Geekshow Podcast

Geekshow Live!: Mr. Sheffield!

Venom: The Last Dance, The Franchise, Beetlejuice drink, Green Lantern, Spider-Man 4, Crime 101, Jonathan Majors, The Boys, lots more

Geekshow Arcade: Pricey PS5 Pro

-Rockstar is low-balling: https://www.ign.com/articles/rock-star-tells-rockstar-to-go-f-yourself-after-extremely-low-offer-to-use-hit-song-in-gta-6
-Executive is tone deaf? Yep: https://www.eurogamer.net/games-industry-layoffs-not-the-result-of-corporate-greed-and-those-affected-should-drive-an-uber-says-ex-sony-president
-Everything old is new again: https://www.howtogeek.com/new-cartridge-releases-are-taking-retro-gaming-to-another-level/
-PS5 Pro announced!
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/10/24167932/ps5-pro-sony-specs-announcement
-PSVR2 on PC review
-Minecraft trailer:
https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/a-minecraft-movie-trailer-gives-us-our-first-look-at-jason-momoa-and-jack-black-ahead-of-its-2025-release-143741392.html?src=rss
Thoughts?
-Lightning round - Balatro on Mobile
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/balatro-is-coming-to-mobile-and-its-going-to-ruin-my-life-173039968.html?guccounter=1

Geekshow Helpdesk: Doritos First Aid

-Huawei tri fold: https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/huaweis-first-tri-fold-phone-starts-at-an-eye-watering-2800-145113669.html?guccounter=1
-Doritos make you invisible?: https://www.yahoo.com/news/dye-doritos-used-experiment-magic-142003405.html?guccounter=1
-Apple Event
https://www.theverge.com/24239739/apple-iphone-16-event-announcements-watch-series-10-airpods
-New DJI drone to drool over:
https://www.engadget.com/cameras/dji-neo-hands-on-a-powerful-and-lightweight-200-drone-130039169.html?src=rss
-OTC glucose monitor is out;
https://www.engadget.com/wearables/abbotts-otc-glucose-monitor-is-now-available-in-the-us-170036887.html?src=rss
https://www.medtechdive.com/news/abbott-dexcom-over-the-counter-cgm-launch/719928/
-A different type of apple event.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/apple-must-pay-e13-billion-in-back-taxes-after-losing-final-appeal/
-Starliner is back:
https://www.engadget.com/science/space/boeings-starliner-is-back-without-the-astronauts-it-flew-to-the-iss-110013469.html?src=rss

Geekshow Live! Connecticut?

Minecraft movie, Alien: Earth, Alison Brie is Evil-Lyn, Todd Stashwick joins Marvel's Vision, Ice Cream Man, Beetlejuice cartoon, Star Trek Day,Twilight, Rebecca reviews Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, lots more

Geekshow Arcade: The Zelda Multiverse

-Zelda officially has a multiverse: https://kotaku.com/zelda-nintendo-breath-of-the-wild-timeline-1851637896
-Remedy teams up with Anapurna: https://www.remedygames.com/article/remedy-and-annapurna-announce-a-strategic-cooperation-agreement
-Gamestop wants a piece of the Retro Pie: https://www.gamestop.com/retro-store-locator
-Farewell Concord, we hardly knew ye:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/193238/sony-pulls-concord-from-sale-after-disastrous-launch?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-EmuDeck Machines:
https://arstechnica.com/?p=2046260
-Star Wars Outlaws early impressions
-Headset? More like Head-Dent! Amirite?!?
https://www.headphonesty.com/2021/04/headphone-dent/

Geekshow Helpdesk: A Scientist made of AI?

-So long Anandtech, thanks for all the fish: https://www.anandtech.com/show/21542/end-of-the-road-an-anandtech-farewell
-Its about time someone did this: https://www.engadget.com/science/self-storage-rooftops-will-become-a-nationwide-100mw-solar-farm-223004138.html
-Control Panel is safe for now: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/27/24229436/microsoft-windows-control-panel-removal
-Don’t work at Wells Fargo:
https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/2246222/wells-fargo-worker-dies-at-desk-nobody-notices-for-four-days?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Intel might have something good?
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/3/24233957/intel-lunar-lake-core-ultra-200v-launch
-Don’t worry about that brain cancer:
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/3/24234869/theres-no-link-between-cellphone-use-and-brain-cancer-who-says
-Edge lit LCDs have a type of “burn-in’ of their own:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/08/02/1918228/edge-lit-lcd-tv-durability-concerns-emerge-in-new-test?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-You KNOW we have to have an AI story. Meet the AI Scientist
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/08/research-ai-model-unexpectedly-modified-its-own-code-to-extend-runtime/
-Samsung TV’s get 7 year update commitment. Neat. 
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/samsung-tvs-will-get-7-years-of-updates-starting-with-2023-models/

Geekshow Live! Name 3 Women

Borderlands, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Marvels 85th, Dead Boy Detectives, Disneyland news, Amandla Stenberg, Dr Who, The Crow, lots more

Geekshow Arcade: James Makes Noises

-Who could have ever seen this coming?: https://www.ign.com/articles/square-enix-makes-playstation-splatoon-shooter-foamstars-free-to-play-8-months-after-launch
-Nintendo Direct announcements: https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-direct-august-2024-everything-announced
-Borderlands heads to VoD: https://www.ign.com/articles/borderlands-movie-digital-release-date-announced
-Worms is back: https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/worms-armageddon-anniversary-edition-announced-for-ps5-xbox-series-ps4-xbox-one-and-switch
-PS5 Price Hike: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/playstation/sony-hikes-the-playstation-5-price-in-japan-by-19-percent-160557944.html
-Sony makes their controllers better on PC:
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/playstation/you-can-now-customize-playstation-dualsense-edge-controllers-on-pc-151715163.html?src=rss
-Civilization 7 was announced:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/08/20/224251/civilization-7-captures-the-chaos-of-human-history-in-manageable-doses?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Peter Molyneaux has another god game:
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/08/peter-molyneux-is-back-with-yet-another-new-take-on-the-god-game/
-Mouse PI for Hire. I love when things enter the public domain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzeInmapu-Y
https://www.ign.com/games/mouse
-Black Myth: Wukong is doing… really good.
https://www.ign.com/articles/black-myth-wukong-sells-an-incredible-10-million-copies-in-just-3-days
Blew past 10mil in sales in 3 days and 3mil concurrent players across pc and ps5
The Lore: https://www.ign.com/articles/knowing-this-lore-makes-black-myth-wukong-way-more-enjoyable
-Discussion: Do you prefer the new and unseen? Or do you like refinement and depth? 
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/mass-effect-and-assassins-creed-vet-says-sequels-rule-because-thats-when-devs-can-make-the-game-they-really-wanted-to-make-the-first-time/

Geekshow Helpdesk: Mayo of Hatred

-We figure out why new AMD CPUs have underperformed: 
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/27/24229443/microsoft-windows-11-update-24h2-ryzen-cpu-performance-improvement
https://wccftech.com/amd-branch-prediction-optimization-ryzen-9000-7000-cpus-available-windows-11-23h2/
-Douchebag getting comeuppance: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/25/24228184/martin-shkreli-wu-tang-clan-shaolin-lawsuit-surrender-album
-Space X Space Walk: https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-drain-air-spacecraft-while-astronauts-inside
-Testes eye worms are a thing:
https://arstechnica.com/?p=2043185
-Cocaine Sharks!
https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/07/28/0119234/sharks-near-brazil-test-positive-for-cocaine?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-Apple event incoming:
https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/apples-iphone-16-event-is-set-for-september-9-160432866.html?src=rss
-Quantum compasses can replace GPS:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/26/0119238/a-revolutionary-quantum-compass-could-soon-make-gps-free-navigation-a-reality?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
-More AI blunders. Please don’t trust AI for voting/political information
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/xs-grok-will-direct-users-to-vote-gov-after-bungling-basic-ballot-question/
-Oh Boeing. Doomed Starliner.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/after-latest-starliner-setback-will-boeing-ever-deliver-on-its-crew-contract/
Apple doing what apple does, fomenting division!
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/apple-says-farewell-to-its-app-store-chief-as-it-splits-his-team-in-two/
-Mayo makes everything better! Including Nuclear Fusion! 
https://gizmodo.com/researchers-are-using-mayonnaise-to-improve-nuclear-fusion-experiments-2000485048
-New Planet!!!
https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/sci/planet-hiding-solar-system-detection.html

Geekshow Live: A Kid Mutiny Production

trailers for Y2k, Secret Level, Megalopolis (FAKE!!!!), housekeeping, Tim Curry returns to the screen, Anaconda remake with Jack Black and Paul Rudd, Pacific Rim origin story series, Ruiner movie, James Spader returns as Ultron, Channing Tatum has to clarify the Gambit accent was intentional, 45 MINUTES OF ACOLYTE RAGE