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What up Nerds!!!! Still mouth breathing? What a fucking week! Pictured, anonymous Prince Robot IV Halloween costume I saw.l, or just a guy with a tv on his head

Ok here goes, Watchin: East of Eden, Below, restarted Lanterns, paused the Sopranos as season five starts to get very depressing (lol) and started Veep for the umpteenth time, wife has Band of Brothers on while I'm playing Ball x Pit on the couch, and Silicon Valley comes in in a minute...I think I'm addicted to HBO.

Playin: Still playin Ball x Pitt, this game is addicting, a few runs and all of the sudden two hours have passed. Still dropping into Outlaws and Death Stranding to switch things up. Two new awesome games I've picked up recently, Ninja Gaiden RAGEBOUND, and Dungeons of Hinterberg, I highly recommend both. Cant forget Fortnightmares, this is my third year and my wife and I are having a blast. And finally, Switch Fitness Boxing 3, gotta shed some lbs fellow nerds, been grinding away every night while listening "watching" Silicon Valley, if you've never seen it, you might be missing out

Readin: This week has a LOT of reading required! Stephen King dropped Other Worlds than these, the conclusion of the Talisman trilogy, the dust jacket is gorgeous, can't stop staring at it. The Talisman was written the year I was born, I read it when I was 12, the sequel was my senior year of highschool and the conclusion I'm in my 40's, fucking crazy, and we've lost an original co-author. The first round of Marvels horror comics reimagined are out, Midnight Spider-Man, X-Men, and Fantastic Four, my LCS had them pulled along with this weeks DC drop, Saturday is looking like a full comic day. So my fellow Nerds, what the fuck is up!? Whatcha watchin? Whatcha playin? Whatcha doin, what are we looking forward to? Stay safe out there, Later Nerds!!!

The big communal belly laughs we used to hear in theaters have now been traded for blood curdling screams as folks with comedy backgrounds like Curry Barker, Jordan Peele, and Zach Cregger bring the tension and release formula they perfected so well into a new genre with massive critical and financial results. Why is this happening and more importantly why is it such a natural transition and hey, is there any way at all that comedy movies themselves can make a comeback or are we just trading slapstick for movies where people get stabbed with sticks (and various other weapons).

Super interesting topic, very interesting episode, drops
Your thoughts below Nerds!!!

Happy spooky season y'all, whatcha up to this week? I've been traveling all week so not much to add. Ball x Pit on portal was fun, connection was janky in the hotel. Batman Reptile was cool, picked it up for Batman day, what are you guys up to? Later Nerds! Wu-tang is for the children.

My first two games were Killer Instinct and Mario 64, I thought I was the coolest kid on the block, later nerds!

THE EPISODE WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!

Hope you finished up your reading:watching lists nerds, here we go!!

John Stewart was created with the best of intentions by two white guys named Neal and Denn to add some actual color to the very white DC Comics of 971 and he came out swinging, with the character not shying away from his blackness. Then he sat on a shelf for a good while before he was used at all as the substitute in a Green Lantern book where the lead never actually left. Writers would put him through hell on a whim and when he finally did get a bit of salvation it was from a creator that rightfully deserves to be forgotten . And while he's often been used as a supporting character in comics (even taking a backseat to Guy Freaking Gardner of all people!!) it was folks from television that saw his potential and would make a truly lasting impression with the character, first in Justice League in 2001 and now in the modern hit Lanterns that is redefining the character and proving he always deserved the moment he's getting now.

Drop your gush and thoughts below!

Later Nerds!!!

What Up Nerd of Mouth-Breathers!!! Another week in the can! What have you been up to? What are you looking forward to?

I'm not sure if I heard about it on the Pod or in a comment here but I've been playing Ball x Pit nightly for almost two hours. Throw This Inevitable Ruin audiobook on and connect my iPhone to the Pulse earbuds as well as the portal, two hours of heaven. Still going strong on Death Stranding but I'm very bad at it, it's not an easy game.

The sopranos re-watch trucks along, and I know many of us are eagerly awaiting this weeks Lanterns. And Batman 24 was great, and grew the "mythos" further, love me some bat-girl.

Speaking of Batman, I chose Bruce watching Joker because we got very little love for Batman Day on the sub! I feel the sub waning a bit, but I will not give up! I ask that you please post, comment and upvote where you can if you can! I'm a huge fan of the community we are building!

We are shifting into spooky season, so I'm hoping to see a lot of good horror movies watches from this group (if that's your thing) I know the LPOTL boys will put out their 31 for 31 list, but I'm also thinking of starting a list here for some of the "nerdier" horror movies, the Fly, The Cell, killer clowns from outer space, or just the nerdy things about horror and how we are connected to it with nerd love, drop a comment below, have a great weekend, be safe out there....Later Nerds!!!!

What's up Nerds!!!!! Happy fucking Friday.
Finally wrapped up King Sorrow, I was a big Joe Hill fan when I read Horns, Locke & Key, Heart Shaped Box etc. It's been a while since he's released a novel but he certainly has not forgotten how to write, I found it to be a sprawling story of magic, good humor, the supernatural and friendship, would recommend. It's a period piece starting in the 70s, lots of nice little Kingisms sprinkled throughout, 9/10.

Death Stranding has intrigued me like no game has in a while, I'm barely into it and I will die for my BB, I don't trust Deadman and his Frankenstein dome, and Die Hard-Man is an epic name, all veeeery Kojima. It has metal gear ancestry for sure, seeing Norman Reedus is funny, I like him so far as the protagonist, he's still got that walking dead vibe. I missed this game in 2019, I was at a different point in my career that allowed for very little gaming, I had to very intentional with my picks, I'm almost glad I missed this, the world building is insane, can't wait to see where it goes. Sadly Outlaws has taken a back seat to my new obsession, but I have had time to play some vampire survivor while finishing up Bedlam Bride, couple hours to go.

Finishing up a Boba Fett build this weekend, probably the most fun build I've done so far, the largest number of bricks I've done for sure, I've been watching through the jaws movies while building, not looking forward to 3, but 2 deserves some credit, it's a decent film, they just turned Bruce into a slasher like Jason Voorhees, if you go into it with that mindset it's much more fun. Making some banana muffins and strawberry muffins this weekend

Looking forward to a relaxing couple of days, what about ya'll? Whatcha watchin, whatcha playin? Later NERDS!!!!

What's up Nerd of Mouth-Breathers. During the Sequels episode I believe Jake (could have been Holden during a breathe) mentioned that Rise of Skywalker was the last big budget movie in theatres before the pandemic hit. This got me thinking, I'd enjoy hearing a pre-covid media episode. The pandemic fucked up my timeline so much it would be fun to get a quick nostalgia blast and a refresh on what the world was into before the second life changing incident of our lives? I'd never expect anyone to take our suggestions seriously, but what episodes would you guys want to hear?

Hell of an episode, no spoilers but holy shit what an episode, loved the pacing as well, top notch television

What's up Nerd of Mouth-Breathers, keeping it short this week. Gotham Knights is starting to open up, it takes a minute for this game to get going but once it does it starts to feel more like the Arkham series. I'm playing it as a Batgirl game currently.

Looking forward to this week's episode of Lanterns, the trailer for Crystal Lake looks interesting, as does Carrie, spooky season is upon us.

Nintendo dropped a mess of content, open world Kirby could be very interesting. Sony appears to be trying to tank itself? They are probably too big to fail but they've made some interesting choices over the past few weeks.

What do we think? What are you nerds up to this week and what are you looking forward to?

Be safe out there, later Nerds!

A playable Ocarina, come on man....it's too good

Who had a Dreamcast? Did you get it launch day? What was your favorite game, or most inventive use of the memory card system? What about the controller? I'm spinning up a little Sonic Adventure to celebrate. Happy Dreamcast Day Nerds!

Poor Westley

What's up Nerds, in anticipation of the upcoming Green Lantern episode, and because someone asked, here a list of current episodes that have a reading list. I will update as the list grows. I tried to include links to the episodes but I think I only get one link per post- GREEN LANTERN ADDED!

John Stewart Reading list
Green Lantern Volune 2 # 87 (1971) By Dennis O’Neil and Neal Adams

Justice League of America #110 (1974) By Len Wein and Dick Giardano

Green Lantern Volume 2 #182,183,185,186 (1984-1985) By Len Wein and Dave Gibbons. Note: Only the first story in each.

Action Comics 601-602 (Only the Green Lantern stories, 1988) By James Owsley and Gil Kane.

Cosmic Odyssey #2 (1988) by Jim Starlin and Mike Mignola

Green Lantern Volume 3 #14-15 (1991) by Gerard Jones and Mark D. Bright

Green Lantern Volume 3 #84 (1997) Ron Marz, Daryl Banks, and Chris Batista

Justice League Season 1, “In Blackest Night” (2001)

Green Lantern Volume 3 #156 (2002) by Judd Winick and Dale Eaglesham

Green Lantern# Volume 4 49 (2009) by Geoff Johns, Jerry Ordway, Ed Benes, and Marco Marz

DC Secret Origins Issue 9, Only the 3rd story “The Architect” by Van Jensen and Pat Broderick 2015

Green Lantern War Journal #1 (2023) by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Montos

Lanterns Episode 3 “OutKast” (2026)
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Episode 569 Cyclops, the Least Loved Most Popular Member of the X-Men

Reading List
Uncanny X-Men #7 (1964)
Uncanny X-Men #94 and #95 (1975)
Uncanny X-Men #125-128 (1979)
Uncanny X-Men # 144 (1981)
Uncanny X-Men # 201 (1986)
X-Men volume 1, #1 (1991)
X-Men volume 1, #30 (1994)
Cyclops #1-4 (2001)
X-Men: Prelude to Schism# 3 (2011)
Avengers vs X-Men #2 (2013)
House of X 1 (2019)
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Episode 561 Below the Radar: A Celebration of Daredevil

Reading List
60s Daredevil volume 1- Issue 1 (Stan Lee and Bill Everett), Issue 47 (Stan Lee and Gene Colan)
70s- 101 (Steve Gerber and Rich Buckler)
80s- 168-172 (Frank Miller), 269-270 (Ann Nocenti and John Romita Jr.
90s - 321 (DG Chichester and Scott Mcdaniel
2000s Daredevil volume 2 -Issue 32 (Bendis and Maleev), Issue 82- (Brubaker and Michael Lark)
2010s- Daredevil volume 3 - Issue 7 (Mark Waid and Paolo Rivera),
Daredevil volume 4- 595-600 (Charles Soule and Stefano Landini)

The tragedy that was 9/11 changed everything so much that it’s hard to remember what things were like right before. Thankfully Jake is here to remind us of the movies, music, tv, and games that were huge the week before and how it seems like we could never go back to that specific time when Crazytown and American Pie 2 were all the rage. We’ll never forget 9/11 but we’ve certainly forgotten some of the things that immediately became anachronistic and just how things changed right after.

This is going to be an interesting episode, especially for those who might be too young to have lived through the drastic shift towards patriotism. It's interesting to see how that patriotism has been co-opted for the last 25 years leaving this grotesque haberdashery of nationalism we have today. There was a time before 9/11 where America truly was a melting pot of ideas and cultures, it would be amazing to return to that mentality, but now Trump posts himself as the green lantern building a wall for Labor Day....anyway, the album above I bought in July of 2001, 7 weeks later the world had changed and so did the name of the album, drops your thoughts below. Later Nerds

Happy Labor Day to my North American Nerds, and happy weekend to all other followers of the pod!

Right off the bat, Lanterns is absolutely what I wanted right now! And episode 3 was a great way to easily identify trashy people on the internet that lack Media Literacy. I'm not going to pretend I know everything about the Green Lanterns history (future episode coming up!) or the history of the Lantern Corps, but I know enough to know combining a few back stories and giving John his own fleshed out arc was pretty great. Can't wait to see where they go with Sinestro, how Guy ties in and if Ganthet was showing off by growing in height to hide their true stature.

Season finale of Silo tonight, wife and I are locked in and ready to see how this season decides to portray an epic cliff hanger. No spoilers from book readers please, I'm caught up but not everyone is.

Up to the end of season 2 of the Sopranos, one more season until the tonal shift that leads us onto the "Journey"
Also picked up a book about the real DiMeo crime family, Murder Machine, grabbed my interest so far (can you be nerdy about mobsters?) KING SORROW on the other hand has taken some twists and turns I was NOT expecting, if your a fan of Hills work or Kings for that matter, I highly recommend picking this up, I'm reading and doing the audio book for some parts, great production

Been doing a lot of retro gaming, but I really need a CRT TV to get that classic feel. This season of Fortnite has been meh for me, the sprite mechanic is played out, just let me play battle royals damn it :old man yells at cloud: I did pick up Gotham Knights for $6 on the PS store, and so far I'm really enjoying it, smooth combat, engaging story, let's see where it goes. So what are you folks up to this weekend? Whatcha Watchin, playin, eatin, readin, and listenin? Later Nerds!!!

P.s. keep posting all this cool nerd stuff, you guys are popping me up to a whole new world of awesome! Also keep and eye out for some house keeping, going to try to on the reading lists for former comic episodes once front page