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Episode 374: Does this really count as a rebirth?
July 9th, 2025 | 1 hr 30 mins
AI, EA, F1, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Phil Spencer, Playstation, Rick and Morty, Sea of Thieves, Sony, TV, Xbox, anime, anime expo, battlefront 2, bill gates, blade, captain america, copilot, crunchyroll, cyberpunk 2077, cyberpunk edgerunners, dcu, death stranding 2, dice, doctor who, everwild, forza motorsport, gaming, geek, harry potter, hbo max, helldivers 2, hideo kojima, hot wheels, ironheart, james gunn, jason isaacs, john m chu, john romero, julian mcmahon, jurassic park, jurassic world, jurassic world rebirth, marvel comics, mattel, michael madsen, movies, nerd, nintendo, open ai, ps5, rare ltd, romero games, ryan coogler, scarjo, scarlett johansen, sinners, steel hunters, superman, turn10, universal pictures, video games, wargaming, warner bros, world of tanks, xbox series x, zack snyder
Serious question, why call something Rebirth, if there is no rebirthing, where was the rebirthing? Yes I have a full review of Jurassic World Rebirth in todays drop. Plus more fallout from the Microsoft and Xbox layoffs, and who is to blame? Helldivers 2 is dropping on Xbox next month, and Nintendo ponders the future of game development. ScarJo is now the highest grossing lead actor ever, John M Chu is going to be racing into theaters as the director of Hot Wheels. Meanwhile James Gunn and Zack Snyder portal into Rick and Morty in the least suspecting way.
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Episode 282: It's October 3rd(4th)...
October 4th, 2023 | 1 hr 15 mins
80s drama, 80s movies, COD, Fortnite, MCU, Miyazaki, N64, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Phil Spencer, Playstation, Red Dead Redemption, Star Trek, Star Wars, Star Wars Rogue One, TV, TV shows, adidas, ahsoka, amc+, aspyr, barney, blumhouse, call of duty, community, counter strike, counter strike 2, cs:go, cyberpunk 2077, dan harmon, daniel radcliffe, dcu, diablo 4, discovery+, disney+, doom, doom shotgun, driving miss daisy, ed boon, embracer group, epic games, filed of dreams, france, french government, full metal jacket, gamestop, gareth edwards, gordon gecko, grand admiral thrawn, harry potter, hbo max, jim ryan, knights of the old republic, kotor, marvel studios, mattel, mean girls, michael gambon, minecraft, minecraft dungeons, mojang, mortal kombat, movies, naughty dog, nintendo 64, nintendo switch, nvidia, overwatch 2, patrick stewart, paw patrol, peacemaker, pokémon, rip & tear, saber interactive, sag-aftra, scarface, sci-fi, six seasons and a movie, sony interactive entertainment, spider-man 2, spongebob, star trek nemesis, star trek picard, steam, the creator, the last of us, tom hardy, tony montana, ubisoft, unreal engine, valve, van gogh, video games, wall street, x-men
Its not October 3rd, but thats ok. Got a bit of a doozy this week, Sony scrubs all mention of the KotoR Remake from their socails, and acts like its perfectly normal, several Ubisoft execs were arrested by French Police, and the French Govt. raids Nvidia, its a bad day to be in the French gaming industry. As the writers get back to work, SAG meets with the studios to try and negotiate their deal, as streamers seek to increase their rates yet again. Also we have a review of the Ahsoka season finale, as well as Gareth Edward's The Creator. We wrap up the show with our last list of 80s movies, this week, Drama.
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Episode 274: Pokémon Presents: Tekken 8
August 9th, 2023 | 1 hr 10 mins
1970s, 8bitdo, Ben Affleck, Bethesda, EVO, Fallout, Hulu, I Am Groot, Jon Snow, MCU, Metroid Prime, Red Dead Redemption, Resident Evil, Ridley Scott, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, The Godfather, Xbox, activision, adam devine, animal house, baldur's gate 3, barbie, barbie movie, batfleck, batman, blade runner, blazing saddles, bob iger, call of duty, capcom, charlottes web, chinatown, crayola, david ayer, dceu, dcu, disney+, edge of tomorrow, embracer group, emily blunt, eone, fatal fury, game of thrones, grease, groot, guilty gear strive, hasbro, hbo, infinity ward, james gunn, jaws, jonathan majors, kang, lin manuel miranda, lionsgate, little mermaid, loki, magic the gathering, marvel studios, mattel, max, metroid prime 4, modern warfare, monopoly, mortal kombat 1, movies, mtg, nintendo, nintendo switch, paradox pokémon, pixar, playstation 5, pokémon anime, pokémon presents, pokémon scarlet, pokémon violet, ps5, resident evil 2 remake, robin hood, rockstar games, sharknado, sonic the hedgehog, sony playstation, star trek strange new worlds, star trek the motion picture, steam, street fighter 6, suicide squad, superman, take two interactive, tcm, tekken 8, the aristocats, the ayer cut, the hulk, the phantom tollbooth, the pokémon company, the rescuers, the warriors, tiktok, turner classic movies, video games, wbdiscovery, wga strike, willy wonka & the chocolate factory, writers guild of america
We had some big gaming news over the last week between EVO 2023 and Pokémon Presents, thus giving us something to feast on before Gamescon. Meanwhile there has been a lot of movement out of Hollywood, not necessarily on the strike front, but news nonetheless. Barbie made a billion in under 20 days, Disney+ is following in Netflix's footsteps, and while Max is pulling a pandemic Netflix. Lin Manuel Miranda wants to adapt a classic for the stage, and Pixar isn't worried about the future. We cap off the show with the best movies from the 1970s.
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Episode 249: The Big Game Spot
February 16th, 2023 | 58 mins 39 secs
Batgirl, EA Games, Fantastic Four, Joker, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Wars, TV shows, The Legend of Zelda, Xbox, activision, activisionblizzard, amazon, ant man and the wasp, apex legends, appletv+, arrested development, barney, barney the purple dinosaur, batfleck, batman, batman 89, bob iger, bobby kotick, breath of the wild, call of duty, dcu, dead island 2, dead space, deadpool 3, disney+, ea sports, english premier league, ezra miller, fast x, fifa, general zod, guardians of the galaxy vol. 3, hbo max, how to train your dragon, james gunn, kevin feige, league of legends, link, lord and miller, magic mike, marvel studios, mattel, michael keaton, modern warfare ii, movies, multiversus, nintendo, nintendo switch, patrick stewart, respawn, riot games, roblox, spider-man noir, squid game, super mario bros movie, supergirl, tears of the kingdom, ted lasso, the bad batch, the division 2, the fast and the furious, the flash, the mandalorian, the super bowl, tom clancy, transformers, ubisoft, velma, video games, warzone, xbox gamepass, zack snyder, zelda
Well the Super Bowl dropped some serious Batman on us, and some guardians too. But mostly here for the I'm Batman in the Flash. Respawn Entertainment thinks they can keep Apex going for 20 years, and EA signs a deal with the English Premier League. Mattel is rebooting Barney for some reason, and Arrested Development is leaving Netflix in a surprise move. Meanwhile Kevin Feige gets real about the MCU and and James Gunn gets praise from Zack Snyder.