Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast

These days Doctor Who has become a household name worldwide. What started as a staple for the BBC and an obscure sci-fi show on most continents, its global popularity is indebted to the fantastic cast that brought the show out of a hiatus that was over a decade long. Welcome to Season 2 Episode 84 of Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast! Joe and Mark are talking about their admiration for the 9th Do...

There's just something about a good scary story. An eerie silence that is often followed by a good jump scare really gets the blood moving and it doesn't matter if it is in a movie theater, around a camp fire, or the comfort of our own homes; some people love to be scared. Like many stories we've told in this miniseries, today's was born on the internet. From the depths of the Something Awful foru...

Universal's monsters are nothing short of iconic. They're recognizable worldwide and their original stories endure the test of time. However, whenever they attempt to step into the modern world they seem to stumble along the way... Welcome to Season 2 Episode 83 of Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast! On today's episode, our hosts Mark & Joe discuss the 2004 film Van Helsing! This movie had eve...

Following up our miniseries episode on the Science of Cordyceps, this week's episode is a Retro Review of the universally praised 2013 game "The Last of Us." Welcome to Season 2, Episode 82 of Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast! Join us as we relive what it was like to play this post apocalyptic thriller as well as a discussion of its development history! Be sure to download today's episode about...

While most zombie properties lean into viruses or unexplained reasons behind their undead, The Last of Us went for something different and created a welcomed change to the genre. Welcome to Pop Culture Legends, A Digital Dissection Miniseries! On today's episode we discuss the fungi genus "Cordyceps" that turns its arthropod hosts into "zombies" to help spread its spores through the jungles of Asi...

From singing and dancing, to broadcasting and acting, Ellen McLain has done just about everything. You may recognize her as GLaDOS, your favorite A.I. from the hit video game series PORTAL, or from her performance as the computer in Pacific Rim. Ellen's story before that point is rich and full life, and quite a bit happened before she voiced our favorite robots. Welcome to Season 2 Episode 81 of D...

For years, The Walking Dead had kept its audience on the edge of its seats; as a familiar cast of characters traversed the hellish landscape of the Southern United States as society crumbled and the undead roamed the land. In 2019, Netflix debuted a new show that would breathe new life into the zombie genre by removing us from modern society and placing us in 16th century Korea. Welcome to Season...

When watching a scary movie, sometimes the creepiest thing about them can be five little words that come on screen just before the first scene begins, "based on a true story." When the idea of what your watching has actually happened it makes the experience just that much more bone-chilling... so imagine what it's like when those five words appear on the title screen of a video game. Welcome to Po...

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 79 of Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast! Today our hosts Mark and Joe dissect the 2000 Guy Ritchie classic "Snatch!" The ensemble film trailblazed for the popularized heist and ensemble films of its era. Snatch was a combination of comedy, action, and oddly insightful commentary on the world during its time. Be sure to download today's episode to relive this modern cla...

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 78 of Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast! Today our hosts Mark and Joe review the porting of the Ezio Auditore trilogy to the PS4, XBOX One, and Nintendo Switch! Join us as we discuss how Ubisoft vaulted Assassin's Creed into pop culture infamy with one of gaming's greatest trilogies. Stick around to hear their final thoughts on the impact of Ezio's 3 games, and where i...

Welcome to Pop Culture Legends, A Digital Dissection mini-series! Today's episode recalls the torturing of a young Japanese comedian at the hands of reality TV show producers. Through isolation, starvation, and mental torment a reality show pushed Tomoaki Hamatsu (aka Nasubi) to the brink week after week as millions of viewers watched. Music Credits "Pop Culture Legends" Written and Performed by C...

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 77 of Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast! Today our hosts get the chance to sit down with Noah Falstein! Noah is a legendary video game developer and technology disruptor formerly of LucasArts. He is responsible for bringing beloved point-and-click games such as Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, to our homes! He also had a h...

When a generation defining video game expands its franchise it is only a matter of time before a cartoon adaptation is made. When you have 8 gyms to defeat, a regional tournament to compete in, a complete jerk of a rival that's always one step ahead, and a close group of friends to help you out; well that means there is plenty of source material to turn into episodes. Let's also not forget to Catc...

What do we want? Time Travel! When do we want it? That's irrelevant! Time travel isn't all DeLoreans, Police Boxes, and naked people that are actually robots and demanding your clothes; sometimes time travelers hangout with you on message boards. They'll give you a few bread crumbs that sound believable and then hit you with something heavy enough to keep you really interested...and when they are...

During a time when cinemas were saturated with teen dramas and comedies that stared actual teens, or early twenties, that overcame all obstacles to finally get noticed by their crush; one movie dared...to do the same thing, but have a little more fun in the process. Welcome to season two episode 75 of Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast! Today our hosts Joe and Mark discuss the 2004 comedy that fle...

2012 might have been the end of the world (supposedly) but in November of that year the dead would walk... into accolades. Telltale Games partnership with Robert Kirkman bore fruit in the form of their 1st season of The Walking Dead. A rare combination of storytelling, graphical action, and adding to the rich lore that would become the Walking Dead as a media empire. Join Joe and Mark as they brea...

Sometimes life is stranger than fiction...and other times life inspires it. Welcome to Pop Culture Legends: A Digital Dissection mini-series! Today we talk about how the Nazi's obsession with artwork, ancient artifacts, and the occult in the popular Indiana Jones movies is actually inspired by the Third Reich's actual fanaticism with these objects. Be sure to download today's episode to find out m...

Gavin Hammon has a diverse career in voice acting. He's worked on commercials as well as portrayed some of our favorite heroes and villains in video games from iconic franchises such as The Walking Dead, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe and more! Welcome to Season 2 Episode 73 of Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast! Today, our hosts Joe and Mark have a chat with actor Gavin Hammon about his l...

Before Felicia day became a household name by creating Geek & Sundry, appearing on Supernatural, and starring in the new Mystery Science Theater 3000, you could probably find her online playing World of Warcraft with her friends. She played it so much in fact it inspired her to create something of her own. Welcome to Season 2 Episode 72 of Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast! Today, Mark and Jo...

Easter Eggs in video games and movies are like little gems for the players and viewers to find. Some are in plain sight, while others may require a little more exploring or a closer look to discover. Most will be references to events or characters within the game's franchise that bring a smile to the face of the people that found it...and then there's Grand Theft Auto V: a game that has been keepi...

Hit toy line, check, successful comic series with rich backstory, check, wildly popular Saturday morning cartoon, check. With all of this under Hasbro's belt what's left for a franchise in the 1980's to do? Make a movie with gorgeous animation, a rockin' soundtrack/score, and a story that will captivate its existing fans and draw in more? Transformers the Movie (1986) did two of those three things...

Fallout began as a birds-eye-view RPG focusing on how your choices impact a game set in a post apocalyptic world. However, when Fallout 3 hit the market it changed the series dramatically and the franchise hasn't looked back since. Welcome to Season 2 Episode 70 of Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast! Today is another Retro Review of one of our favorite games! Our hosts Mark and Joe talk about the...

Pop Culture has been shaped by many events, but what about a real asteroid exploding over Russia in 1908? Welcome to Pop Culture Legends, a mini-series by Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast. Today we explore the real world events that shook a remote area of Russia's Siberia in the early 1900s. Despite being a literary influence for many properties, and inspirational reference within several film &...

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 69 (niiice)  of Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast! Today Mark and guest host Nate have the chance to sit down and talk with Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe! Al began his career as a school teacher, but changed the course of computer gaming history after becoming a self taught programmer, designer, and composer. Join Mark and Nate (Mark's Brother) as they explor...

While many production teams set out to get a character "right" few can say they had the success of the creative team of Jean MacCurdy, Bruce Timm, and Eric Radomski in 1992. Together these three would give the world an iconic iteration of Batman few writers or filmmakers had ever done before. Welcome to Season Two Episode 68 of Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast! Today, hosts Mark and Joe discuss...