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
- 262
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
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 bu…
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 …
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…
Steam is EVIL... Maybe, Direwolves and Moa Ressurections and Movies Ruined Comics
The famous modder behind the Special K mod has deleted their steam account and written a manifesto about why Steam is evil. We disagree.
The resurrected Direwolves are doing well, and Peter Jackson is…
Stop Killing Games Update, The End of Xbox, Killer Whales Want To Give You Lunch and Brad Pitt's Actor Advice
Stop Killing Games has reached 1 million signatures on the European Citizens Initiative. But the battle isn't won yet. Due to invalid signatures, the petition could use as many extra signatures as it…
The End of Stop Killing Games, Lab Grown Meat and Duke Nukem TV
Stop Killing Games has nearly reached its conclusion, unless hundreds of thousands of European gamers come out of the woodwork. Aaaand here they come.
You will soon be able to buy lab grown meat in Au…
An Interview with Neural Forge
This week we're interviewing Neural Forge, creator of the board game Nimbus.
Neural Forge official website
Neural Froge Etsy Store
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Neural Forge Facebook pa…
Everything Wrong With The Switch 2, The Science of Joy and Captain America's Regretful Plot Twist
The Switch 2 is not without controversy. The big issues center around hardware ownership. So why are Nintendo getting this wrong?
Happiness is tricky to pin down, but the latest research gives some hi…
Japan's Cultural Victory, An Interview with Strauss Zelnick and Preventing a Supervolcano Eruption
Crunchyroll have published a report on anime revealing that a majority of people under 50 watch it. Yet the company still wants growth. What are the implications?
Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take Two has …
The Year of the Linux Gaming PC, Literal Alchemy at the LHC and Europe Vs AI
Wow 250 episodes and we are still going…what an achievement...We would like to thank each and every one of you for being part of this magical journey
Finally, Valve are releasing SteamOS onto third pa…
The Truth Behind More Expensive Consoles, Marvel's New Strategy and Photographing Atoms
There's a variety of reasons consoles are getting more expensive instead of cheaper, and they aren't all because of greed. Chips just aren't improving like they used to.
Marvel has a new strategy. Wil…
The Future of Subscription Gaming, Ancient Fire and Netflix Saving Hollywood
A new analysis indicates that subscription gaming has no room to grow. Of course, that won't stop them trying to take away our game ownership.
Humans have been using fire for hundreds of thousand of y…
Just Watch The Movies, Yet Another Ubisoft Lawsuit and Astronaut Food
At last, the Oscars have added a rule that voters have to watch the movie. Somehow, people are complaining about doing their job.
Ubisoft are being threatened with a complaint about their data collect…
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 …
Stop Killing Games Lawsuit, Minecraft Movie Chaos and Return of the Dire Wolves
Ubisoft has responded to a lawsuit against them as part of the Stop Killing Games campaign. This setback doesn't mean the end for the campaign. They'll keep fighting.
A Minecraft Movie is a surprising…
Everything about the Nintendo Switch 2, The Tariffs are coming & Brain to Speech
From computer mice to increased prices for games, we'll tell you everything worth knowing about the Nintendo Switch 2 and why you probably don't want to buy it.
Tariffs aren't just affecting video gam…
The Game Acting Strike, Anime Shortages and Light Sails For Interstellar Exploration
SAG-AFTRA warn you not to believe the major games companies who claim that they're close to a deal. Instead, the union is refusing to back down without getting all the concessions they want for their…
The Anime Boom, Masahiro Sakurai on Making Japanese Games and Life in Space
The anime industry is expecting some major growth, with the surprise entry of Chinese anime.
Masahiro Sakurai of Super Smash Brothers thinks Japanese games should be made for Japanese gamers. How coul…
The Future of Warner Bros/DC, Trump Blocking Physical Games and Supernova Extinction Events
Warner Bros and DC are in a bit of a sticky situation. They're failing to make money, and if their new Superman movie flops it could be the end for them.
Trump's tariffs are going to have a major effe…
Scrub Your Celebrity History, UK Government Shutting Down Online Games and World First Human Brain Computer
Should celebrities watch what they say? The latest controversy has come out after Emilia Perez was torpedoed by a castmember's comments. And why not hold them to the same standards most of us are?
Urb…