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In comic book mythology, an origin story is an account that reveals how a character gained their powers and the circumstances under which they became a protagonist or antagonist. In nerd culture, every person has an origin story that set them down the path of being a lifelong nerd. These are their stories.

In this nerdy origin story, we interrogate Eat Sleep Nerd host Nick Murphy about his nerdy background. He tells us about his first nerdy memory, how he developed his love for music, his love of sports, and how choir changes his life.

Everyone has memories of playing video games throughout their lives, so in this episode, we all share the key moments that defined each of us as lifelong gamers. We share our first memories, our addictions, and the games that changed everything for us.

Topics discussed:
00:00 - Intro
01:55 - Corey's first game memory
04:55 - Halo's impact on our friendship
10:10 - Brittany's defining gaming moments
15:25 - Jason's experience with the Odyssey
19:50 - Christian's defining moments
24:35 - Jason's obsession with Final Fantasy 7
28:20 - Twitchy games get harder with age
30:31 - Josh's defining moment with Fallout 3
33:00 - Corey's Star Wars Galaxies addiction
38:12 - Brittany's obsession with Japanese games
43:50 - Nick's Guitar Hero memories
49:05 - Grand Theft Auto shaped Corey's career

Have you ever looked at a movie poster and thought "that tagline makes absolutely no sense"? Well we have! In this game, the nerds compete to see who can guess the movie simply by the tagline found on the official movie poster.

It's been a month since our whole nerd squad has been together, so we put aside some time to just nerd out on everything happening in our lives, including recent video games like Starfield, Armored Core 6, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, and more. We also geek out on One Piece live action, Brittany's horses, DC animated films, and are there 13 months in a year???

Topics Discussed:
00:00 - Intro and chatting
08:30 - We have played Starfield!
19:15 - Is One Piece live action any good?
27:25 - Jason shaved his beard
33:30 - Brittany has horses???
35:48 - Christian has been watching DC
43:45 - Are there 13 months in the year?
46:50 - Nick has done lots of teaching
53:44 - RIP Arleen Sorkin

In comic book mythology, an origin story is an account that reveals how a character gained their powers and the circumstances under which they became a protagonist or antagonist. In nerd culture, every person has an origin story that set them down the path of being a lifelong nerd. These are their stories.

In this nerdy origin story, we interrogate Eat Sleep Nerd host Christian James about his nerdy background. He tells us about how Mortal Kombat formed his first nerdy memory, how he developed his love for marching band and drum corps, and how he discovered photography.

We keep the tier ranking theme going this week, but this time, we rank our favorite video game characters of all time. How does Kirby stack up against Scorpion? What about Pikachu, Ezio, and Arthur Morgan? We weigh all of the factors, take nostalgia out of it, and make the hard choices.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
03:14 - Video game character rankings
55:30 - Full tier list summary

Have you ever wondered which food is the best to eat while binging your favorite game or tv show? Wonder no more. In this episode, we put our spin on the tier game by ranking the best restaurants for nerds. Does your favorite restaurant make it to our S tier? And spoilers...tempers got a bit heated.

Over a year into this show, we take some time to look back at how the Eat Sleep Nerd channel has grown in this Nerd-rospective episode. We also look ahead at what is to come with this channel, plus we officially welcome our new hosts to the team!

We react to the Loki season 2 trailer, Peacock losing billions of dollars, Donald Glover writing the Lando series, Nintendo releasing a new console in 2024, Insomniac working on a third game, Blue Beetle tracking for a horrible box office, and more.

Topics Discussed:
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - Drum corps
09:59 - Twisted Metal is really good
14:38 - Loki season 2 trailer reactions
21:27 - Blue Beetle is going to bomb
27:57 - Barbie is killing it
32:50 - New Nintendo console releasing in 2024
36:43 - What is Insomniac’s third game?
42:03 - Donald Glover is writing Lando script
47:25 - Adam Driver turned down Fantastic Four
51:13 - IMAX updates for Oppenheimer and The Marvels
53:08 - Peacock is losing a lot of money
59:48 - Disney to stop releasing physical media in Australia
01:03:47 - Dungeons & Dragons might get a sequel
01:08:05 - Film release dates for Marvel and more

Brittany Arp and Nick Murphy join us in studio to nerd out on drum corps, yacht rock music, gothic weddings, Warhammer, Eric Whitacre music, and so much more.

Topics Discussed:
00:00:00 - Intro and chatting
00:10:40 - Eric Whitacre music
00:15:29 - Superman & Lois
00:21:00 - Photography and gothic weddings
00:25:48 - What is Yacht rock?
00:29:15 - Do we have celebrity lookalikes?
00:33:21 - More new studio toys!
00:34:42 - What is drum corps?
00:53:33 - It's a good time for Warhammer
01:02:16 - Getting back into cosplay
01:12:29 - Is Twitter named X now? Really?