From Across the Nerd-a-verse.

Jessie goes M.I.A while watching a Keifer Sutherland movie for our first segment leaving Johnathon and Mark to entertain guest hosts Joseph Cook and Will Hessling.   Jessie returns in time to partake in this week’s “Nerd Fight” where we debate who is Disney’s Greatest Animated Villain.  Also be sure to check out our Inception review / discussion after the closing credits.  (*Spoiler Warning*) . Enjoy this latest Nerdaverse, now with 100% less malware!

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie, John, Joseph (a.k.a. Joebot), Will (a.k.a. “Doc Brown”)

Show Outline:

• Introductions and Welcomes (0:00:32)
• 3 Facts about Will (0:03:04)
• What’s Entertaining You? (0:08:26)
• Intermission #1 (0:30:42)
• NERDFIGHT! – Greatest Disney Villain(0:31:45)
• Good Byes and Shout Outs! (01:15:07)
• Outro (1:17:08)
• In-depth Inception review/discussion (1:17:43)

Music Credits:

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

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Join us in welcoming our new permanent host Johnathon!  On this episode Steve  aka “Mr. Ladykiller” joins the crew to debate this week’s Nerdfight, review the movie Splice and discuss which news from last week’s E3 interested us the most.

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie, John, Steve

Show Outline:

• Introductions and Welcomes (0:00:32)
• We Have a New Host! – Welcome GA!(0:01:20)
• We Have Forums! (http://nerdaverse.com/forums) (0:03:28)
• What’s Entertaining You (0:04:56)
• What was your Favorite E3 Announcement? (0:32:28)
• NERD FIGHT! – Which Fictional Sci-Fi Universe Would You Want to Live In? (0:47:09)
• Poop or Puppy (1:08:21)
• Splice
• Listener Review: Toy Story 3
• Good Byes and Shout Outs (1:20:00)

Music Credits:

• Opening Intro – “Nerdaverse” by The BeerJays
• Intermission Music #1 – “Contact” by The 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!

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

Call us at our new number: (312) 772-5435

[Facebook] Join our Facebook group!

[Twitter] For those of you addicted to Twitter, you can now follow our podcast there.

[Forums!!!!] Now, come chat with us on our forums. We plan to be very active, so come hit us with your best nerd debates.

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Did ya miss us? We missed you too! Well, the Nerds are back and they’ve brought along their good friend Johnathon.   Join us as we review Iron Man 2, A Nightmare on Elmstreet and Kick-Ass!

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie, John

Show Outline:

• Introductions and Welcomes (0:00:24)
• Check us out at Stitcher.Com (http://landing.stitcher.com/?srcid=254) (0:03:15)
• What’s Entertaining You (0:05:24)
• Jessie – StarCraft II Beta (0:05:35)
• Mark – Battlefield: Bad Company 2(0:12:22)
• GA – Android Programming & Soccer(0:20:01)
• Jessie – Built Herself a New PC (0:26:56)
• Mark – Defendor (0:32:54)
• Intermission #1 (0:36:45)
• Poop or Puppy – Now With Letter Grades!
• IronMan 2 (0:37:50)
• Nightmare on Elmstreet (2010) (0:46:54)
• Kick-Ass! (1:04:47)
• Good Byes and Shout Outs (1:18:00)

Music Credits:

• Opening Intro – “Nerdaverse” by The BeerJays
• Intermission Music #1 – “Contact” by The 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!

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

Call us at our new number: (312) 772-5435

[Facebook] Join our Facebook group!

[Twitter] For those of you addicted to Twitter, you can now follow our podcast there.

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On this episode of ATN Jessie and Mark welcome Michael “Kwogger” Kwan to the show.  This time around the topic is Role Playing Games.  We take a look at how and why we play them.  We’ll also let you know what’s been entertaining us recently.

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie, Kwan

Show Outline:

• Introductions and Welcomes (0:00:18)
• 3 Facts About Michael (0:01:04)
• What’s Entertaining You (0:12:07)
• Rock Band Unplugged (0:12:10)
• Bio Shock Party (0:17:30)
• Star Trek Online Test Run (0:23:35)
• Plants vs. Zombies – iPhone (0:34:33)
• Kwogger and the tale of the free Nexus One (0:38:01)
• Archer (0:43:03)
• Intermission #1 (0:48:50)
• ArrrrrrrrPGeeeeeeeee! (0:49:04)
• Good Byes and Shout Outs (1:39:53)

Music Credits:

• Opening Intro – “Nerdaverse” by The BeerJays
• Intermission Music #1 – “Contact” by The 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!

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

Call us at our new number: (312) 772-5435

[Facebook] Join our Facebook group!

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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

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 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

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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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!

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

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