Multiple Nerdgasm

Grab yourself a squeezy tube of breakfast and tuck into this weeks episode!

Elon cashes in some stock, just in case

Sigh Ezra Miller news

Kevin Smith agrees cancelling Batgirl and releasing Flash is a bad look

Warner is apparently trying to figure out what to do

And they’re also not sure what to do with anything else

Sean Bean stands with Langella

Prey

Topics discussed

• Painkiller cocktail & custard breakfast banter
• One-year-old's birthday party
• American road trip & car tangents
• Elon Musk cashes in Tesla stock amid Twitter lawsuit
• Fox News clip reaction
• MK Ultra & moon landing conspiracy tangent
• Trump Mar-a-Lago documents raid
• Ezra Miller burglary arrest
• Batgirl cancelled / Flash release news & Kevin Smith comments
• Ancestry DNA kit results
• West Memphis Three DNA cold case
• Sean Bean intimacy coordinators controversy
• Magnum P.I. episode breakdown
• Raiders of the Lost Ark: Tom Selleck screen test
• Prey movie recommendation
• The Black Phone recommendation
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness discussion
• Kingsman trilogy recommendation
• Geek of the Week: Paul Green NRL coach death

We’ve got a mountain of follow up this week, it seems all the miscreants we’ve reported on in the past have decided to level up!

The Sims no longer keep it in the family

Amber Heard sells her house

Alex Jones loses

Kevin Spacey pays some money

Ezra Miller just keeps getting worse

Warner Bros throws Bat Girl in the trash

And pulls a bunch of stuff off HBOMax

Topics discussed

• Lawn mowing & hibernation banter
• The Sims nudity mods & incest bug
• Amber Heard sells house to pay Depp
• Alex Jones Sandy Hook trial perjury
• Kevin Spacey ordered to pay $30M
• Ezra Miller cult leader allegations
• Batgirl cancelled & Warner Bros/HBO Max purge
• Joker: Folie à Deux musical teaser
• Joss Whedon Firefly/Buffy abuse allegations
• Ana de Armas Blonde accent controversy
• James Bond gender-swap debate
• Magnum P.I. retrospective
• Miami Vice & Michael Mann's The Keep

Hi I wasn’t on this week’s episode so I’m not sure what to write here. I guess we’ll both have to listen together. And hold hands.

Tom Cruise officially higest paid actor

Don’t play the Steam Deck outside in summer

The Sandman

Interview with the Vampire

Mythic Quest season 3

Topics discussed

• Xbox "Surprise Me" button & Solitaire Conspiracy
• Wonder Boy & Black Thorn retro gaming nostalgia
• Tom Cruise officially highest-paid actor
• Lego Atari 2600 set announcement
• Retro console cartridges & repair YouTube channels
• Lego scalper market & retired-set reissue plans
• PS5 scarcity discussion
• Steam Deck vs Aya Neo Next comparison
• Steam Deck heat warning
• The Sandman trailer reaction
• Sandman diverse-casting controversy
• Interview with the Vampire trailer reaction
• Mythic Quest season 3 trailer reaction
• House construction delay tangent

It’s show and tell time!

Holy auction, Batman!

Be Winston

Dua Lipa is a Marvel

Snack Snyder is a bot?

Musk is denied his delay

Topics discussed

• How songwriting/composition works (banter)
• Listener tattoo show-and-tell
• Cal Kestis lightsaber replica show-and-tell
• Batman costume auctions (Clooney Batsuit & Nicholson Joker suit)
• Ghostbusters Winston ROM hack & plot hole
• Dan Aykroyd's "ghost sex" Joe Rogan story
• Dan Aykroyd's Crystal Head Vodka & gin recommendations
• Dua Lipa eyed for Zatanna (DC)
• Craft beer & IPA tangent
• Zack Snyder's Justice League "bot-inflated" fan campaign
• Joseph Quinn (Eddie/Stranger Things) fan interaction story
• Coins & cash usefulness rant
• US tipping culture discussion
• Celebrity home tour tipping story
• German beer hall tipping transparency
• Old friend anecdotes & high school nicknames
• Elon Musk/Twitter acquisition lawsuit
• Ozark series finale discussion (spoiler)

Caution: this weeks episode contains singing.

Will is gay

Doja Cat is annoyed

More Murders in the Building

Hemsworth is considerate

Christian Bale figured why bother

The Munsters is a thing

Tom Cruise is irrelevant?

Topics discussed

• Luke's meds & cat pram banter
• Power Wash Simulator
• Dune: Spice Wars
• Resident Evil Village
• From (TV series) recommendation
• Netflix pricing & business strategy
• Stranger Things: Joseph Quinn's Eddie popularity
• Stranger Things: Will's coming-out reveal
• Doja Cat DM leak controversy
• Misfits rewatch
• The Boys discussion
• Top Gun: Maverick reactions
• Tom Cruise called "irrelevant" by Mickey Rourke
• Only Murders in the Building season 2
• Staged (Michael Sheen & David Tennant)
• The Munsters trailer (Rob Zombie)
• Chris Hemsworth & Natalie Portman kiss story
• Christian Bale's body-transformation joke
• The Sound of Music & Bedknobs and Broomsticks tangent
• The Amazing Mr. Blunden

I don’t wanna give the game away but this episode might win us a Grammy

Taika Waititi asks Natalie Portman if she’d consider being in a Star Wars

She-Hulk redesigned (sort of)Shorter Things

Topics discussed

• Thor: Love and Thunder review
• Taika Waititi asks Natalie Portman about Star Wars
• Ms. Marvel underperforming ratings
• She-Hulk CGI redesign
• Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (Ugly Sonic) discussion
• Darth Jar Jar fan theory & George Lucas writing critique
• Pitch Meeting parodies Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Stranger Things Season 4 finale & genre TV renaissance
• Accidental spoiler anecdotes (Stranger Things & Spider-Man)
• Umbrella Academy & Taskmaster recommendations
• Misfits & The Inbetweeners recommendations
• Stranger Things Season 5 news
• Squid Game reality show & clickbait spoiler rant
• Obi-Wan Kenobi poster & Andor anticipation
• Boba Fett's redemption arc critique
• Baby Yoda's fate in The Mandalorian
• Chewbacca death fake-out & Harrison Ford's indifference
• Carrie Fisher/Harrison Ford affair discussion
• Michael Keaton Batman merchandising royalties
• Resident Evil Village & Biohazard impressions
• RoboCop: Rogue City & Terminator Survival announcements
• Paul Verhoeven filmography retrospective
• Celebrity encounter stories
• The Quarry video game impressions

Everybody is invited to listen to the podcast this week, any discrimination that you may have seen on our social media was just a spello

Chris Pratt clarifies  More Ghostbusters?

Stranger Mistakes

Topics discussed

• Dunkin Donuts "White residents" typo controversy
• Gay rights correction & ongoing struggles discussion
• Roe v. Wade overturned abortion debate
• Sovereign citizens tangent
• Chris Pratt religion clarification
• Umbrella Academy Season 3 review
• Elliot Page/Victor storyline & Jordan Peterson backlash
• Bubba Ho-Tep sequel cancellation
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness streaming
• Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 2 release
• The Northman review
• Men (Alex Garland film) review
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel news
• Stranger Things birthday plot hole
• Will Byers sexuality speculation
• Retro handheld gaming console comparison
• Fate of Atlantis & Sierra adventure game nostalgia
• Unfinished games confession

This week we pop on 30 Seconds to Mars and run some blades.

John Williams is done

Ezra Miller might be out as The Flash

Ezra Miller probably should be out as The Flash

Topics discussed

• Blade Runner Enhanced Edition review
• Severance (Apple TV+) review
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds review
• Star Trek: Picard critique
• Obi-Wan Kenobi finale review & plot holes
• Andor & Taika Waititi anticipation
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness mention
• The Offer (Godfather making-of series) review
• John Williams' Obi-Wan score & ghostwriting debate
• Ezra Miller restraining order over minor
• President phone scam story
• Compliance movie & McDonald's hoax
• Stanford Prison Experiment tangent
• Bank phishing & two-factor scam warning
• Checks & US banking oddities
• US tipping culture discussion

Luke dragged himself out of bed to see what Microsoft and Bethesda were serving up. We’ve got all the news, except the news we didn’t find interesting or forgot to mention. So just some of the news.

Video games!

Starfield

Scorn

Flight Sim

Forza

Taika War-titi

New Blade Runner Game?

Topics discussed

• Sleep schedules & pet/kid banter
• Xbox Bethesda Showcase: Starfield reveal
• Fallout 76 & Elder Scrolls Online follow-up content
• Scorn reveal
• Redfall reveal
• A Plague Tale: Requiem reveal
• Forza Motorsport reveal
• Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown reveal
• Ark 2 reveal
• Minecraft Legends reveal
• Last Case of Benedict Fox reveal
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition
• Halo Pelican in Flight Simulator
• Twitch streamer culture investigation
• Obi-Wan Kenobi episode complaints
• Jedi Force ghost death lore
• Blade Runner Enhanced Edition & new game
• Blade Runner RPG Kickstarter
• TISM reforming for shows

Luke missed out on a very important debate to be here this week, we hope you appreciate that!

Raised by Wolves goes bye bye Kate Bush is a fan of Stranger Things There’s a new Guardian The design lab hits Australia

Topics discussed

• Flat Earth debate livestream
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds review
• Raised by Wolves cancelled
• Stranger Things Season 5 confirmed
• Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" revival
• Stranger Things S4 one-shot action scene
• Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 4 critique
• Star Wars costume/terrain design & George Lucas critique
• Rogue Squadron TV show pitch
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 casting news
• Xbox Design Lab launches in Australia
• Xbox-branded mini fridge tangent
• Sega Mega Drive Mini 2 announcement
• Retro emulation handhelds & cartridge Kickstarters
• GeForce Now cloud gaming