Multiple Nerdgasm

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! Wanna be in Elder Scrolls VI? - https://www.vg247.com/elder-scrolls-6-npc-opportunity-charity-auction The console wars are over - https://kotaku.com/xbox-ceo-phil-spencer-console-wars-over-ps5-switch-era-1851765304 Dune: Awakening launches in May, but only on PC - https://www.darkhorizons.com/dune-awakening-game-sets-may-pc-launch/ Amazon now has creative control over James Bond - https://variety.com/2025/film/global/james-bond-amazon-mgm-gain-creative-control-1236313930/ Matt Damon in Nolan's Odyssey looks like I assume he should - https://www.darkhorizons.com/first-photo-matt-damon-in-nolans-the-odyssey/ That expensive, useless AI pin will be a paperweight - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/truly-a-middle-finger-humane-bricking-700-ai-pins-with-limited-refunds/

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! Netflix "accidentally" adds Apple TV support, then rolls it back - https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/14/netflix-no-apple-tv-integration/ Marion Cotillard admits her death scene was shit - https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8890075/i-screwed-up-dark-knight-rises-scene-cotillard-says/ Nolan to use "massive puppet" - https://www.darkhorizons.com/nolan-using-massive-puppet-in-odyssey/ Itsa Mia joins The Odyssey - https://www.darkhorizons.com/hawkins-goth-board-nolans-the-odyssey/ There's another awesome-looking The Odyssy adaptation coming out before that - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19861162/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cdt_t_1

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! Fantastic Four teaser - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzMo-FgRp64 Apparently the AI looking posters are not AI - https://www.darkhorizons.com/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-posters-arent-ai/ Disney+ lost 700K subscribers in Q4 2024 - https://www.darkhorizons.com/disney-loses-700k-subscribers-in-q4-2024/

It’s Oscar season and we have some thoughts on the very small number of nominated films that we’ve bothered to watch! We also talk Phantom Liberty, The Lake House, The Substance, Nosferatu, Scream 7, Robbie Williams, Alien: Earth, Book of the New Sun Book Two, and more! * Matthew Lillard returns for Scream 7... somehow - https://www.darkhorizons.com/matthew-lillard-returns-for-scream-7/ * So does Scott Foley - https://www.darkhorizons.com/scott-foley-returns-for-scream-7/ * Alien: Earth will probably annoy Matt - https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/01/alien-earth-teaser-gives-us-xenomorphs-pov/

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!

We’re back after a brief hiatus! Matt does have a cold though, sorry. We talk Assassins Creed, Indiana Jones, Switch 2, Xbox portable, The Dead Don’t Die, Peep Show, Tik Tok, Thriller and much more! * Switch 2, baby! - https://kotaku.com/nintendo-switch-2-teaser-trailer-mario-kart-reveal-2025-1851741096 * Xbox portable? - https://www.vg247.com/microsoft-handheld-best-of-windows-xbox-steam-deck * Tik Tok will probably be banned here soon - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/supreme-court-rules-tiktok-can-be-banned/

This week, we had a spreadsheet packed with discussion topics, but we barely scratched the surface. In the past, people have said episodes like this are the best, so here's hoping that's still the case!

We’ve been punching fascists all week!

Burn your backpacks! Just kidding, don’t do that. Go play Indian Jones and the Great Circle instead!

Our meme-coin isn't a scam, but only because we're not smart enough to know how you would make one a scam.

We’re thankful for you, listener! We’re also thankful for Red Dwarf, Quantum Break, Thanksgiving (the movie), Blood Rage, Kristy, The Rock and more!

When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightening or rain? How about in Streamyard on Saturday morning? And what shall we three discuss? The Rock pissing in bottles? Pets pissing on your Switch? Alan Wake 2? Quantum Break? Control? Stalker 2? Silo? From? Yes to all those things and more!!!

The fight of the… week? Dan and Luke discuss Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson, Raygun, Wicked, North Korean soldiers, Chloe Moretz, Firewatch, Baldurs Gate, Cult of the Lamb and more!

Good thing nothing happened in the world this week and we can just focus on fun topics like Alan Wake 2, Fallout Season 2 starring Macauley Culkin, the Mass Effect TV series, Sega and much more!

Show Matt the Champion of Light, and he’ll show you the Herald of Darkness!

Luke and Dan were at PAX, Matt was not. This is their story. They also weigh in on Alien: Romulus, Disco Elysium, Skyrim, Joker 2, and more!

Graham is back with Ancient Apocalypse Season Two and Matt is there for it! So much so that Luke is a little concerned. We also talk PAX Aus, Steam, piracy, Astarion dolls, The Excavation of Hobbs Barrow, horse armour, Alien: Romulus and more!

Welcome to the future! It’s creepy, invasive and you have no secrets. AND you have no flying car. Ripped off. This week we talk Baldurs Gate 3 mods, is Xbox losing the console wars?, Starfield Shattered Space, Silent Hill 2 remake, some Watch Dogs glasses and California’s new law that’s forcing companies to admit that you don’t own things. Oh and more!

Can a marriage survive so many secrets? You’ll have to listen to find out! We also talk AI, Apple, piracy, Assassins Creed: Shadows, Star Wars: Outlaws, Alan Wake 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil and much more!

Our old friend Graham Hancock is back, and he’s brought backup! We discuss Moviepass, Jonathan Majors, Cards Against Humanity vs Elon Musk, Mushrooms, Slow Horses and more!