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Nerd Alert News Ep. 44 – Amazon’s Next Step Toward Internet Domination

This week, John Barrowman has a new deal to appear in all shows in the Arrow-verse and Marc Guggenheim has revealed some new details on season 2 of Legends of Tomorrow.  Additionally, Conan O’Brien is giving away free Google Cardboards while Captain America is getting a statue in his honor in Brooklyn.  Finally, Chris has details on Amazon’s new plans to sell unlocked Android phones at a discount to Amazon Prime members.

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Nerd Alert News Ep. 43 – Chris Goes Off Script For The 2016 Podcast Awards

It’s a heavy news week for gaming as BioShock: The Collection is announced, Batman Return To Arkham delayed, and reasons are given for why the Nintendo NX was not at E3.  On top of that Netflix has picked up a reboot of the classic series Lost in Space.  To wrap the show, Chris goes off script to give a monologue on the events surrounding the 2016 Podcast Awards.

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Nerd Alert News Ep. 42 – Chris Loves Mass Effect

Sony has plans to work with Marvel Studios more in the future, but that’s a minor story compared to some of the other news coming out this week.  James Earl Jones will return as the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars: Rogue One and Grant Gustin has confirmed that Flashpoint is coming to season 3 of The Flash.  As a self-confirmed Mass Effect fanboy Chris gets to geek out over the fact there is a series of books coming out to fill in the gaps between Mass Effect 3 and the upcoming Mass Effect Andromeda.

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Nerd Alert News Ep. 41 – E3 2016 (Nintendo Edition)

Nerd Alert News Ep. 41 – E3 2016 (Nintendo Edition)

Nintendo may not have held a giant press conference at E3 but they did release some interesting news via their Treehouse events.  Nothing new was announced on the Nintendo Nx, but details emerged on The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, the next round of Pokemon games, and Pokemon Go augmented reality game.

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Nerd Alert News Ep. 40 – E3 2016 (Sony Edition)

Nerd Alert News Ep. 40 – E3 2016 (Sony Edition)

Chris continues E3 week by going in depth on Sony’s press conference.  Tons of new games were announced such as a new God of War, Resident Evil VII, and a PS4 exclusive Spider-Man game.  Hideo Kojima made a surprise visit to E3 to debut his newest game and Sony announced the price of Playstation VR.

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Nerd Alert News Ep. 39 – E3 2016 (Microsoft Edition)

Chris kicks off E3 week by going in depth on Microsoft’s press conference.  Details have emerged on new custom controllers, new game announcements/release dates, and even on the hardware revisions for the Xbox One hardware.

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Nerd Alert News Ep. 38 – Those Sneaky Ads

The Deadpool movie continues to break new ground, early impressions of the Suicide Squad movie seem fairly positive, and Marvel Studios may have just found their Captain Marvel.  The featured story is that Smart TV makers are finding new ways to insert ads into your TV watching experience.  How prevalent is it, and what can be done to fix it?  Chris will address that this week.

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Nerd Alert News Ep. 37 – Is Miitomo a Ghost Town Now?

Vincent D’Onofrio has commented on the rumors that Kingpin will appear in Spider-Man Homecoming, details on Netflix’s huge deal with Disney have emerged, and rumors abound that Microsoft will be doing not one, but two hardware revisions to the Xbox One.  Finally, it looks like Nintendo’s Miitomo app came on strong but might be starting to decline in users.

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TITAN PUBLISHING AND BETHESDA SOFTWORKS ANNOUNCE DISHONORED COLLABORATION

London, May 25, 2016: Titan Books and Bethesda Softworks are delighted to announce a multi-platform publishing partnership for Dishonored 2, the next chapter in the award-winning Dishonored saga by Arkane Studios. This exciting multi-platform publishing programme from Titan Books and the Titan Comics divisions includes three original novels, an all-new new four part comic mini-series, and a graphic novel collection that will bridge the…

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Nerd Alert News Ep. 36 – Cancel, Add, or Renew?

There is some huge casting news out of Marvel Studios as new cast additions were announced for Thor Ragnarok and Spider-Man Homecoming.  Not to be left out but the CW has hinted that Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl will be crossing over next season.  Finally, Chris runs down many of the shows that were added, canceled, or renewed with the big 5 networks.

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