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On this week’s show the Humans(Joe, Caleb, & Jason) talk about a mystery rock on Mars, a badass “mecha” spider, why you should check out Ryse, and Medieval boobs. Plus, they tackle the age old question: “who/what is a Geek?” Answer: Joe gets it wrong.
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Show Notes for 01/23/2014
# New Releases
In Theaters:
1. I, Frankenstein
An unlikely hero comes to the aid of humankind as a race of supernatural creatures look to take over the Earth.
2. Gimme Shelter (limited release)
Forced to flee her abusive mother (Rosario Dawson), and turned away by her Wall Street father (Brendan Fraser), Agnes “Apple” Bailey (Vanessa Hudgens) finds herself on a desperate and isolated journey of survival. In the depths of despair, she meets a compassionate stranger (James Earl Jones), who ultimately leads her to salvation and unprecedented support in a suburban shelter for homeless teenagers
3. Knights of Badassdom (limited release)
Live-action role players conjure up a demon from Hell by mistake and they must deal with the consequences.
Video Games:
1. OlliOlli (Vita)
OlliOlli mixes one-life gameplay with over 120 tricks and grinds across 50 levels, 250 Challenges, Spots Mode and Daily Grind. Complete all challenges to unlock the super skillful RAD Mode. Rack up the biggest and coolest combos along the way then time your landing to perfection to rule the leader-boards. Just don’t slam on your face (you will slam on your face). OlliOlli rewards the most skillful and riskiest players, always tempting them to go for that for that audacious 360 backside flip and ludicrous chain of combos leaving them to time their landing to perfection – or risk losing their score
2. Dead Rising 3 DLC: Operation Broken Eagle (Xbox One)
Operation Broken Eagle puts you in control of Spec Ops Commander Adam Kane on a mission that challenges everything he believes – to capture the missing President of the United States while battling the zombie apocalypse. This side story features a new mission, new weapons, new vehicle, and more.
3. Basement Crawl (PS4)
A strategic action game featuring creepy characters, challenging environments and maze-based competitive multiplayer. Players will face-off – with up-to-eight players online or up-to-four via local play – in grid-based arenas as they race to set traps and explosives in order to hinder or defeat their enemies. Basement Crawl features four classes, each utilizing a variety of unique bombs and power-ups, allowing players to mix and match strategy for each class.
Music:
1. AGE – The Hidden Cameras
The sixth studio release for the Canadian indie pop collective led by Joel Gibb is its first in five years.
2. Warpaint – Warpaint
The second full-length release for the Los Angeles indie rock band was produced with Flood
3. Rave Tapes – Mogwai
The eighth full-length release for the Scottish post-rock band was produced with Paul Savage.
4. Strong Feelings – Doug Paisley
The third full-length release for the Canadian singer-songwriter was recorded in Toronto with a band that included Gary Craig, Bazil Donovan, Robbie Grunwald, Garth Hudson, Emmett Kelly, and Mary Margaret O’Hara.
5. Tranquilizers – Dog Bite
With the addition of Woody Shortridge and Tak Takemura, the second release finds the band led by Phil Jones expanded to a quartet.
DVD/Blu-Ray:
1. Best Man Down – Blu/DVD – When the best man dies at their wedding the bride and groom return back home to arrange for his funeral. As they do this they find out much more about the guy than they ever knew.
2. Black Water Vampire – DVD – A group of filmmakers look to uncover the truth of the Black Water murders, and hopefully clear the man being held for the crimes. When the investigate the scene of the terror, the find themselves in danger of losing their own lives.
3. Captain Phillips – Blu/DVD – Based on actual events this movie is about the hostile take over of the MV Maersk Alabama
4. Machete Kills – Blu/DVD – Machete returns, this time he is called in the U.S. President to stop a mad man who wants to turn to world into a war zone.
5. The Prey – Blu/DVD – While serving a light sentence a small time criminal shares a cell with a man who turns out to be a serial killer, who gets out before he does. Can he stop the killer from destroying his life?
Comics:
DC:
1. Batman #27 – Batman and Gordon try to return the lights and sanity back to Gotham. This issue leads into the final arc of Zero Year.
2.Harley Quinn #2 – Harley and Ivy want to save a pile of puppies and kittens … no problems here … nooooope :shifty eyes:
Marvel:
1. All-New X-men #22 – Jean Grey is back on earth, that means the Phoenix Force is too. There are aliens that don’t like this, and aim to remove them both. It will take the strength of the X-men and the Guardians of the Galaxy to protect her, and the earth.
2. Origin II #2 – Logan is cut off from his family, and struggles to move on. At the same time reports of a wild, clawed man have returned to society, and now Creed is hunted.
Not the Big 2:
1. Elfquest: The Final Quest #1 – Dark Horse – Times are changing and while the Wolf Riders try to keep the Old Ways, the humans and the Wolf Riders proximity to the High One’s palace mean nothing will be the same again.
2. My Little Pony: Friends Forever #1 – IDW – This new series focuses on only two ponies at a time. This time it’s Applejack and Pinkie Pie, as they challenge eachother to a bake off!
3. The Walking Dean #120 – Image/Skybound – All Out War part 6!
4. X-O Manowar #21 – Valient – What could the world governments want with a time traveling, planet saving, whielder of most powerful weapon known? Nothing a little prison and torture can’t cure. Wait a minute …
Web:
Invisible Bread – http://invisiblebread.com
News:
1. Mystery rock on Mars even more interesting than a jelly dounut – http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/yahoo-news/mysterious-rock-found-by-mars-rover-145712301.html
2. Cosmos series to be rebooted with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and produced by … Seth McFarland? – http://news.yahoo.com/rebooting-39-cosmos-39-neil-degrasse-tyson-explains-131522449.html
3. http://www.polygon.com/2014/1/21/5331776/tate-museum-minecraft-ik-prize
4. Badass spider uses insect corpses to make a giant spider design decoy http://feedly.com/e/QXX9qfz–
5. The Pentagon Wants to Communicate With Big Inflatable Ballshttp://feedly.com/e/O6M8ZSJC
6. http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/23/stan-lee-will-not-appear-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy
Robot Story:
Another interesting robot that moves with angular momentum to dance and balance on one corner – http://www.idsc.ethz.ch/Research_DAndrea/Cubli
Geek Talk:
– Caleb: New trailer for _Journey to the West_ by Stephen Chow (of Shaoulin Soccer and Kungfu Hustle fame). – http://io9.com/stephen-chows-journey-to-the-west-is-delightfully-insa-1487121352
– See also trailer for _The Monkey King_ – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHRbCTWDKGE
– Jason: New Dredd: Mega City 2 http://ow.ly/2aCAwQ
– Joe: why Ryse: Son of Rome is worth a try! Side note on Ryse: Son of Rome – the artist of one of the webcomics we’ve mentioned did some concept art for it –http://buff.ly/1hpqqCT
Caleb’s Corner:
No Corner this week.
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Jason’s Fixation:
Medieval Boob plate. http://ow.ly/2aCFy9
Joe’s List:
No List this week.
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The Core:
Who would you like your Geek crew to be? What is a Geek/nerd anyway?
Caleb
* John Crichton – Farscape – brainy and tough
* Indiana Jones – Indiana Jones films – comes from an era where a hero with knowledge is stronger than a “meat neck”
* Issac Clark – Dead Space – much like Mr. Jones is smart and tough typically uses less brawn to solve a conflict
* Mordin Solus – Mass Effect
* Tali’Zorah vas Neema/ vas Normandy – Mass Effect
Jason
* Dr. Peter Vankmen – Ghostbusters & Ghostbusters 2
* Maurice Moss – The IT Crowd
* Brian Johnson – The Breakfast Club
* Seymour Birkoff – La Femme Nakita (series)
* Garth Algar – Wayne’s World & Wayne’s World 2
* Chris Knight – Real Genius – the cool geek
Joe
* The Doctor – Doctor Who
* Charlie Bradbury – Supernatural
* Eli Wallace – Stargate Universe