This week Alex and Jarrod talk about cool new  gadgets from CES 2018. They also talk about new Lego sets, Alex's obsession with Civilization 6, and Final Fantasy games.. They go over what happened in their recent D&D session.

News: https://www.cnet.com/pictures/all-the-cool-new-gadgets-at-ces-2018/

This week Alex and Jarrod talk about the earth science behind the planet Crait in Star Wars The Last Jedi, as well as the fantasy film locations of other movies. 

Nerd news: https://earther.com/the-amazing-earth-science-behind-the-last-jedis-new-min-1821429894

Sorry the audio isn't perfect this episode there were some issues with Alex's mic this week.

This week Alex and Jarrod talk about boring science stuff then talk about Octlantis which is the coolest thing that was discovered in 2017.! They go over thier characters in a upcoming Dungeons and Dragons game they are playing with their friends and talk about a new RPG Alex purchased.

News: https://www.buzzfeed.com/kellyoakes/we-asked-scientists-what-their-favourite-discovery-of

Alex apologies for his birds being loud and obnoxious but that's #birddad life

This week Alex and Jarrod talk about sweaty robots. Really, sweaty robots, for real. 

They also play "Will You Press The Button" and "Would You Rather"

News: https://gizmodo.com/japanese-scientists-made-a-sweating-robot-that-can-fina-1821584469

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The pilot episode of Nerd this, Not that hosted by Alex and Jarrod. This week the guys talk about the controversy around Star Wars Last Jedi and talk about what kind of nerds they are. If you have a nerd news story you want us to talk about e-mail us at [email protected]

Music by: Alex if you were wondering...