Nerdy Show

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 h...

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 ma...

We’re in the midst of a renaissance in animated television, but all is not well. This past year our worlds have been rocked by amazing, dramatic animated shows like Young Justice, Green Lantern, Motorcity, and Tron: Uprising. However word has recently come in that all of these shows are cancelled, some of them under strange circumstance. What does it mean? What puts networks at odds with serialize...

Join Cap, Hex, Brian, Jon, Colin and Brandon as we spend some time with two of our favorite (and long-neglected) topics: video games and sci-tech – reviewing Level 5 and Studio Ghibli’s Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch and glimpsing the future by examining Google’s new AR patents. We also interview the Ghostbusters: Resurrection crew as they gear up for their second season – discussing how the...

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 Ayk...

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...

Come with us, dear listeners – BEYOND! Into the ballroom of the skies, where the infinite COSMOS are rife with unfathomable mysteries! Where space men and women wear sexy outfits and shoot BEAMS! Pew-pew-pew! Whoosh! Nerdy Show adventures into the realms of our favorite cosmic comic books and some cosmic other stuff too! Captaining our journey to the stars and beyond are a few experts of the realm...

Originally published June 2010. As you’ve no doubt gathered from our recent episodes, we’re in love with the X-Box game, Alan Wake and its live action prequel, Bright Falls. But alongside our excitement for this new game is our love for one of Wake‘s primary influences: David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the monumental television series and Nerdy Show...

Last year we celebrated our love of obscure video games and kicked off our Tetris Rap Attack competition - in THIS episode we reveal the winners! This humble competition asked fans to remix the music of hidden SNES gem, Tetris Attack (aka Panel De Pon ) and the winners would be selected by rappers Astronautalis, Masurao of Krondor Krew, and MC Cool Whip to rap over them. In this episode, we're joi...