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We finally sit down to create our characters for Star Trek Adventures (Second Edition), the tabletop roleplaying game that’s similar to Dungeons & Dragons. Our gamemaster, Josh, walks us through the character builder tutorial while he explains how the game works. By the end, we’ve created our entire crew including the Chief Security Officer, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Operations Officer, and more.


00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:55 What is Star Trek Adventures?
00:05:12 Choosing our character roles
00:13:40 Creating the Chief Security Officer
00:38:50 Walking through the character sheet
00:41:55 Creating the First Officer
00:49:50 Creating the Chief Medical Officer
01:02:30 Creating the Chief Operations Officer

What are the best Christmas movies of all time? We get to the bottom of it in this holly jolly episode of Eat Sleep Nerd! Using the Tiermaker ranking system, we vote to determine the must-watch Christmas movies, the great and good movies, and the movies that shouldn’t even be bothered with. Is The Santa Class the best Christmas movie of all time? Does Jingle All The Way belong in the S tier? Is Elf a good Christmas movie? Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? We answer all of that and more!

It's time for our annual tradition of celebrating the nerdy things that we are thankful for. In this casual discussion, we talk about our favorite Thanksgiving foods, the nerdy things we have done this year, and more.

It's another Family Feud style game! Nerdy Feud! We pulled community surveys from Ranker.com to see which movies and actors are the most popular answers for various prompts. What are the most overqualified performances in the MCU? Which actors would you watch read the phone book? What are the most patriotic films of all time? And more!

00:00 Introduction
01:50 Actors You Would Watch Read the Phone Book
06:50 Most Overqualified Performances in the MCU
12:45 The Best Movies about Vacations
17:05 The Most Patriotic Films of All Time
20:18 All Time Greatest Action Stars
24:50 Iconic Roles that should never be recast
29:18 Actors whose only thing is screaming
34:37 Performances where the actor barely spoke

In this conversation, we delve into various topics including the future of Star Wars movies, which includes the report of yet another new Star Wars trilogy, robotic dogs being used by the US Secret Service, the sales success of PlayStation 5, and the disappointment surrounding Joker 2. They also discuss innovations in gaming technology including the newly patented Rewind feature for PlayStation and Sony's commitment to single-player games.

• 00:00 Introduction
• 09:15 Timberborn + surviving apocalypses
• 16:02 Another new Star Wars trilogy
• 29:22 US Secret Service's robot dogs
• 33:11 Sony has sold 65 million PlayStation 5's
• 36:09 PlayStation Rewind button patent
• 38:25 Sony promises more single player games
• 42:45 Joker 2 was a disappointment to Warner Bros

In this lively debate, the nerd panel discusses and ranks fictional presidents from movies and television shows through a bracket-style format. The conversation is filled with humor, insights, and passionate arguments as they analyze the qualities that make these characters memorable and impactful. The discussion culminates in a showdown between the best fictional presidents from both mediums, ultimately leading to a consensus on the best fictional president of all time.

It's our Halloween nerdy pumpkin carving contest! The nerds have 30 minutes to carve the nerdiest pumpkin. As the contest unfolds, Britt shares her intriguing paranormal experiences, including encounters at a massage therapy clinic and a visit to Dead Children's Playground, where she conducted an EVP session. The conversation wraps up with personal spooky stories from all of us. In this engaging conversation, the hosts delve into their personal experiences with the paranormal, discussing memorable investigations and the eerie sensations that accompany them. They also explore the creative process of pumpkin carving, sharing their artistic endeavors and the fun challenges that arise during the activity. The blend of spooky tales and light-hearted creativity makes for an entertaining and insightful episode.

Watch the episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-G_U1jdvc0

Movie poster taglines make absolutely no sense, so much so that we decided to make a game out of it! Can you correctly guess the movie if you’re only given the tagline from the movie poster? We take a look at some of the most popular 1990s movies to see how many we can get right.

In this episode, we have a quick pow wow about our recent experiences with movies, gaming, and pop culture. We kick things off with our thoughts on 'Madame Web,' which we all finally watched together! What went wrong with Madame Web? What was Sony thinking by putting out this movie? We talk about its shortcomings and the importance of a good story. The conversation shifts to impressions of the recent 'Beetlejuice' sequel. We also geek out on Warhammer Kill Team, and Corey FINALLY finished his Lego Avengers Tower.

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction
• 02:20 We finally watched Madame Web
• 11:32 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice impressions
• 16:00 Still loving Warhammer Space Marine 2
• 17:48 LEGO Avengers tower is finished!
• 20:40 Preorders are dumb

Movie theaters are dead; or in the very least, movie theaters are dying. With the news that the National Association of Theatre Owners has agreed to turn theaters into entertainment centers with pickleball courts, bowling alleys, etc; we debate if this is the right move to save movie theaters. If this is the death of movie theaters as we know it, we share our ideas for what the future of movie theaters can be and how we would fix them.

Chapters
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:29 Our relationship with theaters
00:07:25 Upcoming theater upgrade news
00:11:00 Do theaters need to be entertainment centers?
00:18:30 How streaming has affected the theater experience
00:25:25 Why theaters are dying
00:38:00 Did millennials kill movie theaters?
00:46:05 How we would fix movie theaters
00:57:25 Theaters should branch out