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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...

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...

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. W...

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 Pr...

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? *...

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 Lucas Scheffel IMDB profile ( Lucas Scheffel - I...

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 weir...

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....

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%...

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...

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 favo...

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 Ring...

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...

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 succ...

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 Bsky ( James Baillie (@jubalbarca.bsky.social) — Bluesky ) Fe...

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 drin...

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 ruini...

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 film...

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...

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...

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...

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 g...

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 2025 in video games ( 2025 in video games - Wikipedia ) 2025 in movies ( 2025 in film - Wikipedia ) 2025 in anime ( 2025 in anime - Wikipedia ) 2...

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 chec...

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 knicke...