Three Years On - We Are Still Here - Australian Games Industry, Childhood Diets, Cyberpunk 2077 Hacked & Superbowl 2021

Author: Nerds Amalgamated
Published: Mon 15 Feb 2021
Episode Link: https://nerdsamalgamatedpod.captivate.fm

Last week we had some terrible ideas. And we are sorry, because we've had more. There's a reason none of us are allowed to work at CSIRO anymore.

The Australian games industry grew last year, following worldwide trends. We've got some interesting statistics on the industry and why it isn't doing as well as it could be.

Last week we spoke about your gut microbiome affecting your parenting skills. Well now we know that your childhood diet has lifelong impacts on that biome. This is making that salad look extra tempting.

CDPR has lost control of the source code for Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3. If I had a dollar for every time a game dev making a game about hacking gets hacked, I'd have two dollars. Which isn't a lot, but it's surprising that it's happened twice.

Australian Game Development Industry 2021 report

- https://igea.net/2021/01/australian-game-development-industry-counts-185-million-in-revenue/

- https://www.consultancy.com.au/news/2954/australias-gaming-industry-grows-to-34-billion-amid-covid-19

Childhood diet has lifelong impact

- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210203090458.htm

- https://jeb.biologists.org/content/early/2021/01/10/jeb.239699

Cyberhack 2077

- https://press-start.com.au/news/2021/02/09/cd-projekt-reds-servers-were-apparently-hacked-with-the-witcher-3-cyberpunk-2077-source-code-stolen/

- https://twitter.com/CDPROJEKTRED/status/1359048125403590660

Superbowl Ads 2021

- https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/super-bowl-ads-2021-we-round-up-the-teasers-and-spots/