Episode 90 - Dude, where’s my NES?
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Welcome to episode 90 of Geek Bytes Podcast.
I’m Ramon Mejia……I’m Edgar Acosta
Every podcast we bring you the roundup of the week’s best Geek and Tech news, then we discuss that news and anything else we’re interested in that week.
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In Geek News this week, we’ll talk about Tesla, Snapchat, NES Classic, Justice League, Star Wars, and much much more..
Now let’s Begin our show with Geek News
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Geek News
We begin with…
Tesla to charge for Super Charge
Tesla will limit free supercharging to buyers of all models of its cars for purchases after January 1st. After that date Tesla buyers will get 400 killowatt hours of free credit each year and each charge after that will carry a small fee. Tesla asserted it does not see the superchargers as profit centers and will keep the price below what you would pay fill a similar gasoline-powered car.
https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/07/tesla-asks-new-buyers-to-pay-for-superchargers/
Snapchat Vending Machines
Snap has started putting out vending machines to sell its $129 Spectacles product, a pair of sunglasses with a video camera designed to be used with Snapchat. Using a credit or debit card you can use the vending machine to choose Black, Coral or Teal Spectacles. The first vending machine appeared in the Abbott-Kinney area near Snap's headquarters in Venice Beach. The vending machines, called Snapbots, will move to a new location each day. https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/10/snapchats-spectacles-will-be-sold-through-minion-like-vending-machines/?ncid=rss
Classic NES out now, oops and it’s gone.
Nintendo’s retro re-release of the Nintendo Entertainment System, a pint-sized recreation called the NES Classic Edition, hits stores today in the United States. The mini NES, which comes with 30 pre-installed games as part of the $59.99 package, is already sold out at most major retailers. It sold out in seconds on Amazon, Target, and Best Buy. Other brick and mortar stores had their entire stock of mini consoles run out hours after their doors opened. Some people are even re-selling the items on Ebay for $150 - over $4,000.
http://www.polygon.com/2016/11/10/13590270/buy-nes-classic-edition-mini-nintendo-online
Ciaran Hinds To Play Steppenwolf In ‘Justice League’
After it was revealed that Steppenwolf was indeed the villain of 2017’s Justice League, many wondered who would play the New God of Apokolips and now we finally have the answer. The Wrap reports that Steppenwolf is none other than Game of Thrones star Ciaran Hinds.
Hinds is known for his very unlikeable Game of Thrones character, Mance Rayder a.k.a. the King-Beyond-the-Wall,
http://heroichollywood.com/justice-league-ciaran-hinds-steppenwolf/
Young Justice Season 3 Confirmed
Deadline has confirmed that a third season of the teen superhero team, Young Justice, will get a third season. While no network has been attached to the project, the director and writer, have hinted that Netflix would be the perfect home for the series.
http://geektyrant.com/news/young-justice-officially-renewed-for-season-3
Ghost Rider Spin-off possible
Ghost Rider is one of the best things that could have happened to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I really like what they are doing with the character and fans seem to like Gabriel Luna in the role of Robbie Reyes a.k.a. Ghost Rider.
It turns out Marvel actually has bigger plans for the character. It seems Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. may have been a way to test the waters for something bigger for the character. During a recent interview with CB, Luna revealed that Ghost Rider could be going solo in a possible Netflix series or movie.
Trailer ThrowDown -Which is the best?
Luc Besson's Valerian Looks Like All Your Scifi Dreams Come True
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The first trailer for Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is finally here and it’s got everything you could want in a big science-fiction movie.
It’s got spaceships. It’s got spacesuits. It’s got cool looking cities. There are monsters, aliens, weapons, portals and so much more. The trailer feels as if Besson took every sci fi trope in the book and threw them all into a single movie.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/luc-bessons-valerian-looks-like-all-your-scifi-dreams-c-1788781880
New Mass Effect: Andromeda trailer
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https://kotaku.com/watch-mass-effect-andromedas-sleek-new-trailer-1788660393
New Ghost in Shell teaser shows Invisibility Suit
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The latest teaser trailer for Ghost in the Shell, shows off Scarlett Johansson’s invisibility mode. One of the more famous scenes from the animated version. No, she’s not naked. Sorry.
Rouge One international Trailer #2
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For the Geek Bytes Podcast I’m Ramon Mejia and I’m Edgar Acosta. Now Go Geek out about something.
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