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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.

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  • S1 · E300
    Tuesday · 1 hr 28 min

    Nerds Amalgamated 300th Episode Special

    This week the Professor and the DJ have the tables turned on them and become the targets of an interview by Mr Rant! *** 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 CONTACT & SOCIAL INFO ⬅ BUSINESS EMAIL - lightscamerarant.p@gmail.com SOCIAL MEDIA YouTube: Lights Camera Rant - YouTube Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lightscamerarant Instagram: Leigh “Mr Rant” Morgan (@lights.camera.rant) • Instagram photos and videos LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lightscamerarant/ Twitter: Mr. Rant (@LightsCameraRNT) / X TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lights.camera.rant/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Podcast.LCR/ Linktree : Leigh "Mr Rant" Morgan Official: Instagram, Facebook | Linktree Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upE0fVcyNLEB4mPvvBxDBmOS7miabZZOhkBXUjbc4W0/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

  • S1 · E299
    October 28 · 43 min

    Jailbreaking The Switch 2, AI Stories Might Be Good, and Apu's Return

    Only a year after release, a hacker has found a way to run arbitrary code on the Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo have already cracked down on it, but might AI actually have a use in reverse engineering? People seem to like AI stories better than human written stories, as long as they don't know it's written by an AI. Welcome to the future, old man. Apu has returned to the Simpsons. Has it been long enough for the controversy to blow over, or should he have stayed away? *** 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 Nintendo Switch 2 hack (Pepsipu.com: ns2jb Switch 2 jailbreak) Can people tell the difference between stories written by a human or by an AI system? (Bot or not: Can people tell the difference between stories written by a human or by an AI system? | Judgment and Decision Making) Apu Strikes Back! (‘The Simpsons’ Surprise: Apu Is Heard for the First Time in Nearly a Decade, as Sunil Malhotra Takes Over for Hank Azaria (EXCLUSIVE)) Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/17OKcEKVOkMEO1Ee2s070BiSLoASDtEon0fT75GZtpEw/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

  • S1 · E298
    October 20 · 43 min

    An Interview with Jonathan Geffner, creator of The Dummy Detective

    This week we're back with an interview with Ventriloquist Noir creator Jonathan Geffner about his new feature film The Dummy Detective, a noir film featuring Jonathan Geffner and his ventriloquist dummy sidekick Sam Suede. Dummy Detective Website : https://www.gothikhouse.com/thedummydetectivemovie *** 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 The Dummy Detective social media FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/thedummydetective INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/thedummydetective/ YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@TheDummyDetectiveMovie Jonathan Geffner Social Media Contacts TIKTOK - https://www.tiktok.com/@jonathangeffner LINKEDIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jongeffner/ YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@TheDummyDetectiveMovie - https://www.youtube.com/@JonathanGeffnerPianist FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/jongeffner/ INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/jonathangeffner01/ TWITTER - https://x.com/jongeffner GOTHIK HOUSE / TIERNEY FACEBOOK PAGES: https://www.facebook.com/tierney.boorboor https://www.facebook.com/gothikhouse INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/gothikhouse/ LINKEDIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tierneyboorboor/ YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@GothikHouseFilms TIKTOK - https://www.tiktok.com/@gothik_house?lang=en Where can they watch The Dummy Detective Amazon -- Watch The Dummy Detective | Prime Video Relay – The Dummy Detective (2025) - Filmhub Tubi – The Dummy Detective (2025) - Stream Free | Tubi Xumo – https://play.xumo.com/free-movies/the-dummy-detective/XM0JVUQTMOU03Q Fawesome – Watch The Dummy Detective Full Movie Free Online - Fawesome TV Plex – Watch The Dummy Detective (2025) Full Movie Free on Plex Stash on Youtube – A Ventriloquist and His Dummy Hunt a Killer | The Dummy Detective | Murder Mystery Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UmH-UxVsbmobCm66tD3UYkTwm40tA7Il-evsqojGbcg/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

  • S1 · E297
    September 15 · 47 min

    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. Somehow, comics returned. *** 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 The rise of the non-player (Sega president says there's been a rise in "fans who don't play the games," and their engagement with IPs can be even higher than that of gamers - AUTOMATON WEST) Introducing poop-crete (Scientists Are Making Concrete With Human Poop – And It Gets 42% Stronger : ScienceAlert, Mechanical, durability, and microstructural performance of biochar-modified concrete using faecal sludge–derived biochar | Scientific Reports) Are we seeing the death of the card shop (Comic Store In Your Future: Goodbye To Gaming So... More Comics?) Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rThPHvVgLemwOVeRVrtjWdu6E9NbAsArS02cB5bhFlk/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

  • S1 · E296
    September 8 · 51 min

    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. The weird thing is, they had a budget of about $200. *** 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 Another games crash scare ("This is the worst crash we've seen since the 1980s," says Tim Sweeney | GamesIndustry.biz) The 2026 IG Nobel awards (Rich people more likely to steal children’s sweets, finds Ig Nobel prize-winning study, Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners - Ars Technica) The Chinese talking cow vs the world (Niu Lai movie: I watched the Chinese cow film. It sure is something.) Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zE3nOuqNCGo0rbenylGbDIAa2ju-swz1VQPuDC-wlUA/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

  • S1 · E295
    September 1 · 1 hr 9 min

    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 to another pandemic. So where the bloody hell are you? *** 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 The GTA 6 Saga (Take-Two Interactive files subpoenas against Microsoft, Discord, and X amid ongoing GTA 6 leaks | GamesIndustry.biz) Australia can survive…..THE APOCALYPSE (No Place to Hide? Regional Resilience and Vulnerability to Global Catastrophic Risk - Jehn - 2026) Why do we love monsters? (Why We Love Monsters, Metaphorical and Otherwise) Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gcYaqUlxZpB2o-cuiO76TNf9HtHad6spFuAHsAiXkjE/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

  • S1 · E294
    August 18 · 59 min

    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 that instead of buying paper comics...online comics is the way to go *** 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 Stop Killing Games...the saga continues ("It's time to sue Sony": Stop Killing Games joins lawsuit over PlayStation's digital "monopoly" amid death of physical games | GamesRadar+, Stop Killing Games Joins Lawsuit Against Sony Over Its 'Total Control Of PlayStation Store Pricing') Something is killing the veges (The World's Vegetables Are Vanishing, And It's Quietly Wrecking Our Diets : ScienceAlert, Reversing vegetable biodiversity loss to diversify diets | PNAS) The rise of online comics (In an Online Era, Digital Comics Are Still Loading Up) Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oDJgSK0-Te4sWXJK1RDHtyMX4R8lo6z5CVJ10TQv3XQ/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

  • S1 · E293
    August 11 · 54 min

    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 instead of ongoing comics? Maybe they're just too long. We're talking about you, One Piece. *** 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 Why it's hard to find a good game (The industry makes great games, but nobody can find them | GamesIndustry.biz) Its official poop fueled evolution (An Ancient Poop Explosion Could Have Helped Complex Life Evolve : ScienceAlert, The Cambrian fecal revolution: Fueling the Cambrian Radiation: Trends in Ecology & Evolution) What killed ongoing comics (Whatever Happened to Ongoing Comics?) Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cLHOB-5sJWBXsKcdVPsVtmWtatE1YC9-JoRlOaqpN74/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

  • S1 · E292
    August 4 · 48 min

    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 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 Can Xbox recover (Xbox Is Dismantling Its Future To Rebuild a Past It Can Never Recapture) Dino-Instadeath (Dinosaurs died out within hours, new study suggests | Popular Science, Heat and Wildfires During the K‐Pg Mass Extinction Enhanced by Fine Dust - Johnson - 2026 - Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences - Wiley Online Library ) Heat from Blood and Bone (Children of Blood and Bone Author Tomi Adeyemi Left Film Set Sobbing) 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

  • S1 · E291
    July 29 · 57 min

    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 which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned The Death of XBOX...via a thousand cuts (Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs and shrinks Xbox in 'significant restructure') Can you sleep through a trip to mars (NASA Seeks Volunteers for New Yearlong Simulated Moon, Mars Mission, Can humans hibernate their way to Mars? | Science | The Guardian ) George Lucas ‘s love for AI (George Lucas Says AI Makes Filmmaking ‘Easier’ and ‘There’s Nothing You Can Do About It,’ Criticizes Hollywood for Giving Fans Too Much Power, The Last Picture Show: a conversation with George Lucas - A Rabbit's Foot ) 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

  • S1 · E290
    July 8 · 43 min

    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 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 Death of optical media (Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles) Minecraft servers are now illegal (ESA clarifies views on private servers after saying Minecraft servers are ‘illegal’ and ‘considered piracy’ | VGC, Private DIY Servers Are "Illegal Black Markets of Piracy" | The ESA's Shady Ties) New Stop Killing Games news (US bill requiring paid games to be playable after they shut down has failed to pass a Senate vote) Sony killed the movies (PlayStation Removes 551 Purchased StudioCanal Movies with No Refunds | The CyberSec Guru, Studio Canal Removal (UK)) Syntha-cells is now becoming a reality (‘Beautiful blobs’: synthetic life a step closer as scientists make cells using lab-made DNA | Science | The Guardian, A Chemically Defined Synthetic Cell Capable Of Growth And Replication | bioRxiv, Biotic | SpudCell) 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

  • S1 · E289
    June 30 · 50 min

    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 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 All the news from the Steam Machine and GTA 6 ("This is going to be a niche device" – Analysts react to the $1,000+ Steam Machine price reveal | GamesIndustry.biz, GTA 6 - all you need to know about Rockstar's blockbuster game, Rockstar Games Responds to GTA 6 Physical Disc Backlash) ADHD Mice (Scientists discover ancient brain cells that help block distractions | ScienceDaily, Evolutionarily old brainstem neurons are required for the control of selective spatial attention | Nature Communications ) Anime as a commodity (Anime’s growing commoditization could lead to a future where the medium itself no longer matters, Japanese critic warns - AUTOMATON WEST) 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

  • S1 · E288
    June 23 · 48 min

    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 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 Not another Blizzard lawsuit (Blizzard sues private World of Warcraft server for "large-scale, egregious, and ongoing infringement of Blizzard's intellectual property" | GamesIndustry.biz) There is now a whale graveyard (A 5.3-million-year-old deep-sea whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone | Nature) The Great Hollywood Exodus (Hollywood’s Mass Exodus: Why Film and TV Production Is Fleeing L.A. and What Can Be Done About It) 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

  • S1 · E287
    June 17 · 1 hr 6 min

    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 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 That one time Nintendo lost….in court (Nintendo of Europe agrees to pay €35m fine for Joy-Con drift defects | GamesIndustry.biz, Nintendo confirms revised Switch 2 console with replaceable battery for EU consumers | GamesIndustry.biz ) Space Grown Meds (Plants Could Be Used to Grow Medicines in Space, Study Shows, Streamlined molecular farming of plant virus therapeutics for space flight and other low-resource environments | npj Science of Plants) The Death of Dr Who (‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special Not Going Forward This Year at BBC as Russell T Davies and Bad Wolf Exit Series, https://deadline.com/2026/06/doctor-who-christmas-canceled-russell-t-davies-bbc-bad-wolf-1236952398/) 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

  • S1 · E286
    June 10 · 45 min

    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 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 COD Withdrawal (Analyst: Call of Duty's withdrawal from last-gen consoles means it's selling into the smallest install base since 2017 | GamesIndustry.biz, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 finally revealed, and it's officially leaving last-generation consoles behind | Eurogamer.net ) Don’t aim high...just aim ABOVE AVERAGE (Don’t shoot for the moon: aiming for ‘above average’ is key to success, maths suggests | Science | The Guardian, Optimal ambition in business, politics, and life | Phys. Rev. E) Youtubers are now making movies... (From 'Backrooms' to 'Obsession': Why YouTubers Are Turning Hollywood Upside Down, Box Office: ‘Backrooms’ Stuns With $81 Million Debut, ‘Obsession’ Has Another Unprecedented Jump, ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ Suffers 70% Drop) 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

  • S1 · E285
    June 2 · 1 hr 4 min

    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 Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned Lucas Scheffel IMDB profile (Lucas Scheffel - IMDb) Angry Fred Comics (Angry Fred Comics, Who is Angry Fred?) Lucas Scheffel Instagram (Lucas Scheffel (@lucasscheffilm) • Instagram photos and videos) Ned Kelly: Blood & Thunder (Ned Kelly: Blood & Thunder by Lucas Scheffel — Kickstarter) 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

  • S1 · E284
    May 26 · 56 min

    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 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 Lords of the Fallen 2 Is Escaping Epic — And It's Bigger Than You Think (CI GAMES S.E.: Ujawnienie opóźnionej informacji poufnej dotyczącej zawarcia Porozumienia rozwiązującego Binding Term Sheet z Epic Games Inc. - Bankier.pl, Lords of the Fallen 2 Drops Epic Games Store Exclusivity ) The Munchies Paradox: New Research Reveals Why Cannabis Users Have Lower Obesity and Diabetes Risk — And It's Not THC (Cannabis Linked to Lower Weight And Reduced Diabetes Risk in Mouse Study : ScienceAlert, Cannabis compounds may boost metabolic health while supporting weight loss | UCR News | UC Riverside, Δ9 Tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabis extracts differentially improve adipoinsular dysfunction in diet‐induced obesity - Avalos - The Journal of Physiology - Wiley Online Library) Can Anime Cure Depression? Inside Japan's Anime Therapy Trial — And What It Says About the Mental Health System We Built ('Filter of fantasy': Japan trials anime therapy to treat depression) 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

  • S1 · E283
    May 19 · 46 min

    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. 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 Five Years, One Billion Dollars, Zero Games: The Rise and Fall of Sega's Super Game (Sega reports $31.6m net loss during FY26, cancels 'Super Game' project amid strategic pivot | GamesIndustry.biz, Sega says its ‘Super Game’ plan is multiple games, and may use NFTs | VGC ) 370 Billion Crickets Are Farmed Every Year. New Research Suggests They Can Feel Pain. (Don’t reach for the bug spray: scientists find insects may feel pain after crickets nurse sore antennae | Animal behaviour | The Guardian, Flexible self-protection as evidence of pain-like states in house crickets | Proceedings B | The Royal Society) Battle Fatigue and Body Horror: Why Dark Shonen Anime Has Officially Replaced Hollywood Horror for Western Audiences (Bleach Studio's New Series Bans Anime Fights: 'I'm So Tired of Battles', Dark Shonen Anime Appeals to Western Audiences for 1 Simple Reason) 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

  • S1 · E282
    May 12 · 46 min

    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 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 Mind’s-eye drama gets wilder and wilder (Sabotage, Crunch Culture, And Spying: Meet The MindsEye Developer Speaking Out About The Chaos) Sitting by the windows makes you smarter (The cognitive benefit of a window view - ScienceDirect) Is the Sag-Aftra war finally over? (It's Done! SAG-AFTRA & Studios Reach New (& Bigger) Deal [Exclusive]) 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

  • S1 · E281
    May 5 · 58 min

    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 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 Hollywood’s new trend….video game movies ( "There was that period in time, pre-Sonic, where it was, 'You're so lucky that Hollywood is even looking at you'" | GamesIndustry.biz ) Does beer have any health benefits? (Does Beer Have a 'Surprising Health Benefit'? Here's What The Science Says, Quantitation of Vitamin B6 Vitamers and Glycosides in German Alcohol-Free and Full-Strength Beer by a Stable Isotope Dilution LC–MS/MS Method | Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry ) How did Crunchyroll became the king of the anime streaming war? (Crunchyroll Won the Anime Streaming War by 'Not Following the Rules,' Former Exec Says) 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

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