Episode 47-Van Goes to the Mayor

Posted on May 21, 2013 by admin
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Episode 47-Van Goes to the Mayor
In this episode: Aaron, Van, and Josh gather once more to bring you more great geek news! Join them as they discuss new Animal Crossing: New Leaf info, Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure, the Batman: Arkham Origins trailor, the new Namco, Bandai, Capcom, and Sega collaboration Project X Zone, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. series on ABC, the Arrow season finale, the Doctor Who Season finale, a new animated Star Wars series called Star Wars Rebels, the new Batman Incorporated #11 comic which features the Batman of Japan, a revealing Dan Akroyd interview with Larry King involving Ghostbusters 3, and Star Trek Into Darkness. Also, you’ll get to hear a delightful little tale about Van and the Mayor of the great town UGN hails from.

*note-a lot of audibly announced spoilers begin at about 19:05

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UGN C2E2 2013 Special

Posted on April 29, 2013 by admin
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UGN C2E2 2013 Special
In this episode: UGN brings you a special episode all about our trip to the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo. Van, Josh, Robyn, and UGN guest Laura are coming to you from the car ride home to bring you their thoughts, opinions, and experiences at C2E2. During the episode, you will get to hear clips from some of the many panels we attended including: Felicia Day, Peter Davison, Kevin Smith, and Jason David Frank!

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Episode 46-Live From…

Posted on April 15, 2013 by admin
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Episode 46-Live From…
In this episode: UGN tries something a little different. In preparation for some possible future events, we are coming to you live from a public park. Ok, so it’s technically not live, but it’s our first time recording in person without computers.

We discuss the Injustice: Gods Among Us game release as well as the free iOS app. Aaron talks about his thoughts on the Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon trailer, his experience with the McDonald’s Skylanders toys, and the new Mewtwo form. Van gives his opinion on the new Man of Steel teaser and discusses general Superman related goodies, then discusses some Iron Man 3 news.

UGN has a lot coming up in the near future including 2 conventions and other various tidbits so stay tuned!

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Episode 45-Obligatory April Fools Episode

Posted on April 1, 2013 by admin
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Episode 45-Obligatory April Fools Episode
In this episode: Josh cover’s PS4 release date rumors, an unexpected contributor to a hike in European Wii U sales, and some Pokémon related tidbits. Then Van goes over the D.C. Comics releases, gives some info on how to get a free Iron Man 3 ticket, discusses some details about Guillermo del Toro’s Justice League Dark movie, and talks about the Doctor Who premiere. (spoilers 24:20-29:18) Then Van and Josh discuss a very intriguing question about Batman.

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Episode 44-Both 4′s are Numbers

Posted on March 18, 2013 by admin
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Episode 44-Both 4′s are Numbers
In this episode: Josh opens the episode by apologizing for his failures then Aaron talks about Nintendo’s recent failures, The Last of Us delay, some future releases, and his impressions of the new Tomb Raider. Van talks about the new Kick-Ass 2 trailer, season 7 of Doctor Who, a big event in the DC universe, the final episodes of both Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Young Justice on Cartoon Network, and UGN’s upcoming busy schedule!

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Episode 43-Come for the News, Stay for the Trainwreck

Posted on March 4, 2013 by admin
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Episode 43-Come for the News, Stay for the Trainwreck
In this episode: U.G.N. is back for a whole new season of trainwrecks…I mean great UGN episodes! Join Aaron, Van, and Josh as we kick off another great season of UGN!

Aaron talks about Pokémon TCG and his good luck streak, general gaming news, Skylanders news, the new Assassin’s Creed DLC and game, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Ravensword: Shadowlands for IOS, and the PS4 reveal.

Van discusses the many birthdays happening this year as the Doctor turns 50, Power Rangers turn 20, and Superman turns 75. Van also gives you the Super Hero movie run down, Arrow info, Supernatural future plans, and info on the Star Wars stand alone movie idea from Disney.

Josh just sort of hangs out…What did he say about his left arm?

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Show Notes: Here is a link to the picture that led to this season’s first derailment http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/6262216_700b.jpg

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Episode 42-U.G.N. Saves Christmas 2

Posted on December 18, 2012 by admin
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Episode 42-U.G.N. Saves Christmas 2
In this episode: Aaron, Van, and Josh are joined by the long lost Zam as UGN finds the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything…plus what you should get that special geek in your life for Christmas! The gift ideas run the gamut from gaming accessories to a Darth Vader what?! Tune in to find out.

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Show Notes:

-You may notice that our intro was a bit awkward. For a frame of reference, check out Episode 25-U.G.N. Saves Christmas. There are also more great gift ideas on that episode.

-Here are links to the gift ideas we referred to.

-Here is the link to the new Dr. Who Christmas prequel.

-Contrary to how it may seem, we have not partnered with Think Geek.

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Episode 41- “Who” for the Holidays

Posted on November 26, 2012 by admin
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Episode 41- “Who” for the Holidays

In this episode: Aaron talks about some minor details on Microsoft’s new console; then the UGN crew discusses the Wii U, the Vita, Playstation All-Stars, Skylanders, and Dr. Who…lots of Who. Also, Van reveals a special trailer slated to be shown before The Hobbit that he is super excited for. He also covers some of the Marvel variant covers to a big upcoming comic release as well as some Phase One: Avengers Assembled box set info. Then we talk about some amazing blu-ray deals from over the black Friday weekend.

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Show Notes: No matter how Aaron refers to her throughout this episode, the Skylander known as Sonic Boom is a female.

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Episode 40-Lordy Lordy, Look Who’s Farty

Posted on November 12, 2012 by admin
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Episode 40-Lordy Lordy, Look Who’s Farty
In this episode: Aaron Talks about Wreck-It Ralph, Assassin’s Creed III, Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation along with general Vita thoughts, Halo 4, Call of Duty Black Ops II, Forza Horizon, and info on GTA V-Five-5. Then; Van discusses the new Dragonball Z movie, Fox’s plans for Wolverine and X-Men, Skyfall, Disney buying Lucasfilm/Lucasarts, and his experience involving a Lord of the Rings marathon at the UGN office.

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Episode 39-Joshie Van Adventures

Posted on October 29, 2012 by admin
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Episode 39-Joshie Van Adventures
In this episode: Josh and Van run the show. Join them as Josh discusses a little info on GTA V and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Also, Van talks about the Iron Man 3 trailer and a handfull of comic releases. Then the guys cover information on the upcoming Halloween ComicFest. Visit http://www.halloweencomicfest.com/ for more details.

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