This week Margy, Grant, and Redbeard take aim at the world of remaking movies and ask all the important questions. What makes a good remake? What ruins a remake? What would we love to see remade, and most importantly, what should NEVER be remade?

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THE NERDIEST THING Margy's Thing - Stranger Things - https://www.netflix.com/title/80057281

Grant's Thing - Let Me Solo Her Gets A Sword - https://kotaku.com/elden-ring-solo-her-malenia-fromsoftware-expansion-1849151918

Joshua Redbeard's Thing - Insanely Beautiful Satisfactory Builds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aT5tjK5Sac

NERD OF THE WEEK - Let's Game It Out (A.K.A. Some guy called Josh) - https://www.youtube.com/c/LetsGameItOut

This episode, the gang shares their early experiences with pop culture and how that has affected different facets of their lives.

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THE NERDIEST THING

GRANT'S THING - https://fallout4london.com/

MARGY'S THING - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triphenylphosphine

REDBEARD'S THING - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35074096-mythos

This episode, Grant shares a story of the chess playing robot from the 1800's that beat Napoleon Bonaparte, Margy tells the tail of a hitch-hiking robot turned murder victim, and Joshua Redbeard expresses his deep concerns for AI and it's casual nature toward humanity's demise.

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THE NERDIEST THING

GRANT'S THING - https://www.darkfield.com.au/

MARGY'S THING - https://fedsquare.com/venues/the-ian-potter-centre-ngv-australia

REDBEARD'S THING - https://store.steampowered.com/app/526870/Satisfactory/

OTHER LINKS

hitchBOT 'S LIFE & DEATH - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/08/innocent-hitchhiking-robot-murdered-by-america.html

GPT3 CONVINCING US AI WON'T KILL US ALL - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/08/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3

MURDEROUS MICROWAVE - https://www.iflscience.com/man-resurrects-childhood-imaginary-friend-using-ai-then-it-tried-to-murder-him-63378

Joshua Redbeard, Grant, & Margy discuss their different approaches to playing video, card, and role playing games; and Margy drops some psychological bombs that explain why some people prefer the harder games over the easier ones.

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THE NERDIEST THING

GRANT'S THING - Let Me Solo Her - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18BiFD0n0JI

MARGY'S THING - Hopedrone - https://hopedrone.bandcamp.com/album/husk

REDBEARD'S THING - Hamilton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPSWZUExZ8M

ARTICLE ON HARD GAMES - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-we-love-the-games-that-enrage-us-most/

Joshua Redbeard, Grant, and Margy take you on a deep dive through various fictional universes and the pros and cons of suddenly finding yourself thrust into such a space. Would they survive? Would you?

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THE NERDIEST THING

Margy's Thing - Solar Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/1pUmjMwHYwiMGunjF13zYD?si=6f3617bff9ba453a

Grant's Thing - Metal Lords - https://www.netflix.com/title/81207588

Joshua Redbeard's Thing - Impossible Sudoku - https://youtu.be/wO1G7GkIrWE