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Bye, bye Nerds Assemble

This was posted to Emily's LinkedIn today:

Welp. Nerds Assemble Podcast is no more. I've taken the decision to end it as we had evidence of AI data scraping for episodes in order to use them for training, and that's been adding to our hosting costs… which we were recently told were going up by 22%. So, not only did we have assholes stealing our content, we were having to foot the bill for it too.

The website will remain, and you can still catch the last 20 or so episodes on several streaming services. But if you're a "friend of the show" and want to catch some classic Nerds, I can hook you up with access to backups… and our unreleased 304th episode where Paul, Retroid and I finally got to meet in person and talk in the same room!

Ironically, we talked a lot about AI in that episode.

I'm going to miss you, Nerds Assemble. A big thank you to the few guests that made it onto the show over the years.

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Nerds Assemble 303 - The Power of the Doctor

Join Emily, Paul and Paul as they discuss Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor and take a tour through what they’ve been up to, plus a worrying story of fandom gone wrong.

Up for discussion:

Retroid’s Steam Deck gaming backlog (Control, Alan Wake, Deathloop, BioShock Collection, Slime Rancher 2, Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon)

She-Hulk

Halloween Ends

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Nerds Assemble 302 - What’s up with Patreon?

Join Emily, Paul and Paul as they discuss what they’ve been up to plus discuss what’s going on with Patreon, the GTA 6 leak and the upcoming PlayStation VR 2.

Up for discussion:

Three Thousand Years of Longing

She-Hulk season 1

Lower Decks season 3

Rick and Morty season 6

House of the Dragon season 1

Rings of Power season 1

The Sandman season 1

Elden Ring

Shin Megami Tensei V

The Lazarus Heist by Geoff White

Steamdeck

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Nerds Assemble 301 - Happy 10th Birthday!

Join Emily, Paul and Paul as they celebrate 10 years of Nerds Assemble in the only way they know how...

By discussing WTF is going on at Warner Brothers Discovery these days plus:

WTF is going on with the CW

Dungeons and Dragons

The Office (US)

Bob’s Burgers S3

Caliban’s War by James S. A. Corey (The Expanse book series)

The Sandman S1

She-Hulk

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S1

House of the Dragon S1

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Nerds Assemble 300 - Outbreak Central

Join Emily and Paul as they discuss some BIG NEWS and what they’ve been up to…

Floppy disk adventures in Atari land

First Kill s1

Interview with the Vampire TV series trailer

(Briefly) Stranger Things s4 finale

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds s1

Dirty Black Bag s1

Umbrella Academy s3

Resident Evil s1

Orville: New Horizons

Thor: Love and Thunder

The Office (US)

Skyrim Anniversary Edition on PS5 (is a buggy mess but Emily still loves it anyway)

Cyberpunk 2077

Yellowstone s1

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Nerds Assemble 299 - The Return to Hawkins

Join Emily and Paul as they discuss what they’ve been up to...

Stranger Things S4

Obi-Wan S1

Archive (2020)

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)

Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey

The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin

Russian Doll S2

Undone S2

Top Gun (1986)

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Nerds Assemble 298 - We’re still alive!

We’re back! Alive! Join join Emily, Paul and Paul as they discuss what they’ve been up to (from The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, to Doctor Strange and The Multiverse of Madness, to celebrating Ncuti Gatwa‘s new role as the Doctor in Doctor Who).

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Nerds Assemble 297 - One 4 all and the Awful One

The Nerds have a political hot take on the privatisation plans of the UK’s Channel 4 and the mysterious happenings with PlayStation Plus.

Plus, join Emily, Paul and Paul as they discuss:

The Batman

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

The Reason Why (Podcast)

Gardening

Picard season 2

The Walking Dead season 10

Moon Knight

Raised By Wolves season 2

Snowpiercer season 3

Cracow Monsters

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Nerds Assemble 296 - Elden Ring and other things

This week, join Emily, Paul and Paul as they discuss:

Elden Ring

Wellington Paranormal

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Cowboy Bebop anime and live action

Assassins Creed Odyssey

Trinitron TVs

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey

Elementary

Fear Index short series

Uncharted movie

Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Picard

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Nerds Assemble 295 - Aloy Again

This week, join Emily, Paul and Paul as they discuss:

Aloy’s appearance perplexing some men, again (no, you’re not hallucinating, we discussed BS like this back in episode 283)

The King’s Man

Dungeons and Dragons

Super Mario Maker 2 level design

Star Trek: Discovery S4

Face/Off

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Jack Reacher S1

Death Stranding: Director’s Cut

Control: Ultimate Edition

Deathloop

Yellowjackets S1

Imposter by L.J. Ross

Peacemaker S1

Bright Burn

Life Is Strange: True Colors

The Book of Boba Fett  S1

The Expanse final season

(And we’re sorry about the delay in release, but the UK had three big storms the week we recorded.)

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Nerds Assemble 294 - Hungry Hippos

This week, join Emily, Paul and Paul as they discuss:

Acquisitions time in the game industry as Microsoft buys Activision-Blizzard and Sony buys Bungie

Something that sounds like “NuuuuuuFuuuuuuTeees”

New York Times buying Wordle while we recorded the episode

Dungeons and Dragons

The Witcher s2

PlayStation 5

Pokémon Legends Arceus

The Big C

Dexter: New Blood

Elementary

Snowpiercer

The Last of Us Part II

All of Us Are Dead

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Nerds Assemble 293 - The Best Things in Life...

This week, join Emily, Paul and Paul as they discuss:

Nerdy things you can do for free, whether it be reading, watching, learning or playing. 

Emily’s suggestions include; Local Libraries, Google Rewards, Fanfic site AO3, Podcasts (Inside of You, The King Cast, Bridgewater and Planet Money) All4 and Duolingo.

Listed Youtube channels by Paul; Tom Scott, Crash Course, Innuendo Studios, SciShow, Philosophytube, Doctor Mike, Second Thought, Chubbyemu, BeardMeatsFood, Get Hands Dirty, Andrew Huang, Epic Gardening, Corter Leather, Corridor Crew, Practical Engineering, The Click, Dr Garuda, Fix This Build That, Chris Salomone, Tedx Talks, Steve Shives, Alternative History Hub, Nerdforge and Rybonator.

Retroid’s software suggestions are; Elderscrolls I and II, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Dizzy, Ultima I and II, Cave Story, Genshin Impact, Kryta, Gimp, Paint.net and Audacity.

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Nerds Assemble 292 - Now that’s what I call 2021!

It’s our end of the year episode! Seasons greetings!

Join Emily, Paul and Paul as they discuss their highs and lows of 2021.

From the pandemic through to Doom Patrol, Prodigal Son, Dungeons and Dragons, and more, there’s plenty to discuss in this extra long episode.

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Nerds Assemble 291 - A minimal effort

This week, join Emily, Paul and Paul as they discuss: 

Paramount’s minimal effort over Star Trek: Discovery season 4 after choosing not to continue distributing it through Netlfix in much of the world.

Plus...

No Time To Die

Ghostbusters Afterlife

Invasion

Foundation

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Nerds Assemble 290 - Dune and other spices

This week, join Emily, Paul and Paul as they discuss:

Dune: Part One (2021)

Halloween Kills (2021)

Midnight Mass

Avatar: The Last Airbender

The Chestnut Man

Oxygen

RIPD

What We Do In The Shadows

Doom Patrol

Fear the Walking Dead

The Movies that Made Us

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Nerds Assemble 289 - No, none of us have installed Windows 11 (yet)

This week, join Emily, Paul and Paul as they discuss: 

3D printers (and the Creality Ender Pro 5)

Windows 11 launch

PlayStation 5

Justice League Synder Cut

What If?

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Black Widow

Sex Education season 3

The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country by Helen Russell

Hannibal, Hannigram fanfic “it never sings vain” by chaparral_crown

Squid Game

Midnight Mass

Famicon shenanigans

Russell T Davies coming back as Doctor Who showrunner

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Nerds Assemble 288 - Candym- wait, don’t go saying his name in that mirror!

This week, join Emily, Paul and Paul as they discuss:

Tumblr user experience woes

Final Fantasy IX on Nintendo Switch

Dungeons and Dragons

Candyman (2021)

Psychonauts 2

BioShock Infinite

Invisible City

Diablero

Awake

Masters of the Universe: Revelation

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