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Marvel is making headlines once again, but not in a way we expected! What movie prop would you spend $175,000 on?

Topics discussed

• Furry culture tangent (Sundance documentary)
• Battlestar Galactica reboot cancellation
• Dexter: Resurrection sequel announcement
• Comic-Con sex trafficking scare debunked
• Robert Downey Jr. cast as Doctor Doom
• Marvel's post-Endgame box office struggles
• Predator 2 & Inside No. 9 nostalgia tangent
• Jonathan Majors/Kang recasting fallout
• Harrison Ford cast as Red Hulk
• Deadpool & Wolverine spoiler avoidance
• The Night Manager, Boys S4 & Jupiter's Legacy
• Pirates of the Caribbean favorite scene
• Napoleon (2023) film critique
• World at War documentary recommendation
• Behind the Bastards: Whose Fault Was WWI
• All the Light We Cannot See & All Quiet
• Fallout: New Vegas Easter egg video & backrooms horror
• Leech (novel) recommendation
• The Left Right Game fiction podcast
• Only Forward (novel) recommendation
• Fall of Civilizations podcast recommendation
• Trump's NABJ interview & Hitler historical tangent
• The Rock's $11M military sponsorship refund
• Princess Leia gold bikini & Star Wars prop auction

We’ve got a lot of Britain-centric news this week, with a stop-over in Italy and as always we start and end in Australia.

Topics discussed

• Wife's school connection to band Skulla
• Paris Olympics opening ceremony reactions
• The Boys prequel series announcement
• George Lazenby retires from public life
• Christopher Lloyd & Bruce Willis health/aging discussion
• Inside No. 9 anthology series recommendation
• Fallout London mod release
• Tachyon Dreams indie game purchase
• Super Mario Odyssey & Zelda co-op play with daughter

This week there’s lots to be upset about! Tenacious D is over, Halo is over, The Acolyte is over (for now) and everybody is overjoyed to hear that Dan is back.

Topics discussed

• Trump assassination attempt reaction
• Biden debate performance concerns
• Tenacious D tour cancellation over Trump joke
• Alec Baldwin Rust case dismissed with prejudice
• The Jinx Season 2: Robert Durst case recap
• Reacher (Prime Video) review
• The Boys Season 4 review
• The Acolyte finale: lightsaber lore & spoilers
• Yoda & Darth Plagueis cameo reactions
• Ahsoka's Baylan Skoll recasting news
• Star Wars canon confusion & fandom divide
• Boba Fett & Star Wars retcon trivia
• Halo TV series cancellation
• Halo: Hunt the Truth audio drama

Alec Baldwin is off the hook, thanks to some serious screw ups by the prosecution! We perform an in-depth analysis of the two hours of court room footage Matt watched on the treadmill today. Are we lawyers? No. Are we going to let that stop us? Also no.

We also talk some more about The Acolyte, Dragon Age, Elden Ring’s DLC, Still Wakes The Deep, Neil Gaiman and more.

Oh and we address some of the feedback we received from lovely YouTube commenters on our last episode. Thanks guys, stay positive!

Topics discussed

• Star Wars Acolyte continued discussion
• Battlestar Galactica Pegasus "plot hole" debate
• Alec Baldwin Rust case dismissed with prejudice
• Still Wakes the Deep game recommendation
• Pacific Drive game mention
• Elden Ring DLC difficulty controversy
• Alana Pierce accessibility comments backlash
• Neil Gaiman sexual assault allegations
• Dragon Age Veilguard "No Death Mode"
• Control 2 partnership with Annapurna Interactive
• Resident Evil Village VR discussion

We need to apologise. This week we watched The Acolyte and let’s just say we may have learned a thing or two. We also discuss the latest drama surrounding Dr Disrespect, Logan Paul and Julian Assange. It’s a dramatic week!

Topics discussed

• Star Wars Acolyte review & backlash defense
• Acolyte critics' out-of-context clips
• Star Wars casting controversy comparisons
• The Boys season 3 review
• Frontline Assembly & In the Mouth of Madness nostalgia
• Jim Henson's The Storyteller nostalgia
• Dracula 2000 nostalgia
• Dr Disrespect Twitch ban details revealed

People are turning against their favourite shows and franchises! We talk The Boys, The Acolyte, The Alan Wake and the other stuff.

Topics discussed

• The Boys season 2 rewatch impressions
• The Boys season 4 fan backlash (Starlight, Mother's Milk)
• Right-wing conspiracy audience capture (Rogan, Peterson, Weinstein)
• Star Wars Acolyte Kad Mundi casting controversy
• Werner Herzog's Japanese holdout soldier book
• Alan Wake 2 Rose DLC discussion
• Resident Evil remakes discussion
• Silent Hill 2 remake announcement
• Children's horror books (The Skull by Jon Klassen)

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There were a tonne of Xbox related announcements and you’d think that would make Luke happy. So what’s the problem? You’ll have to listen to find out!

Topics discussed

• Xbox handheld rumor disappointment
• Xbox Games Showcase reactions
• Dragon Age Veilguard reveal & romance mechanics
• Metal Gear Solid Delta remake reveal
• Fallout 76 Phil Spencer nuke incident
• Elden Ring DLC difficulty & accessibility requirements
• Alan Wake 2 DLC & Control crossover
• Alan Wake Reddit coffee thermos merch frenzy
• Star Wars Acolyte night witches controversy
• Yoda's original name "Minch" trivia
• The Boys season 4 Homelander discussion
• Alien franchise ranking

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Luke’s starting a coin collection and he’s looking to make the rest of us jealous!

Topics discussed

• Bluey commemorative coin collecting
• Xbox Showcase anticipation & Civilization VII reveal
• Alan Wake 2 Night Springs DLC
• Mad Max game & Furiosa connections
• Furiosa movie review & CGI concerns
• Tom Cruise Mission Impossible training video anecdote
• Megalopolis fake critic quotes controversy
• Alan Dean Foster's unused Star Wars sequel novel
• Beetle Juice Beetle Juice trailer reactions
• Borderlands movie trailer reactions
• Eli Roth's Hostel TV series
• X (2022) movie rewatch
• Super Mario Bros movie rewatch
• Bradley Cooper Maestro "Jewface" controversy
• Civil War (Alex Garland) movie review
• Star Wars Acolyte backlash discussion

Luke is single handedly keeping the Xbox 360 alive! This week we discuss Alan Wake, GTA 6, Madonna, Trump, Driverless Racing, Furiosa and a lot more!

Topics discussed

• Xbox 360 retro gaming kick & scratched disc mishap
• Fallout: New Vegas replay
• Alan Wake 2 DLC playthrough & lore trivia
• Ghost Recon Wildlands nostalgia
• Tesla Cybertruck wrap & EV design talk
• Car brand perception shift & manual transmission decline
• Monaco Grand Prix: Ferrari's win
• Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League discussion
• GTA 6 PC release non-announcement
• Test Drive Unlimited & Forza Horizon nostalgia
• F1 24 & Gran Turismo VR fatigue
• Skull and Bones free weekend flop
• Donald Trump's 34-count felony conviction
• Jeffrey Epstein documents tangent
• Billy Mitchell lawsuit update
• Lottery winner privacy lawsuit tangent
• Madonna lawsuit over explicit concert content
• Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman & John Williams concert talk
• Furiosa box office & Junkie XL score
• Oppenheimer/Barbenheimer reflection & Tenet rewatch

Don’t throw Belle Delphine out with the bath water! This week we’ve got some follow up on her… merchandise? Is that a good word for it? Also we discuss ChatGPT and Scarlett Johansson, Spotify’s “thing”, Fallout, Seinfeld and Matt has finally finished Alan Wake!

Topics discussed

• Belle Delphine bathwater PayPal fines
• Scarlett Johansson ChatGPT voice controversy
• Smart lighting and lightbulb planned obsolescence
• Digital media ownership vs rental rant
• Fallout TV show improves & Fallout New Vegas playthrough
• Alan Wake finished after 14 years
• Sifu 2 and Watch Dogs backlog
• Retro console and CRT TV nostalgia
• Dr Disrespect Twitch ban controversy followup