Author: Heath Andrews

NASCAR isn’t really a subject we cover a lot here at Nerdbot. Actually, sports in general aren’t a topic we cover much. There are so many other websites dedicated to sports that you’d normally be better off going to them instead of us. There are moments, though, where we can shine in this field with the right conditions. When John Madden passed away, for example, that was something that impacted sports and popular culture heavily. There was also that moment in 2022 when Antonio Brown up and quit mid-game. That kind of stuff never happens. Today is different, though. Today…

Over two months ago, a bloodbath happened at Xbox. Thousands of layoffs took place, and several studios were cut out and left for dead. It was hinted at the time that this was just the start of things. Well, another shoe dropped on September 22, 2026. More layoffs, another potential studio closure. On top of all that, a realignment has taken place that underscores how screwed the brand is. The Xbox layoffs are bad enough but what’s left behind may be in a worse spot. Asha Sharma & the Xbox Layoffs When Asha Sharma was appointed as the CEO of…

Schedule shuffling is an increasingly common thing in the film industry. Sometimes a film needs some elbow room to make some money. And if a film is big enough, other projects want to give it that room. Hard to make money when someone else is eating up all of it. And then sometimes you just don’t know why certain things are shifting. Take the upcoming Gremlins film. Let’s just call it Gremlins 3. That just got its clock-punch back a year. And did you even know there was a Dynamic Duo film happening? What the Hell is Dynamic Duo? Let’s…

The fascination with the British Royal Family is never-ending. For all the buzz that surrounds Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, that’s nothing new. There was a lot of discourse around Prince William and Kate Middleton. Then, of course, there was Princess Diana, the mother of Harry and William. Next year will be 30 years since her passing. There’s going to be a new documentary called Diana Unheard coming out about her that features previously unreleased audio recordings. But I want to use this opportunity to turn this into a recollection of the impact Diana had on the people I grew…

The fall of 1996 graced the world with the Nintendo 64. It was the Big N’s next step up from the Super Nintendo. Anticipation was understandably high. The Super Nintendo was iconic. It had gone to war with the Sega Genesis and won. But gaming was evolving into the 3D space. The PlayStation was already on the market, and the CD technology was making huge changes to how games were developed. The Nintendo 64 was going to be a cartridge-based system. How was that going to stack up against what Sony was offering with the PSX? Let’s take a look…

“I am the terror that flaps in the night! I’m the hair in the lens of your projector! I am Darkwing Duck!” Many variants of this catchphrase were uttered across 91 episodes of the classic ’90s cartoon, Darkwing Duck. The fifth official entry in The Disney Afternoon line-up captured the imagination of many a kid. As Drake Mallard by day and crimefighter by night, the beaked superhero even gave us another catchphrase, “let’s get dangerous!” Or about as dangerous as you could get for a kids’ cartoon. And while he did reappear to a degree in the DuckTales revival, we…

There are certain experiences that are common to almost every American. Taxes, commercials, PBS telethons; you get the picture. Some of these experiences become memories that get stored in the recesses of the mind. It doesn’t take much to trigger an unlock of these. And when it happens, the memories come rushing back in. If you need an example, just look at this blue cookie tin. Grandma’s Famous Blue Cookie Tin Yeah, that’s right. You recognize it, and you know it from the depths of your childhood. It’s the tin of Grandma’s cookies. The ones that were always there whenever…

In 1996, the teen slasher horror genre was revitalized. All it took was one movie and one word: Scream. The Wes Craven-directed film became a smash hit. The script, written by the would-be Dawson’s Creek creator, Kevin Williamson, was revolutionary. It was a deconstruction of horror tropes and clichés. Just as much as it was a legitimate thriller. The series is continuing on thirty years later with more films and a lasting pop culture impression. It’s even finding its way into commercial parodies. The opening scene of Scream is iconic. It features Drew Barrymore going about her evening when she…

Well, there’s a plot twist we didn’t see coming, but that’s Robert Eggers for you. The man has directed four feature films so far, with a fifth due this year. The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman, Nosferatu, and the upcoming Werwulf. With that track record, you might predict his next film to be something offbeat. Maybe horror, but not necessarily in that genre. After all, The Lighthouse and The Northman weren’t horror and were just unique. Still, we didn’t think the works of William Shakespeare were in the cards. Yet here we are with Romeo & Juliet being the next…

Marketing and advertising are tricky beasts to tame. We’ve seen a massive amount of ads on social media. Instagram, YouTube, TikTok- all of it. Ads everywhere! It’s absolutely unending. HatLaunch has seen their efforts on this front not pay off quite the way they wanted. So they’ve decided to mix things up with a Used Hot Dogs campaign, website, NASCAR track, and former driver Kenny Wallace. Sound weird? It might be, but it’s actually pretty ingenious and noble. HatLaunch & New Marketing The company, HatLaunch, well, sells hats. Custom hats and apparel, really. They’ve been around for around eight years.…