Altered Geek Unleashed – 103 – Gaming Media and Star Wars

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“Megatron” and “Birdman” discuss the state of gaming, PAX PRIME, Steve’s want to visit conventions, Bad PR for Products, Star Wars 7’s new “Teaser”, Gaming, Nintendo in Film and TV, Twitch vs YouTube and your questions.

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.

MEDIA NEWS:

J.J. Abrams Clears Up A Huge Misconception About Star Wars Villain Kylo Ren https://www.cinemablend.com/new/J-J-Abrams-Clears-Up-Huge-Misconception-About-Star-Wars-Villain-Kylo-Ren-79057.html
‘SummerSlam’: ’Arrow’s’ Stephen Amell Triumphs, Jon Stewart Crashes the Ring https://collider.com/summerslam-arrow-stephen-amell-jon-stewart/
TV Premiere Dates 2015-2016: Here’s When Your Favorite Shows Are Returning https://collider.com/tv-premiere-dates/
Nintendo is getting back into movies https://www.geek.com/news/nintendo-is-getting-back-into-movies-1632023/
Scientists create a ‘wormhole’ for magnetic fields https://www.engadget.com/2015/08/24/magnetic-wormhole
93 Movie Remakes and Reboots Currently in the Works https://www.denofgeek.us/movies/movies/248590/93-movie-remakes-and-reboots-currently-in-the-works
Should ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ resurrect Peter Cushing as Tarkin? https://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/24/star-wars-rogue-one-peter-cushing-tarkin
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’: How fleeing Nazis inspired the new villains https://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/25/star-wars-force-awakens-how-fleeing-nazis-inspired-new-villains
Nintendo patents games console that has no optical drive https://www.geek.com/games/nintendo-patents-games-console-that-has-no-optical-drive-1631940/
Hydrogen fuel cell integrated into iPhone 6 powers it for a week https://www.geek.com/apple/hydrogen-fuel-cell-integrated-into-iphone-6-powers-it-for-a-week-1631924/
Ford patents autonomous car that lets a driver turn their back on the wheel https://www.geek.com/news/ford-patents-autonomous-car-that-lets-a-driver-turn-their-back-on-the-wheel-1631672/
Original Xbox games may get backwards compatibility on Xbox One https://www.geek.com/games/original-xbox-games-backwards-compatibility-on-xbox-one-may-happen-1631704/
YouTube targets Twitch, launches new video game streaming service https://www.geek.com/games/youtube-launches-new-video-game-streaming-service-1632193/
The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, And Others Join Good Old Games – News – www.GameInformer.com: https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/08/26/the-elder-scrolls-fallout-doom-and-others-join-good-old-games.aspx
Galaxy Quest TV Series In The Works At Amazon https://comicbook.com/2015/08/27/galaxy-quest-tv-series-in-the-works-at-amazon/
First Look At Michael Fassbender In Assassin’s Creed https://comicbook.com/2015/08/27/first-look-at-michael-fassbender-in-assassins-creed/
New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Video Released https://comicbook.com/2015/08/27/new-star-wars-the-force-awakens-teaser-video-released/
Why Star Wars Fans are Freaking Out Over 15 Seconds of The Force Awakens Footage https://comicbook.com/2015/08/27/why-star-wars-fans-are-freaking-out-over-15-seconds-of-the-force/

(NEW) Question of the Night:

Send us any comments you’d like! We plan to do a comment Q&A episode in the future.
- Are there too many speedsters in Season 2 of The Flash? (Barry Allen, Wally West, Jay Garrick, Professor ZOOM, Eobard Thawne, Jesse Quick)
- What are some video games series you’d like to see get the feature film treatment?

Birdman’s RPG a Day: