State of the Empire is Nerdy Show’s Star Wars speculation podcast where we “look for news in Alderaan places”.There has been an awakening, folks!Episode VII has a title and a snazzy and much-debated teaser trailer to boot! What's more, the Internet was treated to a veritable buffet of leaked production art which appears to be 100% legit. State of the Empire has always been about rampant speculation based on the most miniscule of details - never before have we been given so much powerful ammo to ...
Dec 08, 2014•1 hr 17 min
This is a Nerdy Show episode years in the making! For the past two years we've been collecting interviews from every host on the Network and nearly every celebrity guest we've had on the show, asking one simple question: what's your first video game experience? In doing so, we unearthed a treasure trove bigger than the E.T. landfill: an oral history of video games. These are stories set against a backdrop of bowling alleys, Circle Ks, Christmas mornings, basement bedrooms, and the din of the arc...
Nov 28, 2014•2 hr 31 min
As a pop culture icon born of the music video age, "Weird Al" Yankovic is a multimedia artist. His music videos, TV appearances, and his cult classic film UHF have defined visual comedy for legions of weirdos. In this episode we send up the visual side of Weird Al and commemorate UHF's 25th Anniversary. To mark the occasion,Weird Al returns to Nerdy Show with his partner in crime, Jay Levey - director of UHF and many of Al's classic music videos. They share insight into the creation of not only ...
Nov 10, 2014•49 min
Whether you grew up watching him drop knowledge in the 90s or talk no-nonsense smack to pundits in the 21st century, chances are - you know Bill Nye. As "The Science Guy" he's been an inspiration to millions, including many members of Nerdy Show. This mechanical engineer turned TV personality has made it his quest to spread the word of science and teach hard fact over sensational misconception.Join Cap, Doug, boR, Jessica, and Jon as we discover Bill Nye's origins and look back on his cultural m...
Nov 03, 2014•35 min
Welcome, vault-dweller, to the Wasteland! All the greatness of humanity has been obliterated by cleansing, nuclear fire, and all that's left are irradiated dreggs clinging to life in the ruins of what once was. In this Microsode, the Nerdy Show crew has been called on to discuss one of the greatest game series of all time: Fallout.Join Cap, Brandon, Doug, LaForge, and Matt as they share their favorite stories from the Wasteland. Every player's adventures in any Fallout title is the stuff of lege...
Oct 27, 2014•38 min
Gaming is a powerful medium, be it on a tabletop or in front of a screen. Whether you're led down a meticulously crafted narrative or interacting with something abstract - the relationship between the gamer and the game is pure art. But how can gamers and artists deconstruct the game to make something new?We've brought two fan-chosen Microsode topics together in a Microsode 2-Pack! Join Cap, Doug, Brandon, and LaForge as they examine video games as art, how the medium can be broken down to creat...
Oct 20, 2014•46 min
State of the Empire is Nerdy Show’s Star Wars speculation podcast where we “look for news in Alderaan places”.The big news this month is Star Wars Rebels has premiered! As of this episode we've seen the hour-long debut, "Spark of Rebellion" as well as the first regular episode "Droids in Distress". As faithful followers of the show know, even with the talented Greg Weisman on board, we weren't getting our hopes up. We've been burnt too many times before... and had our limbs cut off, and kicked i...
Oct 13, 2014•1 hr 45 min
We interrupt your weekly fix for topical nerdy podcasting with an important news bulletin: there's some crazy-cool stuff happening this week!Cap and Community Manager Trench share new details on our streaming events: the D&D Q&A and The Microsodapalooza. The D&D Q&A is a call-in show with the cast and crew of our tabletop roleplaying show Dungeons & Doritos and The Microsodapalooza is a a six-hour marathon recording session where we take on 22 fan-requested topics spanning ev...
Sep 22, 2014•24 min
It's Nerdy Show - The Nerdy Show Network's flagship podcast!Destiny is a funny thing. Sometimes your destiny is for Darth Vader to come down from Planet Vulcan and tell you that if you don't take Lorraine out, that he'll melt your brain. Other times, Destiny is a brand-new video game from the beloved sci-fi studio that brought you Halo and Marathon. This episode is a little of column A and a little of column B.Join Cap, Brandon, Tony, and Colin for a Destiny review - What kind of game is it real...
Sep 15, 2014•50 min
We've mashed two fan-chosen topics together! For this Microsode 2-pack we've selected topics with a cinema-slant: "Superhero Stories in Disguise" and "Movies Based on Strange Truths".Join Cap, Hex, and Doug as they read between the lines of movies and look behind the scenes as to the unusual circumstances they were inspired by. What films, despite not being branded as "superhero movies", feature great powers and great responsibilities beneath their unassuming facades? And what unusual stories fr...
Sep 01, 2014•1 hr 7 min
This month, Orlando was once again under siege by the raw might of Nerd Music!Orlando Nerd Fest made their big debut in the nerd music convention/ festival scene boasting the talents of Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu & The Earthbound Papas, Wordburglar, Critical Hit, Steam Powered Giraffe, MC Frontalot, and many, many more. Nerdy Show hosts Cap, Brandon, Kay, boR, Aaron, and Denika were on-site, rocking out across the fest's 5-day expanse.In this microsode the crew hangs out, post-pool...
Aug 18, 2014•30 min
THE LIGHTNING DOGS RETURN!The Lightning Dogs are everything we ever loved about sci-fi animation. Tune in as we brainstorm our 80s-inspired, post apocalyptic, action figure-ready, cartoon universe!Last week, we rounded out the Lightning Dogs team: six canine heroes empowered with special abilities and trapped in a desolate, mutant wasteland. They seem unstoppable, right? WRONG! This week it's all about the villains and exploring the torched and warped rock once called "Earth". Who are the freaki...
Aug 04, 2014•1 hr 17 min
THE LIGHTNING DOGS RIDE AGAIN!Tune in as we brainstorm our 80s-inspired, post apocalyptic, action figure-ready, cartoon universe! The Lightning Dogs are everything we ever loved about 80s and early 90s sci-fi (and all affiliated merchandise) and we’re conceptualizing them live.In this episode we finalize the characteristics and power set of our final three Lightning Dogs: Narisa, Kane, and Kid. When your physiology is altered by an exploding galactic transit device, all kinds of things can happe...
Jul 28, 2014•59 min
Like a prophet from the stars, or the burning of a zesty burrito, "Weird Al" Yankovic has returned to us. Every few years its his solemn duty to warp pop culture to his comedic will, and over the decades he's amassed a legion of nerdy followers. Chances are likely that you're one of them.In this episode we speak with Weird Al, hot on the heels of his 14th studio album: Mandatory Fun. This is the beginning of a new age of Al - he discusses leaving the conventional album format behind, what goes i...
Jul 17, 2014•41 min
State of the Empire is Nerdy Show’s Star Wars speculation podcast where we “look for news in Alderaan places”.Disney's master plan for the the new Star Wars universe is coming together. List leaked from within Hasbro has shown a likely outline for what major projects we can expect from now 'til 2020 including a Boba Fett film, and two suspicious candidates for other films. Creative teams have also been revealed for some of these projects including a surprise announcement of a young filmmaker who...
Jul 14, 2014•1 hr 21 min
The video game industry has hit an age that every mass medium hits – where restoring and revitalizing old titles is imperative. These days even more movies are getting regurgitated as needless remakes or unnecessary sequels – can the gaming industry do any better? Are there games out there that actually need to be remade or are begging to be updated with HD graphics?This Nerdy Show Microsode is a followup to our recent “Movies The Actually Need Sequels” episode. Nerdy Show listener Arkais asked ...
Jun 29, 2014•47 min
Coming to you directly from I-95… it’s Nerdy Show Comic Show!The Nerdy Show crew traveled from Orlando to Charlotte North Carolina for our favorite comic convention of the year: HeroesCon. We hung out with some cool folks, met some fine people, moderated some cool panels, and now we’re driving home in the middle of the night. In this episode not only do Cap, Tony, and Trench discuss the HeroesCon happenings, but we also share one of Nerdy Show’s panels! Aaron was joined by a whole troupe of awes...
Jun 26, 2014•53 min
Movie sequels are a tricky business. Crappy movies get sequels all the time and on occasion perfectly good standalone movies are forced into the sequel game with mixed results or even the dreaded… direct to video sequel.Meanwhile, plenty of perfectly good film franchises are lying in wait as other movies are given the full-service sequel treatment. So what films actually need sequels? Nerdy Show listener Arkais requested that we discuss just that. Join a whole party of Nerdy Show personalities f...
Jun 15, 2014•39 min
It’s the final day of E3 2014 and there’s no shortage of new game experiences for us to cram in before the show closes for another year.We got a closed-door look at Rocksteady’s return to the Batman/ Arkham franchise: Batman: Arkham Knight (as well as a look at some kinda freaky Green Lantern redesign), saw the ultra gory and super-awesome Fatalities and features of Mortal Kombat X, peeped a Zelda-inspired Adventure Time game that takes place in recent continuity, and discovered what might be a ...
Jun 12, 2014•1 hr 21 min
This E3 day offered not just thrills, but actual terror. The last thing we want is to be seduced by another Alien game but dammit… Alien: Isolation is in a league of its own and truly embodies the notion of “survival horror”. But it’s not the only game we saw flirting with danger and desperation – the creator of Resident Evil has returned to set a new bar for the horror puzzler, and the new zombie MMO, H1Z1 is shaping up to be the pinnacle of the zombie survivalist online gaming.We also found ou...
Jun 11, 2014•1 hr 21 min
E3 has truly begun! The convention doors have been thrown open wide and we’ve raided the halls of valuable information and hands-on experiences.We tried out Fable: Legends, Shape Up, Fantasia: Music Evolved, Disney Infinity Marvel Super Heroes, Apotheon, Broforce, and EarthNight. And we saw live demos of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Civilization: Beyond Earth, and TellTale’s Tales From The Borderlands.Day 1 also marked Nintendo’s E3 Digital Event, the last of the pre-show conferences, w...
Jun 10, 2014•1 hr 16 min
Last year’s E3 was all about the new hardware. This year it’s all about the new hardware proving itself with games, games, games!This episode of Nerdy Show chronicles Day Zero of E3: Four colossal press conferences where the stage is set for the next-gen goodies awaiting us when the show floor opens. Microsoft, Sony, EA, and Ubisoft vied for the favor of gamers everywhere and for those of us still holding out to decide between PS4 and Xbox One… the showings from today alone are likely to force y...
Jun 09, 2014•1 hr 20 min
Adventures in video gaming awaits!Next week, Nerdy Show will be in Los Angeles to cover E3 – the biggest video game event of the year. But before we do that and unleash daily podcasts and videos chronicling our hands-on experiences with all new games, we thought it would be apropos to get the conversation started. And what better place to start than the rumor mill?Join Nerdy Show hosts Cap, Brandon, and Tony along with our Live Producer John La Valle and our Community Manager Trench as we specul...
Jun 01, 2014•1 hr 13 min
It’s a month of uncanny anniversaries. Last week we celebrated 60 years of Godzilla, and this week it’s 30 years of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In this episode we talk with Steve Murphy – the most prolific Ninja Turtles author of all-time; having written more Turtles stories in more mediums than even the TMNT’s creators. As his pen name, Dean Clarrain, Murphy wrote Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures – the definitive Turtles comic of the 90s and the longest continuous TMNT comic series of ...
May 27, 2014•1 hr 51 min
Like a rock ‘n’ roll granddad, Godzilla is over the hill but ain’t gonna hesitate to crack jaws in a cultural relevance bar brawl. The King of All Monsters is still a pop culture behemoth even at the big 6-0, and in this episode we celebrate his nuclear legacy.Nerdy Show hosts Cap, Kay, Hex, and Tony are joined by community member and kaiju expert, BigBadShadowMan to discuss Godzilla’s history, various incarnations, and review the new Godzilla film. Will thunder thigh Godzilla make a twerking vi...
May 18, 2014•1 hr 20 min
State of the Empire is Nerdy Show’s Star Wars speculation podcast where we “look for news in Alderaan places”.It’s a time of celebration throughout the galaxy. May the Fourth has brought jubilation to countless systems and the cast of Episode VII has finally been announced! But – there are still many secrets surrounding the burgeoning new film. Rumors of a mysterious cast member still to come, and the roles that the actors will be playing are yet to be revealed. Join Cap, Doug, and Matt as they ...
May 04, 2014•1 hr 15 min
Calling all music nerds, sci-tech geeks, and mathletes! We've embarked on a perilous journey to one of the coolest nerd events there is – Moogfest!What’s Moogfest? It’s an annual event in Asheville, NC celebrating the legacy of synth pioneer Bob Moog. Formerly a music festival, this year it’s digivolved into a synthesis of technology, art, and music. Join Cap, Jon, and Flame On!’s Bryan as they chronicle their daily adventures with real-life cyborgs, futurists, electric ladies, makers, musical i...
Apr 26, 2014•1 hr 58 min
“When destiny beckons, no one can ignore the call…”And so your beloved Nerdy Show hosts have been summoned by the power of the Microsode and the will of Nerdy Show fan, MrJMir. His request? We read from Kevin Wong’s Heroes of Destiny, Episode I: Eternal Knights.Don’t be surprised if you haven’t heard of this momentous tome – it’s a self-published fantasy novel from the mystical land of Canada, and it’s god-awful. Awful, that is, in the best possible ways. Heroes of Destiny rivals Nicholas Cage i...
Apr 20, 2014•37 min
In this episode, Cap talks with Kevin (aka Prince Jellyfish, aka Young Crybaby) from Mouth’s Cradle. His new EP, Sakura, takes on genre that few nerd artists have attempted: English language covers of anime themes and j-pop songs.Last month on Nerdy.FM, we debuted the EP along with a track-by-track interview with Kevin where he shared his favorite anime, j-pop composers, and insight into his inspirations for this rad record. This episode compiles that interview as well as expands it with clips t...
Apr 06, 2014•48 min
Our interview series leading up to Moogfest concludes!Moogfest is a festival focused around electronic music with symposiums on futurism, art, and technology (April 23rd-27th, in Asheville, NC) and leading up to it, Nerdy Show has spoken with some of the incredible talent that’s been culled for this year’s event. In this episode we talk to the editor-in-chief of MAKE Magazine and founder of Boing Boing: Mark Frauenfelder, and Neil Harbisson of the Cyborg Foundation - the world’s first government...
Mar 30, 2014•1 hr 4 min
