Masters of the Universe

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.

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 library AND The Bronze, with minifigs - is officially under review after clearing the Ideas supporter threshold.

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.

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!

Nothing actually went wrong but that’s no thanks to Matt and his big mouth. He did complete his homework though! We’ve got new iPhones, movie follow up, more Starfield, and some big game engine drama this week. Plus lots more so hop on in! Christopher Nolan + Bond rumours are back! Baldurs Gate 3 on Mac - September 21st Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty and the 2.0 update - also September 21st New iPhones do have USB-C Unity descends into madness Seriously WTF Unity Penny Arcade weighed in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcVOgO4eU8Q

I’m not on the show this week but as I understand it the guys talked about Oppenheimer and Michael Jackson. You know, that famous duo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfloBgA7hqo

Join Luke and Dan this week as they discuss the latest in phallic architecture and Disney cleavage! China’s big dong Zeus’s big dong Lindsay Lohan seems to have lost it Banksy is killing it Sean Connery has kicked ass Bert and Ernie maybe got cozy