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A Play On Nerds

A Play On Nerds

Enjoy a multitude of podcasts from A Play On Nerds, with Sci-Fi and Fantasy TV show and film reviews, Nerdy News, and general geeky chatter about anything from video games and science, to Star Trek and Muppets. Find even more at APlayOnNerds.com, with blogs, videos and live video game streaming. Stay nerdy my friends!

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01:11:06

Episode 80 - Comic Con Trailer Roundup 2017!

A Play On Nerds ·

2017/08/09

It's that time of year again! When San Diego Comic Con is flooded with releases of all kinds of trailers and sneak previews of all the geeky/nerdy movies and TV shows on the docket for the upcoming year. We take a look at the highlights and let you know what has us excited...and bored. You can find a list with most everything we cover here. We also pack in TWO games! We bring back Hypothetical Hubub, (a disturbing version of "would you rather") and Indie Band or Smut Search! If you don't already

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01:14:23

Episode 79 - Follow That Bird - Film Review!

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2017/07/25

We continue our ongoing series of reviewing every Muppet and Star Trek film with Follow That Bird! The emotional 1985 Sesame Street classic. We talk through all the lovely songs and nostalgia that this film unearths in us all. Before we jump into the film we talk some Nerdy News with possibilities of humans going extinct, all too soon, and "teleporting" photons to outer space! After the feature we have Trailer Reviews of Geostorm and Annabelle 2: Creation; which sparks a heated debate between

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01:05:49

Episode 78 - Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home - Film...

A Play On Nerds ·

2017/07/05

This week on the podcast we continue our ongoing series where we review all the films in the Muppets and Star Trek franchises, with Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home! To help us do that we have super-Star Trek fans and co-hosts of the Ten Forward Podcast, Matt Hansen, Paul Wright and Chris Mitchell! They'll help us delve into this fan favorite Star Trek film in detail. For the rest of the show we have some Nerdy News, with the discovery of the possible "missing link" of whales, and some crazy

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01:11:51

Episode 77 - Top Gun VS Iron Eagle!

A Play On Nerds ·

2017/06/19

Copy Cat Cinema makes its triumphant return with Top Gun VS Iron Eagle! Both from 1986. (Copy Cat Cinema is where we take two films made around the exact same time that were basically the same movie. We both pick a movie to defend as the best, debate their merits and atrocities, and laugh at the results!) We start with some Nerdy News of head transplants for mice, 90s movie reboots no one asked for, and the unfortunate passing of OG Batman, Mr. Adam West. We throw some Radical Recommends your

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00:38:23

Episode 76 - First Ever In-Person Live Episode!

A Play On Nerds ·

2017/05/22

Join your A Play On Nerds co-hosts, Jarman and Steve, for their first ever in-person, live recorded episode, after 3 years of podcasting! Live from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (it's a long story) we cover Nerdy News of space mining and history-changing mastadons, perform a scene from The Odd Couple, have story time with little baby Joyce, delve into the kooky local events of Pittsburgh, and have our first ever LIVE Trailer Reviews; with Absolutely Anything and The Dark Tower. For the full

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01:40:02

Episode 75 - 3 Year Anniversary Special!

A Play On Nerds ·

2017/04/21

Today we celebrate 3 years of A Play On Nerds podcasting! Join Jarman and Steve as they traverse the history of the podcast, talking about all the geeky subjects we've covered over the years, from film and TV, science and paranormal, video games and comics... with special guests all along the way! In this super-packed episode we also cover Nerdy News, discussing the upcoming Watchmen and Coming to America projects and new Dumbledore and Cable casting announcements! We throw some Radical

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01:36:28

Episode 74 - The Muppets Take Manhattan with Tough Pigs!

A Play On Nerds ·

2017/03/15

For today's episode, in our ongoing series of reviewing every film in the Star Trek and Muppets film franchises, we review The Muppets Take Manhattan! To help us take on this monumental task we have Ryan Roe and Joe Hennes, co-owners of ToughPigs.com; the website for Muppet fans who grew up! These two are huge experts in everything Muppets, and you can find more about them and their site, and every thing Muppets, at ToughPigs.com, or follow them on Facebook. In both places you'll find posts daily of

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01:17:02

Episode 73 - Star Trek III - The Search for Spock -...

A Play On Nerds ·

2017/02/25

Our ongoing series continues! You know, the series where we are reviewing every Star Trek film and Muppet film in chronological release order! This episode we review Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. We don't end up concluding what you would think... Ooo what a tease.... For Nerdy News Steve covers the food preferences of the Queen of the U.K. and make-up made from mummies... I know...gross. And Jarman covers the official canon fate of Jar Jar in the Star Wars universe and an official Zombie

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01:01:30

Episode 72 - The Great Muppet Caper Movie Review!

A Play On Nerds ·

2017/02/07

Back with our ongoing series of alternately reviewing every film in the Muppets and Star Trek film series, we're reviewing The Great Muppet Caper! For Nerdy News we cover the announcement of an upcoming live action TV series of the mostly unknown Marvel Comics heroes, Cloak and Dagger, a shortage of bacon reserves in the U.S., and the unfortunate passing of film actor great, John Hurt. For Trailer Reviews we reach into the dregs that are available and talk about the second Power Rangers trailer

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01:08:40

Episode 71 - Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Review!

A Play On Nerds ·

2017/01/22

After a long holiday break, we are back! This time around we're reviewing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, as part of our ongoing series of concurrently reviewing all the Star Trek films and all the Muppet films. It's going to be a wild ride through cinematic history of the two long-lasting film franchises. For Nerdy News we cover the casting of Woody Harrellson in the upcoming Han Solo Star Wars spin-off movie, and then some possible explanations for strange pulses coming from the far side of the

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01:44:26

Episode 70 - LIVE Commentary of the Star Wars Holiday...

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2016/12/21

In honor of the recent release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and the holidays that are upon us, Steve and Jarman give live comedic commentary to a full viewing of the infamous and disowned Star Wars Holiday Special from 1979! If you want to watch along with us in sync (and feel our torture in unison) you can find the exact copy we watched here: https://youtu.be/ZX0x-I06Fpc Intro music provided with permission by the awesome Jimmy Hinson of Big Giant Circles. Find him Bandcamp

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01:19:22

Stuff and Thangs Podcast - Episode 4 - First Half of...

A Play On Nerds ·

2016/12/16

A Play on Nerds co-host Jarman Day-Bohn and A Play on Nerds web contributor Jerry Herrera dish the dirt on the first half of season 7 of The Walking Dead, up to the mid-season finale. Has the show lost its way? What were the few great parts of this season so far? Is Negan basically a cartoon character at this point? Join us for a lively, unedited conversation on the ups and downs of this confusing season of TWD! If you have any questions or comments related to anything you hear on the show, be

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01:13:05

Episode 69 - Film Review of The Muppet Movie!

A Play On Nerds ·

2016/12/12

For the feature of this episode Jarman and Steve continue their cinematic trek through each of their favorite franchises; Star Trek and The Muppets! This time it's Steve's turn so we're reviewing the first of The Muppets' film franchise, The Muppet Movie from 1979. To start off we have some Nerdy News of the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery tv show casting news, treating cancer patients with hallucinogenic drugs, and super smart jerky birds. Jarman also gives short reviews of the films Arrival and

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01:03:30

Episode 68 - Star Trek The Motion Picture Review

A Play On Nerds ·

2016/11/16

Oh America. You elected Donald Trump to be our next president. Steve and Jarman share their woes regarding the presidential election. To lift our spirits, we discuss some Nerdy News of alien water found on earth and the upcoming Star Trek/Aliens crossover comic! We then review Star Trek: The Motion Picture in our ongoing series of reviewing every Star Trek film and every Muppet film! Over the next several months we'll discuss all these films with other random feature segments filtered in to break

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01:31:52

Episode 67 - Walking Dead Season Premiere Review!

A Play On Nerds ·

2016/10/31

(This episode was recorded prior to last night's episode 2 of The Walking Dead) In this episode we discuss the much anticipated episode one of the new season seven of The Walking Dead! We are joined by A Play On Nerds contributor Jerry Herrera! You may have seen his reviews on our site for such shows as The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, Outcast and Westworld! We talk about the events of the episode and how it made us feel (we cried). Before that we discuss EPCOT's Food and Wine Festival,

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01:04:05

Episode 66 - New Baby and Way Too Many Nerdy Fall TV...

A Play On Nerds ·

2016/10/22

We're back! After a two month hiatus because of baby-making and real life getting in the way, A Play On Nerds is officially back. For the first half of the episode we talk babies! Steve and his wife Anna gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Joyce, and we talk about the trials and tribble-ations of being new parent. Along that same line we catch up on all the nerdy things we've been doing, from TV shows, books and DragonCon. Listen in for a big catch up session as well as Trailer Reviews of Power

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01:11:20

Episode 65 - People Pet Peeves!

A Play On Nerds ·

2016/08/23

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01:18:35

Episode 64 - San Diego Comic Con Reveals and More!!

A Play On Nerds ·

2016/08/02

In this week's episode of the podcast, we tackle tones of nerdy pop culture goodness for your ear holes! San Diego Comic Con wrapped up, so there are loads of trailers to review and news to talk about. For our feature we give our reviews of the new Ghostbusters reboot, the surprise delight, Star Trek Beyond, and the too damn good Stranger Things from Netflix. Before that we tackle some disturbing Bonobo monkey news, along with some bizarre casting news for the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy

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01:00:34

Episode 63 - Retro Retrospective - Drive and Melinda...

A Play On Nerds ·

2016/07/20

In our second edition of Retro Retrospective (where Steve and Jarman watch one of the other person's favorite movies for the first time and then review them) we watch one of Jarman's favorites, the bloody Gosling vehicle, Drive, and one of Steve's, the Woody Allen comedy/drama, Melinda and Melinda. For Nerdy News we talk of the craziness that is small-armed dinosaurs, newly discovered, and a real life Batman protecting the streets of Moscow! Plus a discussion of the recent craze of Pokemon GO.

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01:09:34

Episode 62 - Catch-Up and Commiseration

A Play On Nerds ·

2016/06/30

Jarman and Steve took a week off. Steve was on vacation, horrible things happened in Orlando where Jarman lives and where they both grew up, and so much more. It's been a tough few weeks, so be warned, we do a bit of venting, but then we cool off with some movie reviews, including Captain America: Civil War (Steve finally saw it), X-Men: Apocalypse, Independence Day: Resurgence and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. (MAN...all those movies really like their colons) For Nerdy News we

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