Live Service games with an ongoing story have to end sometime, right? Destiny 2 did, and suddenly nobody wants to play anymore. Does this mean future games will drag on forever? Hopefully not.

The BBC and Disney have officially split, meaning we won't get Doctor Who for over 12 months. Is it time for another charity single to save the Doctor?

Mirror life is a hypothetical form of life which is molecularly reversed compared to existing life. Scientists think this could be apocalyptic, so what are they doing to protect us?

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Resources Mentioned

• What if your favorite game never truly ends? We’re diving into why some stories never give you closure—and why that might actually keep you addicted. (Can a live service game ever have a satisfying conclusion? | Opinion | GamesIndustry.biz)
• What happens when the streaming giant says ‘we’re out’? Could this be the beginning of the end—or a new chapter—for Doctor Who? (Disney+ Officially Exiting ‘Doctor Who’ Partnership With BBC After Two Seasons)
• Mirror Bacteria (Mirror bacteria may constitute ‘radical departure from known life,’ scientists warn | CNN)

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The Protoclone is an android based on human muscles. DJ thinks this thing might be too lifelike, and it's time to call Rick Deckard.

EA are being bought by a consortium of investment firms. Do they still have a future, or will they be killed off?

Tilly Norwood is an AI actress created for the sole purpose of starring in real movies. As any first gen tech, it'll be rubbish, but if you combined Tilly and a Protoclone body, DJ would probably be very scared.

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Resources Mentioned

• Introducing the Protoclone (Humanoid 'Protoclone' robot twitches into action while hanging from ceiling in viral video | Live Science, I Met ProtoClone — The World’s First Human Clone 🤯 )
• The explosive EA buyout (Who bought EA? | GamesIndustry.biz )
• Introducing the world’s first AI actress : Tilly Norwood (AI Actress Tilly Norwood Debuts at Zurich Summit as Industry Grapples With Emerging Tech: We Want Her ‘to Be the Next Scarlett Johansson’, AI Actress Tilly Norwood Draws Backlash From Melissa Barrera, Lukas Gage and More Hollywood Names as Creator Defends Her as a ‘New Tool’ and ‘Not a Replacement for a Human Being’, Gersh Will Not Sign AI Actress Tilly Norwood: 'We're Not That Agency', AI-Directed Movie ‘The Sweet Idleness’ Releases Trailer Amid AI Actor Tilly Norwood Controversy: ‘The First Movie’ Made by an ‘AI Agent’, SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin Says Union Will Address AI Actress Tilly Norwood With Agents and Continue Fight for AI Compensation)

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A new study tells us all the statistics about Australian gamers. Turns out we're all getting older and less social. We have some theories why.

Dance Dance Revolution can be adapted into a memory trainer for people with dementia, and it actually works to reduce the rate of decline.

A fully AI movie will be presented at Cannes soon, and we expect it to be bad.

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Resources Mentioned

• There is something about Australian Gamers (82% of Australia engages with video games | GamesIndustry.biz)
• Dance Dance Elderly (Training to improve memory | ETH Zurich)
• A Full Hollywood A.I. Movie now a reality (OpenAI Says It's Making a Full Hollywood Movie Using AI)

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