A Play On Nerds - Episode 231 - Doctor Who, Edu-tainment Animation and RTS Video Games

It's Nerd Roll of Fortune time! So we rolled the dice and are talking about Doctor Who, educational animation, and strategy video games like Civilization, Age of Empires and Heroes of Might and Magic! Plus: UFOs in the news again, Jarman reviews NBC/Peacock's "The Paper" and a trailer review for Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues!

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Host Banter: 1:24

Nerdy News: 8:06

Nerd Roll of Fortune: 15:37

Radical Recommends: 38:30

Trailer Review: Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues: 41:52

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Intro music provided with permission by the awesome Jimmy Hinson of Big Giant Circles. Find him Bandcamp or iTunes!

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A Play On Nerds - Episode 230 - A "Long Walk" to a "Deathrow Gameshow"

Stephen King's The Long Walk is coming to theaters, so we're reviewing another movie about people competing for their lives and profit... no, not The Running Man, but 1987's Deathrow Gameshow! Plus: The Great Tit is a special bird, Steve loves Alien: Earth, and we watched the trailer for the upcoming Mortal Kombat II!

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Host Banter: 1:30

Nerdy News: 8:23

Film Review: Deathrow Gameshow: 11:37

Bit: Punishment for Points: 29:30

Radical Recommends: 33:23

Trailer Review: Mortal Kombat II: 38:30

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Intro music provided with permission by the awesome Jimmy Hinson of Big Giant Circles. Find him Bandcamp or iTunes!

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A Play On Nerds - Episode 229 - "Nobody" is Quite Like "Paul Blart"

A man with a certain set of skills gets pulled into the action while on vacation in Nobody 2, in theaters now; so we're reviewing the movie it was based on, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2! Plus: Meteors in Georgia, recasting the Disney live action remakes with other animated characters, Yellowjackets season 2, and the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash!

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Time Codes

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Host Banter: 1:44

Nerdy News: 12:07

Film Review: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2: 14:48

Game: Animated Alternate Reality: 37:13

Radical Recommends: 44:21

Trailer Review: Avatar: Fire and Ash: 46:42

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Intro music provided with permission by the awesome Jimmy Hinson of Big Giant Circles. Find him Bandcamp or iTunes!

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A Play On Nerds - Episode 228 - Crime movies, voice and musical acting, drones and reality TV!

It's Nerd Roll of Fortune time! Scorsese films, voice acting, musical theater, drones, past lives and reality TV are all discussed. Plus: Overwatch 2, robot bunnies, and the Red Sonja reboot!

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Time Codes

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Host Banter: 1:19

Nerdy News: 6:25

Nerd Roll of Fortune: 9:29

Radical Recommends: 34:43

Trailer Review: Red Sonja (2025): 37:39

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Intro music provided with permission by the awesome Jimmy Hinson of Big Giant Circles. Find him Bandcamp or iTunes!

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A Play On Nerds - Episode 227 - I Really Always Knew What You Did That One Summer

I Know What You Did Last Summer's new sequel/reboot is out in theaters so we're utilizing the Rule of Three to review the 3rd movie in the series, I Always Know What You Did Last Summer! Plus, the Stranger Things season 5 trailer!

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Host Banter: 2:40

Nerdy News: 7:59

Film Review: I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer: 13:52

Game: Legends or Lies: 35:34

Radical Recommends: 40:16

Trailer Review: Stranger Things Season 5: 43:06

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Intro music provided with permission by the awesome Jimmy Hinson of Big Giant Circles. Find him Bandcamp or iTunes!

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