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!