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Nerd Tutorial Podcast

Nerd Tutorial Podcast

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 An educational Podcast teaching Nerdy Topics for people who aren’t necessary Nerdy themselves. Curious why your kid is watching cartoons from Japan? What show is that one colleague at work really in to all about? Why are grown adults in to trading cards? Not another Super Hero Movie… Join The Nerdy Tutor and his Mom as they discuss Geeky and Nerdy Topics over the course of two weeks, figure out what it is, and why Nerds enjoy it so much. www.nerdtutorialpodcast.comCopyright 2019 All rights reserved.
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  • Ep 103: The Legend of Zelda Review

    Ep 103: The Legend of Zelda Review
    Sep 10 2021

    Other Games

    Hyrule Warriors (2014) Wii U, Switch, 3DS

    A spinoff of the Dynasty Warrior game series from Koei Tecmo, the series follows several well known Zelda Characters in their efforts to push back the evil forces. While the story is loose, the major draw of this game is the Dynasty Warrior game play, which sees hundreds of enemies being defeated by a singular individual over a large battlefield with ever changing objectives.

    CD-I Games

    In 1989, Nintendo and Sony partnered together to create a CD based addon for their upcoming Super Nintendo System, set to release sometime in 1991 or 1992. Prior to the announcement however in 1991, Nintendo decided to dump the contract with Sony and instead went with Phillips to develop their CD based addon. The sudden announcement from Nintendo just prior to Sony’s announcement eventually led to the Playstation system in 1994. Nintendo however, seeing the poor launch and reception of the Sega CD, pulled out of the agreement with Phillips for a CD based SNES Addon. However, with the agreement desolved, Nintendo agreed to allow Phillips to develop games based off the Nintendo Licenses, which included Mario and Zelda.

    As a result, three games were created by Phillips for their CD-I machine:

    Link: The Faces of Evil

    Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon

    Zelda's Adventure

    All three games are largely Action Adventure titles and not consider canon within the Zelda Timeline. Both Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon were released at the same time, featuring Russian animation that universally hated by the fans. Zelda’s Adventure, released 8 months after the first set of game, featured a top down perspective, and replaced the animation with live action, which is still considered horrible by today’s standards. All three games are largely unplayable in the sense that they are not fun and are frustrating to play.

    In Other Media

    The Legend of Zelda Cartoon

    During the height of Mario Craze, there was The Super Mario Bros: Super Show, which aired during day time syndication in 1989. A part of the original run was a series of Super Mario Cartoons, referencing at the time Super Mario Bros 1 and 2, with Super Bros 3 episodes later pushed to a 2nd season. The cartoons themselves were only about 12-14 minutes long, and were inner spliced with Live Action Mario and Luigi, played by Lou Albano and Danny Wells respectively. The Mario Cartoons ran from Monday through Thursday, but on Friday, was a Legend of Zelda Cartoon instead.

    The Legend of Zelda cartoon, much like the Mario cartoon, last only about 12-14 minutes, and a collection of thirteen were created for the series. The events of the series largely related around the time between The Legend of Zelda and The Adventures of Link, and often related to Link battling the remaining forces of Ganon to defend the land. The series was not without its comic attributes, as Link was constantly trying to get a Kiss from Zelda, along with the Tagline, “Excuse Me, Princess.” with the word ‘excuse’ exaggerated for comic effect, usually used when ever Link was sarcastically apologizing to Princess Zelda. Contrary to most princesses as well, Zelda was actually very capable on her own right, often being engaged and participating in the action.

    The series is mostly well known for Link’s Catchphrase, but was often a big interest among kids of their era, mostly due to the fact that it only happened once a week, and due to this, the episodes rarely looped upon themselves, so if you missed it, you wouldn’t get the chance to see it again for 3 months.
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    2 hrs and 13 mins
  • Ep 102: Legend of Zelda Tutorial

    Ep 102: Legend of Zelda Tutorial
    Sep 10 2021
    Topic: Legend of Zelda What is it? Nintendo’s Big Three, as of NES days, consisted of Super Mario, Metroid, and The Legend of Zelda. Taking place in a fantasy world of goblins, monsters, castles, and princesses, this series had transformed some of the landscape of videogames and being a bench mark for many later games and series, with some hallmarks that continue to this day. Development During initial development of the Famicom(Family Computer, also known to the west as the Nintendo Entertainment System(NES)) addon, known as the Famicom Disk System, two major games were being developed. The First was Super Mario, while the second was Legend of Zelda, however their creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, didn’t know how either game would shape up. During the planning process, the two games were created in tandem, with Super Mario coming out first due it’s more linear nature, and Zelda coming out afterwards. Ideas when developing the games were split between the two games, with some ideas being more favorable for Mario over Zelda. Zelda’s design necessitated less linear game play and forced players to think about what to do next. Elements of the initial story were taken heavily from J R R Tolken’s Lord of the Rings, primarily the setting and world in which the antagonist lived in. The initially hero, dubbed ‘Link’ was meant to be a time traveler, along with the plot device, the Tri-force, being made up to circuits/electronics, thus Link would be a Hyper-Link, or a Link to the Past, Present, and Future. Released on the Famicom Disk System, The Legend of Zelda was a huge success. With the Disk System, save states could be created, which acted as back ups for your progress. Along with new weapons/items, additional armor, and various secrets waiting to be found, the game was a block buster upon release. Due to the North American market not having the Disk System for their NES, the game was ported instead to a standard game cartridge of the time, with new chips being created to hold the majority of the game on. US released copies featured a Gold game cartridge over the typical gray that was offered with all other games. After the success of the first Zelda, a second follow up went in to work. Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link, took a different turn in the game play, offering a top down map for which to explore, but offered a 2d platform style action that Link would fight in. Released 2 years after the first, gaming critics cited it as a masterpiece, with many western audiences feeling somewhat indifferent to the game at the time. With the coming of the next generation, the Super Famicom and Super Nintendo saw their own version of Zelda coming out, returning to the original Legend of Zelda roots, but also added a feature that would eventually become a staple of many Zelda game, a Light and Dark World. Initially, the Super Nintendo games held an initial allotment of half a Megabyte, but Zelda began the trend with a full Megabyte to incorporate all the features. In The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, a Light and Dark world exist, where Link can travel between the two to gain new weapons, powers, and transverse the world in ways other than the initial ways. Released in 1991, the game was a classic and is to this day, still highly rated, and one of the best selling games for the Super Nintendo. Following the success of Zelda as a generational Title, a new Zelda game has come out for every Generation of Nintendo’s consoles, including the Mainline Home Console and Hand-held Console. In 1998, The Legend of Zelda saw game series move in to 3d, just as Mario had done a year earlier. Even during the Wii, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was a launch title, instead of a traditional Mario title. Initial Story The initial story of the Legend of Zelda is not very straight-forward or linear at all. Described as a multi-timeline series, the main series had an initial timeline, before branching off in to various timelines. The characters of Link, Zelda, and bad guy Ganon are not even the original individuals, but reincarnations of the classic characters years into the future, sometime even hundreds of years later, often still playing the exact same roles as before. Rather than develop the games in the released order, in order to explain the time line, we’ll explain them in order of their placement on the timeline: Skyword Sword (2011) Wii U Skyword Sword starts the Zelda timeline, set in a world where humans primarily live in the sky and travel around on giant Sky birds. Zelda, a reincarnation of the Goddess Hylia, who is charged with watching over the Tri-Force, is whisked away to the surface world, where she learns of her purpose and intends on safeguarding the world from Demise. Link goes about saving her and puts an end to Demise, but not before he can make his own reincarnation. This is also the creation of the ...
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    2 hrs and 4 mins
  • Ep 101: Falcon and the Winter Soldier Review

    Ep 101: Falcon and the Winter Soldier Review
    Aug 25 2021

    Topic: Falcon and the Winter Soldier Review

    New Characters

    Jonathan F. "John" Walker – Captain America / US Agent – Protrayed by Wyatt Russell

    In the comics, at one point in time, Steve Rogers gives up the title of Captain America a number of missions that seem corrupt to Steve, including being called upon for the ‘Commission on Superhuman Activities’. The US appointed John Walker as the new Captain America for a period of time, embodying the spirit of a more militant and conservative America, in contrast to Steve Roger who was seen as been more progressive for the time. The stress of being Captain America however becomes too much for John Walker, which forces Steve Roger, who has been known as just ‘Captain’, to take back the Captain America role.

    John Walker later takes on the identity of the US Agent, donning a similar costume to Captain America, and is appointed by the US Government to various teams and mission, acting as heads of the West Coast Avengers and other teams. He’s described as a loose cannon version of Steve Rogers, but still a relatively good guys in many cases.

    Similar to Captain America, he was experimented on by a character known as the Power Broker, which gave him super strength, to match his Olympic level athletic skills. He is similar trained as Steve Rogers, and possesses similar skills and abilities.

    Lemar Hoskins – Battlestar - Clé Bennett

    The Bucky to John Walker’s Captain America.

    Karli Morgenthau – Flag Smasher - Erin Kellyman

    In the comics, Karl Morgenthau was the son of a wealthy Banker turn Diplomat, and even dreamed of becoming a Diplomat himself, until his father was killed in a riot. He believed that nationalism made people they were superior to others unnecessarily, and that removing nations would make everyone happier, removing the unnecessary barriers between everyone. He was a frequent villain of Captain America.

    In the MCU, this is the 9th character to be gender-swapped. Others include The Ancient One, Mar-vell, and Morgan Stark.

    Isaiah Bradley - Carl Lumbly

    Elijah "Eli" Bradley - Elijah Richardson

    In the comics, following the events of Dr. Erskine’s death, the secrets of the Super Soldier formula were lost, and only within Captain America. Still wanting the army of Super Soldiers, in the 1940s, they forcibly recruited 300 black men and began experimenting on them with a new Super Soldier formula. Only a few men survived, and were placed on the front line in WWII. On his last mission, after learning he was the sole survivor and meant to go on a suicide mission, Isaiah stole a Captain America Costume and shield, and then went in to battle. Though his mission was successful, he was captured, but eventually freed by German revolutionaries. Upon his return to America, he was imprisoned for life, and placed in solitary confinement for 17 years, prior to a presidential pardon. After leaving prison, he led a relatively quiet life, though met with several notable Black Civil Rights members, aiding them. His grandson, Elijah, in the comics, goes on to become Patriot, a young Captain America, after he partly inherited the flawed Super Soldier Formula.

    The story is an allegory for the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, where black men were forcibly experimented on to develop a cure for Syphilis.

    Baron Zemo – Previously of Captain America Civil War - Daniel Brühl

    Sharon Carter – Evil? - Emily VanCamp

    In the Comics, Sharon Carter is also known as Agent 13, where she often has dubious moral leanings that can affect various parties. While usually on the good guy side, her lack of morality that don’t otherwise affect her tend to get individuals either hurt or tend to hind her on opposite sides of heroes.

    Valentina Allegra de Fontaine - Julia Louis-Dreyfus

    In the comics, she was a SHIELD agent, who was in many cases a double or triple Spy for organizations. She ultimately, rose to deputy director of SHIELD under Nick Fury, before falling back to be a spy once again.
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    1 hr and 38 mins
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