Multiple Nerdgasm

Luke’s been brushing up on The Bard.

Bethesda and Microsoft

Justice Leaked

Zack is done

Lovecraft Country controversy

Netflix cracking down on password sharing

Lego hires a child

Lego Indy

Topics discussed

• Bethesda/Xbox Game Pass acquisition backward compatibility
• Hellblade: Senuas Sacrifice Enhanced Edition
• Bethesda exclusives Game Pass speculation
• Xbox vs PlayStation loyalty & Halo Infinite delay
• Conan Exiles gameplay
• Zack Snyders Justice League release & reviews
• Turbo Kid movie review
• American Gods season 2 & 3
• Lovecraft Country skin-darkening controversy
• Netflix password sharing crackdown
• TikTok ownership dispute
• Lego hires child creative director
• Lego Indiana Jones sets
• 80s cartoon toy tie-in history
• Ty and That Guy podcast recommendation

This week’s episode is presented in 120 frames per second, just to annoy Luke.

Alamo Drafthouse files for bankruptcy

WandaVision

Nic Cage got married! Again!

Amazon app got a new icon

Dr Seuss publisher cancels itself

Jeremy Renner… just… no

Whedon

Con renamed coz… yeah…

Topics discussed

• 120fps frame rate discussion
• Shakespeare plays quiz banter
• Nicolas Cage marries again
• Mortal Kombat (2021) trailer
• Alamo Drafthouse bankruptcy
• JoJo Rabbit & Life is Beautiful chat
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife Lego news
• Thor: Love and Thunder casting
• WandaVision series finale
• Something Wrong with Aunt Diane documentary
• Equinox (Netflix series)
• Tribes of Europa (Netflix series)
• Valheim early access impressions
• Conan Exiles & Conan Chop Chop
• Amazon app logo Hitler mustache controversy
• Dr. Seuss books cancelled
• Jeremy Renner abuse allegations
• Whedon Con renamed Hellmouth Con
• Hogwarts Legacy trans character

Want to hear how Luke was right? Again? Well then, join us for another delicious episode full of film, TV and video game news.

Topics discussed

• Zack Snyders Justice League sequel plans
• DC universe future & Superman reboot
• Superman & Lois TV series
• WandaVision finale approaching
• American Gods season 3
• Good Omens series
• Jedi: Fallen Order completed
• Anthem shutdown & BioWares future projects
• Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2 delayed
• Cyberpunk 2077 patch delay & CD Projekt hack fallout
• Tekashi 6ix9ine documentary
• Henry Cavill Mass Effect project tease
• Henry Cavill / Gina Carano cancel backlash
• Chris Pratt vs Glenn Howerton Star-Lord casting trivia

Justice is coming, but it’s going to be square. Listen to this weeks episode to find out what the hell that means.

The media was mean to BvSRian is still working

Gina Carano is still talking

Mars, baby!

Facebook says no to Aussie news

Topics discussed

• Batman v Superman and Justice League rewatch discussion
• Zack Snyder's Justice League 4:3 aspect ratio reveal
• Christopher Nolan's IMAX-only sound mixing philosophy
• Rian Johnson confirms Star Wars trilogy still coming
• Sequel trilogy retcon rumors and Palpatine clone theory confirmed
• Rangers of the New Republic status after Gina Carano exit
• Gina Carano Ben Shapiro interview and Holocaust comment backlash
• American Werewolf in Paris rewatch
• Crime Scene: Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel documentary critique
• True crime podcast critique (Up and Vanished)
• Mars Perseverance Rover landing
• SpaceX Starship test launch
• Facebook Australia news ban dispute

A lot of news about Hollywood jerks this week. For once we’re not the worst people on this podcast.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Joss Whedon sucks

The Buffy cast agrees

Gina Carano no longer part of Star Wars

But there is a new hope…

Jamie Lee Curtis joins Borderlands

As does Jack Black

EA decides Anthems fate

Topics discussed

• Zack Snyder's Justice League new trailer reaction
• Mass Effect Legendary Edition nostalgia and romance talk
• Joss Whedon misconduct allegations from Buffy/Angel cast
• Ray Fisher and Cyborg character discussion
• The Expanse: Cas Anvar exit due to misconduct
• Gina Carano no longer part of Star Wars
• Don Cheadle recast petition joke
• Prisoners (Denis Villeneuve film) recommendation
• EA decides Anthem 2.0 fate
• Borderlands movie casting: Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black, Cate Blanchett
• TJ Miller misconduct allegations and Deadpool recast
• Disco Elysium political vision quests DLC hype

Luke’s not impressed by Mass but he’s pretty into Effect.

Mass Effect Legendary Edition

Fallout Frontier mod returns

Zelda live action series cancelled before it began

Geek of the week

Topics discussed

• Lego Ecto-1 build mishap
• US Capitol riot arrests
• Mass Effect Legendary Edition
• Animal Crossing New Horizons
• Jedi: Fallen Order & Star Wars Squadrons
• Fallout New Vegas Frontier mod controversy
• Fallout New Vegas & Fallout 4 remaster talk
• Zelda live-action series scrapped
• Geek of the Week: Diamond vs Plummer
• Origin of the word jazz
• WandaVision episode 5 review
• Obi-Wan Kenobi series details
• Splinter of the Minds Eye & Indiana Jones script history
• Disney+ pricing & streaming discussion

Lots of random topics today, I guess we were feeling chatty this week!

No you can’t do Keanu

Cyberpunk still doing well

Fallout New Vegas mod pulled down

This is probably why

Snyder Cut - March 18th

Matrix Resurrections

When you wish upon a Star

Topics discussed

• Cyberpunk 2077 Keanu Reeves nude mod controversy
• The Matrix Resurrections title reveal
• Zack Snyder's Justice League release date set
• Disney Star / Hulu content streaming launch
• WandaVision episode 4 reaction
• Fallout New Vegas Frontier mod scandal
• Louis C.K. and Aziz Ansari standup comparisons
• Cyberpunk 2077 sales and refunds news
• Grimes voice acting in Cyberpunk 2077
• Tesla Cybertruck pricing discussion
• Can't Hardly Wait (1998) rewatch and dated humor
• The Vast of Night indie sci-fi recommendation
• Snowpiercer (Netflix series) review
• The Rocketeer rewatch
• WandaVision Hydra Watch merchandise

We’ve got dueling Geeks of the Week this week, who will win? Luke says “why choose?” and once again flouts the rules.

Mira Furlan RIPLarry King RIPMicrosoft fails to increase the price of Xbox Live

Topics discussed

• Mira Furlan Geek of the Week
• Larry King Geek of the Week
• Vermont vacation house & bear-proofing
• Night Stalker documentary review
• WandaVision impressions
• Mandalorian season 3 speculation
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order replay
• Cyberpunk 2077 refund controversy
• Fallen Order Xbox Series X update
• Metro series & S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 anticipation
• Xbox Live price increase reversal
• Video game pricing debate
• The Boys review
• The Expanse Season 5 impressions
• Rise of Skywalker discussion (RedLetterMedia & novelization)
• No Time to Die release delay
• Dune & Ghostbusters: Afterlife anticipation
• The Matrix 4 casting & marketing

Have you ever realised that you’re pronouncing something wrong because you read it that way as a child? Can you even pronounce a made up fantasy word “wrong”? These are the deep existential questions we ask and don’t really answer very well on this weeks episode.

Cyberpunk Multiplayer?

Head of CD Projekt apologises

Lucasfilm Games is back!

Bethesdiana Jones

Ubisoft Star Wars!

Fallen Order - now in technicolour

The Snyder Cut is still not sure what it is

Brendan Fraser is a whale. Sorry, I mean he is The Whale.

Mark Hamill also liked his Mando cameo

Topics discussed

• Meatballs (1979) rewatch and problematic tropes discussion
• Tenet rewatch discussion
• Blade Runner 2049 rewatch
• CD Projekt Red co-founder apology for Cyberpunk launch
• Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer mode in development
• The Witcher season 2 update
• Bethesda making an Indiana Jones game
• Ubisoft making an open-world Star Wars game
• Assassins Creed Valhalla vs Odyssey vs Origins ranking
• Furiosa: Mad Max prequel casts Anya Taylor-Joy
• History of Swearing documentary recommendation
• Zack Snyder's Justice League format confusion
• Armie Hammer cannibalism scandal mention
• Brendan Fraser cast in The Whale
• Tantive IV pronunciation debate
• Mark Hamill thanks director for Mandalorian cameo
• Wonder Woman 1984 follow-up and Red Letter Media review

Last week we heard Luke’s rules about how he decides which games to buy, this week is rules on how he builds Legos.

Might also be a little hint about some things that are planned for our listeners this year.