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
Happy New Year!!! Quick, take down your Christmas decorations before Luke sees them…
Grok will generate nudes of anybody - https://www.theverge.com/news/853191/grok-explicit-bikini-pictures-minors It apparently assumes you must have a good reason for asking - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/grok-assumes-users-seeking-images-of-underage-girls-have-good-intent/ James Cameron is done with the Alien franchise - https://www.darkhorizons.com/james-cameron-done-with-alien-franchise/ James Wan said he’s open to directing Avatar 4. Not sure he was asked. - https://www.darkhorizons.com/james-wan-open-to-directing-avatar-4/ New National Lampoon movie announced - https://www.darkhorizons.com/new-national-lampoon-film-announced/ Stranger Things Things People aren’t into the coming out scene - https://kotaku.com/stranger-things-coming-out-scene-will-byers-season-5-2000655961 Cinemas were packed for the finale - https://www.darkhorizons.com/stranger-things-finale-is-packing-cinemas/ Netflix crashed briefly - https://www.darkhorizons.com/stranger-things-finale-briefly-crashes-netflix/ A lot of people didn’t like the finale - https://kotaku.com/stranger-things-season-5-finale-reaction-byler-acting-2000656424 There was a theory that there was a secret final episode coming - https://kotaku.com/stranger-things-secret-finale-conformity-gate-explained-2000656704 Netflix crashed again due ot people refreshing to find it - https://www.darkhorizons.com/minor-netflix-outages-from-conformity-gate/
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
Show Matt the Champion of Light, and he’ll show you the Herald of Darkness!
There were a tonne of Xbox related announcements and you’d think that would make Luke happy. So what’s the problem? You’ll have to listen to find out! We also discuss Alan Wake again in case you’re not bored of hearing about it, The Boys, Star Wars (ugh) and we’ve got some Graham Hancock news!
Xbox Showcase - https://kotaku.com/xbox-games-showcase-2024-gears-perfect-dark-fable-starf-1851528786 Homelander is bad?!? - https://www.darkhorizons.com/boys-creator-on-woke-calls-gen-v-s2/ The Acolyte is bad?!? - https://www.darkhorizons.com/the-acolyte-episode-draws-reaction/
We made it!• Star Wars, Star Wars, Star Wars and Star Wars• Kissing• Deep Fake Indy• But no old man jokes• Billy Mitchell
Lots of Xbox news this week but not the news we were hoping for. Plus, Luke’s been beaten to market again, Matt’s been playing with time and Dan’s on a quest to meet our makers so he can dump black goo all over them.
Another Baby Yoda that Luke didn’t make
New Fable
New STALKERAvowed
Not all future games will be Xbox One compatible
Tenet likely releasing internationally first
KFC to 3D print “chicken” nuggets
If you want an opinion, you have to show up… which is why we don’t care what Dan thinks this week. This actually makes things easier for us to form a collective sentiment to present to you, the listener, as a Multiple Nerdgasm Review™.
It’s just Matt and Luke this week and Luke’s a bit under the weather. He pulled through like a trooper and we had a nice discussion about Italy, Big Bang Theory, Instagram, movies, games and a lot more. Stop drawing dicks in cartoons Battleborn is not receiving any more updates Instagram needs to be a bit more careful about it’s advertising Get drunk future style with Blade Runner Johnny Walker Linda Hamilton is Sarah Connor again Tomb Raider has a fairly boring trailer Taika Waititi might do Akira? Maybe? Last Jedi trailer in October? Crossplay is possible except Sony doesn’t trust us not to swear at each other
We’re all here this week! Despite last week’s title this episode we actually discuss Alien: Covenant a lot. Be warned: Luke has given you a few weeks so this episode contains spoilers. We also talk about goings on at the Alamo Drafthouse, some video games and some questionable quotes from Aussie Prime Ministers.
Luke returned from the US with some sort of illness so he’s absent again this week. Dan and Matt discuss Guardians of the Galaxy, Alien: Covenant, Thimbleweed Park, crappy cinema experiences and more!
This week you’re the star of the show! As long as you’re one of the people who submitted a question for us. Hooray for you! And if you’re not one of those people there’s always next time. Literally next week, because it’s going to be a weekly thing now. Hooray again!
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