Nerds Amalgamated

Life on Venus, Sid Meier's Civilisation & Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles


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Take a look at the phosphine, clouding in the atmos. Oh man, wonder if we'll ever know, It's the craziest news, is there life on Venus?


It's been a long time since Sid Meier first put keyboard to code, but these days he thinks he wouldn't even play his seminal work, Civilisation, if it hadn't been created nearly 30 years ago. Is he a boomer saying kids have no taste, or does he have a point?


Rick Riordan hates the movie adaptations of Percy Jackson. Netflix have brought him on to make a new TV series based on his Kane Chronicles books. Let's see if he goes the distance or if he gets pushed out like the Avatar writers did.


This week DJ tried Ubisoft's new Cyberpunk Battle Royale, and Professor fell over himself to try the new Fall Guys level variations and obliterated space fleets in Star Realms.



Move over life on Mars...There is life on Venus

- https://www.space.com/venus-clouds-possible-life-chemical-discovery.html

- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/life-on-venus-breakthrough-initiatives-funds-study-of-possible-biosignature/


Sid Meier’s take on strategy games

- https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/games/sid-meier-interview-civilisation-memoir-autobiography-b404968.html?utm_source=reddit.com


A new Rick Riordan adaptation coming to Netflix

- https://deadline.com/2020/09/rick-riordan-developing-feature-adaptations-of-the-kane-chronicles-at-netflix-1234576111/



Games Played


DJ

– Hyper Scape - https://www.ubisoft.com/en-au/game/hyper-scape

Rating: 3/5



Professor

- Fall Guys - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097150/Fall_Guys_Ultimate_Knockout/

- Star Realms - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/147020/star-realms

Rating: Fall Guys – 6/5

Star Realms - 4/5



Other topics discussed


More info on Life on Venus

- https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/hints-life-venus


Morus (a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae, consists of diverse species of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, growing wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morus_(plant)


Mulberry pancakes recipe

- https://www.marthastewart.com/1142650/mulberry-pancakes


The Search for Life on Venus Could Start With This Private Company

- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/science/venus-life-rocketlab.html


Phosphine (a colorless, flammable, very toxic gas compound with the chemical formula PH3, classed as a pnictogen hydride. Pure phosphine is odorless, but

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