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Nerds Amalgamated
by Nerds Amalgamated
Your weekly dose of nerd new — straight from the nerd-verse. 🎮🍿📺We’re DJ and The Professor: lifelong geeks breaking down the week in movies, TV, gaming, and pop culture.Every week, we serve up:🎙️ Hot takes and near deep dives on what’s happening in nerd culture.🕹️ Spotlights on indie games, comics, and creators — real talk, straight from the people making the stuff we love.🤓 Science and tech tangents — it’s curiosity, and we lean into it.If you’re the nerd who can’t stop ranting about patch notes, MCU theories, or why that side quest broke your heart, you’ve found your people. Pull up a chair, grab your headphones, and let’s get nerdy.New episodes every week. Stay chaotic, stay curious.
Episodes
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Real Gamers Don't Play Games, Mixing Poo Into Concrete and The End of Card Shops
Apparently, the market for gamers who don't actually play games is now bigger than the market for gamers who play them. That's probably not surprising though. Concrete with poo sounds like something you'll never get clean, but it's actually stronger than regular concrete. Card shops are dying....
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The Coming Games Industry Crash, the Ig Nobel prizes, and Talking Chinese Cows.
Tim Sweeney thinks the games industry is crashing like it's 1980 again. Which game will we bury in the desert this time? The Ig Nobel prizes have been awarded. This year, we have scientific definitions of kissing and splashless urinals. A movie about a talking cow has taken the world by storm.…
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GTA6 Leaks, Why People Love Monsters, and Australia is The Safest Place In the Apocalypse
GTA6 has been leaking like a sieve. Why are people even excited for this? People love monsters. Is it because they provide an outsider view of society, or is there something else going on? A study has suggested that Australia is the most resilient country to anything from global thermonuclear war...
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SKG Saga Continues, Eat Your Veges & Comics Going Online
Stop killing games is going from strength to strength, and now has joined the fight against Sony in a fresh new lawsuit We then started flexing our cooking muscles while discussing how to save our vegetables and the solution was.......birdseeds...and plenty of it Then we came to the conclusion…
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Finding Great Games is Hard, Feces Boost Evolution, and The Death of Ongoing Comics
Finding the needle in a haystack of a good game is getting more difficult as more releases come out. A workgroup has come up with a plan to fix that. The Cambrian Explosion may have been caused by the accumulation of feces. Food for thought. Why are people turning to miniseries and one shots...
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Cut Xbox Into Pieces, Dinosaur BBQ and Never Get Your Book Adapted
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...
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Nobody Works at Xbox, Sleeping to Mars and George Lucas is a Hack
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...
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Everything About Games is Awful Super Episode; also Artificial Life
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...
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Steam Machine and GTA6, Mice with ADHD, and is Anime a commodity?
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...
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Blizzard Sues Their Fans, What Killed The Whales? and The Hollywood Exodus
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...
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Nintendo Loses in Europe, Growing Medicine Plants in Space, and Doctor In Distress Again
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...
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Nobody's Going To Play COD; Be Above Average, Not Amazing; Youtuber Movies
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…
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An Interview with Ned Kelly Comic Creator Lucas Scheffel from Angry Fred Comics
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…
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The Epic Exodus, The Munchies Keep You Thin, and Anime Keeps You Sane
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...
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Sega's SuperGame Is Dead, Crickets Feel Pain & Dark Shonen vs Violence Free Anime
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....
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Chaos at Build a Rocket Boy, Sit Near a Window & Sag-Aftra Deal
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...
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Bringing Video Game Movies to Success, The "Benefits" of Beer & Crunchyroll's Unethical Hack
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...
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Action in Stop Killing Games, Artemis II and Crunchyroll Anime Awards
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…
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Ancient Roman Board Games, Dangers of Cloning & Colbert's Tolkien Movie
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…
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Firefly Is Coming back!, ChatGPT Didn't Cure Cancer and Adaptations Killing Anime
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…
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Valve Vs The World, Signals Lost In Space and Live Action Samurai Champloo
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…
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An Interview with James Baillie At The Intersection Of Games And History
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...
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Giant Stop Killing Games Update, Frozen Life on Mars?, and Paramount WIns Warner Bros.
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...
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All Your Hardware Are Belong To Us, Terrifying Frozen Microbes, and Arty Films Are Too Long
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...
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Do the In Game Crime; Do The Real World Time, History Stinks and Markiplier Vs Hollywood
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...
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Are Valve the Bad Guys?, Diagnosing Terry Pratchett Through Books, and DC on Why Manga Is Great.
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…
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What's the Deal With Hytale?, I Can't Believe It's Not Sugar, and Comic Crossovers Are Pointless.
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...
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Game Developers Suck At Cybersecurity, Da Vinci's DNA and Anime Sholdn't Chase The West
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...
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AI is Ruining Computers, Wombat Poo, Atlas Robots and Indian Television
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...
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2025 Year In Review
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 -...
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How Warhammer Became The Biggest Tabletop, Mining Viruses and Netflix's Warner Bros Purchase
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,...
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Batman Makes You Nicer, Definitive Editons Bad For Sales and The First Battle Royale
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...
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New Steam Hardware, Live Action My Hero Academia and The End of the Universe
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...
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Steam's Monopoly, Bloody Anime and Immortal Science
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...
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Ending on a Cliffhanger, Dr Who Minus Disney and Dangerous Mirror Life
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...
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Protoclone's Robot Muscles, EA buyout and Tilly Norwood: AI Actress
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…
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Australia's Gamers Revealed, Dance Dance Revolution Memory and Hollywood AI Movies
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…
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Age Gating Games, Warner Bros Vs Midjourney and Doing Objective Science
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....
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Minecraft Getting Sued, Android Blocking Indie Devs and Social Media Child Stars
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...
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An Interview with Isaac Fox from Astral Ticket Comics – Adult Comic Creator of Ecchi Series: The Manti-Corp
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...
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An Interview with Savas Savidis
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…
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Steam is EVIL... Maybe, Direwolves and Moa Ressurections and Movies Ruined Comics
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…
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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
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…
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The End of Stop Killing Games, Lab Grown Meat and Duke Nukem TV
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...
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An Interview with Neural Forge
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...
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Everything Wrong With The Switch 2, The Science of Joy and Captain America's Regretful Plot Twist
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...
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Japan's Cultural Victory, An Interview with Strauss Zelnick and Preventing a Supervolcano Eruption
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…
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The Year of the Linux Gaming PC, Literal Alchemy at the LHC and Europe Vs AI
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…
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The Truth Behind More Expensive Consoles, Marvel's New Strategy and Photographing Atoms
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…
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The Future of Subscription Gaming, Ancient Fire and Netflix Saving Hollywood
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...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Your weekly dose of nerd new — straight from the nerd-verse. 🎮🍿📺We’re DJ and The Professor: lifelong geeks breaking down the week in movies, TV, gaming, and pop culture.Every week, we serve up:🎙️ Hot takes and near deep dives on what’s happening in nerd culture.🕹️ Spotlights on indie games, comics, and creators — real talk, straight from the people making the stuff we love.🤓 Science and tech tangents — it’s curiosity, and we lean into it.If you’re the nerd who can’t stop ranting about patch notes, MCU theories, or why that side quest broke your heart, you’ve found your people. Pull up a chair, grab your headphones, and let’s get nerdy.New episodes every week. Stay chaotic, stay curious.
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Your weekly dose of nerd new — straight from the nerd-verse. 🎮🍿📺We’re DJ and The Professor: lifelong geeks breaking down the week in movies, TV, gaming, and pop culture.Every week, we serve up:🎙️ Hot takes and near deep dives on what’s happening in nerd culture.🕹️ Spotlights on indie games,...
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