Today on the 5: Shortly after yesterday's Nintendo Direct centered around the Switch 2, the newly increased base pricing for the new Mario Kart game got a lot of people upset. Gang, I've got good news for you! You don't have to pay these new prices if you just don't buy the game!

Today on the 5: I saw news that Konami is releasing a new collection of the classic Gradius games, and looking into the game series led me to find that a series of OVAs were made loosely adapting the storylines of the games. The biggest shock is how good they are!

Today on the 5: You may have noticed that a lot of people thank their chatbots or talk to them in a way that makes it clear they're appreciative of their results. There are some who do this thinking it might protect them from a possible future AI uprising, and I'm honestly baffled they think that would work.

Today on the 5: A few months back I talked about my hope that the open sourcing of the PebbleOS might lead to a return of that magnificent watch. Amazingly, it's happening and I can't wait!

This week we're talking about the I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, Conan The Destroyer, The Return, and John Wick 4. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: I have struggled for a while now trying to figure out how to get the volume right for our shows. I've always deferred low to avoid clipping us to shreds, but thanks to a suggestion from friend of the show Ant Pruitt on his podcast I'm trying something new out. Please let me know how it sounds!

Today on the 5: The 90s were a wild time for point and click games, and ideas you'd never expect ended up getting made into games. One of these bizarre specimens, an adaptation of the Harlan Ellison story I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream, just got a remaster and I'm going to see what it's like.

Today on the 5: There are reportedly some big shakeups happening inside of Apple after some of their Apple Intelligence projects failed to meet expectations. To me, the most interesting part of these stories is how they show the company allowing itself to deviate from its usual path.

Today on the 5: In a scenario that Philip K. Dick would surely appreciate, I misremembered having read the novel Ubik before. I just finished what I thought was a second reading of the well known book and by the time I finished I realized I had mixed it up with another book. Fitting!

This week we're talking about the Enigma, Resident Alien, Hellraiser IV Bloodline Workprint, and Zone 414. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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