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DEAR TPG – JOO SUCK 4 MAKING IT HARDER 4 ME 2 CHOOZE WHICH ST ONLINE I WANT 2 WASTE MY MONEY ON…

Just kidding: John Writes,

Okay, I blame myself for this.. but WOW now my ST Online decision is much harder!!! I had no idea there were so many collector’s edition variants available out there. I wish I could just pay for the little perks individually rather than choosing . Nice investigative work finding out all the MIND WARPING options out there Jeremy!

I think in the end I’ll go with the Original Constitution Class ship since… (a) its upgradeable (b) it has blue phasers (yes im serious) (c)

(In all fairness and in the interest of full disclosure… WE at TPG are a team… everything you see and hear is a team effort… Steven did the majority of that research… I just rocked out the delivery… Mad Props to our host!)

Q: Do the exclusive items stack? Can I get more than one thing?

A: Yes, different items stack. So if someone purchased multiple copies of the game from various retailers, he would receive all those items for EACH character created. Included playtime will still stack as well. However, the same bonus does not stack. So if someone purchases from Wal Mart twice, he cannot get two 500 point skill bonuses for the same character. (Each character will get one).

Geek Speak

• Christmas-topics
  • Best Holiday Contest EVER!!!!
    • Since we have ended up with Zombies in almost every episode… I have to mention this one…\
      • The girls over at Geek Girls Network are at it again with a cool Holiday contest to win an autographed Comic…
        • The contest is to take a classic carol and re-write it to be geeky…
        • and here is the example they posted…
          • The Zombie Song (as to the tune of The Dreidel Song)
            

            My boyfriend is a zombie

            He tried to eat my feet

            But now I have a shot gun

            Only bullets he will eat

          • Oh – zombie zombie boyfriend

            I’m sad to see you go

            But now your brains are splattered

            Into bits upon the snow

      • Follow the link above to enter
  • Christmas Light Guitar Hero
  • Christmas Specials will be airing this weekend… Frosty and Frosty returns on CBs Friday night
    • What Christmas specials do you look forward to??
      • Morayma and I look forward to the “A Christmas Story” 24 hours on TBS every year Starting on Christmas Eve (SM: OH YEAH!)
      • If you want christmas specials, gotta watch “The Hallmark Channel” 24×7 of every special except (JP: does it include “Bad Santa”?)
        • There’s a tour, Museum and Shop at the house in Hamond Indiana we are going to try to make it to when we head down to Indiana for the holidays with my folks…
• Christmas Wish lists:
  • Pick any three items you would have someone get you for Christmas if price didn’t matter…. Go NUTS!
  • Steven:
    • 60″ Pioneer Kuro Plasma TV – PS3 / XB360, 8.1 Surround Sound (Yamaha RX-Z1)
    • Pinball tables: Star Wars 1993, Twilight Zone, Dr. Who
    • Us together for Pax Proper.. Ah, gaming bliss (I’ll settle 4 pax east though)
  • Jeremy:
    • The Sharp 108″ LCD TV
    • Dropped, Chopped, and Channeled 1949 Mercury Custom
      • This one is a cool 90 Grand… but if someone wants to buy it for me… I could also handle driving this one around for a bit less…
      • Only 48 Grand and this one could be mine…
    • a custom Home Theater Room
• Cap My IPhone and San Fran Network Outage
• Fake Steve Jobs (Newsweeks Dan lyons) organizing planned attack on AT&T Network
  • In his upset about poor service, he is trying to get users to attack AT&T network on Friday for one hour
  • Late wednesday night He asked his followers and cohorts to “stand down”
  • I have huge issues with the original request… and here’s why…
    • so you’re pissed… you don’t like AT&T’s service or network huh? Well this is America.. and YOU have a choice… go to another network
    • you want to try to make a point?? great… This is the issue you choose??
    • with everything going on in the world today?? This is what you are trying to devote your energy to?? Huh?
    • Have you stopped to consider who this would hurt?? The people who use their iPhone to run their small business??
    • the people who only have a cell phone and no land line… what if they were crippled and needed help while you were making your “point”???
    • and what point is it exactly that you’re trying to make? if you band a bunch of people together in a malicious attack you can bring a network to it’s knees? this in no way represents normal use??
    • I hope in the future when people try to organize  a flash mob to prove a point… that A. It is a point worth proving B. it doesn’t put anyones safety at risk and C. they think it through first

Tech,Gaming, and Geek News

• IPhones pass Windows Mobile Phone in the US for the first time (SM)
  • 8.97 Million Users
  • Windows = 7.13 million,
  • Sorry Apple, RIM = 14.96 million, Pre = 2.03 million, Android and Symbian  = ~1 million
  • Thank you 3GS

• Google Chrome released for MAC – Beta but still decent and fast… (JP)
  • No Extensions yet (not supported unless you sign up to develop and run the next beta)
  • Chrome moves ahead of Safari in the browser wars

• Age of Conan MMORPG announces Free “unlimited” trial (SM)
  • BIIIG caveats. Only free until lvl 20, but can create unlimited characters under level 20
  • Warhammer Online getting into the act, re-enlistment with incentives
  • 10 free days of play for past customers, 3 free items, and you can d/l the client for free if you deleted it from your HD

• First Look Trailer for UFC Undisputed 2010 (JP)
  • Stance switches! YAY!
  • Will fighters morph like Shang Tsung after they lose a round? MORTAL KOMBAT!!!
  • Oh, and everybody can whoop on Kimbo Slice in this game

• had to add this… AWESOME Bed – The Millenium Falcon (SM)
  • Make the Kessel Run in comfort
  • Since we’re talking about beds -
  • Y-Wing Bed – comes out of the wall, full sized, desk underneath (not commercial)
  • At-At Bunk Bed – Made for a kid that hopefully likes star wars, kid sleeps underneath the body of the At-At

• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies being made into a movie!!! (JP)
  • Natalie Portman Producing and starring in it… (WTF… immediate buy)
  • indie dynamo David O. Russell, who has made Spanking the Monkey, Three Kings and I Heart Huckabees and who shows a fondness for genre through his producing duties on Outer Space Astronauts . (gotta love diplomatic agent Cack and “we will crush u..”)

Deal of the Week

• Free ExtraLife IPhone App (SM)
  • For those that just like a daily laugh. Scott Johnson
• Belkin Bluetooth Music Reciever (JP)
  • Pairs with up to 6 devices and can stream music from them via bluetooth from up to 33 Feet away
  • not bad for $50 and it comes with a 3.5mm to RCa as well as a 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable so it should work with almost any home audio setup

Intarweb Goldmine

• Tweet in Klingon
• Masterminds need not apply – Elf jailed for terrorist threats
• Woman’s Macbook gets shot 3 times in israel
  • Don’t tick off Security on Israel… and be glad they don’t know where to shoot Technology
  • Amazingly they missed her hard drive, so she recovered everything!!!

Contact Info

• On Twitter: Steven is @DarthMolen and I am @JPuent and @FueltheFighter
• email us: darthmolen@thepowergeeks.com and jpuent@thepowergeeks.com prcole@fuelthefighter.com

End Music by Ding Pong, 12 days of christmas

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