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  <title>Episode 374: Does this really count as a rebirth?</title>
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  <itunes:episode>374</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Does this really count as a rebirth?</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>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. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:30:38</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 282: It's October 3rd(4th)...</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2023 23:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <itunes:title>It's October 3rd(4th)...</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>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. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:15:26</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 274: Pokémon Presents: Tekken 8</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 22:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <itunes:episode>274</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Pokémon Presents: Tekken 8</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>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. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:10:24</itunes:duration>
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  <description>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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  <title>Episode 249: The Big Game Spot</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Nick DeFalco</author>
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  <itunes:episode>249</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Big Game Spot</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>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. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>58:39</itunes:duration>
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