Australia's Gamers Revealed, Dance Dance Revolution Memory and Hollywood AI Movies
A new study tells us all the statistics about Australian gamers. Turns out we're all getting older and less social. We have some theories why.Dance Dance Revolution can be adapted into a memory trainer for people with dementia, and it actually works to reduce the rate of decline.A fully AI movie will be presented at Cannes soon, and we expect it to be bad. ***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 MentionedThere is something about Australian Gamers (82% of Australia engages with video games | GamesIndustry.biz)Dance Dance Elderly (Training to improve memory | ETH Zurich)A Full Hollywood A.I. Movie now a reality (OpenAI Says It's Making a Full Hollywood Movie Using AI)Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IFngQh0f2RoirJCfcGkPboZwkPuSRVgiPUC0XZ6NOiw/edit?usp=sharing*If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: [email protected] us on: Facebook || Twitter || TwitchJoin the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5aAnd watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube
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Age Gating Games, Warner Bros Vs Midjourney and Doing Objective Science
Things get wild when Professor and DJ talk about stopping children from accessing in appropriate games.Warner Bros are suing Midjourney for ripping off their art. With the recent case against OpenAI for pirating books, the precedent might not be on their side. Science is hard to do objectively. There's always a bias, and good scientists find ways to minimise that. The Nerds talk through creating science to push a narrative, and why that's a bad thing. ***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 MentionedResources: Age verification crackdown (Valve introduces age verification for UK Steam users | GamesIndustry.biz, Roblox partners with International Age Rating Coalition to replace current maturity labels | GamesIndustry.biz, Steam games with adult content banned from early access, after payment processors force restrictions - NotebookCheck.net News Warner bros vs Midjourney (Warner Bros. Joins Studios’ AI Copyright Battle Against Midjourney) Objectivity in science is a myth (Scientific objectivity is a myth – cultural values and beliefs always influence science and the people who do it )Full Show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JXb1FiiOzpOhgpSvEOaNPy1EWD-J5ezk5hsyLJL6uM8/edit?usp=sharing*If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: [email protected] us on: Facebook || Twitter || TwitchJoin the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5aAnd watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube
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Minecraft Getting Sued, Android Blocking Indie Devs and Social Media Child Stars
Mojang are being sued for breaking the laws of the European Union by changing their terms of service to ban gun mods. Spearheaded by a mod developer, this lawsuit is adjacent to Stop Killing Games but not quite part of it.Google has announced a plan to block indie developers from publishing apps for Android without giving away their personal details. Professor is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore, and is seriously considering switching to a Linux phone.Child stars and social media sounds like a bad time. Stars with experience have suggested that the child stars on the new Harry Potter series need to be trained to deal with it, which sounds like a good idea when you realise how much hate is going to get flung around just because the series isn't exactly the same as the originals.***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:Minecraft Lawsuit (We’re Suing Minecraft in a Class Action Lawsuit)Android killing emulation (Google wants to make sideloading Android apps safer by verifying developers’ identities, This small change might kill emulation on Android phones next year )Social media training should be madatory – Sophie Turner (New Harry Potter Child Actors Can't Use Social Media, Says Sophie Turner)Full Show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c_n-oPJNa-zO9omtWGZ48CESafgHINqL0dprnaYRibk/edit?usp=sharing *If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: [email protected] us on: Facebook || Twitter || TwitchJoin the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5aAnd watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube
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An Interview with Isaac Fox from Astral Ticket Comics – Adult Comic Creator of Ecchi Series: The Manti-Corp
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 Astral Tickets ComicsWebsite - https://www.foxxycomics.com/ Youtube - Astral Ticket Comics - YouTubeFacebook - ATFoxxyComicsInstagram - Izumi Fox (@atfoxxycomics) • Instagram photos and videosX - https://x.com/ATFoxxyComics/ Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/1784220658/ Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/brooke-astral.bsky.social Astral Ticket Discord Server - https://discord.gg/YvcY7F4X Astral Ticket Newest Kickstarter THE MANTI-CORPS : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/isaacfox/the-manti-corps-0-recruited Full Show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/18mocGnosNibFh6-UJ684ZW78gCDenIHcICsIMDanCMg/edit?usp=sharingFollow us onFacebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamatedTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@nerdsamalgamatedTwitch - https://www.twitch.tv/nerdsamalgamated
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An Interview with Savas Savidis
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 GameWebsite - https://www.talesofgrimace.com/Steam Page - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2223310/Tales_of_Grimace/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/people/Tales-of-Grimace-Video-Game/61563844233175/Twitter - https://x.com/TalesOfGrimaceTiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@talesofgrimaceofficialYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@TalesofGrimaceOfficialChannelInstagram - http://instagram.com/talesofgrimaceofficialMarcelo Brocker’s Game : Lucid Nina– Lucid Nina on Steam Full Show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PZaChJWIAR1Vd8YtUdK9XGk__LcCyKYl8ac2bw-eCcc/edit?usp=sharingFollow us onDiscord - https://discord.gg/hScBsJfaFacebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamatedTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@nerdsamalgamatedTwitch - https://www.twitch.tv/nerdsamalgamated
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