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.
Neighbours VS Zombies Part 1 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - YouTube YouTube to begin automatically labeling AI videos Subnautica 2 Is Reportedly Earning That Controversial $250 Bonus New James Bond Project Is Officially His Best Outing Since ‘Skyfall’ | Review Bungie staff learned about Destiny 2 when we did Destiny 3 Petition Destiny players review bombing Marathon ‘Project Hail Mary’ Tops Golden Trailer Awards With 5 Prizes Nic Cage says Christopher Nolan won’t call him back Leto Not Thrilled With “Masters of the Universe” Prime Video’s Sleeper-Hit Sitcom Is Facing a Completely New Challenge After Its Surprise Season 3 Renewal ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Needs a Box Office Miracle After an Underwhelming Opening ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Recovers Reported Budget in Just 1 Weekend ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’ Won’t Lose Money. It May Not Rescue ‘Star Wars’ Either Star Wars’ Official Return to Theaters Breaks Major Disney Record ScreenRant rant
Somehow a conversation about the Grogu movie leads to the discovery that Neighbours made a zombie spin-off in 2014 and it’s available on YouTube. That’s the kind of episode this is.
Along the way: William Shatner publicly calling his own Magic: The Gathering card AI-generated garbage, Matt’s genuine distress over not being able to enjoy Stardew Valley, Luke owning 12 boxes of Heroes of Might and Magic 3 board game expansions and having opened exactly one, and a surprisingly interesting breakdown of why Spotify’s new fan-verification ticket system might actually dent concert scalping. Plus GTA 6 is still November, Destiny 2 is winding down, and Matt is running a local AI agent that reads obituaries so we don’t miss Geek of the Week candidates.
What’s a gamer to do when Microsoft takes away his gamerscore? Let’s just hope that never actually happens. It might mean the end of this show!
Disney are concerned about the reaction to the Super Bowl trailer as well - https://www.darkhorizons.com/disneys-star-wars-avatar-marvel-challenges/ First photo from God of War draws mixed reactions - https://www.darkhorizons.com/first-photo-amazons-god-of-war-tv-series/ Apparently Resident Evil: Requiem is amazing - https://www.darkhorizons.com/resident-evil-requiem-draws-rave-reviews/ Asha Sharma first interview as head of xbox - https://www.trueachievements.com/news/xbox-ceo-asha-sharma-protect-thousands-of-dollars-invested-by-players Dr Disrespect is being weird again - https://kotaku.com/drdisrespect-marathon-stream-youtube-2000673727
Not long ago in the galaxy you’re also currently occupying…
Predator: Badlands - https://www.darkhorizons.com/dan-trachtenberg-on-his-predator-future/ Avatar 3 made half as much as Avatar 1 - https://www.darkhorizons.com/third-avatar-gross-is-half-of-the-first/ The Mandalorian and Grogu superbow trailer is weird - https://www.darkhorizons.com/big-game-spot-the-mandalorian-and-grogu/ The Mandalorian and Grogu full trailer also looks bad - https://www.darkhorizons.com/full-trailer-the-mandalorian-and-grogu/ Rogue Squadron writer isn’t sure what’s going on with it - https://www.darkhorizons.com/rogue-squadron-writer-talks-its-status/ Jon Favreau might be leaving Star Wars - https://www.darkhorizons.com/jon-favreau-hints-at-potential-star-wars-exit/ 28 Years Later part three might not happen - https://www.darkhorizons.com/third-28-years-later-looking-uncertain/ There’s a shortage at the Olympic village, and it’s not beer - https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a70350207/2026-winter-olympics-out-of-condoms/ Olympic Skier is having a bad week - https://kotaku.com/olympic-skiier-confesses-cheating-gf-during-live-interview-after-winning-bronze-medal-2000667324 Robotaxi company has to pay people to go close the car doors - https://kotaku.com/waymo-ai-taxi-robocars-close-doors-pay-doordash-drivers-atlanta-real-2000668711 Realtors are using AI generated images, with… strange consequences - https://petapixel.com/2026/02/19/horror-demon-appears-in-dc-real-estate-listing-photo/ Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond are leaving Microsoft - https://www.theverge.com/games/882363/xbox-microsoft-phil-spencer-out
Luke’s finally watching Season 5 of Stranger Things. Better late than never! And can’t a person just pee in peace without fear of being filmed?
The Bone Temple not doing well - https://www.darkhorizons.com/the-bone-temple-crumbles-at-box-office/ Kathleen Kennedy says Indy will never be done - https://www.darkhorizons.com/kennedy-indiana-jones-will-never-be-done/ Gore Verbinski says Unreal is why CGI is bad - https://www.darkhorizons.com/verbinski-blames-unreal-for-bad-movie-cgi/ Man from Pokemon company arrested for putting cameras in bathrooms - https://kotaku.com/pokemon-company-ben-tsai-employee-camera-starbucks-arrest-2000661238 Google keeps messing up AI headlines - https://www.theverge.com/tech/865168/google-says-ai-news-headlines-are-feature-not-experiment
