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Episode 310: Okey Dokey
Nick's Nerd News - April 18, 2024 04:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWelcome 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, bu...
Episode 309: Total Eclipse of the Pod
Nick's Nerd News - April 11, 2024 07:15 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsDon't worry, no need to wear protective eyewear to listen to this weeks episode. This week, EA makes a few announcements, some of them late, some of them unexpected, and some of them booed. Ubisoft finally gives us a release date for Star Wars Outlaws, and gives the Prince of Persia a roguelike m...
Episode 308: Now Streaming on Quibi!
Nick's Nerd News - April 04, 2024 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsApril Fools! Hope Everyone enjoyed their joke filled holiday! This Week we have a Kaiju filled review for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, plus more layoffs hit the gaming industry, in what feels like a death march towards self implosion. Also Xbox wants to bring AI to your support page, and Sab...
Episode 307: The Juice is Loose
Nick's Nerd News - March 28, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe got a fun one for you today! Recaps from GDC were the future of PlayStation and Xbox are on developers minds. Larian is moving on from DnD, Bethesda says The Elder Scrolls VI is playable, and Gearbox is leaving Embracer Group. Plus its trailer centrail, Bad Boys 4, The Penguin, Beetlejuice Bee...
Episode 306: The state of the gaming industry is Unreal
Nick's Nerd News - March 21, 2024 07:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsYou read that correctly, the state of the gaming world is unreal, as in Unreal Engine. As the GDC is fully underway, there was still a lot of news to get through. From Epic games having their state of Unreal, to Saber Interactive breaking free from Embracers embrace, to the failure of the PSVR 2,...
Episode 305: My Eyes See Barbenheimer
Nick's Nerd News - March 14, 2024 07:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAnd 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 sti...
Episode 304: Cerveza Cristal!
Nick's Nerd News - March 07, 2024 07:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings🎶Cerveza Cristal!🎶 Happy post Leap Day! Did y'all survive 2/29?? cause Not everyone did. Anywho, This week we have a lot of shakeups in the gaming industry with both Saber Interactive and Toys for Bob leaving their parent corporations. Xbox showed off games during their Partner Preview, Baldur's ...
Episode 303: Rubber goose, green moose, guava juice!
Nick's Nerd News - February 29, 2024 07:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings3oh!3! We got a good episode for yall today! Pokémon news? WE got it! Age of Empires news? WE got it! Naked Gun news? We got it! Unfortunately we also have news of more layoffs effecting the gaming industry. Meanwhile companies like Nvidia diversify and hit a $2trillion, yes with a T, market cap....
Episode 302: Kangless 97: No Cake for you
Nick's Nerd News - February 22, 2024 08:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsX-Men 97 is robbing us all of the cake, well, maybe, at least that is what the trailer is telling us. Marvel is also looking to dump Kang and his council, while DC is not printing money and is avoiding a Batman Beyond movie. How the could fumble the bag that much is beyond me. Also XBOX clarifies...
Episode 301: I am Marvel Jesus!
Nick's Nerd News - February 15, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe have a nerd filled Valentines episode for all of you! Major Marvel mews across the board! The Super Bowl was the most watched telecast in history, and movie trailers were a plenty! Plus we have major updates from Sony and PlayStation, Ubisoft is not afraid of GTA 6, and Xbox jets off to Arraki...
Episode 300: For Tonight We Dine In Hell!
Nick's Nerd News - February 08, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe made it! 300 episodes! Look at us, who woulda thunk? But hey we still got news to talk about. Top stories include Disney's investment into Epic Games and a new Fortnite partnership. Microsoft and Xbox are facing a massive wave of distrust, doubt, and sadness after rumors spark a wildstorm, and...
Episode 299: Rocksteady has lost the plot
Nick's Nerd News - February 01, 2024 07:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHello All! Another week, another rant, but not as heated. As you can tell by the title its about Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, and boy am I not happy. We also had a state of play from Sony, Microsoft gutted Blizzard, and Mass Effect is headed to Destiny. Meanwhile The Thunderbolts loses ...
Episode 298: Here it is, your moment of Ken!
Nick's Nerd News - January 25, 2024 08:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWell the Oscars just went out and proved the Barbie movie right, are we surprised, yes, should we be? No... Also, Jon Stewart returns to the daily show, and honestly that's what America needs right now, please let him be unhinged Comedy Central, please. Plus Palworld has quite literally taken ove...
Episode 297: 30 Rock Live
Nick's Nerd News - January 18, 2024 19:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWill 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 Ni...
Episode 296: The Bear's Beef, and his successor too
Nick's Nerd News - January 11, 2024 09:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWell 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...
Episode 295: Nick's Nerd New Year: If it ain't broke don't six it
Nick's Nerd News - January 04, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIts Nick's Nerd New Year once again! So we have Top 10's in gaming, TV and Film! And I don't think you can guess any of them. Plus we know that two major Nintendo figure heads have no plan on stopping in the gaming industry any time soon. Steamboat Willie is taking over the internet, and everythi...
Episode 294: Yuletide Prognostication
Nick's Nerd News - December 27, 2023 21:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe Holidays are nearing their end, so lets not continue a trend. Instead of a top 10 again and again, we will look into the future and pretend to be wise men. The gaming is light, and movies alright, lets spend a short while, and talk with artistic style. OK, no more rhyming, we have some light ...
Episode 293: ParamountBros:ShowMAX
Nick's Nerd News - December 21, 2023 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAre 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 K...
Episode 292: The Game Awards Minus Two
Nick's Nerd News - December 14, 2023 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe have a review of Godzilla Minus One, which im gonna say now, my favorite movie of 2023, hands down. We also got the game awards last week, over 20 new games announced, most of which had no release dates, Baldur's Gate 3 was the big winner, no surprises. We also saw the announcement of several ...
Episode 291: Return of the VICE
Nick's Nerd News - December 07, 2023 08:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe waited and we received, the trailer for GTA VI is here and it is glorious! Rockstar did not disappoint. We also have news about the turmoil at Bungie, Fornite has piqued my interest for the first time, and Phil Spencer gets candid on several topics. Plus Tom Holland on his Spider-Man future, P...
Episode 290: The Courage to podcast
Nick's Nerd News - November 30, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe should all have courage like David Zaslav (；￣Д￣）. Lord Gaben has been required to return to the US for court, more layoffs hit the game development world, and CD Projekt Red is really gearing up for the Witcher 4. Meanwhile The Hunger Games prequel is just wrapping up the box office, Taika wan...
Episode 289: This Podcast is out of clay
Nick's Nerd News - November 23, 2023 06:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHappy Thanksgiving eve! So it looks like we are getting a Wonder Woman game with the nemesis system which makes me instantly excited. Mario Kart falls out of the top selling for the first time in years, Cyberpunk's re release is going to be 3 disks!!!!, and I guess the KoToR remake isnt dead? Als...
Episode 288: Snubfield Legacy
Nick's Nerd News - November 16, 2023 08:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe Game awards nominees have been announced, and boy are there some major snubs. Nintendo had its indieworld showcase, Rocksteady shows off more of Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, Valve announces the Steam Deck OLED. Meanwhile as Hollywood gets back to work, Marvel Studios delays, WB canc...
Episode 287: Oh what a Glorious Day!
Nick's Nerd News - November 09, 2023 08:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsToday brought us such wonderful news! The SAG-AFTRA Strike is over! and the GTA 6 trailer was announced for early December! I could not be more happy! Also in the News, the bombshell report about Marvel Studios from Variety, Nintendo has a record year, Blizzcon was back, and trailers galore.
Episode 286: Spared Every Expense
Nick's Nerd News - November 02, 2023 02:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHappy Halloween everyone! Sony shakeups Bungie, Xbox shakes up its leadership, and Cliff Bleszinski wants to shake up Gears again. Ubisoft is prepping to dump old online services, Stardew Valley creator wants Studio Ghibli version of Stardew Valley, and Five Nights at Freddy's wins the weekend bo...
Episode 285: Your Friendly Neighborhood Podcast
Nick's Nerd News - October 26, 2023 06:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIf you cant tell by the title, we have a review of Marvel's Spider-Man 2! Which is probably one of the best games of the year, and that's a fact. We also have news from Xbox's Partner Showcase, Twitchcon, and Magic the Gathering. Star Citizen assures us its not vaporware, and Doug Bowser plays co...
Episode 284: I'm Just Pete
Nick's Nerd News - October 19, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsNYCC 2023 came and went with a whimper, im not kidding. But hey the Xbox finally completed their purchase of ActivisionBlizzard ending the 2 year nightmare. also unfortunately the SAG-AFTRA strike will continue, it seems they wont get the same concessions that the WGA got in their strike. Starfie...
Episode 283: NNN: Slim Edition
Nick's Nerd News - October 12, 2023 06:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWell the PS5 Slim is real, and its hideous, yes its hideous, but its modular. Marvel Studios has also announced a complete overhaul of how it will approach its Disney+ shows moving forward, including starting Daredevil Born Again from scratch. We also have a lot of news about Cyberpunk2077 and CD...
Episode 282: It's October 3rd(4th)...
Nick's Nerd News - October 05, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIts not October 3rd, but thats ok. Got a bit of a doozy this week, Sony scrubs all mention of the KotoR Remake from their socails, and acts like its perfectly normal, several Ubisoft execs were arrested by French Police, and the French Govt. raids Nvidia, its a bad day to be in the French gaming ...
Episode 281: When One Strike Ends, another finds a way
Nick's Nerd News - September 28, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsYou read that title correctly, the second longest WGA strike is officially over! But as that ends, the SAG strike continues, and a SAG strike against the video game publishers looms. Meanwhile, final wrap ups from Tokyo Game Show, The Xbox Activision Deal is finally free to close, Jim Ryan is ret...
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