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

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2024 in film

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2024 in Science & Technology

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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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There's a big potential for the untapped Indian games industry. Why hasn't it taken off yet? Is 2025 finally the year of the Indian games industry?

Former Bond girl Gemma Arterton thinks James Bond can't be genderbent. Someone out there will probably take that as a challenge.

A group of scientists working with school students have identified a cytotoxic chemical found in goose feces. Really. It'll take a lot of work to convince people to rub it on their cancer though.

Gaming potential in India

- Why gaming is India's "new entertainment frontier" | GamesIndustry.biz

Genderbent 007 is not possible

- 'Quantum Of Solace' Star And Former Bond Girl Gemma Arterton Disagrees With Idea Of Gender-Swapping 007: "Isn’t A Female James Bond Like Mary Poppins Being Played By A Man?" - Bounding Into Comics

A new antibiotic from goose shit...

- Discovery of New Cyclic Lipodepsipeptide Orfamide N via Partnership with Middle School Students from the Boys and Girls Club | ACS Omega

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