Get ready for a Kickstarter to the crotch! Over the few years of its existence, Kickstarter has been responsible for successfully funding countless nerdy concepts, awesome pieces of tech, music, literature, and other media that simply wouldn't have existed otherwise.This episode of Nerdy Show we discuss this crowd funding phenomena that’s changing the creative landscape. Hear Cap, Germaine, Jessica, Colin, and our Live Director, John La Valle’s stories of projects we've funded, the times we've b...
Jun 16, 2013•2 hr 2 min
E3 2013 ends with a bang! This is the last and final part of our daily podcasts, and the biggest one yet. We made the most of day 3 and this double-length episode is jam-packed with game impressions and our top 5 games of the show! (Check them out below if you’re into spoilers.)We demo out Nintendo titles including The Wonderful 101, Mario Kart 8, and Super Mario 3D World. We try out the new Harmonix/ Disney collaboration Fantasia and check out the remake of Castle of Illusion. We sample the fin...
Jun 13, 2013•1 hr 48 min
Day 3 of E3 and our second day on the floor. Things are getting… intense. We get a tour of the XBOX ONE (aka XBone) and learn some revolutionary hardware facts that for some reason no one is talking about including how the controller could change the game experience and just how powerful this big black slab actually is.We get hands on with Deadpool, the new Phoenix Wright, the remade DuckTales, Game and Wario, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Day Z, and Sonic the Hedgehog: Lost Worlds. We a...
Jun 11, 2013•1 hr 23 min
The press conferences are over and the E3 con floor is finally open! Today’s the first day of exclusive first-looks and hands-on experiences with the future of gaming. But first, we go over the big Nintendo Direct E3 announcements including the new Mario Kart, Super Mario 3D World, and Smash Bros.Comics fans, we put Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure to the test (see it in an upcoming video), we got a first look at part of the new Walking Dead DLC 400 Days, and checked out the new LEG...
Jun 11, 2013•1 hr 2 min
E3 2013 is here! This year, the biggest event in gaming is more intense than ever with two new consoles vying for superiority and shifting paradigms of the industry. Nerdy Show is back in LA covering E3 for Bleeding Cool and this is our take on Day 1. The show hasn’t started yet, but Monday was a gauntlet of press conferences and media briefings with big reveals from X-Box, Sony, EA, Ubisoft, and all the developers they’re partnered up with.We share our takes on the new titles, new technology, a...
Jun 09, 2013•1 hr 11 min
In this episode of Nerdy Show Book Club we take on a nerdy novel classic William Gibson’s Neuromancer. Thirty years ago this novel redefined science fiction, and to this day it continues to indelibly influence… just about everything. Including your day-to-day life! This is the kernel from which all of cyberpunk exploded and infected the world’s psyche with digital consciousness. It’s a must read. …And none of us had read it. So we’ve fixed that and hopefully you’ve joined us as we plunged headfi...
Jun 02, 2013•2 hr 5 min
What’s that you smell? Is it the distinct scent of machine oil and dragon farts? It just might be!Nerdy Show is serving up another double-stack of Microsodes and we’re talkin’ ’bout giant robots and all those times where sci-fi and fantasy get freaky on each other. First, Cap Brandon, Jonna, Tony, and Luke discuss the universe of MechWarrior and Battle Tech – the books, the games, its origins, and the new MechWarrior Online – brought to you by Nerdy Show listener Trench88.Then, BigBadShadowMan w...
May 26, 2013•1 hr 7 min
It’s a Microsode mash-up!Microsodes are where YOU choose a topic and we talk about it for 15-30 minutes. This episode of Nerdy Show is two Microsodes stuck together: James Bond 007 and the Multiple Bond Theory and H.P. Lovecraft. What do these two topics have to do with each other? Nothing at face value – but the discussions are fascinating journeys into multimedia and some serious pop culture nerding.In our James Bond discussion (brought to you by Trench 88 & Max Acree) Cap, Matt, and Colin...
May 19, 2013•1 hr 17 min
Like a phoenix purging the lands to make way for new growth, Disney, the new rulers of the Star Wars franchise have rained fire down upon the Lucasfilm landscape. Will it be for better or for worse? Only time will tell. In this episode we mourn the loss of LucasArts and speculate over what could come of the new Star Wars gaming partnership with EA. There’s a lot of new developments and hints as to where Star Wars could be heading as the companies get structured and production gets underway. As a...
May 12, 2013•1 hr 16 min
Marvel Studios’ Phase 2 begins! Iron Man‘s unprecedented success in the theaters paved the way for Marvel creating their own movie empire. Now the prodigal son returns. Join Cap, Adam and Jon as they discuss Iron Man 3.Don’t worry, we warn you when the spoilers start, but it doesn’t take long. As the first Marvel movie post-Avengers this is a big one, and there’s not a lot we can say without really getting into it. Does it live up to or surpass previous films? What ramifications could it have fo...
May 05, 2013•30 min
E3 is coming this June, and once again Nerdy Show will be there. The big 3 are getting their announcements ready, holding pre-press conferences, and in some cases changing their routine altogether – so we’ve got to be ready! Join four fifths of your E3 2012 team: Cap, Brandon, Jonna, and Nerdy Show’s Live Programming Director, John LaValle as we gear up for the biggest game event of the year.Nintendo has changed their approach to E3, ditching a big press conference for online Nintendo Direct vid...
Apr 28, 2013•1 hr 23 min
The Lightning Dogs never turn tail.So it should be no surprise that when Nerdy Show listeners, BigBadShadowMan and Huduvudu simultaneously earned microsodes and both requested we return to the post-apocalyptic world of the Lightning Dogs – we were up for the challenge.Who, or what, are The Lightning Dogs? They’re a pack of anthropomorphic dogs from another world, trapped on Earth, fighting the evil (and weirdly sexy) Glampire! Cap, Hex, Brian, Tony, and Doug conceived this 80s cartoon-styled min...
Apr 21, 2013•1 hr 6 min
Meet Gary. He’s a lovable minion of hell, just trying to work his way up (or down) the corporate ladder of the underworld. Life’s not all chill cubicle work with a demonic millipede burrowing its way through your intestines – no, when you’re working for a demanding boss like Satan, the daily grind has its challenges. Enter Adult Swim’s new docu-dramedy, Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell, chronicling the misadventures of Gary, Satan, and fellow co-worker Claude.Join Cap, Brandon, Andrew, and Jona...
Apr 13, 2013•39 min
Part Two of our episode featuring renowned video game composer, Jeremy Soule and our review of BioShock Infinite. In the conclusion of our discussion with Jeremy Soule, he further explores his motivations behind his crowd-funded symphony, The Northerner, tells how he landed his first job working for Square at 19, and shares some secrets about Secret of Evermore.Team up with Cap, Brandon, Tony, and Doug once more for video game news and our post-game thoughts on Bioshock Infinite – a spoilerific ...
Apr 10, 2013•59 min
This episode of Nerdy Show has so much awesome it couldn’t be contained in one episode!We interview video game composer, Jeremy Soule. You know, the guy behind the score for Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind, Guild Wars 2, Secret of Evermore, Baldur’s Gate… the list goes on. He’s been called the John Williams of game music, and now he’s making history with the world’s first crowd-funded symphony and his first large-scale personal project: The Northerner. Join Cap, Brandon, Tony, and Doug as they disco...
Apr 07, 2013•1 hr 2 min
In our last comics episode we discussed all the confusing and upsetting things happening over at DC Comics, and there’s even more to talk about! Don’t worry though, this episode is light on doom and gloom and filled with awesome comics. We interview Gail Simone, of Secret Six and Batgirl fame, about her forthcoming projects including a bold new book from DC, The Movement, her fan-funded Leaving Megalopolis, and clashing swords with Red Sonja.Join Cap, Aaron, Adam, Tony, and Brian as we report on...
Mar 30, 2013•1 hr 7 min
It is a time of great speculation. Months after the announcement that there would be a new Star Wars film, there is still much that we do not know. That’s why we launched State of the Empire! Nerdy Show leaves no escape pod empty, no wampa un-stomped – we’re looking for news in Alderaan places, and a few of the right ones too.Star Wars’ new masters are shaking things up in the world of Lucasfilm, and there are some very sizable disturbances in the force. Does the cancellation of The Clone Wars, ...
Mar 24, 2013•1 hr 36 min
On Nerdy Show’s Minecraft Server of Awesome, a battle has raged: A battle of minds – across space, time, several continuities, and countless franchises. Now, our Minecraft Sci-Fi Build-A-Thon has ended and at long last we’re ready to announced the winners! Joining Cap, Hex, Brian, and Brandon are Build-A-Thon Sponsors and guest judges: Marshall Weber of Husky Jackal Theater, the guys behind Terminator The Second and Charlie Verdin of Fangamer. Are you precognitive enough to guess the winners?In ...
Mar 17, 2013•1 hr 41 min
Grab your oscillation overthruster and shove some garbage in your Mr. Fusion, ’cause we’re blasting off into 1980s obscurity! This month’s community read-along is Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One a book tailor-made for any geek nurtured in the neon womb of 80s excess and schooled on some of the greatest nerd-centric pop culture ever made. But is a book written by a nerd for nerds a good thing? Can carefully catered niche references go too far? And how does its sci-fi story stack up against its co...
Mar 09, 2013•1 hr 42 min
Video game episodes are back! Our first fully game-centered episode since the re-launch and the first brand new one in a long time. There’s lots of big releases on the horizon and plenty of announcements – both awesome and head-scratching. One of the games we were most excited about after E3 2012, Aliens: Colonial Marines is an unmitigated disaster, Sony finally announced the PS4 (but is spare with details), and Nintendo has unleashed some new game announcements… and lots more.Join Cap, Brandon,...
Mar 03, 2013•1 hr 9 min
THIS EPISODE PRESENTED TO YOU IN GLORIOUS SPEED-WARP!Some kinda temporal mess-up made our files all wonky! Still listenable, we just sound weird.Anyhoo! A it’s a full sci-tech episode. Join Cap, Hex, Brian, Jon, and Jessica as we discuss some serious threats to our way of life. First, the gang discusses Asteroid 2012 DA14, or “dare” as we call ‘em, and the Russian meteor that scientists insist had nothing to do with one another. Can coincidence outweigh the opinions of astrophysicists? Cap and B...
Feb 23, 2013•1 hr 6 min
Nearly every time we talk comics, we can’t help but lament the shenanigans at DC Comics post-New 52 – both on page and behind the scenes. With the recent firing and subsequent re-hiring of Gail Simone on Batgirl, the company’s baffling editorial policies and mishandling of writers has hit an all-time high. Quickly shuffling writers, characters, and storylines with no regard for the artists that make the books possible or the reader makes us all feel very uncomfortable about the publisher. We lov...
Feb 17, 2013•1 hr 10 min
For decades masked heroes have taken the law into their own hands – but only on comic pages. However, in recent times the lines between fiction and reality have blurred, and indeed a few courageous souls have heeded the call to action. The Real Life Superhero Movement is a very real thing. All over North America, people are putting on costumes and fighting for what’s right. Some fight for social causes and some do in fact fight crime like their comic book counterparts. Nerdy Show listeners asked...
Feb 15, 2013•2 hr 39 min
Declassified just in time for the end times: The LONG LOST Nerdy Show Prime. Originally recorded in late 2010, this episode was seized by the FBI and only returned to us in June of this year. Join Cap, Hex, Mike, Brian, Brandon, and Jonna as we seek the truth behind UFOs, Atlantis, Paul McCartney, and every government cover-up in-between. Featuring interviews with the illusive blogger behind Crazy Fucking Conspiracies, MK Ultra rapper Jackson aka Mrs. Paintbrush of Grand Buffet, and historical m...
Dec 21, 2012•2 hr 33 min
Our Nerdy Show Prime Fan Film Series continues! First we went below the surface and discussed Teenage Mutant Ninja Cinema, now we’re venturing out into the Wasteland in search of the perfect Nuka Break. Nuka Break is Wayside Creations‘ fan-funded web series based on the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout. The series is written by our very own Brian Clevinger, and co-created with Zack Finfrock. We’re joined by Zack, co-star Tybee Diskin, and Fallout veteran, scribe of the series bible, Chris Avell...
Jun 15, 2012•1 hr 55 min
Because you demanded it: BACON. The haters out there said “old meme is old” and you said “hell no”. You, nerds of discerning taste, wanted to see if Nerdy Show could possibly pack any more awesome into savory, fat-rippled pork products. You were 1,000% right. Yes, we produced a bacon-themed podcast where we meet bacon makers and came to an understanding of why Odin saw fit to bestow us with these savory meats – but that is not the main attraction here. No… Behold Nerdy Meal Time and weep. It is ...
May 04, 2012•1 hr 46 min
There’s hardly an episode that goes by without us mentioning or somehow referencing Ghostbusters . The landmark 1984 paranormal comedy has profoundly influenced the whole of nerdom and it’s high time we devoted an entire episode to it. Since this is sucha momentous occasion we thought we’d do it style – we interviewed none other than Dr. Raymond Stanz himself, Ghostbusters star and scribe, Dan Aykroyd! Join Cap, Hex, Brandon, Brian and special guest, Ghostbusting maniac and Nerdy community membe...
Apr 26, 2012•1 hr 31 min
We knew that our exploration of nerd music history would be lengthy, but we were surprised how deep the rabbit hole went. Recorded in one long sitting, dividing this episode into two parts was an on-the-spot decision. You can tell it’s gotten late, ’cause we’ve gotten a little loopy. Picking up where we left off - our adventure through nerd music history continues up to the present and into the future! Z from Hipster, Please! and Wired’s GeekDad. makes a brief time-traveling appearance, while th...
Mar 09, 2012•2 hr 18 min
Nerd music is one of the key focuses here at Nerdy Show, so it’s our absolute pleasure to devote a two-part Prime episode to it! Our very own Hex, is something of a nerd music historian and for this momentous occasion he’s brought along the only other being whose knowledge in the field surpasses his own, Z from Hipster, Please ! and Wired’s GeekDad. Also joining us for the ride is a bold new force in the world of nerd music who wants to learn more about the genre’s past: comic rapper extraordina...
Mar 01, 2012•2 hr 5 min
On January 31st we lost a friend, brother, /co/merade, brony, poképhile, and so so so much more – the one, the only, the legendary: Triforce Mike. The night of Sunday, the 29th, he was hit by a car while biking. The crash put him into an unconsciousness from which he’d never wake. On the 30th, hundreds of people came to his hospital room to pay respects, friends and family arrived from out of town and overseas to be with him. That following day, after his passing, the Nerdy Show family and his o...
Feb 03, 2012•3 hr 9 min
