Geekshow Podcast

Geekshow Arcade: Take Two is being Stupid

-Smell-o-vision is back: https://www.engadget.com/the-aroma-shooter-wearable-blasts-scents-while-you-watch-videos-180006793.html
-Take Two suing Remedy for a dumb reason: https://www.engadget.com/take-twos-lawyers-think-remedys-new-r-logo-is-too-similar-to-rockstars-r-logo-181534083.html
-Big update coming to Starfield: https://www.ign.com/articles/major-new-starfield-update-will-improve-graphics-fix-multiple-quests-and-more
-Twitch is looking rough: https://www.ign.com/articles/after-laying-off-over-500-people-twitch-boss-admits-the-business-is-not-profitable
-Halo Season 2 looking crazy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBEgoaLZzXM
-Alan Wak II review
-Capcom is adding DRM to old games, killing mods: https://www.polygon.com/24034967/capcom-drm-resident-evil-revelations-steam-mods
-Ubisoft doesn’t want you to own your games: https://www.ign.com/videos/ubisoft-hoping-gamers-get-comfortable-not-owning-their-games-ign-daily-fix
-Billy Mitchell gets reinstated https://www.twingalaxies.com/feed_details.php/6194/twin-galaxies-statement/5
-New FFVII Game play trailer released. Neat. https://www.gameinformer.com/news/2024/01/15/new-final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-trailer-promises-a-destined-fight-between-cloud-and
 

Geekshow Helpdesk: CES 2024 Wrap up!

-Crazy expensive super grill: https://www.engad;get.com/the-perfecta-grill-uses-ai-to-help-cook-a-steak-in-90-seconds-041030578.html
-NASA got it open: https://www.engadget.com/nasa-finally-got-the-stuck-lid-off-its-asteroid-bennu-sample-container-185814782.html
-Micron’s Next Step: https://www.techradar.com/pro/one-of-the-worlds-largest-ssd-makers-has-just-announced-something-that-could-make-ssds-obsolete-one-day-microns-feram-technology-is-faster-sturdier-than-nand-but-consumers-will-miss-out-for-now
-Apple has to gimp Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches for now: https://www.engadget.com/apple-will-remove-blood-oxygen-app-from-watch-series-9-and-ultra-2-to-evade-us-import-ban-194517839.html
-Supreme Court rejects Epic’s and Apple’s appeal: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/01/16/scotus
-epic-apple Devs can now disclose other payment methods within apps, with a catch: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/01/17/0015255/apple-revises-app-store-rules-to-let-developers-link-to-outside-payment-methods?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Like the puny humans, ChatGPT is getting lazier: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/01/12/1520200/what-is-going-on-with-chatgpt?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Kia announces modular vans: https://www.engadget.com/kia-announced-a-fleet-of-cute-modular-vans-at-ces-2024-004005807.html
-Ok, You caught us. -Google Probably. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/01/16/2110250/chrome-updates-incognito-warning-to-admit-google-tracks-users-in-private-mode
-YEAH CES BABYYY! yeah it's finally here! Looking Glass Go. https://lookingglassfactory.com/
 

Geekshow Live: Churro?

Mandalorian movie,Star Trek, Halo S2, 28 Years Later, The Blob, Our Flag Means Death, Last Of Us S2, Witcher S4, GDT Frankenstein, Lily Gladstone loves Ewoks, Avengers Campus deep dive, lots more

Geekshow Arcade: Gaming and CES 2024!

-More industry Layoffs:  Unity- https://www.engadget.com/unity-is-cutting-a-quarter-of-its-workforce-074331467.html Twitch- https://www.ign.com/articles/twitch-laying-off-35-percent-of-its-workforce-in-latest-round-of-staff-cuts  
-Finally a Gaming phone with a potentially good camera: https://www.engadget.com/the-new-rog-phone-8-from-asus-finally-puts-a-good-camera-in-a-gaming-phone-002618805.html  
-What the heck is this game: https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-snaps-up-pokmon-with-guns-game-palworld-for-game-pass-release-date-confirmed  
-MSI Claw: https://www.msi.com/Handheld/Claw-A1MX  
-Hyperkin makes a Sega Nomad: https://www.ign.com/articles/hyperkin-mega-95-sega-genesis-mega-drive-gaming-handheld  
-G-sync Pulsar looks friggin amaze-balls! https://arstechnica.com/?p=1994572 
-This gaming laptop is for the Apple fanboys who wish gaming laptops were pretty: https://www.engadget.com/hp-unveiled-the-lightest-14-inch-gaming-laptop-in-the-world-at-ces-2024-130024558.html?src=rss 
-Asus Zephyrus also look pretty nice: https://www.engadget.com/the-asus-rog-zephyrus-g14-and-g16-offer-a-more-sophisticated-take-on-gaming-laptops-in-2024-000022262.html?src=rss 
-I worry about the Suicide Squad game: https://www.ign.com/articles/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-preview-we-played-it-and-didnt-like-it  
-Xbox Developer Direct going to show Indiana Jones! https://www.polygon.com/xbox/24031418/xbox-developer-direct-jan-18-2023  
-For the well heeled sega connoisseur https://design-milk.com/sega-x-anicorn-watch-turns-back-time-to-the-16-bit-era/  
-Nvidia announces new GPUs: https://www.engadget.com/nvidia-reveals-rtx-40-super-gpus-at-ces-2024-163041585.html?src=rss  
-4K Monitors are getting cool: https://www.engadget.com/lgs-new-480hz-hd-gaming-monitor-can-switch-to-4k-240hz-with-a-click-101738300.html?src=rss  
-Xbox Series S Toaster https://www.polygon.com/deals/24025070/xbox-series-s-toaster-buy-walmart 
-Pay $48,000 for a ship in Star Citizen: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1994022  
-Tetris finally beaten https://kotaku.com/twitch-youtube-blue-scuti-tetris-kill-screen-nes-1851134043

Geekshow Helpdesk: CES 2024 Pt1!

-The Personal Cone of Silence: https://www.engadget.com/the-skyted-mask-makes-you-quiet-enough-to-take-calls-even-in-a-library-043759088.html  
-Hyper advanced reading glasses: https://www.engadget.com/vixion01-glasses-reduce-eyestrain-by-doing-the-focusing-for-you-205106281.html  
-New Meat smoker tech: https://www.engadget.com/ge-profile-smart-indoor-smoker-150044423.html 
 -Intel CPUs: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2024/01/08/intel-ces-processors-desktop-laptop-windows11/  
-AMD CPUs: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2024/01/08/ces-2024-amd-desktop-mobile-ai/  
-LG T Series: https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/8/24029590/lg-oled-t-transparent-tv-announced-specs-features 
-OpenAI says it’s impossible to create useful AI models without stealing: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1994591  
-Apple is gaslighting the public again with their VR headset: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/01/09/1344242/apple-tells-developers-not-to-call-their-ar-or-vr-apps-ar-or-vr-apps?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed 
Comes out in February: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/01/08/1449254/apples-3500-vision-pro-starts-shipping-in-february?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed  
-Bringing the Blackberry Palm Nokia experience to the iPhone: https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/4/24024957/clicks-iphone-keyboard-case-iphone-14-15-lightning-usb-c  
-New laptop ram standard is pretty awesome: https://www.engadget.com/micron-debuts-lpcamm2-laptop-ram-that-could-finally-replace-sodimm-140018881.html?src=rss 
 -OpenAI Lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/27/24016212/new-york-times-openai-microsoft-lawsuit-copyright-infringement

Geekshow Live: Astronomical Prices

Sentry, Wolf Man, Chucky, Foundation, Watson, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Daredevil/Echo, Battlestar Galactica, deep dive: Kerry's trip to Star wars land, lots more

Geekshow Arcade: Careful With Your Spicy Game Content

-Most played Steam Deck games of 2023: https://www.comingsoon.net/games/news/1464257-steam-deck-most-played-2023?amp
-GTA6 Hacker is wild: https://www.gamesradar.com/hacker-behind-gta-6-leak-will-be-confined-to-a-secure-hospital-for-life-due-to-his-intent-to-return-to-cybercrime-as-soon-as-possible/
-Jarron can finally buy Peeping Dorm Manager and no one will know: https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/20/24010116/steam-beta-update-hide-games-private-shopping-cart
-The earbuds we’ve all been waiting for: https://gamerant.com/sega-genesis-dreamcast-bluetooth-earbuds-console-replica/
-2023 Steam Awards Results
-FTC after MS+Activision deal….again….https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/us-ftc-tries-again-stop-microsofts-already-closed-deal-activision-2023-12-06/
-Be careful what you record and save to your cloud storage with Xbox. BG3 spicy moments gets a user’s MS account banned for 1 year: https://www.thegamer.com/xbox-banned-recording-baldurs-gate-3-bare-companions/

Geekshow Helpdesk: The Prime Adpocalypse

-Win11 REinstalls may become easier than ever: https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-11-reinstall-os-windows-update/
-Prime Adpocalypse is nigh: https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/26/24015595/amazon-prime-video-ads-coming-january-29
-2024 could signal the ARM revolution for Windows PC: https://www.pcgamer.com/2024-could-be-the-year-the-pc-finally-dumps-x86-for-arm-all-thanks-to-windows-12-and-qualcomms-new-chip/
-Unraveling the OpenAI coup d'etat. Fired board member interviewed on what went down and why: https://kanebridgenews.com/the-openai-board-member-who-clashed-with-sam-altman-shares-her-side/
-Kytch v. McDonalds Update. The “smoking gun” https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/this-smoking-gun-killed-the-mcdonalds-ice-cream-hackers-startup/

Geekshow Live: Soft Wrangle

Jonathan Majors, Warner Bros/Paramount Merger Talks, Wednesday Spinoff, What We Do In The Shadows, James Wan's Call of Cthulu, Echo, podcast housekeeping, a message from drunk uncle at disneyland, everyone's top 5s for 2023

Geekshow Arcade: Our Top 5 Games 2023!

-MetalFX is AMD FSR: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-s-Metal-FX-upscaling-is-powered-by-AMD-FidelityFX-Super-Resolution-technology.784429.0.html
-Tony’s Top 5 Games: 1. Baldur’s Gate 3, 2. Spiderman2, 3. RE Village, 4. Dead Space, 5. Dying Light 2
-The Day Before Saga:https://www.eurogamer.net/the-day-before-controversies-continue-as-former-employee-says-it-was-never-an-mmo
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-day-before-publisher-apologises-for-game-as-steam-refunds-open
-Naughty Dog cancels TLOU multiplayer game: https://www.polygon.com/24002161/the-last-of-us-online-canceled-naughty-dog-tlou2-multiplayer
-Sony and its game studios need some serious help with cyber-security. Insomnia games hacked last week. Sony didn’t pay up. Sony hacked in Sept 2023, Sony hacked in Oct 2023: https://games.slashdot.org/story/23/12/19/1730242/sonys-video-game-plans-leaked-by-ransomware-group
-Remembering E3: https://www.ign.com/articles/the-biggest-e3-announcements-of-all-time