The CEO of Warframe developer Digital Extremes has explained why he thinks there hasn't been another Live Service hit like Warframe.

Jim Shooter, a former Marvel head, has some thoughts on modern comics - There isn't enough dialogue apparently.

Sharks in Brazil have gotten their fins on large amounts of cocaine from drug smugglers. Everything humans do affects the environment, including dumping contraband in the ocean.

Is Live Service game an actual good model

- Big publishers ‘eject too soon’ from live service titles, says Warframe boss | VGC

The current state of modern comics books

- Former Marvel EIC Jim Shooter Slams The Current State Of Western Comics: "It's Supposed To Be Entertainment, But A Lot Of It Comes Out Like Propaganda"

Cocaine Shark

- Brazilian sharpnose sharks test positive for cocaine, new study shows - ABC News

- First report on cocaine and benzoylecgonine detection in sharks - ScienceDirect

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Viggo Mortensen hasn't been seen in any big franchises since Lord of the Rings. He's got a very good reason for that, and he isn't likely to go back. At least he's willing to tell us why.

We've seen a lot of great indie games in the last few years, but it's starting to look like the bubble might be popping. Sooner or later it'll be back, but at what cost?

Watching yourself perform karaoke makes you blush. Scientists used this to find out why we blush and what's going on inside your brain when it happens.

Viggo Mortensen Interview about Movie Franchieses & Film Criticism

- Viggo Mortensen Speaks His Mind: On Amazon’s “Shameful” Decision, Green Book’s “Disingenuous” Critics, and Indie Film’s Unclear Future | Vanity Fair

Is the Indie Games bubble popping?

- ‘Death Occurs in the Dark’: Indie Video Game Devs Are Struggling to Survive | WIRED

Karaoke Experiment

- Scientists inflict karaoke on young volunteers to find out what makes us blush | Science | The Guardian

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A species of carpenter ants will perform surgery on their wounded comrades. These gory scenes take place after vicious battles with other ant colonies. This is the first time that surgery has been observed in non-human animals.

Much has been made of video game addiction, which is a real and scary thing. But not every case is medical addiction, and there might be good reasons why people are turning to games.

Crunchyroll have decided to close their comment section permanently. The exodus of commenters must go somewhere else to rant about anime.

Surgical ants

- Ants can carry out life-saving amputations on injured nest mates, study shows | Animal behaviour | The Guardian

Why teens are are suffering from game addiction

- It’s not them, it’s us: the real reason teens are ‘addicted’ to video games | Games | The Guardian

Crunchyroll Censorship

- Sony-Owned Crunchyroll Disables Comments, User Reviews In Order To "Reduce Harmful Content" And "Prevent Misinformation" - Bounding Into Comics

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Scientist have found that whales are happier when humans are not around, and this was during the first year of the COVID-19 Pandemic, when human activity on the ocean was limited. Which begs the question do whales really hate humans?

Eve Online's creator CCP Games have decided to go open source...will this make the game immortal? Only time will tell...

Hollywood is facing an exodus of film crew workers, is this the sign that the Hollywood cinema is coming to an end?

Whales hate humans

- University of Queensland research finds whales were less stressed during early COVID pandemic - ABC News

Eve Online Open Source Edition

- Hilmar Pétursson: Making CCP tech open source will enable Eve Online to live forever | GamesIndustry.biz

Hollywood Exodus

- Goodbye, Hollywood: Why these film and TV workers decided to ditch L.A.

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A classic MMO designer thinks modern MMOs aren't giving players enough ways to play together. MMOs have changed over the last 20 years, and are no longer the only way to play with your friends. So what's really behind the changes?

A new study suggests geoengineering might actually just move the issue from one place to another. Who will bear the consequences of trying to prevent global warming?

GTA has never been made into a movie. One of the Rockstar founders has come forwards to explain why.

Modern MMO….

- MMOs 'don't give people the tools to build community anymore,' says EverQuest 2 creative director | PC Gamer

Geoengineering...curse or cure

- Cloud geoengineering could push heatwaves from US to Europe | New Scientist

GTA the movie….

- Rockstar Games Co-Founder Says 'Grand Theft Auto', 'Red Dead Redemption' Never Adapted To Film Or TV Because "The Risk Never Made Sense" - Bounding Into Comics

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Team Fortress 2 has been overrun by bots. A new campaign to save this game from the hackers and cheaters who are ruining it begs Valve to make a difference. We discuss how this relates to the Stop Killing Games campaign and the various ways Valve and the community can save the game.

By all accounts, The Crow's reboot will not be any good. Can it be saved? Who will watch it?

The Arctic Fox is on the brink of extinction, except for the diligent work of a team of fox breeders working to save the population through captive breeding. Will they be successful or will the fox go the way of the dodo?

Please Fix Team Fortress 2

- SaveTF2 Petition

- Why is #FixTF2 trending? Team Fortress 2 issues explained

The Unwatchable Crow

- https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/06/10/former-the-crow-reboot-screenwriter-trashes-film-its-horrible-its-unwatchable-dont-waste-your-money/

Project Artic Fox

- Eagle attacks, red invaders and a genetic bottleneck: inside the fight to save arctic foxes | Endangered species | The Guardian

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Sorry about the audio quality on this one. The people responsible have been fired out of a cannon into the sun. The problem has been fixed and we'll be back to our usual quality next week.

Should we pay modders for their work? After hundreds of hours playing modded games, and even designing some mods himself, Professor's got some thoughts on this.

The future of PCs is AI. Or is it? The Nerds disagree that Microsoft's Recall will gain any traction.

George R R Martin is ranting about how movies and shows are never as good as the books they are based on. He might be right.

Should We Pay Modders

- Featured Blog | Modders are Developers - It’s Time to Pay Them

AI is coming…..to your PC

- Microsoft Is Giving Windows a Memory and It Might Change Everything

- Windows to drive PC refresh? Everyone's talking about AI • The Register

- Google AI Overview's health advice: Eat a rock a day, and go jump off a bridge

George R.R.Martin strikes…again…and again…and again

- 'Game Of Thrones' Creator George R.R. Martin Calls Out Most TV & Film Adaptations For Being Worse Than Source Material: "They Never Make It Better"

- The Adaptation Tango | Not a Blog

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According to surveys, most gamers Smurf - that is high level players using a low level account to stomp noobs. So why do you do it, and is it as bad as it sounds?

The end of anime's Golden Age may be upon us. Miyazaki says so, but he's just won an award for anime. So is it self-deprecating humour or bragging?

The Australian government has suggested social media should be for adults only. The Nerds discuss why this won't work.

Fecal matter transplants are a seemingly miracle treatment for a variety of conditions, and might even slow the progression of Parkinson's disease. You'll have to get over some ick before you go for this treatment though.

Smurfing and no its not about the Smurfs

- https://news.osu.edu/gamers-say-they-hate-smurfing-but-admit-they-do-it/

Miyazaki : The Golden age of anime is over

- https://comicbook.com/anime/news/studio-ghibli-hayao-miyazaki-anime-over/

- https://geektyrant.com/news/hayao-miyazaki-feels-that-the-golden-age-of-anime-is-over

Australia wants a Social Media Ban for under 16 year olds

- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/21/anthony-albanese-social-media-ban-children-under-16-minimum-age-raised

- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/21/australia-social-media-ban-children-state-government-nsw-qld-sa-vic

Poo Pills Part 2

- https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/news/gut-bacteria-transplant-may-improve-parkinsons-movement-symptoms

- https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/news/research-bacteria-gut-reveals-how-they-potentially-cause-and-affect-progression-parkinsons

- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537024001421

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