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This week we wonder how Nolan made a $250 million movie that looks like The Odyssey, while Moana 2 cost the same amount and looks like... Moana 2.'The Mandalorian & Grogu' Officially Surges to No. 1 as Instant Digital Hit in Just 24 HoursWhoopi Goldberg Slams Transphobic Critics of Elliot Page’s Casting in ‘The Odyssey’: ‘Then Don’t Go See It… Why Do You Care Who’s Cast in It?’‘The Odyssey’ Proves It: Audiences Want Movies Made the Hard WayChristopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Is Officially Too Popular'Avengers: Doomsday' Breaks New Record 6 Months Before It Hits TheatersFirst Photos: "Blade Runner 2099" TV SeriesBlade Runner 2099 TeaserDisney Officially Confirms the End of 'The Mandalorian'

Luke is back from hospital where he apparently has built up a full tolerance to ketamine ('I have no idea what people are going on about') and Matt is falling apart at the spine. It's fine. Everyone's fine. Somehow they still watched a bunch of movies and have opinions.id creative director says they were not completely nerfedBBC Officially Responds to 'Doctor Who' CancellationGeorge Lucas Says 'There's Nothing You Can Do About AI'Bethesda Gives Update On Elder Scrolls 6 And Future After Xbox 'Reset'Fallout 3 And New Vegas Remasters Coming Ahead Of Fallout 5Sydney Sweeney to star in new, erotic, Sleepy HollowThe New 'G.I. Joe' Movie Just Landed a Surprising DirectorLive-Action ‘Moana’ Remake To Lose $100 Million After Disappointing Box-Office Debut

So Taylor Swift got married, Adam Sandler officiated (yes, really, no one knows why either), and you could buy 'wedding memorabilia' off a New York street artist - including a used ovulation test - for $25. We live in a society.Then there's the Xbox stuff, which is a lot. Like, a LOT. Thousands of jobs gone, Double Fine just... set free, id Software's programmers shown the door (great for the legendary game engine people, obviously), and Obsidian pulled off Avowed 2 to go make Fallout instead. The good news: this is what everyone wanted since New Vegas. The bad news: it's happening because Microsoft bought literally everything and then panicked.Sony's having a bad fortnight too. No disc drive on PS6, and they're nuking 551 movies from people's PlayStation libraries because the licenses ran out. You know, movies people paid for. Bought. Owned. Allegedly.Armie Hammer took a role in Uwe Boll's new film without reading the full script, then rang his publicist crying after he sa

Luke went to see Supergirl and came back mostly flat. His verdict: he laughed once.Xbox prices are going upGTA 6 Will Just Be A Code In A Box At Launch With No DiscSteam Machine ReviewSteam MachineRichard Garriott Wants To Take Ultima Back From EAThe villain in Spider-man Brand New Day hasn't been revealed yet‘World War Z’ Officially Returns With New Sequel in Development

Matt beat an innocent stranger to death with a rock this week. Listen to find out what the hell that's about.We get into the Xbox chaos (Ninja Theory gone, Elder Scrolls 6 still apparently coming in 2028 or possibly never, Tim Schafer potentially going indie), the Commodore flip phone that blocks social media and may or may not be purchased by Luke on the spot, why Ridley Scott doing Treasure Island feels weird, and the very depressing news that Europe can't legally force publishers to keep game servers alive.Also Matt's daughter is already better at the Bluey game than he is, which tracks.Flip-Phone - CommodoreXbox VP Says Gears Of War Wasn't Ripped From PS5 Last MinuteXbox Promises The Elder Scrolls 6 Is 'Coming Along Well'XBOX Studios Facing Possible Closures - Blue's News StoryXbox warns of a ‘reset’ as it prepares for layoffsXbox Game Studios Boss Resigns Ahead Of Mass LayoffsXbox is closing down Hellblade creator Ninja TheoryEC "Cannot Propose a Legal Obligation to Keep

Luke spent many hours at the cinema this week, drinking his way through five movies, then got on a kick scooter and came straight to record a podcast.I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually worksGeorge Miller Has "Mad Max" Film & TV PlansSteven Spielberg Says James Bond Movies ‘Constantly Turned Me Down’ and ‘If They Asked Me Now’ to Direct the Answer Would Be: ‘You Can’t Afford Me’

Luke's heroics at a pub meat raffle set the tone for this week's episode. When a man grabs a woman's arm on the dance floor he'll be there, like a red bearded Batman.An 83-year-old man's retirement fund - a warehouse's worth of vintage Star Wars LEGO he's been sitting on since the '90s - is stuck in the middle of one of the strangest internet dramas going right now. Bricks and Minifigs, Antifa, a YouTuber getting arrested in corporate lobbies, a police raid on an Airbnb to search for stolen LEGO, and a Patreon CEO publicly telling a franchise to get stuffed. Nuts.That's not all: Matt has sunk 131 hours into Dune: Awakening and it's coming to Xbox and Game Pass in September, which means he and Luke might actually play it together (for about two weeks before their schedules implode). Uwe Boll is back with a potential Batman/Punisher ripoff that Warner Bros. forced him to rename. Luke cannot play Wolverine because Sony exist. And the Buffy the Vampire Slayer LEGO set - the

Luke Skywalker blowing up Jabba's sail barge is the greatest war crime in Star Wars history. Not the Death Star - a military target, the sail barge full of slaves and service workers. Luke knew exactly what he was doing and he chose evil. This is the kind of analysis you get here.Neighbours VS Zombies Part 1 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - YouTubeYouTube to begin automatically labeling AI videosSubnautica 2 Is Reportedly Earning That Controversial $250 BonusNew James Bond Project Is Officially His Best Outing Since 'Skyfall' | ReviewBungie staff learned about Destiny 2 when we didDestiny 3 PetitionDestiny players review bombing Marathon‘Project Hail Mary’ Tops Golden Trailer Awards With 5 PrizesNic Cage says Christopher Nolan won’t call him backLeto Not Thrilled With "Masters of the Universe"Prime Video’s Sleeper-Hit Sitcom Is Facing a Completely New Challenge After Its Surprise Season 3 Renewal‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Needs a Box Office Miracle After an Underwhelming Opening‘The Mandalorian and

Somehow a conversation about the Grogu movie leads to the discovery that Neighbours made a zombie spin-off in 2014 and it's available on YouTube. That's the kind of episode this is.Along the way: William Shatner publicly calling his own Magic: The Gathering card AI-generated garbage, Matt's genuine distress over not being able to enjoy Stardew Valley, Luke owning 12 boxes of Heroes of Might and Magic 3 board game expansions and having opened exactly one, and a surprisingly interesting breakdown of why Spotify's new fan-verification ticket system might actually dent concert scalping. Plus GTA 6 is still November, Destiny 2 is winding down, and Matt is running a local AI agent that reads obituaries so we don't miss Geek of the Week candidates.'Neighbours: Zombies on Ramsey Street' review coming next week.Spotify is going to reserve concert tickets for ‘real fans’ | The VergeWilliam Shatner Dunks On Kirk MTG Card From The Star Trek SetForza Horizon hits xbox top ten before release ont

Luke slept 18 hours before this episode because he was up until 3 AM playing Forza Horizon 6. That's the kind of dedication that costs nearly $200 when you factor in the premium upgrade. Meanwhile Matt was over here still playing Conan Exiles Enhanced on GeForce Now and trying to figure out mod management on a streaming service (spoiler: it's a nightmare).We also talked about:Mixtape on Game Pass — Luke really wants you to play this one. Silverchair and Smashing Pumpkins on the soundtrack, little indie game about friends and memories. Just play it.XBOX is all caps again. Yes. Matt polled the audience (well, Microsoft did on Twitter). Everybody said all caps. Done.Some leaked photos of what's supposedly the new Xbox Cloud Gaming controller. Luke called bullshit immediately and we stand by that.Uwe Boll is making 23 Years Later: The Castle of the Dead because Paul W.S. Anderson is making a House of the Dead movie and Uwe cannot let that stand. God bless him.James Bond casting has started. Denis Vill

Nicolas Cage is playing Spider-Man in a black-and-white 1950s noir series that's out at the end of this month, and somehow that's not even the wildest thing discussed this week.Asha Sharma quietly killed Xbox's Copilot integration, an AI assistant that was officially announced as recently as March. Luke is so relieved he can barely contain it. Between that, the price cuts, and the achievement system overhaul, we try to work out whether she's the real deal or if Microsoft just had a drawer full of approved changes waiting for someone new to take credit.There's also the question of what Peter Molyneux knew and when, as his new Fable-adjacent game Masters of Albion gets caught up in accusations that its predecessor Legacy was a crypto rug pull. We trace the full sorry arc from CryptoZoo to Hawk Tuah to Johnny Depp drinking his investment wine, and end up somewhere near 'nobody learns anything.'On the genuinely good news side: Alien Isolation 2 is real, Conan Exiles got a surprise free

Luke left a Rabbitohs game at halftime (they were up 24-0, which apparently is suspicious rather than reassuring) to record this, so you're welcome. The big Xbox news: Game Pass is cheaper now, but Call of Duty won't be day one anymore because apparently people were actually buying it and Microsoft noticed the gap in their wallet. Project Helix will be a real Xbox you can buy — not just a chip inside someone else's handheld — though the 'available as' phrasing has Matt convinced ASUS will also be selling one. The Black Flag remaster looks sick in motion even if some of the screenshots are weirdly picked. Conan Exiles is getting a free UE5 glow-up on PC, which interrupted Matt's current Dune Awakening era where he basically just pops in every few days to top up his shields. In other news: the guy who leaked the new Avatar movie is in serious trouble in Singapore (Luke's taxi driver once warned him not to pick up a leaf from the ground there, so yeah, that tracks). Tim Cook is out at

If you've ever emailed a movie to someone, write in and let us know: podcast@multiplenerdgasm.comThe attacks on Sam Altman are a warning for the AI worldThree Californian Men Arrested In Million Dollar Lego Heist - KotakuEven Xbox's New Boss Thinks Game Pass Is Too ExpensiveActor Leaks The Existence Of Spider-Man 3 At Insomniac GamesGTA Online Makes Over $1 Million A Day According To Leaked DataRockstar Games Confirms Data BreachStreet Fighter TrailerAvatar Movie Leaks Six Months Before It’s OutWarners Sets "The Hunt For Gollum" CastSony Sets R-Rated Animated "Bloodborne" Film

Artemis 2 is back on Earth after 9 days in space, and the crew broke records. Elsewhere: Amazon is having a rough week, RAM and SSD prices are spiking, Xbox Achievements are getting a long-overdue update and Karl Jobst has filed a new defamation lawsuit against Billy Mitchell. All that and more this week on (probably) your favourite podcast!First photos of solar eclipse from Artemis II crew look almost too good to be realArtemis II astronauts break a record, name a craterFour astronauts are back home after a daring ride around the Moon - Ars TechnicaAmazon Issues A Stark Reminder That Digital Ownership Is A LieAmazon Luna Removing Paid Games And Offering No RefundsNvidia DLSS takedpwnKarl Jobst Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Donkey Kong Record Holder Billy MitchellThe AI RAM shortage is also driving up SSD prices | The VergeNetflix Ordered To Reimburse Italian SubscribersSegue - Podcast PlanningXbox Achievements Get Overdue Update To Address FeedbackSpielberg: I Was Going To Do "Interstellar" - Dark Horizon

Matt watched Project Hail Mary, so if you were waiting for his review the time has come. Warning - we do talk spoilers but we give you plenty of warning!“Hail Mary” Author Apologies To “Star Trek” Chief - https://www.darkhorizons.com/hail-mary-author-gives-star-trek-apology/Artemis II, NASA’s boldest mission in generations, launches crew to the Moon - https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/four-astronauts-depart-for-the-moon-with-a-fiery-send-off-from-cape-canaveral/Four astronauts are now inexorably bound for the Moon - https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/four-astronauts-are-now-inexorably-bound-for-the-moon/As Artemis II zooms to the Moon, everything seems to be going swimmingly - https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/as-artemis-ii-zooms-to-the-moon-everything-seems-to-be-going-swimmingly/“Spaceballs 2” Set For April 2027 Release - https://www.darkhorizons.com/spaceballs-2-set-for-april-2027-release/“Avatar 4” & “Avatar 5” Are ‘Full Speed Ahead’? - https://www.darkhorizons.com/avatar-4-avatar-5-are-ful

It's that special time of year when Matt and Jenna get to go to PAX East and Luke gets to be jealous. He'll have his revenge in October at PAX Aus, and then it'll be their turn to cry.BOBA - https://www.bostonoba.orgGNAW - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2306490/GNAW/Guardians MH - https://guardiansmh.orgGame Tank - https://gametank.zoneAnother Pint - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3150160/Another_Pint/Omara Scent Display - https://www.ovrtechnology.comAcquisitions Inc - https://www.acq-inc.comDaggerheart - https://www.daggerheart.comArnie is in training for the new Conan - https://www.darkhorizons.com/schwarzenegger-prepping-for-king-conan/Ayaneo Next 2 cancelled due to RAM/storage price increases - https://kotaku.com/new-pc-gaming-handheld-would-have-to-cost-4000-because-of-storage-prices-so-its-being-canceled-instead-2000681516Crimson Desert has AI art in it - https://kotaku.com/crimson-desert-ai-art-peal-abyss-2000680884The Expanse: Osiris Reborn devs are using AI during dev and people

Well we know what the Firefly news is and one of us isn't happy about it.Firefly MIGHT be coming back, in animated form - https://www.darkhorizons.com/firefly-to-return-as-an-animated-series/Someone leaked it three years ago but nobody cared at the time - https://www.reddit.com/r/LeaksAndRumors/comments/zph1t6/unannounced_shadowmachine_production/No Buffy reboot - https://www.darkhorizons.com/hulu-scraps-its-new-buffy-series-plans/Maybe it's for the best? - https://www.darkhorizons.com/more-details-about-scrapped-buffy-reboot/Apparently the script is bad - https://kotaku.com/buffy-vampire-slayer-new-sunnydale-reboot-script-canceled-2000679693The Oscars occurred - https://www.darkhorizons.com/the-2026-oscar-winners-updating-live/The KPop Demon Hunter crew got cut off mid speech - https://www.darkhorizons.com/disney-exec-on-that-oscar-speech-cut-off/Dune Part 3 Posters - https://www.darkhorizons.com/dune-part-three-first-posters-trailer-set/Dune Part 3 Teaser - https://www.darkhorizons.com/first-trailer

Luke saw a movie, Matt hasn't. Let the jealousy begin!GeForce Now listens to our podcast - adds GOG support - https://www.engadget.com/gaming/geforce-now-adds-gog-syncing-and-90fps-game-streaming-in-vr-headsets-130656731.htmlSony testing dynamic pricing for PlayStation games - https://www.theverge.com/games/891085/sony-dynamic-pricing-playstation-gamesTop PlayStation trophy hunter banned - https://kotaku.com/top-playstation-trophy-hunter-permabanned-blames-hacker-sony-2000677954Project Helix isn't coming until 2027 - https://www.theverge.com/games/893119/xbox-project-helix-jason-ronald-gdc-2026People aren't sure about Zach Cregger's Resident Evil script - https://kotaku.com/zach-cregger-resident-evil-movie-script-leak-spoilers-2000676977Arnie is back for more Conan and Predator? - https://www.darkhorizons.com/schwarzenegger-talks-predator-conan-return/Avatar 4 is "very likely" - https://www.darkhorizons.com/james-cameron-avatar-4-is-very-likely/Apparently Project Hail Mary is very go

Luke was right, again, and he's not going to let anybody forget it. He's a leaf on the wind.New Xbox is happening - https://kotaku.com/xbox-project-helix-codename-next-gen-pc-games-2000676398Highguard is shutting down after only a few months - https://kotaku.com/highguard-shutting-down-less-than-50-days-after-launch-2000675453F1 races in Middle East might have to be rescheduled - https://www.thedrive.com/news/f1-races-in-bahrain-and-saudi-in-question-amid-middle-east-conflictAss Creed: Black Flag remake - https://www.darkhorizons.com/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-confirmed/Despite rumours, Valve says Steam Machine will launch this year - https://www.theverge.com/games/890986/valve-steam-machine-frame-controller-delay-ram-memorySomething Firefly is coming... - https://www.darkhorizons.com/fillion-teasing-big-firefly-announcement/

What's a gamer to do when Microsoft takes away his gamerscore? Let's just hope that never actually happens. It might mean the end of this show!Disney are concerned about the reaction to the Super Bowl trailer as well - https://www.darkhorizons.com/disneys-star-wars-avatar-marvel-challenges/First photo from God of War draws mixed reactions - https://www.darkhorizons.com/first-photo-amazons-god-of-war-tv-series/Apparently Resident Evil: Requiem is amazing - https://www.darkhorizons.com/resident-evil-requiem-draws-rave-reviews/Asha Sharma first interview as head of xbox - https://www.trueachievements.com/news/xbox-ceo-asha-sharma-protect-thousands-of-dollars-invested-by-playersDr Disrespect is being weird again - https://kotaku.com/drdisrespect-marathon-stream-youtube-2000673727