Geekshow Podcast

-Last chance to buy from the old xbox marketplace: https://xboxera.com/2024/07/16/xbox-360-marketplace-gets-final-price-drops-before-july-29-closing/ -BG3 is getting more large updates than we thought: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/baldurs-gate-3-patch-7-wont-be-the-rpgs-final-update-after-all-as-larian-promises-extra-support-including-cross-play-and-photo-mode/ -MW3 comes to gamepass on the 24th: https://www.ign.com/articles/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-is-headed-to-xbox-game-pass-tomorrow-july-24 -Butt controllers: https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/now-theres-a-wolverine-butt-xbox-controller-to-go-with-deadpool/ -Humble Bundle closes is publishing arm: https://www.engadget.com/humble-games-reportedly-lays-off-its-entire-staff-201923446.html -Everyone wants an assassin’s creed in feudal japan… except japan. https://screenrant.com/assassins-creed-shadows-japanese-government-investigation-controversy/ -Paramount+ Cancels Halo. Xbox is looking for a new home for it. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/paramount-has-cancelled-its-halo-show-after-2-seasons/ -The super bowl of Fighting games, EVOLUTION FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS were this last weekend. - 10262 participants. - 30K winning purse per title game divided among the top 8 finalists. -Results, USA- 6/24 places, Japan with 7 -Street Fighter 3 highlight - Hayao stole the show, and his comeback! -Tin hat conclusion - smash brothers? -Homework:https://youtu.be/sPiG605a0ok?si=ZIerX6aFxy_q3PqB

Join Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Frost, noted Space Show fan Admiral Kerry Jackson, Commander Robert Neal, and Ensign Tony Eccles as they continue their voyage through all things Star Trek! In this episode, we continue through season 5 with these episodes: Hero Worship, Violations, The Masterpiece Society, Condundrum, and Power Play. Check out Pieman Graphics on Etsy for Space Show Show and Geekshow stickers! https://www.etsy.com/shop/PiemanGraphics

-Lisan Al Gaib!!!: https://www.engadget.com/a-new-spacesuit-design-can-recycle-astronauts-urine-into-purified-drinkable-water-175235587.html -Really Rad long term storage: https://www.techradar.com/pro/battery-powered-robot-crabs-4tb-glass-discs-and-hololens-tech-a-deep-dive-into-project-silica-reveals-how-microsoft-doesnt-want-petabyte-capacity-quartz-disks-just-yet -Ok. have you tried Barrier? https://github.com/debauchee/barrier?tab=readme-ov-file#readme -CrowdStrike. Let the finger pointing begin https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/07/microsoft-says-8-5m-systems-hit-by-crowdstrike-bsod-releases-usb-recovery-tool/ -Microsoft throwing some shots at the EU re:Crowdstrike https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/07/22/microsoft-blames-eu-rules-worlds-biggest-tech-outage/ -On the other hand… one guy from Sevco Security(?) blames Microsoft…. https://www.channelfutures.com/security/crowdstrike-or-microsoft-to-blame-global-it-outage -Zuckerman Vs Zuckerberg! FIGHT! https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/meta-asks-court-to-toss-half-baked-suit-over-facebook-feed-killing-tool/ -Florida ruins everyone’s fun, as always https://dronexl.co/2024/07/17/reckless-drone-pilot-endangers-blue-angels/ Example from detroit… idiots: https://youtu.be/ZmJSoiB0Drg?si=pC9ZDTlmikgophSX

Beetlejuice 2, Dune: Prophecy, Alien: Romulus, Russo Bros, Superman, Predato, Toxic Avenger, Video Killed the Radio Star, Rebecca reviews Twisters, lots more

-Valve is smaller than you think: https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/13/24197477/valve-employs-few-hundred-people-payroll-redacted -Sega Dreamcast fpga emulator https://search.app/wB7z7mToDgKTrDRs8 What are you playing? Playing massive amounts of Halo. Must. Reach. Onyx. Must beat Twyman. -AMD Ryzen 9 launch date confirmed… and 9950x price potentially leaked? Launch date announced - https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd/ryzen-9000-release-date-official -Price Leak - https://www.tweaktown.com/news/98866/amd-ryzen-9-9950x-price-leak-suggests-itll-be-good-deal-cheaper-than-7950x-cpu/index.html -Do you wait for the X3D? Explain your answer. -Take a minute to thank your local Nintendo Translator… no one else is crediting them. https://www.eurogamer.net/external-translators-hired-for-nintendo-projects-bemoan-lack-of-credit-in-almost-every-big-title -Retro Mac/PC games on iOS! https://www.cultofmac.com/862444/first-pc-emulator-iphone-hits-app-store/

-You were a good boy, RedBox. Look at the flowers: https://www.engadget.com/say-goodbye-to-redbox-130044411.html?guccounter=1 -Interesting competition for Harmony remotes: https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/24/24184673/switchbot-smart-home-universal-remote-matter-bluetooth -New LLM for spreadsheets!!!!!! https://slashdot.org/story/24/07/15/2330243/microsoft-unveils-a-large-language-model-that-excels-at-encoding-spreadsheets?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed -New A/C tech uses much less energy: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/07/16/2112235/cutting-edge-technology-could-massively-reduce-the-amount-of-energy-used-for-air-conditioning?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed -Apple trained their AI on scraped YouTube videos: https://arstechnica.com/?p=2037316 -Prime Day pickups? -Samsung Galaxy Unpacked: https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/10/24194881/samsung-galaxy-unpacked-ring-ai-z-fold-6-flip-watch-7-ultra-buds -Oh. Dear… another breach. https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/12/business/att-customers-massive-breach/index.html -Class action time! https://www.pcmag.com/news/atts-major-data-breach-sparks-another-class-action-lawsuit -Am I screwed? Maybe not directly? -Owen Showcases his gadget dominance. New 12bay NAS M.2 2280 nvme storage array. -Life sucks, Everything sucks, We are all going to die! https://bgr.com/science/changes-in-ocean-currents-could-destroy-the-planet-new-study-suggests/ -Dark Comets will be the thing that gets us! https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/dark-comets-may-be-a-much-bigger-threat-to-earth-than-we-thought-new-study-warns

Captain America: Brave New World, Watchmen, Time Bandits, Futurama, Agatha All Along, Inside Out 2 ,Xmen 97, Barbaric, Godzilla, Rebecca reviews Longlegs, lots more

-Steamdeck gets game recording: https://www.engadget.com/steam-deck-gets-a-built-in-game-recorder-120019196.html -AMD wants to improve texture compression: https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd/ai-shrink-game-download-size -Overwatch 2 Transformers crossover: https://www.engadget.com/overwatch-2-shows-off-transformers-skins-in-animated-trailer-222358657.html -Gamepass prices are increasing: ​​https://www.engadget.com/xbox-is-increasing-game-pass-prices-and-adding-a-standard-plan-234657957.html?src=rss -Fortnite is coming back to iOS: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/07/08/2332233/apple-approves-epic-games-store-app-for-ios?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed -Xbox cloud gaming on Fire TV sticks: https://www.engadget.com/xbox-cloud-gaming-is-now-available-on-some-amazon-fire-tv-sticks-181530197.html?src=rss -Palworld is going big: https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/sony-music-entertainment-japan-aniplex-and-pocketpair-jointly-establish-palworld-entertainment -KIEN! https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/07/04/144200/kien-the-most-delayed-video-game-in-history-released-after-22-years?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed -Lando is playing a new game, and wants to talk about it…

Join Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Frost, noted Space Show fan Admiral Kerry Jackson, Commander Robert Neal, and Commodore Leigh George Kade as they continue their voyage through all things Star Trek! In this episode, we dive into season 5 with these episodes: The Game, Unification parts 1 and 2, A Matter of Time, and New Ground. Check out Pieman Graphics on Etsy for Space Show Show and Geekshow stickers! All TSSS and GS proceeds go to our friend Leigh George Kade. https://www.etsy.com/shop/PiemanGraphics

-Yer gonna need a license for that poop: https://www.ksl.com/article/51051266/fda-warns-company-selling-products-with-human-fecal-matter-without-approval -Boeing, rightfully so, owes more money: https://www.engadget.com/boeing-agrees-to-plead-guilty-to-conspiracy-to-defraud-the-us-government-124009566.html -Japan has reinvented the train: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/06/27/2232202/japan-plans-310-mile-conveyor-belt-that-can-carry-freight-of-25000-trucks-a-day?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed -Don’t buy a new car in the EU: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/07/09/1640243/speed-limiters-now-mandatory-in-all-new-eu-cars?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed -Google is testing popup ads in Maps. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/07/08/1911241/google-maps-tests-new-pop-up-ads-that-give-users-an-unnecessary-detour?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed -Nothing CMF 1 is a cool looking budget phone: https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/8/24191666/nothing-cmf-phone-1-cases-accessories-lanyard-wallet https://www.engadget.com/nothings-budget-friendly-brand-cmf-announced-three-new-products-including-a-200-smartphone-100417261.html?src=rss -Be careful sneezing: https://arstechnica.com/?p=2035167 -Mor Rokets! https://www.space.com/europe-ariane-6-rocket-debut-launch -Software built on software is always a recipe for disaster https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/384000-sites-link-to-code-library-caught-performing-supply-chain-attack/ Some background: https://qz.com/646467/how-one-programmer-broke-the-internet-by-deleting-a-tiny-piece-of-code -/r/cyberstuck Talk

Hellboy, Sandman S2, Venus Prime, Arkham Asylum, Deadpool & Wolverine, Six Flags-Knott's Mega Merger, The Acolyte continues with hidden Beastie Boys references, lots more go fund me for Shannon's Services: https://gofund.me/4bf69b11

-Forza Horizon 4 is being delisted: https://www.ign.com/articles/forza-horizon-4-will-be-delisted-from-digital-stores-in-december -Intel may actually stick it out in the GPU market: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/99069/intel-arc-battlemage-x2-and-x3-gpus-spotted-up-to-448-eus-on-256-bit-memory-bus/index.html -The long journey of Retroarch -New RE is in the works: https://www.polygon.com/24190672/resident-evil-9-capcom -Steam summer sale. What are your pickups? -Dead Rising remaster: https://www.polygon.com/24186644/dead-rising-remaster-capcom-release-date -Xbox went down today. My kids were not amused. https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/xbox-live-suffers-a-major-outage-thats-keeping-people-from-logging-in-microsoft-says-fixing-it-is-taking-longer-than-expected/ -Im not sure this is a good thing. BBC hosting an Edu-Training area in Roblox. https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/the-bbc-dons-its-game-dev-cap-to-combine-2-things-i-fear-and-dont-understand-the-uk-general-election-and-roblox/ -Lang loves fighting games- Marvel vs Capcom collection announced!!! (so what if it’s over 20 years old.) -Field trip to Next level pinball, Oregon’s pinball museum

-I was right about the Nvidia bubble: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/nvidia-loses-dollar500-billion-in-the-biggest-short-term-loss-in-company-value-in-all-of-recorded-history-a-year-ago-that-would-have-killed-it-yet-today-it-will-barely-notice/ -Huzzah! Plastic eating fungus! https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-discover-plastic-eating-marine-180000502.html?guccounter=1 -Life trying to imitate art: https://www.engadget.com/the-ai-prison-of-the-future-is-just-an-outer-limits-episode-200937257.html -Story of the year: https://arstechnica.com/?p=2034226 -Volkswagen gives Rivian a $5B lifeline: https://www.engadget.com/volkswagen-and-rivian-agree-to-5-billion-partnership-230421407.html?src=rss -Careful, there’s plastic in your penis: https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/06/20/0314238/microplastics-discovered-in-human-penises-for-the-first-time?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed -Nuclear energy is somehow bipartisan: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/06/19/183238/senate-passes-bill-to-support-advanced-nuclear-energy-deployment?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed -SpaceX gets bid to de-orbit NASA space station. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/nasa-will-pay-spacex-nearly-1-billion-to-deorbit-the-international-space-station/ -CDK. Huge ransom event. https://www.wsj.com/articles/cdk-global-hack-shows-risk-of-one-software-vendor-dominating-an-industry-5156420d -Ads in Windows has gone too far… https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-has-gone-too-far-including-a-game-pass-ad-in-the-settings-app-ushers-in-a-whole-new-age-of-ridiculous-over-advertising -AI just keeps getting more scary.. https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-robot-lab-grown-brain -Delivery drones on Mt Everest Read about it: https://enterprise-insights.dji.com/blog/delivery-drones-on-mount-everest Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm9R0keZdik -Angioplasty 60 year old discovery, and a fun show and tell titanium stent, expands with body heat.

Superman and Mr Terrific, Sabretooth, Batman: Caped Crusader, Hit-Monkey, Nosferatu, Green Lantern, Interview with the Vampire, Nobody 2, Street Fighter, Vampire Hunter Van Helsing, Dune2 v Deadpool Wolverine popcorn buckets, the One Million Check Boxes game, lots more

Join Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Frost, noted Space Show fan Admiral Kerry Jackson, Commander Robert Neal, and Commodore Leigh George Kade as they continue their voyage through all things Star Trek! In this episode, we dive into season 5 with these episodes: Darmok, Ensign Ro, Silicon Avatar, and Disaster. Check out Pieman Graphics on Etsy for Space Show Show and Geekshow stickers! All TSSS and GS proceeds go to our friend Leigh George Kade. https://www.etsy.com/shop/PiemanGraphics

The Penguin, Star Trek: Prodigy, Spaceballs, Hit Monkey, Twisted Metal, The Boys, GZilla x Kong, Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League, Ploppy Playtime, Rebecca loves Thelma, Tony reviews Furiosa, lots more

-Elden Ring is cleaning up again: https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree/ -Potentially interesting news on the Radeon 890m: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-laptops/amds-new-890m-mobile-gpu-could-be-over-30-faster-than-the-780m-currently-used-in-most-handheld-gaming-pcs/ -GOG will let you pass your games on to your descendants:https://tinyurl.com/gogdeath -Like a Dragon: Yakuza coming to Amazon Prime: https://www.polygon.com/24171051/like-a-dragon-yakuza-show-amazon-prime-video-release-date -Nintendo Direct: https://www.polygon.com/24180900/nintendo-direct-june-2024-everything-announced-games -PS5 finally integrating Discord into the UI: https://www.polygon.com/24177882/ps5-playstation5-discord-integration-how-to -Halo Battle Royale Mode https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/new-halo-infinite-battle-royale-mode-launches-with-3-maps-fresh-mechanics-and-more-on-xbox-and-pc -Ready? Player? One? https://www.kat-vr.com/products/kat-walk-c-2-plus -Halo Match Composer is neat I think? https://gamerant.com/halo-infinite-multiplayer-match-composer-playlists-customization/ -Steam after Death https://www.techspot.com/news/103150-valve-confirms-steam-account-cannot-transferred-anyone-after.html

-Nvidia is now the real Number 1: https://wccftech.com/nvidia-climbs-to-the-top-the-most-valuable-company-on-the-planet-market-cap-3-3-trillion/ -Logitech makes magic wand for Quest 2 and 3: https://www.engadget.com/logitech-reveals-a-3d-stylus-for-meta-quest-headsets-131105249.html -GPT-4 passes the Turing Test: https://slashdot.org/story/24/06/15/005204/gpt-4-has-passed-the-turing-test-researchers-claim?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed -Microsoft postpones Windows Recall: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/06/14/0318213/microsoft-postpones-windows-recall-after-major-backlash?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed -BS: Large battery supplier claims large breakthrough: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/06/18/0111249/apples-battery-supplier-tdk-says-it-made-a-big-breakthrough?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed -Fisker declares bankruptcy: https://www.engadget.com/fisker-is-the-latest-ev-startup-to-declare-bankruptcy-123056157.html?src=rss -Meta makes Threads API available to everyone: https://www.engadget.com/meta-makes-the-threads-api-available-to-all-developers-174946709.html?src=rss -Boeing Starliner! - http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-060524a-boeing-starliner-crew-flight-test-cft-launch.html -Smart Contact Lenses baayyybeeeee! https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/06/scientists-develop-ultra-thin-battery-that-could-be-charged-by-tears.html -Starlink… of course, sucks too https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-starlink-ozone-healing -Getting to Mars may do a number on your body https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240611130413.htm

Paul Giamatti joins Star Trek, Enemy Mine, Blade, Blue Beetle, Creature Commandos, Peacemaker, Blade Runner 2099, GI Joe-Transformers, Get Jiro!, rebecca reviews Inside Out2 and Tuesday, lots more

-Summer Games Fest: https://www.polygon.com/24173215/summer-game-fest-announcements-trailers-2024 -Ubisoft Showcase: https://www.ign.com/articles/ubisoft-forward-2024-everything-announced -The Xbox Showcase: https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-games-showcase-and-black-ops-6-direct-june-2024-everything-announced