Welcome to this week’s Mae Young Classic review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a pretty good main event. Are you excited yet? How about this? It’s !@#$%&! awesome! There… we’re good to go. Match #1: Meiko Satomura def. Lacey Lane in a Quarterfinal Match The following is courtesy of WWE.com: […]
Welcome to this week’s review of Smackdown Live, which is a very special episode – the 1000th edition of WWE’s “not-flagship but better than Raw these days” show… Let’s bring the Smack down! Oh, and did I mention I’m not exactly expecting much wrestling on this weeks show..? This 1000th episode is bound to be […]
In The Magnates, each player acts as a powerful family who is embroiled in deciding the fate of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth over approximately two hundred years, from when it was formed until when it ultimately fell into decline. The Magnates is relatively abstract and takes place over four rounds of play, each of which represents the […]
Stars: Toby Kebbell, Maggie Grace, Ryan Kwanten, Ralph Ineson, Melissa Bolona, Christian Contreras, James Cutler, Ben Cross, Ed Birch | Written by Scott Windhauser, Jeff Dixon | Directed by Rob Cohen A heist takes place during a hurricane… It’s difficult to imagine a sillier plot outside of Snakes on a Plane, but, like that film, […]
Originally released on the PS4 back in early 2016, Japanese hack ‘n’ slash title Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae makes it way to the Switch where it’s combination of simple graphics and button-bashing gameplay fits PERFECTLY on Nintendo’s pick-up-and-play handheld console. Reminding me very much of the Onechanbara series of games (easily one of my favourite game […]
Stars: Becca Hirani, Kate Lister, Julia Eringer, Klariza Clayton, Scott Chambers, Alex Sawyer, Therica Wilson-Read, Richard Summers-Calvert, Georgina Dugdale, Charlene Cooper, Carey Thring, Shelley Lankovits | Written by Scott Jeffrey | Directed by Jamie Weston [NOTE: With the film finally released on DVD here in the UK (the US release was over a year ago), […]
Welcome to this week’s review of WWE Raw. With the WWE in the middle of a possible politic crisis it will be interesting to see how this episode pans out in terms of promoting the forthcoming Crown Jewel PPV in Saudi Arabia… Match #1: Seth Rollins def. Drew McIntyre via Count-out to qualify for the […]
Stars: Michael Koltes, Paul Flannery, Steve Weston, Lisa Livingstone, Lisa Cameron, Morgan Faith Keith, Cameron Mowat | Written and Directed by David Ryan Keith [NOTE: With the film finally arriving in the UK, here’s a reposting of my review of superb British horror Ghosts of Darkness, now retitled House of Ghosts for the DVD release] […]
Stars: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Chris Hemsworth, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, Nick Offerman, Xavier Dolan, Shea Whigham, Mark O’Brien, Charles Halford, Jim O’Heir, Alvina August | Written and Directed by Drew Goddard Drew Goddard finally returns to the director’s chair, after his highly inventive and successful directorial debut with the horror/comedy […]
Stars: Tomori Abe, Kensuke Ashihara, Satoshi Eishima, Goki, Yôta Kawase, Riri Kôda, Rima Matsuda, Masanori Mimoto, Maki Mizui, Seminosuke Murasugi | Written by Yoshihiro Nishimura, Sakichi Satô | Directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura Asian extreme horror is noted and adored for its absurdity and graphic content. For me, it can either be “OH MY GOD! THIS […]
I know what you’re thinking when you look at the title of this game, Britt is about to review a futuristic space-porno, but no… no I’m not. Rigid Force Alpha is a horizontally-scrolling 3D space shooter that takes strong influences from classics like R-Type, Gradius and Project X on the Amiga (I mention it because […]
Welcome to this weeks Ring of Honor review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have lots of action to get to, so let’s do so. That doesn’t sound very exciting, does it? Well, take it up with the Indian from that old recycling commercial from the 70s… who happened to be Italian. […]
Another week, another episode of the Pop Addled podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly! Pop Addled is a pop culture podcast with nerd tendencies. Join Keenan, Sam and Timmy as they discuss movies, music, video games, sports, TV, comics, and any intersection thereof. Their brains have been thoroughly addled by pop […]
If there was ever a list of board games that were most recognised as those capable of conjuring up incredible stories of near misses, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat and getting one over on your friends, Cosmic Encounter would be on it. With Cosmic Encounter now over forty years old, the Fantasy Flight Games […]
In DIGITAL SHORTS we review some of the latest video games that are only available digitally (at least in the UK), in a short-form review format. In this edition we take a look at Feral Fury – a fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite available now on the Nintendo Switch. A budget title at well under a […]
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Pablo Schreiber, Christopher Abbott, Ethan Embry, Ciarán Hinds, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Shea Whigham, Patrick Fugit, Lukas Haas | Written by Josh Singer | Directed by Damien Chazelle Damien Chazelle is hot off the heels with his fourth feature after two highly critically acclaimed entries into his vastly growing filmography: […]
Stars: Jack Roth, Andrew Tiernan, Tim Bentinck, Sophie Colquhoun, Daniel Kendrick, Carolyn Backhouse, Paul Westwood, Louis Dempsey | Written and Directed by Joe Martin Us and Them… Sums up the current state of the scocio-political climate perfectly don’t you think? The haves and the have-nots. The rich and the poor. It’s a class war that […]
Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and Brian Pillman Jr. makes his singles debut on this card, while we have an exciting main event between two men who are no strangers to controversy. On a night that is dominated by the new Hart Foundation, I’d […]
Welcome to this week’s Impact Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Phil and we’ve got the last episode of Impact before this years Bound For Glory. Let’s get right to the action! Match #1: Trevor Lee vs. Jack Evans vs. Puma King vs. Petey Williams – Four-Way Match The following is courtesy of ImpactWrestling.com: […]
Founders of Gloomhaven is a city building game in which the players act as the founding settlers of the titular city of Gloomhaven. Whilst Founders of Gloomhaven is set in Isaac Childres’ Gloomhaven world, it’s a very different kind of game to the original Gloomhaven, which is well regarded as one of the best dungeon crawlers […]
Welcome to this week’s Lucha Underground review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have more attempted murder from Matanza, as well as a big Ultima Lucha match announced for Johnny Mundo. Let’s lucha… wait, that’s not a phrase. Match #1: Matanza Cueto beat Taya Valkyrie – Sacrifice To The Gods Match (DQ) […]
