Over the years, I always make a habit of reminding most folks that true “nerds” are exactly that. It isn’t a prerogative, but rather a descriptive term for someone who’s really into what they’re doing - that may involve math and science. If you ever needed to know how a game made back in 1992 functioned to the letter, than nerds like Displaced Gamers will answer all your questions, and then some. They also remind me what a talentless hack I am and know nothing of the world, but I’m happy just to exist with people as dedicated as them.

On the other end of the spectrum, we have nerds so good at what they do they can reverse engineer things. Although Primitive Technology doesn’t need an introduction (look at his subscriber count), I will vouch for the man that he was one of the originators of this type of content. More importantly, he wasn’t one of the many impostors who came later with dedicated camera crews and clever editing. In either case, don’t sell yourself short (literally) in what you can accomplish with some ingenuity and your bare hands.

It seems like every single day you hear some dire news somewhere in the world that a database has been breached. I can tell you that the biggest threat to your online personal security really comes from human mistakes rather than sophisticated means. Still whatever the cause is, it only takes a few steps to get your security on a software level up to par. Ken Harris has a quick guide to get you up to speed, and I highly recommended it for the list of free software alone you can use.

Ever felt some video games are better watched than played? Maybe it’s just not your personal favorite genre or maybe you’re strapped for time and can’t play anything this month. Whatever the reason is, there’s always someone out there making some sort of “theatrical” full video of any game you can think of. And as someone who’s knee deep in multiple gacha games at any moment, sometimes it’s nice to just watch other folks tell me a story. Popular no commentary playthrough channel Shirrako has you covered for most AAA game titles. Better yet, he’s really good at them and a step above the rest when it comes to skill.

Everyday people keep complaining about “AI” paving the way to take over the world. Frankly speaking, I have yet to see anything worthwhile actually be created other than the masterpiece you see in the video above. Countless billions of dollars being thrown into corporate blenders to see who can make the first completely AI generated video about an obviously natty Gordon Ramsay. I’m not sure what everyone else is mad about, but I for one welcome this new future. JACKSFX by the way has many more videos for you to enjoy.

I try to be less degenerate when it comes to the monthly updates, but I still want to give credit where credit is due. In our case, Akira Miramoto is artist of the month bringing us such wacky (and amazing) characters like Meiko Shirako in his works. If your normie friends haven’t watched Prison School yet, I suggest it’s a good gateway drug into the non-mainstream hipster stuff.