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?
‘The Trial of Alec Baldwin,’ Rory Kennedy Doc About Titular Actor in ‘Rust’ Shooting Aftermath, Acquired by Abramorama (Exclusive) Xbox Cloud Gaming Will Soon Get More Expensive for the Players Who Use It Most Microsoft and Sony argue no obligation to pass on tariff refunds, file to dismiss consumer lawsuits The Witcher Remake Is On Hold Until The Witcher 4S Development Progresses Confirms Cd Projekt Red Playstation Claims Digital Games Are Not Really Owned By Players In Response To Class Action Lawsuit 12Tb Of Steam Files Leak As A Decades Worth Of First And Third Party Game Data Is Exposed James Pond Co-Creator Calls AI-Rife Remake ‘Soulless’ The New ‘Star Trek’ Movie Will Explore ‘Bad Apples’ in Starfleet Ridley Scott Wants To Help Alien After Romulus Was Better Than His Films Star Wars Effects Artist Phil Tippett Shutters Studio Tippet Stuff Nicolas Cage’s ‘Spider-Noir’ Canceled by Prime Video After One Season
Lots of game, tv and movie discussion this week as we talk Metroid Prime 4, Pillars of Eternity, Silent Hill F, Atomfall, The Legend of Zelda movie, Rust, Snow White, Ludwig, Paradise, Common Side Effects and some other stuff too!
Metroid Prime 4, baby! - https://www.vg247.com/metroid-prime-4-beyond-shows-up-at-nintendo-direct-and-shows-off-samus-mind-bending-psychic-abilities Pillars of Eternity is getting turn based combat, 10 years after release! - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/03/pillars-of-eternity-is-getting-turn-based-combat-all-but-demanding-replays/ Silent Hill F refused classification down unda - https://www.darkhorizons.com/silent-hill-f-refused-classification-in-australia/ The Legend of Zelda - https://www.darkhorizons.com/legend-of-zelda-film-hits-march-2027/ Rust trailer - https://www.darkhorizons.com/first-trailer-alec-baldwin-in-rust/ Snow White is performing… poorly - https://www.darkhorizons.com/a-closer-look-at-the-snow-white-disaster/
This week there’s lots to be upset about! Tenacious D is over, Halo is over, The Acolyte is over (for now) and everybody is overjoyed to hear that Dan is back.
Alec Baldwin is off the hook, thanks to some serious screw ups by the prosecution! We perform an in-depth analysis of the two hours of court room footage Matt watched on the treadmill today. Are we lawyers? No. Are we going to let that stop us? Also no.
We also talk some more about The Acolyte, Dragon Age, Elden Ring’s DLC, Still Wakes The Deep, Neil Gaiman and more.
Oh and we address some of the feedback we received from lovely YouTube commenters on our last episode. Thanks guys, stay positive!
We also do our own stunts, as you’ll discover in this episode.
Matt needs to walk back some things he said in our last episode and Dan isn’t happy about it.
Starfield is trash (says Walmart) - https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/one-mans-trash-is-another-mans-treasure-walmart-will-reportedly-throw-out-physical-copies-of-starfield-if-no-one-buys-the-disks-for-3-cents
Silent Hill 2 Remake gameplay footage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayKICAIUHkA
There’s a new, short Silent Hill game out right now on PS5 and it’s free - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEamyHS3c4
We need one of these Dune 2 popcorn buckets - https://kotaku.com/dune-2-popcorn-bucket-sandworm-1851215982
We also need this Alan Wake thermos - https://www.alanwake.com/story/alan-wake-2-x-airam-oh-deer-thermos/
Luke was full of it. Full of what? Tune in to find out…
Alec Baldwin is back on the manslaughter block - https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/alec-baldwin-could-face-new-rust-involuntary-manslaughter-charge-1234917796/
Actors can’t dress up as movie characters for Halloween - https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/sag-aftra-bans-halloween-costumes-struck-content-1234918582/
Netflix is raising prices, thanks possibly to the new contract negotiations - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/netflix-raises-prices-up-to-17-amid-new-contracts-licensing-costs/
X is in trouble with Europe so Elon might just… block Europe? - https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/19/x-in-europe-ban/
Did Chris Carter have super secret access to Area 51 and the bodies of dead aliens? Listen to find out that he did not. Of course he didn’t, what’s wrong with you?
The trigger
Uri Gellar. Remember Uri Gellar?
Mountain Dew destroys DNA?
Starfield goes gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPNasPOxMzk
We have a new ruler! Will Matt have to choose between him and Biden?
Coronation penis party
Alec Baldwin commissions a doco
Writers are striking
Stuff is on hold
Pornhub blocks itself
Man opens a drug store. Is arrested.
Principle shows penis
Da
Vinci draws penis
Disney sues Desantis
Dooooon Toooooo
Gran Turismo
Dan is away so Matt and Luke will play! Not sure what I mean by that exactly, we just did a podcast like normal.
Netflix password sharing
Alec Baldwin’s charges dropped
Schumacher NOT interviewed
Starship go boom
Jonathan Majors dropped by his team
And from some movies
F Murray Abraham was fired
And has apologised
We were robbed
This didn’t come up in the main show but I want you to know that Luke made himself a lovely cocktail but he was unable to get the shaker open so he just had to stare it for the whole episode.
Rust docs are online so stop asking for them
DC stuff revealed
James Mangold to do the Swamp Thing movie
James Gunn comments on Zach Levi’s tweet
Batgirl was “unreleasable”Anya Taylor-Joy got hacked
Dan’s been dipping his toe into the world of internet “theories”, an area Luke has been studying for years.• Rust will be completed• Rey was always a nobody
Matt is currently scouring the woods around Starbucks looking for Alec
Alec Baldwin facing charges
Wizards walk it back, a bit
Jerry talks about Acq Inc
Xboxeos
Red Letter Media raise $80k for charity
Vin Diesel will not be starring in an Avatar
Join us on Mastodon, as soon as we can figure out what that means and how to do it.
Twitter stuff
Indiana Jones prequel?
Indy will not “be replaced by a woman”, whatever that even means
How many controllers have you gone through, listener? Write in and let us know.
Boner lamp
Busey
Taika Trouble
Ezra seeking treatment
Baldwin done did it
He disagrees
The world has gone Elden Ring mad but Luke thinks they’re all crazy. What’s he got against From Software? Listen to this weeks episode for answers, plus you get two Geeks of the Week this week because we skipped one last week. You lucky* people!
Elden Ring
Star Trek 4 is happening. We’re as surprised as the actors.
Michael Bay says his is bigger
Geeks of the Weeks
Shh Alec. Shh.*those who are not Geek of the Week
New features allow you to create Multiple Nerdgasm characters! Try to find that online tutorial that will make us more attractive…
Links:Star Wars: Eclipse game trailer New “Trek,” “Expanse,” “Dune,” “Texas” Games “Alan Wake” Game Sequel Set For 2023 Trailer: “Halo” TV Series On Paramount+ Galactic Starcruiser video released… then deleted Alec Baldwin visiting with Woody Allen Baldwin charges at reporter Bond will always be a British man
Need somewhere to lay low while something you did blows over? Matt’s Vermont house has become a respite for those who may be in some trouble.
Links:Dune: Part Two set for Fall 2023 Denis Villeneuve wants to make at least three Dune movies Eternals has lowest score of any Marvel film Hayden Christensen to return for Ahsoka series Alec Baldwin hides out near Matt’s Vermont house Production companies may to switch to prop guns Rust armorer shifts blame Richard Stanley files charges against accuser Boaty McBoatface launches
See Spot pray. Pray, Spot, pray. Spot meets Cindy. Pray Spot doesn’t read Cindy’s book.
Links:Gun accident on the set of Rust Dune part 2 looking promising Indy 5 delayed Superman colorist quits over the new Superman Mythic Quest: 2 more seasons Mass grave found suspiciously close to Matt
For some reason, possibly owing to the absence of Dave, this episode is filled with celebrity news. A lot of people went nuts this week, both on the internet and in the outside world where non fictional reality shows are filmed. This week also sees the return of Pornographic Parodies and the start of the “Cyberbully Matt” initiative where you, the listener, can abuse him on twitter at @MNerdgasm using the hashtag #Make
