Nerds Amalgamated

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.
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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)

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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.

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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
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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?
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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
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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.

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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
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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?
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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
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