The Geek Life #208: “Now With More Malware!” – Monster Cereals, Martin Scorsese, Steve Balmer, Bat Affleck, and more!

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• Video Releases
• Escape From Tomorrow gets distribution. (link)
• Martin Scorsese is restoring and releasing 15 rare international films from his collection (link)
• LIGHTNING ROUND:
  • Monster Cereals are back, including Yummy Mummy and Fruit Brute.
  • Yea, we know, Ben Affleck as Batman. How ‘bout we wait until the movie comes out.
  • Peter Capaldi as Doctor Who, seems a popular choice
  • Guess what the next malware target du jour is? Browser extensions, starting with Chrome
  • Windows 8.1 did indeed RTM, and it won’t be available to the general public until October 18, even if you have Technet or MSDN
  • Warhammer…DiscWars before the end of the year
  • Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch is apparently a thing, will be announced September 14 along with the Galaxy Note III
  • All hail the Retrode: usb device to plug in your Super NES, Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis, Sega Master carts; copy the rom to your hard drive or play it from your emulator directly. You also get your game saves.
• Steve Balmer to leave Microsoft “in the next 12 months”

Peeks:

• Melissa: The World’s End, You’re Next, Reel Education live show,
• Mike: My Catan Board arrived!, Hangouts Against Humanity
• Paul: Actually saw a bad Kurosawa film
• Richard: Warhammer DiscWars, Saints Row IV, Lumia 520

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