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Nuke the Stars
by N.T. Stars
Aboard the majestic USS Nukelahoma, former Starcraft commentator and intrepid starship pilot Nuke mostly goofs off and talks about inconsequential, nerdy bullsh*t.
Episodes
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S3 - Episode 4: "Giant Cereal Person"
The VI is back, everybody! Less importantly, this episode features Nuke and Jeannie's dream B.S., the joys of online dating in your 30s, cereal, the adventures of Appleman, ape marriage, and mantis discussion set to Beethoven's 6th. Bring this podcast into any participating Starbucks for a free...
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S3 - Episode 3: "Miniature Sears"
Nuke and Jeannie once again try to analyze dreams while flying wildly off the rails. This episode includes a minute of dream analysis, Susan Saradon, Betty White, Running Into Boxes With The Stars, the return of Kermit Bane and other goofy voices. The opinions expressed by the hosts do not...
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S3 - Episode 2: "Childhood OST"
Finally, rain and gaming nostalgia in one neat package! A trip down memory lane features a bunch of bands covering songs from important Nintendo games of Nuke's youth while Nuke discusses boyish wonder, root beer spews and boobs.
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S3 - Episode 1: "Doofloppy"
After senselessly demolishing time and space and crashing on an uncharted planet with abundant flora and something that sounds like fauna, Nuke fights boredom while awaiting rescue. The season premiere includes the buoyant Jeannie, dream interpretation, enough derailed conversations to provide a...
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S2 - Finale: "The Island of Regrets"
Nuke tells a delirious bedtime story.
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S2 - Episode 10: "Half-Life To: The Return of the Breen"
The three-part “Half-Life To” series is an audio playthrough of the game Half-Life 2 by Valve. The third and final installment of the series, “Half-Life To: The Return of the Breen,” is an exercise in futility... and glitches. This episode features an honest-to-god ghost army, stuck birds,...
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S2 - Episode 9: "Half-Life To: The Dude Cowers"
The three-part “Half-Life To” series is an audio playthrough of the game Half-Life 2 by Valve. The second installment of the series, "Half-Life To: The Dude Cowers," features creepy crows, creepy everything else, the worst car ever made, calming ocean breezes, the search for happiness, irritable...
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S2 - Episode 8: "Half-Life To: The Fellowship of the Crowbar"
The three-part "Half-Life To" series is an audio playthrough of the game Half-Life 2 by Valve. The first installment of this epic journey includes creepiness, soda appreciation, a landmark moment in gaming repeated many times for no reason, boat hate, lots of pressable, clicky buttons, and…
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S2 - Episode 7: "Farewell, Newsroom Nerdery"
Nuke says goodbye to a nerdy, fantastic workplace with this job-centric episode. Months of secret inner turmoil revealed! An exhaustive job search explored! Buttons on action figures pressed! And at the end of it all, the (possibly) final Newsroom Nerdery segment puts a cap on an era with an...
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S2 - Episode 6: "Gillenium"
Music music music music music... also, music. The gentle live notes of a MIDI-controller guide the listener through the host's electronic music past and all of its triumphs and failures. This episode includes in-depth discussion about composing, the trickiness of percussion, music's polarizing...
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S2 - Episode 5: "Metro Tumble"
A special director's cut thingy includes intrepid pilot Nuke recapping more than a decade of dating follies, red beards, the joys of social anxiety, a look back at The Wolf Among Us, a review of The Walking Dead Game: Season 2: Episode 4, a look back at The Wire, a look forward to historic comet...
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S2 - Episode 4: "Wookiee Satchel"
Things take a turn for the literary in this audio adventure tale story. Nuke spruces up the joint before discussing Stephen King books, explaining why "The Wire" is cool, and serving up a double dollop of Newsroom Nerdery that completely ruins "Game of Thrones" for everyone. This episode is…
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S2 - Episode 3: "Alternate Realities Out the Wazoo"
With a shipwide sickness finally treated by competent medical staff, the show can move on to important matters - video games and why they're awesome. Games discussed in this nerdsplosion of an episode include The Walking Dead Game: Season 2, The Wolf Among Us, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between...
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S2 - Episode 2: "First World Survivor"
A woe-packed Episode 2 recaps weeks of natural and man-made forces conspiring to kill the host of this podcast. How does one defeat dangerous icy snowfalls, precipitous descents, bone-chilling temperatures, and a poisoned water supply? Find out in this week's exciting episode of "Nuke vs. the…
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S2 - Episode 1: "Chasing Fake Jerry"
REBOOT! Nuke decides to honor the thousands who died unnecessarily on Mar Sara with another goofy, self-indulgent podcast episode. Topics to start out this season are a close-to-home Jerry Seinfeld show, fat comedians, classic movie dissection of The King of Comedy, The Godfather, and The...
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S1 - Finale: "Video Game Musictacular"
To cap off a year of directionless podcasting, Nuke goes full DJ to explore the world of video game music. Hence the musictacular. Songs are discussed, game music theory is mulled, and the definition of "crying" is debated. Featured game music includes tunes from Alan Wake, Chrono Trigger, Super...
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S1 - Episode 18: "Kermit Bane"
Setting aside a report of infested Terran near the starport, Nuke cozies up with a Snuggie and some hot chocolate to recap a month's worth of entertainment. This episode addresses workplace changes, exercise regimens and newsroom nerdery before diving into the media roundup, which features...
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S1 - Episode 17: "The Big Ol' Space-isode"
A guy on a spaceship talking about space. It's kismet! This robust episode broadcasts at 2.2 gigawatts to discuss International Space Station leakiness, Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield and his celestial mustache, Neptune's adorable new moon, Juno (the mission, not the movie), planetary sounds…
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S1 - Episode 16: "Darkly Dreaming Nukester"
Things take a personal turn as Nuke attempts to compare himself to a serial killer and still be liked by the audience. This episode includes more ziplining adventures, Dexter, killer teddy bears, DS game indecision, and exercising nerdery.
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S1 - Minisode: "Newsroom Nerdery: A Dramatic Reading"
A harrowing newsroom tale based on a true story.
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S1 - Episode 15: "Infinite Time Off"
With the shipwide system failure fixed, Nuke dusts off the recording equipment to recap a month's worth of events. This episode features the PC repair saga, a robust review of Bioshock Infinite, three Listener Mail letters, Jupiter memories, Radiant Historia, and newsroom nerdery with a twist.
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S1 - Episode 14: "The Magical, Whimsical World of Ghibli (Part 2)"
The journey continues deeper into the Studio Ghibli catalogue. Special guest Mr. Work returns to help analyze the eclectic quintet of Only Yesterday, Porco Rosso, Ocean Waves, Pom Poko, and Whisper of the Heart. Ghibli's "school days" set draws vibrant discussion, thoughtful reflection, and, of...
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S1 - Episode 13: "Heroine Addiction"
It's time to feel pretty! Episode 13 explores the topic of playing as a female character in video games while trying to keep some semblance of one's masculinity intact. Rounding out the show are a chess triumph, helpful listener mail, and newsroom nerdery.
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S1 - Episode 12: "Double Downer"
A chemical mishap without a stimpack in sight. This precautionary episode explores what not to do with sleeping pills, newsroom nerdery, the death of 1up.com, memories of a religious gaming marathon, listener mail, a bit of Dishonored, Ghost Trick and Naruto, and how some people really, really…
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S1 - Episode 11: "Wonderment"
Wow! This awestruck episode explores old cassette recordings, listener mail, brief reminiscences of Germany, Dishonored's teleporty goodness, the magic of generational leaps for games, and a little newsroom nerdery (complete with George heads!)
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S1 - Episode 10: "Hobbit Prime"
A wormhole briefly consumes the Nukelahoma, transporting the show to times gone by. The mystical trip includes a silly opening song, Calvin and Hobbes, church memories, Naruto, the triumphant final edition of the Half-Life Game Club, and some newsroom nerdery.
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S1 - Episode 9: "Frogcast"
It's a raspy-voiced, after-hours show this time. Awwwwwww yeah. A sickly Nuke responds to a lot of feedback (destroying an attempt at brevity), nears the alien homeworld in the Half-Life Game Club, and rattles off a tiny bit of Newsroom Nerdery before ending the "frogcast" with an appropriate…
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S1 - Episode 8: The Birthday/Christmas/Doomsday/New Year Special
Nuke hops a frigate back to Earth to visit family for the holidays. This episode features a Stevesmas account, some festive newsroom nerdery, an action-packed Half-Life Game Club, Jodie Foster, and an in-depth discussion (rant) about game endings. Mass Effect 3's ending brought Nuke to tears......
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S1 - Episode 7: "Midas River Dance"
A dreamy, dancey, opposite-speaky episode sees lazy host Nuke talking about more feedback, recording an impossible Nintendo rave, playing the role of Tim Robbins in the Half-Life Game Club, pondering the allure of farming with Rune Factory 3, and dabbling in a little newsroom nerdery.
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S1 - Episode 6: "The Magical, Whimsical World of Ghibli (Part 1)"
It's one humdinger of an anime show this week as special guest Mr. Work helps Nuke analyze the first five movies from the beloved Studio Ghibli - Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbor Totoro, and Kiki's Delivery Service. Get ready for some…
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S1 - Episode 5: "Polite Zombies"
A hastily-assembled episode 5 starts cheerfully enough with a listener suggestion, newsroom nerdery, work follies and the Half-Life Game Club. Then, the Mass Effect 3 discussion reminds us all our inevitable doom at the hands of our merciless robot overlords, or maybe not. Hopefully the latter.
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S1 - Episode 4: "This Hurts You"
A distress beacon warning of Zerg forces on a Mar Sara moon is swiftly ignored as Nuke cozies up in his quarters for another fun recording. Episode 4 includes nightmares, newsroom nerdery, part 2 of the Half-Life Game Club, some unintended, ironic apprehension about Apprehension, and Mass Effect…
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S1 - Episode 3: "Barney Exploded"
A manic episode 3 sees stir-crazy host Nuke tackling past relationships, the first part of the Half-Life Game Club (tm), an upcoming NASA gadget, some newsroom nerdery, and the very end of Mass Effect 2. To quote Gordon Freeman: "..."
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S1 - Episode 2: "Justice for Most"
It's a lazy snow day at the starport (on Mar Sara! I know, right??), so Nuke once again kills time by talking into a thing. Episode 2 includes check card follies, a teaser for a new segment, a discussion about leadership and morality in and outside of games, some newsroom nerdery, a surpisingly...
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S1 - Episode 1: "The Pilot"
With the USS Nukelahoma docked and not much to do at the starport except buy overpriced food, undecorated pilot Nuke embarks on a podcast nerdventure! Episode 1 includes Starcraft talk, video game positivity, gaming with Alan Wake, Mass Effect 2, and Ace Attorney: Justice for All, and a little...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Aboard the majestic USS Nukelahoma, former Starcraft commentator and intrepid starship pilot Nuke mostly goofs off and talks about inconsequential, nerdy bullsh*t.
HOSTED BY
N.T. Stars
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Aboard the majestic USS Nukelahoma, former Starcraft commentator and intrepid starship pilot Nuke mostly goofs off and talks about inconsequential, nerdy bullsh*t.
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