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On this week’s show the Humans(Joe, Caleb and Jason) talk a trail by combat lawyer, white lasers, a carbon fiber loving robot arm for space, and Watch Party! Plus, so much more!
Listen live Mondays from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or live online at http://www.kscu.org/
Geek Talk
- Anime Watch Party – Ep 1(Panty Panic) & Ep 2(The Lace of Compassion) of Punch Line
- Caleb and Jason saw Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
- PSA(sorta) – Firefox users update now!
New Releases
In Theaters:
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) are forced to put aside longstanding hostilities and team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization, which is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. The duo’s only lead is the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization, and they must race against time to find him and prevent a worldwide catastrophe.
- Straight Outta Compton – In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Following the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton tells the astonishing story of how these young men revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood and ignited a cultural war.
- Mistress America – Tracy (Lola Kirke) is a lonely college freshman in New York, having neither the exciting university experience nor the glamorous metropolitan lifestyle she envisioned. But when she is taken in by her soon-to-be stepsister, Brooke (Greta Gerwig) – a resident of Times Square and adventurous gal about town – she is rescued from her disappointment and seduced by Brooke’s alluringly mad schemes.
Music:
- Morning World by Teen Daze – The fifth full-length release for the solo project for Canadian artist Jamison was recorded and mixed with John Vanderslice.
Video Games:
- Toy Soldiers: Warchest TUESDAY – AUG. 11 PS4, XONE, PC 8 armies including GI JOE, Starbrite, and HE-Man. Now your ultimate childhood epic battles can be fulfilled.
- Bedlam THURSDAY – AUG. 13. PS4, XONE, PC Based on the same named book, walks through the evolution of fps gaming from the viewpoint of a woman stuck in those games
- Everybody has Gone to the Rapture TUESDAY – AUG. 11 First person exploration of a world that only voices and ethereal lights populate. From the makers of fear filled Amnesia.
- Sentris WEDNESDAY- AUG. 12 Steam Early Access Solve puzzles generated by moving orbs while creating soothing music.
- Fallout Shelter hits Android THURSDAY – AUG. 13
- Goat Simulator: Plays with PSers TUESDAY – AUG. 11
- Brothers jumps to current gen. TUESDAY – AUG. 11
DVD/Blu-ray:
- Hot Pursuit – Blu/DVD – A straight laced cop must protect a debutant drug dealer’s wife, from crooked cops and assassins as they make their way across Texas.
- I am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinny Story – DVD – For forty-five years Caroll has been the voice an the motion behind two of Sesame Street’s most beloved characters, Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. This story follows his path and shows insights into his early collaborations with Jim Henson. More than anything it shows why Big Bird is still so well loved.
- Match – DVD – Tobi is a successful if eccentric ballet instructor in Manhattan. This comfortable life is interrupted by a young couple that shows up under the pretense of making a piece about his life. But this turns odd when they couple reveals a secret that ties all their lives together.
- Police Story: Lockdown – Blu/DVD – Life has been hard for Police Chief Zhong Wen, his success and his work ethic kept him from his family. On this night he is seeing his daughter and her fiancé. But the fiancé is known to Chief Wen and it is not in a good way.
- Unfriended – Blu/DVD – Years ago a video went viral that pushed a girl to commit suicide. Now her spirit is singling out her old friends and bringing them into the afterlife.
Comics:
DC
- DC Comics Bombshells #1 – This new series goes beyond a unique aesthetic for figurines. In this alternate history WWII is faught not just when GI’s on the ground it’s also heroes on the front lines and back at home. The story begins with Batwoman, Wonder Woman, and Supergirl!
Marvel
- A-Force #3 – A-Force is on the run. Suspicion has fallen on She-Hulk, and this has brought the focus of the Thor Crops on them. But as the team unwraps the mystery it appears one of their own threw She-Hulk under the bus.
Dark Horse
- King Tiger #1 – Secrets are dangerous things, espeically when you are King Tiger, mystic warrior and sorcerer. This secret could do more than shame it could affect his destiny!
Image
- Dream Police #7 – Joe and Kate go deeper into the Dreamscape than any have dared before. Here in the fringe thought off-limits, they hope to gather the information they need. As one might expect, their actions don’t go unnoticed, and the nightmares may be their end.
IDW
- X-Files Season 11 #1 – Conspiracies abound! And now Mulder is at the center of the bulls eye. He’s now mentioned in the same breath as Edward Snowden and Juian Assange! But Scully has his back and with the help of some other allies they will clear Mulder’s good name and defeat the plans of the “Glasses Wearing Man”
Wow Cool Recommends!
- Unfortunately no recommendations this week. Check back next week!
News
Joe:
- Revenge Porn Crackdown Across Bing and Xbox Live
- GAME OF THRONES-LOVING LAWYER DEMANDS TRIAL BY COMBAT
- This Day in History
Caleb:
- New research may lead to understanding the beginnings of life on earth
- Robot arm makes large carbon fiber parts for spa-a-a-a-a-a-ace
- So grandstanding ads featuring Doc Brown and Tony Hawk not withstanding there is a real hoverboard, and it’s just OK.
Jason: