Nerds Amalgamated

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.
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Resources Mentioned
BIG Stop killing games update (Stop Killing Games will talk to the EU Commission, Giant stop killing games updates 2026, SKG Press Conference)
Frozen in Mars (NASA study finds ancient life could survive 50 million years in Martian ice | ScienceDaily)
Paramount came out on top….against Netflix to buy Warner Bros (Breaking: Netflix Is No Longer Pursuing Purchase of Warner Bros. -- Paramount Takes The Lead In Bidding War, Massive Merger Confirmed: Paramount And WBD Reveal Details Of $110 Billion Deal, Netflix drops Warner Bros bid, clearing way for Paramount takeover, It’s a Deal: Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery Unveil $111 Billion Megamerger, Paramount Skydance Poised to Acquire Warner Bros. Discovery After Netflix Bows Out of Bidding War, ‘David Ellison Scares the S— Out of Me’: How Paramount Beat Out Netflix, Won Warner Bros. and Will Change Hollywood Forever)

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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 ruining everything?
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Resources Mentioned
The Great Handheld Price Spiral (Steam Deck Announces Inventory Issues, ROG Xbox Ally X Gets Price Hike Thanks To Computer Hardware Shortages. Steam Deck™ )
Microbes: The Untold Frozen Saga (First genome sequence and functional profiling of Psychrobacter SC65A.3 preserved in 5,000-year-old cave ice: insights into ancient resistome, antimicrobial potential, and enzymatic activities)
Classroom vs. TikTok (College Professors Are Stunned The “TikTok Generation” Can’t Sit Through Long Movies In Film Courses – But What Did They Expect?)

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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 films?
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Resources Mentioned
You Can Go to Jail for Stealing RuneScape Gold Now (Specialist media lawyer outlines why UK Court of Appeals' judgment on RuneScape's Gold theft is so "significant for the games industry" | GamesIndustry.biz)
The Smell of history (Can scientists recreate history with smells? - ABC listen, Recreating the smells of history )
Markipiler vs Hollywood (How Markiplier’s ‘Iron Lung’ Proved the Studios Wrong: “There Is Still a Stigma Against YouTube”, Markiplier’s ‘Iron Lung’ Removed From Box Office Charts, Returns Making 7x Its Budget )

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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.
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Resources Mentioned
Valve vs The UK government (Legal action over 'unfair' Steam game store prices given go ahead)
The Dementia Code by Terry Pratchett (Terry Pratchett’s novels may have held clues to his dementia a decade before diagnosis, our new study suggests)
Manga is beating Western Comics according to DC Boss Jim Lee (DC Boss Jim Lee Says Genre Diversity Gives Manga Major "Advantage" Over Western Comics: "It's Not Just Superhero Stories")

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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?
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Resources Mentioned
The story of Hytale (Hytale - Wikipedia, Hytale vs Minecraft: 5 key differences you should know about | PC Gamer, Here's one big benefit to Hytale not being on Steam: its refund policy is way better than Valve's | PC Gamer )
Introducing I cannot believe its not Sugar (This new sugar tastes like the real thing without the usual downsides | ScienceDaily)
When crossovers in comics do not matter...(https://boundingintocomics.com/comic-books/marvel-x-men-tom-brevoort-comic-book-events-impossible-to-matter)

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