Indiana Jones, Youtube, C.O.D Humvee & Lizard Eggs

This week the Nerds invited Dev-i-Boy on again. He'll be joining us for the next while.

First up is a discussion about Indiana Jones 5. Can Indy swing himself back into relevance for a new generation? Not if COVID-19 has anything to say about it. Indiana Jones 5 has been pushed back again due to the pandemic. The Nerds are hoping Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf doesn't make another appearance as Indy's son, but we'd be ok with him appearing as a cannibal tribesman. This of course leads into a discussion on Disney's other properties, including the notorious Pirates of the Caribbean and Jungle Cruise. This looks like a rough year for Disney.

Dev-i-Boy has heard that Russians are behind everyone's favourite YouTube channel, Five Minute Crafts. In a story reminiscent of bad Cold War fiction, Russian propaganda is slipped into innocuous seeming YouTube videos. Now we just need a team of teenagers to sneak into the secret Russian video studio lab and uncover their plot.

Activision has pulled off a major win in court against the maker of the Humvee. Modern warfare needs modern weapons, and the US courts have ruled in favour of realism over licensing fees.

Finally, DJ and Dev-i-Boy can't handle the knowledge. An Australian lizard joins the tiny group of reptiles that both lay eggs and give live birth. This revelation is too much for them to handle though, so we move on to the games of the week.

Professor and DJ play Generation Zero, a game about Swedish battle mechs and robot dogs that want to kill you. It's buggy, but generally a good experience. Dev-i played LoZ: Wind Waker again but breaks into a new dimension in VR Chat. Of course, he picked an anime girl avatar. Of course.

On to the usual shoutouts and remembrances, and DJ refuses to wrap up the show by performing Waterloo. Maybe next week.

Stay safe, and we'll see you all next week.

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2019 Supernova review featuring Shaun from Comics2Movies

Roll up, roll up, roll up, or if you are in Queensland and melting in this heat wash up instead. Wow, this week we have an awesome and exciting show full of fun and laughter for you to enjoy. We also have a special guest joining us to recap the fabulous Supanova Brisbane!!! That’s right folks, Supanova again (we need Kermit the Frog here running off waving his hands). We talk about some of the cool things we saw, some of the things that made us laugh, and why Buck seems to fear lycra, although to be fair it is a valid point.

We also announce the winner of the Nerdy Bag of holding competition. Congratulations to Jessica on winning our inaugural Supanova competition. We hope to have it again next year so, make sure you listen to get involved, also next year we will make entry available for our international listeners. Now I can give you no more spoilers or teasers on this week’s episode as there is just sooooo much to look forward to other then yes, Buck did argue with some people at Supanova.

Oh, we do have the games being played, the regular shout outs, remembrances, birthdays and special events for the week. We also wish to give a special thank you to some awesome people, the legends at Sons of Obiwan, the heroes at SuperTee, and the Rockstar Shaun at Comics2Movies, they all contributed gear to the Nerdy Bag of Holding. Thank you so much for helping to make this happen. Also a huge thank you to the all-powerful Podfather (All hail the Podfather) for helping us be at Supanova and the Baroness for all her hard work in organizing the event, also her patience when we were misbehaving like little boys with all the excitement.

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Back flip, True Lies & DRM

Here we go with another episode from Nerds Amalgamated. This week is packed full of fun stuff to look forward to. First up is it a robot or is it a dog? It is Boston Dynamics student competitors with Standford Doggo. This fabulous little robot is awesome and does tricks, listen in to find out what they are. Also did you want your very own robot doggo? Well you are in luck as we tell you about how to get one. Also check our website for the show notes with hyperlinks, you need the article to get what you need.

            Next up we have DJ telling us about a proposed new series coming out based on a movie. Yep, another movie is being adapted for your viewing pleasure. It will once again not have the same actors in it that were the main stars in the movie, like so many others out there. But hopefully it will be enjoyable all the same. We won’t hold our breathe but surely they will have learned something over there by now… Who the heck are we kidding, those idiots never listen to anyone else, let alone the proposed viewing public.

            Next up we look at the blooper that is worthy of a standing ovation. Someone involved with the release of a game from Bethesda studios forgot the DRM. We know, how unlike Bethesda to stuff up something right? BWAHAHA!!! This amazing bit of luck is available on Steam and quite probably numerous other websites that deal in nefarious shadowy dealings. We personally are unaware of the names of such sites and therefore are unable to confirm or deny such suggestions. But come on, just think about it, a brand new game released without the DRM and no one is going to chase that down the rabbit hole of pirating it? Yeah, like Game of Thrones was never pirated ever.

            We have the usual shout outs, remembrances, birthdays and events from history. Plus games we are playing at the moment. All combined into one big mess that we call the show. We hope you enjoy and as always, stay safe, look after each other and stay hydrated.

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Episode 18 - D-Day, Aliens and Data

 Here are the nerdy topics we discuss this week!

 Here are the nerdy topics we discuss this week!

D-Day Shoutout

- 6/6/1944 – the 74th anniversary of D-Day - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings

- 6/6/1918 - Two Medal of Honor Recipient Sergeant Major Daniel Joseph Daly yells "Come on you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever" at the 73rd Machine Gun Company - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Daly

Octopus Aliens

http://bgr.com/2018/05/17/octopus-aliens-cephalopods-research-study/

Microsoft data centre

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44368813

Microsoft buys Github

https://www.techworld.com.au/article/641930/microsoft-buys-github-us-7-5b-should-developers-concerned/?fp=16&fpid=1

Youtube blackmail scam

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5800141/Hundreds-Australians-webcams-hacked-videos-posted-YouTube-terrifying-scam.html

Flaccid phone

https://www.techworld.com.au/article/641874/flaccid-phone-features-foment-flagship-fatigue/?fp=16&fpid=1

Time Traveller

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/wtf/a-man-who-claims-hes-from-the-future-passes-lie-detector-test-with-flying-colours/news-story/d5b703671cdc03c9a96a1c50326dfc76

New Joker movie starring Jared Leto

http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/06/05/joker-standalone-movie-dceu-jared-leto/

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/joker-jared-leto-standalone-movie-warner-bros-1202831025/


Other Topics discussed

Superhero debuts - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_superhero_debuts#1850%E2%80%931900

Spring Heeled Jack - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring-heeled_Jack


Shout Outs

Superman turns 80 - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/arts/superman-turns-80-action-comics-1000.html

Nathan Hale, American Revolutionary War patriot, "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.", born in Coventry, Connecticut, North American Colonies - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Hale

Jay C Buckey, American physician/astronaut, born in NYC, New York - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_C._Buckey

Daniel Logan, New Zealand actor (Boba Fett-Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones), born in Auckland, New Zealand - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517535/

Jerry Maren, last surviving wizard of OZ munchkin dies at 98 - http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-07/last-surviving-munchkin-actor-jerry-maren-dies-aged-98/9843692

Celebrity Chef Antony Bourdain dies at 61 - http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-08/anthony-bourdain-dies-aged-61-cnn-says/9851840


Event of Interest

1844 - Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) formed by George Williams in London - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Williams_(YMCA)


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Intro

Artist – Claude Ciari

Song Title –  El Bimbo

Song Link - https://archive.org/details/Best100InstrumentalSongs/095-ClaudeCiari-ElBimbo.mp3

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