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Luke goes full cinema hermit and catches two movies in one day — the 40th anniversary of Transformers: The Movie (verdict: fun but makes absolutely no sense, Hot Rod forever) and Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil (verdict: actually good, go see it, the padlock jokes are perfect). Meanwhile Matt is still playing Yoshi and the Mysterious Book with his daughter, who apparently blasted through the new Bluey game in a single weekend like some kind of toddler speedrunner. The internet is mad about Wolverine because Mystique has clothes on. Sweet Baby Inc, apparently. Blizzard announced StarCraft and Diablo 5 at BlizzCon because they had nothing else — both are 4-5 years away, both trailers are purely cinematic. Level-5 admitted they used some AI art in the Professor Layton remake announcement and everyone lost their minds. 007: First Light got delayed again on Switch 2, almost certainly because nobody wants to ship anything near GTA 6. Buffy's 30th anniversary Emmys segment happened, it got complicated, and also we learned what gooning is. You're welcome. Plus: a dolphin named Bubbles who has figured out that if you scare a fish enough it will throw up, and then you eat that. Luke has decided he no longer likes dolphins. A Dolphin Named Bubbles Makes Other Fish Vomit Then Eats ItProfessor Layton Developer Level 5 Scrambles To Reupload Trailers As Ai Backlash Intensifies"Wolverine" Discourse Gets Toxic Over 'Gas' - Dark Horizons007 First Light Delayed Again on Switch 2StarCraft returns in 2030 as an open-world shooterDiablo 5 Announced Release Date 2029First Plot Details For Zack Snyders Escape From New York RemakeZach Cregger's 'Resident Evil' Isn't Just Surprising, It's Surprisingly GoodDemon IslandDoctor who might be back for season 16‘Buffy’ stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, David Boreanaz asked to kiss at Emmys 2026Emmys 2026 speech sparks backlash over omission from Buffy reunion

Luke’s three VBs in not hungover this week, so prepare for some high energy discussion of the week’s going on! Bruce Campbell Says He Has Five Years LeftLuke does not have the restriction on streamingAdventure awaits! Nintendo of America announces Customer Appreciation Sale - News - Nintendo Official SiteThe iPhone Duo is Apple’s first foldableThe Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time Remake Fully RevealedMetroid Ravenous – Nintendo Direct 9.9.2026 - YouTubeKALLAX STORAGEBORN, a free creation for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim™ from IKEA. - YouTubeThe Wolverine reviews are in‘South Park’ Is “Changing Its Name” to ‘South America’ for Season 29 to Mock TrumpThe Just-Canceled 'Spider-Noir' Wins Some Posthumous Emmys

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 MostMicrosoft and Sony argue no obligation to pass on tariff refunds, file to dismiss consumer lawsuitsThe Witcher Remake Is On Hold Until The Witcher 4S Development Progresses Confirms Cd Projekt RedPlaystation Claims Digital Games Are Not Really Owned By Players In Response To Class Action Lawsuit12Tb Of Steam Files Leak As A Decades Worth Of First And Third Party Game Data Is ExposedJames Pond Co-Creator Calls AI-Rife Remake 'Soulless'The New 'Star Trek' Movie Will Explore 'Bad Apples' in StarfleetRidley Scott Wants To Help Alien After Romulus Was Better Than His FilmsStar Wars Effects Artist Phil Tippett Shutters StudioTippet StuffNicolas Cage’s ‘Spider-Noir’ Canceled by Prime Video After One Season

Xbox's limited-edition green throwback console sold out in under a minute this week, and is now sitting on eBay for $3,300 AUD. Reasonable? You be the judge. Actually no, we’ll be the judge. That’s ridiculous. Squadrom 42 delayed... again. The scam continues! : r/pcmasterraceApple's Polishing Cloth is back for $9Xbox Disc To Digital InsidersIkea’s Xbox collection includes a giant thumbstick stoolCanceled Iron Man Game Footage From Just Cause And Mad Max Developer Leaks OnlinePlayStation Blasts Out Poorly Timed Reminder About Digital GamesThe Witcher 3 Remastered Launches September Free Upgrade For All OwnersThe Witcher 3 Songs Of The Past Expansion Confirmed To Include More Gwent And Everyone Is Already CelebratingThe Witcher 4 Confirmed For 2028 Release In Official Cd Projekt Gamescom 2026 Announcement"Avengers Endgame Encore" Is

Luke's back from the actual flu (not the fake flu, the 'couldn't get an achievement for 5 days' flu), and Matt's walking around post-spinal surgery like a champ, albeit with a physiotherapist who apparently learned her craft from a Bond villain Star Citizen Developer Stream Goes Horribly Off The Rails Creating Further Distrust Among Players"Wolverine" Game UnderBruce Campbell Wants 'Evil Dead' to Lighten the Hell Up AgainBruce Campbell Officially Retires From Playing Ash Williams in All Future 'Evil Dead' ProjectsDisney Sets Pre-"Avengers: Doomsday" WatchlistX Men Cast Confirmed To Include Inde Navarette As Rogue Adam Driver As Mister Sinister Maya Boyd As Storm And More D23 2026Dave Bautista Officially Cast As Kratos In God Of War Show After Ryan Hurst Drops Out Due To Injury

We're back, baby! Matt had surgery, Luke got sick, got better, went back to work, and got sick again with something different. Classic Luke. Anyway, we pushed through because we missed you. Thimbleweed Park 2The Elder Scrolls 6 Demo To Xbox Leadership Included A Giant Inflatable Rat Placed Outside Bethesda Offices In Protest At Microsofts Mass LayoffsRegion Locked: A Documentary Series on Aussie Video Games by Region Locked Documentary — KickstarterMovie-Goers Evacuate Spider-Man: Brand New Day Screening After 'Rotten' Fart RipsSadie Sink’s Secret Role in ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Finally RevealedRyan Gosling Is Officially the MCU's New Ghost RiderEmma Frost has been castMahershala Ali Officially Moves on From ‘Blade’ After Marvel CancellationMarvel's Giant 'Avengers: Doomsday' Comic-Con Ad Resulted In a Huge FineJames Bond Will Be Officially Announced This YearGod Of War Show May Have Found Its Kratos In Dave BautistaAlan Ritchson Is Officially Crowned Netflix's Streaming King

This week we wonder how Nolan made a $250 million movie that looks like The Odyssey, while Moana 2 cost the same amount and looks like... Moana 2. 'The Mandalorian & Grogu' Officially Surges to No. 1 as Instant Digital Hit in Just 24 HoursWhoopi Goldberg Slams Transphobic Critics of Elliot Page’s Casting in ‘The Odyssey’: ‘Then Don’t Go See It… Why Do You Care Who’s Cast in It?’‘The Odyssey’ Proves It: Audiences Want Movies Made the Hard WayChristopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Is Officially Too Popular'Avengers: Doomsday' Breaks New Record 6 Months Before It Hits TheatersFirst Photos: "Blade Runner 2099" TV SeriesBlade Runner 2099 TeaserDisney Officially Confirms the End of 'The Mandalorian'

Luke is back from hospital where he apparently has built up a full tolerance to ketamine ('I have no idea what people are going on about') and Matt is falling apart at the spine. It's fine. Everyone's fine. Somehow they still watched a bunch of movies and have opinions. id creative director says they were not completely nerfedBBC Officially Responds to 'Doctor Who' CancellationGeorge Lucas Says 'There's Nothing You Can Do About AI'Bethesda Gives Update On Elder Scrolls 6 And Future After Xbox 'Reset'Fallout 3 And New Vegas Remasters Coming Ahead Of Fallout 5Sydney Sweeney to star in new, erotic, Sleepy HollowThe New 'G.I. Joe' Movie Just Landed a Surprising DirectorLive-Action ‘Moana’ Remake To Lose $100 Million After Disappointing Box-Office Debut

So Taylor Swift got married, Adam Sandler officiated (yes, really, no one knows why either), and you could buy 'wedding memorabilia' off a New York street artist - including a used ovulation test - for $25. We live in a society. Then there's the Xbox stuff, which is a lot. Like, a LOT. Thousands of jobs gone, Double Fine just... set free, id Software's programmers shown the door (great for the legendary game engine people, obviously), and Obsidian pulled off Avowed 2 to go make Fallout instead. The good news: this is what everyone wanted since New Vegas. The bad news: it's happening because Microsoft bought literally everything and then panicked. Sony's having a bad fortnight too. No disc drive on PS6, and they're nuking 551 movies from people's PlayStation libraries because the licenses ran out. You know, movies people paid for. Bought. Owned. Allegedly. Armie Hammer took a role in Uwe Boll's new film without reading the full script, then rang his publicist crying after he saw it. He did say he'd do the sequel for 'life-changing money,' which is a very reasonable position. Mindhunter is dead forever and Fincher hates that you keep asking. Ludwig got renewed for season 3 before season 2 is even out, which - watch Ludwig. And Supergirl bombed harder than Blue Beetle, which is impressive given that nobody remembered Blue Beetle existed. Armie Hammer’s ‘Citizen Vigilante’ Secures Worldwide Distribution Following Dramatic Elon Musk Intervention (EXCLUSIVE)Armie Hammer was 'in tears' the first time he saw the 'hateful' Citizen Vigilante in fullTaytay got marriedTaylor Swift fans pay $25 for garbage from outside weddingSony will no longer produce discs for PlayStation games starting in January 2028, citing "consumer preferences" as the reason why | Eurogamer.netPeople are cancelling PS Plus over the disc situationGame Pass Reportedly Down To 30 Million Subscribers After ChurnXbox Wants To 'Entertain More Than A Billion People' DailyResetting XBOX - XBOX WireDoom Studio's Future Unclear After Xbox Bloodbath At id SoftwareObsidian working on new Fallout game?!?The Odyssey is getting rave reviewsDC’s Latest Superhero Movie Crosses $100 Million, but There’s a CatchSony Deletes 551 StudioCanal Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For‘Mindhunter’ Is Officially Cancelled, So Stop Asking David Fincher About ItBeloved Detective Series Officially Renewed Ahead of New Episodes

Luke went to see Supergirl and came back mostly flat. His verdict: he laughed once. Xbox prices are going upGTA 6 Will Just Be A Code In A Box At Launch With No DiscSteam Machine ReviewSteam MachineRichard Garriott Wants To Take Ultima Back From EAThe villain in Spider-man Brand New Day hasn't been revealed yet‘World War Z’ Officially Returns With New Sequel in Development

Matt beat an innocent stranger to death with a rock this week. Listen to find out what the hell that's about.We get into the Xbox chaos (Ninja Theory gone, Elder Scrolls 6 still apparently coming in 2028 or possibly never, Tim Schafer potentially going indie), the Commodore flip phone that blocks social media and may or may not be purchased by Luke on the spot, why Ridley Scott doing Treasure Island feels weird, and the very depressing news that Europe can't legally force publishers to keep game servers alive.Also Matt's daughter is already better at the Bluey game than he is, which tracks. Flip-Phone - CommodoreXbox VP Says Gears Of War Wasn't Ripped From PS5 Last MinuteXbox Promises The Elder Scrolls 6 Is 'Coming Along Well'XBOX Studios Facing Possible Closures - Blue's News StoryXbox warns of a ‘reset’ as it prepares for layoffsXbox Game Studios Boss Resigns Ahead Of Mass LayoffsXbox is closing down Hellblade creator Ninja TheoryEC "Cannot Propose a Legal Obligation to Keep Video Games Playable" - Blue's News StoryWe got free GTA V upgrades before GTA VIHugh Jackman Is Ready for Ridley Scott’s “Thrilling” Pirate Adventure [Exclusive]

Luke spent many hours at the cinema this week, drinking his way through five movies, then got on a kick scooter and came straight to record a podcast. I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually worksGeorge Miller Has "Mad Max" Film & TV PlansSteven Spielberg Says James Bond Movies ‘Constantly Turned Me Down’ and ‘If They Asked Me Now’ to Direct the Answer Would Be: ‘You Can’t Afford Me’

Luke's heroics at a pub meat raffle set the tone for this week's episode. When a man grabs a woman's arm on the dance floor he'll be there, like a red bearded Batman. An 83-year-old man's retirement fund - a warehouse's worth of vintage Star Wars LEGO he's been sitting on since the '90s - is stuck in the middle of one of the strangest internet dramas going right now. Bricks and Minifigs, Antifa, a YouTuber getting arrested in corporate lobbies, a police raid on an Airbnb to search for stolen LEGO, and a Patreon CEO publicly telling a franchise to get stuffed. Nuts. That's not all: Matt has sunk 131 hours into Dune: Awakening and it's coming to Xbox and Game Pass in September, which means he and Luke might actually play it together (for about two weeks before their schedules implode). Uwe Boll is back with a potential Batman/Punisher ripoff that Warner Bros. forced him to rename. Luke cannot play Wolverine because Sony exist. And the Buffy the Vampire Slayer LEGO set - the library AND The Bronze, with minifigs - is officially under review after clearing the Ideas supporter threshold. Trailer: Armie Hammer In "Citizen Vigilante"Buffy LegoEveryone In This LEGO Dispute Should Have Spoken To A Lawyer Earlier Than They Did | TechdirtAlien Isolation 2New Wolverine gameplayPlayStation State of Play June 2026: All the news and trailersDune Awakening comes to console in September with a new single-player mode | TheSixthAxis

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 - YouTubeYouTube to begin automatically labeling AI videosSubnautica 2 Is Reportedly Earning That Controversial $250 BonusNew James Bond Project Is Officially His Best Outing Since 'Skyfall' | ReviewBungie staff learned about Destiny 2 when we didDestiny 3 PetitionDestiny players review bombing Marathon‘Project Hail Mary’ Tops Golden Trailer Awards With 5 PrizesNic Cage says Christopher Nolan won’t call him backLeto 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’ EitherStar Wars' Official Return to Theaters Breaks Major Disney RecordScreenRant 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. 'Neighbours: Zombies on Ramsey Street' review coming next week. Spotify is going to reserve concert tickets for ‘real fans’ | The VergeWilliam Shatner Dunks On Kirk MTG Card From The Star Trek SetForza Horizon hits xbox top ten before release onto game passXbox's New Head Of Strategy Still Believes In Gaming ConsolesGTA 6 Not Delayed, Still Arriving On PS5 And Xbox In NovemberDestiny 2's End Reportedly Portends 'Significant' Layoffs At BungieKnight Teases New James Bond Film ApproachFour Set For "Life is Strange" TV Series - Dark Horizons