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Geek Unlimited. Hello and welcome to Altered

Geek Unlimited. I'm your host Steve Megatron

Phillips and joining me is no one this week.

Well at least not for this part of the episode.

We do have a topic discussion idea set in stone.

So there is that. You can kind of expect that

coming later this week. There was an event with

a local broadcaster that TF2 and Mike knows,

I think Jesse Raz is his name, from a local radio

station and he did this more or less publicity

stunt PSA but it was a legitimate one of Showing

the results of sitting in a hot car with no air

conditioning to kind of show because the statistic

of how many kids died last year in Hot cars and

and whatnot no not to mention pets or what else

whatever else he's a grown man and he did it

and Was starting to have issues after the hour

mark and he was you know healthy enough to survive

that entire endeavor with health people on the

premises. So Mike and I are going to be doing

a GeekCast radio episode that will be syndicated

over here on Altered Geek, but not on the actual

podcast. It will be a special episode, so just

look for that, where he's going to hopefully

get to speak to the guy about it, and then we'll

get a couple other geeky parents, and Mike will

facilitate the conversation. So look forward

to that. Because it's obviously a very important

thing and I feel strongly about it being a parent

and having two kids So it's one of those things

that Again, I I hope that you tune into it So

that being said I didn't record an alter geek

last week We ended up running over about an hour

on a record with the top 50 video game franchises

we did the top 25 to 0 1 and in the process we

had TFG1 Mike, Mike the Birdman Dodd, Mike Powers,

Neil, and myself. So there were five of us on

the panel. TFG1 Mike's audio, he kind of died

out around the number eight mark because his

ISP, Time Warner Cable, decided to do a scheduled

maintenance from the 1 a .m. to however long

it took them to finish. And we were still recording

at the time so I had to facilitate after that

point. So it went a little bit faster and we

kind of, we got through the entire gamut of video

games and if you're interested in finding out

where a specific game landed or franchise landed

on the list, feel free to leave the comments

in the episode post below and I will respond

to them either in the podcast next week or I'll

do them in the comment section depending on what's

asked. So that being said, we actually had a

pretty good discussion going. There were some

things that Mike and myself and Neil didn't know

anything about, but thankfully we had the powers

of Mike Powers and Birdman Dodd to kind of contribute

to the games we didn't know anything about because

they're hardcore gamers, and like I mentioned

myself, I'm a casual gamer, but I kind of one

-up Blanchard in some degree. He's got his set

of games he likes I've got my set of games I

like Neil's more of a classic gamer So powers

and Birdman are pretty much the the main speaking

points for parts of the games But I feel like

this episode we redeemed ourselves because we

had Some people that knew about some of the modern

games that we may not have known about so I hope

you guys will turn in tune into that it was definitely

a learning experience and So yeah, there's that

We also celebrated our seven years of Geekcast

Radio episode where I have not listened to the

edited version yet where Mike has thrown in clips

and I did the intro clip mixing some of our previous

intro music and then added in our new intro music

made by David Moyen of MF Music on Fiverr and

Soundcloud and the guy did a spectacular job.

We gave him some of the kind of JLU, Batman -esque

music to kind of play off of because we wanted

that vibe, but we didn't want to, obviously.

We wanted something that was ours, and I'm very

pleased with what came out. So there's that.

You won't hear that long minute, two minute clip

that was put together at the beginning anymore.

It'll just be the kind of 30 seconds, but it'll

fade in a lot earlier. So there should be a lot

less cut in time. The Ultra Geek one, we did

one as well. I'm not particularly sure if I like

it or not, so be sure to let me know on the episode

post. It was on last week's episode, so if you

didn't hear it on there, check it out and let

me know. If you have a better option for some,

for intro music that you think I should try,

give me a holler. I'm open to suggestions. I

know that the episodes have kind of been a little

wonky with just having me do them. That will

return to normal status this week. This is just

an early episode of the week and there were quite

a few things I wanted to cover. Regardless, I

kind of am shooting to do two different shows

with Altered Geek besides a video show and I

do plan to do a video show as well as a YouTube

or video game streaming episode. I'm going to

do a new show and I'm going to do a topic show.

of Altered Geek. So it would be kind of a split

and I'm hoping by doing so I can cut down the

episode length but I can kind of combine what

I'm hoping to show. I'd like to do the discussion

and I'd actually like to have little discussions

like multiple topics and not necessarily cover

the news but I also want to cover the news because

it's something I'm really interested in so if

a certain few topics may hit into the main show

that's how I'll do it. I'm kind of curious what

you guys think about kind of doing it in that

fashion. Maybe having like shorter bursts of

Altered Geek with kind of the quick hits of the

show and then moving on or just having it all

inclusive. But either way, there's still going

to be segments in the show. It's still going

to be kind of an interesting setup, I'm hoping

at least. So with that said, I'm going to take

a quick break and come back with the Altered

Geek News Network. for listening to the Alter

Geek News Network. And welcome back to the show.

So, getting on my first tirade, there's been

quite a few superhero -y news articles. First

off, the gamut, Jeff Johns revealed the title,

the official title of the Justice League movie

called simply Justice League. Now I think this

is a very smart strategy because they don't have

to I think Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice

I think was just too long and I think it could

have just been summed up with You know Batman

v Superman or You know world's finest or something

something to that degree they could have been

done a lot differently But anyways, I like that

they're going with just playing Justice League

It leaves you kind of wanting to know what's

going to happen But it's it's giving us that

official Justice League kind of like we had the

Avengers it was just the Avengers like I'm fine

with that, I think it's a great idea. So, moving

on. Stephen Amell, aka Arrow, wants to have Kevin

Smith in the Arrow writers' room. And if you

didn't know, he did some comics of Green Arrow

at some point, as well as Batman comics. And

then he directed that episode of... the flash

so it could be beneficial to have Kevin Smith

who's a hardcore comic fan involved with the

the TV show Marvel Studios according to Joe quesadilla

has reacquired the rights to Namor I don't know

too much about him, but I know that Marvel is

slowly getting back their library of characters

which could be really interesting as we get closer

to phasing out like our Captain America's and

our Iron Man so with that being said I'm I'm

hoping that Marvel gets some of their stuff,

because I know that Chris Evans and the Winter

Soldier, Sebastian Stan, all those guys said

that they'd love to see the X -Men get involved

with the Marvel Cinematic Universe during Infinity

War. But again, it's a few years away, so who

knows what can happen? There's only time to tell.

So a reporter asked an unusual question about

Breedwood Larson possibly playing Captain Marble

who was recently in the Academy Award -winning

movie Room and She's like who isn't that a dude

and like she had no idea who the character was

which Kind of conflicts with what some people

were saying previously was like oh, yeah, she's

in talk. She'd love to do it blah blah blah blah

which didn't they were just like grabbing for

article topics like Yeah, I mean I think she'd

make a perfect choice for you know adding somebody

that's not particularly well known but that's

an Academy Award winner and you know kind of

giving rise to this first major Marvel Superwoman

Character, you know essentially they're you know

currently they're They're basically Wonder Woman

So I think that that would be a strong choice.

I would support it. I mean, I'd go see that.

I'm quite honestly kind of tired of a lot of

the Marvel stuff, but that's... I think myself,

I'm personally growing out of a lot of the superhero

films, because one, they've gotten too dark,

and two, I just don't... I don't particularly

care anymore, and I don't know if that's right

or wrong, being a comic fan or a geek. I'm kind

of wanting to see stuff we've never seen before

instead of rehashing or Following the same script

and formula. I'm kind of just done with it. I

don't really know why I'm enjoying the television

more than I am the films But I think it's because

I get a lot more out of the television series

Than I do the films at this point and plus the

television series are more oh family -friendly

I've I've recently kind of gone under this this

transformation of not Really liking any of my

Movies to have a lot of swearing in it. I've

if you've noticed a lot of my podcast I have

not personally been swearing all that much if

at all I'm I'm trying to clean up my personal

act. So like I don't really want to be associated

with any of it. I I I swore like a sailor I'm

It made me depressed like I just I personally

get depressed really easily with Life to some

degree which is kind of hard for me to admit

being that I've I've got this wonderful family.

I've got my kids. I've got my animals. I've got

this great site I've got all these great friends,

but like I feel like the more I get in tuned

into the media side of things like the the television

and the the films and The more dark stuff I see,

the more it just kinda, I don't know, it puts

a damper on me. Yeah, I can enjoy the films for

what they are, but I wish that I could almost

get, like, a cleansed version of half these movies.

And don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those

people that would boycott a film and say, oh,

you have to have a rated G version of Deadpool

because if you don't have the rated G version,

you can go, you know, whatever. I just, I'm not

one of those people. If it's not to my liking,

I just won't watch it. Like, it's not... I'm

not going to be one of those people that has

to imprint my thoughts and tastes on someone

else because I just don't find it right. Who

am I to tell somebody else what they should watch

or what they, you know, it's not my place. If

you want to watch it, great. You know, I mean,

I'm not, I'm not saying anything, any ill will

against anybody. And it's kind of, I've been

kind of having this conscious trip since before

I saw Deadpool. And then it's just kind of, it

keeps hitting me harder. And I just, Enjoyed

Deadpool and I enjoyed Batman v Superman for

what they were I enjoyed Captain America Civil

War which that was I mean that was clean I did

I didn't have a problem with that that was actually

really good movie a lot better than Batman v

Superman I enjoyed that maybe Superman for the

reasons I've stated before but I Just I don't

know I'm kind of getting to that point I really

don't want to see any of it anymore if it's gonna

be too dark gruesome And that's why I like the

animated realm and even that's getting dark now

And the television part is I find the safest

part for me to enjoy without feeling guilty about

watching it. And so I enjoy it a lot more. And

I know I've kind of gone off on a tangent from

talking the superhero stuff and whatnot, but

that's just, it's something I've gotten to feel

more strongly about the more my kid has gotten

older. I mean, he's three and the other one's

one, but I still. Don't know if it's the old

person parent part of me coming out or if it's

just I'm getting worn down From seeing it. I

just I don't know So moving on to another topic

before I go into another weird tirade We have

arrow season 5 to introduce new vigilante and

I don't really say what and they're gonna have

a new villain. That's gonna be kind of more normal

Think it'd be funny if they made anarchy the

guy that's been showing up an arrow like be the

villain With his full -blown costume and just

be really weird Because I'd be kind of as close

to like the riddler Joker type scenario that

we were gonna get Since they like taking Batman

villains anyway, not saying that he has to be

a Batman villain, but it'd just be interesting

to me They explain why Batman the Killing Joke

got delayed twice, and again, it's because R

-rated movies didn't do well until the rise of

Deadpool, so now they're like, hey, let's do

it. So, Supergirl Season 2 is finally going to

have Superman on the show in Season 2. And they

don't say if it's gonna be young Superman or

if it's gonna be modern Superman. Personally,

I hope it's modern Superman if they pull a Tom

Welling with it great because I think that would

be actually really funny But time will tell Either

way I'm happy because they'll have Superman Supergirl

and Martian Manhunter in that universe Which

means theoretically you could have Batman in

there as well, but they probably won't do that

And then with them crossing over with the flash

you'll have flash green arrow You know at the

atom You'll have Vibe, you'll have all these

heroes, like this collection of Justice League

characters, so it'll make a really strong foundation

for the DC television universe. And Stephen ML

teases a four -night DC TV crossover event, which

I find myself highly infatuated with because

I like the crossovers, especially with the four

shows, so it should be really fun. Getting into

some non superhero topics we have Anthony Hopkins

joining transformers the last night Which I'm

wondering to what capacity he's gonna return

or like not return, but what capacity he's gonna

play in the show I I'm just curious about it

because for him to join on Who's got this the

screen presence? I'm really I'm really curious

so there must be something that's drawing Anthony

Hopkins to the film so we'll Hold off reservations

for it And then of course they have the creators

of Archer are thinking about making a live -action

movie and they want John Ham to star as Archer

which I think is actually a remarkable casting

idea because Although I have not watched Archer

other than like the commercials that have come

up I think that he fits the look really well.

So I would be down to check that out, even though

I know that it's going to be filthy. So, Mark

Hamill, which is kind of fun for me, is joining

Pop Culture Quest coming this fall to Comic -Con

HQ. Which, if you don't know about it, I signed

up for it. Kind of check it out. You can live

stream and this is something that we mentioned

in a previous show like a year ago Where we wish

there was a site that would stream all the comic

cons? During the event so you can see all the

panels and not have to go and I know that I think

we reported that there was a site coming while

this is that site and They have a lot of geek

content a lot of cartoons a lot of films a lot

of movies a lot of custom shows one of them is

like a news show with Trisha Hershberger from

YouTube and SourceFed. And then Mark Hamill's

going to have Pop Culture Quest where he kind

of goes through collections of toys and geeked

them. So I'm kind of really excited to see everything

that they turn out. And then there's this weird

one. Warner Brothers is considering management

changes at DC Comics. And... When I read this

I was like okay, so what's going on? Are they

gonna split Warner Brothers in DC? Are they gonna

you know? How is this gonna go down because?

Technically Warner Brothers is a pictures company

in DC is now having their own production company

So I'm wondering they're saying in the next six

months There's gonna be some wider management

changes from its parent company Warner Brothers

while the report names DC Comics it focuses on

the movie management of DC Comics films by Warner

Brothers So I'm wondering if they're gonna split

off their cinematic divisions. Like DC will have

its own cinematic division and Warner Brothers

can focus on, you know, like your Harry Potters

and your Lord of the Rings and stuff like that.

So what they're saying that they may have like

a different creative development production person

kind of running it. I don't know, I'm just waiting

to see what more comes out of this because there's

not really all that much besides specific names.

They don't cite any names or positions from people.

It's all on name sources, but they're saying

that there's going to be a shakeup. So I'm kind

of curious what's going to go on with that. So,

yeah, that rounds it out for Altered Geek News

Network. So stay tuned after the break. Welcome

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.com. And now, back to the show. And we're back

with Altered Gaming. So there was a pretty cool

article that I saw on Geek .com from CompuLab.

They want to make a silent fanless Xbox, which

would be awesome because it might stop that Red

Ring of Death type of thing, it might stop the

overheating the giant devices, but they're saying

that it could refresh, could combine power and

stealth so you wouldn't hear it and it would

run better. So the great thing with these gaming

consoles and fan... Thing is is CompuLab thinks

that they have what it takes to put a stop to

it They're now licensing their natural airflow

technology the same hardware that allows them

to keep their their Air top systems running cool

even under heavy workloads They're saying that

it packs dozens of heat pipes into flat panels

that can Easily dissipate heat from a core i7

CPU and an Nvidia GTX 950 CPU CompuLab says a

two panel system is capable of coping with up

to 200 watts so Theoretically they could chop

the dimensions of the Xbox one in half in size

allowing They're saying that the air top can

pack for 2 .5 inch drives and enough processing

and graphical power to drive the 4k 4 4k displays

and they measure just 4 inches by 12 inches by

10 inches So they're showing that it can be significantly

slower or slimmer as a device and allow the device

to not getting damaged with the system overheats.

I think that this would be a great idea for future

consoles or refreshes because that would, because

like I hear my Xbox all the time winding up or

blowing through the air or getting super hot

because it has to dissipate the heat and then

I have animals so like the hair build up so I

have to clean them out. So I like this idea a

lot. So there's a YouTuber who made a Wii Boy,

and they emulated a Nintendo Wii and somehow

configured a classic Game Boy and redesigned

it so that it could play a Nintendo Wii emulator

in games, which again, I'll post that in the

episode post, you can check that out. There's

also a complete E3 2016 livestream schedule on

Polygon. That I have listed that are for each

specific companies e3 feeds that they're gonna

have on YouTube for their live stream So be sure

to check that out I'm looking forward to that

because I'm probably gonna be watching as far

as like Mass Effect and battlefield and Batman

and in anything else that I'm interested in that

pops up So I'm also wanting to hear what you

guys think about live streaming. I kind of post

the question on the comments I've tried twitch

and I've tried YouTube gaming There's two different

things. I like about them YouTube gaming I enjoy

more because it goes directly to my YouTube And

saves there whereas if I do it on my twitch It

makes me save the file like it saves it on twitch

don't be wrong It saves the the video play there

But then I have to download it to my computer

and then upload it to YouTube in order to get

it to go there Whereas I almost find I enjoy

better when I and plus I don't want to deal with

all the Trying to monetize and trying to get

all that stuff I just want to play and just have

fun and have people watch me or communicate I

almost like the YouTube setup better because

it goes directly to it I can post the information

and it's done and I use ex fire to you know ex

fire split broadcaster software to Kind of manage

both and and stream and record So it's it's been

pretty fun and I tried it out and I reduced the

settings so that the the HD quality is is 720p

quality, but it's a lot Faster so I can actually

play at normal speeds and actually enjoy the

game while I'm playing So I did manage to tweak

that. That is a difference from the first time

I played and recorded. So I did two or three

live streams since that one, which are on my

YouTube channel of Altered Geek Entertainment

under the Altered Gaming playlist. So be sure

to check that out. And I have some various game

plays. I played Metro Massacre, which is one

of my favorite levels, and then Operation Metro.

And then I played another one that was kind of

a gamut of different maps. I didn't do... Particularly

well, but I enjoyed playing it and the speed

was about where I expected So I'll probably play

that again later this week I did sign up if you

want to play with me on Xbox live I am BW Megatron

BW underscore Megatron on Xbox live so check

me out there And I've been particularly playing

Battlefield 4 so That's it with altered gaming.

Let me know about your your live streaming experiences

and how you've done things or how you you do

Whatever or what you watch or what you enjoy

or whether you do like a live listen to a live

podcast That's while somebody's playing a game.

So you have something to look at while you're

you're listening So sound off in the comments

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Some that I've podcasted with before. I'm trying

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