gut wrenching episode of Game of Thrones, Beyond the Wall. Rammy also adds his five films to the “NerdVsWorld List of Films You Need To See”, and we finish off by discussing the latest casting rumours...
Episode 85: Atomic Nerd
August 14, 2017 22:06 - 141 BytesOn this week's show, Brendan and Spindles give some con reports back from Nine Worlds and the Arthur C Clarke Award. We also have reviews of Atomic Blonde, thoughts on this season's Game of Thrones and much more. Tickets are now available for next year's Nine Worlds now: https://nineworlds.co.uk/ As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twitter.com/spindlyone Until...
Episode 84 - Return of the Living Nerd
July 29, 2017 09:30 - 155 BytesOn this week's show, we have reviews of Dunkirk, our thoughts on the latest Game of Thrones and, of course, that Doctor Who news. To check out any of the trailers mentioned in the show, just pop on to YouTube, you'll find them all there easily enough. If you want to check out Smorgasbored then have a look at http://smorgasboredpod.blogspot.co.uk/ As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld...
Episode 83 - War for the Planet of the Nerds
July 21, 2017 11:07 - 114 BytesOn this week's show, Brendan and Spindles give reviews of War for the Planet of the Apes, Spiderman Homecoming, Baby Driver, iZombie and much, much more. As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twitter.com/spindlyone Until next time, Take care and be excellent to each other.
Episode 82 - Nerd Walk With Me
July 07, 2017 09:25 - 151 BytesWelcome back to another episode of NerdVsWorld. On this week's show, Brendan and Spindles mull over this year's season finalés, Spindles talks Twin Peaks The Return and much more. As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twitter.com/spindlyone Until next time, Take care and be excellent to each other.
Episode 81 - A View to a Nerd
June 13, 2017 09:13 - 131 BytesHello, welcome to Episode 81: A View to a Nerd; here’s a little bit about what’s on our show this episode. Spindles brings us his round up from MCM London, making Bren jealous with all his talk about how nice Sean Maher is. Bren was at the UK Games Expo the following weekend, you can hear him get very excited about Temp Worker Assassins, have an utter fanboy moment over Big Potato Games, and badly try to explain Shahrazad from Osprey Games. Check out the Twitter/Website links below to ...
Episode 80 - Nerd Covenant
May 29, 2017 16:14 - 110 BytesOn this week's show, Brendan finally gives us his verdict on the new Alien movie, we round up the new shows for next season and preview what to expect at this year's UK Games Expo. As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twitter.com/spindlyone Until next time, Take care and be excellent to each other.
Episode 79 - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nerd
May 11, 2017 19:01 - 133 MBOn this week's jam packed show, Brendan and Spindles give their thoughts on Guardians 2, the latest Doctor Who, Sci Fi Short film Eddie, American Gods and much more. For more details about Eddie check out the website at http://eddieshort.co.uk/ And for that Blade Runner trailer, go check out https://youtu.be/gCcx85zbxz4 As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twit...
Episode 79 - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nerd
May 11, 2017 19:01 - 132 BytesOn this week's jam packed show, Brendan and Spindles give their thoughts on Guardians 2, the latest Doctor Who, Sci Fi Short film Eddie, American Gods and much more. For more details about Eddie check out the website at http://eddieshort.co.uk/ And for that Blade Runner trailer, go check out https://youtu.be/gCcx85zbxz4 As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twit...
Episode 78: Nerd in the Shell
April 29, 2017 12:03 - 132 BytesOn this week's show, the guys give their verdict on the live action reboot of Ghost in the Shell, talk about the latest Netflix shows, 13 Reasons Why and MST3K, recap this year's Sci Fi Weekender and much more. As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twitter.com/spindlyone Until next time, Take care and be excellent to each other.
Episode 77: Mr Nerd Goes To Southampton
April 08, 2017 10:59 - 92 BytesThis week's show was recorded live as part of the Southampton Super Pod: http://www.superpod.co.uk/ We were joined by host of the Gallfrey Stands Podcast https://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com/, Doctor Squee and Doctor Who creature performer Jon Davey As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twitter.com/spindlyone Until next time, Take care and be excellent to ...
Episode 76 - SharkNerdo
February 12, 2017 16:07 - 127 BytesWelcome back to another episode of NerdVsWorld. On this week's show we have a con report back from this year's SF Ball, Reviews of La La Land, Theories on the next season of Doctor Who and more. For more details on next year's SF Ball and for tickets, go to http://www.sfbevents.com/ As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twitter.com/spindlyone Until next time, Ta...
Episode 75 - Resident Nerd: Nerdpocalypse
January 13, 2017 11:58 - 109 BytesWelcome to 2017. The NerdVsWorld chaps preview their picks of the coming year's TV, Films and Games. Also discussions on the latest Constantine news from The CW. As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twitter.com/spindlyone Until next time, Take care and be excellent to each other.
Episode 74 - The Nerdmare Before Christmas
December 31, 2016 10:30 - 139 BytesHello Internet! Welcome to this year's NerdVsWorld review of the year show. It's been a year of ups and downs and we sift through some of our favourite and not so favourite moments. We hope you all have a lovely xmas and new year and we will be back with a new round of shows soon. As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twitter.com/spindlyone Until next time, Take...
Episode 73: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Nerds
November 04, 2016 13:04 - 118 BytesOn this week's show, Brendan and Spindles give their thoughts on the latest rounds of trailers for Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Rogue One and more. For tickets and more information on the upcoming MCM London Comic Con, check out http://www.mcmcomiccon.com/london/ and see if you can spot Spindles there. And for BristolCon have a look at http://www.bristolcon.org/ and see if you can manage to track down Brendan at the event. As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdv...
Episode 73: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Nerds
November 04, 2016 13:04 - 119 MBOn this week's show, Brendan and Spindles give their thoughts on the latest rounds of trailers for Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Rogue One and more. For tickets and more information on the upcoming MCM London Comic Con, check out http://www.mcmcomiccon.com/london/ and see if you can spot Spindles there. And for BristolCon have a look at http://www.bristolcon.org/ and see if you can manage to track down Brendan at the event. As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdv...
Episode 72: WestNerd
October 14, 2016 09:00 - 98 BytesOn this week's show we carry on with our first impressions of this season's new and returning shows including the new remake of WestWorld, Timeless, Macgyver and more. For tickets and more information on the upcoming MCM London Comic Con, check out http://www.mcmcomiccon.com/london/ and see if you can spot Spindles there. And for BristolCon have a look at http://www.bristolcon.org/ and see if you can manage to track down Brendan at the event. As always you can find us on facebook: http://...
Episode 71: Nerding in the Rain
October 07, 2016 09:00 - 120 BytesHello and welcome back to another episode of NerdVsWorld. On this week's show, Brendan and Spindles talk through their experiences at this year's EGX convention as well as reactions and reviews of new and returning shows. For more information about EGX, check out their pages at https://www.egx.net/egx You can also check out the trailers for some of the games we talked about: Forgotton Anne - https://youtu.be/vwWWr9mgTSE WWE 2K17 - https://youtu.be/qhDsN5BYx8s Elder Scrolls Legends - htt...
Episode 70 : Nerd By Nerdwest
September 16, 2016 10:00 - 96 BytesWelcome back to NerdVsWorld. On this week's show, Brendan and Spindles talk reviews of Morgan, Fall Season Premieres, Harry Potter and The Cursed Child and much more. If you're interested in Mr Green's latest Kickstarter then check it out at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1412864360/the-wicked-wizard-of-oz And for The Trekologist get yourself over to https://www.facebook.com/thetrekologist/ (Apologies: In the show I erroneously attributed The Trekologist to Starburst, when it is actu...
Episode 69: Bren and Si's Excellent Nerdventure
September 02, 2016 12:02 - 169 MBHola internets! We're back. Various unforeseen circumstances have kept us from recording of late, but hopefully everything has now blown over and we'll be back to normal. This week's show is a round up of some the awesome conventions we've been to recently and our picks of the new series starting in the upcoming Fall 2016 season. Some links for things we spoke about: NinJa Division: http://ninjadivision.com/ninja-all-stars/ The truly fabulous Son of Zorn trailer: https://www.youtube.com/...
Episode 69: Bren and Si's Excellent Nerdventure
September 02, 2016 12:02 - 169 BytesHola internets! We're back. Various unforeseen circumstances have kept us from recording of late, but hopefully everything has now blown over and we'll be back to normal. This week's show is a round up of some the awesome conventions we've been to recently and our picks of the new series starting in the upcoming Fall 2016 season. Some links for things we spoke about: NinJa Division: http://ninjadivision.com/ninja-all-stars/ The truly fabulous Son of Zorn trailer: https://www.youtube.com/...
Episode 68: NerdGames
June 11, 2016 11:05 - 186 BytesThis week is a bumper episode with feedback from MCM London Comic Con, the UK Games Expo, reviews of X-Men Apocalypse and much more. http://www.mcmcomiccon.com/ - For more details on MCM Comic Con https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/ - For the UK Games Expo https://www.facebook.com/Wot9r/ - for news on "War of the Nine Realms" by Wotan, ahead of the their kickstarter launch http://battleofthebandscardgame.com/ - Subscribe to be kept up to date with kickstarter news for "Battle of the Bands" http...
Episode 67: Judge Nerd
May 20, 2016 08:59 - 75 BytesIn the second of our shows recorded at Hide N Geek for Free Comic Book Day 2016, Brendan and Spindles are joined by Su, organiser of the Lawgiver conventions. There's a preview of what to expect at this year's Lawgiver MkIII, chat about the wider Dredd and 2000AD universes and Su contributes to our NerdVsWorld List of films. For tickets and more information on Lawgiver check out the website at http://www.rule32promotions.co.uk/ As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.co...
Episode 66: Flight of the Nerdigator
May 13, 2016 10:11 - 99 BytesIt's Free Comic Book Day and Brendan and Spindles are at Hide and Geek in Worcester. The guys are joined by Jon Laight and Lee Bradley to talk comics, movies, conventions and much more. Find out more about Lee an his website http://www.leebradley.com/ And for more on Jon and Level 8 Comics go to http://www.level8comics.com/ Details for Worcester Comic Con http://www.worcester-comiccon.com And you can pick up Brethren Born from Comichaus http://www.comichaus.com/ As always you can find u...
Episode 65: 65nerdsofstatic
May 01, 2016 10:00 - 126 BytesOn this week's show we have a convention report back from Wales Comic Con, reviews of some TV shows we've been binge watching recently, thoughts on the new Doctor Who companion and much more. You can check out some of our photos from Wales Comic Con over on Faceache: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.600707160084229.1073741846.212... Also, the No Man's Sky trailer is up on YouTube https://youtu.be/eBERVWYa-1Y and you can hear 65daysofstatic's first tune 'Supermoon' over on soundclo...
Episode 64: Star Nerd - Voyager
April 18, 2016 09:00 - 64 BytesThis week's show is the interview we recorded with the very lovely Garrett Wang, best known for his role as Ensign Harry Kim in Star Trek Voyager. We caught up with Garrett at this year's SFW7 event. You can follow Garrett on twitter at https://twitter.com/GarrettRWang For more information about the Sci Fi Weekender and to book tickets go to http://www.scifiweekender.com/ As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://...
Episode 63: Batnerd vs Supernerd: Nerd of Justice
April 01, 2016 10:00 - 159 BytesSo, it finally arrived. Find out what the guys made of the new Batman vs Superman movie. This week, we also review 10 Cloverfield Lane, Daredevil Season 2 and feed back from this year's Sci Fi Weekender. For details on Juliet Landau's Indiegogo campaign check out https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-place-among-the-undead#/ For details and to book tickets for next year's SFW8 go to http://www.scifiweekender.com/ As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or...
Episode 62: Pride and Prejudice and Nerds
March 15, 2016 12:00 - 113 BytesOn this week's show Brendan and Spindles review some of the latest movie releases, feed back our experiences from OxCon, pick out the things we're looking forward to at this year's Sci Fi Weekender and more. For more details on the Sci Fi Weekender check out their website at http://www.scifiweekender.com or their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/scifiweekender As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twit...
Episode 61: Nerdpool
February 19, 2016 10:00 - 137 BytesThis week, Brendan, Spindles and Emma are joined by The Architect of OxCon. We talk a bit about this upcoming event, Review Deadpool, Talk a bit more about new X-FIles, DC Legends of Tomorrow and much, much more. For more details and to book some of the last few remaining tickets then check out http://www.oxcon.xyz As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twitter.co...
Episode 60: Nerd In 60 Seconds
February 05, 2016 11:00 - 123 BytesOn this week's show we have reviews of Spotlight, The Big Short and Creed. Reactions to the first couple of episode of Agent Carter, the new season of The X-Files, Steven Moffat leaving Doctor Who and more. For more information and tickets for the upcoming Sci Fi Weekender check out their site at http://www.scifiweekender.com/ As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://ww...
Episode 59: The Hateful Nerd
January 22, 2016 11:00 - 135 BytesOn this week's show Brendan reviews The Hateful Eight and Revenant in an attempt to convince Spindles into watching them. There is also discussion on this year's Oscar nominations, Playstation Now, Suicide Squad and much more. Make up your own mind on the Suicide Squad trailer here https://youtu.be/CmRih_VtVAs As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twitter.com/sp...
Episode 58: The Nerd Awakens
January 08, 2016 10:00 - 147 BytesWelcome to 2016 everyone... I hope you all had a lovely break? Brendan and Spindles kick off the New Year with some of their highs and lows from the last year. Then it's all about the Star Wars... We've been building up to this one since pretty much our first episode. Be warned... It is spoilers galore. For anyone interested in checking out the Machete Order then have a gander at http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2011/11/11/the-star-wars-saga-suggested... As always you can find us on faceb...
Episode 57: The Star Nerds Holiday Special
December 21, 2015 11:00 - 112 BytesIn our last show of the year, we give our reactions to some of the most recent trailers of 2016's biggest releases and round up some of the best of the mid-season finalées. If you haven't seen any of the trailers yet then here's the list: Independence Day 2: https://youtu.be/GqAllf_BKEwX-Men Apocalypse: https://youtu.be/COvnHv42T-ABatman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice: https://youtu.be/yViIi3gie2cCaptain America: Civil War: https://youtu.be/uVdV-lxRPFoStar Trek Beyond: https://youtu.be/XRVD3...
Episode 56: Saturday Nerd Fever
November 27, 2015 13:00 - 109 BytesThis week is all about Marvel's Jessica Jones. Well... Mostly... Brendan and Spindles have just about recovered from binge watching the entire series and talk over the events of the series itself as well as it's place in the MCU. Be warned, this show assumes you have watched the entire season and contains spoilers throughout. As well as this, we get thoughts on all the feels of Face The Raven, reviews of Hunger Games, Jobs and some discussion around the new Civil War trailer as well as much...
Episode 55: Supernerd
November 13, 2015 10:00 - 115 BytesOn this week's show, Brendan and Spindles give their thoughts on the current season of TV shows so far, covering Arrow, Flash, Supernatural, Limitless, Blindspot and much more. Also they devote some time to the current season of Doctor Who, more specifically, how truly awesome it is. There's a round up of some of the last few cons you can check out for the rest of the year and more. For details of Steampunks in Space go to http://www.spacecentre.co.uk/special-events/steampunks-in-space Fo...
Episode 54: Con Nerd
October 30, 2015 11:25 - 135 BytesOn this week's show, Brendan, Spindles, Emma and Megan report back from the latest MCM London Comic Con, review their playtest of Super Dungeon Explore, Talk Star Wars, Doctor Who and more. For more details on the MCM Comic Cons check out http://www.mcmcomiccon.com For details of the Super Dungeon Explore Kickstarter campaign go to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sodapopminiatures/super-dungeon-exp... As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follo...
Episode 53: The Rocky Horror Picture Nerd
October 16, 2015 11:00 - 157 BytesOn this week's show, Brendan and Spindles discuss more of this season's new and returning shows including The Walking Dead, Supernatural, Arrow, Flash and more. There is also news from NYCC, previews of the forthcoming Jessica Jones on Netflix, mainstream press coverage on the possibility of Firefly season two and much more. As promised here is the photo of Jared Leto trolling a Joker cosplayer: https://twitter.com/JaredLeto/status/653326938749161473/photo/1 Details of the BBC America scr...
Episode 52: The Hunt for Nerd October
October 02, 2015 09:00 - 141 BytesIt's like Christmas time for us here at NerdVsWorld as the new TV season kicks off in earnest. We review some of the new shows as well as some thoughts on returning ones. Spindles reports back on this season's upcoming new games from this year's EGX event at the NEC in Birmingham. And, finally, we have a bit of an update on the Lunatics on Mars as well as thoughts on the new Ridley Scott film, The Martian. For more information on EGX check out their website https://www.egx.net/egx You can ...
Episode 51: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Nerd
September 08, 2015 10:00 - 226 BytesOn this week's show, Brendan and Spindles are joined by Allen Stroud, Writer, Musician, Fellow Podcaster and New Media lecturer. Following on from some excellent panels at this year's Nine Worlds convention, we talk about the past, present and future of New Media. We also discuss Netflix's recent decision not to renew their contract with Epix and the possible ramifications. Be warned, it is quite a long episode this week, hence the late release. You can check out Allen's website at http:/...
Episode 50: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Nerd
August 14, 2015 13:00 - 163 BytesWe made it to 50! Join us as we talk over a couple of new trailers and review all of our highlights from our weekend at Nine Worlds GeekFest. For more information on Nine Worlds and to book for next year, go to https://nineworlds.co.uk/ For Knightmare Live tour dates go to http://www.knightmarelive.com/ For more information and to book tickets for SciFi Wales, go to http://www.scifiwales.uk/ Doctor Who trailer: https://youtu.be/0csVdLbDMO4 The Hateful Eight Trailer: https://youtu.be/gnR...
Episode 49: Lord of the Nerds
July 31, 2015 11:00 - 48 BytesAs we're all off enjoying the sunshine, this week's show is a little bit different and special in that it is our interview with John Noble recorded at this year's MCM London Comic Con. We talk Lord of the Rings, Sleepy Hollow and, of course, Fringe. For more details on MCM events check out http://www.mcmcomiccon.com As always you can find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nerdvworld Or follow us on twitter: Brendan: http://www.twitter.com/NerdVsWorld Spindles: http://www.twitter....
Episode 48: Apocalypse Nerd
July 17, 2015 09:00 - 145 BytesThis week, Brendan and Spindles are joined by CollidaCon's Registrations Officer and fellow Oxfordian Emma-Louise. We talk over our highlights from this year's San Diego Comic Con and get a bit of a preview of what we've got to look forward to from this year's newest convention on the block, CollidaCon. Links and stuff: Nerd HQ 2015 playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIZcsQNeOU4BQkgsxxXgILjHgap4E9mil Vertigo Line up - http://comicsalliance.com/vertigo-new-titles-2015/ Marv...
Episode 47: Nerdmanji
July 02, 2015 20:02 - 131 BytesOn this week's show, Brendan and Spindles are joined by Simon from Thirsty Meeples to discuss the recent article from The Telegraph which posits the theory that boardgames are dead. As well as this, we discuss some recent comic and movie news and give a bit of a flavour of what we're up to over the summer and beyond. For the article in question, check out http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/relationships/fatherhood/11696224/Card-ga... And for more information on the fabulous Thirsy Meeples yo...