Explore every episode of the podcast Nerds Amalgamated
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| Cut Xbox Into Pieces, Dinosaur BBQ and Never Get Your Book Adapted | 04 Aug 2026 | 00:48:38 | |
Xbox doesn't have much left to offer after the recent cuts. So can their tentpole franchises support the entire business? New research suggests that a massive fireball killed all the dinosaurs in hours, not weeks. Which means there was a point where a time traveler could have an all you can eat dino buffet. Getting your book adapted to a movie sounds like a dream come true. But letting someone else touch your baby has led to many crushed dreams, the latest being Children of Blood and Bone. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j2_WWO1rT4YhqB9qrMIPk0ol1NjL7L8kC0SBUdw8uvM/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/cb9G4sVCPk And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Nobody Works at Xbox, Sleeping to Mars and George Lucas is a Hack | 29 Jul 2026 | 00:57:56 | |
Xbox has fired massive numbers of devs. Who's actually left to make games? Can you sleep through a trip to Mars? Probably not, but it won't stop scientists trying. George Lucas thinks AI is the big new thing. But when was the last time George Lucas was relevant? *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LMdQoAu58ImxNC2HV_71mmHUCf4RNm0LCIhDscA7h-4/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/cb9G4sVCPk And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Everything About Games is Awful Super Episode; also Artificial Life | 08 Jul 2026 | 00:43:07 | |
The end of physical media, the loss of Stop Killing Games and Minecraft servers are illegal. Things are bad. When will they start to get better? On the up side, there is a team working on making artificial life and they've just had a big breakthrough. This won't go wrong at all, right? *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qp6UUkBUeIwPwiOxuwMoHbMgH3dp-Z0W351KzHLx20U/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/cb9G4sVCPk And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Steam Machine and GTA6, Mice with ADHD, and is Anime a commodity? | 30 Jun 2026 | 00:50:37 | |
The Steam Machine has finally been released, and if it wasn't for the price of RAM it would probably sound a lot better. But make sure you save some money for GTA6 because ouch. Scientists have discovered a cluster of neurons in mice that cause them to have ADHD. It could lead to a permanent treatment for ADHD, which is pretty exciting. Critics think Anime is becoming commoditized. What does that even mean? Who cares? *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KoEtH9hnCRRr48QCYGDmIE_tIeKrLoK3oWGw9ZcAWMw/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/cb9G4sVCPk And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Blizzard Sues Their Fans, What Killed The Whales? and The Hollywood Exodus | 23 Jun 2026 | 00:48:29 | |
Blizzard are suing another World of Warcraft fan server. This doesn't set good standards for game preservation, but where is the line between preservation and copyright infringement? Researchers have found a massive whale necropolis in the deep ocean. We're scared of anything big enough to hunt whales, so hopefully it's not a hunting ground for Cthulu. Production companies are leaving Hollywood. Where are they going, and can Hollywood as a concept survive? *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QTDMmmsfWX7FLUhFP9VK8fRc8dgGk5e1msAp5vgZoBw/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/cb9G4sVCPk And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Nintendo Loses in Europe, Growing Medicine Plants in Space, and Doctor In Distress Again | 17 Jun 2026 | 01:06:37 | |
Nintendo have been ordered to pay a fine for joycon drift, and also create Switch 2 models with user serviceable batteries. Let's hope that model becomes available in the rest of the world soon. Plants can be genetically engineered to grow medicine, and might be the solution to producing supplies for long term space travel. Science is awesome. DJ thinks Doctor Who is dead already. It isn't, and Professor brought some reasons why it still has hope. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YjWXKcnRq0qdWRGr7nGUzi1uTojCmfTCntUVCScPAos/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/cb9G4sVCPk And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Nobody's Going To Play COD; Be Above Average, Not Amazing; Youtuber Movies | 10 Jun 2026 | 00:45:02 | |
The next release of Call of Duty will have the lowest potential player base of any COD in nearly a decade. Where are they all going? Aiming high is a good idea, unless you aim too high, in which case you won't perform as well. Science has finally attempted to quantify just how high you should aim. A recent spate of Youtuber movies has meant a resurgence of low budget horror movies. Will it last? *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dUzlUyng3V_knk9rT-qiLWEDHFfGrirO8xD7CK_DgFY/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/cb9G4sVCPk And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| An Interview with Ned Kelly Comic Creator Lucas Scheffel from Angry Fred Comics | 02 Jun 2026 | 01:04:50 | |
Lucas Scheffel's latest project is Ned Kelly: Blood and Thunder, a comic about bushranger Ned Kelly fighting aliens. We spoke to him about his projects and how he got to where he is. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qPXAtZeOTSZXqfRbsZfrEriqo00oZIPGpw7ZsRW9zJ4/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/cb9G4sVCPk And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| The Epic Exodus, The Munchies Keep You Thin, and Anime Keeps You Sane | 26 May 2026 | 00:56:06 | |
Developers are dropping Epic Games Store in favor of releasing on multiple platforms. Can Epic keep throwing money at the problem, or will they admit defeat? You'd think being hungry for snacks would make you fat, but rats treated with marijuana extract stayed thin. Ozempic, watch out. AI driven Anime avatars might be the next way for psychologists to reach their clients. Things are gonna get weird. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/15rK2JLhPxHHUhUKX1TcoHmwyXYQT-RM7MneW0XoYO70/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/m6G5n8XQ8P And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Sega's SuperGame Is Dead, Crickets Feel Pain & Dark Shonen vs Violence Free Anime | 19 May 2026 | 00:46:59 | |
Sega are pivoting away from free to play games after poor performance. They're also pivoting away from AAA games after unrelated poor performance. What's left in the middle? Why are crickets born, just to suffer? Turns out they feel pain and karma may be coming for you for stepping on an ant. Recent anime trends indicate that fans are going for anime without violence and battles, and darker anime. Again, what's left in the middle? *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-312i9UUeeQw9YfaRW0HyVZ0foawwP46PHyiAdnb8q4/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/m6G5n8XQ8P And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Chaos at Build a Rocket Boy, Sit Near a Window & Sag-Aftra Deal | 12 May 2026 | 00:46:07 | |
If you've heard anything about Build a Rocket Boy, you know that things aren't going well. Here's why. Sitting near a window makes you smarter. Time to encase yourself in a glass cube so you can windowmax. Sag-Aftra have reached a deal with studios to restrict the use of generative AI. Samwise Gamgee has led us through the darkness again. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gvZimgMJzD1_hcCULTp6PuXa108jX17c5xT0zCCNdPc/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Bringing Video Game Movies to Success, The "Benefits" of Beer & Crunchyroll's Unethical Hack | 05 May 2026 | 00:58:01 | |
Hollywood have been trying to make video game movies a thing for decades. Finally, they're actually good. Why? Beer has some nutritional value. But science is easy to misrepresent, so is it actually good for you? Crunchyroll came out on top in the anime streaming wars. But they have a dark secret in their history. Did they actually earn their position or did they get there by making choices others were too scared to? *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qF1wE92QMDyVpTQLwyWg8m92JZIEuAX3xsKfSG2c6Zc/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Action in Stop Killing Games, Artemis II and Crunchyroll Anime Awards | 07 Apr 2026 | 00:49:15 | |
The Stop Killing Games movement is heading to EU parliament and the UFS-Que Choisir is suing Ubisoft over the delisting of The Crew. It's been a long road and there's a long way to go, but it's great to see some movement. Artemis II has launched on their trip around the Moon. Everyone get ready to prank them on their return. Crunchyroll have announced the nominees for their anime awards. DJ's favourite got snubbed, so he's very upset and not taking it well. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uyPLjlUyFpRKgXmdeGiheIpmMVb_OotnYhBXz2koTzk/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Ancient Roman Board Games, Dangers of Cloning & Colbert's Tolkien Movie | 31 Mar 2026 | 01:05:40 | |
Flinders University have worked with a team of researchers to model an ancient Roman board game and find out how it would have been played. Cloning is not the secret to immortality we thought it might be. Repeated cloning leads to increased mutations and eventually sterility, preventing the clones from reproducing further. Stephen Colbert has announced that he is advising on a new Lord of the Rings movie about the Hobbits in their old age. It's rare to see such a turbo nerd working on a project like this. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yxrbWjTPJAUgANQ14iyRG36Zid29w8PmwLM5tXFr93U/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Firefly Is Coming back!, ChatGPT Didn't Cure Cancer and Adaptations Killing Anime | 24 Mar 2026 | 00:52:42 | |
Firefly is most likely coming back. The original crew are all on board and they're just looking for a place to show it. Professor is very excited. ChatGPT didn't cure cancer, and LLMs aren't as miraculous as they say. Still, they can finally give us a use for all this extra water and electricity we have, right? Anime thrives on adaptations of other works. But one creator thinks that's a bad thing and could lead to the death of the industry. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yXAnG8S2hbItuWrsFJXGcXPTH_KN3x8oCuCGqWamtjQ/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Valve Vs The World, Signals Lost In Space and Live Action Samurai Champloo | 17 Mar 2026 | 00:48:37 | |
Valve are being sued by everyone, for different reasons, some reasonable and some not so reasonable. Let's hope the reasonable cases get applied to the entire industry. Stars might be making it hard to hear ET phoning home because of their effect on deep space radio waves. I guess SETI will have to start looking again. Samurai Champloo is becoming a live action show. Only time will tell if it succeeds or joins the pile of terrible adaptations. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KVdcDeqUu_K_weO2eyf6zhncVw-DYO7D3m8IHGOI_Lo/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| An Interview with James Baillie At The Intersection Of Games And History | 10 Mar 2026 | 01:07:59 | |
This week we were joined by historian and indie game developer James Bailie to talk about his game projects and how he adapts historical fact into entertaining gameplay. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/122rEkWs_lHwUNXO6I3SnH9xg_DaKmz7yKYfgKHVj1DU/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Giant Stop Killing Games Update, Frozen Life on Mars?, and Paramount WIns Warner Bros. | 03 Mar 2026 | 01:00:32 | |
There's been a massive Stop Killing Games update, and things are looking good. Ross Scott has presented the petition to the European Commission. Life on Mars might be frozen deep in the ice. Apart from being the plot of horror stories, how might this affect our society? Paramount have won the bidding war for Warner Bros. The consolidation of the media continues unabated. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_UwazECZm0RTvssFO-q2zpznAKSjqPCtMm3x7gGTJ84/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| All Your Hardware Are Belong To Us, Terrifying Frozen Microbes, and Arty Films Are Too Long | 24 Feb 2026 | 00:45:20 | |
The latest news in the great ramageddon of 2026 doesn't look good. Now we can expect to not buy hard drives for a reasonable price. Scientists discovered a new bacteria that comes with massive antibiotic resistances. Madagascar, it's time to close the borders. Film Professors are complaining that students aren't paying attention to films. Is it because films are too long, or is TikTok really ruining everything? *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FRE6Hy7Pno3oSLMjKy6ina61FZBQu68ur8EbZKXP0AE/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Do the In Game Crime; Do The Real World Time, History Stinks and Markiplier Vs Hollywood | 10 Feb 2026 | 00:55:13 | |
UK courts have determined that stealing in game gold is a real world crime. That wasn't on my bingo card, and it has some interesting implications for other games like EVE Online. Would you recreate the smell of ancient times to find out what it was like? Some scientists are trying. Professor is really not convinced though. Markiplier released his Iron Lung film. Is this the new rise of indie films? *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1myDrgf-PyvNQuW44mwKy1MCijKATqfTPUqy1r4nbry0/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Are Valve the Bad Guys?, Diagnosing Terry Pratchett Through Books, and DC on Why Manga Is Great. | 03 Feb 2026 | 00:51:35 | |
Valve are going to court in the UK for locking gamers in to buying on Steam. Can the saviours of mainstream Linux gaming really be the bad guys? Terry Pratchett's work might hold the key to diagnosing dementia early through breadth of vocabulary. We're yet to see if this research can be applied to your DMs. DC admit that Manga is great and superheroes are rubbish. Enough said there. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d4363II3bFfZMk1wLZ_PGwgckLfv0_xNlt95IoPsV-8/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| What's the Deal With Hytale?, I Can't Believe It's Not Sugar, and Comic Crossovers Are Pointless. | 20 Jan 2026 | 01:05:47 | |
Hytale has finally launched just when we thought it might never happen. How did we get here, and is it just Minecraft at Home? A new sugar substitute provides almost as much sweetness, with 60% of the calories. And it's made by bacteria. Yummy. Comic crossover events are hugely popular, but are they actually a bad thing? *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/19IkekhPv6yq362bbkGVyMKEcg78DvTY1cxXxylIoA_k/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Game Developers Suck At Cybersecurity, Da Vinci's DNA and Anime Sholdn't Chase The West | 13 Jan 2026 | 01:21:28 | |
Game devs suck at cybersecurity and we're all paying for it. Not only does it ruin the gaming experience, it puts us at risk of fraud and theft. Leonardo Da Vinci's DNA might have been found on an old drawing. Maybe. Or maybe it's just someone else's. Hard to say. Sword Art Online's director says anime shouldn't try to appeal to the west. That won't stop anime from trying though. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b-7f_R4w8tcrT7_fNTbCN1bwIg_YMAfcCpzY8Hrgb2Y/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| AI is Ruining Computers, Wombat Poo, Atlas Robots and Indian Television | 08 Jan 2026 | 01:19:43 | |
Computer hardware has increased in price by 300% recently. We talk about why it happened and why it won't improve any time soon. Wombats poo cubes. There's a good reason for that. Boston Dynamics have announced their new robot model. Behind the CGI, what can it do? Indian TV is going to be bigger than China's soon. DJ has some thoughts about that. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VEDlPzGmQMCtKQEFIG7QMJ6oUGv4J2jQsGyx3Q94jLk/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| 2025 Year In Review | 31 Dec 2025 | 00:54:24 | |
We're joined by Mr Rant from Lights, Camera Rant for our review of the year that was. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Lights Camera Rant (weekly pop culture fix, where I dish out reviews of movies, TV shows, and video games.) (– https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxwohgq7ATVEOEQ3sjj384Q – Leigh “Mr Rant” Morgan (@lights.camera.rant) • Instagram photos and videos – Lights Camera Rant Podcast (@LightsCameraRant) • Facebook – https://www.twitch.tv/lightscamerarant – Mr. Rant (@LightsCameraRNT) / Posts / X – Lights, Camera, Rant | Podcast on Spotify ) Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bWKbecJoivHQ9QW3G5-Y9BkanJDJE5iXkIbFwV9Q624/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| How Warhammer Became The Biggest Tabletop, Mining Viruses and Netflix's Warner Bros Purchase | 09 Dec 2025 | 00:43:26 | |
Warhammer is the biggest tabletop war game around. How did they get to the top? Viruses suck. But they can also be modified to collect rare earth elements from mines. Netflix has purchased Warner Bros, giving them the largest share of the streaming market. This can only be good for consumers, right? *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gHzkWzWsy5TKz8TQBONh7lQ3D-AmlrJFirxVy5AkAFI/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube | |||
| Batman Makes You Nicer, Definitive Editons Bad For Sales and The First Battle Royale | 03 Dec 2025 | 00:53:05 | |
A new study found that subconciously perceiving Batman on a train makes people more likely to give up their seat to a pregnant woman. Is it because he's going to break your back? Sega has been publishing definitive editions of games they've released. Could that actually be harming sales of their games? Death games have been around for thousands of years, but Quintin Tarantino has gotten his knickers in a knot over Hunger Games ripping off Battle Royale. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
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| New Steam Hardware, Live Action My Hero Academia and The End of the Universe | 20 Nov 2025 | 00:41:32 | |
Valve have finally announced the new Steam hardware, including the Steam Frame, Steam Machine and the Steam Controller 2. We're hyped. My Hero Academia is getting a live action adaptation. Live action ALL THE THINGS, while at the same time, anime ALL THE OTHER THINGS. Surely one of the two will work. The Universe is decelerating, according to a new study. That means we're a few billion years closer to the end of the universe than we thought. Don't Panic. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
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| Steam's Monopoly, Bloody Anime and Immortal Science | 11 Nov 2025 | 00:45:10 | |
A recent survey found that Steam is considered a monopoly by developers. What are the implications? Anime has a long history of adult content. Now it's going mainstream and the world isn't ready. These are the kinds of science experiments vampires might think of. They're intended to last longer than a human lifetime, and they're the only way to study some things. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
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| Ending on a Cliffhanger, Dr Who Minus Disney and Dangerous Mirror Life | 05 Nov 2025 | 00:47:48 | |
Live Service games with an ongoing story have to end sometime, right? Destiny 2 did, and suddenly nobody wants to play anymore. Does this mean future games will drag on forever? Hopefully not. The BBC and Disney have officially split, meaning we won't get Doctor Who for over 12 months. Is it time for another charity single to save the Doctor? Mirror life is a hypothetical form of life which is molecularly reversed compared to existing life. Scientists think this could be apocalyptic, so what are they doing to protect us? *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
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| Protoclone's Robot Muscles, EA buyout and Tilly Norwood: AI Actress | 07 Oct 2025 | 01:20:06 | |
The Protoclone is an android based on human muscles. DJ thinks this thing might be too lifelike, and it's time to call Rick Deckard. EA are being bought by a consortium of investment firms. Do they still have a future, or will they be killed off? Tilly Norwood is an AI actress created for the sole purpose of starring in real movies. As any first gen tech, it'll be rubbish, but if you combined Tilly and a Protoclone body, DJ would probably be very scared. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
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| Australia's Gamers Revealed, Dance Dance Revolution Memory and Hollywood AI Movies | 16 Sep 2025 | 00:56:10 | |
A new study tells us all the statistics about Australian gamers. Turns out we're all getting older and less social. We have some theories why. Dance Dance Revolution can be adapted into a memory trainer for people with dementia, and it actually works to reduce the rate of decline. A fully AI movie will be presented at Cannes soon, and we expect it to be bad. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned
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| Age Gating Games, Warner Bros Vs Midjourney and Doing Objective Science | 09 Sep 2025 | 01:11:57 | |
Things get wild when Professor and DJ talk about stopping children from accessing in appropriate games. Warner Bros are suing Midjourney for ripping off their art. With the recent case against OpenAI for pirating books, the precedent might not be on their side. Science is hard to do objectively. There's always a bias, and good scientists find ways to minimise that. The Nerds talk through creating science to push a narrative, and why that's a bad thing. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned Resources:
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| Minecraft Getting Sued, Android Blocking Indie Devs and Social Media Child Stars | 03 Sep 2025 | 00:51:10 | |
Mojang are being sued for breaking the laws of the European Union by changing their terms of service to ban gun mods. Spearheaded by a mod developer, this lawsuit is adjacent to Stop Killing Games but not quite part of it. Google has announced a plan to block indie developers from publishing apps for Android without giving away their personal details. Professor is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore, and is seriously considering switching to a Linux phone. Child stars and social media sounds like a bad time. Stars with experience have suggested that the child stars on the new Harry Potter series need to be trained to deal with it, which sounds like a good idea when you realise how much hate is going to get flung around just because the series isn't exactly the same as the originals. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com. *** Resources:
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| An Interview with Isaac Fox from Astral Ticket Comics – Adult Comic Creator of Ecchi Series: The Manti-Corp | 12 Aug 2025 | 01:10:13 | |
This week we interviewed Isaac Fox, creator of popular comics like SuccuBUSTED and Cremisi about his new project, The Manti-Corps. We enjoyed a nice drink of rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com Astral Tickets Comics Website - https://www.foxxycomics.com/ Youtube - Astral Ticket Comics - YouTube Facebook - ATFoxxyComics Instagram - Izumi Fox (@atfoxxycomics) • Instagram photos and videos X - https://x.com/ATFoxxyComics/ Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/1784220658/ Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/brooke-astral.bsky.social Astral Ticket Discord Server - https://discord.gg/YvcY7F4X Astral Ticket Newest Kickstarter THE MANTI-CORPS : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/isaacfox/the-manti-corps-0-recruited Full Show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/18mocGnosNibFh6-UJ684ZW78gCDenIHcICsIMDanCMg/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated | |||
| An Interview with Savas Savidis | 29 Jul 2025 | 00:55:11 | |
This week we interviewed Savas Savidis about his game Tales of Grimace and what it takes to be a an indie game developer in high school. We enjoyed a nice drink of rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com Tales of Grimace The Game Website - https://www.talesofgrimace.com/ Steam Page - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2223310/Tales_of_Grimace/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/people/Tales-of-Grimace-Video-Game/61563844233175/ Twitter - https://x.com/TalesOfGrimace Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@talesofgrimaceofficial Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TalesofGrimaceOfficialChannel Instagram - http://instagram.com/talesofgrimaceofficial Marcelo Brocker’s Game : Lucid Nina Full Show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PZaChJWIAR1Vd8YtUdK9XGk__LcCyKYl8ac2bw-eCcc/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Discord - https://discord.gg/hScBsJfa Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated | |||
| Steam is EVIL... Maybe, Direwolves and Moa Ressurections and Movies Ruined Comics | 16 Jul 2025 | 01:08:19 | |
The famous modder behind the Special K mod has deleted their steam account and written a manifesto about why Steam is evil. We disagree. The resurrected Direwolves are doing well, and Peter Jackson is promising to bring back the Moa next. Let's just skip straight to the dinosaurs. Movies used to be based on comics. But now movies are bigger than comics, and people think comics are worse for it. We enjoyed a nice drink of rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com Modders Deleting their Steam out of protest - Why I Deleted My Steam Account After 20 Years · GitHub Direwolf Update & Peter Jackson’s Newest Project - The "de-extincted" dire wolves are 6 months old and getting quite big - Peter Jackson, Maoris, Colossal To De-Extinct World’s Largest Bird Have Superhero movies ruined Comics - Have Superhero Movies Ruined Comics? - ComicBook.com Stop Killing Games Petition : https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ Full Show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GLMqvP51TVY5wFL_4B5RUx04eNV_uv7uSGeRl3zjtyw/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Discord - https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated | |||
| Stop Killing Games Update, The End of Xbox, Killer Whales Want To Give You Lunch and Brad Pitt's Actor Advice | 08 Jul 2025 | 00:52:27 | |
Stop Killing Games has reached 1 million signatures on the European Citizens Initiative. But the battle isn't won yet. Due to invalid signatures, the petition could use as many extra signatures as it can get. Microsoft have laid off 9000 people from their gaming division, while also planning for a third party Xbox handheld. Could this be the end of the Xbox hardware? Killer Whales are not whales, but they are indeed killers. They also want to have lunch with you. All around the world, killer whales have been bringing fresh seafood to humans. Brad Pitt thinks actors should avoid superhero roles. Is his advice just wishful thinking he can't see past because of his immense wealth? We enjoyed a nice drink of rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com New Stop Killing Games Update & Huge Layoffs at Microsoft - Big update on Stop Killing Games! Kind Killer Whales - Killer whales, kind gestures: Orcas offer food to humans in the wild Brad Pitt’s advice to young actors….don’t do superhero movies - Brad Pitt Says Hollywood Pressures Young Actors to Play Superheroes Stop Killing Games Petition : https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ Full Show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZWWqtN-L4JTx36pWBegeWpCzYtRC0L--akTkr8LR2kE/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Discord - https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated | |||
| The End of Stop Killing Games, Lab Grown Meat and Duke Nukem TV | 01 Jul 2025 | 01:10:15 | |
Stop Killing Games has nearly reached its conclusion, unless hundreds of thousands of European gamers come out of the woodwork. Aaaand here they come. You will soon be able to buy lab grown meat in Australia. Will you eat it? Duke Nukem is coming to TV. Maybe this icon of the 90s should have been left there though. We enjoyed a nice drink of rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com Stop Killing Games Update - The end of Stop Killing Games Lab Grown Meat now available in Australia Adi Shankar acquires Duke Nukem rights Stop Killing Games Petition : https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ Full Show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/14wsCS63xxH9efIiURZH-iQTpHwq_JyuG45ohaJ-POBs/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Discord - https://discord.gg/6a3wpcJf Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated | |||
| An Interview with Neural Forge | 10 Jun 2025 | 01:01:48 | |
This week we're interviewing Neural Forge, creator of the board game Nimbus. Neural Forge official website Neural Froge Etsy Store – NeuralForge - Etsy Australia Neural Forge Facebook page Neural Forge Instagram – Neural Forge (@neural_forge) • Instagram photos and videos Neural Forge Nimbus Kickstarter – Nimbus by Neural Forge — Kickstarter Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-4d6ovrzeZNYDK5ijlDwTPkji3B4iX3rNQypRL29Xes/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Discord - https://discord.gg/QC6njqkCRp Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated | |||
| Everything Wrong With The Switch 2, The Science of Joy and Captain America's Regretful Plot Twist | 03 Jun 2025 | 01:13:18 | |
The Switch 2 is not without controversy. The big issues center around hardware ownership. So why are Nintendo getting this wrong? Happiness is tricky to pin down, but the latest research gives some hints on how to get there. Years ago, Captain America was revealed to be a Hydra agent. This led to no end of problems for the writers, mostly caused by the fans. Let's hope their next big plot twist goes better. Nintendo Switch 2 early bricked The science of joy - The Surprising Science of Joy: What Research Got Wrong | Psychology Today Australia Marvel editor reflects on Cap Hydra reveal Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ukMX1PRUyuvYhKiWhXijEaXve_SBtQ_3aLcQ2S7gtXM/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Discord - https://discord.gg/pRmyEZ8CcX Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated | |||
| Japan's Cultural Victory, An Interview with Strauss Zelnick and Preventing a Supervolcano Eruption | 27 May 2025 | 00:58:17 | |
Crunchyroll have published a report on anime revealing that a majority of people under 50 watch it. Yet the company still wants growth. What are the implications? Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take Two has some thoughts on the games industry, and they're... interesting. Is he completely out of touch, or is it the kids who are wrong? A supervolcano might wipe all of us out. The good news is scientists are discovering ways to defuse it before it happens. Let's hope they manage to save us all. Crunchy roll report on anime and its hold - New Crunchyroll Data Report Reveals Anime's 'Pop Culture Chokehold' on Gen Z & Millennial Fans Take-Two's Strauss Zelnick interview - Take-Two's Strauss Zelnick on game prices, Civilization 7's launch and Switch 2 | GamesIndustry.biz Rise of the italian supervolcano - Scientists May Have Found a Way To Stop Italy’s Awakening Supervolcano Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UjShAxWDLdozY7QNNQv9zTTFtCyeEY1JzUHqDoYnZ0k/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Discord - https://discord.gg/pRmyEZ8CcX Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated | |||
| The Year of the Linux Gaming PC, Literal Alchemy at the LHC and Europe Vs AI | 20 May 2025 | 01:07:05 | |
Wow 250 episodes and we are still going…what an achievement...We would like to thank each and every one of you for being part of this magical journey Finally, Valve are releasing SteamOS onto third party devices. Is this finally the year of the Linux gaming PC? The Large Hadron Collider has turned lead into gold through shooting two lead atoms at each other and missing. Europe has achieved a victory over generative AI dubbing through unions and laws. Yay. We enjoyed a nice drink of rez which you can get from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com Steam OS and compatibility - Steam :: Steamworks Development :: SteamOS Compatibility Hydron Collider now makes gold - ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC | CERN Europe is winning the fight against AI - How Europe's Film and TV Dubbers Are Leading the Fight Against AI Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xvyfc1wscNXe_e562-a5TMn-LXGRq0X8WH8361RozXI/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Discord - https://discord.gg/pRmyEZ8CcX Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@nerdsamalgamated Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/nerdsamalgamated | |||
| The Truth Behind More Expensive Consoles, Marvel's New Strategy and Photographing Atoms | 13 May 2025 | 00:55:57 | |
There's a variety of reasons consoles are getting more expensive instead of cheaper, and they aren't all because of greed. Chips just aren't improving like they used to. Marvel has a new strategy. Will they finally start making good content? A new technique from MIT allows scientists to photograph atoms with a microscope. Finally, we can see what they're up to. Why are consoles getting expensive - Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts - Ars Technica Marvel has a new strategy according to Disney CEO Atoms can now be seen on 4K - MIT physicists snap the first images of “free-range” atoms Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W56RuGLqcD-MExSfBbhG535JQCWcb0BwEcl_iOessno/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Discord - https://discord.gg/pRmyEZ8CcX Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@nerdsamalgamated | |||
| The Future of Subscription Gaming, Ancient Fire and Netflix Saving Hollywood | 06 May 2025 | 00:58:55 | |
A new analysis indicates that subscription gaming has no room to grow. Of course, that won't stop them trying to take away our game ownership. Humans have been using fire for hundreds of thousand of years. But during the Ice Age, there's a gap in the evidence. What were humans doing with fire during that time? Netflix's CEO claims that Netflix is saving the movie industry. Of course he would say that. What's the truth? Subscription gaming and its failures - Subscription spending has been flat since 2021, analyst says subs are not the future of gaming Ancient Fire Streaming services can save Hollywood Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BUSTKI7qdQNjinN5dCDkMgkGHoaHFAwD2aN7vrfIcr4/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Discord - https://discord.gg/pRmyEZ8CcX Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@nerdsamalgamated | |||
| Just Watch The Movies, Yet Another Ubisoft Lawsuit and Astronaut Food | 29 Apr 2025 | 01:05:05 | |
At last, the Oscars have added a rule that voters have to watch the movie. Somehow, people are complaining about doing their job. Ubisoft are being threatened with a complaint about their data collection. The GDPR hammer is raised and ready. Scientists want to grow astronaut food from scratch using bioreactors. This totally won't make a giant meat blob that consumes the Earth. We're supported by Rez, which you can get from the REZ website at www.drinkrez.com and with a 15% discount using the code word : NERDS15 We had a nice drink as DJ made a concoction with REZ and orange juice. Find out how it went. New Oscar rules – Oscar Voters Can No Longer Vote in a Category Unless They’ve Seen All Nominees – Films made with AI can win Oscars, Academy says Not Another Ubisoft Lawsuit Space food – Mission to boldly grow food in space labs blasts off Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wXjl26haRpqs6tIiiCzIuvjnJp8LjaLjzlkEPTpRYj0/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Discord - https://discord.gg/pRmyEZ8CcX Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ | |||
| Gacha Games Dangers, Chinese Movies Only & Life in Space | 23 Apr 2025 | 01:15:44 | |
We enjoyed a nice drink of rez which you can get from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com and with a 15% discount using the code word : NERDS15 DJ went wild and mixed a sachet of REZ with a bottle of coke, while the professor went with the traditional approach of mixing a sachet with water....how did it pan out? Find out.... Gacha games have seen rising popularity in the past few years, but with that comes a new wave of concern. This time it isn't over your anime waifu, but the ridiculous amounts of money people are pouring into them. China's response to the tariffs has been to ban US movies. And just like that, the world got a little smaller. A new study has found signs of life on an exoplanet. Could this be it? Have we really found aliens? Maybe. There is something about Gacha games - Aussie gamers out of pocket from 'manipulative' tactics: research - ABC listen China’s cinematic solution to the US Tarrifs - China to 'Moderately Reduce' Number of US Film Imports in Response to Tariffs There might be life in space after all... - Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet K2-18b - Scientists Detect Strongest Evidence Yet of Potential Life on Exoplanet K2-18 b Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JZcVQSq8lisA7Kao5uUd1pDSIyteQBy2YvFH-wFa-Qg/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Discord - https://discord.gg/QC6njqkCRp Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ | |||
| Stop Killing Games Lawsuit, Minecraft Movie Chaos and Return of the Dire Wolves | 15 Apr 2025 | 01:00:36 | |
Ubisoft has responded to a lawsuit against them as part of the Stop Killing Games campaign. This setback doesn't mean the end for the campaign. They'll keep fighting. A Minecraft Movie is a surprising hit. But it comes with some interesting implications for the future. And please don't throw your popcorn. Dire Wolves are back. But they're not really. Colossal Biosciences claims to have created dire wolves, but what they claim isn't entirely possible, which is sad news for Jurassic Park fans. We're supported by Rez. Get 15% off with code “NERDS15” at www.drinkrez.com Stop killing games the saga continues The Minecraft movie explosion The Dire wolf resurrection - The Dire Wolf Is Back | The New Yorker - No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction | New Scientist - Dire wolf returns from extinction? Company reveals 'magic' it's using to bring back species Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EUU1CAf8VQgLeg1178ayS3jB3jqsgFkhdr-aEjBkbEA/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Discord - https://discord.gg/QC6njqkCRp Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ | |||
| Everything about the Nintendo Switch 2, The Tariffs are coming & Brain to Speech | 08 Apr 2025 | 01:03:40 | |
From computer mice to increased prices for games, we'll tell you everything worth knowing about the Nintendo Switch 2 and why you probably don't want to buy it. Tariffs aren't just affecting video games, but they're also coming to Hollywood and could push out the smaller studios. A new brain to speech implant greatly improves the speed at which a human-computer interface can translate thoughts into words. Next step on the full dive VR checklist is to put thoughts back into the brain. We're supported by Rez. Get 15% off with code “NERDS15” at www.drinkrez.com Recent Nintendo Switch 2 News - Nintendo Switch 2: Release date, price, new Switch games and everything else you need to know The tariffs are coming to Hollywood - Here Are the Ways in Which Tariffs, Markets and a Possible Recession Could Impact Hollywood Brain to Speech - Brain implant translates thoughts to speech in an instant Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1491fPo_fTbVog4-e4bxrbPwqp4X_RsRAM2MihR0TRNI/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Discord - https://discord.gg/QC6njqkCRp Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ | |||
| The Game Acting Strike, Anime Shortages and Light Sails For Interstellar Exploration | 02 Apr 2025 | 00:59:44 | |
SAG-AFTRA warn you not to believe the major games companies who claim that they're close to a deal. Instead, the union is refusing to back down without getting all the concessions they want for their members. Anime is facing a staff shortage. This could mean lowering quality or reducing season length. Hopefully it means removing filler. Light sails might be the best way to get to Alpha Centauri within a human lifetime. But we won't be sending humans just yet. We're supported by Rez. Get 15% off with code “NERDS15” at www.drinkrez.com SAG-AFTRA VS Game Companies - SAG-AFTRA remains "frustratingly far apart" from major game companies | GamesIndustry.biz Shorter anime season due to lack of staff Light Sails Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RhzvokSGaISgvhdUX-GI3WySeCDrdBLgyIqj_qlb9ys/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ | |||