Bästa Amalgama podcaster (2025)

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Half Life 3 Rumours, Alan Moore's Novel and Things To Look For In The Sky 40:30

23h ago40:30

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The rumours are flying that Half Life 3 might be close to done. We're trying not to get too hyped just in case, but this might actually be happening this time. Alan Moore spoke about his new novel, The Great When from The Long London Quintet. Lots of parallel universe shenanigans seem to be heading our way. 2025 has some great astronomy opportuniti…

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2024: Year In Review 40:24

8d ago40:24

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It's the end of the year, so welcome to our Year in Review episode. We discuss our favourite things of the year from games to movies and science. We hope you have a happy New Year and we'll see you next year for more nerdy shenanigans. 2024 in video games – 2024 in video games - Wikipedia 2024 in film – 2024 in film - Wikipedia 2024 in Science & Te…

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Illegal Roblox Casinos, Luigi Mangione Documentaries and How Science Works 51:02

15d ago51:02

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Your kids might be gambling in underground Roblox casinos. Or you might be gaming in underground CSGO casinos. Either way, there's been a proliferation of underground gaming casinos gambling in game assets for real world money. The latest investigation shows found children who have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Robux. Scary stuff. …

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Indian Games, Genderbent 007 and New Drugs From Goose Feces 49:34

22d ago49:34

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There's a big potential for the untapped Indian games industry. Why hasn't it taken off yet? Is 2025 finally the year of the Indian games industry? Former Bond girl Gemma Arterton thinks James Bond can't be genderbent. Someone out there will probably take that as a challenge. A group of scientists working with school students have identified a cyto…

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AAAs Playing It Safe, Snow White Remake And Where's Birdflu? 48:58

29d ago48:58

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This week, things get heated when Professor and DJ talk about the reasons AAA games have to play it safe and take no risks. Disney is remaking Snow White and it looks AWFUL. They really should stop doing this, but they won't as long as people keep watching them. There's been a lot of news about birdflu lately. So why hasn't it become a pandemic? Pl…

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The Death of Retail Game Stores, Denis Villeneuve Hates Star Wars and Eradicating Cervical Cancer 1:03:50

1M ago1:03:50

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We are have a new Nerd on the Block : Shane from ComX Once an international brand, GAME is on the verge of shutting down. They've adapted to the changing market by not selling games anymore. We're not sure there's a way to survive as a physical games retailer with the domination of online marketplaces, but they're trying. Hate might be a strong wor…

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Disco Elysium Drama, AI In Movies and Manga and Rats Driving Cars 54:42

1M ago54:42

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Disco Elysium is a famous game for very good reasons. But when it comes to creating a sequel, there are now five companies all claiming to be working on a spiritual successor, all with part of the original team. And they're all suing each other. Get your popcorn. Ben Affleck (Batman) and Hirohiko Araki (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) have both come forw…

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Australia's Social Media Ban, The Future of Star Wars and Farting for Science 57:51

2M ago57:51

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Reuploaded due to Spotify sync issues Australia's proposed social media ban is very broad and will likely affect gaming platforms like Roblox and Fortnite. We discuss the impact on the gaming industry if this comes into effect. Disney announced new Star Wars movies, then almost immediately cancelled one of them. What are they doing? Does anyone the…

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Supanova 100 Review featuring Shane Syddall from Comics Network Australia 45:15

2M ago45:15

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This week we went to Supanova 100. We'll discuss our favorite panels, some great sights and of course the best cosplays. Brisbane Supanova 2024 – Event Home - Supanova Comic Con & Gaming Shane Syddall from Comics Network Australia (ComX) – Comics Network Australia – Shane Syddall | Comics Network Australia Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/…

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Pay to Win Audio, Netflix to The Rescue and Bacteria Pirates of The High Seas 50:03

2M ago50:03

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Call of Duty Black Ops 6 has a new pay to win audio tier using customised Head Related Transfer Functions. Cool tech, but what isn't cool is allowing some players who can afford a subscription to have a gameplay advantage. Netflix are saving the Anime industry by... *checks notes* paying the animators a fair wage. This utterly insane idea will hope…

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AI propaganda, Playstation Vs Hackers, and Bringing Back The Dead Thylacine 50:12

3M ago50:12

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A minor actor has had his identity used to create Venezuelan propaganda. He's not too happy about that, and hopes the unions will be able to prevent this in the future. Playstation have spent ten years suing a company for making hacks for their games, and they just lost. While this might lead to a proliferation of cheaters, we're more excited about…

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Nobel Prizes, The Real Cost of Game Piracy and Hollywood's Direction 49:43

3M ago49:43

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The Nobel Prizes for 2024 have been awarded. AI. AI everywhere... A study has attempted to estimate the actual cost of game piracy for developers who use Denuvo DRM. Is it really worth using on games? Hollywood has changed a lot in the last few decades with the rise of streaming. Some insiders have concerns about its ability to adapt. Nobel Prize 2…

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The Future of the Sims, Responding to Toxic Fans and Plastic Eating Bacteria 46:53

3M ago46:53

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EA have announced that they aren't working on The Sims 5 after a decade. Instead, they're farming out future content releases to the fans. Is this a sign of EA's laziness or is it the right move? Toxic fans ruin everything. Fortunately, studios are developing techniques for protecting actors and fans from their actions. A recently discovered bacter…

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Steam Record Playercounts, Suing OpenAI and Earth's New Moon 54:13

3M ago54:13

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Steam has once again broken their record for most concurrent users online. So where are all these new users coming from? What do they want? What does this mean for the future of Steam? OpenAI is being sued for copyright infringement. If they lose it could mean the end of the existing LLM AI hype. For the next few months Earth will have a new moon t…

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R18 for Gambling Games, Lionsgate AI and How Sleep Resets Your Brain 1:26:40

4M ago1:26:40

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Australia has now brought in an R18 rating for games featuring gambling. We discuss the merits behind this change and whether it will really protect the children from gambling addictions. Lionsgate have decided to use AI to create AI generated "augmentations" to their films. We go deep on deep fakes, and appropriate usage of AI. New research explai…

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Oxenfree Erasure, Disney Vs Peter Cushing, Gene Editing & A New Nerd Approaches 1:24:05

4M ago1:24:05

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A New Nerd Approaches and his name is Phoenix If you own the game Oxenfree through Itch.io, you're about to lose access to it. The Netflix owned games studio is pulling the game from storefronts and libraries, leaving nothing in its wake. This time, even if you own it, you won't be able to download it. This should be completely unacceptable, so how…

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Japanese Censorship, Humans in Heat & Jenna Ortega on Women Led Franchises 46:56

4M ago46:56

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Suda51 and Shinji Mikami got together to talk about Japan's CERO system of games classification. They've raised some excellent points about the inconsistencies in the system. Humans don't like the heat much. New research shows that the fatal limit for temperature and humidity might be much lower than expected. Jenna Ortega thinks more women led fra…

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How Epic Store Finds Users, Debunking the Marshmallow Test & Banning Fake Reviews 1:11:26

4M ago1:11:26

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Epic Games Store's long running free games program seems to be paying off for their user acquisition strategy, despite their low sales of exclusives. They still can't hold a candle to Steam though. The Marshmallow test is supposed to determine a child's future. The latest studies actually debunk it, and prove that you really aren't limited. At leas…

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Banning Roblox, Olympic Maths and D23 Announcments 1:01:12

5M ago1:01:12

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Roblox is now banned in another country for child exploitation. These are serious allegations, so we're lucky serious journalists have investigated and uncovered the reasons why Roblox isn't great for kids. We discuss the issues and whether Australia should follow suit. Mathematicians have worked out the optimum swimming stroke, and are training sw…

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Warframe CEO on Live Service Games, Jim Shooter on Modern Marvel and Cocaine Sharks 49:40

5M ago49:40

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The CEO of Warframe developer Digital Extremes has explained why he thinks there hasn't been another Live Service hit like Warframe. Jim Shooter, a former Marvel head, has some thoughts on modern comics - There isn't enough dialogue apparently. Sharks in Brazil have gotten their fins on large amounts of cocaine from drug smugglers. Everything human…

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Viggo Mortensen on Franchies, The Indie Games Bubble & Why We Blush 57:18

6M ago57:18

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Viggo Mortensen hasn't been seen in any big franchises since Lord of the Rings. He's got a very good reason for that, and he isn't likely to go back. At least he's willing to tell us why. We've seen a lot of great indie games in the last few years, but it's starting to look like the bubble might be popping. Sooner or later it'll be back, but at wha…

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Ants Performing Surgery, Why We're Addicted to Games and Goodbye Crunchyroll Comments 52:49

6M ago52:49

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A species of carpenter ants will perform surgery on their wounded comrades. These gory scenes take place after vicious battles with other ant colonies. This is the first time that surgery has been observed in non-human animals. Much has been made of video game addiction, which is a real and scary thing. But not every case is medical addiction, and …

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If I Were Preaching Tomorrow, July 14, 2024 7:54

6M ago7:54

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Well, I had not originally planned on adding more episodes to The Amalgamation Podcast until it was fully ready to go. Sometimes, the world requires us to respond outside of our plans. So here's a little preview of what I will be doing in the Fall, to offer some ideas about those of you who are preaching on any given Sunday. With the shooting and p…

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E70 The End of an Era 6:58

6M ago6:58

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It seems only fitting to end on a nice round number with Episode 70 of BRC and Friends. Those who have been hanging out with me for the past decades have been through a few manifestations of this space, including its very beginning as a VodCast that began 10 years ago with my very first guest, Grace Ji-Sun Kim. [Watch Episode 1] Special thanks to C…

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Happy Whales, Eve Open Source & Hollywood Exodus 38:55

6M ago38:55

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Scientist have found that whales are happier when humans are not around, and this was during the first year of the COVID-19 Pandemic, when human activity on the ocean was limited. Which begs the question do whales really hate humans? Eve Online's creator CCP Games have decided to go open source...will this make the game immortal? Only time will tel…

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UnSocial Multiplayer, The Curse of Geoengineering & GTA the Movie 48:21

6M ago48:21

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A classic MMO designer thinks modern MMOs aren't giving players enough ways to play together. MMOs have changed over the last 20 years, and are no longer the only way to play with your friends. So what's really behind the changes? A new study suggests geoengineering might actually just move the issue from one place to another. Who will bear the con…

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Vidisode 4: Help the Watfa Family Evacuate Gaza 1:30

7M ago1:30

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A few weeks ago, we were connected with the Gaza Solidarity Network to get matched with someone in Gaza who is trying to raise funds to evacuate. This is obviously not the ideal solution (ceasefire and rebuilding are), and it is unfair that some families will get paired while others will not. Occupation and genocide are also not fair, so we do what…

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Save TF2, Save The Crow and Save Arctic Foxes 36:15

7M ago36:15

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Team Fortress 2 has been overrun by bots. A new campaign to save this game from the hackers and cheaters who are ruining it begs Valve to make a difference. We discuss how this relates to the Stop Killing Games campaign and the various ways Valve and the community can save the game. By all accounts, The Crow's reboot will not be any good. Can it be…

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Vidisode 3: What will it take? 1:17

7M ago1:17

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In what seems like a lifetime ago, I posted this a few weeks back after my return from my second delegation to Palestine. Even with all of the most recent acts of terror inflicted upon the people of Gaza and the accelerated violence in the occupied West Bank, I am still left with the same question as I have been posing since last year, “What will i…

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Paid Mods, Microsoft Recall and GRRM's Rants 1:17:26

7M ago1:17:26

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Sorry about the audio quality on this one. The people responsible have been fired out of a cannon into the sun. The problem has been fixed and we'll be back to our usual quality next week. Should we pay modders for their work? After hundreds of hours playing modded games, and even designing some mods himself, Professor's got some thoughts on this. …

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Why Gamers Smurf, The End of Anime, Adults Only Social Media and Poo Pills for Parkinsons 59:12

7M ago59:12

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According to surveys, most gamers Smurf - that is high level players using a low level account to stomp noobs. So why do you do it, and is it as bad as it sounds? The end of anime's Golden Age may be upon us. Miyazaki says so, but he's just won an award for anime. So is it self-deprecating humour or bragging? The Australian government has suggested…

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Vidisode 2: New York, I'm Headed Your Way 1:06

8M ago1:06

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It’s actually this week (What is time?) but anyhoo, we are headed your way New York, and we cannot wait. It's been too long since we've visited your lovely city! First things first: We already have show tickets, but help us fill out our week! Where should we eat, and what should we see? But you are also invited . . . SUNDAY, JUNE 2The Riverside Chu…

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Stop Killing Games Update, Isekais Are Off the Rails and Pig Butchering Scams 1:05:23

8M ago1:05:23

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The UK has issued a response to the Stop Killing Games campaign with a possible angle of attack. Remember to keep signing your local petitions to help make a change. The creator of Ghost in the Shell Arise thinks Isekais are off the rails and that the real world doesn't suck that much. Has he been outside recently? AI deepfakes are being used in a …

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Victory Over Sony, The Hunt for Gollum, and Rise of The Plastic Eating Nanobots 49:18

8M ago49:18

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Helldivers 2 players have achieved a major victory over Sony, leading to the PSN account requirement being retracted. Good work troops. WBD are planning some more Lord of the Rings movies, starting with The Hunt for Gollum. The Nerds discuss why they've picked such an overdone part of the story to cover. Plastic eating nanobots may be coming to a w…

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TikTok Ban Vs Game Developers, Cryonic Brains and Why Marvel Movies Suck 1:05:20

8M ago1:05:20

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The USA's TikTok ban coming into effect could affect game developers too. We'll break it down and go over the possible effects. If you want to preserve your body for the future, you might turn to cryonics. If you can't afford a full body, you can just preserve your brain and hope someone grows you a new body in the future. Marvel movies suck. Every…

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Fixing Voyager 1, The battle for Videogame Libraries, and Rotten Tomatoes Resumes 52:16

8M ago52:16

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The Australian Stop Killing Games Petition is now active. Sign it here: e-petitions – Parliament of Australia How does NASA repair a spacecraft nearly a light day from Earth? NASA engineers have spent the last few months working on a solution to a faulty RAM chip, and we'll discuss the changes they had to make to save the stricken craft. The Entert…

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Game Devs Are Worried About Live Service Games, Binge Vs Weekly Releases and Gaming for Science 50:57

9M ago50:57

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The Australian Stop Killing Games Petition is now active. Sign it here: https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN6080 Live service games seem like the future of gaming, but the tide seems to be changing. A survey of game developers says that the majority are concerned about the future of live service games and their sustainability. Do you pref…

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Stop Killing Games, The Case of the Missing Anime and The New Lunar Time Zone 48:00

9M ago48:00

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Ross Scott's Campaign to save games has kicked off, and we're sharing his battle plans. This is something we can all do to help prevent games from being destroyed. With the death of Funimation, anime is also at risk of being taken away from you. Paid products aren't showing up on CrunchyRoll's site. They claim everything will eventually be availabl…

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A Nerds Amalgamated 200th Episode Special - An Interview with Worthy Chaos Comics Creator : Corissa Grant 58:14

9M ago58:14

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For our 200th episode, we've interviewed Corissa Grant from Worthy Chaos Comics to talk about their series Redemption, a comic about love, a war involving the ancient Egyptian and Celtic pantheons, demon hunters, and a whole lot of gore. Corissa tells us about how she got into writing comics, how she found an artist, the challenges of managing a co…

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Don't Reboot The Crow, Neuralink Success, and Pokemon Law 1:02:41

10M ago1:02:41

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The Crow is one of BPM's favourite movies, as well as a Brandan Lee's final film role. There's talks about rebooting it with a new storyline and BPM, along with the original director, are not very happy about it. Neuralink has begun human trials, beset with animal testing issues and beaten to market by over a decade. The Nerds discuss the sci-fi fu…

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WB Kills Another Company, The Oscars and Razzies, and How Stress Makes You Dumber 1:01:21

10M ago1:01:21

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Warner Bros seem to be intent on killing everything they own. The latest casualty is Adult Swim's Games library. Professor reminisces about some of his favourite games from this publisher that will no longer be available to customers. The Oscars and Razzies happened again this week, so the Nerds discuss the impact the winners might have on the dire…

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Yuzu and The Crew Updates, Executive Meddling and Teaching Children to Talk 49:47

10M ago49:47

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This week we bring you the latest updates in the Nintendo vs Yuzu case, the first shots in the war to save games from deletion, and the push towards even more live service games. Executives are ruining movies. We discuss the reasons and the solutions to escape executive meddling. Finally, we put on our boomer hats to complain about how kids these d…

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Nintendo Vs Yuzu, Marvel's Future, and The Benefits of Green Space 53:00

10M ago53:00

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Nintendo are suing a Fruit company. The Yuzu emulator is under attack. The Professor has some thoughts on how this affects the future of games preservation. Marvel are trying to recover from a few big failures recently. The DJ ponders their future projects and what they need to do to bring the audience back. Going outside is really, REALLY good for…

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The Future of Games Consoles, Tyler Perry and Sora AI, and Gaming For Your Health 51:26

11M ago51:26

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Rumours are flying about the next generation of games consoles. The Nerds discuss the future and where we might be going next, whether that's a mid generation Pro release, a full new generation, or the PC master race. Sora AI has scared Tyler Perry away from an $800m investment. Perry thinks the future is all AI, all the time, but we think there's …

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OpenAI's Sora, Game Key Resellers and Delicious Meaty Rice 53:27

11M ago53:27

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OpenAI's Sora has gotten Hollywood in a tizzy about robots taking their jobs. Again. Hopefully the robots don't come for us next. You might be tempted to buy games cheaply on a key reseller, but game devs would really rather you pirate their games instead. We'll tell you why. Scientists have grown lab grown meat on a substrate of rice. Professor th…

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