Luke left a Rabbitohs game at halftime (they were up 24-0, which apparently is suspicious rather than reassuring) to record this, so you’re welcome. The big Xbox news: Game Pass is cheaper now, but Call of Duty won’t be day one anymore because apparently people were actually buying it and Microsoft noticed the gap in their wallet. Project Helix will be a real Xbox you can buy — not just a chip inside someone else’s handheld — though the ‘available as’ phrasing has Matt convinced ASUS will also be selling one. The Black Flag remaster looks sick in motion even if some of the screenshots are weirdly picked. Conan Exiles is getting a free UE5 glow-up on PC, which interrupted Matt’s current Dune Awakening era where he basically just pops in every few days to top up his shields. In other news: the guy who leaked the new Avatar movie is in serious trouble in Singapore (Luke’s taxi driver once warned him not to pick up a leaf from the ground there, so yeah, that tracks). Tim Cook is out at Apple. And somehow they ended up talking about a 1994 Super Nintendo game that was originally going to be a Hellraiser shooter. As you do.
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
Luke has returned to some terrible news this week, is the Xbox empire crumbling? You’ll have to listen to find out!
Xbox price hike - https://www.theverge.com/news/789424/xbox-game-pass-premium-essentials-ultimate-price-increase-changes People are mad about it - https://www.darkhorizons.com/xbox-game-pass-price-hike-draws-furore/ Amazon removes the gun from Bond’s hand in posters - https://kotaku.com/james-bond-amazon-guns-halo-remake-gaming-news-2000631492 This reboot of Frankenhooker looks good - https://www.darkhorizons.com/new-trailer-guillermo-del-toros-frankenstein/ The Carpenter’s Son - https://www.darkhorizons.com/full-trailer-jesus-horror-the-carpenters-son/ Gary Oldman knighted - https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/entertainment/celebrity/2025/10/01/gary-oldman-knighted
On how many episodes of a podcast do you need to act like you’re a lawyer before you’re legally a lawyer? Asking for a friend.
Elon is flipping the table at Twitter I guess
A new Witcher
An old Witcher made new
Wot is art?
Luke can Return to Monkey Island soon
Curl up on in your Star Wars sleeping bag on the floor and listen to our E3 recap!
Fallen Order gets a next gen update
Rob Zombie’s Munsters
Luke’s been brushing up on The Bard.
Bethesda and Microsoft
Justice Leaked
Zack is done
Lovecraft Country controversy
Netflix cracking down on password sharing
Lego hires a child
Lego Indy
One of us is now an Xbox hall of famer!
How Guybrush got his name
The Queens Gambit is a record breaker
Jeans Guy has been removed
David Prowse has died
Luke’s done us wrong but he opens with an apology. Forgive him? Nah me neither.
Microsoft to work around xCloud restrictions
That treadmill VR thing is finally coming!
Dune delayed until October next year
But you can see Alita in theatres again if you’re brave
The Fellowship gets naughty?
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
Dan’s cut himself off from Martinaise, Matt’s gotten himself lost in the wasteland and Luke’s become some sort of digital collectible dealer.
The OK symbol is not OKEnnio Morricone has died
Matt’s not here this week, but when he returns next week it’s his turn to have some Dick News of his own. Luke and Dan chat about their dicks, video games, and Star Wars. So, pretty much business as usual.
Dan’s off this week - probably on the search for new music for Luke to enjoy since ska died in the ’90s. For additional content (the After Party), purchase a Loot Bo…uhh “Surprise Mechanic” and become a Mega Fan on Patreon!
Links:Get your own R2 Droid
Disney jacking up the price of tickets before Galaxy’s Edge opens
Red Sonya has a new director
Netflix cancels a show they never made
It’s E3 time again, which means we speculate on what we think game studios might announce and whether or not that pisses us off.
Links:Now you can smell like an Xbox! Jedi Fallen Order gameplay from E3Google Stadia launch November and costs $9.99 a month The Elder Scrolls 6 will be a game you play for a decade
Baldur’s Gate 3 announced
Apple announced the world’s most expensive monitor stand
Bradley Cooper, we need you! Are you into milk? Dan’s got an art-house film he wants to cast you in.
This week Luke saw Ready Player One and Dan had himself a cheeky re-watch of The Last Jedi – and didn’t hate it. We discuss some other movie news, video games and we try to figure out who bit Beyonce’s face because apparently that happened. Spoilers: it wasn’t us. Carls Jr presents: The Spielburger Cory Feldman: Stabbed Beyonce: Bitten Solo: Reshot first Meryl Streep: Good but not good enough Deadwood Movie: Not happening Bill and Ted 3: Happening Uwe Boll: Plagiarised
We digitally replaced our faces with a selection of celebrity’s faces on this weeks episode – see if you can hear the difference. Thanks to the magic of AI everyone can be a porn star! And Nic Cage can finally be in a Superman film Amazon is also stealing ideas from our show Solo will not be a Star Wars film as far as China is concerned Flamethrowers are not boring Wasp dick Miitomo is shutting down Duke Nukem is coming to the big screen, maybe Dundee is not a movie Monique wants money
Happy 20th birthday, DVDs! And happy 39th year of still being with us, Devon Sawa! We’re glad you’re not a statistic but maybe a little sad that we haven’t seen you in anything lately.
