Here are today’s Nerd News! headlines:

But You Can Only Speak in 140 Characters: Twitter recently acquired a company called Squad, which specializes in video chats and screen sharing. Squad shut down their own ops over the weekend and will slowly blend into the realm of Twitter. So now you’ll be able to video chat over Twitter.  Source.

Cast of Dragons: Last week, I told you about the  Game of Thrones prequel series “House of the Dragon”, and now the cast is starting to take shape. Matt Smith of Doctor Who fame was recently added as well as Olivia Cooke of Ready Player One and Bates Motel. Emma D’arcy from Truth Seekers will round out the three most significant characters in the Targaryan Civil War. Source.

Good Robot: JJ Abrams’s production company Bad Robot is taking steps to get deeper into the gaming world. They now have a gaming division that will be run by Michael Booth who was an executive at Valve and was the creator and lead designer on Left 4 Dead. It’ll be interesting to see what marriage of those two entities will bring.   Zombies with Lens Flares most likely. Source.