Episode 1068: The NFL Is a Mall and Star Fox Is a Scam?
About this episode
Jonathan and Cody discuss the NFL's upcoming schedule release, the fragmentation of games across streaming services, and the implications of a Star Fox remake.
In this episode of The Jonathan Wier Show, Jonathan and co-host Cody Akins tackle the upcoming NFL schedule release (Thursday, May 14th at 7 PM CT) and debate which team they want the Chiefs to open against. Cody wants the Jets for an easy motivational win, but Jonathan argues for the Seahawks — repossess their banner on banner night and give Kenneth Walker his revenge game. The conversation pivots to a bigger problem: the NFL is becoming the world's biggest mall. With games now scattered across Netflix, Peacock, Prime, Paramount+, YouTube, and Netflix again, Jonathan argues the league is sacrificing its big-box-store accessibility for greed. He doesn't mind games on different days — but the fragmentation across paid services is going to cost them casual fans. The guys then debate the Star Fox 64 remake for Switch 2. Cody is genuinely excited (and hopeful it signals an Ocarina of Time remake for Zelda's 40th anniversary). Jonathan sees it as another nostalgia trap — Nintendo knows aging millennials will buy it no matter how much they complain, the same playbook George Lucas ran with the Star Wars Special Editions in the '90s. They close on tech policy: Utah trying to ban VPNs…
People in this episode
Host: Jonathan
Guest: Cody Akins
Topics covered
- NFL schedule release
- team matchups
- NFL accessibility
- streaming services
- Star Fox remake
- tech policy
- parenting
Keywords
- NFL
- streaming
- Star Fox
- tech policy
- parenting
- Cody Akins
- Jonathan Wier
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NFL, Netflix, Peacock, Prime, Paramount+, YouTube, Meta
Products: Star Fox 64, Switch 2
Places: Utah
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