D/REZZED: A Clownfish TV Podcast

It's happening! Paramount and Warner Bros are merging, and California just settled with the Ellisons. There are a handful of provisions, but they don't have to sell any networks. And it's probably going to close QUICK. Mark Ruffalo and BlueSky are NOT taking it well... Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated n...

California might settle with Paramount to close the merger, and Mark Ruffalo is losing it on social media. The word is that AG Bonta won't get everything he wanted -- not even close. So they might've just FAFO. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment and Te...

Disney must be hard up for cash. They're now putting ads on the most expensive Premium tiers of Disney Plus... you know, the "ad free" tiers. And there's a loophole in their new subscriber agreement that allows this. Welcome back to cable... Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary...

The media is sticking it to "the chuds" who busted on Grand Theft Auto VI, and they're doing it by invoking... GamerGate?! That was over a decade ago. At least they're not blaming the pandemic. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment and Tech from...

Insiders are saying that more layoffs are coming to Disney very soon, and that they will be BRUTAL. They've already offered buyouts to execs over 50, they're slashing the budgets on shows like Jimmy Kimmel and The View, and there are more signs of Disney cost cutting all over. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opini...

Kotaku is angry that female Japanese game dev Ikumi Nakamura invited Elon Musk to play her game Kemuri at the Tokyo Game Show. And now they're going so far as to basically call her a n*zi sympathizer. So Kotaku is harassing women in games. Oh, the irony... Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and comme...

The Japanese video game industry is FINE. It's only the Western AAA games industry that's laying off in droves. According to one analyst, Japanese devs like Capcom, Konami and Nintendo are doing just fine. It's about smaller teams, smaller budgets, and, uh, people who know what they're doing. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an in...

Wolverine is getting STELLAR reviews on the PlayStation Store... which is owned by Sony... the publishers of the game. JUST SAYING. Then we talk about the sales for Wolverine's and normie gamers' reactions. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment and Tech f...

Sorry, Sony. One of the biggest streamers just told his audience to NOT buy Marvel's Wolverine. It's not worth it. That's a HUGE black eye for Insomniac. Then we talk about how motorcycle levels can be completed without touching a single button, and for some WEIRD reason... the PlayStation Store is filled with THOUSANDS of Five Star reviews?! Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major pod...

It's the morning after, and the Hollywood trades are soaking in the news that David Ellison will likely move Paramount out of California and into Texas or Tennessee. They're shocked that Ellison is taking a play from his dad's playbook and, well, playing hardball. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news a...

Hollywood is COOKED. David Ellison is officially moving Paramount out of California per TMZ. The economic impact to California will be SEVERE. And it all could've been avoided. Now how many other studios will look at Paramount and decide they want out, too? Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and comm...

Hasbro is sorry about the whole OGL thing, and they're hoping you'll forget about that nastiness and come back to DnD. Dan Ayoub, current head of Dungeons & Dragons, says he's trying to win gamers back to DnD. But there's one major problem -- Hasbro CEO Chris Cox wants to monetize the crap out of this thing. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. C...

Yes, Insomniac hired Sweet Baby Inc. to work on Wolverine... not one, not two, but TEN Sweet Baby Inc. consultants. Now everything is starting to make a whole lot more sense, isn't it? Oh Sony... Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment and Tech from a consu...

The Western animation industry is in TERRIBLE shape in 2026, as we've been saying. And now a recent CalArts grad talks about just how bad the job prospects are right now. And CalArts itself is in shambles -- the school is in financial crisis, and the president got booed at the 2026 graduation ceremony. RIP beanmouth? Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spoti...

A study says 85% of Japanese game studios are now using generative AI, and more than half of those use it in their workflow everyday. Meanwhile, Americans are trying to get Level-5 to GROVEL for forgiveness using AI in Yokai Watch. It's here. It's being adopted at a very fast pace, and there's really nothing you can do about it. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts inc...

Download the Kalshi app and use code CLOWNFISH to get $25 when you trade $25! LINK - http://kalshi.com/r/CLOWNFISH Marathon is a disaster for Sony-owned Bungie, and the numbers are getting worse. Now Bungie have announced a bunch of changes that feel like they're delaying the inevitable --- the closure of Bungie. This would've been unthinkable 15 years ago. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube an...

Plot twist: Reckless Ben has taken over a Bricks & Minifigs LEGO store and seems to be calling for more franchisees to drop BaM and follow HIM. Another lawsuit incoming? Oh, for sure. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment and Tech from a consumer’s po...

Download the Kalshi app and use code CLOWNFISH to get $25 when you trade $25! LINK - http://kalshi.com/r/CLOWNFISH If David Ellison moves Paramount out of Hollywood, the financial damage to already-struggling Tinseltown will be IMMENSE. And Paramount is now arguing that Rob Bonta and the 11 other states don't even have a case since the merger was approved by the DOJ and the EU, and that supercedes...

IGN is laying off a bunch more game journos, and they didn't notify the union. This comes a year after the union protested layoffs last year and said "no more, no less" when asked to take on more work. This seems to be their owner Ziff Davis' reaction to that IMHO... Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opini...

Sony is claiming that PlayStation gamers never thought they actually owned their games when they'd "buy" games. Now a consumer advocacy site has compiled over 40 recent examples of Sony telling gamers they actually DO own their games in their own fine print. Uh oh. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinion...

Star Trek had a mostly good run. And now for the 60th anniversary, we celebrate its death. Singing Klingons, puppets on the bridge and ALL of Starfleet Academy. It's dead, Jim. Even the New York Post is calling it out now. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertai...

Kimmel might not be getting cancelled, but the word from insiders is that his show will be getting massive budget cuts. Could Disney be "moving his stapler" to get him to move on to other things on his own? Will Kimmel even sign on for another year with all the FCC drama? Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent,...

Some Nintendo fanboys think the Ocarina of Time remake looks like it was made with AI. They're straight up calling it "AI slop." Others are mad that Sheik -- a woman in disguise-- looks like a woman now. Regardless, this game is gonna sell like gangbusters and the Zelda Switch 2 consoles are fetching a ton on eBay. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts includi...

Insomniac's Wolverine game is getting absolutely SAVAGED on Reddit. One gamer who 100% the game early says it's pretty awful and definitely not worth $70. Others, including notable gaming podcasters, said it was mid at best and a huge disapointment. Will this one recoup its cost? Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, op...

Insomniac's Wolverine game reviews are in, and they range from mid to TERRIBLE. This game is currently one of the WORST rated Insomniac games, and it's already being ripped apart by the internet. Fart gas, Wolverine and Sabretooth being romantic partners, ugly female characters, and idiot proof battles that require zero strategy. It's not looking good, and especially given the massive budget and M...