Star Wars Outlaws is out (and fun as hell) this week, inviting players to meet Canto Bight street thief-turned-interstellar scoundrel Kay Vess - so we're inviting Chris Baker back to talk about Kay and five other Star Wars heroes who were created especially for videogames. We'll also get into Castlevania Domunus Collection, Nintendo Direct news, and your thoughts on politicians and their likely favorite games.

Question of the Week: Who's your favorite Star Wars NPC?

Break song is Nar Shaddaa Party (feat. Kym'zi) by The Kyberpunks. Vidjagame Apocalypse theme by Matthew Joseph Payne.

The Borderlands movie opened last weekend, and we've got things to say about it. It also underwhelmed at the box office, putting it on track to be a major flop - but will it flop as hard as the videogame-based movies in this week's Top 5, all of which lost millions in theaters? While we wait to see, we'll get into The Crush House, SteamWorld Heist II, Beetlejuice in MultiVersus, and the first game magazines you remember reading.

Question of the Week: What’s a piece of pop culture or media that's generally regarded as terrible, but you'll die on a hill to defend anyway?

Break song is Ain't No Rest for the Wicked by Cage the Elephant. Vidjagame Apocalypse theme by Matthew Joseph Payne.

Deadpool & Wolverine is in theaters, and we're so fixated on Marvel's foul-mouthed, fourth-wall-breaking murder-goof that we're going to talk about five games he stars in, and invite the legend Chris Baker - who worked on many of them and made headlines for refuting the "$100,000,000" rumor - to talk about them with us. Then we'll get into Thank Goodness You're Here, videogame voice actors going on strike, our favorite PlayStation mascot getting their own controller, and your experiences with gaming competitions.

Question of the Week: What was something you were first introduced to (like, say, Deadpool or sports) through video games?

Break song is Theme of Deadpool by Hideyuki Fukasawa. Vidjagame Apocalypse theme by Matthew Joseph Payne.