Bloodborne Movie Gets Promising Update from Producer Jacksepticeye (IGN)

GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking: the Bloodborne movie has a writer and a director, and the producer says it is making great progress.

GRANT BRICKMAN: We interrupt this block with breaking news. The Bloodborne movie has an update, and it landed about ten minutes ago. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: Producer Jacksepticeye told IGN the animated film now has a writer and a director. When it was announced over six months ago, it had neither. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: A writer AND a director. Practically a finished film. Roxy, take us to the drive-in, and brace yourself. ▶

ROXY: I'm already crying, Grant. IGN asked while talking Hitman, where Jacksepticeye is the new elusive target. That game is out today. ▶

ROXY: The producer says things are obviously much more along the pipeline than back then. Announcements on who's involved, hopefully sooner than later. ▶

ROXY: On the file footage: pixel cars rolling in, the huge screen still dark. That's a film with a writer and a director, and not one trailer yet. ▶

ROXY: They call it a monumental IP, want it pinprick perfect, then ask if anything is ever perfect. They don't know. Four reels out of five for honesty. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: No names, no date, no teaser yet. The report only promises that those announcements and story teases may come. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: So we wait. Nobody tell Roxy the trailer doesn't exist yet. She'll cry at it anyway. ▶

Apple’s First Touchscreen MacBook Pro Is Up for Preorder (IGN)

GRETA FOOTNOTE: Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro is up for preorder, and we asked the street what they think.

GRANT BRICKMAN: For viewers just joining: we first told you about Apple's touchscreen laptop Wednesday night. Today we ask the people. Kai, over to you. ▶

KAI: Huge! Apple finally lets you tap a MacBook screen. Pinch, swipe, the lot. Preorders are open and it ships November 6. Let's ask people! ▶

PASSERBY: Swipe to scroll on a laptop? My cat has been doing that on my screen for years. Apple just caught up. ▶

PASSERBY: Prices go from 2899 dollars up to 14,549 if you fully spec it. For that I want it to tap me back. ▶

KAI: Fourteen thousand, five hundred and forty-nine dollars! Huge number. I'd still check the USB-C ports first, and the keyboard. ▶

PASSERBY: I'll keep using my old laptop, thanks. Does the touch bit work with greasy fingers? Asking for lunch. ▶

PASSERBY: The notch is gone and now there's a Dynamic Island on a laptop. Fancy. My screen already has a coffee island. ▶

KAI: Verdict from the street: curious, broke, and slightly smudged. Back to the studio! ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: Four new items, one touchscreen, and a price range that spans a used car. Preorders are open now. ▶

The Hype Index (PXL)

GRANT BRICKMAN: The Hype Index is up: Hacker News tops the board and two small German words are loud.

GRANT BRICKMAN: Time for the Hype Index, our market report on how loud the wire is. Vera, what is the board saying? ▶

DR. VERA VECTOR: Top of the wire: 481 points on Hacker News for Claude Code regularly sends each background agent's transcript to its model. ▶

DR. VERA VECTOR: Next, 109 points for Gemini 4 Carbon as the new number one on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5, then 104 for If IPv4 Were Land. ▶

DR. VERA VECTOR: Desk volume over 24 hours: tech, 30 stories. AI, 30 stories. Gaming, 30 stories. A very tidy newsroom. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: Perfectly even. That is what I call balanced journalism, Greta. Or a very fair ruler. ▶

DR. VERA VECTOR: Loudest words: und, seven headlines. Die, seven headlines. Google, seven headlines. Two of those are German, one is a search engine. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: So the hottest words today are two conjunctions and Google. Short, and the wire is certain about them. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: Never mind the headlines, folks. The market has spoken, and it said und. That is the Hype Index. ▶