Welcome back to a new episode of The Nerd Stash Show! 

In this installment, we talked about a potential Halo Infinite Forge mode leak, Hello Games continuing to show strong support for No Man’s Sky, Cyberpunk 2077’s next-gen upgrade, and more. 

Our main topic this week revolved around Scalebound. What do we make of recent comments by PlatinumGames? Do we want to see this game get a second chance? Tune in to find out!

Sources

Halo Infinite’s Forge Mode May Have Been Leaked

Unseen Halo Video

Polygon Article

PC Gamer Article

No Man’s Sky Isn’t Dying Anytime Soon

IGN Article

Cyberpunk 2077’s Next-Gen Upgrade Is Out Now

Patch 1.5 Notes

The Nerd Stash Article On The Patch Notes

Xbox Series X Gameplay

PS5 Gameplay

Ubisoft Is Staying Independent (For Now)

Earnings Report

IGN Article

GameSpot Article

Should Scalebound Be Resurrected?

IGN Japan Article

VGC Article On Kamiya’s Comments From The IGN Japan Interview

VGC’s Follow-Up Article

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We’re taking a short break from our Dark Knight Trilogy Retrospective tour to talk about a galaxy far… far away. 

The Book Of Boba Fett Season 1 is in the books (pun intended) and while we don’t know if it will receive a second season, we can still talk about the series so far. 

This show has also seen a very mixed reception among critics and fans. So, where do we land on it? What worked? What didn’t? Tune in to hear our spoiler-filled thoughts!

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Be sure to come back next week when we talk about one of the best superhero movies ever made, The Dark Knight!

The Batman is only a month away and we wanted to get prepared for Matt Reeves’ darker take on the World’s Greatest Detective. 

So, kind of like our Spider-Man Retrospective tour a few months ago, we’re going to take a look back at one of the darkest Batman franchises so far, Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy. 

And, of course, we’re starting with the origin story that kicked off this beloved trilogy. Batman Begins. 

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Tune into our show next week when we have a Spoiler Talk for The Book Of Boba Fett Season 1!

We at The Nerd Stash Show are back to talk about some of the most notable gaming news over the past week. 

In this week’s episode, we followed up on the Activision Blizzard/Xbox deal by talking about a potential revival of several old Activision franchises and speculating on Call of Duty’s future going forward. 

Also on the show, we share our thoughts on Respawn Entertainment making 3 new Star Wars games (including a new installment in the Jedi: Fallen Order franchise). 

(This was recorded before Sony announced the acquisition of Bungie. We will definitely be talking about that next week though.)

Timestamps

Phil Spencer Wants To Revive Old Activision Franchises - 2:50

The Washington Post Article

IGN Article

Windows Central Article 

The Future Of CoD Is Confusing - 11:00

Bloomberg Report

Tom Henderson’s Tweet

Phil Spencer’s Tweet

Could We Ever See Another Uncharted Game? (Also, Some Uncharted Movie Talk) - 22:58 

GamesRadar Interview

Crysis 4 Announced - 33:10

Trailer

The Nerd Stash Article

Respawn Entertainment Is Developing 3 New Star Wars Games - 38:22

EA Blog Post

VGC Article

What Are We Playing This Week? - 47:10

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Today, we’re talking about one of the most chaotic movies ever made, Face/Off. 

Headlined by Nicolas Cage and John Travolta, this cult-classic movie takes an absolutely insane concept and just runs with it. But, what did we think of it?

As we always do with our Retrospectives and Spoiler Talks, we’ll talk about what worked, what didn’t, and everything in-between. 

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In our next episode, we’ll start to prep for The Batman by taking a look back at the bleakest Batman films (so far). Yes, we’re talking about Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.

We’re back with another installment of Clash at the Stash at Nerds Talk Movies!

For this Clash, we decided to build off of our “Who Has The Better DC Movie/Series Idea?” episode. But, instead of pitching one movie or series idea, our competitors were put in charge of putting together an entire DC cinematic universe. 

Our competitors have put their films into 3 phases so, we’re going to split this Clash up into 3 parts. Parts 2 and 3 will drop in March. 

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Our next episode, which is a retrospective on Face/Off, will be out soon. 

After that is posted, we’ll start to prep for The Batman by taking a look back at the bleakest Batman films made (so far). Yes, we’re talking about Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.

Well, that was something.

In case someone stumbled upon this podcast immediately after waking up from a coma or getting out from underneath a rock, Xbox has reached a deal to acquire Activision/Blizzard. 

In this week’s episode of The Nerd Stash Show, we break down this insane deal (worth nearly $70 billion) and share our thoughts on it all. 

Since this story has a lot of layers to it, we also have some timestamps for each of our main topics and a few links so you can read about the deal yourself. 

Timestamps 

The Basics - 1:36 

WSJ Article On The Acquisition

Bloomberg Article On The Acquisition

Xbox Wire Post On The Deal

What Does This Mean For Activision Blizzard, How This Impacts The Gaming Industry, And More - 5:05

Reuters Article On Bobby Kotick’s Payout For Xbox/AB Deal

GamesBeat Interview With Bobby Kotick

Jason Schreier’s Tweet Regarding How Activision Blizzard Employees Are Reacting To The News

IGN’s Article Regarding How Activision Blizzard Employees Are Reacting To The News

GamesRadar’s Article Regarding How Activision Blizzard Employees Are Reacting To The News

Eurogamer’s Article Regarding How Activision Blizzard Employees Are Reacting To The News

How Should PlayStation Respond, If At All? - 21:04

What Does This Mean For Activision Blizzard Games (CoD, Overwatch, Diablo, etc.)? - 23:44

Phil Spencer Tweet About PlayStation And CoD

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Welcome back to another episode of The Nerd Stash Show!

In this installment, we cover some of the notable stories around the gaming industry over the past week including Dying Light 2’s length, Stalker 2’s delay, PUBG going free-to-play (mostly), and more.

We also reflect back on the roller-coaster of a journey that was the Xbox One. 

Timestamps 

Stalker 2 Delayed To December 2022 - 1:07

Developer GSC Game World’s Statement

TheNerdStash Article

Sony Pulls PS Now Retail Cards - 6:36

VentureBeat Article 

Bloomberg Article

Jason Schreier Tweet

VGC Article 

PUBG Goes Free-To-Play But… Ranked Mode Requires A One-Time Payment - 19:39 

Daniel Ahmad’s Tweet

VGC Article

TheNerdStash Article

Let’s Take A Moment Of Silence For The Xbox One… - 24:02

The Verge Article

How Long Does It Take To Beat Dying Light 2, Exactly?/When Is A Game Too Long? - 40:00: 

Techland Clarifies Dying Light 2 Comments

GamesRadar Article

What Are We Playing? - 52:01

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Fresh off our Spider-Man: No Way Home Spoiler Talk and our holiday break, we at Nerds Talk Movies are back to discuss another nostalgia-heavy movie that was released over the holidays. The Matrix: Resurrections. 

In this episode, we go over all sorts of spoilers from the film while sharing our opinions on what worked, what didn’t, and everything in-between. 

What did we think of Neo and Trinity’s return to the big screen? Who stole the show? Were some recastings a bit unnecessary? Tune in to hear our thoughts!

If you liked what you heard, we drop new episodes of Nerds Talk Movies every Friday (typically around 8 PM ET). 

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Come back next week when we post our next episode of Nerds Talk Movies, a Clash at the Stash that asks a pretty loaded question. How would you fix or reboot the DCEU?

We at TNS Network are officially back from our holiday break and ready to talk about some video games. 

To kick off our year, we spent an episode discussing our most anticipated games of 2022 and potentially 2023. Because, of course, there are a lot of huge games that get delayed every year. 

So, for the sake of clarity, not all of our games are or will be “confirmed” for 2022. Instead, we just selected games that we can’t wait to play that also have a semi-realistic chance of actually dropping this year.

(Note: After this episode, we looked it up and now know that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is actually scheduled to release in 2023.)

If you liked what you heard, we drop new episodes of this podcast every Monday.

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