Synopsis
Dre Cervantes has seen a lot of s**t in the world of geekdom while working for Nintendo, Disney and GameStop (which he will frequently mention) and is now sharing his "geek philosophy" with the world. Join your guides Peter Mellini and Sam Zia as you journey into Dre's consciousness.
Episodes
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Episode 119 - Spoiler Free Zone
30/04/2019 Duration: 01h18minRecorded on April 29, 2019 Live from the Nostalgic Books and Comics podcast studio, Dre and Pete walk a very tight rope and try to not spoil anything in regard to Avengers: Endgame or Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 3 while trying to express feelings about both subjects. We somehow succeed. We also delve into the weird photo of Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik in the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie.
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Episode 118 - Video Game Censorship/Retro Game Talk
23/04/2019 Duration: 49minRecorded on April 22, 2019 Dre and Pete are live from the Nostalgic Books and Comics podcast studio. We talk about the Endgame premiere going on live, Dre talks a little about last nights Game of Thrones. Finally Dre goes down a video game rabbit hole about how China is banning blood and gambling in video games, Sony is censoring sex from games in all regions and Dre talks about his love of retro games!
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Episode 117 - So Disney is trying to kill Netflix, right?
16/04/2019 Duration: 01h01minRecorded on April 15, 2019 Dre and Pete are live from Nostalgic Books and Comics podcast studio on Tax Day! Game of Thrones finally returned last night and Dre watched it! We also talk about the crazy nerd news that came out in regards to Star Wars Episode IX and Disney Plus!
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Episode 116 - Wrestlemania and Shazam!
09/04/2019 Duration: 01h06minRecorded on April 8, 2019 Dre and Pete are LIVE from Nostalgic Books and Comics and it was a very busy weekend! We watched Shazam last Thursday and we came away very happy with it. Dre also watched a whole lot of Wrestlemania 35 yesterday and he has a few thoughts about it. We also get into a philosophical discussion about Iron Man in Civil War.
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Episode 115 - Last Week Tonight vs WWE, Dre's gonna rewatch the whole MCU
02/04/2019 Duration: 01h10minRecorded on April 1, 2019 Dre and Pete come back to the Nostalgic Books and Comics podcast studio this week. It's April Fools Day and Dre rips this bogus holiday as usual. Pete drops an epic hammer on crappy Star Wars fans, Dre has begun the epic re-watch of the MCU prior to the release of Avengers Endgame and Dre gives his analysis of Last Week Tonight's awesome segment exposing the WWE.
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Episode 114 - The Game Streaming Wars. Begun they have.
26/03/2019 Duration: 47minRecorded on March 25, 2019 Dre and Pete are live this week from the Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory?!?! We had some internet issues for the live stream, but this audio version should have no problems! We talk about the new trailers that dropped last week for Stranger Things and Toy Story 4. The main topic this week is game streaming, we talk about the announcements of Google Stadia and Apple Arcade and how they could impact the way we play games in the near future.
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Episode 113 - The Gunn Was Re-Hired/ New Endgame Trailer!
19/03/2019 Duration: 35minRecorded on March 18, 2019 Dre and Pete are in the Nostalgic Books and Comics podcast studio. Dre has risen from a bad flu and come back to the mic! This week we talk about James Gunn getting re-hired to direct Guardians of the Galaxy vol 3! We also talk a little bit about the new Avengers Endgame trailer that dropped last week. Dre also talks about his frustration with Kingdom Hearts 3 and its overuse of cutscene videos.
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Episode 112 - We enjoyed Captain Marvel, deal with it toxic nerds.
12/03/2019 Duration: 01h06minRecorded on March 11, 2019 Dre and Pete are live from Nostalgic Books and Comics and we saw Captain Marvel last week. We really liked it and we talk about it in a spoiler free fashion. Dre also brings up how he finally saw the Mr Rogers documentary "Won't You Be My Neighbor" and how it wrecked him emotionally. Finally we talk with our live audience about all the unnecessary sequels being churned out by Hollywood. Enjoy!
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Episode 111 - Dre gets cultured and such
04/03/2019 Duration: 56minRecorded on March 4, 2019 Dre and Pete are live from Nostalgic Books and Comics and the week we have a smorgasbord of topics this week. Dre went to the Opera with his fiancee again and saw "The Clemency of Titus", Dre also saw "Fighting With My Family" and Pete watched "Skyscraper" and we discuss both, Steven Spielberg is being a dick to Netflix and finally the Nintendo Switch hits its 2 year anniversary.
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Episode 110 - Dre's fun time at the SoCal Retro Gaming Expo
26/02/2019 Duration: 58minRecorded on February 25, 2019 Dre and Pete are live once again from Nostalgic Books and Comics! This week Dre talks all about his experience at the SoCal Retro Gaming Expo this past weekend! There is a lot of talk about nostalgia and retro gaming. We also discuss the Oscar wins for Black Panther and Into the Spider-verse. Dre also implores you to go out and watch "The Favourite" simply because of how savage it is. It is Game of Thrones level of savage.
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Episode 109 - The Dre who knew too much (about lucha)
19/02/2019 Duration: 56minRecorded on February 18, 2019 Dre and Pete are LIVE from the Nostalgic Books and Comics podcast studio and we talk about lucha libre today. Dre's fiance Rosa took him to a Lucha VaVoom show last week and he learned A LOT about the behind the scenes working of pro wrestling and got to meet one of his favorite luchadors! We also talk about Netflix putting the final nail in the coffin of their Marvel shows and the release of Tetris 99 on Nintendo Switch.
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Episode 108 - A long ass tangent on Disney Movie history
12/02/2019 Duration: 01h09minRecorded on February 11, 2019 Dre and Pete are live from Nostalgic Books and Comics and tonight we talk about the issues the internet had with Will Smith's blue genie reveal in the new Aladdin trailer. This led us down a deep rabbit hole about how Disney is remaking all of their animated classics into live action movies and what movies we would want and not want to see remade.
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Episode 107 - We Ignore the Super Bore, also Gamestop nonsense
05/02/2019 Duration: 58minRecorded on February 4, 2019 Dre and Pete sit down and ignore the Super Bowl, but we do talk about the movie trailers that dropped online that premiered there! More Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame! We also talk about the ridiculous Hobbs and Shaw trailer that came out last week! Finally we talk about how GameStop is no for sale anymore and this potentially affects the game industry.
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Episode 106 - The Royal Rumble was fun, and Kingdom Hearts is complicated
29/01/2019 Duration: 01h02minRecorded on January 28, 2019 Dre and Pete are LIVE from Nostalgic Books and Comics again, talking to our interactive audience! We talk about the announcement of the 2019 East LA Comic Book Art and Pop Culture Expo! We also discuss the WWE Royal Rumble from yesterday, more Resident Evil talk with the release of the remake of part 2 last week, a non-explanation of Kingdom Hearts, a long Ghostbusters tangent, and a funny Jeff Bridges story. Enjoy and make sure to rate, review and subscribe on your favorite podcast app!
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Episode 105 - Dre is obsessed with Resident Evil 4
22/01/2019 Duration: 55minRecorded on January 21, 2019 Dre and Pete have returned to the Nostalgic Books and Comics Podcast Studio this week! We talk about Dre watching the MLK episode of the Boondocks with this fiance Rosa, Pete giving his reviews of Dragon Ball Super Broly and Glass, AOC getting out another nerd meme on twitter and Dre can't stop buying re-releases of Resident Evil 4.
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Episode 104 - LIVE from Cathouse! Dre and Rosa Love Podcasts
15/01/2019 Duration: 51minRecorded on January 14, 2019 This week on the show Dre's fiance Rosa is the co-host as Pete had to duck out! We recorded live from our little cat house in Montebello and talked about various topics! We discussed the absurdity of the "Bird Box Challenge", how Alexandria Ocasio Cortez won over the hearts and minds of nerds all over, the weird bundling of streaming service that is potentially happening and Dre tries to explain the comic multiverse to Rosa and breaks his brain doing it! Enjoy!
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Episode 103 - Into the Spiderverse is the BEST FILM of 2018. Dont @ me.
08/01/2019 Duration: 01h01minRecorded on January 7, 2019 Dre and Pete are in the Nostalgic Books and Comics podcast studio to talk about how Dre FINALLY saw Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse and boy did he LOVE it! We talk about it A LOT. We also discuss Dre's first experience attending the Rose Parade in Pasadena and talk a little bit of Japanese Pro Wrestling at the end of the show! Enjoy!
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Episode 102 - 2018 Year in review!
01/01/2019 Duration: 53minRecorded on December 31, 2018 Dre and Pete are here on New Years Eve to talk about the 2 year anniversary of the podcast! Dre shames himself on not seeing SpiderMan into the Spiderverse yet, and we go on a year in review of the podcast of 2018 touching upon some of the most popular episodes of the past year.
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Episode 101 - It's Christmas Eve! Let's talk movies!
25/12/2018 Duration: 49minRecorded on December 24, 2018 Dre and Pete are live on Christmas Eve and it's also Pete's birthday! We saw Aquaman last week and we talk about it Spoiler-Free. Dre also finally saw Coco from last year and cried appropriately. We have a bunch of movie talk and Dre tells us what he learned from his warehouse job this week.
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Ep. 100: Episode 100. Is that a good title?
18/12/2018 Duration: 01h17minRecorded on December 17, 2018 We are back in the secret podcast studio for EPISODE 100!!!! Dre and Pete are rejoined by executive producer Sam Zia and Tyler for this momentous occasion. We talk about the origin of the podcast again and get into various topics as usual. We talk about Dre's view of game remakes, the failure of the Playstation Classic, we discuss the gaps in our movie watching history. Enjoy.