Nerds Amalgamated
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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 261
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Balatro ReRated, James Bond to Amazon and Genetically Modified Mosquitos
Balatro has been rerated after an appeal to PEGI. Now teenagers can legally play it.
Amazon now has full control over James Bond. They promise there won't be any TV shows, but it remains to be seen wh…
Interview with Astral Ticket Comics
This week we interviewed Isaac Fox of Astral Ticket Comics.
Astral Tickets Comics
Website - https://www.foxxycomics.com/
Youtube - Astral Ticket Comics - YouTube
Facebook - ATFoxxyComics
Instagram - Izum…
No Copyright For AI, Asteroid Impact Warning And Stop Killing Games In The UK
The US Copyright Office has decided that at this time, generative AI doesn't deserve copyright.
We've got a small chance of a massive asteroid hitting Earth in 2032. The good news is NASA already has …
Counterfeit Alpha Pokemon Cards, Tariffs Coming For Your Comics And The End of Credit Card Numbers
CGC Cards has been accused of selling fake Pokemon alpha playtest cards signed by Takumi Akabane. Who is behind this devious act, and what are the implications for TCG collectors?
Trump's tariffs on C…
Nintendo Says Emulation Is Legal, Project Stargate, Anime AI and Sci-Fi For The Government
Nintendo says emulation is legal, but what does that mean? Are they being hypocrites for going after Yuzu?
Trump has announced Project Stargate to advance AI for the US government. What could they wan…
Why Games Are So Expensive To Make, Retraining Your Tastebuds and How Harrison Ford Got Blade Runner
AAA games are getting so expensive to make that companies have started marketing them as AAAA games. Despite this, games haven't really increased in price. But who's responsible for spending so much …
Half Life 3 Rumours, Alan Moore's Novel and Things To Look For In The Sky
The rumours are flying that Half Life 3 might be close to done. We're trying not to get too hyped just in case, but this might actually be happening this time.
Alan Moore spoke about his new novel, Th…
2024: Year In Review
It's the end of the year, so welcome to our Year in Review episode. We discuss our favourite things of the year from games to movies and science.
We hope you have a happy New Year and we'll see you ne…
Illegal Roblox Casinos, Luigi Mangione Documentaries and How Science Works
Your kids might be gambling in underground Roblox casinos. Or you might be gaming in underground CSGO casinos. Either way, there's been a proliferation of underground gaming casinos gambling in game …
Indian Games, Genderbent 007 and New Drugs From Goose Feces
There's a big potential for the untapped Indian games industry. Why hasn't it taken off yet? Is 2025 finally the year of the Indian games industry?
Former Bond girl Gemma Arterton thinks James Bond ca…
AAAs Playing It Safe, Snow White Remake And Where's Birdflu?
This week, things get heated when Professor and DJ talk about the reasons AAA games have to play it safe and take no risks.
Disney is remaking Snow White and it looks AWFUL. They really should stop do…
The Death of Retail Game Stores, Denis Villeneuve Hates Star Wars and Eradicating Cervical Cancer
We are have a new Nerd on the Block : Shane from ComX
Once an international brand, GAME is on the verge of shutting down. They've adapted to the changing market by not selling games anymore. We're not…
Disco Elysium Drama, AI In Movies and Manga and Rats Driving Cars
Disco Elysium is a famous game for very good reasons. But when it comes to creating a sequel, there are now five companies all claiming to be working on a spiritual successor, all with part of the or…
Australia's Social Media Ban, The Future of Star Wars and Farting for Science
Reuploaded due to Spotify sync issues
Australia's proposed social media ban is very broad and will likely affect gaming platforms like Roblox and Fortnite. We discuss the impact on the gaming industry…
Supanova 100 Review featuring Shane Syddall from Comics Network Australia
This week we went to Supanova 100. We'll discuss our favorite panels, some great sights and of course the best cosplays.
Brisbane Supanova 2024
– Event Home - Supanova Comic Con & Gaming
Shane Syddall …
Pay to Win Audio, Netflix to The Rescue and Bacteria Pirates of The High Seas
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 has a new pay to win audio tier using customised Head Related Transfer Functions. Cool tech, but what isn't cool is allowing some players who can afford a subscription to hav…
AI propaganda, Playstation Vs Hackers, and Bringing Back The Dead Thylacine
A minor actor has had his identity used to create Venezuelan propaganda. He's not too happy about that, and hopes the unions will be able to prevent this in the future.
Playstation have spent ten year…
Nobel Prizes, The Real Cost of Game Piracy and Hollywood's Direction
The Nobel Prizes for 2024 have been awarded. AI. AI everywhere...
A study has attempted to estimate the actual cost of game piracy for developers who use Denuvo DRM. Is it really worth using on games?
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The Future of the Sims, Responding to Toxic Fans and Plastic Eating Bacteria
EA have announced that they aren't working on The Sims 5 after a decade. Instead, they're farming out future content releases to the fans. Is this a sign of EA's laziness or is it the right move?
Toxi…
Steam Record Playercounts, Suing OpenAI and Earth's New Moon
Steam has once again broken their record for most concurrent users online. So where are all these new users coming from? What do they want? What does this mean for the future of Steam?
OpenAI is being…