It's time to get literary up in here.

Aaron and Josh sit down in this episode with Amazon Best-Selling and local Eastern KY author Ken Harris to talk about his new book Queen of the Frostfyre, a change from realistic fiction to fantasy, his own nerdom, and an arguably unhealthy obsession with Magic the Gathering.

Check out "Queen of the Frostfyre" releasing at the end of February 2026, and Ken's other books "The Perfect Tree" and "Any Flavor Jellybeans but Black". Available on Amazon and Kindle and other places.

Follow Ken Harris on social media

Threads - https://www.threads.com/@ken_s_harris

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ken_s_harris

Read any Ken Harris? We want to hear about it!

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Music: Beyond the Horizon by Alexander Nakarada (https://www.creatorchords.com/)

Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

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New Year Same Nerds!

The Hills Have Nerds returns from the Holiday break with a brand new episode featuring Travis, Josh, and Cody! The boys discuss The 2025 Game Awards, their Nerd Year's Resolutions, and what nerditry they're currently getting into and hyped about for the upcoming year!

What are your Nerd Year's Resolutions? We want to know!

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World of Warcraft Midnight

https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/midnight

Steinhardt's Guide to the Eldritch Hunt

https://online.anyflip.com/eluvw/uebl/mobile/index.html

Gundam TCG

https://www.gundam-gcg.com/en/

Gundam Anime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam

The Game Awards

https://thegameawards.com/

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clair_Obscur:_Expedition_33

Hollow Knight: Silk Song

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Knight:_Silksong

Donkey Kong: Bananza

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_Bananza

South of Midnight

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_of_Midnight

No Man's Sky

https://www.nomanssky.com/

Umamusume

https://umamusume.com/

The Midnight Walk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Walk

Arc Raiders

https://arcraiders.com/

A merry Nerdmas to all and a Happy Nerd Year! Thank you to everyone who chipped in to this mess and made it the wonderful beast that it was. Also, there's a special place in hell for Josh's inability to edit properly.Check out @pixelbrolee @criticalencounterspod @watsonedtech @tri-cardgames @theastoundingallstar https://www.tiktok.com/@tooturnttonystarkwww.twitch.tv/coffeebreakloungeEmail us at hillshavenerds@gmail.comCome on our Facebook!www.facebook.com/The HillsHaveNerdsCome inside our Discord!https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjmCheck us out on Youtube for live stream game nights and other stuff!www.youtube.com/@ThehillshavenerdsWe want to thank our Ko-fi supporters! You help us make the show even better.Brittany JohnstonNick De RosaYou can support us on Ko-fi for membership rewards!www.ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerds

Nerds, its time to get our dice out and get pedagogical up in here!

Josh and Lee sat down with author, educator, and big ole' nerd in the hills, Adam Watson, to talk about his new book "Table Top-Roleplaying Games in the Classroom" and his journey from regular D&D enthusiast to man on a mission to fuse the fun of table top roleplaying with educational initiatives and help kids learn through strategically applied gaming!

This was an amazing conversation and Lee even used some of Adam's strategies in his own classroom with incredible results! Check out the episode to hear what happened!

What do you think? We want to know!

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Lee makes great Retro RPG content on Youtube and streams!

www.youtube.com/@Pixelbrolee

www.twitch.tv/pixelbrolee

If you're interested in Adam's book go buy it! Its great! Tell him the Nerds sent ya!

https://www.amazon.com/Tabletop-Role-Playing-Games-Classroom-Instruction/dp/1476697558

Adam Watson's socials

https://watsonedtech.blogspot.com/2025/12/tabletop-role-playing-games-in.html

kyedrpg.com

adamwatson.org

www.youtube.com/@watsonedtech

https://www.facebook.com/kyedrpg

It's finally time!

Gather round the hearth, nerds, for the guys are finally doing The History of The Lord of Rings Part 2! (Featuring Steve from Critical Encounters Podcast).

Join us as Steve recounts the greatest fantasy tale ever written and the nerds discuss the themes and reception of The Lord of the Rings!

We want to hear your Tolkien takes!

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We want to thank our Ko-fi supporters! You help us make the show even better.

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Cody streams games on Twitch!

www.twitch.tv/coffeebreaklounge

Listen to Steve on Critical Encounters Podcast!

https://open.spotify.com/show/3XJOGhuIaQwx2PaaEX0teU?si=be65474a88f1437e

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tom_Bombadil

Edwin Muir (Big ole dummy)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Muir

Content Warning: Death, Suicide, Murder

Our final episode of the haunting season has Aaron, Cody, and Josh sitting down to talk about some of the most cursed and terrifying stories in all of gaming.

Join the nerds as they tell the stories and history behind several famous creepypastas and urban legends that have popped up across gaming communities through the years. Ranging from the absolutely terrifying to the plain out weird, these stories are guaranteed to make you second guess turning the console on...

What gets your blood chilling? Let us know!

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Peer Fearfully at our Youtube!

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Donate cursed coins at our Ko-fi! It all supports the show!

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A big thank you to our Ko-Fi supporters!

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Lee gets creepy on Youtube and Twitch!

www.youtube.com/@spookybrolee Lee's Horror Gaming Channel

www.youtube.com/@pixelbrolee RPG's channel!

www.twitch.tv/pixelbrolee

Cody gets spooky on Twitch!

www.twitch.tv/coffeebreaklounge

Ben Drowned

https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/BEN_Drowned

Polybius

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius_(urban_legend)

Pale Luna

https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Pale_Luna

Godzilla NES

https://allone-works.com/ngc/index.php/2015/06/09/chapter-1-earth-mars/

Sonic.EXE

https://my-creepypastas.fandom.com/wiki/SONIC.EXE_(original_story)

This episode the nerds drift off to dream land to discuss their own wild dreams, horrifying nightmares, and the history of and their own experiences with sleep paralysis! As well as some listener submitted experiences guaranteed to chill the spine and make you leave a light on before you drift off for the night!

What gets your blood chilling? Let us know!

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Stalk our Facebook!

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Haunt our Discord and moan about the episodes!

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Peer Fearfully at our Youtube!

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Donate cursed coins at our Ko-fi! It all supports the show!

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A big thank you to our Ko-Fi supporters!

Nick La Rosa

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Lee gets creepy on Youtube and Twitch!

www.youtube.com/@spookybrolee Lee's Horror Gaming Channel

www.youtube.com/@pixelbrolee RPG's channel!

www.twitch.tv/pixelbrolee

Cody plays all kinds of creepy games on Twitch!

www.twitch.tv/coffeebreaklounge

Our spines are a tinglin'! Lee, Josh, and Aaron got together to talk about all the wicked stuff that this way comes and the upcoming horror movies, games, and gaming supplements that they're excited to sink their fangs into this scary season. Creepy clowns, murderous puppets, heroic dogs battling the super natural, Popeye the Sailor Man?! There's a lot of new scares going around!

What gets your blood chilling? Let us know!

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Stalk our Facebook!

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Haunt our Discord and moan about the episodes!

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Peer Fearfully at our Youtube!

www.youtube.com/@TheHillsHaveNerds

Donate cursed coins at our Ko-fi! It all supports the show!

https://ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerds

A big thank you to our Ko-Fi supporters!

Nick La Rosa

Brittany Johnston

Lee gets creepy on Youtube and Twitch!

www.youtube.com/@spookybrolee Lee's Horror Gaming Channel

www.youtube.com/@pixelbrolee RPG's channel!

www.twitch.tv/pixelbrolee

Welcome to Derry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKa6u7LT0qE

The Black Phone 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdR-gzFZoDk

20th Century Ghosts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Ghosts

Little Nightmares 3

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1392860/Little_Nightmares_III/

ACT and Dracula

https://visitpikeville.com/event/dracula/

NOS4A2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz8QYF87ogk

Pinnochio: Unstrung

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arQv2zWpgiY

Popeye the Slayer Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLYK1Am9k8M

Shiver Me Timbers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z02tRxlRTOY

The Carpenter's Son

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ved5yZQTjo4

Good Boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4-CRkd_74g

OD - KNOCK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHCqxLtwy5g

Aaron makes T-Shirts

https://mysticstiches.com/