09th May2018

‘Rising Sun’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

Rising Sun, just in case you’ve missed it, is the latest big-money Kickstarter from Eric Lang and CMON Games. Where Blood Rage was inspired by Risk, Rising Sun allegedly draws its inspiration from Diplomacy, the classic game of empire building and well timed betrayal. Like all of CMON’s headline games, Rising Sun features incredible components and offers […]

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09th May2018

‘DragoDino’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Britt Roberts

DragoDino is a vertical platformer that wows you with its vibrancy, jaunty music and characters but has a few issues under the bonnet that detract from the game reaching its full potential. The game play in DragoDino is simple, you are trying to regain your precious egg from the top of a tree and spend […]

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09th May2018

Pop Addled: Movie Special – Avengers: Infinity War

by Phil Wheat

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 […]

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08th May2018

‘SWAT: 24 Hours’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Tom Sizemore, Mischa Barton, Timothy Woodward Jr., Michael Paré, Marlon Young, Jeremy London, Said Faraj, Matt Cinquanta, Chris Jai Alex, Isaac C. Singleton Jr., Jayde Rossi, Omid Zader, Kerry Knuppe, Catherine Fetsco | Written by Lauren De Normandie | Directed by Timothy Woodward Jr. SWAT: 24 Hours follows the LAPD, the FBI and an […]

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08th May2018

‘Goetia’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Britt Roberts

Goetia tells the story of Abigail Blackwood, a 12 year old girl who last remembers falling from a window and now appears to be a spirit represented by an orb of light. As she re-enters her family home she finds everything abandoned and dilapidated which leads her to look into the mysteries of what became […]

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08th May2018

365Flicks Podcast – Movie Special – Avengers: Infinity War (Spoilers)

by Phil Wheat

Here’s the latest episode of the 365Flick 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 Libsyn, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres. 365Flicks Podcast – Movie Special – Avengers: Infinity War (Spoilers) That’s […]

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07th May2018

Digital Shorts: ‘AeternoBlade’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Phil Wheat

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 AeternoBlade, a new hack & slash game now available on the Nintendo Switch. Visually AeternoBlade looks like video games haven’t progressed […]

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07th May2018

‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower’ Review

by Xenia Grounds

Features the voices of: Ruby Barnhill, Jim Broadbent, Ewen Bremner, Lynda Baron, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Morwenna Banks, Teresa Gallagher, Rasmus Hardiker, Rebecca Kidd, Kate Winslet | Written by Riko Sakaguchi, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, David Freedman, Lynda Freedman | Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi Mary and the Witch’s Flower is the first film from Studio Ponoc. This studio […]

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07th May2018

Game On! Review: Pengoloo (Blue Orange Games)

by Jason Brigger

A little about our family… My wife and I love playing board games, card games and any tabletop game that we can get our hands on in our home. Recently we have been teaching and including my almost 8-year-old son and my 4-year-old daughter in our latest game nights with much success. With so many […]

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04th May2018

‘Eternal Kings’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

Eternal Kings is the result of a recent and successful Kickstarter that exceeded its goal by more than 125%. It is based on a hybrid system that merges the fundamentals of chess with the complex rule-bending card play of games like Magic: The Gathering. It is still available for pre-order via the Kickstarter link, here: […]

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04th May2018

‘Action Comics #1000’ Review

by Dean Fuller

Written by Various | Art by Various | Published by DC Comics DC Comics have of late been celebrating the 80th anniversary of both a flagship title, in Action Comics, and their flagship character, Superman. Both are, of course, fully worthy of such accolades. Action Comics has been continuously published since the dawn of the […]

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04th May2018

Sci-Fi London 2018: ‘Chimera’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Henry Ian Cusick, Kathleen Quinlan, Erika Ervin, Jenna Harrison, Karishma Ahluwalia, Jennifer Gjulameti, Raviv Haeems, Kaavya Jayaram | Written and Directed by Maurice Haeems ‘Medical horror’ is strange sub genre that could contain a wide range of movies. From The Fly to The Human Centipede trilogy to Frankenstein to Re-Animator. Each of those movies is very […]

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04th May2018

First trailer for Japanese revenge horror ‘The Viper’s Hex’

by Phil Wheat

The Viper’s Hex is the fourth feature film by Black Forest Films, the team behind Chocolate, Strawberry Vanilla, Under A Kaleidoscope, Mondo Yakuza and The Perfect Nonsense. Set in Tokyo, this Japanese horror sets out to explores the psyche of Kiyo, a cursed and lonely hostess who falls pregnant to a foreigner named Anchin; and is […]

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04th May2018

‘iZombie 4×09’ Review

by Xenia Grounds

Stars: Rose McIver, Malcolm Goodwin, Rahul Kohli, Robert Buckley, David Anders | Created by Diane Ruggiero, Rob Thomas The latest episode of iZombie was a very plot driven one and somewhat different from the usual formula. However, this is nothing new for the series as this seems to happen once per season. Luckily, this episode […]

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04th May2018

Comic Concierge – Episode 20: Weekly Recommendations

by Dan Clark

On this week’s episode we are getting ready for Harbinger Wars 2 with my recommendation of the week X-O Manowar #14. Also to celebrate Aliens Day Dark Horse released a brand new series that is probably better than most of the recent movies. Marvel is hunting down Wolverine and a number of major issues are […]

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03rd May2018

‘The New Legends of Monkey: Season 1’ Review (Netflix)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Chai Hansen, Luciane Buchanan, Josh Thomson, Emilie Cocquerel | Directed by Craig Irvin, Gerard Johnstone Produced by Australia’s ABC, Netflix and TVNZ, The New Legends of Monkey is inspired by the 16th Century Chinese fable Journey To The West, which has already spawned a number of films and series, including its most famous, or […]

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03rd May2018

‘Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Alina Babak, Valeriya Dmitrieva, Igor Khripunov, Evgeniya Loza, Sergey Pokhodaev, Valentin Sadiki, Vladimir Seleznyov | Written and Directed by Svyatoslav Podgaevskiy There is an ancient ritual known to humankind for more than a hundred years…According to the legend, an ominous entity known as the Queen of Spades can be summoned by drawing a door […]

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03rd May2018

‘Late Shift’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Britt Roberts

Wales Interactive have continued their explorations into the FMV (erroneous, I know) genre with this, their newest title and whilst these games will always have their detractors due to the level of interaction / game length, it’s difficult to find fault with Late Shift as it’s such a stylish, well-acted and directed crime thriller that […]

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03rd May2018

‘Legion 2×05’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

Legion, especially in season two has focused on the characters and how they are broken. That is why with the return of Lenny (Aubrey Plaza) things are getting interesting. A supposedly dead women victimised by Amahl Farouk (Navid Negahban) just why has he set her free? With the return of Lenny, David (Dan Stevens) must […]

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02nd May2018

‘Weird Fiction’ Review

by Nik Holman

Stars: Taylor Rhoades, Matt Nale, Danielle Rhoades, Mackenzie Anthony, Torri Bouslough, Isabella Rodriguez, Rylee Prenatt | Written and Directed by Jacob Perrett Weird Fiction is the kind of movie you dreamed of making as a kid but didn’t have the ambition or talent to follow through. Written as an 80’s inspired, direct-to-video, schlock-fest that’s all […]

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02nd May2018

‘Ash vs Evil Dead 3×10: The Mettle of Man’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

Judgement Day is here, not only in story terms but also for Ash vs Evil Dead as a show. Fans of Evil Dead may be sad, but in truth it was inevitable, because shows as good as this rarely last long before burning out. The Mettle of Man finally (maybe) ends the Ash’s (Bruce Campbell) […]

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01st May2018

‘Warhammer: Vermintide 2’ Review (PC)

by Paul Metcalf

If there is one game that people would love to see debut on current-gen consoles (other than Half-Life 3) it is Left 4 Dead 3. While this seems to be a dream that will never come true, Warhammer have stepped into the breach (and the same “horde-like” genre) with Warhammer: Vermintide 2. I will warn […]

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