The Hills Have Nerds

Travis and Josh went to ANIMATE! Columbus! It was an awesome experience, a huge thanks to everyone involved and everyone we got to meet, play games with, and hang out with over the weekend! Email us: hillshavenerds@gmail.com Come on our Facebook! www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerds Come inside our Discord! https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjm Check us out on Youtube for live stream game nights and other s...

We're celebrating three years of The Hills Have Nerds! Lee, Cody, and Josh sit down and reflect on the nerditry that has been, is happening, and will be! Thank you everyone for three great years of The Hills Have Nerds and heres to even more great nerding to come! Email us: hillshavenerds@gmail.com Come on our Facebook! www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerds Come inside our Discord! https://discor...

This episode the nerds, joined by special guest Ally (Fairly Grimm) dive into a world of minimalism and discuss the wide land of Single Page Table Top RPGs. This is basically the wild west of TTRPGs with themes and mechanics from the mundane and simplistic to the wacky, esoteric, and down right weird. Less words doesn't mean less fun! Also there are PUPPETS! Have you played any of these or any...

This episode the Nerds sit down to discuss what drives we nerds to amass the collections we have. What do we collect? Why do we do it? And how do we go about it? Share your collections with us! Email us: hillshavenerds@gmail.com Come on our Facebook and share your stuff! www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerds Come inside our Discord and share your collections! https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjm Check us ou...

Nerds! Sometimes you just have to adapt! Welcome to another completely normal episode of The Hills Have Nerds! Join all the usual hosts that you're used to hearing on the show as these definitely familiar boys sit down for a conversation all about adapting games, books, movies, and whatever else to different forms of media. We want to know what you think! Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.com C...

This episode all the nerds are gathered to talk about the good, the bad, and ugly of Early Access games. From the first game to ever break that seal to the proliferation of it's acceptance in nerd culture. What are your thoughts? We want to know! Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.com Come on our Facebook! www.facebook.com/The HillsHaveNerds Come inside our Discord! https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjm...

40 years of saving Hyrule! 40 years of grunts and yalps! 40 years of it being dangerous to go alone! It's the 40th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda and the nerds sat down to talk the history of the original NES Game and their relationship with the series, the good and bad of all of it's sequels, the horrors of Tingle, the true antagonist, and for whatever reason, Lee's feet! What&#39...

It's time to get literary up in here. Aaron and Josh sit down in this episode with Amazon Best-Selling and local Eastern KY author Ken Harris to talk about his new book Queen of the Frostfyre, a change from realistic fiction to fantasy, his own nerdom, and an arguably unhealthy obsession with Magic the Gathering. Check out "Queen of the Frostfyre" releasing at the end of February 202...

New Year Same Nerds! The Hills Have Nerds returns from the Holiday break with a brand new episode featuring Travis, Josh, and Cody! The boys discuss The 2025 Game Awards, their Nerd Year's Resolutions, and what nerditry they're currently getting into and hyped about for the upcoming year! What are your Nerd Year's Resolutions? We want to know! Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.com Come...

A merry Nerdmas to all and a Happy Nerd Year! Thank you to everyone who chipped in to this mess and made it the wonderful beast that it was. Also, there's a special place in hell for Josh's inability to edit properly. Check out  @pixelbrolee   @criticalencounterspod   @watsonedtech   @tri-cardgames   @theastoundingallstar  https://www.tiktok.com/@tooturnttonystarkwww.twitch.tv/coffeebreakl...

Nerds, its time to get our dice out and get pedagogical up in here! Josh and Lee sat down with author, educator, and big ole' nerd in the hills, Adam Watson, to talk about his new book "Table Top-Roleplaying Games in the Classroom" and his journey from regular D&D enthusiast to man on a mission to fuse the fun of table top roleplaying with educational initiatives and help kids le...

It's finally time! Gather round the hearth, nerds, for the guys are finally doing The History of The Lord of Rings Part 2! (Featuring Steve from Critical Encounters Podcast). Join us as Steve recounts the greatest fantasy tale ever written and the nerds discuss the themes and reception of The Lord of the Rings! We want to hear your Tolkien takes! Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.com Come on ou...

Content Warning: Death, Suicide, Murder Our final episode of the haunting season has Aaron, Cody, and Josh sitting down to talk about some of the most cursed and terrifying stories in all of gaming. Join the nerds as they tell the stories and history behind several famous creepypastas and urban legends that have popped up across gaming communities through the years. Ranging from the absolutely ter...

This episode the nerds drift off to dream land to discuss their own wild dreams, horrifying nightmares, and the history of and their own experiences with sleep paralysis! As well as some listener submitted experiences guaranteed to chill the spine and make you leave a light on before you drift off for the night! What gets your blood chilling? Let us know! Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.com Stalk...

Our spines are a tinglin'! Lee, Josh, and Aaron got together to talk about all the wicked stuff that this way comes and the upcoming horror movies, games, and gaming supplements that they're excited to sink their fangs into this scary season. Creepy clowns, murderous puppets, heroic dogs battling the super natural, Popeye the Sailor Man?! There's a lot of new scares going around! What...

Join Aaron and Brittany for this episode as they recap their experience at the largest gaming convention in North America: Gen Con! Aaron also had the chance to do a short interview with a board game creator right from our very own hills, Chris Kincaid of Lonely Hero Games! Let us know what you thought! Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.com Come on our Facebook! www.facebook.com/The HillsHaveNerds...

This one's turned out to be a heck of an episode. We're gathering the fellowship and deep diving into Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings! This episode Cody, Aaron, Josh, and special guest Steve from the Critical Encounters podcast cover and discuss the history of one of Nerdom's most prolific authors: J.R.R. Tolkien. This is the first of a 2-parter! We want to hear your Tolkien Takes! Email us at h...

To arms, men and women of Nerdom! There is glory and conquest to be had! This episode Aaron and Josh had the awesome opportunity to talk with some of the members of The Louisville Royals Steel Fighting Team. These guys and girls are legit Knights, participating in a live combat sport straight out of medieval times! Only this isn't dinner theater, the armor is real, the weapons are REAL, and the pa...

Welcome to NERD JEOPARDY! In this short episode Cody and Lee go head to head in a battle of epic proportions to flex their nerdiness and determine once and for all if a handful of quotes were said by our dear friend Aaron, or some of America's most prolific Serial Killers?! It's so hard to tell the difference! What did you think? Should we do this again? Want to suggest questions? Email us...

This episode all the Nerds have come out of the hills to talk about some games and characters that seem long forgotten by the gaming industry. Where has Star Fox been? Is Sly Cooper still thieving? Will we ever see another Castlevania game? Has Punch-Out punched out? And when the heck are we gonna get Half-Life 3?! Come hang out and listen to the boys lament the apparent loss of some excellent fra...

(We apologize for some audio issues this episode had during the exporting process. We've figure out the problem so it won't happen again but this episode has some low volume issues in a few spots!) Hey Nerds! In this episode Josh, Lee, and Travis invited good friends of the show Nelson Oliver (NelsonAllOverCards) and Payton Mullins (TwoTurntTonyStark) to talk about the trials and tribulati...

Two years of The Hills Have Nerds has flew by! Thank you all so much for your listenership and support! All five nerds were together for a video live stream celebrating 2 years of the podcast on Youtube. This is the audio from that chaos. And despite some initial hiccups the stream went so great! Here's to much more nerditry and hilarious conversations to come! Become a member for rewards and supp...

What are we playing and reading and watching right now?! Find out with Lee, Aaron, and Travis as the boys take this episode to go over what games they've been playing, shows they've been watching, and everything else they've been consuming! We want to hear what you're into right now! Join the discussion! Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.com Come on our Facebook! www.facebook.com/Th...

Nerds! The Nintendo Switch 2 is coming! And, hooo boy, does it have some discussion surrounding it. This whole deal has got us thinking about the progression of gaming prices over the years and if we really are paying more now than we ever have? Lee, Aaron, and Josh discuss the current Switch 2/pricing situation as well as take a look at the price of "Nerdom" through the years. Comic Boo...

We're Nerdin' Out Again! In this Nerd Out the guys discussed their favorite video game sequels and spiritual successors, what makes video game sequels do better typically than other types of sequels, and what they consider to be the worst sequels in gaming. Get in on the conversation as the boys discuss Diablo 2, Zelda 2, Resident Evil 4, Yooka-Laylee, and a ton of other games! Which game...