One actor. So many unforgettable characters! Ross Marquand joins Fonseca on the Your Nerd Side podcast for a special interview.** You know Ross as **Aaron on AMC’s The Walking Dead** and **Red Skull in Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame**. His work stretches from the zombie apocalypse to the Marvel Cinematic Universe—and that’s only part of his story. Animation fans will recognize his voice as **Professor Charles Xavier in X-Men ’97**, along with **The Immortal and Rudy Connors in Invincible**. Whether he’s portraying a survivor, a superhero, or a villain, Ross brings a remarkable range to the screen and the recording booth. He’s also an accomplished impressionist, known for channeling celebrities including **Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, and Matthew McConaughey**. You might recognize his face—but you’ve probably heard more of his voices than you realize! Join **Fonseca** for this **Your Nerd Side** conversation with the performer behind these memorable roles. Whether you discovered Ross through The Walking Dead, the Avengers movies, or his animated characters, this episode belongs on your watchlist. Like this episode, subscribe to **Your Nerd Side**, and turn on notifications for more celebrity interviews, movies, television, comics, collectibles, and pop culture with Fonseca. **Aaron, Red Skull, Professor X, or The Immortal—which Ross Marquand character is YOUR favorite? Thanks for joining us for this Your Nerd Side interview! Tell us who you’d love to hear on the podcast next.** We are here to engage and enrich your life with NERD LIFE!

The X-Men’s next chapter is coming into focus—but what will Marvel’s mutant future look like? Join **Fonseca on Your Nerd Side News** as we explore the X-Men’s future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and what fans want from their next big-screen adventures. Familiar faces, new possibilities, and the potential for unforgettable crossovers—there’s plenty for mutant fans to talk about! Avengers: Doomsday, scheduled for theaters **December 18, 2026**, brings back Patrick Stewart as Professor X, Ian McKellen as Magneto, and James Marsden as Cyclops. Rebecca Romijn’s Mystique, Alan Cumming’s Nightcrawler, Kelsey Grammer’s Beast, and Channing Tatum’s Gambit are also confirmed to return. But returning favorites are only part of the conversation. Who should lead the next generation of X-Men? How should Marvel balance nostalgia with fresh storytelling? And which characters deserve more time in the spotlight? From Wolverine and Storm to Jean Grey and Rogue, we want to hear your picks for the team’s future. **Which mutant do you most want to see take center stage—and who would you cast?** Tell us in the comments! Subscribe to **Your Nerd Side** for more Marvel and DC coverage, movie and television news, collectibles, celebrity interviews, and conversations with fellow fans. We are here to engage and enrich your life with NERD LIFE!

🎃 **The Halloween adventure continues!** Join **Fonseca and Your Nerd Side** at the **Winchester Mystery House** for **Part 2—the conclusion of our two-part Halloween special!** We’re back for more spooky fun as we wrap up our Halloween visit to this famous San Jose destination. With the mansion providing an unforgettable backdrop, we’re celebrating the season Your Nerd Side style—with curiosity, a sense of adventure, and a love for all things mysterious. 👻 Whether the Winchester Mystery House is on your Halloween bucket list or you’re enjoying the experience from the safety of your couch, join us for the finale! 🎬 **Missed Part 1?** Watch our first Winchester Mystery House Halloween special on the **Your Nerd Side** channel for the beginning of our adventure. 💬 **Would you explore the Winchester Mystery House after dark—or head straight for the exit? Tell us in the comments!** 👍 Like this video, subscribe to **Your Nerd Side**, and turn on notifications for more adventures with Fonseca, plus movies, television, comics, collectibles, and pop culture. We are here to engage and enrich your life with NERD LIFE!

🎃 **HALLOWEEN SPECIAL – PART 1 OF 2!** 👻 This Halloween, **Your Nerd Side** takes you inside one of America's most mysterious and legendary haunted landmarks — the **Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California!** Join **Fonseca** for Part 1 of our two-part Halloween special as we explore the chilling history, strange architecture, ghostly legends, and spooky atmosphere surrounding this world-famous mansion. 🏚️ **THE LEGEND OF THE WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE** Built by Sarah Winchester, widow of firearms heir William Wirt Winchester, this extraordinary mansion became famous for its unusual construction and mysterious design. With staircases that lead nowhere, doors opening onto unexpected spaces, winding hallways, and more than 160 rooms, the Winchester Mystery House has fascinated paranormal enthusiasts, history lovers, and Halloween fans for generations. But is this sprawling mansion truly haunted, or are its supernatural stories simply part of California folklore? 👻 **IN THIS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL:** - Discover the mysterious history of Sarah Winchester. - Explore the legends behind the mansion's unusual architecture. - Experience the spooky Halloween atmosphere at this iconic San Jose attraction. - Learn why the Winchester Mystery House remains one of California's most famous destinations for ghost stories and paranormal legends. 🎬 **THIS IS ONLY PART 1!** Our Halloween adventure continues in **Part 2**, with more Winchester Mystery House mysteries, Halloween excitement, and surprises! 🎃 **SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR NERD SIDE!** Join Fonseca for the latest in movies, television, comics, collectibles, pop culture, theme parks, and unforgettable adventures. 👍 LIKE this video if you love Halloween! 💬 COMMENT BELOW: Do you believe the Winchester Mystery House is really haunted? Would you spend the night there? 🔔 SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications so you don't miss Part 2! **YOUR NERD SIDE — WHERE YOUR INNER NERD COMES ALIVE!** We are here to engage and enrich your life with NERD LIFE!

“One more try.” How many times did a Nintendo game make you say that? Fonseca looks back at Nintendo games that drove us crazy on Your Nerd Side News. This episode is for every gamer who got stuck, tried again, and refused to let the game win. Was the challenge part of the fun—or just plain frustrating? Let’s talk about the games that tested our patience and kept us coming back for another attempt. Which Nintendo game drove YOU crazy? Leave the game’s name and the level, boss, or moment you still remember in the comments. Did you finally beat it—or is it still unfinished business? Subscribe to Your Nerd Side for more gaming conversations, movies, collectibles, and interviews with Fonseca. Find more episodes in our Your Nerd Side News playlist. We are here to engage and enrich your life with NERD LIFE!

We are here to engage and enrich your life with NERD LIFE! Big-screen setbacks. Small-screen momentum. Where does DC go from here? Join Fonseca on Your Nerd Side News as we explore DC’s future—from Supergirl’s disappointing box-office performance to the growing success of HBO’s Lanterns. These very different results raise a big question: what does DC need to get right next? Supergirl fell short of expectations, with PEOPLE reporting approximately $126 million worldwide against a reported $170 million production budget, before marketing costs. That makes its theatrical performance a significant setback, even as individual fans may feel differently about the movie itself. We also look back at earlier DC-branded disappointments, including The Flash, Green Lantern, and Joker: Folie à Deux. Across different eras and film continuities, those releases show that recognizable characters and big expectations do not guarantee box-office success. Is the problem superhero fatigue, the individual movies, or how those stories are being sold to audiences? Meanwhile, Lanterns offers a brighter story on television. GamesRadar+ reported that its third episode reached 10 million global viewers within three days, outperforming the premiere over the same initial viewing window. Could this approach to Green Lantern storytelling offer lessons for DC’s other projects? And the theatrical picture is not all negative: James Gunn’s Superman earned approximately $618 million worldwide. The challenge facing DC is turning individual successes into consistent momentum—not simply announcing another slate of superheroes. What should DC change—and what should it keep doing? Share your take in the comments, like the video, and subscribe to Your Nerd Side for more superhero news, movie updates, collectibles, and fandom with Fonseca!

Star Wars Books You NEED to Read — There’s More to the Galaxy Than Movies! You’ve watched the movies. You’ve streamed the series. You’ve played the games. But have you READ Star Wars? In this edition of Your Nerd Side News, Fonseca dives into the enormous world of Star Wars books and why some of the galaxy’s most interesting stories have never been told on a movie or television screen. Star Wars publishing has been expanding the galaxy since BEFORE the original movie even reached theaters. The first Star Wars novelization, Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, arrived in bookstores in November 1976 — months before Star Wars opened in theaters in May 1977. Although George Lucas was credited as the author, the book was actually ghostwritten by science-fiction author Alan Dean Foster. And that was only the beginning. Over the decades, Star Wars publishing has grown to include: Adult novels Young adult stories Middle-grade adventures Children’s books Comics and graphic novels Movie novelizations Reference books Behind-the-scenes books Short-story collections Audio dramas and audio originals There are stories about Jedi and Sith, Rebels and Imperials, smugglers, bounty hunters, pilots, politicians, droids and characters who may never appear in a movie. WHY READ STAR WARS INSTEAD OF ONLY WATCHING IT? Books can do something even a great movie sometimes cannot — take you directly inside a character’s thoughts. A novel can show us what Darth Vader is thinking, what it feels like for a Jedi to experience the Force, why a character makes a terrible decision, or what happens during the years between the movies and television series. Books also let Star Wars explore eras and characters that would be difficult to fit into a two-hour movie. And sometimes the books actually influence what eventually appears on screen. One of the greatest examples is GRAND ADMIRAL THRAWN. Author Timothy Zahn introduced Thrawn in the 1991 novel Heir to the Empire. The book became a massive success and helped launch a new era of Star Wars publishing. Decades later, Thrawn crossed from the printed page into Star Wars Rebels and eventually live action. STAR WARS LEGENDS VS. CANON If you walk into a bookstore, you may notice some older Star Wars novels marked “LEGENDS.” In 2014, Lucasfilm created a new unified canon for future Star Wars storytelling. Many of the older Expanded Universe novels were rebranded as Star Wars Legends. That does NOT mean those older stories suddenly stopped being worth reading. Legends contains some of the most beloved characters, worlds and ideas ever created for Star Wars — including the original Thrawn Trilogy and Mara Jade. Meanwhile, modern canon novels are developed as part of Lucasfilm’s current connected storytelling universe alongside movies, television, animation, comics and games. THE HIGH REPUBLIC One of the best examples of what books can accomplish is Star Wars: The High Republic. Instead of starting as a movie or Disney+ series, The High Republic was created as a massive publishing initiative set centuries before The Phantom Menace. The project eventually grew across novels, young-adult books, middle-grade books, comics, manga, short stories and audio productions — allowing multiple authors to build one enormous era of Star Wars history together. AND THERE IS NO SINGLE “STAR WARS AUTHOR.” That may be one of the most exciting things about reading these books. Writers including Timothy Zahn, Claudia Gray, James Luceno, Charles Soule, John Jackson Miller, Christie Golden, Alexander Freed, Beth Revis and many others have each brought their own voice and perspective to the galaxy. Some books feel like war stories. Some are mysteries. Some explore politics. Others focus on Jedi philosophy, romance, horror, adventure or the darker side of the Force. FUN FACT: Star Wars publishing actually predates the Star Wars movie franchise itself — because that first novelization was sitting on bookstore shelves before audiences had ever seen Luke Skywalker look toward the twin suns of Tatooine on the big screen. WHAT IS GEORGE LUCAS’ FAVORITE STAR WARS BOOK? That question is harder than you might expect. There are plenty of claims online about Expanded Universe stories George Lucas supposedly liked, but there does not appear to be a reliable public statement from Lucas naming one specific Star Wars novel as his personal favorite. So rather than turn fan stories into fact, we’ll leave that question unanswered unless George himself gives us a definitive choice. Now we want to know YOUR choice. What is the greatest Star Wars book you have ever read? If someone has NEVER read a Star Wars novel before, which book should they start with? And are you CANON, LEGENDS — or BOTH? Subscribe for more Star Wars, movies, books, games, collectibles and everything on YOUR NERD SIDE! We are here to engage and enrich your life with NERD LIFE! For more go to: fonsecashow.com

On this episode of Your Nerd Side News, we’re talking all things Zelda. We break down the latest announcements, rumors, and fan theories, and what they could mean for the future of Hyrule, Link, and the series as a whole. From potential new game content and timeline questions to what fans are most excited (or worried) about, we go through the biggest highlights and give our honest reactions. If you’re a Zelda fan who wants quick, clear coverage without the fluff, you’re in the right place. Hit like, subscribe to Your Nerd Side for more gaming news and deep dives, and tell us in the comments what you think about the latest Zelda developments and what you’re hoping to see next. To tighten this even more, what’s the main focus of that episode—new game rumors, DLC/content update, or general Zelda franchise news? We are here to engage and enrich your life with NERD LIFE!