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Anime Amigos Podcast: Best of Spring 2021

Best of Spring 2021 We discuss our favourite Anime from the Fall 2019 season in another discussion Calvin – Nerd Consultant 0:00​ our thoughts on the season 05:47​ our Best Holdovers 12:12​ our Best OP’s 27:30 our Best ED’s 39:04​

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Nobody – Review

“Nobody” Nobody comes from writer and producer Derek Kolstad who was one of the writers on the John Wick films, and is directed by Hardcore Henry director Ilya Naishuller. The film serves to be pretty much an action film developed

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Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart – Game Review

Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart (Available for PlayStation 5 only) Sony now has released not only what looks to be the final PlayStation 5 exclusive for the year given that if Sony will be bringing out any more first party

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Miitopia – Game Review

Miitopia (Avaliable on Nintendo Switch only) Around September last year, we heard the unfortunate, yet understandable, news of the discontinuation of the Nintendo 3DS. Looking back, I did not appreciate the console nearly as much as I should have. It

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A Quiet Place Part II – Review

“A Quiet Place Part II” When A Quiet Place Part II was removed from the release schedule at the beginning of the pandemic, I had no idea that it would be around 15 months later until I would actually finally

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The Nerd Consultant’s E3 2021 podcast: thoughts on Nintendo Direct

The Nerd Consultant’s E3 2021 podcast: thoughts on Nintendo Direct We end with the presentation that was the best of E3 Calvin – Nerd Consultant   Share This Post:

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The Nerd Consultant’s E3 2021 podcast: thoughts on Capcom Showcase

The Nerd Consultant’s E3 2021 podcast: thoughts on Capcom Showcase We talk about the capcom showcase for longer than the actual showcase Calvin – Nerd Consultant   Share This Post:

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The Nerd Consultant’s E3 2021 podcast: thoughts on Xbox + Bethesda Showcase & Square Enix Presents

The Nerd Consultant’s E3 2021 podcast: thoughts on Xbox + Bethesda Showcase & Square Enix Presents We give our thoughts on the Xbox and Square Enix shows. Spoiler alert: we liked them more than Ubisoft! Calvin – Nerd Consultant  

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The Nerd Consultant’s E3 2021 podcast: thoughts on Ubisoft Forward

The Nerd Consultant’s E3 2021 podcast: thoughts on Ubisoft Forward Day 1 and we give our thought on Ubisoft forward… Spoiler alert: we don’t have much nice to say! Calvin – Nerd Consultant   Share This Post:

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Cruella – Review

“Cruella” Like many people, I’m asking why this film is here in the first place. I kind of get some of the motivation for making a Cruella film because Maleficent was somewhat of a success, but I kind of still

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Resident Evil: Village – Game Review

Resident Evil: Village (Available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC ) (PlayStation 5 version used for review) Resident Evil kicks off its 25th anniversary special with the latest entry in the mainline Resident

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Demon Slayer: Mugen Train – Review

“Demon Slayer: Mugen Train” Demon Slayer has been an Anime series made by Studio Ufotable who are famous for making excelling animation which goes above and beyond what most television broadcast Anime do. Demon Slayer was a big project for

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Anime Amigos Podcast: Our Underrated Anime

Our Underrated Anime we give our views into 4 underrated anime we like: Atre, Cardfight Vanguard, Elegant Yoaki Apartments and Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad and analyse why they didn’t achieve the level of success from the public opinion   We

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Army of the Dead – Review

“Army of the Dead” Army of the Dead is a 2.5-hour Netflix film that’s been written and directed by Zack Snyder and is his first completed work in a long time, not counting his work on the Snyder cut Justice

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Returnal – Game Review

Returnal (Available for PlayStation 5 only) Sony has picked a very inconvenient time to release a new PlayStation 5 exclusive after the news of the Shutdown of Sony Japan Studios and the Bloomberg report which implied Sony’s ongoing direction is

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Nier Replicant – Game Review

Nier Replicant (Whoever decided on this title, thanks for making my job harder.) While Nier may be a bit more well known today, after the success of Nier Automata, both the series as well as it’s creator Yoko Taro have

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New Pokémon Snap – Game Review

New Pokémon Snap (Available for Nintendo Switch only) After years of fan demands, one of the most popular Pokémon spin off games finally has a new entry. Pokémon Snap was an on rails photography game for the Nintendo 64 in

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Mortal Kombat – Review

Well, last week was the final week of lists. As of this point, I’m only going to post something if I have something to review, particularly in light of the fact that cinemas are coming back in the next couple

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