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 years. But during the Ice Age, there's a gap in the evidence. What were humans doing with fire during that time?

Netflix's CEO claims that Netflix is saving the movie industry. Of course he would say that. What's the truth?

Subscription gaming and its failures

- Subscription spending has been flat since 2021, analyst says subs are not the future of gaming

Ancient Fire

- Sophisticated pyrotechnology in the Ice Age: This is how humans made fire tens of thousands of years ago

Streaming services can save Hollywood

- https://boundingintocomics.com/movies/netflix-ceo-says-movie-theater-system-is-an-outdated-concept-believes-streamer-is-saving-hollywood/

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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 collection. The GDPR hammer is raised and ready.

Scientists want to grow astronaut food from scratch using bioreactors. This totally won't make a giant meat blob that consumes the Earth.

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New Oscar rules

– Oscar Voters Can No Longer Vote in a Category Unless They’ve Seen All Nominees

– Films made with AI can win Oscars, Academy says

Not Another Ubisoft Lawsuit

– NGO files complaint against Ubisoft for data protection concerns and forcing "always online" connections | GamesIndustry.biz

Space food

– Mission to boldly grow food in space labs blasts off

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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 coke, while the professor went with the traditional approach of mixing a sachet with water....how did it pan out? Find out....

Gacha games have seen rising popularity in the past few years, but with that comes a new wave of concern. This time it isn't over your anime waifu, but the ridiculous amounts of money people are pouring into them.

China's response to the tariffs has been to ban US movies. And just like that, the world got a little smaller.

A new study has found signs of life on an exoplanet. Could this be it? Have we really found aliens? Maybe.

There is something about Gacha games

- Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals - AUTOMATON WEST

- Aussie gamers out of pocket from 'manipulative' tactics: research - ABC listen

China’s cinematic solution to the US Tarrifs

- China to 'Moderately Reduce' Number of US Film Imports in Response to Tariffs

There might be life in space after all...

- Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet K2-18b

- Scientists Detect Strongest Evidence Yet of Potential Life on Exoplanet K2-18 b

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