Taking a trip down memory lane as the highly anticipated new Superman film is released this week! See you at the movies, nerds! And then tune in next week for our NERD movie review of the next installment from the man of steel. Bonus stuff on Patreon!

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It's a bird... it's a plane... it's a podcast! The nerds get cozy with the man of steel: the one and only alien from another planet who gets weird with stones and rocks. Rob digs the dad versions of superheroes and Analese still has a crush on Dean Cain.

OTHER NERDY TOPICS: (more) Really Useful Boxes, Marvel SNAP, Final Girl by Van Ryder Games, mini painting, video games, solo play games, comic books, video games based off comic books and comic books based of video games.

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Original Airdate: November 9, 2022

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Our first recording in front of a live studio audience! Thanks to our patrons for joining the SUMMER NERD GAMES! No Olympics only nerd-olympics by way of trivia! Who will win the company, Eric or Carl?

Analese wows the crowd with amazing dismount landings and Rob owns the parallel nerd bars.

Also in this episode: a tribute to Laverne & Shirley, Rob's adventures in Milwaukee, Ironheart, summer office purge & organize, Star Wars and Andor rants, fancy movie theaters.

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Now that we're back from HellmouthCon and have played some summer nerdy games, let's reroll and visit another Joss Whedon classic, Firefly. Hold on tight, this amazing replay is followed next week by the show recorded LIVE with a Buffy audience at the Hellmouth!

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The browncoats are here, and we are talking about another classic from Joss Whedon - Firefly (including the accompanying film, Serenity). The nerds also welcome two Firefly experts - special guests Sean Lewis and Juliana Massie. Rob's love of westerns takes center stage and Analese is brand new to the entire world of gorram space westerns. *SPOILERS* for those that have not watched the show or film.

OTHER NERDY TOPICS: Marvel SNAP, Final Girl by Van Ryder Games, Metro Comics big retirement party for Bob, Movies with Mikey, YouTube music playlists, Solasta, making spreadsheets for gaming, Games Workshop with NO LIMITS, contrast mini painting.

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Original Airdate: November 23, 2022

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YOUR NERD BEST FRIENDS DID A LIVE SHOW! It was such a success running our Buffy + D&D live episode at HellmouthCon and we had an amazing audience! Unfortunately, Analese the rookie forgot to press the record button and so... here we are, face to face, a couple of big buffoons.. This episode is full of your nerd best friends talking about how cool it was and recapping their time at HellmouthCon ON THE Hellmouth in Torrance, Ca.

Analese now has a picture in her high school principal's office with the three Sunnydale HS principals and Rob now can say he got to tell his amazing embarrassing story about blonde hair and James Marsters DIRECTLY to the guy IN PERSON.

Also in this episode: The Great Goblin Angle Bargle, Never Flinch, panting goblin armies, practicing table top games on your own, and the frustration of GenXers at the end to The Neverending Story.

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Go down memory lane with your nerd best friends while the live HellmouthCon episode is being edited! Find our social media pages for awesome content from the Hellmouth.

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Original Airdate: December 1, 2021

The Nerd Best Friends talk about all things BUFFY: favorite episodes and villains, plus general likes/dislikes about the groundbreaking show. This is the last episode before mid-season winter break, but stay subscribed to check out our soon-to-be-released One Shots!

SPOILERS ALERT! Listen at your own risk - the nerds talk about the show in depth!

*CW/TW* The hosts mention heavier themes of the show including death, suicide, assault, and the problematic emerging truth about the culture of Joss Whedon's sets and his behavior towards women.

Other nerdy things: craft beer of the episode, marching band competitions, DnD, The Curse of Strahd, organizing nerd spaces at home.

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I can tell you my love for you will still be strong, after the nerds of summer have gone...

Analese and Rob get NERDY with Dr. Intern Joan's very first time watching The Neverending Story. How is it a GenX person has actually never seen this classic? We don't know, but are SO GLAD to share this with DIJ.

Analese questions Bastian's school principal and Rob questions if Neverending Story II is worth the minutes of your life.

Also in this episode: reading Eisner nominees in Hoopla, Stephen King EVERYWHERE, more hit films from 1984, the trauma of 90 seconds in this film, The Great Goblin Angle Bargle, YOU on Netflix IS NOT LIKE DEXTER, DIJ's new nerd room.

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Hey nerds! Re-roll and get nerdstalgic with your nerd best friends! New Stephen King book out last week, so you know Analese is too busy reading to edit. Therefore, check out this rewind of the SK episode!

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Original Airdate: January 24, 2024.

Analese, your podcast host and horror nerd, walks Rob through the multiverse and universe building by the master of horror - Stephen King. Since Analese is Constant Reader, it is safe to join the nerds on this journey.

Also in this episode: Warhammer, Instagram analytics, mail subscription games, Final Girl, organization, 2024 nerd goals.

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This week the nerds bring you Nerd Book Club, summer edition! Dr. Intern Joan made an amazing reading guide for our Patreon subscribers. Chew is an award-winning comic book that's equally gross, fantastic, gory, and full of love. Note: Chew not recommended for younger readers!

Analese read Chew because Rob told her to do so in the 2010s and Rob read Chew because he hate gross things.

Also in this episode: is it 3d Printing or old man model building?, NERDY winners of the Amazing Race, nerd mail from subscribers, Universal Fan Fest, Back to the Future, D&D.

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