About this episode
The episode discusses various gaming and film news, including Nicolas Cage's role in a new Spider-Man series and the cancellation of Xbox's Copilot integration.
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 surprise free Unreal Engine 5 rebuild that looks stunning, The Guild is crowdfunding a 20th anniversary reunion movie, and the new Resident Evil film from Zack Cregger looks considerably better than its early…
People in this episode
Hosts: Matt, Luke, Dan
Topics covered
- Nicolas Cage
- Xbox Copilot
- AI integration
- gaming news
- film releases
- crypto controversies
- video game adaptations
Keywords
- Nicolas Cage
- Xbox
- AI assistant
- Peter Molyneux
- Alien Isolation 2
- Conan Exiles
- Resident Evil
- Terminator 2
- gaming news
- crypto
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Xbox, Microsoft, Alien Isolation 2, Conan Exiles, The Guild, Resident Evil, Zack Cregger
Books & works: Masters of Albion, CryptoZoo, Hawk Tuah, Terminator 2
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