Hey guys, Jared here. What a week we are having in the United States. First, the bombings in Boston. Then, the ricin-laced letters being mailed to the President and others from a guy who lives in my hometown of Corinth, MS. Then, the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas yesterday that has leveled an entire town. [...]
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Podcast Episode 46 – GEEK TALKS!
Sadly, Jared isn’t with us again this week as he’s currently frolicking through Atlanta with his wife, stopping in at IKEA to NOT get Swedish Meatballs.
Podcast Episode 39 – #ChristmasHawking
Welcome to episode 39 of the JustUs Geeks podcast! Our first episode with only 3 Geeks as Brandon takes the week off, the remaining Geeks valiantly pull together to bring you a episode brimming with Geeky Holiday Goodness! We name our all time favorite Christmas Movies! Instagram wants to steal and sell your photos?? [...]
“X-Men: Days of Future Past” adds Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen
Director Bryan Singer, who directed the first two X-Men films and is returning for the upcoming sequel to X-Men: First Class, has announced on Twitter the return of Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen as “old” Professor X and Magento. Also returning are the “young” versions that appeared in First Class, played by James McAvoy [...]
Official synopsis for “Star Trek Into Darkness”
Some enterprising folks were digging around on Paramount’s website and seem to have uncovered the official Press Release for the film: “In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek Into Darkness,” begins the official blurb. “When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they [...]
New Grand Theft Auto V trailer revealed!
IGN posted the new trailer for one of the gaming world’s most anticipated upcoming games, Grand Theft Auto V. Lookin’ mighty good if I say so myself. What do you guys think? Looking forward to it?
Podcast Episode 33: Return of the Jedi!
The Geeks are reunited now that Jared is back from vacation, and boy do they have a great show for you this week! They discuss more of the Disney / Star Wars purchase, Fantasy Football, Halo 4 goodness, iPad Mini hands on review from Marty, Apps of the week, listener questions and much more! Plus [...]
It’s officially official! Apple sends out press invites for “iPad Mini” event!
On the same day that Microsoft revealed pricing for it’s upcoming “Surface” tablet ($499 for the 32gb model… tempting!) Apple finally sent out press invites to an event that promises to reveal a “little” something… expected to be the “iPad Mini”, almost one of Apple’s worst kept secrets (if you don’t count the iPhone [...]
By the Power of Greyskull! He-Man coming to iOS!
“I’m Adam, Prince of Eternia, and defender of the secrets of Castle Greyskull…” “Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft my magic iPad and said BY THE POWER OF STEVEJOBS!” Er, not quite. But developer Chillingo and toy maker Mattel are giving us one heck of a nostalgia present soon… [...]
Star Wars Angry Birds??
EDIT: Fast Company has confirmed that it is not only a new game, but a series of toys featuring the likes of Luke Skywalker as the Red Bird. An interesting image appeared on the internets last night… and Rovio, the makers of the monster hit “Angry Birds” tweeted a link to it, seeming to confirm [...]
Podcast Episode 28 – 28 Episodes Later
Here we are 28 Episodes Later! It’s good to be a Geek. This week we serve up a heapin’ helpin’ of discussion topics ranging from Video Games (our favorite soundtracks, favorite stealth games, etc), Tech news (Apple versus Samsung, iPad Mini rumors, etc), Fantasy Football (basically Jared sucks this season), Media (some of our [...]
Guest Article: WWE ’13, best Wrestling video game in a generation?
It is typical for sports video games to come out on a yearly basis such as Madden (NFL), NHL, NBA, MLB and so on. This is also the case for sports entertainment or pro wrestling. The WWE (formerly World Wrestling Federation) has come out with a yearly game for about 15 years now over several [...]
Behold the terror of Gaia Unicron!
Website Planet Iacon has posted some screengrabs of the upcoming Asian Transformer release Gaia Unicron in all of his… glory? Robot mode looks nice and Unicron-y, but what the heck is his alt mode? It looks like he was melted into a puddle! The images also show off his combination gimmick with Optimus Prime and [...]
The new “RoboCop” looks just a dumb as we feared. See for yourself!
Lots of bad vibes are coming out of the new RoboCop movie, with various rumors and reports of problems and delays and the director being quoted saying the production has been “hell” like. We’d heard last year from the new actor playing RoboCop, Joel Kinnaman from “The Killing”, that their version of the cyborg would [...]
Jerry “The King” Lawler suffers heart attack
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jerry “The King” Lawler, who collapsed during a taping of a WWE Wrestling event last night. Medical personnel began seeing to him immediately, and CPR had to be performed on him before being taken to a local hospital. Word later came out that he had suffered a heart [...]
Star Wars Celebration news roundup: Detours, Disney and more
So, a little fan gathering referred to as Star Wars Celebration was going on this past weekend in Orlando. Everyone who is anyone (including a surprise appearance by George Lucas) in the Star Wars community was there. Some big announcements were made at the event, including the debut trailer for the new animated comedy show [...]
Transformers Prime returns with new episodes tonight!
The Emmy-award winning series returns to The Hub tonight with new episodes, as we finally get to see the aftermath of Bulkhead’s trashing by the Insecticons. Check out this clip, courtesy of The Hub.
Time to update: OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.1 is available for Download
The first incremental update to Apple’s new Mountain Lion operating system is available today, addressing several issues users have reported such as decreased battery life. Surprisingly, the update is clocking in at a full 4.34GB… about the size as the initial download! Hopefully that means several fixes for the big cat.
“Star Wars 1313″ – This ain’t your Daddy’s Star Wars
A new gameplay trailer has surfaced from the Gamescom convention going on in Germany, and boy howdy does this game look nice. Basically you can the Uncharted series and plant them in a mature Star Wars universe and you’ve got 1313. In this trailer, the graphics are smooth, the action looks intense, and there’s nary [...]
“Manufacturing Nightmare” may lead to Wii U launch delay
Rumors are spreading around the internet that Nintendo is having trouble manufacturing their new Wii U console, and that it may lead them to delay the international release until this December. While Nintendo has yet to officially announce a launch date for the console, rumored to be due to these “manufacturing nightmares”, it HAS said [...]
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