Sarah and Hannah take over Nerdy Birds tonight to discuss their favourite (and not so favourite) foods as well as Portal cake, the secret of nut-free peanut butter and the right pizza choice for a potential husband...

On tonight's episode:

Do fish fingers really mix with custard...
What does Peanut Butter really taste like?
Making Portal and Kirby cakes!
National Pizza Day - whats the perfect topping combination?
Lycra superheroes feeding the masses
Pimms vs Fruity Ciders
All hail the Purple Rain!
The trouble with bell peppers
#IHatePineapple
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RWTNB #22 - Food glorious food! What does peanut butter taste like and the trouble with bell peppers

Tonight the Nerdpool team look into the genre of horror, taking it apart and dissecting it like a hideous, monstrous experiment that should be kept from the light of day…

Why is horror such a popular genre and just how much longer can zombies be the superstars? Kirsty asks can they ever be scary again? Horror has evolved a lot since its early days of wandering, mindless zombies even to the point of making zombie rom-coms and sparkly vampires. Ken asks are we more scared by irrational monsters, eating to survive or characters with an evil side, with a dark purpose? Looking back at classic films, the team discuss the important aspect of the atmospheric soundtrack that draws you into the story and the power of the imagination in creating something more scary in the viewers’ mind than anything they could see on screen. Mike highlights Dario Agenta’s Suspiria as an excellent example of using a strong visual style coupled with a powerful accompanying soundtrack, for maximum effect. More recent films such as Saw using misdirection and mystery to tell their story and a variety of interestingly technical traps to boot! Do you remember the horror of the classic Simpsons Halloween episodes?

The popularity of Resident Evil 7 shows a continued love of horror and jump scares in video games, perpetuated perhaps by let’s play and reaction videos swarming their way around the various YouTube channels. Mike discusses the emotional response and attachment that players attribute in some horror games like Silent Hill to wandering monsters that seem to be helpless. Playing as the monster is an interesting new twist for games, which Ken points out seems to take away from the unknown horror element and romanticises the monsters as you see their perspective. AVP was a classic game to give the player the option to play, not only as human prey but also the alien and predator hunters. Did anyone ever do well as a human?!

Rounding off the talk, the team provide their recommendations for games, TV shows and films that any horror fan would enjoy / run screaming from!

Remember you can suggest topics and questions for the Nerdpool, just use the hashtag #nerdpool and tweet your idea or question to @RtDNerds

* Music Credits - Thanks to the incredible Ollie Lewis for providing our awesome intro music (Check him out on SoundCloud here: https://soundcloud.com/olfredj) and our wonderful background music tonight provided by the highly talented Peder B. Helland and you can find more of this work here: http://pederbhelland.com/

NerdPool #2 - Exploring horror, obsession with zombies, scary soundtracks and what makes us jump?

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