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 real Artemis II astronauts break a record, name a crater Four astronauts are back home after a daring ride around the Moon - Ars Technica Amazon Issues A Stark Reminder That Digital Ownership Is A Lie Amazon Luna Removing Paid Games And Offering No Refunds Nvidia DLSS takedpwn Karl Jobst Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Donkey Kong Record Holder Billy Mitchell The AI RAM shortage is also driving up SSD prices | The Verge Netflix Ordered To Reimburse Italian Subscribers Segue - Podcast Planning Xbox Achievements Get Overdue Update To Address Feedback Spielberg: I Was Going To Do “Interstellar” - Dark Horizons New “The Mummy” Has A “Mummy” Problem “Alien 3: Assembly Cut” Hits HBO Max
If you’re looking for Luke we promise he really does show up, eventually! Lots of James Bond talk this week, plus some rare Star Wars whinging.
Gary Busey sentenced to two years probation for groping - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/gary-busey-pleads-guilty-groping Kimmel is back - https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-fully-back-abc-tv-nexstar-sinclair-1236530517/ Costco will no longer sell Xboxes - https://www.thegamer.com/costco-retailer-xbox-series-x-s-microsoft-gaming-no-longer-sold-confirmation/ Next Bond will be an unknown actor, casting after Dune Part Three is done - https://deadline.com/2025/09/james-bond-cast-unknown-british-actor-denis-villeneuve-dune-1236554375/ Spider-man got bashed - https://www.darkhorizons.com/tom-holland-injured-on-spider-man-set/ I take issue with this headline about Predator: Badlands - https://www.darkhorizons.com/predator-badlands-wont-have-a-xenomorph/ The Mandalorian and Grogu trailer - https://www.darkhorizons.com/first-trailer-the-mandalorian-grogu/
Luke managed to find his way onto the main show! He joins us from a pub in Laos. The rest of us are at home watching stuff.
Dean Cain out of ICE on short-term injury leave - https://x.com/RealDeanCain/status/1961528729999712312 Woman freaked out by beautician wearing smart glasses during brazilian - https://petapixel.com/2025/09/03/woman-freaked-out-by-beautician-wearing-meta-video-glasses/ The 100x zoom on the new Pixel’s is a terrifying vision of the future - https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/google-pixel-phones/i-captured-these-100x-pro-res-zoom-photos-with-the-pixel-10-pro-xl-and-the-results-blew-me-away
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/
