Multiple Nerdgasm

Lots of game, tv and movie discussion this week as we talk Metroid Prime 4, Pillars of Eternity, Silent Hill F, Atomfall, The Legend of Zelda movie, Rust, Snow White, Ludwig, Paradise, Common Side Effects and some other stuff too!

Topics discussed

• PAX Aus tickets & Megaort event
• PAX costume ideas (Zapp Brannigan)
• Rick and Morty deep dive appreciation
• Common Side Effects new show recommendation
• Stop Oil painting vandalism debate
• Ludwig TV show review (David Mitchell)
• Sherlock Holmes short stories podcast critique
• Spy Among Friends recommendation
• Paradise (Disney+) review
• Atomfall impressions
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle DLC wait
• Snow White box office struggles & Rachel Zegler controversy
• Live-action Disney remakes discussion
• Metroid Prime 4 trailer reaction
• Monkey Island changes backlash & Thimbleweed Park
• Peppa Pig & Bluey games for kids
• Retro game completion nostalgia
• Pillars of Eternity turn-based combat patch
• Arcanum & Humble Bundle key giveaway
• Silent Hill F refused classification in Australia
• Legend of Zelda live-action movie announced
• Rust movie trailer (Alec Baldwin)
• DVD/Blu-ray disc rot & physical media ownership
• Schwarzenegger movie marathon (Predator, Conan, Stay Hungry)

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We’re back after our brief hiatus last week! Pax Aus tickets are on sale so go get them, and then come back and listen to us.

Topics discussed

• PAX Aus ticket purchase
• Jurassic Park bedtime story with daughter
• Ireland leprechaun toy story
• Childhood freedom & modern parenting fears
• Lord of the Rings audiobook & public domain date
• Christopher Lee WWII knife story
• Fitness challenge & golden-era bodybuilding nostalgia
• Jack Ryan season 3 review
• Amazon gains creative control over James Bond
• NRL Las Vegas match & Papua New Guinea team
• Severance season 2 finale discussion
• Amouranth home invasion
• OnlyFans exploitation debate
• Retro gaming magazine pen-pal nostalgia
• Cliffy B & Sierra On-Line hot tub stories
• Assassin’s Creed Shadows impressions
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
• Avowed impressions
• Atomfall preview
• GTA 6 Vice City speculation

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This week Luke is sober and ready to ride! We discuss Johnny Somali, Robocop: Rogue City, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Severance and much more!

Topics discussed

• Avowed status update
• Luigi’s Mansion 3 finished with daughter
• RoboCop: Rogue City review
• RoboCop: Rogue City Unfinished Business expansion
• RoboCop (1987) death scene reshoot trivia
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review
• Severance episode 8 discussion
• Johnny Somali Korea controversy
• Twitch/Kick/Rumble platform moderation tangent
• Political polarization & online discourse
• Trump tariffs & Canada alcohol boycott

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We’ve been watching some stuff, playing stuff and getting excited about some stuff. Come find out what stuff!

Topics discussed

• 30 Rock rewatch
• The Baldwins reality show & accent controversy
• Jack Ryan season 2 review
• Reacher season 3 review
• Severance latest episode discussion
• Andor season 2 trailer reaction
• Avowed continued impressions
• Bodies & Counterpart TV recommendations
• Razzie Awards rundown
• Captain America: Brave New World criticism
• The Acolyte defense & lightsaber fight praise
• New Terminator 2 game trailer reveal

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Avowed, Unavowed, these game developers need to make up their minds! This week we talk Avowed, Elder Scrolls VI, the console wars, Dune: Awakening, James Bond being handed over to Amazon and more!

Topics discussed

• Rick and Morty binge-watching
• Amazon gains creative control over James Bond
• Leaked James Bond audition tapes
• Matt Damon in Nolan’s Odyssey photo reveal
• Bourne franchise retrospective
• Reacher season 3 & faith controversy
• Avowed impressions
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle patch fix
• Elder Scrolls VI charity auction NPC
• Giving up on Control after three attempts
• Quantum Break opening cinematic
• Dune: Awakening PC-only May launch
• Console wars are over (Phil Spencer)
• Actor body prep culture discussion
• Humane AI Pin bricked by HP acquisition
• AI text-to-video workplace demo
• ChatGPT as writing editor & unreliability
• AI-generated background music detection

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Luke has been called out and he’s not sure what to do about it. This week we discuss Severance, Jack Ryan, Netflix Apple TV support, Marion Cotillard, Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Odyssey, and more!

Topics discussed

• Avowed first impressions
• STALKER 2 first impressions
• Chernobyl drone strike & Ukraine war discussion
• Civilization VII impressions
• Severance season 2 discussion
• Homecoming (Amazon Prime) mention
• Apple TV+ launches on Android
• Netflix "accidentally" adds Apple TV integration
• Jack Ryan (Prime Video) review
• Reacher season 3 mention
• Sherlock Holmes stories & BBC Sherlock accuracy
• Mythic Quest season 4 critique
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia praise
• Marion Cotillard’s Dark Knight Rises admission
• Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey: massive puppet
• Mia Goth joins The Odyssey cast
• The Return (Ralph Fiennes Odyssey adaptation)

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Two of us have now seen Nosferatu. One of us isn’t going to bother. You can probably guess who’s who, but listen to find out for sure! We also discuss No Time To Die, Fantastic Four, Disney+, Rick and Morty and more!

Topics discussed

• Ticketmaster fees & US sales tax rant
• Flat Earth conspiracy debunking tangent
• The Substance follow-up discussion
• Nosferatu (2024 film) review
• Smokey and the Bandit & Cannonball Run II
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 impressions
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• No Time To Die rewatch
• Superman (2025) trailer follow-up
• Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer & Galactus
• Fantastic Four "AI-looking" posters controversy
• AI music detection breakthrough
• "Why This Song Stinks" & musicless music videos
• Disney+ loses 700K subscribers
• Severance mention
• Rick and Morty first-time watch
• Bob’s Burgers voice actor’s jazz piano album

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It’s Oscar season and we have some thoughts on the very small number of nominated films that we’ve bothered to watch!

Topics discussed

• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty replay
• Mass Effect Andromeda retrospective
• Vampire Survivors-like games roundup
• Alan Wake 2: The Lake House DLC
• Max Payne remake news
• Moana 2 & sequel-writing discussion
• Alien: Earth TV series news
• It’s Always Sunny cast praise
• Tetris (2023 film) review
• Oscar Best Picture nominees alphabetical rundown
• The Substance (2024 film) review
• Nosferatu (2024 film) review
• Universal Monsters marathon
• Better Man Robbie Williams biopic flop
• Scream 7 casting news
• Book of the New Sun Book Two
• Luke’s video game project & adventure design history

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We do eventually get to some nerdy topics this week, but we’ve got a lot of chatter to get through first. Then we talk Switch 2 backwards compatibility, Elon “cheating” at games, Kraven the Hunter’s weird CGI usage, The Book of the New Sun and we’ve got an update on our fitness pact!

Topics discussed

• Fitness pact update & personal trainer
• Nintendo Switch 2 backwards compatibility
• Xbox vs PlayStation vs Nintendo console philosophy
• Doom: The Dark Ages reveal
• South of Midnight reveal
• Final Fantasy 7 Remake Xbox exclusivity wish
• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty prologue skip
• Elden Ring & Souls games difficulty talk
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 release & combat
• The Witcher 3 nostalgia
• Elon Musk’s Path of Exile/Diablo 4 boosting controversy
• Elon Musk’s D&D tournament claim follow-up
• Tesla vandalism backlash
• Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
• The Expanse book vs show comparison
• Physical media vs disappearing streaming rights
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny rewatch
• Kraven the Hunter’s bad CGI reshoots
• Madame Web reshoot deep-dive video

We’re back after a brief hiatus! Matt does have a cold though, sorry.

Topics discussed

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows delayed again
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 100% talk & DLC
• Nintendo Switch 2 teaser trailer reveal
• Microsoft Xbox portable handheld rumors
• TikTok ban upheld by Supreme Court & RedNote migration
• Elon Musk’s Path of Exile 2 lying controversy
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves praise
• Peep Show series finale wrap-up
• Silo season 2 finale reaction
• Squid Game season 2 impressions
• The Dead Don’t Die (2019) review
• Michael Jackson’s Thriller video revisit

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