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It’s episode 666, so naturally we spent a chunk of it assigning the Seven Deadly Sins to the gaming industry’s worst offenders. Unity took Greed for trying to charge developers retroactively per install (still unforgivable). AI took Gluttony. Microsoft took… also Gluttony, basically. Luke took Sloth personally and voluntarily. Chris Roberts, who has been making Star Citizen since 2012, has taken over a billion dollars, and still hasn’t released the game, nearly got Sloth but ended up on Pride, which honestly tracks more. Also in this episode: Luke bought a shirt in Vietnam that might have sea cucumbers on it. Matt went to a fake Warped Tour at a brewery and thinks the Green Day tribute band put in more effort than actual Green Day. The Witcher 3 Remastered looks incredible on an ultrawide with ray tracing. Luke wants Night Trap but can’t get it in Australia. Someone is selling bootleg 4K discs of The Abyss on Amazon. The Minecraft Realm still exists and nobody has logged in. Oh,

Nathan Fielder moved into Elizabeth Holmes’ house for 10 days before she went to jail, made a documentary about it, and somehow it’s rated R for graphic nudity. We have no idea what’s going on and we cannot wait. Also: Luke watched all of Silo Season 3 instead of going for a swim (the pool wasn’t warm enough), Matt went to see the Jonas Brothers and actually enjoyed it (being supportive, he insists), and Xbox had another rough week -Ninja Theory is being shut down after Microsoft couldn’t sell them, and Halo is now Activision’s problem. George Lucas came out of his box this week to say his Star Wars special editions were necessary and justified. The Ewoks blinked their disagreement. Also he claims he had three more Star Wars movies planned… we’re pretty sure he did not. Plus: the CEO of Nvidia doesn’t know his own address so kids don’t need to learn maths apparently, an AI actress glitched into Chinese mid-interview with Piers Morgan, and someone paid thou

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 w

Luke’s three VBs in not hungover this week, so prepare for some high energy discussion of the week’s going on! Topics discussedXbox Cloud Gaming hour-limit exemption emailsNintendo's tariff-refund customer appreciation saleLegend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake revealedMetroid Ravenous announcedIKEA's Kallax Storageborn Skyrim DLCWolverine game review backlash despite solid scoresStar Wars 50th anniversary theatrical re-releaseBruce Campbell says he has five years leftApple's iPhone Duo foldable phone revealSouth Park renamed 'South America' for season 29Ted Lasso discussionSpider-Noir wins posthumous Emmys after cancellationDispatch game impressionsLinks Bruce Campbell Says He Has Five Years Left Luke does not have the restriction on streaming Adventure awaits! Nintendo of America announces Customer Appreciation Sale - News - Nintendo Official Site The iPhone Duo is Apple’s first foldable The Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time Remake Fully Revealed Metroid Ravenous – Nintendo Direct 9.9.2026 - YouT

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? Topics discussedMicrosoft & Sony keep tariff refunds after court rulingXbox Cloud Gaming new monthly hour limitsRAM/storage price surge & AI bubble concernsThe Witcher remake put on hold for Witcher 4James Pond AI-generated remake backlashPlayStation digital ownership class action lawsuitSteam 12TB data leakSilo season 3 finaleNicolas Cage's Spider-Noir cancelled after one seasonNew Star Trek movie's 'bad apples' premise backlashRidley Scott wants to make third Alien prequelPhil Tippett's studio goes bankruptAlec Baldwin trial documentary announcedFull show notes and links: https://multiplenerdgasm.com/662-insert-coin/

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. Topics discussedGreen Xbox limited-edition console sells out & scalpingXbox price increases due to RAM costsXbox disc-to-digital licensing featureIKEA Xbox furniture collectionCanceled Iron Man game footage leakPlayStation's poorly-timed digital ownership reminderHome NAS/media server & Claude-powered news digest setupWitcher 3 free remaster & Witcher 4 2028 releaseWitcher 3 Songs of the Past expansion & GwentStar Citizen: Squadron 42 delayed againChris Roberts' alleged misappropriation of Freelancer fundsNo Man's Sky redemption arc comparisonMCU catch-up: Black Panther Wakanda ForeverCaptain America: Brave New World & Red HulkThunderbolts reviewFantastic Four: First Steps reviewAvengers Endgame Encore re-releaseApple's $9 polishing cloth price cutLinks Squadrom 42 delayed&he

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 Topics discussedEnd of Oak Street reviewSilo season 3 reviewBluey 3D movie announcement backlashDave Bautista officially cast as KratosX-Men cast revealed (Rogue, Mr. Sinister, Storm & more)Disney's pre-Avengers Doomsday watchlistDave Harbour's 'You're Tony Stark' line speculationReacher season 4 premiereBruce Campbell retires from playing AshBruce Campbell says Evil Dead needs to lighten upStar Citizen developer stream disasterWolverine game graphics backlashDune Awakening updatePAX pass giveaway announcementLinks Star Citizen Developer Stream Goes Horribly Off The Rails Creating Further Distrust Among Players “Wolverine” Game Under Bruce Campbell Wants ‘Evil Dead’ to Lighten the Hell Up Again Bruce Cam

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. Topics discussedSpider-Man: Brand New Day reaction & villain revealSpider-Man Brand New Day fart-evacuation incidentStar Wars: The Last Jedi retrospective tangentRyan Gosling cast as Ghost RiderSamara Weaving cast as Emma FrostBlade movie in limbo after Mahershala Ali exitAvengers: Doomsday Comic-Con ad finesRegion Locked Kickstarter (Aussie game documentary)Send Help movie reviewJames Bond casting announcement expected this yearDaniel Craig Bond era rewatch reflectionsCase of the Golden Idol playthroughClair Obscur: Expedition 33 impressionsThimbleweed Park 2 announcedElder Scrolls 6 demo & inflatable rat protestDave Bautista in talks for God of War's KratosLinks Thimbleweed Park 2 The Elder Scrolls 6 Demo To Xbox Leadership Included A Giant Inflatable Rat Placed Outside Bethesda Offices In Protest At Mi

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. Topics discussedThe Odyssey (Nolan) reviewElliot Page casting backlash addressedThe Odyssey vs Moana 2 budget comparisonObsession rewatch & press tourObsession actress's Call of Duty fandomAvengers: Doomsday trailer breaks view recordChanning Tatum cast as GambitNew Spider-Man & Tom Holland/ZendayaMandalorian & Grogu box office vs digital numbersDisney confirms end of The MandalorianStar Wars canceled projects (Taika Waititi, Patty Jenkins)Starfighter lightsaber battle controversyStar Wars sequel trilogy retcons (Palpatine, Mara Jade)Blade Runner 2099 teaser trailerPrime Video's expanding slate & James Bond acquisitionLord of the Rings Extended Editions & Peter Jackson's Hobbit critiqueMan of Steel vs Superman (2025) action-stakes comparisonMad Max: Fury Road practical effects praiseThe Odyssey Cyclops/giants practical vs CGI debateLinks

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. Topics discussedLuke's ketamine hospital treatment updateEvil Dead Rise reviewObsession reviewHokum reviewWorld Cup final & FIFA corruptionTrump red card controversySydney Sweeney's Sleepy Hollow adaptationSydney Sweeney & Michael Bay's OutrunDanny McBride directing new GI Joeid Software staffing clarificationElder Scrolls 6 update & Fallout remastersDoctor Who cancellation statementLive-action Moana box office bombGeorge Lucas comments on AIAI coding tools & Claude CodeAI art ownership lawsuitLinks id creative director says they were not completely nerfed BBC Officially Responds to ‘Doctor Who’ Cancellation George Lucas Says ‘There’s Nothing You Can Do About AI’ Bet

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 pu

Luke went to see Supergirl and came back mostly flat. His verdict: he laughed once. Topics discussedSupergirl movie reviewDC movie slate (Man of Tomorrow, Clayface, Batman Part II)Clarkson's Farm season 5Prostate cancer screening discussionWorld War Z sequel announcedZombie movie lore (Return of the Living Dead)Xbox price increasesAI and automation job concernsSteam Machine pricing & reviewGTA 6 physical copy is a code in a boxResident Evil 5/6 remake cancellation & Haiti zombie loreAnthony Stewart Head pronunciation follow-upRichard Garriott reclaiming Ultima rightsLinks Xbox prices are going up GTA 6 Will Just Be A Code In A Box At Launch With No Disc Steam Machine Review Steam Machine Richard Garriott Wants To Take Ultima Back From EA The 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. Topics discussedRust gameplay story (naked beach murder)Xbox 'reset' layoffs & studio closuresNinja Theory shut downXbox Game Studios boss resignsElder Scrolls 6 delayed to 2028Compulsion Games & Double Fine going independentGears of War: E-Day revealHalo Combat Evolved remasterFree GTA V current-gen upgradesGTA 6 anticipationAssassin's Creed Black Flag remakeRidley Scott's Treasure Island with

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. Topics discussedScary Movie reboot reviewMasters of the Universe reviewMasters of the Universe box office flopDisclosure Day (Spielberg) reviewSpielberg filmography rankingBack Rooms (A24 horror) reviewObsession movie reviewSpielberg James Bond pitchGeorge Miller's Mad Max plansCGI in modern movies vs Fury RoadiPhone battery replacement sagaWWDC: new Siri powered by GeminiAI photo editing ethicsShooting travel photos on filmLinks I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually works George Miller Has “Mad Max” Film & TV Plans Steven 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

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. Topics discussedNeighbours vs Zombies Halloween specialThe Mandalorian and Grogu reviewMandalorian and Grogu box office performanceGolden Trailer Awards winnersYouTube AI video labeling policyAI-generated thumbnails discussion007 First Light impressionsThe Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition on Game PassStardew Valley on Switch LiteRepo! The Genetic Opera theatrical revivalMasters of the Universe: Jared Leto controversyJury Duty season 3 renewalThe Rehearsal season 2 discussionNicolas Cage and Christopher NolanSubnautica 2 $250 million bonus disputeScreenRant clickbait rantDestiny 2 cancelled, Bungie layoffsMarathon review bombing petitionFull show notes and links: https://multiplenerdgasm.com/651-grow-goo/

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. Topics discussedMandalorian and Grogu weak receptionBoba Fett and Star Wars fatigueWilliam Shatner mocks his MTG Kirk cardBoard games tangent (Heroes of Might and Ma

Luke slept 18 hours before this episode because he was up until 3 AM playing Forza Horizon 6. That’s the kind of dedication that costs nearly $200 when you factor in the premium upgrade. Meanwhile Matt was over here still playing Conan Exiles Enhanced on GeForce Now and trying to figure out mod management on a streaming service (spoiler: it’s a nightmare). We also talked about: Mixtape on Game Pass — Luke really wants you to play this one. Silverchair and Smashing Pumpkins on the soundtrack, little indie game about friends and memories. Just play it. XBOX is all caps again. Yes. Matt polled the audience (well, Microsoft did on Twitter). Everybody said all caps. Done. Some leaked photos of what’s supposedly the new Xbox Cloud Gaming controller. Luke called bullshit immediately and we stand by that. Uwe Boll is making 23 Years Later: The Castle of the Dead because Paul W. S. Anderson is making a House of the Dead movie and Uwe cannot let that stand. God bless him. James Bond casting has start

Nicolas Cage is playing Spider-Man in a black-and-white 1950s noir series that’s out at the end of this month, and somehow that’s not even the wildest thing discussed this week. Asha Sharma quietly killed Xbox’s Copilot integration, an AI assistant that was officially announced as recently as March. Luke is so relieved he can barely contain it. Between that, the price cuts, and the achievement system overhaul, we try to work out whether she’s the real deal or if Microsoft just had a drawer full of approved changes waiting for someone new to take credit. There’s also the question of what Peter Molyneux knew and when, as his new Fable-adjacent game Masters of Albion gets caught up in accusations that its predecessor Legacy was a crypto rug pull. We trace the full sorry arc from CryptoZoo to Hawk Tuah to Johnny Depp drinking his investment wine, and end up somewhere near ’nobody learns anything.' On the genuinely good news side: Alien Isolation 2 is real, Conan Exiles got a su

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