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Team Fortress 2 has been overrun by bots. A new campaign to save this game from the hackers and cheaters who are ruining it begs Valve to make a difference. We discuss how this relates to the Stop Killing Games campaign and the various ways Valve and the community can save the game.By all accounts, The Crow's reboot will not be any good. Can it be saved? Who will watch it?The Arctic Fox is on the brink of extinction, except for the diligent work of a team of fox breeders working to save the population through captive breeding. Will they be successful or will the fox go the way of the dodo?Please Fix Team Fortress 2- SaveTF2 Petition - Why is #FixTF2 trending? Team Fortress 2 issues explained The Unwatchable Crow- https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/06/10/former-the-crow-reboot-screenwriter-trashes-film-its-horrible-its-unwatchable-dont-waste-your-money/ Project Artic Fox- Eagle attacks, red invaders and a genetic bottleneck: inside the fight to save arctic foxes | Endangered species | The Guardian Full show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y6-xFOjpm82r8WizA4phZF0cdgXPMjE42_5EpUOAWp0/edit?usp=sharingFollow us onFacebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated142

Sorry about the audio quality on this one. The people responsible have been fired out of a cannon into the sun. The problem has been fixed and we'll be back to our usual quality next week.Should we pay modders for their work? After hundreds of hours playing modded games, and even designing some mods himself, Professor's got some thoughts on this.The future of PCs is AI. Or is it? The Nerds disagree that Microsoft's Recall will gain any traction.George R R Martin is ranting about how movies and shows are never as good as the books they are based on. He might be right.Should We Pay Modders- Featured Blog | Modders are Developers - It’s Time to Pay Them AI is coming…..to your PC- Microsoft Is Giving Windows a Memory and It Might Change Everything - Windows to drive PC refresh? Everyone's talking about AI • The Register - Google AI Overview's health advice: Eat a rock a day, and go jump off a bridge George R.R.Martin strikes…again…and again…and again - 'Game Of Thrones' Creator George R.R. Martin Calls Out Most TV & Film Adaptations For Being Worse Than Source Material: "They Never Make It Better" - The Adaptation Tango | Not a Blog Full show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YeWK4PRI13Vmj4B2D5mm8miWA1bp7ycgZavg9XO_sYo/edit?usp=sharingFollow us onFacebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated142

According to surveys, most gamers Smurf - that is high level players using a low level account to stomp noobs. So why do you do it, and is it as bad as it sounds?The end of anime's Golden Age may be upon us. Miyazaki says so, but he's just won an award for anime. So is it self-deprecating humour or bragging?The Australian government has suggested social media should be for adults only. The Nerds discuss why this won't work.Fecal matter transplants are a seemingly miracle treatment for a variety of conditions, and might even slow the progression of Parkinson's disease. You'll have to get over some ick before you go for this treatment though.Smurfing and no its not about the Smurfs - https://news.osu.edu/gamers-say-they-hate-smurfing-but-admit-they-do-it/ Miyazaki : The Golden age of anime is over - https://comicbook.com/anime/news/studio-ghibli-hayao-miyazaki-anime-over/ - https://geektyrant.com/news/hayao-miyazaki-feels-that-the-golden-age-of-anime-is-overAustralia wants a Social Media Ban for under 16 year olds - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/21/anthony-albanese-social-media-ban-children-under-16-minimum-age-raised - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/21/australia-social-media-ban-children-state-government-nsw-qld-sa-vic Poo Pills Part 2 - https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/news/gut-bacteria-transplant-may-improve-parkinsons-movement-symptoms - https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/news/research-bacteria-gut-reveals-how-they-potentially-cause-and-affect-progression-parkinsons - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537024001421Full show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Dkz2_c8us-7FtvYuxgmXeVj4kIDB0ugCH5-tpXBzes/edit?usp=sharing

The UK has issued a response to the Stop Killing Games campaign with a possible angle of attack. Remember to keep signing your local petitions to help make a change.The creator of Ghost in the Shell Arise thinks Isekais are off the rails and that the real world doesn't suck that much. Has he been outside recently?AI deepfakes are being used in a new type of scam called Pig Butchering. Keep yourselves safe.Joycon Lawsuits - Two Joy-Con lawsuits against Nintendo are dismissed | GamesIndustry.biz   Rob Scotts’s Stop Killing Games lawsuit update- UK government responds to Stop Killing Games campaign | GamesIndustry.biz Why The Isekai hate- 'Does Everyone Hate Real World?': Ghost In The Shell: Arise Director Bemoans The Rise Of Isekai Anime - Animehunch New A.I Scam : Pig Butchering- How South-East Asia's pig butchering scammers are using artificial intelligence technology - ABC News Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G8JBbd3_AU7mS8Lb1o6gC-ChH1Kdh_waGT-MazO2WIQ/edit?usp=sharing Follow us onFacebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated142

Helldivers 2 players have achieved a major victory over Sony, leading to the PSN account requirement being retracted. Good work troops.WBD are planning some more Lord of the Rings movies, starting with The Hunt for Gollum. The Nerds discuss why they've picked such an overdone part of the story to cover.Plastic eating nanobots may be coming to a water treatment plant near you. Scientists have developed a type of nanobot that "eats" plastic and can be filtered out of the water supply.Helldivers vs Sony Sagahttps://www.gamesindustry.biz/sony-backtracks-on-helldivers-2-psn-log-in-requirement DJ – New Lord of the Rings movieshttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/new-lord-of-the-rings-movies-2026-peter-jackson-1235894513/ Nanobots farming microplasticshttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202402567Full show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RZm9ndF1YaTuFpnF0EhuiBD8TE11WIdlR6eFgBJ5xgY/edit?usp=sharingFollow us onFacebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated142

The USA's TikTok ban coming into effect could affect game developers too. We'll break it down and go over the possible effects.If you want to preserve your body for the future, you might turn to cryonics. If you can't afford a full body, you can just preserve your brain and hope someone grows you a new body in the future.Marvel movies suck. Everyone's saying it. Even the cast and crew are saying it. Here's why.Tiktok bans affects gaming- The US is banning TikTok, could Fortnite and League of Legends be next? | This Week in Business | GamesIndustry.biz Cryonic brains...the next evolution to brains in a jar- How a Controversial Cryonics Procedure Could Finally Make Immortality Possible Why do Marvel movies suck?- Avengers Directors Say Marvel Flops Aren't Superhero Fatigue - Avengers: Endgame directors say they don't believe in superhero fatigue and that the MCU's current problems are part of a "generational divide"Full show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xwfqY-cXJ1qomXd_mSTOATC2Htpey-eshRcP-e-rhYc/edit?usp=sharing Follow us onFacebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated142

The Australian Stop Killing Games Petition is now active. Sign it here: e-petitions – Parliament of AustraliaHow does NASA repair a spacecraft nearly a light day from Earth? NASA engineers have spent the last few months working on a solution to a faulty RAM chip, and we'll discuss the changes they had to make to save the stricken craft.The Entertainment Software Association are vehemently against video game libraries. This makes some sense from a copyright perspective, but absolutely none from a preservation perspective. Professor has his own strong opinions on this topic.Crowdsourcing references for your resume seems to be the next big thing in Hollywood. Directors are having their careers made or broken by the reviews they get on Rotten Tomatoes. DJ and BPM have some thoughts on how this might be inappropriate.Voyager data fix from a galaxy far far away- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/voyager-1/103761504- https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth- https://blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024/04/04/engineers-pinpoint-cause-of-voyager-1-issue-are-working-on-solution/ESA’s take on game preservation - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/esa-org-won-t-cooperate-game-preservation Using Rotten Tomatoes on Directors - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/directors-jail-1235879871/- https://screenrant.com/rotten-tomatoes-scores-directors-influence-hiring-report/ Full show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aQL4s4yKoz1oZBca7qtKSqawVnVs9pDucrYy1cIRQWo/edit?usp=sharingFollow us onFacebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated142

The Australian Stop Killing Games Petition is now active. Sign it here: https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN6080Live service games seem like the future of gaming, but the tide seems to be changing. A survey of game developers says that the majority are concerned about the future of live service games and their sustainability.Do you prefer binge watching or waiting weekly for each episode? The creator of Scott Pilgrim has very strong opinions on this, and thinks you should too.Gamers have been named as collaborators in a scientific paper for what is possibly the first time. The minigame Borderlands Science has provided scientists with thousands of hours of data modelled by gamers taking a break from all the shooting.Live service games sustainability doubts- https://www.gamesindustry.biz/report-70-of-devs-say-theyre-concerned-with-the-sustainability-of-live-service-titles - 70 percent of devs unsure of live-service games sustainability - Game Developer Collective Survey March 2024: Business Models and Monetization Omdia Scott Pilgrim’s angst- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Creator Isn't a Fan of Streaming Dumps Gamers contributing to science- Millions of Gamers Help Advance Microbiome Research | Technology Networks - Improving microbial phylogeny with citizen science within a mass-market video game | Nature Biotechnology Full show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/19ezmTgH9zhtGv5pjmK9itrk1NsEiBdGZs3ty7LqmFRU/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated142

Ross Scott's Campaign to save games has kicked off, and we're sharing his battle plans. This is something we can all do to help prevent games from being destroyed.With the death of Funimation, anime is also at risk of being taken away from you. Paid products aren't showing up on CrunchyRoll's site. They claim everything will eventually be available, but this is yet another example of paid products being taken away from customers.The US Government wants NASA to implement a time zone for the Moon in order to synchronise space equipment prior to the 2026 manned mission to the moon. This could be vital to making sure missions actually land in their designated location, for example.Stop Killing Games : The Battleplan- The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games  R.I.P Funimation - Funimation's Closure Leaves 190+ Anime Titles Homeless  Lunar Time Zone- White House wants Moon to have its own time zone  Full show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e3rlz2mt0eC5N4hGxr3GGZoznHOGIpeRY66bT4Yr7jE/edit?usp=sharingFollow us on Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/Email - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@nerdsamalgamated142