Episode 99 - Nintendo Switcheroo

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Welcome to episode 99 of Geek Bytes Podcast.

 

I’m Ramon Mejia and I’m Edgardo Acosta

Every podcast we bring you the roundup of the week’s best Geek and Tech news, then we discuss that news and anything else we’re interested in that week.

In Geek News this week, we’ll talk about the Han Solo film, Green Lantern Corps movie, all the Nintendo Switch announcements and and much more.

 

Now let’s Begin our show with Geek News

 

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Geek News  

 

We begin with…

 

Woody Harrelson Joins Han Solo film

StarWars.com has confirmed a report from earlier this month. Woody Harrelson is joining the Star Wars universe with a role in the 2018 Han Solo film.

The official release doesn’t announce who the actor is playing, but since the initial report was right about him being cast, it seems likely he’ll indeed be some kind of mentor to Han, played by Alden Ehrenreich. Donald Glover is also in the film as Lando Calrissian, and Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke will play an as-yet-unnamed leading role.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/as-expected-woody-harrelson-has-joined-the-han-solo-fi-1791071539

 

Green Lantern Corps script

Warner Bros and DC are moving aggressively on a new screen version of Green Lantern. They’ve set David Goyer to write the script with Justin Rhodes for Green Lantern Corps, with Goyer producing and with DC heads Geoff Johns and Jon Berg exec producing. The new version is described as Lethal Weapon in space, and it’s based on a comic book origin story. The focus will be on two characters: Hal Jordan and John Stewart. The latter is an African American Marine sniper before he joined the Lantern Corps and the story very much focuses on his relationship with Jordan and the Corps.

 

Rumor - Jeff Bridges May play Darkseid

There's already a fair amount of promotion for Zack Snyder's upcoming Justice League, but details about the film's villains are still being kept under wraps. Now, there's a new rumor claiming that Jeff Bridges will play Darkseid. Fans began discussing the rumor on Reddit about Jeff Bridges playing Darkseid yesterday mentioning the rumor that emerged on Facebook.

http://epicstream.com/news/Jeff-Bridges-Rumored-to-Play-Darkseid-in-Justice-League

 

Netflix Original iBoy -Techno Superpowers

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Tom is an average teenager whose world is turned on its head when a violent encounter with local thugs leaves fragments of his shattered smartphone embedded in his brain. He wakes from a coma to discover that returning to normal teenage life is impossible because he has developed a strange set of superpowers. With these new powers he sets out to seek revenge on the gang, who also assaulted his best friend Lucy (Maisie Williams - Game of Thrones).

https://youtu.be/FbEWtpSmJXg


 

Logan Synopsis

Logan is premiering in the Berlin Film Festival in a few weeks time, and as fans wait to see Hugh Jackman’s third and final Wolverine solo, a newly released synopsis for the film reveals where exactly Old Man Logan will be at the start of the movie.

Taking to twitter early this morning, Jackman went ahead and brought out the official synopsis for Logan.

“In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But [his] attempt to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces”

http://epicstream.com/news/Logans-New-Synopsis-Reveals-that-Wolverine-Isnt-a-Lone-Wolf

 

Amazon launches Anime Subscription Service

The online retail giant announced today that it's launching Anime Strike, an new on-demand subscription channel. Amazon says it'll offer classic anime, exclusives, and rare content, like "new episodes from Japan's famed late-night anime blocks."

The subscription will cost Amazon Prime members an additional $4.99 per month, but fans can try it with a seven-day free trial. While there are lots of places to stream anime for free online, Amazon hopes to woo patrons to the service with a deep catalog of more than 1,000 new and classic episodes and movies served up ad-free. This includes anime that will be broadcast the same day they air in Japan.

https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=atv_hm_hom_5_c_h_1_hkzcast1?_encoding=UTF8&benefitId=saikindo&node=2858778011&pf_rd_i=home&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=2781300222&pf_rd_r=1NRWQ7PB5QN1536Y2XBW&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=12401

 

Nintendo Switch Event

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Nintendo announced it’s Switch console will arrive March 3rd (or March 2nd in the western hemisphere) for $299.

  • For $299, you’ll get a console with 32 GB of memory on board with an SD slot for expanded memory.

  • One bundle includes two gray Joy-Con controllers; the other comes with one red and one blue controller. That set is referred to as “neon.”

 

The Switch can be played in 3 modes:

  • TV mode, which means it’s seated in the dock and games are played while looking at the TV.

  • Handheld mode where you play it like a standard portable system.

  • Tabletop mode, where players can throw back the tablet’s kickstand and rest it on a table, detaching the controllers for some solo or even multiplayer action.

 

The Switch features a 6.2-inch 720p 1280x720 multitouch display that when docked outputs at 1080p. It runs on a custom Nvidia Tegra processor.

 

Nintendo claims between 2.5 and 6 hours of battery life for the console when undocked which charges over USB-C.

 

It can connected up to 8 Switches for LAN play over 802.11ac WiFi.

 

It can also connect by ethernet with an adaptor.

 

The Switch will be region free. Meaning everyone plays the same games around the world, so no Japan only games.

 

Nintendo also announced an online service for the switch that launches for free but will become a paid service in the fall and include a free NES/SNES game each month.

 

Games will ship on GameCards.

 

Games listed for Nintendo Switch:

3rd Party Games: (Video 12)

The video includes clips from Minecraft: Story Mode, Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition, Has Been Heroes, Project Sonic 2017, I Am Setsuna, Skylanders Imaginators, Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence with Power Up Kit, Puyopuyo Tetris S, Disgaea 5, Minna de Waiwai! Spelunker, Sangokushi 13 with Power Up Kit, Dragonball Xenoverse 2 (temp title), Bomberman, and Farming Simulator.

https://youtu.be/1CdGg8DjguQ

 

http://www.polygon.com/nintendo-switch     https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/12/the-nintendo-switch-will-cost-300-and-release-worldwide-on-march-3/?ncid=rss                                                                     http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/1/13/14261876/nintendo-switch-specs-32gb-720p-screen-battery-life


 

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For the Geek Bytes Podcast I’m Ramon Mejia and I’m Edgar Acosta. Now Go Geek out about something.

 

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Music Credits

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Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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