Geek:30 Happy Hour | Celebrating Geek Culture and Craft Beer

Alex and JoJo welcome Chris Mac back to the show!

And give hime a geek quiz!

(JoJo has issues stifling his emotions)

Victory is ours as we enjoy the 9.5% ABV Golden Monkey:

https://www.victorybeer.com/beers/golden-monkey/

NASA working to prevent asteroids from colliding with Earth

https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense/aida

(Steven Tyler was unavailable for soundtrack licensing purposes)

The Electric Car of The Future

http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/3/14162236/faraday-future-electric-car-unveil-ces-2017

And of course, this episode's G30 Question of The Week:

Would you cut off your legs (below the knee) for $10,000,000?

-Cheers!

Alex did not preorder the Switch.

JoJo preordered two.

Just so we're clear.

Alex and JoJo bring on a old and familiar face (Beer) to the show! Yuengling!

http://www.yuengling.com/

We talk Farm Brew Live in West Prince William County (Virginia):

http://farmbrewlive.com/2-silos-campus/

Woody Harrelson confirmed for Han Solo "A Star Wars Movie":

http://www.starwars.com/news/woody-harrelson-signs-on-for-young-han-solo-film

And the real details and some personal reactions to the Nintendo Switch event:

http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/12/14237060/nintendo-switch-console-launch-date-price-announced

Plus, Episode 54's G30 Question of The Week:

What Is The One Piece Of Tech You Can't Live Without?

-Cheers!

We’re Back!

Happy New Year!

Alex and JoJo welcome a new guest to the show, Christian! He is a home brewer and tech extraordinaire!

Christian brings a home brewed Citrus IPA that was amazing!

(Something tells me homebrewing may happen in Geek:30’s future!)

We talk Holiday Shenanigans:

No link. We were gone for three weeks. Time to play catch up!

The death of everyone’s favorite princess, Carrie Fisher:

No link. Just empty sadness. :(

And CES 2017!:

https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/07/presenting-the-best-of-ces-2017-winners/

Plus, this episode’s G30 Question of The Week:

Do you have any New Years Resolutions you would like to share?

(I’ve already taken the 4K joke! HA!)

-Cheers!

Hello from the future! And welcome to 2017!

It's already better than 2016!

This episode was prerecorded at DCPodfest that occurred November 4-5 in Washington DC.

Alex is joined by Jennifer Crawford and Alex Vidales to talk about all things podcasting.

-Cheers!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, and Best of Wishes from The Geek:30 family!

We hope you've enjoyed this year with us! We certainly have enjoyed our year with you!

Thank you so much!

-Cheers!

Alex and JoJo go see Rogue One: A Star Wars Story!

At the end of the episode, the two go into a review that does contain spoilers! But do not worry, we do count down as a warning.

But before we talk Star Wars, we drink:

Maui Brewing Pineapple Mana Wheat

http://mauibrewingco.com/discover_beer/pineapple-mana-wheat/

And talk about the cast reveal in the new Duck Tales (WOO OOH!) Reboot:

https://youtu.be/MOBtFExZrnU

Then we talk about favorite holiday things and also what we believe to be the worst song.

Just a head's up, the next two episodes (after this one) have been pre-recorded as both Alex and JoJo will be out of town for the holidays.

Plus, this episode's G30 Question of The Week:

What is your favorite holiday tradition?

Answer for a chance to be featured on the show!

Also, we're recording live regularly on Sundays at 8pm EST starting in mid January!

-Cheers!

WHOOPS!

So THAT'S what that button does...

Damn...

Ok, so... I umm... Might have Borked the system.

(The System Is Down)

*Cue Strong Bad*

Let's wing these show notes, shall we?

Guinness Antwerpen Stout:

https://www.guinness.com/en-us/our-beers/guinness-antwerpen/

Jimmy Fallon plays Mario Run, then gets surprised and plays Legend of Zelda Breath of The Wild on Switch Live in front of his audience:

https://youtu.be/7TJ7IUNWGl4

And Miyamoto plays with The Roots:

https://youtu.be/V17tXBePgfo

Scientists use tech to combat the effects of Parkinson's:

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38208814

THE 2016 VIDEO GAME AWARDS:

http://thegameawards.com/winners/

Plus, this episode's G30 Question of The Week!

What was your favorite multiplayer experience?

-Cheers!

50 EPISODES!!!

Thank you so much for 50 amazing episodes about all things geek and craft beer!

This week we recorded in front of a live studio audience via Discord!

We also celebrated with a local Virginia cider:

Bold Rock Virginia Draft Amber Apple Cider

http://www.boldrock.com/draft/

We talked about:

Universal Studios and Nintendo hookup to make a theme park:

http://www.insidethemagic.net/2016/11/video-universal-officially-announces-an-entire-nintendo-world-for-their-theme-parks/

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW1BIid8Osg

Driverless beerlivery:

https://www.wired.com/2016/10/ubers-self-driving-truck-makes-first-delivery-50000-beers/

Plus, we polled our live studio audience for this episode’s G30 Question of The Week:

What game or franchise do you think deserves a sequel?

A member of our audience won a Geek:30 Happy Hour tee shirt for that awesome submission!

Again, our sincerest gratitude for your support over the the last 50 episodes! We wouldn’t be here without you!

-Cheers!

Live from Tin Cannon, it’s Geek:30 Happy Hour!

Join Alex and JoJo as they celebrate 2 years with Bobby, John, Aaron, Neal, and Sabrina on location at Tin Cannon Brewing Company in Gainesville, Virginia!

Tin Cannon provides a number of fantastic brews and neither Alex, nor JoJo has yet to have a bad beer their. You should genuinely visit the brewery!

The group talks:

Emilia Clarke joins the cast of the Han Solo Movie:

http://www.starwars.com/news/emilia-clarke-joins-the-han-solo-stand-alone-film

Your character grows old and dies in Chronicles of Elyria:

https://chroniclesofelyria.com

Beer served in a dead squirrel:

http://time.com/money/4561704/craft-beer-prices-crowdsource/

With the assistance of Aaron, we have this episode’s G30 Question of The Week:

Top Three Craft Breweries (In Virginia if you’re local!)

Cheers!

This week we celebrate Thanksgiving.

Alex and JoJo bring on a beer they ordered from Kansas:

8-Bit Pale Ale

http://tallgrassbeer.com/8bit/

Then they talk Marvel’s Inhumans changing from a movie to a show:

https://news.marvel.com/tv/54407/marvels-inhumans-coming-imax-abc-2017/

And VR being slated to help a head transplant recipient:

http://nerdist.com/vr-may-help-first-head-transplant-recipient-adjust-to-new-life/

Plus, they take a moment to reflect on the things that they are thankful for.

Hint: Technology.

Quick shout outs to:

Pod Nerdy 2 Me

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pod-nerdy-2-me/id1071552154?mt=2

Not Another Podcast?

www.notanotherpodcastusa.com/

And Escape Room Herndon

www.escaperoomherndon.com/

Plus, Episode 48’s G30 Question of the week:

What geeky thing are you thankful for?

-Cheers!