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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
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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
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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 comics, and people think comics are worse for it.
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 the Xbox hardware?
Killer Whales are not whales, but they are indeed killers. ...
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 which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the ...
This week we're interviewing Neural Forge, creator of the board game Nimbus.
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Neural Forge Nimbus Kickstarter
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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 the fans. Let's hope their next big plot twist goes better.
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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 wipe all of us out. The good news is scientists are discovering ways to defuse ...
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 each other and missing.
Europe has achieved a victory over generative AI dubb...
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 they're up to.
Why are consoles getting expensive
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 saving the movie industry. Of course he would say that. What's the truth?
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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 blob that consumes the Earth.
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 rising popularity in the past few years, but with that comes a new wave of ...
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 really. Colossal Biosciences claims to have created dire wolves, but what they claim...
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 human-computer interface can translate thoughts into words. Next step on the ful...
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 might be the best way to get to Alpha Centauri within a human lifetime. But we...
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 that's not the end of the story.
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 ended life as we know it. Good news though, it probably won't happen a third time.
...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 such a cult following go, you can't run a product like that without the right loice...
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 the spread of dengue fever. This can't go wrong at all. We don't have many movi...
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