The Weekly Stuff #442 – Genshin Impact 3.0, House of the Dragon, The Rings of Power, and Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Prologue

It’s a ridiculously packed podcast today filled to the brim with great topics, starting with Jonathan’s thoughts on the year’s two biggest American TV premieres – HBO’s Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon and Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series, The Rings of Power – before he and Sean devote a very silly segment to pitching several different Lord of the Rings spin-offs to Amazon. Then we break down the news surrounding Halo Infinite, which is maybe in the most dire shape we’ve ever seen for an ongoing video game, before shifting gears to a game that’s never been better with Genshin Impact! The 3.0 update is now out, adding the Sumeru region, a new element, tons of story, and all sorts of new exploration mechanics, and it’s some of the best material yet introduced in this always-excellent game. And finally, we bring you a short Weekly Suit Gundam topic to break down the special Prologue episode for the upcoming Gundam show The Witch From Mercury. Phew! That’s a LOT of podcast all in one place. Enjoy!TIME CHART:Intro & Stuff: 0:00:00 – 0:12:58House of the Dragon: 0:12:58 – 0:28:24The Rings of Power: 0:28:24 – 0:41:29Lord of the Rings Spinoff Showcase: 0:41:29 – 0:48:19Halo Infinite: 0:48:19 – 1:10:59Genshin Impact 3.0: 1:10:59 – 2:47:23Gundam Witch Prologue: 2:47:23 – 3:25:55Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!Subscribe to Japanimation Station, our Anime Podcast!Subscribe for free to 'The Weekly Stuff' in Apple Podcasts!Follow Jonathan Lack on Twitter!Follow Sean Chapman on Twitter! Read Jonathan Lack’s movie reviews and stay up to date with all our podcast projects at https://www.jonathanlack.comSubscribe to JAPANIMATION STATION, our podcast about the wide and wonderful world of anime: https://www.japanimation-station.com Read Jonathan’s book 200 Reviews in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vKSubscribe to our YouTube channels! Japanimation Station: https://www.youtube.com/c/japanimationstation Purely Academic: https://www.youtube.com/@purelyacademicpodcastSupport the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuffOriginal Music by Thomas Lack https://www.thomaslack.com/©2012 - Present Jonathan R. Lack & Sean Chapman