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We are LIVE on Ustream!!! This week we talk SDCC, A little more Real ID from Blizz, some Zynga Evil, aaaand I’m totally screwed… and not in the good way. sandpaper. download edited show || unedited show

To intro the screwees, we have our wonderful co-host @UberDorkGirlie, Natali

and  her partner in crime, our long lost @GeekGirl Kristin Rielly

Unfortunately our ever lovely Jeremy Puent is away on personal bidness, we wish him well, so we have a guest co-host this week, Justin Hurst, owner of Rockthelan.com and co-host of his own podcast “The missing Ink” – Natali: He decided to slum with us this week
<<Justin doesn’t talk til here>>

Gold Sponsors:

UberDorkCafe

• Will be THE place for Geeks to hang out
• What is UberDorkCafe? It is the brain child and DREAM of Natali, aka @UberDorkGirlie from twitter, and it blends art + science = geek
• Place to hang, eat, have awesome kid parties (if thats your thing), or to get your gaming on
• Kickstarter site for UberDorkCafe, these places just don’t build themselves

Deals of the Week / New Releases

New Geeky DVD / Blu-Ray Releases (2nd week of June)

• FLASH GORDON – Blu-Ray!!!! (if you don’t know this -50 DKP 4 u) All hail Brian Blessed, Timothy Dalton and Max Von Sydow!!!
• Darkman – Blu-Ray!!! (1990 production, mad scientist, off the hinges)
• The Book of Eli – Blu-Ray (Haven’t seen yet but heard good things)
• MacGyver (TV Movies) – DVD – ‘Nuff said, GET NOW!
• “The Blind Menace” – DVD – Shintaro Katsu before Zatoichi (mmm, 1950’s b&w samurai)

Geek Speak

• SDCC Comicon Panel – @geekgirls coming on show! (iKDR)
• GeekGirls Tweetup! (iKDR)

• Blizzard backs off Real ID Mandate for Forums
  • @CustomPCMax happy (although maybe not unbanned)
  • Forums will no longer use mandatory Real ID
  • Lets talk a little bit more about ID’s
  • (UDG) on an ironic note, 961 people that filed a complaint against Blizzard for this with the ESRB had their email addresses exposed by ESRB
  • (SM) It’s not surprising really, gamers are all about form and habits. Games don’t revolution, evolve. Forums – “rules” – Anonimity.

• Most awesomest.improv.EVAR! (Star Wars Subway)

Tech,Gaming, and Geek News

• Judge Rules File Sharing Award Unconstitutional (UDG)
  • Joel Tanenbaum was found guily of file sharing by Jury
  • RIAA was awarded $675,000 in damages
  • The judge reduced the amount 90% to 67,500
  • Declared unconstitutional “that the damages are excessive in proportion to the crime”
  • Heartening to know that Due Process protects both corporations and private individuals alike

• RIAA Pays 13 million to recover $400,000 (SM)
  • So 2008 was a bad year for the RIAA, spent a but load of money and only got back little
  • 2007 was even worse: 21 million and $515,000 recovered
  • 2006: $19,000,000 for only $455,000
  • Overall: $64,000,000 for only $1,361,000

• Lawsuit against Apple,AT&T 2 yr vs. 5 yr. contracts (JH)
  • Already know about the other I4 antenna lawsuit
  • this one concerns the single provider status of the IPhone
  • Suing: You sign a 2 year contract w/ them to get your device
  • After contract over, Where can you go? Still only AT&T. implicit contract

• Consumer Reports Cannot Recommend IPhone 4G (SM – just put this in)
  • Not alone in these thoughts, Others rate high but don’t give recommendations
  • Antenna recall could cost up to $1.5 billion
  • (UDG) Apple just announced a press conference for Fri Re
  • Simple answer: Give a free rubber bumper, TCO $1 to company
  • Bring up all the “interesting” stuff Apple has done lately
  • Jobs Health non-disclosure, Attacks on Adobe Flash, Lost Prototypes, app dev restrict

• Google creates WYSIWYG Android App Creator (UDG)
  • Wow, its a drag-and-drop way to create apps
  • Could spur a lot of creativity without knowing code
  • I’m guessing 90-10 rule though, with more volume
  • Still in invite-beta (SM)pretty-plz-get-me-in

• Edward Norton (old hulk) will not appear in Avengers (JH)
  • Edward has been flapping in the wind for awhile now (since 2008)
  • There were some creative differences even in the filming of “Incredible Hulk”
  • Marvel Studio Prez Kevin Feige delivers the slap down – “We have made the decision to not bring Ed Norton back to portray the title role of Bruce Banner in the Avengers,” wrote Feige. “Our decision is definitely not one based on monetary factors, but instead rooted in the need for an actor who embodies the creativity and collaborative spirit of our other talented cast members. The Avengers demands players who thrive working as part of an ensemble, as evidenced by Robert, Chris H, Chris E, Sam, Scarlett, and all of our talented casts. We are looking to announce a name actor who fulfills these requirements, and is passionate about the iconic role in the coming weeks.”
  • the rumors on the Internet are that Ed is a bit of a prima donna and in an ensemble movie cast is that good?
  • Cast: (SM – I’ll take over for cast)
    • Joss Whedon (is your master) Director
    • Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man
    • Chris Evans as Captain America
    • Chris Hemsworth as Thor (Thor, the movie in 3D)
    • Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury

• 4k Video comes to YouTube (4096p) (SM)
  • Meant for a 25ft screen. Imax is actually 2 projectors at 2K each
  • Projectors for that size are the size of small refrigerators
  • Video Editor also new
    • Browser based editor that allows you to splice multiple videos together
    • Limited functionality but better than nuthin! (trims but doesn’t cut)
  • Lean-back service
    • Their new “suggestion” Service
    • Takes your subscriptions, your friends likes, your shares, plays them in full screen back to back.
    • In Beta, Deployment been pushed back
  • $5 million in grants to v-loggers
    • Have to be invited to apply
    • Will be for independent v-loggers who generate good content to help them make better content

• Google + Zynga = Cash Cow & Not just in Farmville (UDG)
  • I totally called this last week
  • The $100-200M investment was made by Google itself, not Google Ventures (according to slashdot)
  • Trouble for Paypal? Zynga is Paypal’s biggest client. Replace w/ Google Checkout ?
  • The data alone Google could obtain from Zynga may be worth the investment alone
  • Why not an outright purchase? Testing the waters? Scared of regulatory concerns?
  • “Google is supposed to know everything about us and its lack of social data is a key hole in its world domination strategy”
  • Zynga’s latest game launch “Frontierville” sucked in 5.2M daily active users in just 2 weeks.
  • New Orleans on $30 a day (my experiment with Vampire Wars)

Intarweb Goldmine

• Zombies Crash Car, Apocalypse imminent (UDG)
  • Portland, Oregon on Friday night near downtown- I-84
  • Car full of Zombies swerving in traffic eastbound 9:30
  • Rolled.
  • On way to party. Some escaped on foot?
  • (SM) How do they escape? They’re ZOMBIES! (I guess if they are runners)

• Drunk Tourist Rides crocodile, Bad Things Happen

• USB Wedding Ring = +200 Geek Points

Extra Links

• Geek Girls Tweetup at SDCC
• Unmanned Golf Cart Ready for Military
• 15 Domain Names for Batman
• Best.Comic.Crossover.EVAR
• Pink Unicorn Vader
• The Expendables: Call To Arms

Contact Info

• On Twitter: Steven is @DarthMolen and I am @JPuent Natali is @UberDorkGirlie
• email us: darthmolen@thepowergeeks.com and jpuent@thepowergeeks.com and uberdorkgirlie@thepowergeeks.com (yay!)
• And Become a Fan

What’s new for Geek Girls Network? um…San Diego Comic-Con!!

• “Geeks Girls Exist” Panel on Thursday:
  • 5:30-6:30 Geek Girls Exist – Really? Kristin Rielly (Geek Girls Network – @geekgirls) leads a discussion about growing up geek, turning passions into careers, and who shot first. Representing the many awesome aspects of the geek culture, panelists Morgan Romine (The Frag Dolls), Bonnie Burton (The Star Wars Craft Book), Marian Call (Singer-Songwriter), Sarah Kuhn (One Con Glory), Jill Pantozzi  (Has Boobs Reads Comics), Veronica Belmont (Qore), and Kiala Kazebee (GeekWeek) will school you on what it means to be a real geeky girl and even make you LOL IRL. Room 8
• Geek Tweet-Up on Friday:
  • Join the biggest Geek Tweet-Up event of all time on Friday, July 23rd from 8pm-11pm at Jolt ‘N Joes (Gaslamp location) in San Diego.
  • Hosted by @geekgirls, @thenerdybird, and @geekgirldiva, this Tweet-Up is sure to be even bigger and better than NYC!

Sponsors

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• Plans to play non-stop to level 40 and raise $10,000 for cancer
• Scheduled to take place Aug. 6th and they will continue playing if the donations keep coming
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