veterans Archives - NERDBOT The Nerd Side Of Life Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:04:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/nerdbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-Nerdbot-Headshot.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 veterans Archives - NERDBOT 32 32 152960103 Why the VA is Using Video Games to Help Disabled Veterans https://nerdbot.com/2019/08/14/why-the-va-is-using-video-games-to-help-disabled-veterans/ Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:00:58 +0000 https://nerdbot.com/?p=29942 The VA is using video games for therapy and the results have been very positive.

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]]> 29942 Mass Effect (A Veteran’s Perspective) https://nerdbot.com/2018/06/09/mass-effect-a-veterans-perspective/ Sun, 10 Jun 2018 02:32:38 +0000 http://nerdbot.com/?p=5259 Almost eleven years ago, BioWare had us make a few choices. Were we a Sole Survivor, a War Hero, or Ruthless? We picked our skill specialty and face, threw on some N7 gear and got to meet Joker. We were Shepard, soon to be hero of the galaxy. What came next helped define gaming for [...]

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]]> 5259 A Star Wars Rebels Prospectus (A Veteran’s Perspective) https://nerdbot.com/2018/05/01/a-star-wars-rebels-prospectus-a-veterans-perspective/ Wed, 02 May 2018 01:18:28 +0000 http://nerdbot.com/?p=4273 Two months ago, four seasons of Star Wars: Rebels came to a conclusion on a two-episode finale, A Fool’s Hope and Family Reunion – and Farewell. The finale, and the show, like the animated series before it (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), held up well to fans and critics. In a world of borderline Star [...]

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]]> 4273 Revisiting the Thrawn Trilogy (A Veteran’s Perspective) https://nerdbot.com/2018/02/09/revisiting-thrawn-trilogy-veterans-perspective/ Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:53:45 +0000 http://nerdbot.com/?p=2645 Fellow nerds, I’d like to tell you a story about a guy named Thrawn. A long time ago, in a home far, far away from my current one… I got my mother to buy me a Star Wars audio-book box set. I was a fan of the movies, but don’t think I ever owned an [...]

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]]> 2645 Star Trek: Discovery’s Mirror Universe (A Veteran’s Perspective) https://nerdbot.com/2018/01/23/star-trek-discovery-mirror-universe-veterans-perspective/ Wed, 24 Jan 2018 02:00:59 +0000 http://nerdbot.com/?p=2367 Star Trek: Discovery Spoilers live beyond these doors. CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery has pushed an entire storyline – three episodes, plus at least part of next week’s fourth – into the franchises Mirror Universe, a place usually kept to single or double episode stretches. In this universe, Spock has an infamous goatee, the [...]

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]]> 2367 Nerdbot Mini Series Review: The Punisher (A Veteran’s Perspective) https://nerdbot.com/2017/12/20/warrior-without-war-veterans-review-punisher/ Thu, 21 Dec 2017 01:31:17 +0000 http://nerdbot.com/?p=1824 The Punisher has been out for about a month now, but still spoilers a plenty follow. If you strip aside all that is typical Punisher – that is, if you remove the vengeance and violence – Netflix’s latest Marvel series is about the struggle of veterans coming home and finding their place. It was encouraging [...]

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