Nerds Amalgamated

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.
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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)

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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?
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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 )

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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?
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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)

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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?
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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)

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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?

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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)

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