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Altered Geek – 148 – Toys, Tech, Games and TV

AGU-POD-NEW2Steve, Mike and Mike join forces to talk a multitude of topics! We go from TV’s, LEGO Wall-E, Ghostbusters, Transformers Earth Wars, Online Streaming, Battlefield 1, NES Mini, SDCC La La Land Soundtracks, and The Flash / DC TV Universe Reboot. Following the outro music is a special clip from TFG1Mike and PecanCTMichael on Pokemon GO!All this and more on this week’s AGU! We hope you continue to enjoy the episodes and please feel free to respond to any and all feedback methods. We will read and reply on the show. Topic suggestions also welcome. So get Altered, Get Geeky with the Altered Geeks.


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    • What do you think they should do with the DC TV Universe with the Flashpoint Paradox relating to the other shows?
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20 Comments

  1. Here’s the thing with the Mini Nes. It’s not meant for gamers. It’s is clearly marketed towards the group of people who have long ago gave up on gaming because of how overly complicated things have become. If you add things like wireless controllers and internet connectivity you increase your price point and price yourself right out of the market you are going for.

    Most of the people who care about that type of stuff have the games already in one version or another, but general fans will see a mini Nes on the self next to the checkout line at Target for $60 and buy it on impulse.

    I’m holding off on getting one because I fear they get mass produced too quickly and have a ton of problems that can be fixed.

    1. no wireless I can see but internet connectivity to purchase new games for it would breat, but that means it’d need a storage system. A mini NES with everything powers said for $100 would be well worth the price to most classic-retro gamers.

      1. An SD Card wouldn’t hurt it. They could fit small SSD drives in it if they wanted to. Should just made a $45 pack that came with the NES controller for the Wii-U and the 30 games for download to it instead. Or put these into the next console and had new NES.SNES.GameCube controllers and sold packs of these games on it.

      2. I agree. I expected it to be $100 so add in those elements and make it worth it.

    2. This is what has me worried. What could be a cool idea nothing but a glorified novelty toy that is half as cool as it would have been if proper thought went into it.

  2. Here’s the thing with the Mini Nes. It’s not meant for gamers. It’s is clearly marketed towards the group of people who have long ago gave up on gaming because of how overly complicated things have become. If you add things like wireless controllers and internet connectivity you increase your price point and price yourself right out of the market you are going for.

    Most of the people who care about that type of stuff have the games already in one version or another, but general fans will see a mini Nes on the self next to the checkout line at Target for $60 and buy it on impulse.

    I’m holding off on getting one because I fear they get mass produced too quickly and have a ton of problems that can be fixed.

    1. no wireless I can see but internet connectivity to purchase new games for it would breat, but that means it’d need a storage system. A mini NES with everything powers said for $100 would be well worth the price to most classic-retro gamers.

      1. An SD Card wouldn’t hurt it. They could fit small SSD drives in it if they wanted to. Should just made a $45 pack that came with the NES controller for the Wii-U and the 30 games for download to it instead. Or put these into the next console and had new NES.SNES.GameCube controllers and sold packs of these games on it.

      2. I agree. I expected it to be $100 so add in those elements and make it worth it.

    2. This is what has me worried. What could be a cool idea nothing but a glorified novelty toy that is half as cool as it would have been if proper thought went into it.

    1. Man when you put it like that gesh. To be fair it is like the comics. It’s like the fast version of the Green Lantern core.

    1. Man when you put it like that gesh. To be fair it is like the comics. It’s like the fast version of the Green Lantern core.

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