Growing Up Geek

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Episode 34 – “Pew! Pew! Laser Beams!”

Running Time: 2:40:50

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Show Notes

• WordPress.com gets hacked.
• The US Postal Service also gets hacked.
• Rumor is Nintendo is coming out with a new HD console this year. Maybe a preview at this year’s E3? Is it too little too late?
• We all have geek brains that retain useless knowledge whether we want to admit it or not.
• ‘Mortal Kombat: Legacy’ episode 1 released as a preview this past week. WOW!!
• ‘Mortal Kombat’ ‘King Of The Hill Mode’ looks pretty awesome.
• New trailer and screenshots for ‘Street Fighter X Tekken’.
• Cicso kills the flip cam along with 550 jobs. We blame the iPhone.
• iOS 4.3.2/4.2.7 is released and immediately jailbroken.
• Video Games to get their own Grammy? Maybe.
• The US Navy tests out a new ship based laser that can disable another ship. Pew! Pew!
• Man buys a 500gb Samung external HD and gets screwed in a most awesome way! (well, maybe it wasn’t awesome for him)
• Amazon released a new Kindle that is partially ad supported. However, you only get a $25 discount on the unit. Why not more?
• Jason and Trevor convince Jerry that the Kindle is indeed a legit platform. He now wants one.
• ‘Final Fantasy VI’ is being released on PSN. Once again, we buy a game we already own.
• Capcom is re-releasing ‘Street Fighter IV’, this time as ‘Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition’. Jerry will be buying this game for the 3rd time.
• Netflix adds Kinect controls to its XBox app.
• Comcast upgrades it’s internet service to ‘Extreme 105′. Bandwidth cap still firmly in place. Enjoy your new high speed for 24 minutes each month!
• Websites are offer a hack-free iPhone unlocking method. We’re calling bullshit on this one.
• New ‘Green Lantern’ footage shown at WonderCon. It’s looking a lot better.
• New ‘Aliens vs Cowboys’ trailer released. Looks great!
• Jerry and Jason discuss ‘TRON Legacy’ at length. **SPOILER ALERT**
• Details about Windows 8 start to emerge.
• Mozilla releases the first BETA of Firefox 5. It’s surprisingly stable.
• We drool over the new ‘Twisted Metal’ trailer for PS3.

Picks Of The Week
Trevor – Tweetbot for iOS.
Jerry – ‘A Space Shooter For 2 Bucks’ for PS3 and PSP.
Jason – trunk.ly, a social network link miner.

All links for the stories discussed can be found at the Delicious page for this episode.

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