This week Microsoft quietly kneecaps Xbox Cloud Gaming with new monthly hour limits, and they’re also keeping the tariff refunds. The future of gaming may not be financially viable?
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 Unreal Engine 5 rebuild that looks stunning, The Guild is crowdfunding a 20th anniversary reunion movie, and the new Resident Evil film from Zack Cregger looks considerably better than its early ‘road trip comedy’ reputation suggested. Plus Luke has opinions about every movie coming out for the rest of 2025, and the Terminator 2 35th anniversary theatrical run might actually be worth seeing in 70mm.
The wait is over: Borderlands is available to watch at home, from sources legitimate and nefarious depending on your preferred flavour. We also talk the retro de-make of Kings Quest 6, Control 2 and potential TV and Movie stuff based on Alan Wake and other Remedy properties, Longlegs, Mr Robot and more!
Luke has no trouble choosing his Geek of the Week from a line-up. You’ve gotta die within his space in order to be considered - and his time is split between Skywalker Ranch and the White House as the head of both LucasArts and America. Links:Nic Cage is expecting a child but will never perform karaoke again. He is a thespian, not an actor and a goth one at that In China, Teslas have built-in karaoke Kid Rock wont play any gig with Covid safety restrictions Neil Young pulls music off Spotify for false vaccine information
Dan and Matt’s kid dress up as fan favourites, Star Vader and Baby Yoga. Not the kid they had together, unless you can have a kid from docking and one of them carried it like in Junior. Links:Carole Baskin suing Netflix over Tiger King season 2Metallica teaches a MasterClass on how to be a band Jason Momoa has COVIDKristen Stewart is off the market The internet is mad at Chris Pratt Rust armorer claims sabotage
This week’s episode is presented in 120 frames per second, just to annoy Luke. Alamo Drafthouse files for bankruptcy WandaVision Nic Cage got married! Again! Amazon app got a new icon Dr Seuss publisher cancels itself Jeremy Renner… just… no Whedon Con renamed coz… yeah…
This week Dan watched The Justice League, Matt watched Coco and Luke watched Porkies 1,2 and 3. We also have a competition running where you can win a fantastic dice box from Dog Might Games! Judged and found to be “a bit of a c*#t” Charles Manson is dead Flat earther is going to kill himself in the name of not-science Tesla made a badass semi Linkin Park – winners and losers The Justice League is not doing well at the box office If Affleck walks then there is another… Denis vs Bond Blade Runner 2049 was great but didn’t perform great
