Growing Up Geek

Saturday, February 7, 2015 Episode 98 – “Times Are A Changin'” Running Time: 0:54:37 Video Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes Radio Shack declares bankruptcy. It plans on selling some stores to Sprint and shuttering the rest. The FCC is trying to cahnge the definition of broadband from 4mbps to 25mbps. Verizon is selling off its landline business. AOL has shuttered the fantastic gaming website Joystiq. Keurig has placed DRM in its new machine. Yes, DRM in your coffee. Apple is discontinuing iPhoto in favor of a new program called Apple Photos. iOS and OSX are merging even more now. Mortal Kombat X is coming out on 4/14/15. Trevor’s buying a PS4 for it! Console sales are in for the 3rd quarter of 2014. Sony is the winner and Nintendo is the loser, with Microsoft keeping its head above the water. Nintendo has new policies if you want to upload Let’s Play videos to YouTube. It’s good, bad, and scary. Picks Of The Week Trevor – no pick this week

Sunday, May 11, 2014 Episode 97 – “He’s A Bi-Gamer” Running Time: 1:17:49 Video Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes The rumor mill has it that a revamped edition of ‘Halo 2’ is coming to the Xbox One. In another story of old is new again, ‘Final Fantasy III’ is coming to the PC via Steam. Epic has announced that the new ‘Unreal Tournament’ game is going to be 100% free. Netflix is raising it’s monthly fee by $1 for new members. Old members won’t see a price increase for 2 years. Nintendo loses more money via the Wii U. Apple is buying headphone maker Beats. The Steam Greenlight game, ‘Towns’, is ceasing development, but not after pocketing $2 million in revenue. Sony quickly backtracks and fixes the debacle that was the PS+ upgrade for ‘DriveClub’. Picks Of The Week Trevor – The Paper Wall – www.paperwall.com Jerry – ‘Son of Batman’ from DC Animation

Sunday, May 4, 2014 Episode 96 – “You Didn’t Know There Wasn’t” Running Time: 1:42:38 Video Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes We say goodbye to Bob Hoskins. The Apple vs. Samsung lawsuit is finished. For now. Is Google+ going the way of Microsoft Bob? Group video calling, once the purview of Skype Premium, is now free to everyone. Matt Smith has been confirmed to be in the new ‘Terminator’ trilogy. The cast of ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ has been revealed. We have a nice long rant about trilogies and comic book movies. A Trailer for the new ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ features Kevin Spacey not only in the trailer, but in the game as well. Picks Of The Week Trevor – Breeze for iOS Jerry – ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’

Saturday, April 19, 2014 Episode 95 – “94..Wait..Dammit..95” Running Time: 1:39:31 Video Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes The Heartbleed Bug. What is it and how does it work? The PS4 continues to outsell the Xbox One. The 1.70 software update for the PS4 brings lots of goodies with it. Snoop Dogg is doing a voice pack for ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’. Fo shizzle. It has been all but confirmed that Chewbacca will be in ‘Star Wars Episode VII’. DropBox buys Loom and decides very quickly to close the service. The RetroN 5 and RETRON x86 are coming out. Jerry and I want them for totally different reasons. Have 9 hours? If so you can watch the loading screen for every SNES game in one video. Picks Of The Week Trevor – ‘It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’ on Netflix Jerry – ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’ for PS4

Saturday, April 5, 2014 Episode 94 – “Fluffer Coach” Running Time: 1:33:00 Video Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes Amazon reveals its new set top box, the Amazon Fire TV. ‘Killer Instinct’ has a new developer. Need a new bank? Try GameStop. Yes, GameStop. Would you pay for different Siri voices? A 5 year old kid hacked his father’s Xbox Live account. (so proud!) Twitch is not only the 4th largest user of bandwidth during peak hours, but it has officially justified the occupation of ‘professional gamer’. GameSpy is going offline on May 31, 2014. The end of an era. Permission has been given to excavate a New Mexico landfill rumored to be where millions of Atari 2600 E.T. cartridges were buried. Picks Of The Week Trevor – ‘G.I.Jeff’ episode of ‘Community’ on NBC Jerry – ‘Pop Facts’ & ‘Pop Fiction’ on GameTrailers.com

Sunday, March 23, 2014 Episode 93 – “Morpheus” Running Time: 1:29:00 Video There seems to be an ongoing issue with Google+ Hangouts. The video of the Hangout is not being compressed as it should. This is resulting in files sizes that are about 4x their usual size. The video is available for download, but be prepared for a larger file size. Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes Sony unveils ‘Project Morpheus”, their PS4 VR headset. We discuss, once again, how we would fix the Wii U. ‘Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeros’ has been beaten in 10 minutes. We look at what video game movies made money and which ones didn’t. ‘Flappy Birds’ is coming back to the app store. If David Fincher directs the Steve Job bio-pic, he will only do so if Christian Bale plays Steve Jobs. It is official that ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ will be set 30 years after the events in ‘Return of The Jedi’. Konami turns 45 years old. Insert any Castlevania reference here. Want an aluminum NES that plays NES and Famicom games? So do we. ‘Gauntlet’ is getting a reboot this summer. No word on what platforms it will be coming out on. Our kids are now playing video games. Should we be proud or scared at what they play? Amazon Prime membership goes up to $99. Is it still worth it? Picks Of The Week Trevor – ‘American Horror Story Coven’ on FX Jerry – IGN app for iOS

Sunday, March 9, 2014 Episode 92 – “One Wipe Charlie” Running Time: 1:28:52 Video There seems to be an ongoing issue with Google+ Hangouts. The video of the Hangout is not being compressed as it should. This is resulting in files sizes that are about 4x their usual size. The video is available for download, but be prepared for a larger file size. Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes A 30,000 year old virus is reactivated because of global warming. A possible cure for cancer or the catalyst for a zombie apocalypse? Radio Shack is closing 1,100 stores. A video starring Dr. Emmett L. Brown promotes real working hover boards! Yeah. About that… The final game in the Arkham series, ‘Batman Arkham Knight’ will be for PS4 and Xbox One only. Time too start saving up! New DLC has been announced for “Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2′. Twitch wants you to stream you mobile games. Picks Of The Week Trevor – ‘The Newsroom’ on HBO (revisited) Jerry – The Dollar Shave Club (revisited)

Saturday, March 1, 2014 Episode 91 – “Bother Me Again And I’ll Burn Another Book” Running Time: 1:36:48 Video There seems to be an ongoing issue with Google+ Hangouts. The video of the Hangout is not being compressed as it should. This is resulting in files sizes that are about 4x their usual size. The video is available for download, but be prepared for a larger file size. Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes We say goodbye to Harold Ramis. Playstation Plus members are starting to get some really good games for free every month. The PS4 launches in Japan. They sell 4 times as many PS4s at launch then they did PS3s. Nintendo is shutting down the online multiplayer network for the Wii and DS. A new book about the 80s & 90s console war between Nintendo and Sega is coming out. Can’t wait to read it! Every back issue of Starlog magazine, up to 2009, is now available for free in PDF format from The Internet Archive. Microsoft is rumored to be giving away free copies of Windows 8.1 to Windows 7 users. How NOT to run a Kickstarter campaign. Picks Of The Week Trevor – ‘The Newsroom’ on HBO Jerry – The Dollar Shave Club

Saturday, February 22, 2014 Episode 90 – “Floppy Cock” Running Time: 1:55:58 Video There seems to be an ongoing issue with Google+ Hangouts. The video of the Hangout is not being compressed as it should. This is resulting in files sizes that are about 4x their usual size. The video is available for download, but be prepared for a larger file size. Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes Facebook buys WhatsApp for $16 billion. WTF is WhatsApp? The creator of ‘Flappy Bird’ finally reveals why he pulled the game. It’s a really lame-ass excuse. Irrational Games, makers of the ‘Bioshock’ series, closes its doors. Pre-order ‘Wolfenstein: The New Order’ and get a beta key for the next ‘Doom’ game. Sweet! PS4 sales crush XBox One sales. Double Helix, the game developer Amazon bought, is rebooting the ‘Strider’ franchise. Rumor mill has it that Amazon is releasing its own set-top box this March. Do we really need another box hooked up to our TV? Netflix is getting throttled by both Verizon and Comcast. It looks like Netflix may have come to a deal with Comcast, but they’re still negotiating with Verizon. This is why net-neutrality needs be law! The full trailer for ‘Guardians of The Galaxy’ drops. Picks Of The Week Trevor – ‘House of Cards’ season 2 Jerry – ‘House of Cards’ season 1

Saturday, February 15, 2014 Episode 89 – “21 Years” Running Time: 1:37:32 Video There seems to be an ongoing issue with Google+ Hangouts. The video of the Hangout is not being compressed as it should. This is resulting in files sizes that are about 4x their usual size. The video is available for download, but be prepared for a larger file size. Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes PS4 outsells the Xbox One in January by almost 2 to 1. Sony is slashing 5,000 jobs because of 2013 losses. How? Xbox One will be getting an update in February. Some of the features: seeing what you downloaded and installed, USB keyboard use, and a tweak for your controller. We discuss the upcoming ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ film and comics in general. A convicted killer in Norway is demanding his PS2 be upgraded to a PS3 because it’s inhumane. Also, he’s serving 21 years for killing 77 people. WTF?? The author of ‘Flappy Bird’ pulls his game from the app store. Picks Of The Week Trevor – ‘Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition’ bundle for OSX and PC. Jerry – ‘Pop Fiction’ on GameTrailers.com Tom – ‘The Lego Movie’

Saturday, February 8, 2014 Episode 88 – “The Penis Brotherhood” Running Time: 1:51:35 Video Due To A Compression Issue, There Will Be No Direct Download Or iTunes Video This Week Audio Direct Download Show Notes Verizon gets caught throttling Netflix speeds on it Fios network. The NYPD is going to do a experiment by giving officers Google Glass. Robocop anyone? Sony is no longer making PCs. They have sold their VAIO devision to another company. The author of ‘Flappy Bird’ says he’s making $50,000 a day on ad revenue from the app. If you play the game ‘Rust’, be careful. You might just run to The Penis Brotherhood. Rumor has it that Sony may be including a PS1 and PS2 emulator in a PS4 update later this year. This would make it 100% compatible with every Playstaion title ever made. Amazon buys game developer Double Helix. The ‘Call of Duty’ series is now moving to a 3 year cycle. You can now play the ‘Assassin’s Creed IV’ DLC, ‘Freedom Cry’, without having to own ‘Assassins’s Creed IV’. This is finally true DLC! ‘Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeros’ clocks in at a little under 2 hours of gameplay. We call foul on this one. Picks Of The Week Trevor – OpenEmu for OS X Jerry – ‘Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate’ for PS3 Tom – ‘Aware’ by Front Porch Step

Saturday, January 25, 2014 Episode 87 – “Nacho Burrito” Running Time: 0:50:30 Video Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes ‘Dead Rising 3’ pushes a 13gb patch out to users. WTF?? There is a glitch on some PS4s that randomly erases your save data. Great… The Macintosh turns 30 years old today. ‘Kingdom Come: Deliverance’, a Kickstarter back game, reaches its $500,000 goal in 36 hours. Google is going to start rating ISPs on how they playback HD YouTube videos. We don’t like what this could lead to. Another NES World Championship cart has landed itself on eBay. This one is a little sketchy though. Picks Of The Week Trevor – ‘Things Come Apart’ by Todd McLellan Jerry – ‘Sherlock’ on BBC America

Friday, January 17, 2014 Episode 86 – “Net Neutrality” Running Time: 0:50:30 Video Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes We talk about this week’s Net Neutrality ruling and how it may effect all of us. Picks Of The Week Trevor – ‘Sherlock’ on BBC America Tom – ‘Smoke’ by Ellen Hopkins

Saturday, December 14, 2013 Episode 84 – “Oh Pussyfeathers” Running Time: 1:26:27 Video Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes The PS4 outsells the Xbox One. The Wii U needs to sell 2 million units per month to reach its sales goal. They only sold 500,000 units in the past 6 months. Microsoft is banning Xbox Live members who upload game videos via the Xbox One that contain ‘offensive language’. So ‘Grand Theft Auto’ can swear like a sailor but you’re not allowed to. WTF? Steam OS, the OS that’s going to power the Steam Box, is available to download. YouTube’s new Content ID system is bullshit. Picks Of The Week Trevor – iPhone 5S Speck case Jerry – ‘Legend of Zelda: Link Between Worlds’ for Nintendo 3Ds John – Nintendo soap Tom – ‘Starbound’ on PC

Saturday, November 23, 2013 Episode 83 – “Snatchchat” Running Time: 1:15:27 Video Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes The Xbox One launches and they had some glitches just like Sony did last week. John Carmack leaves id Software. Say it ain’t so! Since Facebook couldn’t buy Snapchat they are just going to copy them with Instagram and blow them out of the water. We talk Doctor Who on the eve of the 50th Anniversary Special We also talk about MMOs — which ones we’ve played and are still playing to this day. Picks Of The Week Trevor – ‘Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special’ in theaters Monday November 25, 2013 Jerry – ‘Weeds’ on Netflix Tom – ‘Spelunky’ on PC

Saturday, November 16, 2013 Episode 82 – “The Thin Red Line” Running Time: 1:22:33 Video Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes Sony releases the PS4 into the wild. Snapchat turns down Facebook’s offer to buy them for $3 billion in cash. WTF? ‘The Last of Us’ os getting fresh content in the form of DLC. Picks Of The Week Trevor – ComiXology Jerry – ‘Vextrex’ for iOS John – He brings nothing to the table Dale – ‘Todd & The Book of Pure Evil‘

Saturday, November 9, 2013 Episode 81 – “The Reboot” Running Time: 1:14:53 Video Audio Direct Download Show Notes Star Wars: Episode VII finally gets a release date. Blockbuster is closing its remaining 300 stores. Will anyone even notice? Microsoft has a new marketing campaign for Internet Explorer using an anime girl. Yeah. Right. Xbox One will give you achievements for watching TV. Seriously The possible new CEO of Microsoft says he would sell off its Xbox division and close Bing. Sony is giving new PS4 owners some added freebies. The new ‘Robocop’ trailer is out and we’re more excited about it. This might be a good movie after all. Marvel and Netflix have joined up for 4 new Marvel TV series and a miniseries. Picks Of The Week Trevor – ‘Disney Infinity’ for PS3 Jerry – ‘Sonic For Hire’ web series John – ‘The Last of Us’ for PS3 Tom – Minecraft for PC

Saturday, June 22, 2013 Episode 80 – “That’s What An Addict Would Say” Running Time: 1:15:34 Video Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes Microsoft does a 180º on DRM after getting their asses kicked by Sony at E3. We talk about what summer movies we’re looking forward to. We find out that amazingly enough, none of us all watch the same Tv shows. Picks Of The Week Trevor – AmamTheWoo on YouTube Jerry – NES and SNES soundtracks John – new SSD for his MacBook Jason – new Mac Mini for XMBC Ashley – ‘Dead Ever After’ by Charlaine Harris

Saturday, June 15, 2013 Episode 79 – “E3 2013” Running Time: 1:32:34 Video Direct Download Audio Direct Download Show Notes We discuss the winners (only) and the losers (Microsoft) of E3 2013. Picks Of The Week Trevor – ‘The West Wing’ box set Jerry – ‘Final Fantasy 6’ for PS Vita John – ‘Bioshock Infinite’ for PS3