Multiple Nerdgasm

Graham is back with Ancient Apocalypse Season Two and Matt is there for it! So much so that Luke is a little concerned.

Topics discussed

• Alien: Romulus review (spoilers)
• Ancient Apocalypse Season 2 & Graham Hancock
• Keanu Reeves cameo in Ancient Apocalypse
• PAX Aus recap & tournament cheating scandal
• The Excavation of Hobs Barrow review
• The Drifter indie game preview
• Oblivion horse armor DLC history
• Denuvo piracy cost study
• Steam digital license terms
• Games at risk of removal from Steam
• Astarion sex doll story

Welcome to the future! It’s creepy, invasive and you have no secrets. AND you have no flying car. Ripped off.

Topics discussed

• iPhone microphone listening myth debunked
• Xbox exclusivity concerns discussion
• California law on digital purchase ownership disclosure
• Baldur's Gate 3 console mods & cross-save
• Starfield Shattered Space DLC mixed reviews
• Silent Hill 2 remake glowing reviews
• Final Fantasy 7 Remake rumors & nostalgia
• Joker: Folie a Deux mediocre reviews
• As Above So Below horror movie recommendation
• Spotify offline backup feature
• Star Trek Enterprise rewatch & Strange New Worlds disappointment
• AI facial-recognition AR glasses privacy story
• Scam calls & Do Not Call registry

Can a marriage survive so many secrets? You’ll have to listen to find out!

Topics discussed

• Silent Hill 2 remake PS5 exclusivity
• Alan Wake 2 playthrough as different characters
• Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom with daughter
• Assassin's Creed Shadows delayed
• Tomb Raider (2018) review
• Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Fincher) rewatch
• Barbarian director's new Resident Evil movie
• Batman 1989 behind-the-scenes trivia
• AI "robot lawyer" FTC fine
• Billy Mitchell vs Karl Jobst defamation trial
• Library Genesis piracy lawsuit
• The Grand Tour series finale review
• iPhone privacy & Trump/Apple phone unlock comments

Our old friend Graham Hancock is back, and he’s brought backup! We discuss Moviepass, Jonathan Majors, Cards Against Humanity vs Elon Musk, Mushrooms, Slow Horses and more!

Topics discussed

• Hans Zimmer live concert review
• Sean "Diddy" Combs trafficking case
• Harvey Weinstein retrial status
• Neil Gaiman misconduct fallout
• Australian Office remake reactions
• Young Einstein / Yahoo Serious nostalgia
• MoviePass fraud guilty plea
• Jonathan Majors first public appearance
• Second Trump assassination attempt
• Tenet Media Russian-funded YouTubers
• Hezbollah pager attacks
• Slow Horses TV series
• Umbrella Academy season 4
• Misfits TV series
• Ancient Apocalypse season 2 & Graham Hancock debate
• PAX Australia anticipation
• Cyborg mushroom robot legs
• Cards Against Humanity vs SpaceX lawsuit
• Elon Musk & EV car chat

Dan’s been watching another trilogy! We’ve got some PS5 Pro news, Remedy + Annapurna Interactive news, Star Wars news, sexy Nintendo news, and more!

Topics discussed

• Retro floppy disc/cassette game distribution nostalgia
• Danny Elfman assault case dropped
• Peter Cushing likeness lawsuit against Disney
• Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 2 confirmed
• Nintendo's Super Hornio Brothers rights acquisition
• Annapurna Interactive mass staff resignation
• King's Quest VI demake playthrough
• PS5 Pro announcement & pricing backlash
• PSVR2 Gran Turismo praise
• Lord of the Rings/Hobbit extended edition rewatch
• Only Murders in the Building Season 4 review
• Video game immersion & fear thought experiment
• Absurd indie game concept riffing
• What Remains of Edith Finch & Suicide of Rachel Foster
• Star Wars Outlaws impressions
• Assassin's Creed Shadows anticipation & Ubisoft+
• Silent reading history trivia (bicameral mind theory)
• We Have Always Lived in the Castle recommendation
• The City & the City (China Miéville) discussion
• E-reader hardware discussion
• Physical books vs e-reading nostalgia

Something is missing this week, can you guess what it is? You’ll have to because we didn’t point it out.

Topics discussed

• Alien Romulus review
• Borderlands movie review
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review
• MoviePass return & cinema economics
• Upcoming movie previews (Hellboy, Transformers One)
• Joker: Folie a Deux bad reviews
• The Batman Part II delay
• Concord shooter shutdown after 14 days
• Black Myth: Wukong discussion
• Live service superhero games failure pattern
• Setting up daughter's Nintendo account
• Dr Disrespect denies sexting minor allegations

The wait is over: Borderlands is available to watch at home, from sources legitimate and nefarious depending on your preferred flavour. We also talk the retro de-make of Kings Quest 6, Control 2 and potential TV and Movie stuff based on Alan Wake and other Remedy properties, Longlegs, Mr Robot and more!

Topics discussed

• Borderlands movie available to rent
• Randy Pitchford's Borderlands interview & Uncharted cameo story
• David O. Russell on-set abuse stories
• Longlegs (Nicolas Cage) movie review
• King's Quest 6 fan remake discovery
• Time Wars copy protection nostalgia
• New body piercings story
• Control 2 partnership with Annapurna Interactive
• Lord of the Rings extended cuts marathon
• Mr Robot season 2 dip & recovery

Lots of movie talk this week! We discuss Alien:Covenant, Gladiator 2, Borderlands, The Crow and more! We still managed to sneak in a chat about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and some other gaming stuff too.

Topics discussed

• Hotel toilet paper delivery mishap
• Alien Covenant review
• Gladiator 2 announcement & Ridley Scott's filmography
• The Exorcism (Russell Crowe) review
• Late Night with the Devil discussion
• Megalopolis fake critic quotes controversy
• Alan Dean Foster's ghostwriting career
• Borderlands movie & Gearbox teaser
• Stalker 2 release date
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle collector's edition
• Temple of Doom hat auction
• Pedro Pascal eye-touching rule
• The Crow (2024) reboot reviews
• Star Wars Acolyte cancellation news

We’re back and we’ve all seen Maxxxine now! We also talk Mr Robot, NIN vs Tron, Uwe Boll, Borderlands and more!

Topics discussed

• Alien: Romulus anticipation
• Alien: Covenant reappraisal
• Olympics pole vault mishap & boxing controversy
• Raygun breakdancing controversy
• Tom Cruise Olympics torch stunt
• Rob Zombie & Brian Adams neighbor complaints trivia
• Sydney nightlife nostalgia: Opera Bar & Century Tavern
• MaXXXine review
• Drinking habits banter
• Mr. Robot deep dive: pacing, cinematography & characters
• Tron: Ares & Nine Inch Nails score news
• Jared Leto acting reputation discussion
• Deadpool & Wolverine follow-up thoughts
• Uwe Boll video game movie career retrospective
• PAX Australia anticipation & tabletop expansion
• Servo/gas station teenage nostalgia
• Aging study: turning 44 and 60 tangent
• Spidey and His Amazing Friends & Fall Out Boy trivia

We all saw a movie! We talk Deadpool & Wolverine, Maxxxine, Borderlands, Mr Robot, Half-Life 3 and more!

Topics discussed

• Deadpool & Wolverine review & spoiler discussion
• Deadpool & Wolverine cameos: Blade & Gambit
• Wesley Snipes & Blade trilogy nostalgia
• Butcher Babies concert tangent & phone filming culture
• Deadpool & Wolverine writers' room trivia (RDJ almost-cameo)
• MCU Disney+ shows recap (Secret Invasion, Falcon/Winter Soldier, Hawkeye)
• Borderlands movie negative reception
• Jumanji (2017) reappraisal
• Tomb Raider trilogy replay
• Alan Wake 2 continued playthrough
• Mr. Robot Season 1 recommendation
• Inside No. 9 continued praise
• Brats documentary (Andrew McCarthy) review
• MaXXXine review & X trilogy connection
• Alien: Romulus anticipation & franchise ranking
• Aliens' James Cameron pitch trivia
• 'Pod' vs 'podcast' terminology pet peeve
• Etymology tangent: shotgun & hippopotamus
• Leo Laporte podcast history anecdote
• Bar security camera livestream privacy tangent
• Half-Life 3 rumor (Valve 'Project White Sands')
• Valve job application anecdote
• Apple/Epic third-party app store lawsuit update
• WolfEye Studios new RPG announcement
• Custom Nintendo Switch Lite shell mod
• Daughter anecdote: grape soda spill