Over the years there has been a plethora of wrestling-related videogames, each game becoming more and more complex and more simulation-like. The early days of the button-bashing NES game Wrestlemania Challenge have slowly lead to the wrestling sim-esque 2K games. Well now 2K are taking things back to basics with WWE 2K Battlegrounds, with an […]
Welcome to this week’s Monday Night Raw review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and this is The Charlie Rose Show, complete with a complimentary shower (don’t bend over). We’ve got more from the RETRIBUTION faction, who just hate those hideous curtains you picked out to go over the landing. We’ve also got the […]
In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with writer/director Ross Boyask about how to make a sequel – focussing on his new film, I Am Vengeance: Retaliation, the sequel to the 2018 action/thriller I Am Vengeance. Both headline former wrestling star Stu Bennett and the latest instalment of loyal soldiers turned mercenaries […]
Whilst I’ve noticed an increasing number of dubious uses for the Marvel branding – including everything from sweets to underwear – Marvel Splendor is one tie-in that actually makes sense. The link between classic Splendor gameplay and Thanos’ quest for the Infinity Stones is so clear that I could imagine that whoever runs marketing at […]
In the first in a new series of wrestling career retrospectives, Chris takes a look at the Extreme Career of Tommy Dreamer… Born in Yonkers, New York, in 1971, Thomas James Laughlin was a wrestling fan in his youth and at the young age of only 18 years old he became a wrestler himself. Training […]
Stars: Katherine Ryan, Rory Keenan, Katy Byrne, Steen Raskopoulos, Michelle de Swarte, Sophie Fletcher | Created by Katherine Ryan When I discovered that Katherine Ryan was starting in a series (which she also helps to direct) I won’t lie I was very taken back… I know Katherine Ryan as a stand-up comedian; I know for […]
Welcome to this week’s WWE205 Live review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have two matches here and some Pixie Stix. MINE! Hey, it’s not my fault Muddy Waters got all over your tires. Next time, don’t run him over! BA BA BA BA BA! OWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!! BA BA BA BA BA! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! […]
Welcome to this week’s WWE NXT: UK review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and this show is back on the road. It’s nice to have it running again, even with the glut of perverts being gutted from the roster, thanks to Speaking Out. We’ve still got some aces in the deck, so at […]
Welcome to this week’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we’ve got more build to Clash Of Champions here to make your brown eyes blue. Are you ready for more 70s song references? …TOO BAD!!!!!!! Match #1: Cesaro def. Gran Metalik The following is courtesy of wwe.com: Shinsuke […]
Welcome to this week’s NXT review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have lots of wrestling… with my sexuality. I like cardboard. Harlan County, USA doesn’t care about your feelings. Those filthy miners just want your coal! Don’t give them sh*t! Okay, Damien Priest fights Timothy Thatcher for the North American Title, […]
Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres. For those unfamiliar, with the series, The […]
If you’re an avid anime fan, there’s a chance you known Kakegurui—Compulsive Gambler. This 2014 TV show brings together the children of Japan’s wealthiest people into an elite high school where gambling can buy you popularity or cast you into a pit of undesirables. That means gambling is a matter of life and death—figuratively, of […]
Given that 2020 has been completely spoiled by the Covid-19 Pandemic, I find myself playing more and more games with just my wife. Whilst I always enjoy these head to head contests, she enjoys a much more limited subset of games to me, and so I have to make my proposed choice for any game […]
Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Adam Driver, José Luis Ferrer, Ismael Fritschi, Juan López-Tagle, William Miller, Will Keen, Jason Watkins, Paloma Bloyd, Olga Kurylenko, Joana Ribeiro | Written by Terry Gilliam, Tony Grisoni | Directed by Terry Gilliam Terry Gilliam’s’ long-delayed rendition of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote has taken over twenty-eight years to come to […]
Stars: John Hennigan, Sean Marquette, Nic Nemeth, Alex Jennings | Written by William J. Stribling, Russ Nickel | Directed by William J. Stribling Directed by William J. Stribling (Bear With Us), who also wrote alongside Russ Nickel (Zombielust), The Speed of Time is an action-comedy starring WWE Superstar John (Morrison) Hennigan. Meet Johnny Killfire (great […]
Stars: Daved Wilkins, Sarah Booth, Matt Maenpaa | Written by Gavin Michael Booth, Daved Wilkins | Directed by Gavin Michael Booth Where the hell do I even start with this review… I am sat here, about an hour after having watched Last Call. It took me about an hour to just relax myself, chill my […]
Welcome to this week’s All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite review, right here on Nerdly. I’m editor Phil and I’m phil-ing in for Nathan this week on Dynamite, where we have on of THE best parking lot brawl matches I’ve ever seen! Let’s get right to it… Match #1: Jurassic Express — Luchasaurus & Jungle Boy (with […]
Welcome to a brand new series here on Nerdly, Lord of the Kings! This is content for the tabletop miniatures game Kings of War made by Mantic games. I am just a fan, doing fan stuff. Hell, if you are going to play with little plastic men as a 30-something it is good to get […]
Stars: Angel Giuffria, Matthew Clarke,Jacob Fyfe, Georgia Crisfield Smith, Michaela Pascoe, Rebecca Fortuna | Written by Stuart Stanton, Karen Elgar | Directed by Stuart Stanton Directed by Stuart Stanton (Flesh) and written by Stanton and Karen Elgar, No Such Thing As Monsters is an Australian horror film about a young couple who are on a […]
Written by Christopher Cantwell | Art by Cafu | Published by Marvel Comics I write this on a Thursday, so that must mean it’s time for a new Iron Man issue 1. I jest of course, but it does seem as though Iron Man has had more reboots, reimagining’s, and restarts than most. Since his […]
To celebrate the 28th September digital release of Becky we’re giving away an iTunes voucher. Slickly and smartly directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion (the duo behind cult horror comedy Cooties), this grisly cross between Home Alone and Last House on the Left features a fantastic lead performance from from Lulu Wilson (The Haunting […]
