Week-In-Geek: January 13th-19th 2020
4Here is your "geeky" news-roundup for the week of January 06th to 12th, 2020; including headlines from the world of television and film, technology, astronomy, and more! With Special Contributions from our fans.
CONTENT LINEUP
00:57 Television
02:37 Film
03:53 Gaming, General
06:13 Gaming, PC/Mac
06:56 Gaming, Sony/Playstation
07:33 Gaming, Microsoft/Xbox
08:06 Gaming, Nintendo/Switch
08:32 Science, General
09:45 Science, Technology, 3D Printing
10:44 Science, Astronomy
05:30 Technology
11:06 Miscellaneous
13:33 Closing / Thanks
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Until next time, remember this: "You geek, therefore you are."
Written, Narrated, Directed, Edited and Produced by Illisia Adams
Co-Written by Douglas “Diggy” Parkinson
With Special Thanks to Bryant Oliver
Music Composed by Chris LaBenne
NEWS SOURCES/FURTHER INFORMATION
• Baby Yoda Build-A-Bear http://bit.ly/36aEb6Y
• Disney Etsy crack-down http://bit.ly/2Riaqx0
• $5 million Baby Yoda http://bit.ly/37gZHIC
• Baby Yoda meets George Lucas http://bit.ly/30JDdh6
• Star Trek: Picard renewed http://bit.ly/2NLTjS3
• Two more Star Treks in-production http://bit.ly/37gnKYb
• Picardilly Circus Amazon promo http://bit.ly/3awytzL
• Amazon LotR show cast http://bit.ly/2tHKrps
• Apu actor steps-down http://bit.ly/2ulscGq
• GoT spin-off prequel details http://bit.ly/2ve6uEZ
• Star Wars 9 script "leak" http://bit.ly/2NNmnIW
• Taika Waititi invited for new Star Wars film http://bit.ly/2ReNRZM
• Disney rents Camden http://bit.ly/37hcH0U
• Morbius and the MCU http://bit.ly/38pDhVN
• National Treasure 3 greenlit http://bit.ly/3awe6mi
• 20th Century Fox rebranding https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/business-51160219
• Tom Holland's Spider-Man 3 shoots this summer http://bit.ly/2TN0sVQ
• Airport gamer https://cnn.it/2RCgsr7
• FF7 delayed http://bit.ly/3awMpto
• Cyberpunk 2077 delayed http://bit.ly/2GaiMQN
• 1999 Kingpin game remake http://bit.ly/38rnBkF
• Bioshock 4 job listing potential reveals http://bit.ly/2vbrlIV
• Ubisoft Editorial team revamp http://bit.ly/2GaKLzZ
• LotR: Gollum details http://bit.ly/2Geh1lM
• Games Workshop profits high http://bit.ly/36ix5gG
• Warhammer 40k live-action anthology show http://bit.ly/2GaotxY
• Indie dev claims 400% sales increase after torrenting game http://bit.ly/30HpNC5
• Epic Games $680 million customer spending http://bit.ly/2v39sf9
• Epic Games 100 million user-count http://bit.ly/38n3ggq
• Epic Games freebies http://bit.ly/30F6c5y
• Sony skipping E3 http://bit.ly/2TKegAt
• PS4 exclusives porting to PC (rumour) http://bit.ly/2tvpuhJ
• PS5 backwards-compatibility (rumour) http://bit.ly/2RDAotF
• PS5 controller patent filed http://bit.ly/30JBico
• Xbox X not exclusive http://bit.ly/2RIbeKi
• Xbox Games Streaming preview goes globally live https://engt.co/2TL3EkJ
• Switch's new Super Smash Bros characters http://bit.ly/2TGCwnb
• Bioshock complete collection to come to Switch (rumour) http://bit.ly/2sOfKyx
• Nintendo file patent for new Joycon design http://bit.ly/2TOtMLF
• Chemical bond break-reform video http://bit.ly/2uqsmw7
• Scorpion fossil http://bit.ly/2tw9WKC
• Darwin doubting fossil http://bit.ly/2v6w8uZ
• World's fastest object may measure "nothingness" http://bit.ly/2TN9F0f
• Primordial "Asgard" lifeform grown http://bit.ly/2NNoUTs
• Living robot created! http://bit.ly/2RQHueD
• 3d-printed beef coming to Spain and Italy https://yhoo.it/3auFukw
• 3d-printed fashion line debuts at Milan Fashion Week http://bit.ly/2NN1VHY
• Corelink has printed more than 5000 implants! http://bit.ly/3axdr40
• Biotechnologies joins-forces with 3D systems for medical breakthroughs https://yhoo.it/2TL2iq9
• Cat gets prosthetic paws http://bit.ly/2sKfGjh
• New potentially habitable planets http://bit.ly/2REDPAo
• "Shape-shifting" objects found in the center of the milky way http://bit.ly/2v42tCG
• Rocket launched and deliberately exploded https://cnb.cx/2REDSw4
• Lou Ferrigno is a Sheriff! http://bit.ly/2NPhejg
• Matthew McConaughey's Mum And Hugh Grant's Dad Date http://bit.ly/2tt4d8l
• George R R Martin accused of "trolling" fans http://bit.ly/3ayCkMA
• PewDiePie (temporarily) quits http://bit.ly/38lfG8G
• Audible lawsuit over "audiobook captions" http://bit.ly/36lLrgA
• Google Chrome 3rd-party cookies removal https://bbc.in/37f6RwR
• Google Chrome apps removal http://bit.ly/36bfNC5
• Windows 7 loses support http://bit.ly/3apPFH0
• Carbon-negative Microsoft by 2030 http://bit.ly/3awI4X8
• RIP Christopher Tolkien http://bit.ly/2sKVsWG
• RIP Rocky Johnson, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's father http://bit.ly/2upmKlK and http://bit.ly/2TJaAyY
• Adult-targeted LEGO-line (rumour) http://bit.ly/2GadWmB