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The OrNERDnary Podcast
by PolyNerdic
The OrNERDnary Podcast contains the raw, unedited thoughts, musings and rants of an everyday, ordinary, nerdy guy (and sometimes my friends). I am deeply passionate about a number of nerdy and geek culture related things causing me to shout and curse about things that I'd do differently or am generally annoyed by and rave about that which I love deeply with equal intensity.
Episodes
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #276: We Had a Decent Enough Run but it is Time to Take a Bow
Heyo nerdy neighbors. Well this was a hard decision to make and one I thought about for many weeks but as I was taking a lengthy walk Sunday night and thinking about the general state of things in my life I decided now was the right time to step away from The OrNERDnary Podcast. I've been doing...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #275: Another Rambling Monologue About Life, LotTR, TTRPGs and Other Stuff
Heyo nerdy neighbors. This week's episode is a disorganized mess as I came at it raw and without any idea of what I was going to talk about. The discussion covers a wide range of things from the Amazon LotR show and how frustrated I am about another weekly release schedule to my love of fantasy…
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #274: Fragile Fanboys Freak Over She-Hulk's Bouncing Booty and Grognards Can't Acknowledge Racism Staring them in their Faces
Heyo nerdy neighbors. This week's show is about two topics that I can't believe we are discussing in 2022 but here we are. A post-credits scene in episode 3 of She-Hulk showing the titular heroine shaking her butt with Megan Thee Stallion has enraged the fragile fanboys of the MCU because of...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #273: False Acquisition News, Excellent Gamescom Trailers and a Console Price Increase?
Heyo my nerdy neighbors! Hope the week treated you well and you're ready for an excellent weekend. This past week I slept a whole lot because the temperatures were a little higher than the last few weeks and it sapped me of my energy. However I did record and post a review of the new Spelljammer:...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #272: So Much D&D This Week
Heyo Nerdy Neighbors of the Internet! This weeks was about three things for me: The Sandman Cult of the Lamb Dungeons and Dragons And the third was definitely the dominate force in my week as I spent so much time writing, reading, opining about and watching my favorite table top game. I made a...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #271: Babbling While Waiting on My Landlord
Heyo nerdy neighbors. This week's show is another rambling babbling affair while I talk about the week that was and wait for my landlord to come inspect the apartment (I know, right?). Played a heaping helping of The Cult of the Lamb yesterday so I of course have loads to say about it. I watched...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #270: Corporate Acquisitions and the Death of the Batgirl Movie
Hey nerdy neighbors. The show this week is a little short as I had to record it in the liminal space between when I got out of bed and the kids woke up. Thankfully my personal week was a pretty normal week with some real high highs and the normal sort of workday lows. So aside from finishing two...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #269: A Meandering Discussion of Nerdy Things
Heyo nerdy neighbors! It's the end of another wonderful week and I was so busy enjoying myself that I did not prepare thorough notes about SDCC2022. But that doesn't mean I lack thoughts about what I did see, mostly the Marvel stuff since we talked about that awesome D&D movie trailer last week.…
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #268: One Year Later and Some Dorky Nonsense
Heyo nerdy neighbors. This week was the one year anniversary of me finally getting the help I needed after my life came apart at the seams on possibly the worst Tuesday evening of my life in July of 2021, the heartbreak and hard work done over the last year to be where and who I am today. So I...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #267: What a Creatively Satisfying Week It Has Been
Heyo my nerdy neighbors. After weeks of just getting by I am happy to report that I had a good week. I didn't feel bowled over and crushed by work and was able to not only pull down three streams during the week but I also made my first bit of TTRPG/D&D content about the new Spelljammer stuff and...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #266: Actually Had Time and Energy to Make Some Content This Week!
Heyo nerdy neighbors! Thanks to the misguided and poorly named holiday this past week I had a three day weekend that let me have plenty of time to make content. I did a trio of demos on the Switch. I played three Elden Ring sessions. I tried some games on Game Pass and even played the entirety of...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #265: The War of 25 Fronts
Heyo my nerdy neighbors. It's been a tough week hasn't it? Well I had some thoughts I needed to get off my chest this morning so if you're the "content creators should just make content" type you're welcome to turn back now because the first 36 minutes of this podcast are me working through my...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #264: One of My "Famous" Quick and Dirty Episodes
Heyo nerdy neighbors. It has been quite the week hasn't it. Apologies for the short episode, I was wrapped up in so many things this week I didn't have time or energy to really dive into anything of value. And that was before Friday's disheartening news out of DC. So enjoy a relatively short…
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #263: Catching Up on the "Not E3" News
Heyo my nerdy neighbors new and old. This week I take more time to discuss the news that followed Summer Game fest that I didn't get to cover, largely out of the Microsoft/Bethesda showcase. Starfield looks interesting but it also fully looks like a Bethesda RPG so I am not sure why that is is...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #262: It's "Not E-3" Season
Heyo my nerdiest of nerdy neighbors. It's that time of the year again where the video game companies get out there with a bunch of cool marketing to show us the new games that are coming out soon. We all know many of these games will not live up to the hype but oh so many of them will be more...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #261: Focusing on the Future
Heyo nerdy neighbors, Happy Pride Month to those in the LGBTQIA+ community. Spent a lot of time this week pondering what I am doing with The OrNERDnary Podcast and Polynerdic.com and where I want it to go in the near and distant future. Don't worry, I'm not giving up on this passion project but I...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #260: Emotional Fatigue Won't Stop Me
Heyo nerdy neighbors. Have to admit it, I almost didn't do a show this week. For a long time, years even, I've been battling burn out brought about by more than 15 years of grinding out existence in jobs that give me zero satisfaction for my entire adult life and when you add in the last month of...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #259: Nothing to Talk About Here Folks
Short episode this week my lovely nerdy neighbors. Had myself another great week but apart from continuing to explore Elden Ring and work on D&D stuff for this weekend with the kiddos I didn't get up to much. Add to that a fairly lackluster nerdy news week and I didn't find much of interest to…
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #258: Multiverse of Madness Musings and More
Heyo my nerdy neighbors. As promised last week I took in my first in theater movie in more than two years and loved Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. I do discuss the movie with spoilers so if you aren't ready for that I suggest skipping the 12:45 to 35:20 section of the podcast. Other...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #257: Self-Improvement, Elden Ring, Fictional Zealots and Real-Life Ones Too
Heyo my lovely nerdy neighbors. This might be my most polarizing episode to date because after discussion my personal week which included such topics as finally watching the newest Spider-Man movie and my excitement to see the Multiverse of Madness shortly after recording this episode I briefly…
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #256: Depression Sleeps and Netflix Woes
Obvious content warning right there in the title but this week I do talk for a moment about my struggles with depression, how I isolate to heal/not emotionally harm others and how deeply and often I slept this week. I didn't accomplish a whole lot this week other than rest. I explored the Lands...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #255: Spelljammer Confirmed (and Will It Cost Us)
Relatively short episode here as I primarily dive into two topics. My continued love of Elden Ring and Spelljammer's official return to D&D. Sprinkled throughout I discuss my appreciation for those that support my projects, my struggles with mental health and feeling productive and more but this…
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #254: Corporate Acquisitions, Minor Mental Breakdowns and Elden Ring?
Heyo my nerdiest of neighbors on the internet. First of all, thank you for joining me on yet another episode of this journey I've been on. This week had it's shares of up and downs and gave me a fair bit to think about as I make more life altering changes in the continued wake of my self induced...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #253: A Very Special and Kinda Short Birthday Episode
Heyo nerdy neighbors! It's a special day here at PolyNerdic and The OrNERDnary Podcast because on this lovely Saturday April 9th your ordinary nerdy host came into this world way back in 1983. Yes, I am in fact 39 today. I am old. But I am alive and that matters. Today's conversation is…
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #252: Hey Everybody! I Actually Streamed and Played Some Games This Week
Hello nerdy neighbors. As you no doubt just read, this week I actually played some video games instead of being a sleeping puddle of sadness (well....instead of ONLY being a sleeping sadness puddle). I played a bunch of Tunic (on and off stream). I played some Weird West. I played a tiny bit of…
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #251: Nothing Catchy Here, Just a Chat about Things
Heyo nerdy neighbors and newcomers alike. I hope this episode finds you well. This week I woke up at o'dark thirty, brewed myself some coffee and sat down in front of a live mic to largely talk about how things are going and have been going the last week. In addition to my mental health woes,...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #250: It's Not 1875 Right? and Other Topics
Quick show this week my lovely nerdy neighbors. I'm wore down and hanging on by a thread. Continued workplace grind, perpetual heartbreak and disappointment and an unexpected conversation with a doctor this week left me with little time or energy to do much more than sleep, eat, work, eat, sleep....
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The Duality of Life: The OrNERDnary Podcast #249
Good day my nerdy neighbors. Gotta be honest with you, I've been feeling a weird sense of duality of late. Got a new car but feel poorer than ever. My move is nearing completion but I'm dealing with a tremendous heartbreak along with my excitement of getting it together. Life is going well but…
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #248: Yet Another Busy Week with Nothing Interesting to Talk About
Folks, this was yet another exhausting week full of moving boxes and making big expensive adult purchases. Not a lot of games played. A fair bit watched while soothing my aching old man body. Especially watched a lot of Elden Ring, so much so that it's convinced me that I want to actually play…
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #247: What a Heavy Week
Admittedly I'm ill prepared for this week's show but so happy the week itself is over. From big global atrocities to very personal stressors this week was rough to get through. Oh and Elden Ring came out much to the joy of masochistic gamers everywhere, I haven't played it but I have some...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #246: A Special Sunday Night Show
Hey Nerdy Neighbors, sorry I missed the usual Saturday posting of the show. I wasn't able to get the show recorded thanks to a variety of life stuff, namely all the nonsense that goes with moving. So because I'm tired and I wanted to get this out there as soon as possible we recorded this week's...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #245: Short, Sweet and to the Point
Not a lot of time this week thanks to work stress, neurodivergence, moving and everything in between. So this weeks show is real quick and kind of an apology for why I'm not babbling for longer than 8 minutes.
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #244: We're Proud to Announce We're Partnering with.....Disregard, No We Aren't
When will they learn? Company or celebrity announces plans to partner with a certain type of image based currency scam (you know the one I'm talking about) and after intense backlash from folks who understand the variety of ways such scams are harmful and/or start losing business partners said...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #243: This Episode is Not #242
For some reason I open and close this episode by calling it #242. It's actually 243. And within this episode I'll be discussion: -The season of unwanted and stressful changes continuing. -Ubisoft doesn't "get" why we don't want our games burdened with crypto nonsense. -Activision Blizzard refuses...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #242: Microsoft Acquires Activision-Blizzard
Obviously the big news on everyone's lips and minds this week was the fact that I streamed Mass Effect for six hours on Monday. And then of course once they were able to get over that news they discovered Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard have announced a $70 billion dollar deal for the former to...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #241: In Defense of Bewbs
We are merely two weeks into the new year and we already have the first handful of internet "controversies" to discuss. From Troy Baker antagonistically announcing alignment with a company that plans to sell voices for use (a nightmare scenario if I've ever read one). To yet another mediocre male...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #240: PolyNerdic's 2021 Game of the Year Awards
Finally here a week into 2022 we have the 2021 Game of the Year Awards. Because I didn't play "everything" that came out this past year I felt the need to pair down this year's categories to the following: Most Disappointing Game Best Soundtrack Favorite Game from Prior to 2021 Best...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #239: Happy New Year
This might be the first time the first episode of the year actually lands on the first of the year. Due to the chaos that has been my last few days this is not the planned end of the year episode I wanted. Instead this episode is entirely about my thoughts on a few pieces of media I've consumed…
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The Short and Sweet Holiday Episode: The OrNERDnary Podcast #238
I'm not going to take up your time this Christmas morning with a long rambling episode about what I love and think. Instead I wish all of you a wonderful holiday weekend.
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The OrNerdnary Podcast #237: Ch..Ch...Changes
I obviously can't speak for everyone but if 2021 could be summarized with a single word for me it would absolutely be: changes. In 2021 I received life changing diagnoses. I followed that with life changing treatments and medications. My relationship status changed as my forever relationship was...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #236: World Premieres, Old Faces and Going Places
The Game Awards were this week, so of course we have to talk about that for a little bit, covering some of the winners and the reveals and trailers that stood out to me. Activision Blizzard employees continue to push back on the toxic culture of the company and the execs bust out the old…
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #235: HSIAD!
This week's fantastic episode covers the following news and personal tidbits. -My thoughts on a variety of latest episodes of multiple shows from Hawkeye to Wheel of Time. -B. Dave Walters running a game with 15 players against Tiamat. -Holiday shopping. -Dying Light 2 has "gone gold". -US…
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #231: Up and Down Week Equals an Up and Down Podcast
Running a little behind this week due to my mental health and work struggles but here's this week's podcast. Within the hallowed halls....er, audio recording you'll find discussions of: -Mental Health and Medication -Unpacking, a delightful game about, well, unpacking. -Moonglow Bay, a delightful...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #226: An Afternoon Delight of an Episode
Apologies for the late posting of the show. I procrastinated last night watching Midnight Mass on Netflix and didn't get up early enough to record the show before running around to deliver a care package to a sick kiddo so I just now got the show together. Today's show contains discussion of:...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #222: A Lunchtime Quickie of an Episode
Since I'm terrible at managing my time/was super tired earlier in the week I had to record this episode on my breaks on Friday. This week's episode is a rapid fire thought parade what I've been up to and a few select news stories. -Psychonauts 2 -Blasphemous -Last Saturday's 12 hour stream....
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #210: Old Faces Making New Shows and the Return of E3
As we march into the weekend of E3 2021 we saw a handful of interesting things have already been revealed. The official Elden Ring trailer was revealed. Gearbox is bringing the Borderlands feel to the fantasy genre. A Tunic demo launches on Tuesday. We heard about the next Battlefield and it's...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #198: Discussing Life, Therapy, Games & Greed
This week was one of those emotional roller coaster weeks where things went wrong, life threw curveballs, victories were achieved and boredom was boring. Activision Bobby is still an asshole. New stuff coming to Animal Crossing. Fingers crossed for a promotional opportunity for our streaming...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #196: Another Rambling Bit of One Man's Discussion
Not a lot going on this week so I did my best with what I had. Talked about Immortals, Super Mario Bros, Animal Crossing, D&D. Also discussed mental health, future plans for the site and channels. Oh and briefly the discussion turned to the weird news coming out of the Avengers game that they're...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #194: Just One of Those Nothing Happening Weeks
Having one of those too much to do, not enough energy to go around weeks. You know how it goes. Didn't get much streaming done after the weekend. Painted some awesome miniatures (check out our instagram for a look at the two dragons I finished). Prepped for D&D with the kids. Played some…
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The OrNERDnary Podcast #192: It's Big Game Weekend But Not That One
Not a lot to talk about this week. I recap the previous weekend's activities. I discuss my desires to spread out into more TTRPG content some day. Give my thoughts on why I don't do more of it right now. And get myself hyped for the weekend with the kiddos, playing the real big game and not the...
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The OrNERDnary Podcast contains the raw, unedited thoughts, musings and rants of an everyday, ordinary, nerdy guy (and sometimes my friends). I am deeply passionate about a number of nerdy and geek culture related things causing me to shout and curse about things that I'd do differently or am generally annoyed by and rave about that which I love deeply with equal intensity.
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