Episode 202 :: The 2014 FINAL BOSS – Top 20 Nerdy Things of the Year!

Posted by NerdyShow on December 22, 2014

2014, you wily beast… We’ve laughed, we’ve cried, we’ve partied, and we’ve run the gauntlet. All that’s left is the ultimate challenge – the FINAL BOSS that is Nerdy Show‘s annual “Top 20 Nerdy Things of the Year”. The list that makes all other year-end countdowns cower in shame.

What makes our Top 20 so brutal? We subject the year’s pop culture, achievements in science & technology, and world happenings to a test of might that leaves titans shattered: we rank them on nerdiness.  No sane person would dare compare a major motion picture against scientific achievement – but, for the betterment of humanity, we do.

Join Cap, Brandon, Doug, and Jon as we count down the year’s most niche tributes to all that is good and nerdy in this world. Discover what major cultural zeitgeists from movies, TV, and gaming have held their own and which of their lesser-known counterparts have triumphed unflinching. Here you’ll find the nerdiest comics, the nerdiest albums, and some truly bizarre happenings from this year, so empowered by their unbridled geekiness, that they’re now retired comfortably within the annuls of this hallowed tome.

Past Year’s Lists: 2009  |  2010  |  2011  |  2012  | 2013

Tracks:

1. With Envious Eyes :: Cory Johnson
2. Our Robocop Remake Scene 54 :: The Protomen
3. Innocence :: Mouth’s Cradle
4. The Master Sword Awaits :: The Returners

Honorable Mention Links:

• The First Real Hoverboard
• The Hover Bike
• The Returners’ Immune to Silence
• The Legend of Korra Season 3 | Season 4
• The Man-Made Leaf
• Mario Kart 8
• The Open Worm Project

Top 20 Links:

• Buy Alien: Isolation
• Our interview with Alien: Isolation‘s Lead Designer
• Watch Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge on Amazon
• Watch Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge on Hulu
• Check Out Special Features on the Show’s Official Website
• Guide to Spellcasting at Universal Studios
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Official Page
• Darth Vader’s Campaign Commercials
• Buy Community Season 5 on Amazon Digital | DVD
• Watch “G.I. Jeff” on Hulu
• The Little Big Planet/ Final Fantasy VII Project’s Official Page
• he LBP/ FFVII YouTube Channel
• The Final Fantasy VII / Little Big Planet Level Playlist
• Buy Little Big Planet 3
• “Little Gift Shop of Horrors” Episode Clip
• Watch Gravity Falls on Amazon
• Watch “Little Gift Shop of Horrors”
• Listen to and buy Cory Johnson’s Earthbound
• Our Review of Guardians of the Galaxy
• Our Thoughts on Guardians‘ Final Scene
• Buy Guardians of the Galaxy
• Hear the Atomic Clock Story on NPR
• J.D. Ryznar & The Protomen’s Targeting System Musical
• Fatal Farm’s Super-NSFW Robocop Scene
• Our RoboCop Remake Main Page
• Download Our Robocop Remake on Vimeo
• Buy Robocop (The Good One) On Blu-Ray
• Isaie Therese’s Robotic Crossing Guards
• Buy Transformers Vs. G.I. Joe Volume 1
• Buy SAKURA
• Hear our interview with Mouth’s Cradle
• Buy Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey blu-ray | digital
• Buy the original Cosmos
• Buy The Midas Flesh
• The Midas Flesh Official Website
• Play To That Sect
• Details on How Comets Didn’t Bring Water to Earth
• The Short Film, Ambition
• Hear Cap’s First-Hand Adventure in Hill Valley
• Watch a Video of Secret Cinema’s Back to the Future
• Twitch Plays Pokémon
• Read More About the Twitch Plays Pokémon Mythology

Other Links:

• Nerdy Show’s Awesome Nerdy Gift Guide
• Brian Clevinger and Erica Henderson’s Infernal Affairs Kickstarter
• Mega Ran and K-Murdock’s Bits & Rhymes Patreon
• Roomba Gets Poop Everywhere
• X-Men Japanese Opening Theme

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