Multiple Nerdgasm

It’s episode 666, so naturally we spent a chunk of it assigning the Seven Deadly Sins to the gaming industry’s worst offenders. Unity took Greed for trying to charge developers retroactively per install (still unforgivable). AI took Gluttony. Microsoft took… also Gluttony, basically. Luke took Sloth personally and voluntarily. Chris Roberts, who has been making Star Citizen since 2012, has taken over a billion dollars, and still hasn’t released the game, nearly got Sloth but ended up on Pride, which honestly tracks more.

Also in this episode: Luke bought a shirt in Vietnam that might have sea cucumbers on it. Matt went to a fake Warped Tour at a brewery and thinks the Green Day tribute band put in more effort than actual Green Day. The Witcher 3 Remastered looks incredible on an ultrawide with ray tracing. Luke wants Night Trap but can’t get it in Australia. Someone is selling bootleg 4K discs of The Abyss on Amazon. The Minecraft Realm still exists and nobody has logged in.

Oh, and the website has a new topics browser now: you can see that we’ve talked about Red Dead Redemption 2 fifteen times and Rogue One eighteen times. Which is a lot.

Topics discussed

• Matt went to a fake Warped Tour at a brewery
• Luke bought a bright sea-creature shirt in Vietnam
• Matt's been playing Graveyard Keeper
• The Witcher 3 remastered is out and looks incredible
• Xbox now has Mythic achievements
• Developers at The Coalition (Gears of War E-Day) are reportedly worried
• The 7 Deadly Sins of gaming and tech
• Bootleg physical media is apparently a real problem now
• Colin from Accounts season 3 is out on Paramount
• We're watching Ted Lasso season 4
• The Pokémon TCG printed so many cards in their new set that scalpers are stuck holding stock they can't flip for much profit. Extremely satisfying.
• Matt updated the Multiple Nerdgasm website with an AI-powered topics page
• Daylight saving is about to mess with their recording schedule again
• PAX Australia is next week

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Nathan Fielder moved into Elizabeth Holmes’ house for 10 days before she went to jail, made a documentary about it, and somehow it’s rated R for graphic nudity. We have no idea what’s going on and we cannot wait.

Also: Luke watched all of Silo Season 3 instead of going for a swim (the pool wasn’t warm enough), Matt went to see the Jonas Brothers and actually enjoyed it (being supportive, he insists), and Xbox had another rough week -Ninja Theory is being shut down after Microsoft couldn’t sell them, and Halo is now Activision’s problem.

George Lucas came out of his box this week to say his Star Wars special editions were necessary and justified. The Ewoks blinked their disagreement. Also he claims he had three more Star Wars movies planned… we’re pretty sure he did not.

Plus: the CEO of Nvidia doesn’t know his own address so kids don’t need to learn maths apparently, an AI actress glitched into Chinese mid-interview with Piers Morgan, and someone paid thousands of dollars in API fees to generate a garbage Counter-Strike clone. Good times!

Topics discussed

• Silo Season 3
• Wheel of Games on TrueAchievements
• Jonas Brothers
• Xbox Studio Closures
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
• Tilly Norwood, AI Actress
• Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes Documentary
• Activision making the next Halo
• Star Wars original theatrical cut returning
• Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

Full show notes and links: https://multiplenerdgasm.com/665-no-jonas/

Luke goes full cinema hermit and catches two movies in one day — the 40th anniversary of Transformers: The Movie (verdict: fun but makes absolutely no sense, Hot Rod forever) and Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil (verdict: actually good, go see it, the padlock jokes are perfect). Meanwhile Matt is still playing Yoshi and the Mysterious Book with his daughter, who apparently blasted through the new Bluey game in a single weekend like some kind of toddler speedrunner.

The internet is mad about Wolverine because Mystique has clothes on. Sweet Baby Inc, apparently. Blizzard announced StarCraft and Diablo 5 at BlizzCon because they had nothing else — both are 4-5 years away, both trailers are purely cinematic. Level-5 admitted they used some AI art in the Professor Layton remake announcement and everyone lost their minds. 007: First Light got delayed again on Switch 2, almost certainly because nobody wants to ship anything near GTA 6.

Buffy’s 30th anniversary Emmys segment happened, it got complicated, and also we learned what gooning is. You’re welcome. Plus: a dolphin named Bubbles who has figured out that if you scare a fish enough it will throw up, and then you eat that. Luke has decided he no longer likes dolphins.

Topics discussed

• Transformers: The Movie 40th anniversary re-release
• Zach Cregger's Resident Evil review
• Zack Snyder's Escape from New York remake
• Wolverine game 'fart sniffer' scent mechanic backlash
• Wolverine game backlash over Mystique/Jean Grey designs
• Professor Layton remake AI-art backlash
• 007 First Light delayed again on Switch 2
• StarCraft open-world shooter announced for 2030
• Diablo 5 announced for 2029
• Doctor Who put out to tender, could return 2028
• Buffy 30th anniversary Emmys kiss request controversy
• Buffy in memoriam segment backlash over Nicholas Brendon
• Dolphin Bubbles' vomit-eating hunting technique

Full show notes and links: https://multiplenerdgasm.com/664-goon-squad/

Luke’s three VBs in not hungover this week, so prepare for some high energy discussion of the week’s going on!

Topics discussed

• Xbox Cloud Gaming hour-limit exemption emails
• Nintendo's tariff-refund customer appreciation sale
• Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake revealed
• Metroid Ravenous announced
• IKEA's Kallax Storageborn Skyrim DLC
• Wolverine game review backlash despite solid scores
• Star Wars 50th anniversary theatrical re-release
• Bruce Campbell says he has five years left
• Apple's iPhone Duo foldable phone reveal
• South Park renamed 'South America' for season 29
• Ted Lasso discussion
• Spider-Noir wins posthumous Emmys after cancellation
• Dispatch game impressions

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This week Microsoft quietly kneecaps Xbox Cloud Gaming with new monthly hour limits, and they’re also keeping the tariff refunds. The future of gaming may not be financially viable?

Topics discussed

• Microsoft & Sony keep tariff refunds after court ruling
• Xbox Cloud Gaming new monthly hour limits
• RAM/storage price surge & AI bubble concerns
• The Witcher remake put on hold for Witcher 4
• James Pond AI-generated remake backlash
• PlayStation digital ownership class action lawsuit
• Steam 12TB data leak
• Silo season 3 finale
• Nicolas Cage's Spider-Noir cancelled after one season
• New Star Trek movie's 'bad apples' premise backlash
• Ridley Scott wants to make third Alien prequel
• Phil Tippett's studio goes bankrupt
• Alec Baldwin trial documentary announced

Full show notes and links: https://multiplenerdgasm.com/662-insert-coin/

Xbox’s limited-edition green throwback console sold out in under a minute this week, and is now sitting on eBay for $3,300 AUD. Reasonable? You be the judge. Actually no, we’ll be the judge. That’s ridiculous.

Topics discussed

• Green Xbox limited-edition console sells out & scalping
• Xbox price increases due to RAM costs
• Xbox disc-to-digital licensing feature
• IKEA Xbox furniture collection
• Canceled Iron Man game footage leak
• PlayStation's poorly-timed digital ownership reminder
• Home NAS/media server & Claude-powered news digest setup
• Witcher 3 free remaster & Witcher 4 2028 release
• Witcher 3 Songs of the Past expansion & Gwent
• Star Citizen: Squadron 42 delayed again
• Chris Roberts' alleged misappropriation of Freelancer funds
• No Man's Sky redemption arc comparison
• MCU catch-up: Black Panther Wakanda Forever
• Captain America: Brave New World & Red Hulk
• Thunderbolts review
• Fantastic Four: First Steps review
• Avengers Endgame Encore re-release
• Apple's $9 polishing cloth price cut

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Luke’s back from the actual flu (not the fake flu, the ‘couldn’t get an achievement for 5 days’ flu), and Matt’s walking around post-spinal surgery like a champ, albeit with a physiotherapist who apparently learned her craft from a Bond villain

Topics discussed

• End of Oak Street review
• Silo season 3 review
• Bluey 3D movie announcement backlash
• Dave Bautista officially cast as Kratos
• X-Men cast revealed (Rogue, Mr. Sinister, Storm & more)
• Disney's pre-Avengers Doomsday watchlist
• Dave Harbour's 'You're Tony Stark' line speculation
• Reacher season 4 premiere
• Bruce Campbell retires from playing Ash
• Bruce Campbell says Evil Dead needs to lighten up
• Star Citizen developer stream disaster
• Wolverine game graphics backlash
• Dune Awakening update
• PAX pass giveaway announcement

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We’re back, baby! Matt had surgery, Luke got sick, got better, went back to work, and got sick again with something different. Classic Luke. Anyway, we pushed through because we missed you.

Topics discussed

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day reaction & villain reveal
• Spider-Man Brand New Day fart-evacuation incident
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi retrospective tangent
• Ryan Gosling cast as Ghost Rider
• Samara Weaving cast as Emma Frost
• Blade movie in limbo after Mahershala Ali exit
• Avengers: Doomsday Comic-Con ad fines
• Region Locked Kickstarter (Aussie game documentary)
• Send Help movie review
• James Bond casting announcement expected this year
• Daniel Craig Bond era rewatch reflections
• Case of the Golden Idol playthrough
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 impressions
• Thimbleweed Park 2 announced
• Elder Scrolls 6 demo & inflatable rat protest
• Dave Bautista in talks for God of War's Kratos

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This week we wonder how Nolan made a $250 million movie that looks like The Odyssey, while Moana 2 cost the same amount and looks like… Moana 2.

Topics discussed

• The Odyssey (Nolan) review
• Elliot Page casting backlash addressed
• The Odyssey vs Moana 2 budget comparison
• Obsession rewatch & press tour
• Obsession actress's Call of Duty fandom
• Avengers: Doomsday trailer breaks view record
• Channing Tatum cast as Gambit
• New Spider-Man & Tom Holland/Zendaya
• Mandalorian & Grogu box office vs digital numbers
• Disney confirms end of The Mandalorian
• Star Wars canceled projects (Taika Waititi, Patty Jenkins)
• Starfighter lightsaber battle controversy
• Star Wars sequel trilogy retcons (Palpatine, Mara Jade)
• Blade Runner 2099 teaser trailer
• Prime Video's expanding slate & James Bond acquisition
• Lord of the Rings Extended Editions & Peter Jackson's Hobbit critique
• Man of Steel vs Superman (2025) action-stakes comparison
• Mad Max: Fury Road practical effects praise
• The Odyssey Cyclops/giants practical vs CGI debate

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Luke is back from hospital where he apparently has built up a full tolerance to ketamine (‘I have no idea what people are going on about’) and Matt is falling apart at the spine. It’s fine. Everyone’s fine. Somehow they still watched a bunch of movies and have opinions.

Topics discussed

• Luke's ketamine hospital treatment update
• Evil Dead Rise review
• Obsession review
• Hokum review
• World Cup final & FIFA corruption
• Trump red card controversy
• Sydney Sweeney's Sleepy Hollow adaptation
• Sydney Sweeney & Michael Bay's Outrun
• Danny McBride directing new GI Joe
• id Software staffing clarification
• Elder Scrolls 6 update & Fallout remasters
• Doctor Who cancellation statement
• Live-action Moana box office bomb
• George Lucas comments on AI
• AI coding tools & Claude Code
• AI art ownership lawsuit

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