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Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Ninety-Fourth Episode, Star Wars Celebration happened, and while Eric might still be mangry about Star Wars since The Sequels, some huge news dropped at The Celebration Show in Japan! A brand new animated series focused on Darth Maul leading the criminal underworld one year after The Clone Wars was announced, titled 'Maul: Shadow Lord', and features the return of Sam Witwer! Maul isn't alone, as the show revealed his new apprentice is a red-skinned Twi'lek strongly hinted to be the fan-favorite Legends character Darth Talon, potentially bringing her into the official Disney Canon! Respawn Entertainment and Bit Reactor unveiled 'Star Wars: Zero Company', a new turn-based tactical strategy game akin to XCOM set near the end of the Clone Wars, featuring a diverse squad including an Umbaran Mercenary who may or may not be miffed still from the events of The Clone Wars Umaran Arc! Hayden Christensen is confirmed to be returning as Anakin Skywalker for Ahsoka Season 2, continuing his Force Ghost journey, while the critically acclaimed Andor series is running high in its second and final season! Star Wars Visions is getting a Volume 3, alongside the exciting reveal of a full spin-off series dedicated to 'The Ninth Jedi' short! All this Star Wars Madness and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Ninety-Third Episode, Revenge of The Sith is now 20 Years Old, god I’m old, and is set to re-release in theaters along with re-releasing a new Deluxe Edition of the Matthew Stover-penned Novelization for October 2025! James Gunn’s upcoming Superman film released a Behind The Scenes trailer that showcased Metamorpho’s full comic design along with showing Superman and Lex Luthor on-screen together for the first time in the marketening! Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, a legendary RPG Game from Bethseda during the Xbox 360/PS3 Console Generation Era, was reported to be third-party developed a remake/remastered in a Xbox Email Leak, and recently, new screenshot and details emerged confirming the game’s existence and setting the stage for its apparent shadowdrop release in April! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Ninety-Second Episode, Marvel Rivals is back in the scene, especially for the thirsty crowd excited to see Emma Frost and her thighs, leading to a renewed horny community to be hyped once more; it doesn’t help the Emma Frost X-Revolution Skin leaked and turned an already thirsty audience into ravenous beasts, Lady Dimitrescu vs. Emma Frost is no doubt in the cards for gamers at this point. WarnerBros Discovery’s attempt to shelve and delete the near-completed Coyote vs. ACME film has been foiled thanks to the community of fans and creators and the buddies at Ketchup Entertainment acquiring the film, now finally set to get a public release in 2026; we won every one! RoosterTeeth and Game Informer, two juggernauts of gamer culture, both died in 2024, with RoosterTeeth suddenly coming back from the dead with the founder ensuring its independent resurrection. Now, weeks after this, Game Informer is revived and an Independent Company with the original team at the end all back together! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Ninety-First Episode, The Fantastic Four: First Steps has had their trailer launch complete with retrofuturistic technology, a Jack Kirby-Inspired Ben Grimm and a comic accurate Galactus all set to arrive and begin Phase Six of The Marvel Cinematic Universe and the beginning of the end of the MULTIVERSE SAGA! While Marvel hopes positions their dominance once again, Warner Bros. Games struggles with the fall of SSKTJL, MultiVersus, and delayed projects such as Monolith’s Wonder Woman and Rocksteady’s next Batman game that are both many years away, with Wonder Woman potentially releasing after a full decade following their announcement at The Game Awards in 2021. RoosterTeeth, the legendary internet company that gave us Red vs. Blue, RWBY, Achievement Hunters, and Strangerhood, was shut down by WarnerBros Discovery in 2024 with Red vs. Blue: Restoration being the full circle cap off to the team and their dedicated work for over twenty years, but, to the surprise of many people, RoosterTeeth’s YouTube Channel suddenly uploaded a video titled “Homecoming” with the unexpected return of Burnie Burns and a subsequent press release that Burnie Burns had bought RoosterTeeth and the remaining assets that weren’t sold off following the company’s initial closure, intending to revive and start from scratch, well, guess it’s time to ask once more: Why are we here?. Grand Theft Auto VI is back in the public eye as the game, which hasn’t had much update since the trailer release in December of 2023, is set to release in Fall 2025 as Take Two gives everyone a proper update on the development and confidence in the next big game from Rockstar Games. Magic The Gathering, the first trading card game, released back in 1993 and setting the stage for many trading card games that followed and expanded over the last thirty years, announces that it will finally join The Shared Universe initiative with Film and TV products! Gundam, the iconic mech sci-fi military anime franchise that began in 1979, finally joins the live-action space with full length feature film produced by Bandai Namco, and Legendary Pictures! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Ninetieth Episode, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow begins production with the unveiling of Kara-Zor-El’s Crest! Final Fantasy VII’s Final Chapter in the Remake Trilogy is set to no be a PS Exclusive and the story has already been completed for production, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of The Jedi Era has begun as Marvel Comics relaunches the Star Wars Line with new series of stories with a number one taking place after Jakku, reminding us that nothing ultimately matters in the grand scheme of things as it all will be wiped away with misery and nihilism that was The Sequel Trilogy. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Eighty-Ninth Episode, Xbox showcased their Developer_Direct livestream with showcasing Doom: The Dark Ages, Expedition 33, South of Midnight, and Ninja Gaiden 4 along with a surprise release drop of Ninja Gaiden 2 Black. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Eighty-Eight Episode, Daredevil: Born Again trailer finally dropped and looks to be a fantastic continuation of the Netflix Series that began so many years ago with many of the old cast returning to their roles with teases of Mike Colter’s Luke Cage being around still, certainly a step up from the rumored original plans they had for the series. Halo, Microsoft’s killer app video game that helped launch the Xbox Brand to the sky in 2001 is rumored to hit the PlayStation and Nintendo Switch 2 later this year with The Master Chief Collection being ported to them, hoping the rumors are true so they can fix the online issues persisting it with the hackers and the potential cross-play between the consoles. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remaster which was revealed to be in the works in a leaked internal document has been updated to allegedly be a full-blown remake of the iconic game, let’s hope Obsidian gets a shot at Remaking or Following up on New Vegas (Despite the TV Show’s reveal of the current state), and lastly we open the show up with a STATE OF THE UNIVERSE Address by our host about NRE10! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Eighty-Seventh Episode, Marvel Rivals continues to gain momentum towards their December Release date with the reveal of Peach Momoko’s Psylocke joining the hero shooter game! The Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to try to regain public trust with The Thunderbolts film, which comes with an asterisk that Kevin Feige hasn’t explained yet. Kingdom Hearts 4 is still in development, and Nomura has revealed that it will begin the end of the franchise that started over 20 years ago, which has 18 games! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective! Brought to you by TheEveryDayFan, check out their links below! The EDF Links https://theeverydayfan.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEZoZqtklXhw95WkF2BY4g/ https://open.spotify.com/show/0EwipBBMm4jcL2GRyBwauu

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Eighty-Six Episode, Venom’s final movie for Sony’s Spider-Verse, The Last Dance, released a trailer that featured a shocking cinematic debut of Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman’s Creation of their acclaimed Venom run at Marvel: Knull, The King In Black and God of The Symbiotes, much to everyone’s shock, especially the creators, having not been given an advance notice (or royalties) to the inclusion of their creations. Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse has been up on the wall regarding the future since the crunch period that Across The Spider-Verse caused along with the delay from the initially planned release date a year after the Second Film, and rumors began swirling that the film had been scrapped and restarted. Akira Toriyama’s Final Work, Dragon Ball Daima is set to release on Crunchyroll in October! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective! Brought to you by TheEveryDayFan, check out their links below! The EDF Links https://theeverydayfan.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEZoZqtklXhw95WkF2BY4g/ https://open.spotify.com/show/0EwipBBMm4jcL2GRyBwauu

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Eighty-Fifth Episode, Illyana Rasputin, Magik, Sorceress Supreme, Kitty Pryde’s Best Friend, Colssous' Younger Sister, and overall badass Mutant, is finally getting her own solo ongoing for the first time in her entire publication existence! Apple has unveiled the next generation of Apple Products at the Apple Glowtime Event that will last for a year or two until the next generation begins because, of course. Sony’s arrogance knows no bounds as they unveil the next mid-generation refresh of the PlayStation 5 known as the PS5 Pro, costing a total of 700 Dollars, or 800 if you want the disk drive and vertical stand because Microsoft isn’t partaking in the mid-gen refresh with the Xbox and thus PlayStation Tribalists are given the glimpse of what a PS-Dominant future would hold for the gaming industry. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective! Brought to you by TheEveryDayFan, check out their links below! The EDF Links https://theeverydayfan.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEZoZqtklXhw95WkF2BY4g/ https://open.spotify.com/show/0EwipBBMm4jcL2GRyBwauu

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Eighty-Fourth Episode, Doctor Doom has overthrown The Kang Dynasty and prepares to unleash a Doomsday upon The Marvel Cinematic Universe that will spawn a Secret War, played by the man that set the stage for the MCU’s success, Robert Downey Jr., much to shock and worry of many fans even with the reunion of the directors that led to the MCU’s greatest successes, The Russo Brothers. Star Wars: The Acolyte reigned for Eight Weeks, and despite having a budget bigger than Revenge of The Sith, Disney and Lucasfilm have announced the show's cancellation due to low viewership. At Gamescom, Amazon announced a new anthology adult animated series focusing on multiple video game franchises such as the PlayStation Brand, The Outer Worlds, Unreal Tournament, and Warhammer 40,000 created by Tim Miller, Blur Studios, and Amazon MGM! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective! Brought to you by TheEveryDayFan, check out their links below! The EDF Links https://theeverydayfan.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEZoZqtklXhw95WkF2BY4g/ https://open.spotify.com/show/0EwipBBMm4jcL2GRyBwauu

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Eighty-Third Episode, More X-Men: From The Ashes comics and storylines effecting our merry band of mutants in the post-Krakoa Landscape with Storm joining THE AVENGERS and Dazzler getting her own solo series in a line wide relaunch that’s featuring nearly a dozen projects with more no doubt on the way from Head of X, Tom Brevoort, and his team while Jonathan Hickman, probably no doubt getting concessions due to the nature of X-Men, returns to the mutants with Greg Capullo one more time with Wolverine: REVENGE, a violent RED BAND limited series. In what took way longer than it should have, Ubisoft is FINALLY taking The Assassins and Templars’ Secret War to Feudal Japan in ASSASSIN’S CREED SHADOWS that caused some issues with fans with their Historical Character that existed in history with Oda Nobunaga’s Retainer, Yasuke, being one of the two main characters while ignoring the fictional female native Japanese character that plays the Assassin because reasons. It’s that time of year again, and CALL OF DUTY is making the rounds, this time returning to the world of Black Ops with BLACK OPS 6, this time taking us to the early-90s into the GULF WAR and if leaks and promotional material is suggest, we’ll be heading into the early 2000s, more specifically, 2001. September 11th, 2001 in a radically global changing event that shook the world that reverberates to this very day. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective! Brought to you by TheEveryDayFan, check out their links below! The EDF Links https://theeverydayfan.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEZoZqtklXhw95WkF2BY4g/ https://open.spotify.com/show/0EwipBBMm4jcL2GRyBwauu

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Eighty-Second Episode, DC Comics shatters the DCU with their upcoming comic book universe-wide event, Absolute Power, by the DC All-Star Duo of World’s Finest and Shazam, Mark Waid and Dan Mora, with The Trinity of Evil starting an all-out war with the heroes of Earth, building off years of stories from Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths, Lazarus Planet, Dawn of DC, Knight Terrors, and Beast World! But the question lingers…what is DC’s Rumored Scott Snyder-Lead Absolute Comic Line that’s rumored to come following this event? The Perfect Organism invades Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in a Secret Wars Reunion team of Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić as Alien: Romulus is coming onto the scene. X-Men From The Ashes continues to build to unsustainable organism levels of comics with three core ongoings and many satellite ongoings with Tom Brevoort’s plans to flood the market with many new X-Men #1s to come out every month as opposed to the rumored Magazine Format that Jonathan Hickman proposed for the Krakoa Era X-Men. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective! Brought to you by TheEveryDayFan, check out their links below! The EDF Links https://theeverydayfan.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEZoZqtklXhw95WkF2BY4g/ https://open.spotify.com/show/0EwipBBMm4jcL2GRyBwauu

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Eighty-First Episode, Star Wars unveils Tales of The Empire, focusing on Nightsister Morgan Elsbeth and former Jedi Barriss Offee in the early days of the Iron Fist of The Galactic Empire. After a quiet period after the initial hearing of it, The Jon Snow-focused Game of Thrones follow-up, aptly titled SNOW, has been officially shelved for the foreseeable future as HBO moves forward with A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms. EA's long-awaited Iron Man is confirmed to still be in active development despite the layoffs occurring in February, while Robert Downey Jr. reveals he'd be open to returning to the role of MCU's Iron Man

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Eightieth Episode, The Helldivers of Super Earth get the latest war intel against the bugs and the automation as they retake the galaxy, but something hides in the shadows, but we will preserve liberty, freedom, and democracy! Marvel Studios has cast Julia Garner as the Silver Surfer, but not the one you know. Instead, Earth-X’s Silver Surfer, Shalla-Bal, the canon lover of the OG Silver Surfer, Norrin Radd. Jonathan Nolan, co-creator of HBO’s Westworld, intends to carry on and ‘Finish The Story’ that Westworld Season 5 was intended to do regardless of whether David Zasalv and WBD like it or not! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective! Brought to you by TheEveryDayFan, check out their links below! The EDF Links https://theeverydayfan.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEZoZqtklXhw95WkF2BY4g/ https://open.spotify.com/show/0EwipBBMm4jcL2GRyBwauu

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Seventieth-Nineth Episode, Marvel and Netease enter the team based hero space with Marvel Rivals featuring beloved Marvel Characters in destructible maps and featuring Galactus’ Daughter of Earth-610102, Galacta (Yes…this is actually a thing in the Marvel Multiverse, I was surprised as you) in a Overwatch style game, let’s hope it doesn’t end up like Overwatch 2. Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a success for Capcom, albeit with massive questioning microtransaction for single player $70 Dollar video game that locks out normal stuff like Fast Travel real hard earned money and the community having enough of it. RoosterTeeth, after two decades, is no more, destroyed by the hands of David Zaslav and his WBD Regime, but all is not lost, while shows like RWBY remain uncertain in their future, RoosterTeeth is going out with the series that started it all, Red vs. Blue, in feature-length film as the 19th and final season titled Red vs. Blue: Restoration, one last adventure, for the final time. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective! Brought to you by TheEveryDayFan, check out their links below! The EDF Links https://theeverydayfan.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEZoZqtklXhw95WkF2BY4g/ https://open.spotify.com/show/0EwipBBMm4jcL2GRyBwauu

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Seventieth-Eighth Episdoe, The X-Men Rise From The Ashes with a new (and more than likely underwhelming, editorial MCU-adjacent restrained) relaunch for Marvel’s Merry Mutants in the wake of Fall of The House of X and Rise of The Powers of X Limited Series. House of The Dragon Season Two publishes character posters, along with two trailers showcasing the blacks and greens of House Targaryen as the Dance of The Dragons is set to begin June 16th! Star Wars: The Acolyte released a new trailer and additional details along with the reveal of Star Wars Legends’ Lightsaber Whip being re-canon in The New Disney Canon while the fan base remains cautious and unimpressed with the upcoming High Republic Era Series. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective! Brought to you by TheEveryDayFan, check out their links below! The EDF Links https://theeverydayfan.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEZoZqtklXhw95WkF2BY4g/ https://open.spotify.com/show/0EwipBBMm4jcL2GRyBwauu

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Seventieth-Seventh, on the docket, we break down the recent statement made by The Day Before developer, Fntastic, alleging their game was unfairly targeted by a "hate campaign." Next, prepare for some superhero excitement as we unveil the newest addition to the DC universe - Milly Alcock, known for her role as the younger Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon’s first five episodes, steps into the iconic shoes of Supergirl for James Gunn's upcoming DCU Relaunch! And for all Netflix MCU fans out there, rejoice for because Daredevil, Punisher, and every cherished Netflix Marvel show have officially been re-integrated into the MCU canon! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective! Keith's Podcast Service: https://www.fiverr.com/yourimagingguy/make-your-podcast-sound-like-a-million-dollars Twitter: @NeoRealityEnt Brought to you by TheEveryDayFan, check out their links below! The EDF Links https://theeverydayfan.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEZoZqtklXhw95WkF2BY4g/ https://open.spotify.com/show/0EwipBBMm4jcL2GRyBwauu

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Seventieth-Sixth episode, New York Comic-Con happened, and with it, a ton of announcements were made in the world of Pop-Culture! First and foremost, Marvel unveiled their next big thing panel with big event comics and status quo changing storylines such as Marvel's Blood Hunt and FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X/RISE OF THE POWERS OF X that will signal the end of the Krakoan Era of X-Men that started back in 2019 to presumably go back to the mansion and thus ending my tenure reading X-Men Books. Comics in the '90s had a seismic shift when superstar artists left Marvel to form Image Comics. Now, in the 2020s, a new endeavor has begun as DC and Marvel lose prominent writers and artists who collectively come together to create GHOST MACHINE, a creator-owned multi-media company in partnership with Image to launch a multiverse of stories by talent such as Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Bryan Hitch, Brad Meltzer, and many others. Dragon Ball Daima is the next phase in the Dragon Ball franchise, launching in Fall 2024, that will continue the adventures of Son Goku and Friends as kids! A Redemption of sorts for DBGT? And finally, after a year and a half, Microsoft has completed the Activision-Blizzard acquisition, and Bobby Kotick is set to leave with his golden parachute at the end of the year. Welcome to Xbox, hope you survive the experience. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective! Brought to you by TheEveryDayFan, check out their links below! The EDF Links https://theeverydayfan.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEZoZqtklXhw95WkF2BY4g/ https://open.spotify.com/show/0EwipBBMm4jcL2GRyBwauu

75th Episode Milestone! Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Seventieth-Fifth episode, New Logo and some memes as we cover the massive Xbox Email/Court Document leak, featuring info about mid-gen refresh consoles, new plans for the successor of the XSX and XSS, and plans for big games such as Elder Scrolls along with a desire to obtain Nintendo that came out along with an update with the silent Star Wars Eclipse. After over 100 days of protesting for better conditions, provisions, and protection against the usage of Artificial intelligence in the Hollywood Machine, despite The Hollywood Elites' efforts to break the strike and get deals on their terms, they have capitulated; however, the battle isn't over yet as The Actors continue to fight. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective! Brought to you by TheEveryDayFan, check out their links below! The EDF Links https://theeverydayfan.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEZoZqtklXhw95WkF2BY4g/ https://open.spotify.com/show/0EwipBBMm4jcL2GRyBwauu