January 2011

Finally! Sony’s NGP (PSP2) Details

January 27, 2011 Games, Tech

TheÂ NGP (PSP2) is finally here. Sony revealed its brand new PlayStation Portable at an event in Tokyo today, our first official look at the PlayStation maker’s next foray into handheld gaming, the NGP or “Next Generation Portable.” First details, just click forÂ more.

Windows Phone 7: 2 Million licenses sold to manufactuers

January 26, 2011 Tech

Microsoft just dropped a fewÂ statistical pointsÂ of knowledgeÂ regarding Windows Phone 7’s performance in the marketplace so far. Here’s whatÂ was releasedÂ

Killzone 3: Single Player demo coming

January 26, 2011 Games

Finally, time for Playstation 3 owners to get some early, free time with an upcoming shooter.Â Sony plans to release a free demo of Killzone 3’s Icy Incursion level, which takes place about halfway through the game, next month.

Episode 29- Now with More Geek

January 25, 2011 GeekCast

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We are back for another episode. This time we go a bit long for good reason. We welcome a new addition to the podcast. Â In this episode we look at the 3DS Announcement and somehow talk aboutÂ SonyÂ and the future of the PSP(2). Then we look into what is to come this year in all the different types of media formats. Then an extra special look on the many shooters coming out in the next month. We of course go over our usual segments of the show and we wrap it up with what we want TheGeeksFTW to become in 2011. We hope you enjoy the new addition to the show as much as we are. Once again we encourage feedback. You can leave feedback on iTunes, Zune, Twitter, Facebook, send email to TheGeeksFTW@gmail.com , call our voiceline at 1-347-GeekFTW(433-5389) , or leave a comment below. Remember we are still looking for writers and guest hosts so if you are interested than please contact us. We hope you enjoy!

What’s not to love about zombie sheep?

January 20, 2011 Movies, Reviews

photo via Amazon.com

Sometimes you run across the most awesome things completely by accident. Thatâ€™s how I ended up watching â€œBlack Sheepâ€, a New Zealand horror-comedy a few years ago.

Itâ€™s hard to describe the movie other than with the phrase â€œmutant zombie sheepâ€ but think of Evil Dead 2â€¦only with sheep. Yep, itâ€™s that hilarious.

The story starts out with two young boys on farm in New Zealand. One of them is out herding the sheep with his father. The old brother gets jealous and plays a horrible prank on the younger boy when he returns. The combination of that and some devastating news at the same time gives the younger brother a severe phobia of sheep. It then picks up 15 years later when the younger brother, Henry, is returning to the farm to sell his part of it to his older brother, Angus. Angus has become known for his work to breed a new type of sheep that will outshine the others. While this is going on, a pair of folks (who are very hippie-ish) are trying to break into Angusâ€™ lab to steal evidence of what they believe to be dangerous and extremely harmful experiments.

Nintendo 3DS: Price, Release, & More Revealed

January 19, 2011 Games

We’ve been waiting for this for a while, but it’s arrived: Nintendo has finally announced upcoming details of thier new attempt to revitalizeÂ (not that it needed to)Â its DS handheld games console, with the newÂ 3DS.

Gears of War: Exile

January 19, 2011 Games

Epic Games apparently has another Gears of War in development. This past week they filed a trademark for the name Gears of War: Exile. The trademark applications (via Siliconera) include an image of a proposed logo (above). The trademark was filed for use with t-shirts, a series of computer game hint books and instruction manuals, and video game software. In other words, we’re talking about a game and not simply a novel or comic book.

US Deal of the Day

January 18, 2011 Games, PSA

I struggled last week to find any deals that I felt were suitable for this post. Thanks again to Henry Knox I am instead writing this post with several (hopefully) great deals.

Episode 28- Geeks Being Geeks

January 16, 2011 GeekCast

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This week we are joined by one of our very own writers Knox. We talk about a variety of topics including Gaming with Assassins Creed and Defy Gravity, Tech with discussing the Verizon iPhone announcement, Television The Cape, Our I Recommend Section: Batman/Superman:Â Apocalypse and The Dresden Files, our New Segment Geek Question of the Week, and I end things off with a rant. Once again we encourage feedback. You can leave feedback on iTunes, Zune, Twitter, Facebook, send email to TheGeeksFTW@gmail.com , call our voiceline at 1-347-GeekFTW(433-5389) , or leave a comment below. Remember we are still looking for writers and guest hosts so if you are interested than please contact us. We hope you enjoy!

Defy Gravity Game Review

January 15, 2011 Games, Reviews

I want to first state that the lead developer for Fish Factory Games, based in New Orleans, contacted me and Provided me with a review copy of the game. With that said I will give my full and honest opinion about this game in this review. There are some good and some bad. And now I present my review.

The game is priced at $4.99. You get 16 levels and when you beat those levels you unlock hard mode that takes away certain features away from the original mode.

The game feels like a cross between Braid, Mega Man, and Portal. The game is very addicting. I found myself playing just one more level until I finished the original mode and then halfway done with hard mode.