Monthly Archives: March 2011
Tribeca Film Festival selects L.A. Noire
Rockstar Games revealed today that L.A. Noire has been named an Official Selection at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. Noire is the first video game to ever be honored by the festival.
Overlooked – Shadowrun
In what I hope is a bright idea, I’ve decided to write several pieces on overlooked or underappreciated games that I believe deserve your attention. As with everything I write, these are just my opinions, so feel free to post your thoughts in the comments below. I’m hoping to roll out several of these in the coming month or so, if all goes according to plan. Anyway, I’ve chosen to start this off with what I would call the best multiplayer shooter of the past five years: Shadowrun. Hit the jump to learn why you shouldn’t have passed it by.
Episode 38-Its A Trap!
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In this episode we are back to the normal schedule. We are also joined by OpenForumRadio’s Host Larry aka BlueManRule aka Lasberry. Once again be sure to pick up our android app.The android App includes special bonus content that can only be found on the android app or you can tune in to our live show. Show notes with links will be below. We really want to know what you think of this episode so please let us know your thoughts. 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. And remember we are still looking for writers and guest hosts so if you are interested than please contact us. We hope you enjoy!
Amazon Cloud Player-Play Your Music Everywhere
The following is featured on amazon.com . It introduces Amazon latest feature the Amazon Cloud Player. The Amazon Cloud Player gives current users 5GBs of storage on their Cloud Drive. There are additional plans one can buy ranging from 20GBS-1000GBS. Mainly this storage is used for,but not limited to, music. You are then able to access the music( or other files) from your computer or Andr
oid device. The Amazon MP3 android app now has an option to access you music on the cloud. This allows you to create you own music streaming player. This is another huge step for amazon. This also gives android a huge advantage. The Prime Instant Video, Amazon Android App Store( with a free app a day), and now Amazon Cloud Player have been huge announcements. I look forward to what amazon has in store for the rest of the year or if they have shown their hands early. I am hoping an app for Prime Instant Videos will be in the future for android. These steps also help with my theory of an android based tablet by Amazon.
UPDATE: If you Buy any album from Amazon MP3 Store, get automatically upgraded to 20GB. Link for more info Click Here.
3DS Video Review Extravaganza!
As many of you will know I have been anticipating the 3DS launch for a few months. The fact that we Europeans get it a whole two days before you unlucky Americans meant we at GeeksFTW have taken the opportunity to have a somewhat casual video review of it before the American release. I will be covering the 3DS a lot this weekend so that any of you who are still on the fence about it can get some more info.
Please enjoy the video (Sorry about my cold) and let me know if there is anything else you’d like me to cover about the 3DS.
Side Note: Despite what I say in the video about the 3D being “gimmicky” it is actually very good. I’ve had more time with it since then and it really does add to the game. At least in Street Fighter anyway.
Episode 37- Geekpocalypse?
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Better late then never right? We are back for another Geek-filled episode. We talk about a variety of topics including a few big tech news. We will resume our normal live show on Monday at 730cst/830est. And you could win a Gears of War 3 Beta Code by joining the live shows. More details in this episode. Once again be sure to pick up our android app.The android App includes special bonus content that can only be found on the android app or you can tune in to our live show.Show notes with links will be below. We really want to know what you think of this episode so please let us know your thoughts. 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. And remember we are still looking for writers and guest hosts so if you are interested than please contact us. We hope you enjoy!
Duke Nukem Forever Delayed Until June 14
Did anyone really expect a game like Duke Nukem Forever to ship when people said it would? Not that I wasn’t hoping it would, but it always just seemed…right that DNF should be delayed one last time. Gearbox has pushed the decade-in-the-making game back a month and a half from its original May 3rd release date for a currently unknown reason. However, I’d have to imagine that it’s fairly significant. Gearbox has seemed very intent on making this date. However, they’ve put out a video to tide you over until the game launches. Oddest to me about this is that the international release date is now 4 days prior to the North American launch, as opposed to the original plan to go international 3 days afterwards. I’m a tad disappointed that DNF won’t be launching on my birthday, but c’est la vie. I can wait a month and a half more.
New Captain America Trailer
The Age of Dragons Have Indeed Begun
"You will die for what you did to Mother"
Dragon Age 2 took what was good about the first one and threw it away and made some things much better but a so took some of the mundane out. For instance, the new leveling up system is way faster and easier to use. If you like getting into numbers and theorycrafting that is still there, while letting to people who don’t, like it just the same. One of the biggest things missing was a deeper backstory for all the companions. In Origins there was the camp that the player visited after every mission where he/she could learn almost the entire life’s story of the companions, sadly this was lacking in Dragon Age 2. There were the occasional side missions that lead into dialog with the companions but not as much as some would have liked. The gift giving system was almost completely removed. Only one gift could be given to a companion and that certain gift was sometimes really hard to find, if found at all.
What’s behind the dislike of Wesley Crusher?
Wesley Crusher. A character loved by many and loathed by equally as many. Many of my friends from the time I fell in love with ST:TNG in the sixth grade through today love Wesley.  Me? I fall in with the latter group (though even I’ll admit that Wil Wheaton is a pretty cool guy and grew up to be kinda hot). And yet I often wonder, why do folks like me hate the character of Wesley so much?
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