Brett Erlich and Tim Frisch host this week’s Nerd Alert.

Kim Horcher and Brett Erlich talk how politicians blame video games for gun violence, descriptions of Star Wars deleted scenes, masturbating Pompeii statue, Mary Poppins Returns, new Han Solo as a father novel, Shape of Water wins at Oscar’s, most deadly animal, popular Black Panther anime meme, and Apple’s all glass HQ.

Kim Horcher talks Westworld season 2 photo spoilers, controversial app Vero, Harry Potter RPG trailer, companies debasing themselves to get Amazon to put its second HQ in one of their cities, Frozen 2, chip crunch study, Jason Vorhees statue dropped into Minnesota lake, 4G on the moon project, and reason for extreme reactions to eating spicy food.

Kim Horcher and John Iadarola talk why Eric Killmonger is the best Marvel villain, what is Spinlaunch, why six of Dr Wansink’s studies have been retracted, drones on the runway, Fahrenheit 451 trailer, where Princess Leah will be, Ryan Reynalds voicing Pickachu, and Stranger 3 castings.

Kim Horcher and Michelle Nyugen talk importance of women in Black Panther, the White Wolf, receiving bitcoin as a prize, what will happen to the roadster, Red Dead Redemption remake, Hasbro’s 4 foot long toy, Ajit Pai investigation, and masculinity paradox.

Kim Horcher talks Incredibles 2 trailer, things to know before watching Black Panther, and what we like what we like.

Kim Horcher and Alan Kistler talk new Kingdom Hearts trailer, door opening robot, how Mirai Nagasu defied physics, Black Panther design, and mustache removal technology.