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

If you’re looking for Luke we promise he really does show up, eventually! Lots of James Bond talk this week, plus some rare Star Wars whinging.

• Gary Busey sentenced to two years probation for groping - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/gary-busey-pleads-guilty-groping
• Kimmel is back - https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-fully-back-abc-tv-nexstar-sinclair-1236530517/
• Costco will no longer sell Xboxes - https://www.thegamer.com/costco-retailer-xbox-series-x-s-microsoft-gaming-no-longer-sold-confirmation/
• Next Bond will be an unknown actor, casting after Dune Part Three is done - https://deadline.com/2025/09/james-bond-cast-unknown-british-actor-denis-villeneuve-dune-1236554375/
• Spider-man got bashed - https://www.darkhorizons.com/tom-holland-injured-on-spider-man-set/
• I take issue with this headline about Predator: Badlands - https://www.darkhorizons.com/predator-badlands-wont-have-a-xenomorph/
• The Mandalorian and Grogu trailer - https://www.darkhorizons.com/first-trailer-the-mandalorian-grogu/

Guess who’s back, back again? Luke is back, tell a friend.

• Nintendo did not patent summoning characters and making them fight - https://www.theverge.com/games/779062/nintendo-pokemon-summoning-battle-patent
• Jimmy Kimmel cancelled - https://www.darkhorizons.com/jimmy-kimmel-live-pre-empted-indefinitey/
• Disney+ cancellation page crashes - https://creators.yahoo.com/lifestyle/story/disney-cancellation-page-crashes-as-customers-rush-to-quit-after-kimmel-suspension-033512277.html
• Indiana Jones mocks Charlie Kirk - https://www.thegamer.com/bethesda-indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-charlie-kirk-tweet-deleted/
• Sean Astin becomes SAG-AFTRA President - https://www.darkhorizons.com/sean-astin-becomes-sag-aftra-president/
• Chloe Sevigny apologises for taking photos with Marilyn Manson - https://www.stereogum.com/2323197/chloe-sevigny-apologizes-for-photos-with-marilyn-manson/news/
• Was anybody aware that Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci were dating? - https://people.com/tim-burton-monica-bellucci-announce-split-after-2-years-together-11813347\
• Borderlands 4 is having performance issues? - https://www.vg247.com/borderlands-4-detailed-pc-optimisation-guide-gearbox-performance-issues
• Randy Pitchford disagrees - https://clawsomegamer.com/randy-pitchford-allegedly-using-a-burner-x-account-to-trash-pc-gamers-pc-gamers-always-complain/
• No Mans Sky Star Destroyer - https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/1nhqpi2/imperial_class_ii_star_destroyer_corvette_made/

Luke managed to find his way onto the main show! He joins us from a pub in Laos. The rest of us are at home watching stuff.

• Dean Cain out of ICE on short-term injury leave - https://x.com/RealDeanCain/status/1961528729999712312
• Woman freaked out by beautician wearing smart glasses during brazilian - https://petapixel.com/2025/09/03/woman-freaked-out-by-beautician-wearing-meta-video-glasses/
• The 100x zoom on the new Pixel's is a terrifying vision of the future - https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/google-pixel-phones/i-captured-these-100x-pro-res-zoom-photos-with-the-pixel-10-pro-xl-and-the-results-blew-me-away

Luke is still off galavanting around Asia, so Dan and Matt are holding down the fort. We’ve got a fair bit of nerdy news this week so strap in!

• Deadpool is in Avengers: Doomsday - https://www.darkhorizons.com/deadpool-really-is-back-in-avengers-doomsday/
• Apparently there's been some feuding on the Avengers set - https://www.darkhorizons.com/details-on-avengers-doomsday-set-clash/
• It wasn't RDJ or Ryan Reynolds - https://www.darkhorizons.com/avengers-feud-wasnt-rdj-reynolds/
• James Cameron to make a non-Avatar movie - https://www.darkhorizons.com/james-cameron-talks-hiroshima-challenge/
• Penis fencing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis_fencing
• Bryan Singer is back, baby - https://www.darkhorizons.com/bryan-singer-returns-to-filmmaking/
• Influencer makes $1M on first day of OF on 18th birthday - https://www.eonline.com/news/1420720/lil-tay-says-she-made-s1-million-within-hours-from-onlyfans
• Guy gets bashed and kicked out for jerking off during System of a Down - https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/brad-appleton/man-accused-of-sex-act-at-system-of-a-down-concert-gets-beat-up-dragged

We’re back! Well, two of us are back in the main show. If you want all three of us you’ll have to head over to The After Party at https://patreon.com/multiplenerdgasm.

This week Dan has seen Superman and Matt has seen F1: The Movie. Plus we talk about more movies, video games and TV stuff.

• Alan Tudyk was kicked off the press tour for I, Robot - https://www.darkhorizons.com/tudyk-on-being-removed-from-i-robot-press/
• Disney settles with Gina Carano - https://www.darkhorizons.com/disney-settles-gina-carano-mando-lawsuit/
• Dean Cain to join ICE - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yp8l3z0g5o
• He's upset that people are mad at him - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dean-cain-ice-tim-miller-superman_n_689b78fde4b09184403effe8

Luke is away so you're stuck with Matt and Dan this week. We talk Linkin Park, 24 Hours of Lemons, the West Memphis Three plus the usual tech/movie/film/tv stuff!

• New DNA tests for the West Memphis Three case - https://www.kait8.com/2025/08/01/judge-orders-dna-testing-wm3-evidence/
• Board of Education meeting gets sexy - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/oklahomas-new-scandal-nude-women-streamed-to-tv-during-state-board-meeting/
• Batman and Batman Returns will be in theatres again - https://www.darkhorizons.com/burtons-batman-films-return-to-cinemas/
• People keeps throwing dildos onto WNBA court - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/02/wnba-sex-toy-court-incident-sky-valkyries

There's nothing I can write here that will be as funny as what South Park is doing, so just listen to find out about that instead.

• South Park goes hard - https://www.darkhorizons.com/south-park-premiere-reaction-continues/
• Astronomer CEO gets caught with his mistress at a Coldplay concert - https://nypost.com/2025/07/18/us-news/new-video-of-moment-astronomer-ceo-andy-byron-is-busted-cuddling-hr-chief-mistress-on-coldplay-kiss-cam/
• Microsoft games will remain the same price... for now - https://www.darkhorizons.com/microsoft-cancels-80-game-pricing-plan/
• Sasha Grey is most watched Doom streamer - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1264928898415814&set=a.368739908034722
• Bruce Willis doesn't know he's famous - https://www.cinemaexpress.com/english/news/2025/Jul/22/bruce-willis-no-longer-remembers-he-is-a-famous-film-star-reports