Best Nerds Amalgamated Podcasts (2025)

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An Interview with Isaac Fox from Astral Ticket Comics – Adult Comic Creator of Ecchi Series: The Manti-Corp 1:08:09

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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 …

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An Interview with Savas Savidis 52:10

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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/ Stea…

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Steam is EVIL... Maybe, Direwolves and Moa Ressurections and Movies Ruined Comics 1:05:53

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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 co…

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Stop Killing Games Update, The End of Xbox, Killer Whales Want To Give You Lunch and Brad Pitt's Actor Advice 50:47

2M ago50:47

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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…

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The End of Stop Killing Games, Lab Grown Meat and Duke Nukem TV 1:07:31

2M ago1:07:31

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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 wh…

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An Interview with Neural Forge 59:40

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This week we're interviewing Neural Forge, creator of the board game Nimbus. Neural Forge official website – Neural Forge Neural Froge Etsy Store – NeuralForge - Etsy Australia Neural Forge Facebook page – Neural Forge Neural Forge Instagram – Neural Forge (@neural_forge) • Instagram photos and videos Neural Forge Nimbus Kickstarter – Nimbus by Neu…

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Everything Wrong With The Switch 2, The Science of Joy and Captain America's Regretful Plot Twist 1:11:08

3M ago1:11:08

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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…

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Japan's Cultural Victory, An Interview with Strauss Zelnick and Preventing a Supervolcano Eruption 55:33

3M ago55:33

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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 …

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The Year of the Linux Gaming PC, Literal Alchemy at the LHC and Europe Vs AI 1:04:39

3M ago1:04:39

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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 e…

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The Truth Behind More Expensive Consoles, Marvel's New Strategy and Photographing Atoms 53:31

4M ago53:31

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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 t…

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The Future of Subscription Gaming, Ancient Fire and Netflix Saving Hollywood 56:46

4M ago56:46

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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 s…

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Just Watch The Movies, Yet Another Ubisoft Lawsuit and Astronaut Food 1:02:22

4M ago1:02:22

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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 …

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Gacha Games Dangers, Chinese Movies Only & Life in Space 1:13:22

4M ago1:13:22

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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 r…

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Stop Killing Games Lawsuit, Minecraft Movie Chaos and Return of the Dire Wolves 58:25

4M ago58:25

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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 reall…

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Everything about the Nintendo Switch 2, The Tariffs are coming & Brain to Speech 1:01:26

5M ago1:01:26

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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 h…

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The Game Acting Strike, Anime Shortages and Light Sails For Interstellar Exploration 56:41

5M ago56:41

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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…

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The Anime Boom, Masahiro Sakurai on Making Japanese Games and Life in Space 1:11:02

5M ago1:11:02

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The anime industry is expecting some major growth, with the surprise entry of Chinese anime. Masahiro Sakurai of Super Smash Brothers thinks Japanese games should be made for Japanese gamers. How could he say something so controversial and so brave? Life in space takes a toll on your body. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have returned to Earth, but…

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The Future of Warner Bros/DC, Trump Blocking Physical Games and Supernova Extinction Events 54:39

5M ago54:39

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Warner Bros and DC are in a bit of a sticky situation. They're failing to make money, and if their new Superman movie flops it could be the end for them. Trump's tariffs are going to have a major effect on the physical game market in the US. Of course, publishers want this to happen. At least twice in the Earth's history, a supernova has almost end…

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Scrub Your Celebrity History, UK Government Shutting Down Online Games and World First Human Brain Computer 43:12

6M ago43:12

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Should celebrities watch what they say? The latest controversy has come out after Emilia Perez was torpedoed by a castmember's comments. And why not hold them to the same standards most of us are? Urban Dead, one of the longest running zombie MMOs, is being shut down due to the new Online Safety Act in the UK. While it's sad to see something with s…

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Balatro ReRated, James Bond to Amazon and Genetically Modified Mosquitos 55:50

6M ago55:50

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Balatro has been rerated after an appeal to PEGI. Now teenagers can legally play it. Amazon now has full control over James Bond. They promise there won't be any TV shows, but it remains to be seen what they'll do with the narrative problems the last movie left them. A company plans to release genetically modified mosquitos in Australia to control …

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Interview with Astral Ticket Comics 1:23:18

6M ago1:23:18

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This week we interviewed Isaac Fox of Astral Ticket Comics. 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/…

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No Copyright For AI, Asteroid Impact Warning And Stop Killing Games In The UK 47:09

7M ago47:09

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The US Copyright Office has decided that at this time, generative AI doesn't deserve copyright. We've got a small chance of a massive asteroid hitting Earth in 2032. The good news is NASA already has an astronaut who was a driller. There's been a disappointing update to the Stop Killing Games campaign with the UK rejecting changes to the law. This …

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Counterfeit Alpha Pokemon Cards, Tariffs Coming For Your Comics And The End of Credit Card Numbers 42:19

7M ago42:19

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CGC Cards has been accused of selling fake Pokemon alpha playtest cards signed by Takumi Akabane. Who is behind this devious act, and what are the implications for TCG collectors? Trump's tariffs on Canada could cause the price of comics to jump by 25%. Will this push independent comics out of business or create a new opportunity? In the next few y…

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Nintendo Says Emulation Is Legal, Project Stargate, Anime AI and Sci-Fi For The Government 47:47

7M ago47:47

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Nintendo says emulation is legal, but what does that mean? Are they being hypocrites for going after Yuzu? Trump has announced Project Stargate to advance AI for the US government. What could they want with images of people with too many fingers? Anime studios in Japan have started using AI as a tweening tool to speed up production. What does this …

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Why Games Are So Expensive To Make, Retraining Your Tastebuds and How Harrison Ford Got Blade Runner 57:39

7M ago57:39

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AAA games are getting so expensive to make that companies have started marketing them as AAAA games. Despite this, games haven't really increased in price. But who's responsible for spending so much money? You can retrain your tastebuds to like a food that you hate. Will this finally end the war over pineapple on pizza? Harrison Ford wasn't always …

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

8M 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

8M 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

8M 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

8M 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

9M 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

9M 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

9M 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

9M 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

10M 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

10M 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

10M 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

11M 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

11M 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

11M 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

11M 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

11M 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

12M 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

1y 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

1y 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

1y 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

1y 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

1y 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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Happy Whales, Eve Open Source & Hollywood Exodus 38:55

1y 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

1y 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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Save TF2, Save The Crow and Save Arctic Foxes 36:15

1y 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…