We do eventually get to some nerdy topics this week, but we’ve got a lot of chatter to get through first. Then we talk Switch 2 backwards compatibility, Elon “cheating” at games, Kraven the Hunter’s weird CGI usage, The Book of the New Sun and we’ve got an update on our fitness pact!

• Switch 2 is "mostly" backwards compatible - https://www.vg247.com/nintendo-says-switch-2-backwards-compatability-was-the-best-direction-for-players
• Elon “cheats” at games - https://kotaku.com/elon-musk-poe2-diablo-4-paid-boosting-fake-controversy-1851743670
• Kraven The Hunter features a still image with superimposed mouth - https://geektyrant.com/news/yes-kraven-the-hunter-included-a-ridiculous-cgd-mouth-and-blinking-eyes-on-a-still-image

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We’re back after a brief hiatus! Matt does have a cold though, sorry.

We talk Assassins Creed, Indiana Jones, Switch 2, Xbox portable, The Dead Don’t Die, Peep Show, Tik Tok, Thriller and much more!

• Switch 2, baby! - https://kotaku.com/nintendo-switch-2-teaser-trailer-mario-kart-reveal-2025-1851741096
• Xbox portable? - https://www.vg247.com/microsoft-handheld-best-of-windows-xbox-steam-deck
• Tik Tok will probably be banned here soon - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/supreme-court-rules-tiktok-can-be-banned/

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* Harrison Ford returning to kill off another character - https://www.darkhorizons.com/ford-returns-for-air-force-one-sequel/

* Is this ad racist? The internet says yes. - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/06/heinz-apologises-after-ad-featuring-black-family-sparks-anger-online

* Buy the Disco Elysium trash bag for 159€ - https://atelier.zaumstudio.com/products/eternal-carrier

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We’ve been punching fascists all week!

• There's a glitch that lets you play The Great Circle in 3rd person - https://www.gamesradar.com/games/adventure/in-a-happy-accident-one-indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-player-discovered-third-person-mode-all-thanks-to-a-bug/
• Someone remade Barbarian for C64 with campaigns - https://www.indieretronews.com/2024/12/soiled-iron-if-you-loved-barbarian-then.html#more
• Superman teaser - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhUht6vAsMY
• Some people like it, some people don't - https://www.vg247.com/james-gunn-superman-first-trailer-reactions
• 28 Years Later is the first of a trilogy - https://www.darkhorizons.com/28-years-later-sequel-set-for-january-2026/

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Burn your backpacks! Just kidding, don’t do that. Go play Indian Jones and the Great Circle instead!

• Luigi has been arrested - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/luigi-mangione-healthcare-ceo-shooting-what-we-know/
• People are really mad at Matt's favourite bag company - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/nyregion/peak-design-backpack-brian-thompson-shooting.html
• Witcher IV announced - https://www.darkhorizons.com/first-trailer-the-witcher-iv-game/
• Hans is disqualified - https://www.darkhorizons.com/oscars-disqualify-zimmers-dune-part-two-score/

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Our meme-coin isn't a scam, but only because we're not smart enough to know how you would make one a scam.

This week we discuss the Hawk Tuah girl's coin, the murder of the health insurance CEO in New York, Johnny Depp impersonators, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Xbox Year in Review, The Keep, There's Something in the Barn and much much more!

• Hawk Tuah girl gets offers for her spit - https://au.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hawk-tuah-girl-offered-600-jar-62755/
• Health Insurance CEO gunned down. People don't seem too sympathetic. - https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/06/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson
• The assassin wrote "Delay", "Deny", "Defend" on the bullet casings - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/nyregion/delay-deny-defend-united-health-care-insurance-claims.html
• Johnny Depp impersonators scamming people - https://gizmodo.com/johnny-depp-impersonators-are-swindling-elderly-people-online-2000533177
• X-Box Year In Review - https://www.xbox.com/en-US/year-in-review

• • The Thing: Remastered was surprise released - https://www.darkhorizons.com/the-thing-remastered-suddenly-released/

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We’re thankful for you, listener! We’re also thankful for Red Dwarf, Quantum Break, Thanksgiving (the movie), Blood Rage, Kristy, The Rock and more!

• There was another Red Dwarf remake... - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/13444168.Dick_Bush
• The Rock is wearing a muscle suit in the live action Moana movie - https://www.darkhorizons.com/johnson-im-wearing-a-moana-muscle-suit/
• Denis Villeneuve has hated Star Wars since 1983 - https://www.vg247.com/denis-villeneuve-isnt-interested-in-star-wars-hasnt-been-since-return-of-the-jedi

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When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightening or rain? How about in Streamyard on Saturday morning? And what shall we three discuss? The Rock pissing in bottles? Pets pissing on your Switch? Alan Wake 2? Quantum Break? Control? Stalker 2? Silo? From? Yes to all those things and more!!!

• Stalker 2 came out - https://www.vg247.com/stalker-2-devs-fixing-rough-edges-less-than-24-hours-after-release-four-separate-mods-stop-stuttering
• Nintendo says: don't let your pets piss on your Switch - https://kotaku.com/nintendo-switch-2-pet-drool-pee-advice-1851697169

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