Jan 15

REPLAY – Geek Actually Live Shows for January 15th, 2011

Here are this week’s live shows presented in the same order that we recorded them. We start with the all new Geek Actually and then move onto Film Actually.

Because the show is live, you get it here with all the mistakes intact. Check the individual audio show posts for the show notes. This week in Geek Actually we take a look at the week’s tech and geek news and in Film Actually David &  Josh review of ‘Unstoppable’. I hope you enjoy.

The Geek Actually podcasts are recorded live every Saturday from 12pm (AEDST) or UTC +11 at geekactually.com/live Continue reading

Jan 14

Chris Evans in Full Captain America Costume

This week seems to be the week of big reveals, earlier today I posted the first look at the new Spider-Man and now Entertainment Weekly has published this full shot of Chris Evans as Captain America from “Captain America: The First Avenger”. He looks pretty cool.

He looks a lot rougher and messed up than those earlier concept shots we posted, so it looks like we are getting a more realistic Captain than the comic books. See the Picture below. Continue reading

Jan 14

New Spider-Man Costume Revealed

Our friends over at Sony have made the first image of the new Spider-Man available and you can click the thumbnail to see a great big version. In the picture is Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man looking a little beaten up. This is from the new re-booted, as yet untitled, Spider-Man movie directed by Marc Webb and due for release in 2012.

Click the Thumbnail for a great big version of the picture.

The movie stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Conners (AKA The Lizard), Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben, Sally Field as Aunt May and Denis Leary as George Stacy (Gwen’s father). There are a couple of interesting credits here as well, Julianne Nicholson and Campbell Scott as Mary and Richard Parker – does this mean Peter’s parents are alive in this one or will they be shown in flashback? Also of note, there is no listing for J. Jonah Jameson yet, will he be in this movie? Continue reading

Jan 13

Quoted by Fox News, How Cool!

As you know Fox News entertainment reporter Hollie McKay is a friend of ours here at Geek Actually and has appeared on our podcast twice in the past. If you didn’t know, you’ve got some catching up to do :-)

Well Hollie recently wrote an article for Fox News entitled, “Have Hollywood’s A-List Actresses Become Box-Office Busts?” where she talks about the lack of drawing power that the A-Lists starts seem to have today. She contacted me for some feedback and wow, I am quoted big time in her article. Just wanted to say thanks to Hollie and her readers for making little old me feel so important.

Check out the article by clicking the link above.

What are your opinions on this, do you agree with what I thought? Love to know. Comment below.

Jan 13

Game Review: Game Dev Story (iPhone)

When people talk about games on the iPhone, one category that has never worked for me is simulation games. The concept involves lots of information on screen at once and a heavy level of attention to detail. Even the iPhone 4’s Retina Display can’t replicate this well on a 3.5″ screen, so the alternative becomes to dumb it down. Even the best attempts at this seem to fail, the reason being that sim games are all about complicated gameplay. Regular fans of the genre are turned off due to a lack of challenge and new players can’t get sucked in due it’s simplicity. We play these games to build worlds, run countries and become corporate gods, without this feeling the game just doesn’t work.

“Game Dev Story” however, proves it can be done. Continue reading

Jan 10

Geek Actually Ep114 – Charles in Charge

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Hosted by: David McVay & Josh Philpott

A new year and a new structure, Tech Actually and the Geek Actually After Show have fused like Brundlefly and been reborn simply as the all new Geek Actually. All the Tech and geek goodness that you have come to expect from the old shows wrapped up and made easier to swallow as one simple, little, tasty podcast.

DeltaKnight continues to supply us with some of the geekiest stories on the web and Josh and David love to dig into the tech. This week on the all new Geek Actually we have real life superheroes, classification upheavals in Australia, new tablets from CES, the world’s largest Lego ship, toothpaste that predicts the weather, a GPS system named Charles and so much more.

It’s all in good geeky fun – Think of it as your ‘Week in Geekdom’. So sit back, grab a cold one and let’s geek out!

Please Note: The new Geek Actually will be coming out on the old Tech Actually feed and the Geek Actually feed on iTunes for the next few weeks so everybody knows what is going on. If you subscribed to both Tech Actually and The Geek Actually After Show, unsubscribe the Tech Actually feed or you will be getting the episode twice. To continue getting this show just subscribe to Geek Actually in iTunes by clicking here.

Geek Actually is recorded live on Saturdays around 12pm (AEDST UTC+11). Go to geekactually.com/live to watch it live.

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