Frantic Nerdcast

In Episode 131 the crew picks their Mount Rushmore of TV sitcoms, and the arguments start fast. Scrubs, Blackadder, Big Bang Theory, Community, South Park, Schitt’s Creek, Frasier and Will & Grace all get a look, plus plenty of honourable mentions. Along the way they work out which classics have aged badly and who gets a face on the mountain.

Before that, they cover the Cancer Council Longest Day golf fundraiser (72 holes in one day) and recommend Miracle Workers, the Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi anthology comedy. Later they dive into the Fourth Wing books, with dragons, obvious plot twists and one very bad audiobook mistake. They also cover the new Black Clover season and League of Legends Worlds, including some sad news from the LoL community.

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Welcome to Frantic Nerdcast episode 130 baby! In today’s episode, we are over our PAX disease and ready to dive into some amazing content. We discuss our final thoughts on the interviews and footage we have up on our channel from our weekend at PAX. We start by discussing our latest video game character Mount Rushmores including Mario, Banjo and Kazooie, Marcus Phoenix and Pac-Man. We give our non-spoiler review of the Amazon Prime series Lanterns. AJ provides us with a spoiler review of the new Street Fighter movie. We have a chat about Super Troopers 3 and give our review of the Matchbox movie starring John Cena. We had fun and lots of laughs on this episode and we hope you do too. Please let us know who your Mount Rushmore video game characters are in the comments. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to our channel so you don’t miss our new content that we drop every week.

Brock, Aj and Zac chat all about the awesome things we got to do at pax Australia 2026. Make sure to check out the rest of our interviews from PAX 2026.

Welcome back to Episode 128 of the Frantic Nerdcast! This week, AJ, Zach, and Brock are gearing up for PAX Australia with a packed episode full of tabletop recommendations, gaming news, and movie-to-game pitches

 

First up, we cover our final preparations for PAX Australia, including booth setups, promo cards, and Nintendo booth expectations. Then, we share our favorite travel-sized board games and card games to keep you entertained on flights and trips. Later, we brainstorm movies that desperately need video game adaptations—from heist thrillers to high-stakes comedies. Finally, we break down our absolute favorite miniature wargames, comparing Warhammer 40k, Age of Sigmar, Adeptus Titanicus, Mantic titles, and indie tabletop gems!

With PAX just two weeks away, the crew sits down to talk tabletop games, retro video games, and modern cinema. We kick things off with a recap of our latest TCG Tuesday match in Illustrals, share early thoughts on the top-down turn-based game Canvas City, and preview upcoming matches in DC Deck Builder: Rivals.

Then, the conversation devolves into a full Transformers marathon breakdown—examining Optimus Prime's ruthless kill count, the missed potential of Galvatron, and why the animated Netflix trilogy (War for Cybertron) gets the characters right. Finally, we debate the best movie trilogies from the 2000s to now, covering The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings, The Bourne Series, The Matrix, and Shyamalan’s Unbreakable universe.