Weirdly Horny Pumpkin, VHS > Streaming? 09.16.26

In episode 2126, Jack and guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan (pallavigunalan.com) are joined by comedian and host of The Mary Houlihan Show (youtube.com/@maryhoulie/videos), Mary Houlihan (instagram.com/maryhoulie/?hl=en), to discuss… Sony/Playstation Is On A Generational Run Of Trying To F**k Over Its Customers, Video Stores Are Making A Comeback Thanks To Gen Z, This Weirdly Horny Pumpkin and more!
• Sony Testing Dynamic Pricing on PlayStation Store With Personalized Discounts (g2a.com/news/latest/sony-testing-dynamic-prici…)
• Oasis tickets: what is dynamic pricing and why is it used for live music? (theguardian.com/music/article/2024/sep/01/oasi…)
• CCPC takes legal action against Ticketmaster over sale of Oasis tickets (irishlegal.com/articles/ccpc-takes-legal-actio…)
• PlayStation Is Charging Users Different Prices - Inside Games Daily (youtube.com/watch?v=Srb5t09lOrs)
• Once a champion for physical media, Sony is now telling PlayStation customers they don’t actually own the digital video games they paid $70 for (fortune.com/2026/09/01/sony-playstation-dont-a…)
• Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles (blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-…)
• 85% of PlayStation Game Sales Are Digital – Is Physical Gaming Dying? (g2a.com/news/features/85-of-playstation-game-s…)
• Video store brings back VHS tapes, DVDs (youtube.com/watch?v=i1f8vCJ04C4)
• Video rental stores are making a comeback in Minneapolis (axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/09/14/twin-ci…)
• Chicago’s Video Rental Renaissance (newcityfilm.com/2026/09/15/the-rental-renaissa…)
• Retro media fans find new home at Rewind El Paso (ktsm.com/local/el-paso-news/retro-media-fans-f…)
• A video rental shop is opening in South Philly in October. Here's what's in the 20,000-piece collection (phillyvoice.com/little-movie-store-video-renta…)
• At Night Owl Video, 'rewind' to old-school video store nostalgia (abc7.com/videoClip/19174375)
• VHS crackles back to life in Sacramento as new video store presses play (abridged.org/news/vhs-crackles-back-to-life-in…)
• Stop the world, I want to get off and run a video rental store in the 1990s (theguardian.com/games/2026/mar/27/retro-rewind…)
• A Boring Video Game I Can’t Put Down (theatlantic.com/culture/2026/03/retro-rewind-g…)
• Why Gen-Z Is Bringing Back Physical Media (forbes.com/sites/kianbakhtiari/2026/06/14/why-…)
• Gen Z Wants a Physical Media Comeback and We're Rooting For It (pajiba.com/celebrities_are_better_than_you/why…)
• Streaming Is Raising Prices Faster Than Cable Ever Did (hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/s…)
• Why Gen-Z Is Embracing Old Tech: Fighting the Algorithm With Analog (hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-features/gen…)
• Streaming platforms face backlash as analog nostalgia fuels 'slow media' market (cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/analog-media-gains-…)
• Digital Ownership and the End of Physical Media (jacobin.com/2025/01/digital-ownership-physical…)
• Disney+ Censored Daryl Hannah’s Bare Butt With Ridiculous CGI In The PG-Rated ‘Splash’ (decider.com/2020/04/13/splash-cgi-hair-butt-di…)
• Netflix Reveals All the TV Shows and Movies It’s Removed Because of Foreign Government Takedown Demands (variety.com/2020/digital/news/netflix-removals…)
• Amazon Deploying AI Tech That Forces Actors’ Mouths to Match Dubbed Dialogue (futurism.com/future-society/amazon-ai-force-li…)
• Parents Are Getting Surprised By A Pumpkin That Sings A Very Raunchy Song (scarymommy.com/shopping/jabberin-jack-inapprop…)
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