Jelly and Bean

The BBC release a prequel minisode online in preparation for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special this weekend; the first two episodes for the new series, Almost Human, featuring Karl Urban and Michael Ealy; the Playstation 4 launches to 1 million sales in the US alone, but it’s not all good news, as some of the consoles experience the ‘blue light of death’; and LG invades their customer’s privacy by transmitting data from their smart TVs.

Meanwhile, Jelly hopes for an appearance by John DiMaggio in Almost Human, and Bean finds out about the 8th Doctor.

• The Night of the Doctor (YouTube)
• 'Night of the Doctor' Explained (/Film)
• Paul McGann (Wikipedia)
• David Tennant Introduces The Day of the Doctor (BBC)
• 'Almost Human' Extended Trailer (/Film)
• PlayStation 4 Hits One Million Sold In 24 Hours (GameInformer)
• PS4 'Blue Light Of Death' Has No Clear Fix Yet (Kotaku Australia)
• Smart TV from LG phones home with user's viewing habits (Ars Technica)

A basic overview of Jelly’s experiences with both Windows 8.1 and the latest Retina Macbook Pro; details drop for new Marvel shows featuring Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones and Iron Fist; and the release date for Star Wars VII is announced.

Meanwhile, the boys have thoughts on the casting for Luke Cage, and Jelly puts forward a reason to get behind and support the Jessica Jones show. Also, the boys discuss bad Christian movies in the post-credits sequence.

• Marvel Bringing Four Shows to Netflix (/Film)
• Marvel Has Another ABC Show Coming; Netflix Shows Could Lead to Movies (/Film)
• 'The Cabin in the Woods' Director Drew Goddard to Write 'Daredevil' (/Film)
• Former 'Dexter' Writer Melissa Rosenberg Will Write 'Jessica Jones' (/Film)
• Clark Gregg (Nerdist Podcast)
• Tom Hiddleston (Nerdist Podcast)
• Kevin Feige (Nerdist Podcast)
• 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Will Be Released in 3D December 18, 2015 (/Film)

Ubisoft plans to drop online passes for their entire catalogue of games; Adobe is hacked, revealing their terrible encryption and publicising the passwords of 150 million of their customers; the next trailer for The Lego Movie drops; and Thor: The Dark World arrives in theatres.

Meanwhile Bean plays Assassin’s Creed, which gives Jelly nothing but pleasure, and Jelly does the world’s worst drunk impresson. Also, the boys have way too much fun with Thor puns.

• Ubisoft Eliminates Passport Fee For Assassin's Creed IV (GameInformer)
• How an epic blunder by Adobe could strengthen hand of password crackers (Ars Technica)
• 1Password
• The LEGO® Movie Trailer (YouTube)
• Thor: The Dark World (IMDb)
• Jonathan Frakes to Direct an Agents of SHIELD/Thor Crossover Episode (The Mary Sue)
• So Muscle, Many Loki

Star Wars shuffles its writers, leaving the script in the capable hands of J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan; the first trailers drop for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and X-Men: Days of Future Past, giving us our first peek into what the movies themselves are going to be like; the high concept Phonebloks system hits the internet promising a future where phones are completely customisable, including the hardware; and Amazon rolls out it’s Kindle Matchbook program.

Meanwhile the boys discuss their expectations for Thor: The Dark World, and Jelly admits what he’s really going to see in that film. Also, Bean pretty much makes no bad jokes. None! What is this world coming to?

• Michael Arndt Off 'Star Wars: Episode VII', J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan Writing (/Film)
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier Trailer (YouTube)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past Trailer (YouTube)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past trailer analysis (TheVine)
• PhoneBloks
• Amazon's Matchbook service now live (engadget)

A trailer drops for the 50th Anniversary Doctor Who Special, featuring lots of little hidden gems for you to find; Apple releases OS X Mavericks and new Macbook Pros, and announces the Mac Pro and iPad lineup at it’s October event; and Microsoft launches Windows 8.1, which is pretty much what Windows 8 should’ve been in the first place.

Meanwhile, the boys discuss selling kidneys for tech products and Jelly finds the perfect gift for Bean this Christmas.

• Funkybod Muscle shaping and Moob busting top
• Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Episode Gets Its First Trailer (Gizmodo Australia)
• 24 things you missed from Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary trailer (iO9)
• Special Event October 2013 (Apple)
• Mavericks Review (Hypercritical)
• Chinese teen sells kidney to buy iPhone, iPad (Yahoo News)
• Windows Download (Microsoft)
• First look at Windows 8.1 (YouTube)
• Windows 8.1: What a difference a year makes (Ars Technica)

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. gets a full season order which spells good news for the other four shows Marvel has committed to; Apple announces an event on 22 October, and there’s little information on what we’ll see (but we’re hoping for iPads, Mavericks and new Macs); Google creepifies it’s advertising by linking your Google+ recommendations and reviews to ads; New York Comic Con tweets from attendees’ twitter accounts without their permission; and the BBC discover long lost episodes of Doctor Who in Nigeria of all places.

Meanwhile, Bean pitches his idea for a Marvel TV show staring, you guessed it, Don Cheadle, David Hewlett and Karl Urban, and Jelly talks a lot. Like a lot, you guys.

• Marvel Studios Developing 4 New TV Shows & A Miniseries (Screen Rant)
• Marvel Preps 60-Episode Package Of Four Series & A Mini For VOD & Cable Networks (Deadline)
• Next Apple Event
• Apple Mac Pro Cinema Ad (YouTube)
• Google will soon put your face, name, and content in its ads (Ars Technica)
• Google Shared Endorsements opt-out
• New York Comic Con Tweets From Attendees' Accounts Without Permission (Mashable)
• Nine Long-Lost Doctor Who Episodes Recovered (ComingSoon.net)

EA announces that it’s “looking into” offline mode for SimCity, and announces the first expansion pack, Cities of the Future featuring maglev trains… and drugs; Samsung announces the Galaxy Gear and the Galaxy Round, and they rip off Apple’s original iPhone ad in the process; and Nest announces the Nest Protect, a smart smoke and CO alarm that talks and responds to motion.

Meanwhile, Bean reveals the third member of his “top three actors that should be in everything” list, and Jelly raves about home automation; Also, neither of the boys listen to anything the other is saying.

• EA finally 'exploring the possibility' of offline mode for SimCity (Ars Technica)
• The first 'SimCity' expansion takes the game into the future (The Verge)
• Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch review (T3)
• Samsung's First Galaxy Gear Spot Looks A Lot Like An iPhone Ad (Gizmodo)
• Was Samsung's Galaxy Gear Spot Inspired By Apple's iPhone 'Hello'? (TechCrunch)
• Samsung's Galaxy Round is the first phone with a curved display (The Verge)
• Life with Nest Protect (Nest)
• Security (xkcd)

The ABC confirms that Doctor Who will air in Australia at the same time as the UK; Valve announces the Steam Controller, which is not like any controller you’ve seen before, but can a Steam console even succeed; Warner Brothers and Fox team up to bring us a TV show about Gotham City… without Batman; and now that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has aired, does this new show from Whedon and Co. have any potential?

Meanwhile, Jelly compares game consoles to phones and Bean presents a concept for the Gotham TV series.

• Australians Will Receive Instant Access To Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary Special (Lifehacker)
• ABC To Air Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Episode Live (Gizmodo)
• Valve unveils touchpad/touchscreen-enabled Steam Controller (Ars Technica)
• Valve Steam Controller Hands-On: Unusually Promising (Gizmodo)
• Valve's Steam Box won't challenge consoles, says 'Borderlands' studio boss (The Verge)
• Fox Nabs Gotham City Origin Drama (Deadline)
• K-9 (Wikipedia)

Grand Theft Auto V makes $800 million on it’s first day of release; Apple sells 9 million iPhones on the launch weekend and a 35% device share for iOS7 within the first day; TouchID, the fingerprint system on the iPhone 5s, gets hacked within a week of the phone being released; iOS7 has a bug that allows you to access photos and contacts without unlocking the screen; Valve announces SteamOS and the Steam Machine, as an effort to bring their gaming system to the living room; Pixar announces that The Good Dinosaur and Finding Dory are being delayed by a year; and Google decides to clean up the Youtube comments system by tying comments to your Google+ account.

Meanwhile Bean comes up with a more secure method of data and message transfer and Jelly “spoils” Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for Bean, leading to the boys deciding how to treat the pilot for their own TV series. Also, Bean moves his obsession from My Little Pony to pictures of Jelly in a dress. That guy gets weirder every day.

• 'Grand Theft Auto V' makes $800 million in 24 hours, poised to become world's fastest-selling game (The Verge)
• GTA 5 Sales Hit $1 Billion in Three Days (IGN)
• Apple boasts 9 million iPhones sold in first weekend (Ars Technica)
• Apple sets another opening weekend record with 9 million iPhone sales (The Verge)
• iPhone 5s Outsells 5c by a Factor of 3.4x in the United States Opening Weekend (Localytics)
• iOS 7 Adoption Already As High As 35% In One Day, Apple And Developers Reap The Rewards (TechCrunch)
• Android Developers Dashboard
• Is Touch ID hacked yet?
• Why I Hacked Apple's TouchID, And Still Think It Is Awesome. (The Official Lookout Blog)
• iOS 7 lock screen bug allows full access to Photos app (Ars Technica)
• Valve announces Linux-based 'SteamOS' (Ars Technica)
• No Pixar film in 2014: 'The Good Dinosaur' and 'Finding Dory' both delayed a year (The Verge)
• YouTube enlists Google to fix the world's worst comments (The Verge)
• Why We're Shutting Off Our Comments (Popular Science)