656: Firing Squad
About this episode
The episode discusses recent celebrity news, significant changes in the gaming industry, and the state of film and television.
So Taylor Swift got married, Adam Sandler officiated (yes, really, no one knows why either), and you could buy 'wedding memorabilia' off a New York street artist - including a used ovulation test - for $25. We live in a society. Then there's the Xbox stuff, which is a lot. Like, a LOT. Thousands of jobs gone, Double Fine just... set free, id Software's programmers shown the door (great for the legendary game engine people, obviously), and Obsidian pulled off Avowed 2 to go make Fallout instead. The good news: this is what everyone wanted since New Vegas. The bad news: it's happening because Microsoft bought literally everything and then panicked. Sony's having a bad fortnight too. No disc drive on PS6, and they're nuking 551 movies from people's PlayStation libraries because the licenses ran out. You know, movies people paid for. Bought. Owned. Allegedly. Armie Hammer took a role in Uwe Boll's new film without reading the full script, then rang his publicist crying after he saw it. He did say he'd do the sequel for 'life-changing money,' which is a very reasonable position. Mindhunter is dead forever and Fincher hates that you keep asking. Ludwig got renewed for season 3 before…
People in this episode
Hosts: Matt, Luke, Dan
Topics covered
- celebrity news
- gaming industry
- film and television
- pop culture
- media controversies
Keywords
- Taylor Swift
- Adam Sandler
- Xbox
- Sony
- Armie Hammer
- Mindhunter
- Supergirl
- gaming jobs
- film distribution
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Microsoft, Sony, Obsidian, id Software, Double Fine
Books & works: Mindhunter, Ludwig, Supergirl, Blue Beetle
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