Gacha Games Dangers, Chinese Movies Only & Life in Space

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Nerds Amalgamated

265 episodes

5 days ago

Your weekly dose of nerdy chaos — straight from the Aussie nerdverse. 🎮🍿📺 We’re DJ and The Professor: lifelong geeks breaking down the week in movies, TV, gaming, and pop culture, with a healthy obsession for indie devs, comics, and creators who are shaping the future of fandom. Every week, we serve up: 🎙️ Hot takes and deep dives on what’s blowing up (or bombing) in nerd culture. 🕹️ Spotlights on indie games, comics, and creators — real talk, straight from the people making the stuff we love. 🤓 Science and tech tangents, because being a nerd is more than just fandom — it’s curiosity, and we lean into it. If you’re the friend who can’t stop ranting about patch notes, MCU theories, or why that side quest broke your heart, you’ve found your people. Pull up a chair, grab your headphones, and let’s get nerdy. New episodes every week. Stay chaotic, stay curious.

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Gacha Games Dangers, Chinese Movies Only & Life in Space

Nerds Amalgamated

1 hour 15 minutes 44 seconds

6 months ago

Gacha Games Dangers, Chinese Movies Only & Life in Space

We enjoyed a nice drink of rez which you can get from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com and with a 15% discount using the code word : NERDS15

DJ went wild and mixed a sachet of REZ with a bottle of coke, while the professor went with the traditional approach of mixing a sachet with water....how did it pan out? Find out....

Gacha games have seen rising popularity in the past few years, but with that comes a new wave of concern. This time it isn't over your anime waifu, but the ridiculous amounts of money people are pouring into them.

China's response to the tariffs has been to ban US movies. And just like that, the world got a little smaller.

A new study has found signs of life on an exoplanet. Could this be it? Have we really found aliens? Maybe.

There is something about Gacha games

- Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals - AUTOMATON WEST

- Aussie gamers out of pocket from 'manipulative' tactics: research - ABC listen

China’s cinematic solution to the US Tarrifs

- China to 'Moderately Reduce' Number of US Film Imports in Response to Tariffs

There might be life in space after all...

- Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet K2-18b

- Scientists Detect Strongest Evidence Yet of Potential Life on Exoplanet K2-18 b

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