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What are you thankful for?

Today is Thanksgiving day for all you state-siders, and with that comes traditions.  Weather you are eating turkey, ham, or maybe chinese take-out, there is something we all are thankful for.  I am thankful for all the readers of this site, as well as the listeners of our podcasts.  So to keep with the tradition, what are you thankful for?  Post a comment letting us know.

Happy Holidays!

New site layout for iPhone users

Last night, we quietly changed the iPhone/iPod Touch theme for the site. For all you mobile users, I feel that this will be a welcome change. Now you can log in to post comments, view the site in the same layout as on a computer, and have an icon on your home screen pointing to our site (new icon coming soon). The new layout makes Geekshow.us feel more like an app than ever before. These changes do not however affect users coming to the site from any other medium. As with any update though, there are sometimes kinks to iron out. If anyone has any issues with the site, feel free to contact us through comments or email. Also, leave some comments on what you think.

Wayne in Hollywood

So I have been in California for about a month now and finally took a trip to L.A.  No, I didn’t see Angel and Wesley running around slaying demons, but I didn’t spend a whole lot of time there today.  I did get some neat photos on the Walk of Fame though.  Here are some that I figured some of you guys would like:

Dollhouse Production Suspended

Ok, so the title is a little misleading, but according to Reuters, Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse” has shut down production for a couple of weeks.  The first 3 episodes have been shot already and Joss is not very happy with how it has turned out.  He has requested the shut-down so he can work on the scripts.

Opportunity Knocks

On Sunday, September 14th, I will be leaving the Bluegrass state and heading out for San Diego California.  My wife and I are following her family out there to pursue her dad’s film career.

Large Hadron Collider… Rap?

For those of you who have been following the live call in shows, you may have heard us briefly mention the Large Hadron Collider.  Well, the people over at CERN have made a little educational video to explain what it is and what it will be used for.  When I say educational, I mean you learn something from it.  The one thing I learned was that they should stick to what they know, science, and leave music videos to musicians.

A New Member Coming Soon!

So those of you who were not attending the GeekInput Heroes Episode will find this bit of news a little surprising.  Wayne here to announce a little news.  If you didn’t guess it by the photo attached to this post, my wife and I are expecting a little geek of our own.  Of course we will be raising our kid on Whedon, comics, and video games.  We couldn’t be any happier or scared all at the same time.  Anyone with advice, warnings, or anything, just leave a comment.  More info will be posted when it becomes avaliable.

Release Date: March 10th.

Dr. Horrible, What’s Next?

If you missed the opportunity to stream the 3 parts of Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog, all is not lost. You have until July 29th (4 days as of this writing) to go to iTunes and purchase each act at $1.99 each or $3.99 for all of them (Season Pass). Go get it HERE now!

Once it is pulled from iTunes, there will be a DVD released, date still unknown, that will have special features along with comentary, woo hoo!  Don’t miss your chance to have the original, though. If you haven’t seen it yet, then it’s well worth $4.

*Edit* Joss has recently said at Comicon that there will be a part 4 to Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. Also, he goes on to talk about the DVD features. Those features include Commentary: The Musical, and the 10 best fan applications to the Evil League of Evil. Good stuff, and thanks to Paul for passing that bit along to us.

Apple iPhone 2.0 Update

Apple realeased their software update 2.0 on July 11th. This update was highly anticipated and hyped, but does it live up to the hype?

I got my hands on the update the day it came out and decided to wait a week or two before coming to any conclusions. Downloading apps from the Apple store is a breeze. You have two options to get your apps, from iTunes or from the new AppStore icon on the phone itself.

There were tons of free apps when the store launched and three times as many paid apps. Some apps are useless, while others are the best thing since sliced bread. My wife and I have had issues with some apps randomly crashing and/or taking the whole system with it. It seems that we experience this less and less since we are no longer just playing around and actually using the apps we are comfortable with.

There are a couple of new features added to the phone but the one most people asked for was a contacts button. Before, you had to go into the phone and there was an icon at the bottom for viewing and editing your contacts. Now there is an icon on the home screen that can be placed anywhere.

If you don’t have the 3G iPhone with GPS, you are not totally shut out when it comes to location specific apps. Using the cell tower triangulation technology, most apps will work fine. The apps that require more precise coordinates may seem buggy, but that’s to be expected without GPS.

The biggest expectation I had for this update was the ability to play games now. Sega has announced that the iPhone is about as powerful as the Dreamcast. This was no lie. With games like Super Monkey Ball being a launch title, this phone looks like it could be a great new gaming platform. The battery, however, is the only thing holding it back. Playing a simple tile game seems to drain my battery so fast that I have to plug it in to play.

Overall, I would say that Apple has finally made the iPhone worth the price, especially since they lowered the price. Now my only quarrel is with AT&T. Please lower the monthly cost. $200 a month for two phones is killing me!

One last thing I have to add, a new WordPress app was added to the store the other day, so this whole review was written on my iPhone.

Final Fantasy IV

For those of you who play old school RPGs or are fans of the Final Fantasy franchise, yesterday was a great day. We saw the release of Final Fantasy IV for the Nintendo DS. If you don’t know what this is all about, let me give you a little history lesson. Final Fantasy IV was originally Final Fantasy II on the Super Nintendo. The series was published in Japan but seemed to stop here in the US. In 2002, Final Fantasy Anthology was released on the Playstation and included FFIV. This was just a port of the original Japanese with a new CG intro. The game was more difficult and many players didn’t like the lack of an update to the graphics. Square Enix, following the success of FFIII on the DS decided a 3D remake of FFIV would be a good idea. Thank you to Square Enix!

I’m playing right now and believe that this has to be one of the prettiest games on the Nintendo DS. I have played almost all the way through the original on the SNES and plan on finishing the story on the DS instead. So far the game is a little harder than I remember, but the extra features and the 3D facelift make this a winner. I’ll have an update once I complete the game to let everyone know what I thought about it overall.

Wall•E Movie Review

Pixar’s masterpiece?  Movie of the year?  There is not a person in the world who can resist the charm of Wall-E.  From the very first trailer, kids, teens, adults, and robots alike were all emotionally bonded to this little guy.  Take one look at the picture above and try not to go "Awww."  Pixar has once again shown why they are the leaders in CGI feature films.

GeekiN Episode #71: 04/30/08

After a couple of weeks off, we return with quite a bit to talk about. Randy was on an episode of Geek By Night, and seems to be letting his fame go to his head. GTA 4 sounds like a better game thanks to the multiplayer game types, so Randy is going to the midnight release. Wizards of the Coast are releasing D&D 4th edition and tools to let you play with your friends online. Nathan Fillion is coming back to TV in the show “Castle”. Wayne watched The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising and gives his take on the movie. BBC America is getting the Robin Hood series that has been out for a while in the UK. We also take a look into a secret D&D session via 8-Bit D&D. We didn’t have enough time to get to the Geek Jerk Reaction or the GeekiNbox, so we will get around to them next week.

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GeekiN Episode #70: 04/10/08

Randy is recovering from having some teeth removed, so this week is a little shorter than most.  Wayne picked up "Better Days", the Serenity comic and fills us in on the Whedon joke concerning the covers.  Dimension Films is going to make a new Short Circuit movie, I wonder if they will use a white guy to play an Indian again.  Heroes will return Sep 15th with a 1 hour recap episode and a 2 hour season premiere.  NBC has picked up Knight Rider as part of their 52 week schedule, making year-round TV ours finally!  Some shows get moved around to different networks and times, while many more come back to their normal schedules.  Wayne gives his take on Southland Tales after watching it over the weekend.  The GeekiNbox was not nearly as full has it has been lately, but we don’t complain.

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GeekiN Episode #69: 04/04/08

This week we start off with some old inside jokes. Randy is catching up with the rest of us on Lost, so we had to discuss a little where he is now.  We also drafted our Lost dream team.  DRM free content would be worth up to $3 to Randy.  Most of the cast of Buffy came together for a reunion and we let you know what was discussed. GTA4 is coming out with the option to purchase the songs you hear in the game… Ok.  We had plenty of emails to answer for the GeekiNbox, so we had to cut them in half again.  The Geek Jerk Reaction and the Box Office Report make a small appearance, and Wayne falls asleep at the end of the show…  Ok, so he stays awake the whole time, but wouldn’t that be funny?  Leave us a comment to let us know what you think.

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