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This week in nerd culture was absolutely packed. From huge casting news for Amazon Prime Video’s God of War series to major GTA 6 gameplay leaks, surprise franchise revivals, MCU updates, DC success stories, and more, we’re breaking down the biggest nerd news headlines of the week!

First up, Dave Bautista is officially stepping in as Kratos, replacing Ryan Hurst in Amazon’s upcoming live-action God of War s...

Is nerd culture in trouble? Because lately…it sure feels like it.

In this episode of Eat Sleep Nerd, we’re talking about the NERD-OCALYPSE — that strange feeling that seemingly everything we love about being a nerd is going through a rough patch at the exact same time.

Physical video games are disappearing. PlayStation fans are worried about the future of physical media. The MCU doesn’t seem t...

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is back! In this episode of Eat Sleep Nerd, we're reviewing Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and we've brought along two special guest reviewers to help us answer one of the biggest questions:

Is the new Spider-Man movie fun for both longtime Marvel fans AND kids?

Join us as we break down the latest chapter in Spider-Man's story with reactions from both adult comic book fans and two younger moviegoers....

Star Trek has inspired generations of fans with its optimistic vision of the future, but where does the franchise stand today? In this episode of Eat Sleep Nerd, we tackle one of the biggest questions in modern sci-fi:

Is Star Trek broken?

From classic series like The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager to newer entries like Discovery, Picard, Strange New Worlds, and more, we explore wha...

Is physical media dying? With Rockstar's announcement that Grand Theft Auto 6's physical edition will reportedly include a download code instead of the full game on disc, gamers everywhere are asking the same question: are physical games becoming a thing of the past?

In this episode of Eat Sleep Nerd, we dive into the future of physical media, digital ownership, game preservation, collector's editions, Blu-rays, DVDs, and wh...

In this episode, we discuss the latest nerdy news that you need to know about: we've played IO Interactive's 007 First Light James Bond game and we LOVE it, Xbox is starting to turn a page under the leadership of CEO Asha Sharma, NASA has detailed their Moon Base plans, we preview this week's Summer Game Fest 2026, Pokemon is more popular than it has ever been, AND...is Doctor Who dead? 

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This is the way… to another Eat Sleep Nerd movie review! In this episode, we’re breaking down Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu — the latest galaxy-spanning adventure featuring everyone’s favorite bounty hunter and tiny green Baby Yoda.

Did the jump from Disney+ series to the big screen work? Was this the Star Wars movie fans have been waiting for? We’re talking story, action, characters, fa...

The Eat Sleep Nerd team was at the 2026 Huntsville Comic & Pop Culture Expo this past weekend for our hometown comic con! We kick things off with our own The Office parody before we dive into a good ol' fashion conversation.

We interviewed cosplayers, vendors, and fellow nerds. We handed out tons of swag. We had a fan table! We walked a lot of steps. And we met celebrities like Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Ans...

In this episode, the nerds have to answer questions and prompts without any preparation or research: what nerdy things changed our lives? Which fictional pet or companion would we want to have? What movies and video games deserve a sequel? What nerdy things do we wish we could experience again for the first time? 

And we’re joined by special guest and host of the Huntsville Comic & Pop Culture Expo, Jeremy Lon...

In this episode, we have special guest Jeremy Long in studio to discuss the upcoming Huntsville Comic and Pop Culture Expo 2026. As founder and host of the Huntsville Expo, Jeremy walks us through the highlights of this year's event, his big plans for the future of the Expo, and what all goes into planning a comic convention. 

And of course, we talk about the special guests lined up for this year, including: Christopher...

Nearly 25 years after the Firefly television show was cancelled, Nathan Fillion and the original cast have made a surprise announcement that Firefly will return as a animated series. In this episode, we react to the Firefly animated series announcement, breakdown the details of this new show, and go over why Firefly season 2 (Firefly reboot?) may still never see the light of day.

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We've all been there: we fall in love with a show, but then we get distracted or life gets in the way...and we never finish it. It gets lost to the backlog of our tv watching. In this episode of Eat Sleep Nerd, the nerds discuss the best tv shows of all time that we just never finished watching. Can you believe that we never finished Breaking Bad? Can you believe that we haven't caught up with Ted Lasso? Even shows like The Handmai...

In this conversation, the nerds predict the winners of the 2026 Oscars across all categories, including Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress, Makeup and Hair Styling, Best Original Score, and the brand new Best Casting category. Will Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler, and Sinners walk away the big winners of the night? Will international films Sentimental Value and The Secret Agent get the recognition they deserve? Will K Pop Demon H...

A few weeks ago, we shared our review of the first episode of Star Trek Starfleet Academy where we discussed how pleasantly surprised we were that we enjoyed it. And boy...the Youtube comment section disagreed. We received TONS of mean and negative comments. In this video, we react to the comments, share our thoughts on Star Trek fans and the state of the Star Trek franchise as a whole, debate if Star Trek is woke, and more.

2026 looks to be a big year for movies, video games, and television, so we take a look to share which ones we’re most looking forward to!

Starting with our most anticipated video games of 2026, we’re eagerly awaiting Grand Theft Auto 6, Pragmata, 007 First Light, Total War Warhammer 40k, and more!

Looking at the most anticipated movies of 2026, we discuss looking forward to Avengers Doomsday, Project Hail ...

A year ago, we blind predicted the Rotten Tomatoes critics scores for 50 of the most anticipated 2025 movies. Now that 2025 is over, we need to reflect to see how many of our predictions we got right. Was Superman as good as we thought it could be? Was A Minecraft Movie as bad as we predicted? Is the Rotten Tomato score for Avatar Fire and Ash what we thought it would be? And did we really need a new Smurfs movie??

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