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June 13, 2024

Did The Acolyte Just Break Star Wars?

Matt and Katie have fun sharing some wierd news and talking about the Acolyte Episode 3. Did the Acolyte just retcon some important Star Wars Lore? Or is that only one point of view?

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June 5, 2024

Who Is The Big Bad In Star Wars The Acolyte?

Episodes 1 & 2 of Star Wars the Acolyte have landed! Matt shares his thoughts on these exquisite entries into the Star Wars cannon. We also talk about some LOTR news and about how haveing a robotic sidekick is the truest sign...

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May 29, 2024

Meet the Ring Wraiths in Chapter 3

Matt and Katie continue their discussion about Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. This week's episode was on chapter 3. Frodo encounters a Ring Wraith and finds some good hope as well. We also talk about Katie's fear ...

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May 15, 2024

Wanna Read LOTR With Us?

Matt and Katie begin the Epic journey of reading Lord of the Rings! This week they discuss chapter one. Check out the online discussion in the Nerdy Folks Facebook Group! https://linktr.ee/nerdyfolks

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May 8, 2024

Matt & Kate Go To War: Star Wars Tabletop

On this episode, Matt and Katie discuss all the Star Wars Tabletop games by Atomic Mass. They also discuss The Acolyte, which is set to release in June of 2024. Matt and Katie each choose three Star Wars Characters to face of...

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May 1, 2024

Henry Cavill War Hammer Series On Prime

On this episode, Katie is back! Matt gives the D.L. on Warhammer and a new Warhammer Series that is currently in development and set to star Henry Cavill. There is also another interveiw from Adepticon in Chicago who is a mem...

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April 24, 2024

Warhammer 40K Like You've Never Imagined

We traveled to Adepticon in Chicago Illinois and connected with the Dever 40K Wolfpack! The guys were playing Warhammer at the convention and were gracious enough to share their homebrewed approach to Warhammer, which involve...

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April 17, 2024

Adepticon With Jeremy Owen

Matt caught up with his old friend Jeremy Owen at Adepticon. Jeremy is an experienced competitive tabletop gamer with a lot of insight into the culture of tabletop war games. Adepticon is the San Diego Comic Con of the table ...

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April 10, 2024

Top Games of 2024 (so far)

Matt discusses the video games of 2024 and about his figure skating debut, which really just amounts to skating circles around the ice with his daughter. What's your favorite game of the year so far?

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April 2, 2024

How Has Video Game Story Telling Evolved?

Matt and Ethan disucss video games as a medium for story telling. They also talk old school arcade games, the benefits of gaming, share some stories of years gone by and talk about how Jesus used story telling as an incredile...

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March 27, 2024

Video Games Coming To Theaters

Video games are amazing vehicles for storytelling, and now, many of these stories are being adapted for the big and small screen. Matt, Katie and Ethan have some fun on this episode tring to guess the names of some of these g...

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March 20, 2024

Greatest Games / Is Life Just V.R.?

Matt and Ethan discuss flying bugs in Helldivers. They also go through a list of the top grossing games of all time including Mario Cart, Tetris, PUGB, the Witcher 3, Overwatch, Grand Theft Auto and Minecraft. Finally, they d...

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March 12, 2024

A Gaming Memoir: From NES to Hell Divers

Matthew and guest co-host Ethan kick off a new series on gaming! They share their personal history with gaming and wax nostalgic about playing on an old-school PC and Sega. They also discuss current games like the Hell Divers...

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March 6, 2024

Does The Villain Create The Hero?

On this episode, we discuss some of the best hero and villain matchups. We also dive into some movie and TV news for Dune, Marvel, Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Alita Battle Angel. Finally, we hit the idea that ...

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Feb. 27, 2024

Fantastic 4, Madame Web, Sinister 6 and Thunderbolts Have This In Com…

They all involve teamwork! This week Matt and Katie talk about teams and why you need them in your life. They also recap Marvel's Fantastic Four announcement, discuss Sony's Spiderverse and specu

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Feb. 20, 2024

Villains, The Marvel and Your Comments

Matt and Katie continue their discussion on The Marvels on and discuss our fascination with villains on this episode. You'll also get to hear our facebook community share who their favorite villains are and why. Matt and Kat...

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Feb. 15, 2024

Chat GPT, The Marvels and Making A Great Hero

On this episode of the show, we share our thought on the latest MCU movie the Marvels. We also share some of your responses to the question of what makes a great hero. Chat GPT makes into and even ranks the conversation. We s...

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Feb. 7, 2024

Our First Live Podcast: Heroes pt. 1

We had the priviledge of recording this live episode of the podcast at Edge Church in January of 2024! The episode kicks off our series about heroes! We talk about Marvel, DC, Superpowers, Superheroes and we pay special atten...

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Dec. 5, 2023

Indiana Jones Goes Back To The Future

Matt and Katie discuss how Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny relates to using our time to the fullest. Realizing that our time is limited can be an amazing source of wisdom if we let it.

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Nov. 29, 2023

What’s Your Favorite Time Machine?

On this episode, Matt and Katie discuss time machines. The DeLaurian, Tardis, and Time Map are just a few of the great time machines we encounter in our favorite sci-fi flicks. We also hear an interview from Twin Cities Conve...

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Nov. 21, 2023

There's A Time Machine In Your Pocket

Einstein's theory of general relativity showed that different observers experience time differently! This theory has real-world implications. No matter how we each experience time, the amount of time we have is limited. There...

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Nov. 15, 2023

Loki In A Time Loop

This is the second episode in a series on time. For this episode Matt and katie discuss Loki choosing to continuously loop back in time in order to save his friends and the multiverse. Matt and Katie also discuss getting stuc...

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