This week we interviewed Issac Fox of Astral Ticket Comics.

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Astral Tickets Recent Kickstarter : Pure Intent finale + Mistress Izumi's ADULT Lessons #3 by Astral Ticket Comics — Kickstarter

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The US Copyright Office has decided that at this time, generative AI doesn't deserve copyright.

We've got a small chance of a massive asteroid hitting Earth in 2032. The good news is NASA already has an astronaut who was a driller.

There's been a disappointing update to the Stop Killing Games campaign with the UK rejecting changes to the law.

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US Copyright Office Declares Generative AI Can’t Be Protected By Copyright

- US Copyright Office Declares Generative AI Can't Be Protected By Copyright: "The Requisite Level of Creativity is Extremely Low"

Asteroid predictions

- Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 - Ars Technica

Stop killing games update

- UK declines to extend consumer law to better protect gamers against "disabling" live service games | GamesIndustry.biz

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CGC Cards has been accused of selling fake Pokemon alpha playtest cards signed by Takumi Akabane. Who is behind this devious act, and what are the implications for TCG collectors?

Trump's tariffs on Canada could cause the price of comics to jump by 25%. Will this push independent comics out of business or create a new opportunity?

In the next few years, Mastercard wants to get rid of the numbers on your credit card in the name of improved security. Therer's a few issues with this though.

Counterfeit Pokemon Cards

- Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in 2024 - Articles - Elite Fourum

Comic book price hike

- Comic Books Set To Rocket In Price Next Week Over Tariffs

- Valiant Comics Says The $4.99 Comic Is Over Because Of Tariffs

No more card numbers

- Mastercard plans to get rid of credit card numbers. We could be heading towards the end of cards - ABC News

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Nintendo says emulation is legal, but what does that mean? Are they being hypocrites for going after Yuzu?

Trump has announced Project Stargate to advance AI for the US government. What could they want with images of people with too many fingers?

Anime studios in Japan have started using AI as a tweening tool to speed up production. What does this mean for the animators?

The UK Ministry of Defence has brought in Sci-Fi writers to find out what dangers the future holds.

Cost of gaming update

- Games industry “hopes” GTA 6 costs $100 to justify gaming price hike says analyst - Dexerto

Emulation is legal now according to Nintendo

- Nintendo patent attorney clarifies company's zero-tolerance position on emulation | GamesIndustry.biz

Trump announces Project Stargate

- The key players behind Stargate, Donald Trump's $500 billion artificial intelligence project - ABC News

Japanese anime company uses A.I.

- How A Japanese Studio Is Embracing AI In Its Anime Production Pipeline

Sci-Fi writers can help governments

- UK Ministry of Defence enlists sci-fi writers to prepare for dystopian futures

- Scientists can help governments plan for the future. But don’t forget sci-fi writers: we can do it too | Emma Newman | The Guardian

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AAA games are getting so expensive to make that companies have started marketing them as AAAA games. Despite this, games haven't really increased in price. But who's responsible for spending so much money?

You can retrain your tastebuds to like a food that you hate. Will this finally end the war over pineapple on pizza?

Harrison Ford wasn't always the first choice to play Deckard in Blade Runner. Initially financiers had no idea who he was, and wanted someone else despite his roles in other unknown films like Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

The cost in making a game

- Why So Many Video Games Cost So Much to Make - Bloomberg

How to retrain your taste buds

- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-15/how-you-can-retrain-your-tastebuds-to-like-foods-you-detest/104796852

How Harrison Ford got his groove back

- 'Blade Runner' Financiers Asked Ridley Scott: 'Who Is Harrison Ford?'

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The rumours are flying that Half Life 3 might be close to done. We're trying not to get too hyped just in case, but this might actually be happening this time.

Alan Moore spoke about his new novel, The Great When from The Long London Quintet. Lots of parallel universe shenanigans seem to be heading our way.

2025 has some great astronomy opportunities coming up in Australia, from the possibility of more auroras, some great meteor showers and the temporary disappearance of Saturn's rings.

Half Life 3 news

- Why Half-Life 3 speculation is reaching a fever pitch again - Ars Technica

How to write like Alan Moore : The Novel

- How Alan Moore’s new novel builds on his iconic comics

2025 in Astronomy

- Meteor showers, eclipses and supermoons. What you can expect for 2025 in astronomy - ABC News

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It's the end of the year, so welcome to our Year in Review episode. We discuss our favourite things of the year from games to movies and science.

We hope you have a happy New Year and we'll see you next year for more nerdy shenanigans.

2024 in video games

– 2024 in video games - Wikipedia

2024 in film

– 2024 in film - Wikipedia

2024 in Science & Technology

– 2024 in science - Wikipedia

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Your kids might be gambling in underground Roblox casinos. Or you might be gaming in underground CSGO casinos. Either way, there's been a proliferation of underground gaming casinos gambling in game assets for real world money. The latest investigation shows found children who have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Robux. Scary stuff.

In what is certainly not just a way to get on the hype train, 50 Cent and others have announced they are working on documentaries about Luigi Mangione. We discuss whether this could cause copycat killings and might not be such a wise idea.

Science is big, wonderful, and complicated. We'll tell you how scientists actually make decisions, and how you can make sure you're not being conned by bad science.

Illegal Gambling in Roblox

- Investigation claims "network of illegal casinos" lets children gamble with their Roblox account details | GamesIndustry.biz

Luigi the Documentary

- Luigi Mangione Documentary in the Works From Alex Gibney, Anonymous Content

- Second Luigi Mangione Documentary in the Works From ‘Amanda Knox’ Producer (EXCLUSIVE)

- 50 Cent reveals details about his documentary on Luigi Mangione: "I kinda like this killer” - Meristation

Correlation vs causation...

- If ‘correlation doesn’t imply causation’, how do scientists figure out why things happen?

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