A packed news episode, with Tracy's analysis of the AI art copyright ruling decision and a discussion with Damien about his hit fan series, Heir to the Empire - the Star Wars story that everyone always wanted to see made.  Do comment on the discussion (on the YouTube channel or the Blog post).  The links are available in the show notes.

0:45 Tracy is the first woman on Mars!!!

2:38 RunwayML’s third annual film festival – call for submissions now open

4:20 Second Life evolves [again]

7:00 Bloomsbury’s video series: Richard Williams’ Animation Series

7:30 Projects: Gladiator II

10:00 The Freeman Chronicles – a Half Life real life film!

11:30 For Phil: a Tom Cook Elite Dangerous; for Damien: a Mandalorian cinematic made in Unreal; for Ricky, a Godot 4.3 cinematic

12:40 The US AI art copyright ruling – what do you think?

21:22 50 series release of NVIDIA’s graphics cards

23:19 An HL3 teaser?

24:10 Hollywood Animal – The Movies as a business

26:05 The TMU Tribute Show to Ken White

26:55 Astartes 2, Warhammer official film

28:40 Sims 1 and 2 re-released

31:33 Rooster Teeth is back?!

32:55 Tracy asks Damien about his Heir to the Empire hit fan series and what comes next

Credits -
Speakers: Damien Valentine, Tracy Harwood
Producer: Damien Valentine
Editor: Phil Rice
Music: Animo Domini Beats