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The nerds celebrate their one year anniversary in style by welcoming blogger Alex Livingston (The Gamer LifeStyle) for a discussion of what makes for a successful reboot or adaptation.  We also  listen and respond to your voice mail messages, and Jessie gives an enthusiastic and garbled review of Mass Effect 2.  Happy Anniversary ATN!

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie, Alex

Show Outline:

• Introductions and Welcomes (0:00:41)
• 3 Facts About Alex (0:03:45)
• What’s Entertaining You (0:12:30)
• How to Make a Reboot or Adaptation (0:40:38)
• The ATN Voicemail Bag – (312) 772-5435 (01:23:22)
• Good Byes and Shout Outs (1:28:59)

Music Credits:

• Opening Intro – “Nerdaverse” by The BeerJays
• Intermission Music #1 – “Because We Want To” by Billie Pipper
• Intermission Music #2 – “Ring, Ring, Ring (Ha Ha Hey) – De La Soul
• Outro Music – “Nerdaverse 2” by The BeerJays

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• Support the podcast by buying the things we talked about this week at our new Amazon Store. Shop till you drop!
• Visit Alex’s blog, The Gamer Lifestyle

Contact the podcast: mailbag (at) nerdaverse (dot) com

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The nerds are back after the holiday break and have brought along guest host Kasey (ChiefSpecialK from the TF2F forums) to join them. On this episode we give our grades on James Cameron’s Avatar and the new Bioware epic RPG Dragon Age: Origins.

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie, Kasey

Show Outline:

• Introductions and Welcomes (0:00:20)
• 3 Facts About Casey (0:02:05)
• What’s Entertaining You (0:11:40)
• Intermission #1 (0:40:38)
• The As of Yet Unnamed Review Section (0:40:38)
• James Cameron’s Avatar (0:41:30)
  Grades:
  Mark – A
  Casey – A
  Jessie – B+
• Dragon Age: Origins (1:02:12)
  Grades:
  Jessie – B+/A-
  Mark – B+
  Casey – NA
• Mailbag (1:20:36)
• Good Byes (1:29:50)

Music Credits:

• Opening Intro – “Nerdaverse” by The BeerJays
• Intermission Music – “Contact” by Tugboat Annie
• Outro Music – “Nerdaverse 2” by The BeerJays

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• Support the podcast by buying the things we talked about this week at our new Amazon Store. Shop till you drop!

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In our last show of 2009, Mark and Jessie wrap up their discussion of the past decade with a look at some of their favorite movies. Mark demonstrates his usual eccentric tastes with his selections, while Jessie almost gives herself an aneurysm trying to narrow down her list to just 10 films.

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie

Show Outline:

• Up! (0:02:27)
• The Incredibles! (0:04:17)
• Star Trek (0:05:53)
• Unbreakable (0:07:31)
• Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (0:09:12)
• 24 Hour Party People (0:12:00)
• Memento (0:13:10)
• The 40 Year Old Virgin (0:15:08)
• Best in Show (0:18:07)
• Josie & The Pussycats (0:20:15)
• Brokeback Mountain (0:22:30)
• Zoolander (0:24:37)
• Kill Bill Vol. 1 (0:25:57)
• Enchanted (0:29:46)
• Spirited Away (0:32:05)
• Shaun of the Dead  & 28 Weeks Later (0:33:55)
• Requiem For A Dream (0:36:08)

Music Credits:

• Opening Intro – “Nerdaverse” by The BeerJays
• Outro Music – “Nerdaverse 2” by The BeerJays

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• Support the podcast by buying the things we talked about this week at our new Amazon Store. Shop till you drop!

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Happy Holidays to all! In the second of three mini-episodes Mark and Jessie look back at their favorite television shows of the past decade.

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie

Show Outline:

• Battlestar Galactica (0:02:13)
• Arrested Development (0:05:45)
• How I Met Your Mother (0:08:33)
• The Office (US Version) (0:11:03)
• Wondershozen (0:14:37)
• 30 Rock (0:15:57)
• Freaks & Geeks (0:18:35)
• Veronica Mars (0:20:26)
• Top Chef & The Amazing Race (0:23:06)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (0:25:31)
• The Venture Bros. (0:27:21)
• Pardon the Interruption (0:28:53)
• Dexter (0:30:17)
• Mark ruins Jessie’s flow (0:32:28)
• Mad Men (0:32:42)
• Beck: The Mongolian Chop Squad (0:35:24)
• The Wire (0:36:41)

Music Credits:

• Opening Intro – “Nerdaverse” by The BeerJays
• Outro Music – “Nerdaverse 2” by The BeerJays

Links to Awesome Stuff:

• Support the podcast by buying the things we talked about this week at our new Amazon Store. Shop till you drop!

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First time guest host Joseph joins Mark and Jessie as the nerds give you their first impressions of Left 4 Dead 2.   Your hosts then introduce a new review format in the brand new “Review Section In Search of a Pithy Name.”   We’ve decided to start handing out grades, so see where we awarded ABC’s “V”,  Gearbox’s new “FPS/RPG” game “Borderlands”, and other things.  Also, don’t forget about our listener contest!

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie, Joe

Show Outline:

• Introductions and Welcomes (0:00:21)
• 3 Facts about Joe (0:02:24)
• What’s Entertaining You (0:12:09)
• Left 4 Dead 2 – First Impressions (0:22:31)
• A Review Section in Search of a Pithy Name (0:36:23)
• V (0:37:07)
• Borderlands (0:45:26)
• Google Wave (0:56:57)
• World of Goo (1:06:25)
• The Wrestler (1:11:35)
• Good Byes (01:21:30)

Music Credits:

• Opening Intro – “Nerdaverse” by The BeerJays
• Intermission 1 Music – “Contact” by Tugboat Annie
• Outro Music – “Nerdaverse 2” by The BeerJays

Links to Awesome Stuff:

• Support the podcast by buying the things we talked about this week at our new Amazon Store. Shop till you drop!

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Your favorite nerds are back and joined once again by indie horror writer and director Blake Clouser.  We get you ready for the Halloween season by discussing recent thrillers Zombieland and Paranormal Activity, along with the creepy crawly FPS game Dead Space.  We take a trip down nostalgia lane as we revisit some of our favorite scary video games and horror comedy movies.  Tune in also to find out about our listener contest and to hear Jessie relate her own personal journey to hell as she belatedly reviews “GI Joe: Rise of Cobra”.

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie, Blake

Show Outline:

• Introductions and Welcomes (0:00:34)
• Zombieland (0:03:18)
• Where the Wild Things Are (0:10:47)
• Paranormal Activity (0:23:15)
• Dead Space (0:35:13)
• Favorite Spooky Video Games (0:50:44)
• Favorite Horror-Comedy Movies (01:06:44)
• Jessie’s G.I. Joe Review (01:23:12)
• The First Ever Nerdaverse Listener Contest! (01:33:38)
• Mail Bag (01:37:15)
• Good Byes (01:40:48)

Music Credits:

• Opening Intro – “Nerdaverse” by The BeerJays
• “Halloween Theme Song”  by John Carpenter
• Intermission 1 Music – “Anything Can Happen On Halloween” Performed by Tim Curry
• Intermission 2 Music – “Contact” by Tugboat Annie
• Outro Music – “Nerdaverse 2” by The BeerJays

Links to Awesome Stuff:

• Support the podcast by buying the things we talked about this week at our new Amazon Store. Shop till you drop!
• The HANGERS Facebook Group

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Mark and Jessie are visited by Twisted Pixel Game’s Art Director David Leung who shares with us some insight into the work of game animator on titles such as The Maw and ‘Spolsion Man. David sticks around and joins us for a discussion of our favorite works of animation. Tune in to learn what life is like working in the videogame industry; plus all the cartoon and anime goodness you can shake a stick at. There may or may not be cake.

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie, David

Show Outline:

• Introductions and Welcomes (0:00:2)
• 3 Facts about Dave Leung of Twisted Pixel Games (0:01:04)
• Poop or Puppy – Green Lantern: First Flight (0:10:31)
• Poop or Puppy – Wonder Woman (0:17:07)
• Interview With David Leung of Twisted Pixel Games (0:26:07)
• Essential Nerd Films: Animated (01:03:21)
• Mail Bag (01:30:51)
• Goodbyes (01:35:43)

Music Credits:

• Opening Intro – “Nerdaverse” by The BeerJays
• Intermission 1 Music – “Explainations” by Tugboat Annie
• Intermission 2 Music – “Contact” by Tugboat Annie
• Outro Music – “Nerdaverse 2” by The BeerJays

Links to Awesome Stuff:

• Support the podcast by buying the things we talked about this week at our new Amazon Store. Shop till you drop!
• Visit Twisted Pixel Game’s official website
• The Nerdaverse freakin’ loves ‘Spolsion Man and so should you. Jessie wants you to play the Xbox demo (then buy the full version so you can play multiplayer with her!). Find it here: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/s/splosionmanxboxlivearcade/

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Mark and Jessie welcome Eddie back to the show as they weigh in on some current and upcoming video games as well as some of the summer’s biggest movies.

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie, Eddie

Show Outline:

• Introductions and Welcomes (0:00:18)
• Poop or Puppy Round 1: Games
• Batman: Arkham Asylum demo (0:02:33)
• DemiGod (0:19:21)
• Bookworm iPhone edition (0:29:40)
• Poop or Puppy Round 2: Movies (0:37:53)
• District 9 (0:38:05)
• G.I. Joe (1:02:00)
• Goodbyes (01:15:32)

Music Credits:

• Opening Intro – “My Name is Young” by Young MC
• Intermission 1 Music – “Cold Slither” by Cold Slither
• Outro Music – “St. Teresa” by Joan Osborne

Links to Awesome Stuff:

• Support the podcast by buying the things we talked about this week at our new Amazon Store. Shop till you drop!
• Eddie’s Tooth Paste Blog

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Jessie and Mark welcome guest host Eddie to the show to nerd out about their favorite iPhone apps and games.  Mark and Jessie also get into a Nerd Fight over the “Ultimate Killer Robot”: Megatron vs. the T-1000.  Lastly, the robot discussion continues as we explore our favorite Essential Nerd Films for Robot Lovers.

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie, Eddie

Show Outline:

• Introductions (00:00:28)
• 3 Facts About Eddie (0:02:25)
• LARPing Digression (0:09:09)
• What’s Entertaining You? – iPhone Edition (0:16:18)
• Nerd Fight: Who’s the Ultimate Killer Robot? (0:46:47)
• Essential Nerd Films: Robots (01:04:44)
• Mail Bag and Good Byes (01:26:46)

Music Credits:

• Opening Intro – “Be” by Common
• Intermission 1 Music – “Robot Parade” by They Might Be Giants
• Intermission 2 Music – “Sex Robot” by Saskia Dolores
• Outro Music – “St. Teresa” by Joan Osborne

Links to Awesome Stuff:

• Support the podcast by buying the things we talked about this week at our new Amazon Store. Shop till you drop!
• Eddie’s Tooth Paste Blog

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