Machines, Steam & Godzilla
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Machines, Steam & Godzilla
Hello, Ni hao, G’day, welcome to another episode of rambunctious fun and games from those Nerds we all love. We wish to say an especially warm welcome to our friends in China, and thank you for listening, you are awesome. Now this week we have Buck up first with news about the rise of the machines. Now please note we said rise, not uprising, two totally different things which we explain in the show. We discuss the different attitudes between countries like Japan who are excited to see advancement in AI and robotics; compared to the sad grumpy people in Hollywood who think Robots are going to take over the world in a violent revolution. But honestly, if the robots are going to take over can they hurry up, I mean have you looked at what those apes we call politicians are doing to the place? Things are so bad we have idiots somehow gluing themselves to the road, we all learned about glue in at 5 years of age making arts and craft. Even then we never managed to glue ourselves to the floor.
Next up we look at France and the judgement against Steam finally coming down. Now this is going to be an interesting topic as we look at some of the ramifications. Plus we ask the real hard hitting question that really defines the situation. That’s right folks, you will hear it here first, are the French gamers really going to care what the courts and government say? Are Valve really going to be concerned about this? If in space no one can hear you scream are all farts silent but violent? Um, yes, well if anyone can answer those let us know, these are truly hard hitting facts that we wish to know.
This week we have a review from the DJ on the anime trilogy of Godzilla movies, and wow these are looking really cool. Spoiler, they rock and you should really take the time to go and watch them some time soon. While it is cgi animation it still works well and is a whole lot of fun with the usual Japanese drama that makes Anime so much fun. These movies are Godzilla: Planet of the monsters, Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle, and the last movie Godzilla: The Planet Eater. Check them out and let us know what you think in the Nerds Amalgamated group page on Facebook.
As usual we have the games being played, shout out, remembrances, birthdays, and special events. Once again thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the episode. Take care of yourselves, look out for each other and stay hydrated.
EPISODE NOTES:
Rise of the machines - https://techxplore.com/news/2019-09-japan-roboticists-machines.html
The case of Steam vs France & China
– France - https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/d6baej/french_court_rules_out_10_clauses_of_the_steam/
- China - https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-china-will-be-almost-entirely-independent-of-steam/
Godzilla anime trilogy review - https://asianmoviepulse.com/2018/05/anime-review-godzilla-planet-of-the-monsters/
Games currently playing
DJ
– Warframe - https://store.steampowered.com/app/230410/Warframe/
Rating – 3.5/5
Professor
– Creeper World 2 : Anniversary Edition - https://store.steampowered.com/app/422920/Creeper_World_2_Anniversary_Edition/
Rating – 8/10
Buck
– New Frontier - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1104640/New_Frontier/
Rating – 4/5
Other topics discussed
Blade Runner (1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner
Elon Musk warns governors about AI
AI Takeover (hypothetical scenario in which artificial intelligence (AI) becomes the dominant form of intelligence on Earth, with computers or robots effectively taking control of the planet away from the human species)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_takeover
Facebook AI chatbots shutdown
Microsoft AI shutdown thanks to trolls
Sophia the intelligent robot: Destroy all humans
Three Laws of Robotics by Isaac Asimov
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics
Back Orifice (computer program designed for remote system administration)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Orifice
Stuxnet (malicious computer worm, first uncovered in 2010, thought to have been in development since at least 2005.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
Galileo Galilei (astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath from Pisa.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei
Boeing 737 crashes (Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX_groundings#Crashes
Germanwings Flight 9525 crash
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanwings_Flight_9525
Epic games store exclusives
Epic Games store paid 10.45 million for Control
- https://screenrant.com/epic-games-10-million-control-exclusive-remedy/
France’s games market in 2018
- https://newzoo.com/insights/infographics/france-games-market-2018/
European Union vs Google Antitrust Lawsuit
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_vs._Google
UFC-Que Choisir (French consumers group)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC-Que_Choisir
G2A controversy
- https://www.polygon.com/2019/7/5/20683026/g2a-controversy-audit-petition
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) : Federal Court of Australia confirm valve misled gamers
- https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/full-federal-court-confirms-that-valve-misled-gamers
Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior codenamed Opération Satanique carried out on 10 July 1985
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Rainbow_Warrior
Other Godzilla anime movies featured in the trilogy
- Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (Second movie in the Godzilla anime trilogy) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla:_City_on_the_Edge_of_Battle
- Godzilla: The Planet Eater (Third movie in the Godzilla anime trilogy) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla:_The_Planet_Eater
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion also known as Code Geass (2006 Japanese animeseries created by Sunrise)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Geass
Terror in Resonance also known as Terror in Tokyo (2014 Japanese anime television series produced by MAPPA)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_in_Resonance
Haruo Sakaki (Main Protagonist in the Godzilla anime trilogy)
- https://godzilla.fandom.com/wiki/Haruo_Sakaki
PAYDAY 2
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/218620/PAYDAY_2/
Best selling manga of all time
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_manga
- https://moneyinc.com/10-best-selling-manga-time/
Off with The Fairies (TNC Podcast)
- https://thatsnotcanon.com/offwiththefairiespodcast
Shoutouts
21 Sept 2019 – Naruto manga turns 20 years old as it debuted on this day in 1999, Naruto was serialized in Shueisha's magazine, Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1999 to 2014, and released in tankōbon (book) form in 72 volumes. Naruto is the fourth best-selling manga series in history, selling 235 million copies worldwide in 35 countries. - https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2019/09/21/naruto-turns-20-how-its-worldbuilding-remains-unmatched
23 Sept 2002 – The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released. It was created by theMozilla community members who desired a standalone browser, rather than the Mozilla Application Suite bundle. During its beta phase, Firefox proved to be popular with its testers and was praised for its speed, security, and add-ons compared to Microsoft's then-dominant Internet Explorer 6. Firefox is the spiritual successor of Netscape Navigator, as the Mozilla community was created by Netscape in 1998 before their acquisition by AOL. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox
23 Sept 2019 – Nintendo turns 130 years old. Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda. - https://www.vg247.com/2019/09/23/nintendo-turns-130-years-old-today-significant-milestones-figures/
Remembrances
21 Sept 2019 - Aron Eisenberg, American actor who played Nog, a Ferengi, through all seven seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Although the part called for him to appear under heavy makeup, he appeared without makeup as a news vendor in the episode "Far Beyond the Stars". He later guest-starred as a Kazon called Kar in "Initiations", an episode of Star Trek Voyager, and was a host and producer of the Star Trek themed podcast The 7th Rule. He died at the age of 50 in Los Angeles, California - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Eisenberg
21 Sept 2019 - Sigmund Jähn, Germancosmonaut and pilot who in 1978 became the first German to fly into space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos programme. He flew on board Soyuz 31, launched 26 August 1978 to the Soviet space station Salyut 6, where he conducted experiments in remote sensing of the earth, medicine, biology, materials science, and geophysics. After 124 orbits he returned on Soyuz 29 and landed on 3 September 1978, having spent 7 days, 20 hours, and 49 minutes in space. Because the Soviet and American space programs maintain distinctive vocabularies, he was a cosmonaut rather than an astronaut. During and after the flight, the socialist authorities of the GDR acclaimed him as "the first German in space", emphasizing an East German victory over West Germany. Upon his return he headed the East Germany Army's Cosmonaut Training Center near Moscow until German unification in 1990, when he left the East German military with the rank of major general. Jähn was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 3 September 1978. He died at the age of 82 in Strausberg,Brandenburg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_J%C3%A4hn
23 Sept 1939 - Sigmund Freud born Sigismund Schlomo Freud, Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst. In founding psychoanalysis, Freud developed therapeutic techniques such as the use of free association and discovered transference, establishing its central role in the analytic process. Freud's redefinition of sexuality to include its infantile forms led him to formulate the Oedipus complex as the central tenet of psychoanalytical theory. Nonetheless, Freud's work has suffused contemporary Western thought and popular culture. In the words of W. H. Auden's 1940 poetic tribute to Freud, he had created "a whole climate of opinion / under whom we conduct our different lives." He died from a drug overdose at the age of 83 in Hampstead, London - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud
Famous Birthdays
23 Sept 1869 - Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary, was an Irish-American cook. She was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen associated with typhoid fever. She was presumed to have infected 51 people, three of whom died, over the course of her career as a cook. She was twice forcibly isolated by public health authorities and died after a total of nearly three decades in isolation. She was born in Cookstown,County Tyrone - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon
23 Sept 1897 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor. He earned two Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his roles in Mrs. Miniver and Madame Curie. Pidgeon also starred in many films such as most famously Forbidden Planet which he played as Dr. Morbius. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1975. He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Pidgeon
23 Sept 1917 - Asima Chatterjee, Indian organic chemist noted for her work in the fields of organic chemistry and phytomedicine. Her most notable work includes research on vinca alkaloids, the development of anti-epileptic drugs, and development of anti-malarial drugs. She also authored a considerable volume of work on medicinal plants of the Indian subcontinent. She was the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Science from an Indian university. Chatterjee also wrote around 400 papers which were published in both national and international journals. She was born Calcutta now known as Kolkata - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asima_Chatterjee
Events of Interest
23 Sept 1846 – Astronomers Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune. The planet Neptune was mathematically predicted before it was directly observed. With a prediction by Urbain Le Verrier, telescopic observations confirming the existence of a major planet were made. It was a sensational moment of 19th-century science, and dramatic confirmation of Newtonian gravitational theory. In François Arago's apt phrase, Le Verrier had discovered a planet "with the point of his pen". The discovery of Neptune led to the discovery of its moon Triton by William Lassell just seventeen days later. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_Neptune
23 Sept 1962 – The Jetsons premiered in prime time with its very first episode, a little bit of lunacy entitled "Rosey the Robot.", it was Hanna-Barbera's Space Age counterpart to The Flintstones. While the Flintstones lived in a world which was a comical version of the "stone age", with machines powered by birds and dinosaurs, the Jetsons live in a comical version of a century in the future, with elaborate robotic contraptions, aliens, holograms, and whimsical inventions. The original series comprised 24 episodes and aired on Sunday nights on ABC America. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jetsons
24 Sept 1957 - In 1954, the US Supreme Court ruled in the famous Brown v Board of Education case that segregation of schools in the American South was unconstitutional. Despite this ruling, integrating the schools was not a simple act. The conflict over segregation in schools reached its height at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas. Nine black students attempted to enroll in 1957, prompting a fierce backlash from the pro-segregation state government of governor Orval Faubus. On September 4, 1957, the Arkansas National Guard were mobilized by Faubus to prevent the integration of the students. The intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower proved decisive: he ordered the National Guard be federalized, taking them out of the Governor's control, and ordered the US Army to support the integration of the school. The students were successfully integrated on September 23, 1957. The photo was taken on the 24th of Sept 1957. - https://www.onthisday.com/photos/little-rock-crisis
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