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

Happy 2016! Fellow gamer, nerd, and Filthy Casual, Don Miller, joins Alex and Jojo to discuss all of the geeky news as we enter the new year. They talk about the potential for an Obi-wan Kenobi centered Star Wars trilogy, the rise of virtual reality, and how obsessed Alex and Deanna are with Making a Murderer. Also, they all nerd out about how much fun they still have in World of Warcraft and all of the great relationships they've built in online games.

Links:

Obi-wan Trilogy

http://nerdist.com/rumor-ewan-mcgregor-to-return-as-obi-wan-kenobi-for-new-star-wars-films/

Oculus Rift available for preorder

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/01/virtually-a-reality-oculus-rift-goes-on-sale/

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/01/vr-game-devs-ready-for-a-slow-launch-after-599-oculus-rift-reveal/

Making a Murderer

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/07/entertainment/making-a-murderer-things-to-know-feat/

Diddi's Stream

http://www.twitch.tv/diddi_aie

Beer: Smuttynose Robust Porter

https://smuttynose.com/beer/robust-porter/

Holy crap, Star Wars! Alex and Jojo join with their good friend, Geoff Blough, as they're still coming off the high of seeing The Force Awakens. They also talk about the new Star Trek trailer, a Fallout 4 gun made of legos, and an iconic video game producer making a deal with Sony, all while enjoying a great beverage from an up and coming brewery. Note that there are spoilers towards the end of the show. Listen for Alex's queue towards the end if you don't want to be spoiled by everything that happened in Star Wars if you haven't seen it yet!

Links:

Fat Man built out of Legos http://www.gamespot.com/articles/someone-built-fallout-4s-fat-man-out-of-legos-and-/1100-6433247/

Kojima forms partnership with Sony

http://www.polygon.com/2015/12/16/10270432/hideo-kojima-new-studio-playstation

Simon Pegg and Justin Lin didn’t like the new Star Trek trailer

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/12/17/simon-pegg-didnt-love-star-trek-beyonds-trailer

Beer: http://www.aslinbeer.com/

It's the holiday season! Alex and Jojo welcome you, the audience, to catch up with them on Christmas plans and talk about how much fun they've had making the podcast so far. Also, they announce some exciting news around a new project the team is working on that will supplement the content you receive on the podcast!

Beer: http://www.troegs.com/beer/mad-elf/

It's Star Wars month! Alex and Jojo are counting down the days to the release of episode 7 in theaters. They also talk about the return of Samurai Jack in 2016 and the availability of PlayStation 2 games on PlayStation 4. Jamie Sweetland, their editor and producer, stops by to talk about his love of Doctor Who. Join in on the fun!

Links:

Google celebrating the release of Star Wars later this month

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/google-have-created-special-treat-star-wars-fans

Samurai Jack is Back

http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/2/9836424/samurai-jack-adult-swim-toonami-cartoon-network-2016

PS4 is releasing PS2 games

http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/4/9851918/playstation-2-games-on-ps4-launch

Beer: https://www.leinie.com/beers#snowdriftvanillaporter

Did you hear about the new Star Trek series coming out? Or the movie you won't live long enough to see? How about big move Activision Blizzard is making into the mobile market? This is episode 8 of the Geek:30 Happy Hour! Alex Albisu and Jo Jo Maldonado welcome their friend, Javy Espejo to the conversation! Javy is an avid gamer with his own YouTube channel, SquirrelPunch Gaming. Check out his channel in the links below!

Links:

SquirrelPunch Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx_nwd757dpbcyHeO0jqKrg

Ornery Beer: http://www.ornerybeer.com

New Star Trek Series Coming in 2017

http://www.startrek.com/article/new-star-trek-series-premieres-january-2017

John Malkovich & Robert Rodriguez made a movie that won’t come out for 100 years

http://nerdist.com/john-malkovich-and-robert-rodriguez-made-a-movie-that-youll-never-see/

Blizzard buys Candy Crush maker King for $5.9 billion

http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/2/9662214/actvision-blizzard-buys-candy-crush-king-5-9-billion

Did you hear about the new Star Trek series coming out? Or the movie you won't live long enough to see? How about big move Activision Blizzard is making into the mobile market? This is episode 8 of the Geek:30 Happy Hour! Alex Albisu and Jo Jo Maldonado welcome their friend, Javy Espejo to the conversation! Javy is an avid gamer with his own YouTube channel, SquirrelPunch Gaming. Check out his channel in the links below!

Links:

SquirrelPunch Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx_nwd757dpbcyHeO0jqKrg

Ornery Beer: http://www.ornerybeer.com

New Star Trek Series Coming in 2017

http://www.startrek.com/article/new-star-trek-series-premieres-january-2017

John Malkovich & Robert Rodriguez made a movie that won’t come out for 100 years

http://nerdist.com/john-malkovich-and-robert-rodriguez-made-a-movie-that-youll-never-see/

Blizzard buys Candy Crush maker King for $5.9 billion

http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/2/9662214/actvision-blizzard-buys-candy-crush-king-5-9-billion

Welcome to a very special .5 episode of the Geek:30 Happy Hour! In this brief episode, Alex and Jojo catch everyone up on some of the adventures they've been experiencing in real life (IRL for those of you in the video game world...). Grab a tasty beverage and enjoy!

Welcome to a very special .5 episode of the Geek:30 Happy Hour! In this brief episode, Alex and Jojo catch everyone up on some of the adventures they've been experiencing in real life (IRL for those of you in the video game world...). Grab a tasty beverage and enjoy!

Alex and Jo Jo welcome their friend Marissa Tinsley to the show to talk about a real life first person shooter on Chat Roulette, living clothes, and the amazing advancements of graphics that we've seen in video games. Marissa also shares her love of anime and all things Japanese culture. There's also some great gluten free beer. Join in on the fun!

Links:

Chat Roulette First Person Shooter

http://kotaku.com/real-life-first-person-shooter-controlled-through-chat-1739585894

Living Clothes

http://nerdist.com/living-clothing-shape-shifts-when-you-get-sweaty/

Photo-realistic Video Games http://kotaku.com/when-video-game-screenshots-look-more-like-photos-1739281484

Beer: http://www.estrelladamm.com

Alex and Jo Jo welcome their friend Marissa Tinsley to the show to talk about a real life first person shooter on Chat Roulette, living clothes, and the amazing advancements of graphics that we've seen in video games. Marissa also shares her love of anime and all things Japanese culture. There's also some great gluten free beer. Join in on the fun!

Links:

Chat Roulette First Person Shooter

http://kotaku.com/real-life-first-person-shooter-controlled-through-chat-1739585894

Living Clothes

http://nerdist.com/living-clothing-shape-shifts-when-you-get-sweaty/

Photo-realistic Video Games http://kotaku.com/when-video-game-screenshots-look-more-like-photos-1739281484

Beer: http://www.estrelladamm.com