Nerdy Show

Nerdy Show ventures into the clockwork Megatropolis of Bruce Boxleitner’s Lantern City - a Steampunk television series currently in development. It’s an unconventional show, massive in scope, that’s partially created by the fan community that inspired it. We talk with man behind Tron and Babylon 5‘s John Sheridan and his collaborators Trevor Crafts and Matthew James Daley about the forthcoming ser...

THE LIGHTNING DOGS RETURN! Our 80s-inspired, post apocalyptic, action figure-ready, cartoon universe is ever-growing. Tune in as we brainstorm this crazy concept live! When last we checked in with Cap, Hex, Brian, Tony, and Doug the Lightning Dogs had gained new team members, special powers, and their world expanded – but there’s still more work to do. In this episode we complete the core Lightnin...

Oh snap! Is that a LEGO piece or a tree branch you’ve stepped on? Either or! ep 148 300 ‘Cause you’ve stumbled on another Microsode 2-Pack! Cap and Hex announce Nerdy Show LIVE, discuss what’s new about Nerdapalooza 2013, and serve up two radically different, bite-sized episodes mashed together with some creamy cookie filling for your podcast nomjoyment. First up, Cap and Tony are joined by the Gh...

Ah, the summer blockbuster… Every big studio competing in no-holds-barred thrill-rides, filled with explosions, and sporting price tags in the hundreds of millions. The stakes are always high, and the film quality is dubious at best. In this episode of Nerdy Show, we sound off about the nerdiest of the summer blockbusters so far: Star Trek: Into Darkness, World War Z, and Man of Steel (we did Iron...

It’s a hot time for fans of cosmic happenings in superhero universes. Thanos, one of Marvel’s ultimate big bads, is getting the origin treatment with the mightily-bearded uber-author Jason Aaron (Wolverine & the X-Men, Thor: God of Thunder). Meanwhile over at DC, Geoff Johns’ landmark run of Green Lantern has ended, paving the way for a new creative team on every Lantern book including Rob Ven...

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, Jessi...

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 Harm...

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, G...

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...

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...

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....

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, an...

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 ne...

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...

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 real...

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. Nint...

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 e...

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, chronicli...

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, an...

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 hi...

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 Me...

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,...

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 Termin...

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...

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 wit...