Multiple Nerdgasm

Dan is away so Matt and Luke will play! Not sure what I mean by that exactly, we just did a podcast like normal.

Netflix password sharing

Alec Baldwin’s charges dropped

Schumacher NOT interviewed

Starship go boom

Jonathan Majors dropped by his team

And from some movies

F Murray Abraham was fired

And has apologised

We were robbed

Topics discussed

• Twitter API cutoffs and ad platform dispute
• Elon Musk blue check changes
• Alec Baldwin Rust charges dropped
• Michael Schumacher AI fake interview magazine
• Netflix password sharing crackdown
• Car makers blocking Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
• SpaceX Starship test flight explosion
• Cocaine Bear review
• Jonathan Majors arrested and dropped by management
• F. Murray Abraham fired from Mythic Quest
• Obsidian cancelled Aliens RPG
• Starfield and Redfall release dates
• Assassins Creed Origins impressions
• Ubisoft+ pricing complaints

We’ve got a timely update on the Billy Mitchell situation, plus some tasty new information. Oh and there’s Star Wars news in here too, I’m sure you’re shocked.

Billy Mitchell lost an interesting court case

Some context for the above

RIP HBO Max. Hello Max.

HBO will not remove Rowling’s name

Mia Goth will be in Blade

Lars Mikkelsen will be Thrawn

Wes Chatham will be his friend

Rian is very busy

Lando and Rogue Squadron are still a thing

Topics discussed

• Billy Mitchell loses Donkey Kong wrongful-recording lawsuit
• Retro gaming documentaries & autobiographies tangent (King of Kong, Man vs Snake, Ken Williams, Cliff Bleszinski)
• Gran Turismo 7 & Resident Evil Village in PSVR2
• Skyrim/Fallout completionist challenge runs tangent
• Retro computer collecting (Amiga 500 Mini, Commodore 64)
• Hackers (1995) & WarGames nostalgia
• SLC Punk movie recommendation
• Succession praise & one-take episode trivia
• HBO Max rebrands to "Max"
• New Harry Potter HBO series announced & Rowling controversy follow-up
• Cashless society & online scam stories tangent
• Mia Goth cast in Blade reboot
• Andor praise continuation
• Ahsoka casting news (Lars Mikkelsen as Thrawn, Wes Chatham)
• Book of Boba Fett criticism tangent
• Rian Johnson's Star Wars trilogy shelved & Kathleen Kennedy/Carano meme

Dans’s playing some new game called… “Skyrim”? You may have heard of it.

Indy 5 Trailer

It will be the last entry in the series, probably

Star Wars news, Star Wars news, Star Wars Newewewewsssss

Topics discussed

• "Gnome investigation" update
• Skyrim on Switch replay discussion
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny trailer reaction
• New Jedi Order trilogy & new Star Wars films announced
• George Lucas's rejected "midichlorian microbe world" pitch
• Obi-Wan Kenobi series critique & Vader/Kenobi retcon
• AI voice-cloning & fake-arrest-photo demo bit
• Xbox mini-fridge follow-up gag
• Tetris (2023 film) review
• Hello Tomorrow! review
• Dear Wendy movie recommendation
• Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game review
• Billy Mitchell lawsuit follow-up

We’re back and we’ve got a mystery on our hands, plus Matt went to PAX East!

Renner walks again

E3 cancelled

Snyder

Con

Romero honoured

Topics discussed

• "Gnome investigation" mystery bit
• US gun violence, gun laws & shooting range experiences
• Jeremy Renner snowplow accident recovery update
• PAX East 2023 recap
• E3 2023 cancellation discussion
• SnyderCon discussion
• Bad convention Q&A etiquette stories
• Philomena Cunk / Cunk on Earth review
• Charlie Brooker's Wipe specials nostalgia
• SAS Rogue Heroes recommendation
• Would I Lie to You? recommendation
• A500 Mini & retro Amiga/C64 gaming nostalgia
• E.T. Atari 2600 & early game design simplicity
• Stories Untold (2017 game) review
• Metroid Prime Remastered impressions
• Bluey Season 4 discussion & episode recommendations
• John Romero Lifetime Achievement Award & Carmack partnership
• ChatGPT creative writing & D&D dungeon-master experiments

Coming to you (partially) from sunny California!

Rhode Island - Island

Enid Blyton censored

Sov Cit Update

Disco Elysium case dropped

Willow cancelled

Zack Snyder is up to something?

James Gunn will direct Superman

Topics discussed

• Rhode Island "is it an island" Anker shipping confusion
• Enid Blyton's Famous Five books censored
• Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" title history
• Poirot movies review (Orient Express, Death on the Nile)
• Upcoming movie anticipation (Cocaine Bear, 65)
• X and Pearl (Ti West films) reviews
• Infinity Pool (Brandon Cronenberg) review
• Sovereign Citizen movement & fatal Utah police shooting
• Disco Elysium creator's wrongful dismissal lawsuit dropped
• Starfield receives R18+ rating in Australia
• Willow cancelled after one season
• Zack Snyder's cryptic "Full Circle" tease
• James Gunn confirmed to direct new Superman movie
• Amber Heard pay inequality controversy tangent

The podcast has an ending but it isn’t read by Roddy Mc

Dowell or either of the two Ronnies.

Batty Mc

Bat

Shelf Wars

Suecas Film

The Nonexistant Editions

Topics discussed

• Disney movies' dead-parent trope discussion
• The Never Ending Story German original vs US dub trivia
• The Night House (2020) review
• M3GAN review
• Midsommar & Hereditary discussion
• The Blair Witch Project rewatch review
• Upcoming horror watchlist (X, Pearl, Terrifier, Scream)
• Barbarian (2022) recommendation
• Book censorship/revision news (Dahl, Bond, Goosebumps)
• "Bob the cow" slaughterhouse anecdote
• 1989 Batman video game tie-in comparisons
• Batman (1989) comic tie-in & Joker origin discrepancies
• Rody McDowall's Batman audiobook & Two Ronnies tangent
• Topol death tribute
• Flash Gordon whitewashing casting critique
• Breakfast at Tiffany's & The King and I racial caricature critique
• Star Wars Celebration rumors & scrapped trilogy projects
• The Acolyte producer lawsuit against Lucasfilm
• Star Wars fatigue & Mandalorian/Andor discussion
• Clone Wars 20th anniversary & lost theatrical cut discussion
• Childhood Star Wars/Raiders nostalgia stories

Luckily for you nobody can tell us to shut down our Only Fans.

Steiner was mean to Schumacher

Nurses told to put them away

Roald Dahl is back

Bond is now a bit less racist. Just a bit though.

The Outer Worlds goes next gen

Topics discussed

• F1 2023 season opener & Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin surprise
• Drive to Survive season 5 & Jenny Gow's stroke
• Guenther Steiner/Mick Schumacher radio comments controversy
• Lewis Hamilton's nose ring exemption
• Roald Dahl books walkback follow-up
• James Bond books edited for racism (Ian Fleming estate)
• NSW nurses told to stop OnlyFans
• Richard Dawkins vs Bill Maher anti-vax debate
• PSVR2 controller bug update
• Hogwarts Legacy finishing thoughts & JK Rowling controversy follow-up
• Dreams in the Witch House continued impressions
• The Outer Worlds next-gen update
• Commodore 64 restoration update & retro computing history
• Sony/Microsoft FTC exclusivity contract disclosure news

Maybe we should go back and change some of our early episodes to avoid offending anybody. I mean… we really probably should do that.

Ukrainian government wants to ban Atomic Heart

Roald Dahl - Special Edition

Topics discussed

• Hogwarts Legacy & Atomic Heart controversy discussion
• JK Rowling's Witch Hunt podcast & public backlash
• Ukrainian government calls for Atomic Heart ban
• Streaming music service comparisons
• Commodore 64 retro computer collecting
• PSVR2 unboxing & Star Wars VR
• Resident Evil Village, 7 & 2 Remake retrospective
• Dreams in the Witch House (Lovecraft indie game)
• Roald Dahl books censored & rewritten controversy
• Roald Dahl's "Man from the South" & Squid Game connection
• Squid Game reality show contestant lawsuit
• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania & Wakanda Forever reactions
• Convention celebrity interview etiquette tangent

If only they’d trained the AIs using this podcast, Luke could have taught them all to be tolerant and solve the world’s problems.

Instead we’ve got Bing.

Bruce Willis has dementia

Max Verstappen does not have a simulator in his plane

Kanye’s shoes are being up-cycled into Jewish attire

Chat GPT is stealing your work

The Seinfeld AI became self aware…and then become transphobic

Bing is defensive

The Flash

Topics discussed

• Logan Paul/KSI Woolworths meet-and-greet safety concerns
• Celebrity stalking & parasocial fandom tangent
• Bruce Willis dementia diagnosis follow-up
• Max Verstappen flight simulator clarification
• F1 car reveal & copying controversy
• Super Bowl LVII & Rihanna halftime show
• Kanye West's Yeezys upcycled into yarmulkes (Yeezys to Yamakas)
• ChatGPT leaking proprietary code (Amazon)
• ChatGPT refuses "Nile the Ball Basher" sketch request
• Seinfeld AI (Nothing, Forever) goes transphobic on Twitch
• Every Word Spoken by US Presidents database
• Bing AI's defensive, gaslighting meltdown
• Mad cow disease blood donation ban tangent
• Geek of the Week: Raquel Welch & Burt Bacharach tributes
• The Flash trailer reaction (Michael Keaton, Michael Shannon, Supergirl)

We made it!• Star Wars, Star Wars, Star Wars and Star Wars• Kissing• Deep Fake Indy• But no old man jokes• Billy Mitchell

Topics discussed

• 500th episode milestone reflection & episode 1 callback
• ChatGPT Orson Welles sketch & AI writing reflections
• "How Star Wars Was Saved in the Edit" video rebuttal
• George Lucas's directing philosophy & Empire Strikes Back critique
• Deepfake ethics discussion
• CGI-enhanced on-screen kisses trend
• Pirates of the Caribbean recasting discussion
• Deepfaked young Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones 5
• Indiana Jones's body count bit
• Rings of Power female Orcs & Tolkien lore deep-dive
• 2001: A Space Odyssey novel discussion
• Alien franchise "Xenomorph" terminology debate
• Alien egg-laying/facehugger lore deep-dive
• Alien 3 assembly cut vs theatrical cut discussion
• Billy Mitchell Donkey Kong cheating scandal update