The Steam Deck, Amazon's Lord Of The Rings & Minecraft healing Kids

Author: Nerds Amalgamated
Published: Tue 10 Aug 2021
Episode Link: https://nerdsamalgamatedpod.captivate.fm

The Steam Deck is not coming to Australia yet. WHY, GABEN, WHY? WHY HATH YOU FORSAKEN US? Professor was pretty annoyed that the Index had never released here, but realised researching for this episode that it's finally here. So at least that means maybe the Deck will get here eventually. It has very exciting hardware and has Professor gushing over Valve's push to save us from Microsoft and let us game on Linux.

Amazon's Lord of the Rings series has a release date. Hopefully Jeff Bezos won't make us regret letting him come back from space. The series covers events of the second age. We still have a lot to learn, but so far all the pieces look great.

There's a bit of a stereotype of autistic kids liking Minecraft. Turns out it can be used to help children learn social skills. Obviously it can't entirely replace real world experience, but the next generation of helping autistic children learn social skills at a more relaxed pace is exciting to see

Steam Deck

- https://www.techradar.com/au/news/steam-deck

Amazon’s Lord Of The Rings

- https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/lord-of-the-rings-amazon-series-premiere-date-1235032768/

Minecraft helping kids with autism

- https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23030713-100-how-is-helping-children-with-autism-make-new-friends/?fbclid=IwAR16Oec1CQchRkqxJd2Lk9U21Bvj9SbPzL0mIjW6xTZHPErXQGXaXZwkaQM