Colin is off this week, so we decided to do a Nose without him — and a Nose all about stuff Colin doesn’t care about: video games and things video games-adjacent. Comedian Shawn Murray guest hosts.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is the highest-grossing movie of 2023, the highest-grossing video game adaptation ever made, and the third-highest-grossing animated movie of all-time. None of that, of course, means it’s particularly good.

And: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Wild is the 20th entry in the main Legend of Zelda series of video games dating back to 1986. It is the second Zelda game for the Nintendo Switch, and a direct sequel to 2017’s Breath of the Wild. Tears of the Kingdom came out last month and reportedly sold 10 million copies in its first three days of release. It’s the fastest-selling Nintendo game in the Americas — ever. Oh, and it’s already showing up in discussions of the greatest video games ever made.

Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take:

• Taylor Swift And Matty Healy Have Reportedly Broken Up Best believe she’s still bejeweled.
• How the Marvel Cinematic Universe Swallowed Hollywood Robert Redford, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Rudd, and Angela Bassett now disappear into movies whose plots can come down to “Keep glowy thing away from bad guy.”
• industry-netflix-max-disney-hulu-apple-tv-prime-video-peacock-paramount.html">The Binge Purge TV’s streaming model is broken. It’s also not going away. For Hollywood, figuring that out will be a horror show.
• Why Is Everyone Watching TV With the Subtitles On? It’s not just you.
• ‘Perry Mason’ Canceled By HBO After 2 Seasons
• rivers-archive.html">A ‘Crown Jewel of Comedy’: The Joan Rivers Card Catalog of Jokes Finds a Home Take a look at some of the artifacts from her archive, which includes 65,000 cross-referenced gags and is headed to the National Comedy Center.
• Kylie Jenner Casually Pulled Out A $40,000 Rolex During A “What’s In My Bag” Video, And People Have Thoughts The post just called me broke.
• How to Talk to Your Child About Minesweeper
• This Sandwich Is Due to Go Viral Any Second The absurd moo yong sandwich is just what the internet craves. Why haven’t we heard more about it?

GUESTS:

• Carolyn Paine: An actress, comedian, and dancer; she is founder, director, and choreographer of CONNetic Dance
• Brian Slattery: Arts editor for the New Haven Independent
• Pedro Soto: President and CEO of Hygrade Precision Technologies
• Bill Yousman: Professor of media studies at Sacred Heart University

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