GGW #228: A Steamy Compile of Linux

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Welcome to the new age, and the new age is HD and Linux!  In this first true HD edition of Geek Gamer Weekly we welcome to the show Joe Huckaby and welcome back John Bubb and Chris Fisher to discuss Steam launching on Linux, the Tesla review issue with the New York Times, Apple cutting prices on the MacBook Retina, Best Buy price matching.   On the gaming side, we chat about sales dropping for the Nintendo Wii U, Playstation 4, XBox 720 and of course our Picks of the Week!

Show notes and episode page here:  http://ggtv.me/ggw228

Hosts: Chase Nunes, Jon Kessler

Guests:  John Bubb, Chris Fisher, Joe Huckaby

Special Thanks to Audio Sponsor:  PreSonus

Show Notes:

Technology News:

U.S. automakers warm up to diesel

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130216/BIZ/302160011/U-S-automakers-warm-up-diesel

Tesla Motors Pours Cold Data on New York Times ‘Model S’ Review

http://techland.time.com/2013/02/14/tesla-motors-pours-cold-data-on-new-york-times-model-s-review/

Best Buy to make internet price matching permanent to prevent ‘showrooming’ (update)

http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/15/3994050/best-buy-internet-price-matching-permanent-showrooming

Iceland wants to ban Internet porn

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/15/tech/web/porn-ban-iceland/index.html

Apple cuts prices on MacBooks

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/13/tech/gaming-gadgets/apple-macbook-prices/index.html?iref=obinsite

Steam officially out for Linux

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/linux_release/

http://www.teamfortress.com/linux/

Gaming News:

U.S. Sales of Nintendo Wii U Drop to Catastrophic Levels in January.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20130216234536_U_S_Sales_of_Nintendo_Wii_U_Drop_to_Catastrophic_Levels_in_January.html

Bungie unveils ‘Destiny,’ an MMO-like console shooter set in a new sci-fi universe

http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/17/3998378/bungie-destiny-console-shooter-revealed

PS4 Release Date; Sony Device Features PS3 Game Support With Internet

http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/20874/20130216/ps4-release-date-ps3-support-gaikai.htm

PlayStation 4 will stream PS3 games, reports WSJ

http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/15/3993970/playstation-4-will-stream-ps3-games-reports-wsj

Xbox 720 to Reportedly Require Kinect to Function, Support Multitasking

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/11/xbox-720-to-reportedly-require-kinect-to-function-support-multitasking

Picks of the Week:

Datacolor Spyder4Pro S4P100 Colorimeter for Display Calibration

http://ggtv.me/spyder

Have a complaint? You know where to file it!

http://www.butthurtreportform.com/

an open source voxel game building toolkit for modern web browsers

http://voxeljs.com/

TonyMacX86 Forum

http://www.tonymacx86.com/forum.php

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