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Trae Dorn, Nick Izumi and Gen Prock
Updated every month, the Nerd & Tie Podcast dives into our geeky world head first. Nick, Trae and Gen go into in depth discussions on all topics nerdy and geeky, and hope to come out with something interesting at the end. Usually they do.
It’s the end of the year, which means it’s time for our annual “Best and Worst” of list! We sit down and discuss our favorite movies, television shows, Japanese media, video games, and conventions of 2023 in this episode!
Listen as we struggle to remember what the hell even happened this year — as we’ve now done this eleven times at this point. Also, join our forums!
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There’s a lot to go over this episode. We start with Atomic Monster Weekend’s last minute, mysterious cancellation (that still has almost no signs of having happened on the internet). Then we go into an update on the ongoing Ohayocon situation and where things currently stand. Finally, we dig into the events at ColossalCon North a few days ago that led to the con’s cosplay contest staff abruptly quitting Saturday morning.
It’s a hell of a time.
Before that though, we talk about the launch of NerdAndTie[dot]Social, the new official forums for Nerd & Tie.
Important Links:
- Our Atomic Moster Weekend Coverage
- Last month’s Ohaycon deep dive
- Our overall Ohayocon coverage
- Our ColossalCon North coverage
- Hakc’s video on ColossalCon North
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On this episode of The Nerd & Tie Podcast we are deep diving into everything that’s happened with Ohayocon over the last… week? It’s been a lot, from the firing/not firing of staff members, a lot about a logo, a volunteer staff on “strike,” and Melissa Phelps reportedly stepping down from the CESI board of directors — and it’s not even close to over yet.
Important Links:
- Our Ohayocon Coverage thus far
This Episode is Also Available on YouTube
The post 195. Ohayocon Chaos first appeared on Nerd & Tie Podcast Network.
Gen and Trae hosted a live version of the Nerd & Tie podcast at No Brand Con 2023 this year, and this is in fact that episode! We talk about the Magic Card heist at Gen Con 2023 this year, and then we talk about how we’ve now done 10 years of Nerd & Tie… and then the history of No Brand Con.
Because, y’know, sometimes you have to toss out the plan you had and the new plan you make is maybe not what you expected.
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Ryan Kopf has been suing Nerd & Tie owner Trae Dorn in one form or another for over seven years.
The post 193. Ryan Kopf v Nerd & Tie – The Full Story first appeared on Nerd & Tie Podcast Network.
On this episode of the Nerd & Tie Podcast we talk about how Paramount Plus has pulled Star Trek: Prodigy
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On this month’s episode of The Nerd & Tie Podcast, we’re talking about the WGA strike, how excited we are for the upcoming Barbie movie, our complicated feelings over some of the Metal Gear Solid news, and Sony’s bizarre “handheld” announcement.
And then we take a Star Trek quiz. For funzies.
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We went into this episode with no plan, and came out with talking about Picard season 3, the Mandalorian season 3, the new Flash Trailer, Wizards of the Coast calling the Pinkertons on a YouTuber, and what anime Gen and Celeste have been watching. It’s actually a pretty good show.
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Look, Gen is out for the month so Trae and Celeste have been left to make the show on their own. Will they do a run down? Nope. Will they talk about being anime fans in the 1990s and early 2000s? Far longer than you’d expect. Will the Tetris movie come up? You betcha.
Also Celeste manages to squeeze in Transformers too. It’s chaos.
We should not be left to our own devices.
The post 189. An Evening With Trae and Celeste first appeared on Nerd & Tie Podcast Network.
On this episode of The Nerd & Tie Podcast, we mourn the passing of Leiji Matsumoto, talk about the internet’s weird reaction to finding out The Mandalorian doesn’t have a planned ending, the current James Gunn DC slate of films, the start of Picard Season 3, and how Poker Face is amazing.
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On this episode, some folks in the convention community are taking a real L. From Vic Mignogna’s petition to the Supreme Court of Texas getting rejected, to MagFest dragging up GamerGate dog whistles, to whatever the heck Neo Anime Oasis is doing… it’s a doozy.
We also talk about Gen going to EverCon, and Avatar 2 somehow being culturally relevant?
It’s the end of another year, which means it’s time for our annual “year in review” episode, where we look at the best and worst things that came out in movies, television, video games, and more! It’s probably the most chaotic episode we’ve done in a while too.
We are off the rails right out of the gate.
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