Spoilers: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Nerd. Its continuing mission to expand nerd horizons by engaging in weekly challenges. This week, the crew finds themselves face to face with the brand new offering of a beloved franchise: Star Trek Beyond. Will the Kelvin universe consume them? Fortnight’s Challenge: San Diego Comic…
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Episode 215: Monte Cook's Critical Hits
Last time game master Monte Cook visited the show, poor Patrick was sick and had to miss out chatting with one of his heroes. Luckily, Monte kindly took time away from prepping for GenCon to chat with us more about role playing culture, what inspired him to create Numenera, as well as gifting us the…
Episode 214: Confetti Dresses
After expressing their excitement for the release of the Pokemon Go app, the guys discuss their enchantment and bemusement by the French animated film, Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart! Fortnight’s Challenge: Star Trek Beyond SPOILERCAST!
Episode 213: Marvel's Runaways
This week, the nerds dissect Marvel’s classic original run of Brian K. Vaughn’s Runaways! While Myles still holds the same level of love from when he first read it, Drew and Patrick recognize the series’ merits while still giving the series modern criticism. Fortnight’s Challenge: Watch Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart on Netflix.
Episode 212: Power Rangers: Mythic Legends!
With Patrick out, Drew and Myles postpone talking about Runaways. Instead, inspired by the excellent reboot of Dreamworks and Netflix’s Voltron series as well as the recent bit of Power Rangers movie news, Drew challenges Myles to make his own Power Ranger show! Though on the spot, the two come up with a fun assortment…
Episode 211: Hail Neil Kaplan! Ruler of the Galran Empire!
What better way to celebrate Netflix and Dreamworks’ outstanding Voltron reboot than with a member of that incredible cast? Voice actor Neil Kaplan, who plays the nefarious Emperor Zarkon joins the party to talk about the show, voice acting, and generally have an all out blast! You may now consider TMYN the subjects of the…
Episode 210 – Happy Birthday, Myles. Kiss Reality Goodbye
For Myles’ birthday challenge, we dust off the Full Moon B-sci-fi/horror classic, Arcade. Much to his surprise, Drew and Patrick had more fun with it than expected! Before that, though, the boys swoon over the recently announced Destiny DLC, Rise of Iron, as well as more DC Rebirth books! Fortnight’s Challenge: Watch Dreamworks and Netflix’s reboot…
Episode 209: Roll For 5th Anniversary!
It’s our 5th ANNIVERSARY! In celebration, Patrick conducted a game of “Dungeons and Dragons” (technically Pathfinder) for Myles and Drew to figure their way through. It’s an interesting learning experience for the RPG noobs as well as a fun adventure. Here’s to 5 more years! Fortnight’s Challenge: Myles Birthday Challenge! Watch the Full Moon Pictures Film:…
Episode 208 – Oh, Jeez! Fargo’s A Hoot!
This week, the boys gush over DC’s recently released Rebirth #1 and what they hope this new direction brings to the comic publisher. Shortly afterwards, they find themselves in the quaint town of Bemidji for this week’s challenge, unraveling the superb first season of FX’s Fargo. Fortnight’s Challenge: THE MORE YOU NERD 5TH ANNIVERSARY!!
Episode 207 – Talk Nerd Off To Me
When guest plans fall through, we take advantage to do an old school Talk Nerdy To Me, in which we talk about the non-show nerdy things we’ve been doing lately. On top of that, all three of us created Nerd Off trivia games for each other to test each other’s nerd knowledge for the first…