May 13

Mac Users Rejoice – Steam Public Beta Released with Free Portal

Steam, Valve’s online gaming service, is now available for Macintosh computers. The public beta was released today and Valve is considering the Mac a tier 1 Platform. Tier 1 means that Valve games (Half-Life, Left 4 Dead etc.) will be released on both platforms (PC and Mac) simultaneously. Currently Valve only has Portal and Team Fortress available from their catalogue. There are only a few Mac titles available for the beta but this should change quickly.

The big news for gamers is that until May 24th, Valve’s game Portal is free for both PC and Mac! So grab a copy of Steam for Mac and make your first game this excellent puzzle game from Valve.

Below is a list of games currently available for Mac through Steam. Steam will be completely platform agnostic. If you purchase a game (either on PC or Mac), you can download both versions. I already owned the PC version of Torchlight, and I just pulled the Mac version today, no drama. Continue reading

May 12

Short Film: The Secret Mission of the Terminator – Funny Stuff

This amusing little film is for all the Apple vs. Windows people out there. I wasn’t sure were it was going but the pay off is very funny. The visual effects by this very talented Chinese filmmaker are top notch.

May 12

Jane Goldman Re-Writing ‘X-Men: First Class’

Things are looking up for the new X-Men film, ‘X-Men: First Class’. First we learned that Matthew Vaughn (‘Kick-Ass’, ‘Stardust’ and ‘Layer Cake’) was hired to direct the new film, now he has hired ‘Kick-Ass’ writer Jane Goldman to re-write the script. Ms. Goldman is a fantastic writer, who also worked with Vaughn on ‘Stardust’, and she should be able to bring a fresh take to this tired franchise.

Before screenwriting Jane Goldman had worked in the British television industry and wrote books. She has written fiction and non-fiction including the novel ‘Dreamworld’ and the X-Files companion book ‘The X-Files: Book of the Unexplained’. She was also a staff writer for ‘Zero’, a computer game magazine. She has also written several non-fiction books for teens. Continue reading

May 12

Trailer: J. J. Abrams’ Super 8

J. J. Abrams (‘Mission: Impossible 3’, ‘Star Trek’ and TV’s ‘Alias’ and ‘Lost’) loves secrecy and his latest film, ‘Super 8’, is no different. The film was shot is secret and the trailer was delivers in a locked case (or so the story goes). Now it is online and you can see it below.

So what do we know (or think we know)? According to /Film it is written and directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. It is NOT a sequel to ‘Cloverfield’ and it will be released through Amblin NOT Dreamworks. It is set in 1979 and is an homage to Spielberg films from his 70’s/80’s  period like ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ and ‘E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial’. Other than that, it is a bit of a mystery. Continue reading

May 12

Geek Actually Replay – Geek Actually Episode 83 After Show Live Video

Here is this week’s live video version of The Geek Actually Podcast Episode 83 After Show – His Soul’s Still Dancing. This week David McVay and Josh Philpott are again joined by Brandon McClelland for a review of ‘Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans’. There is also a discussion about fan films and the new film from Asylum, ‘Titanic II’. The audio podcast of this episode can be found on this site or on iTunes.

Almost every week we record the Geek Actually Podcast while feeding it live to Ustream. We record the Ustream feed and it is available go back and watch later if you want. It occurred to me that we should just embed the past shows here so you can find them easily. You never know, you’re listening to that podcast and something visual happens, now you can simply find the show here and watch what happened. Enjoy. (Note: We only started recording the feed as of episode 46, there are no videos of earlier shows.)

May 12

Geek Actually Episode 83 After Show – His Soul’s Still Dancing

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David McVay is joined by Josh Philpott and Brandon McClelland

Welcome to the Geek Actually Podcast After Show, the show were we just leave the mics on and record whatever we feel like talking about. This show gives us a chance to talk about anything that didn’t fit into the format of the main show. If this is your first experience with the Geek Actually Podcast, stop! This is not an actual show, it is the random ramblings of a bunch of geeks. Go listen to the main show first then come back to us. The Geek Actually Podcast and After Show are recorded live on Ustream.

This week we talk about fan films and the real, but insane, ‘Titanic II”.We also review the new Werner Herzog film ‘Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans’ starring Nicolas Cage on Blu-Ray and DVD. An insane return to form from Nic Cage. Between this and ‘Kick-Ass’, Cage may be redeeming himself for his past couple of years of crap. Continue reading