Geekshow Podcast

Tony:

-Get it together Bethesda: https://www.ign.com/articles/fan-uses-ai-to-fix-oblivion-remastered-pc-performance

-Xbox Showcase: https://www.ign.com/articles/idxbox-showcase-october-2026-everything-announced

-FSR 4.1 for Xbox: https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/10/amd-announces-fsr-4-1-for-xbox-series-xs-z2-extreme-and-z2a-handhelds-rx-6000-gpus-and-more

-QSSR is pretty great for PS5: https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/10/hands-on-with-qssr-ai-driven-upscaling-for-the-standard-ps5

-Anyone playing a Spooky game for October? RE9 and Cronos: The Last Dawn

Owen:

-Minecraft Dungeons II Review

-Potential ‘right to own’ legislation

https://www.ign.com/articles/rep-ritchie-torress-introduces-legislation-to-ensure-gamers-own-their-digital-games?utm_source=bluesky,threads,twitter

-I...

Join Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Frost, noted Star Trek fan Admiral Kerry Jackson, and Commander Robert Neal as they continue their voyage through all things Star Trek! In this episode, we talk about these Next Generation episodes: Haven, The Big Goodbye, Datalore, Angel One, 11001001

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Tony:

-Carbonation Station: Celsius Spritz Vibe (Shirley Temple) and Liquid Death: Peanut Butter Cup - Lando

-All is not lost for Sweet Lightening: https://www.allrecipes.com/mountain-dew-sweet-lightning-discontinuation-12182268

-Tesla Roadster. WTF? https://www.engadget.com/2288448/relive-tesla-ridiculously-fun-roadster-stunt-show/

Owen:

-Dynamic Pricing should be illegal

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/09/29/1815221/mcdonalds-reportedly-using-ai-to-dynamically-price-its-burgers

-I guess we need to talk about the “flying car”? 3 things in the terms and conditions really make you wonder….

https://www.businessinsider.com/buy-tesla-flying-roadster-read-fine-print-road-legal-delivery-2026-10

-Human Vs Robot fight in San Francisco?!? This i...

Blade Runner 2099, Yellowjackets, GTA 6, The Batman, Mister Miracle, X-Files, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S2, Merrick & Treves, Miami Vice 85, VisionQuest, lots more

We are in season 4 of Deep Space 9! In this episode, we discuss Our Man Bashir but mostly we talk about FanX!

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Geekshow Helpdesk: Apple Home Event

Tony:

-Carbonation Station: Ghost A&W and Celsius Playa Vibe

-TechPod RePod for Apple Watch review

-Apple Coming Home Event: https://www.engadget.com/2285079/everything-apple-announced-home-view-homepod-mini-2-event/

Owen:

-This space story brought to you by SoundGarden

https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/09/19/040210/has-the-james-web-space-telescope-discovered

-The annual 10.1 Keyboard release is pretty hilarious.

https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/keyboards/google-japan-shows-off

https://github.com/google/mozc-devices/tree/main/mozc-conveyorbelt

Lando:

-Crafting Apps

https://futurism...

Exorcist: Martyrs, Crossed, Zodiac, Crystal Lake, Transformers, James Bond, Doctor Who:Tardis Crew, Clayface, popcorn buckets, Rebecca reviews Other Mommy, lots more

Join Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Frost, noted Star Trek fan Admiral Kerry Jackson, and guest on the bridge Robert Neal as they continue their voyage through all things Star Trek! In this episode, we talk about these Next Generation episodes: Where No One Has Gone Before, Lonely Among Us, Justice, The Battle, and Hide and Q.

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VisionQuest, Werewulf, Spider-Man, GI Joe, Portrait of God, Game of Thrones, The Flood, Star Wars, Whalefall popcorn bucket, Rebecca reviews Digger, lots more 

We are in season 4 of Deep Space 9! In this episode, we discuss Starship Down, Little Green Men, and The Sword of Kahless. There's some Strange New Worlds chat as well.

We have an email address now! [email protected], send us your thoughts!

Tony:

-Carbonation Station: C4 Godzilla and the new Mtn Dew  from Taco Bell

-China continues to get all the best EVs: https://www.autoblog.com/news/hyundai-ioniq-v-gets-404-mile-range-and-costs-just-16500?taid=6ab7d943d1581a000174a26f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&shem=aimgspe,

-Idiots steal sand: https://www.wired.com/story/thieves-stole-nvidia-trailers-they-got-20-tons-of-sand/

Owen:

-Best $7 you might spend? 

https://newatlas.com/good-thinking/sweepled-smartphone-device-detects-hidden-cameras/

-Erasing a gene erases high cholesterol:

https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/29/1942224/with-the-snip-of-a-gene-scientists-hope-to-erase-high-cholesterol-for-life

Lando:

-S...

Clayface, Ray Gunn, Clown Panic, Slayground, The People vs Gorilla Grodd, Darkwing Duck, Daredevil, lots more

Tony:

-Bonus Carbonation Station: Mtn Dew Trolli Mango Pineapple Punch

-Xbox continues to change studios up: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/09/22/continuing-our-reset/

-Blizzcon Announcements: https://gameinformer.com/blizzcon-2026/2026/09/12/everything-announced-at-blizzcon-2026

-Golden Axe Show

-Clair Obscure Thoughts

Jarron: 

-Nintendo Direct:

https://www.theverge.com/games/991547/nintendo-direct-september-2026-news-trailers-announcements

-Xbox does what Sony Don’t:

https://www.theverge.com/games/993205/physint-hideo-kojima-sony-playstation-microsoft-xbox

-Nintendo adds VRR:

https://www.theverge.com/news/993231/nintendo-switch-2-vrr-support-firmware-update

-Steam Frame stuff

Owen:

Join Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Frost, noted Star Trek fan Admiral Kerry Jackson, and guest on the bridge Robert Neal as they continue their voyage through all things Star Trek! This week, we leap into Star Trek: The Next Generation. In this episode, we talk about Encounter at Farpoint parts 1 and 2, The Naked Now, Code of Honor, and The Last Outpost.

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Tony:

-Carbonation Station: Bucked Up

-BLK SPR - Lando

-Everything announced at the Apple event: https://mashable.com/tech/apple-event-2026-everything-announced-iphone-18-duo

-Motorola swings for the fences: https://www.engadget.com/2265564/motorolas-new-signature-27-is-among-the-first-smartphone-to-use-the-snapdragon-8-elite-extreme-gen-6-processor/

Jarron: 

-Anthropic researcher thinks AI will kill us all:

https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/09/1943258/anthropic-researcher-believes-more-than-10-chance-ai-could-kill-all-humans?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-AI almost caused a war with China:

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/19/062210/fake-ai-intelligence-almost-made-the-us-military-start-a-war-with-china?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Owen:

Crystal Lake, Wildwood, Spider-Man, Mandalorian and Grogu, World War Z 2, Helldivers, Crazy Taxi, Space Force, Toy Hall of Fame, Street Fighter popcorn bucket, Rebecca and derek loved Resident Evil, lots more

We are in season 4 of Deep Space 9! In this episode, we discuss Hippocratic Oath, Indiscretion, and Rejoined. There's some Strange New Worlds chat as well.

We have an email address now! [email protected], send us your thoughts!

Godzilla Minus Zero, Carrie, X-Men, Avengers Doomsday, Optimus Prime: Awakening, Get Smart, lots more

Tony:

-OneXplayer 3 review

-Play PS3 DISCS on your PC: https://www.techspot.com/news/113754-you-can-now-play-ps3-games-straight-disc.html

-DLSS 5 made better by Modders: https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/modders-have-significantly-improved-dlss-5-performance-before-nvidia/

-Ocarina of Time remake confirmed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuFfiTEr2yc

-What a difference a 14 years can make…: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/08/26/your-discs-now-also-digital/

Jarron: 

-OneXplayer 3 review

-What do you think of the GTA VI trailer?

-DLSS 5 is out! 

-And it’s coming to older GPUs (officially):

Nvid...

*I KNOW I KEEP CALLING IT FINAL FRONTIER ACK

Join Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Frost, noted Star Trek fan Admiral Kerry Jackson as they continue their voyage through all things Star Trek. This week, we end our journey through The Original Series films with Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country!

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Tony:

-Carbonation Station: Update (Paraxanthine)

-Fairphone finally comes to the US: https://www.engadget.com/2238465/fairphone-is-finally-releasing-its-first-official-handset-in-the-us/

Jarron: 

- OpenAI’s AI went rogue:

OpenAI Says Its AI Models Acted On Its Own In An 'Unprecedented' Hack

OpenAI's Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face

They put the brakes on a new model because it’s “too powerful”, and this one wasn’t even involved with Hugging Face:

OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful

Viture’...

Harry Potter, Avengers: Secret War, Lanterns, D&D: Ravenloft, Star Trek, Optimus Prime: Awakening, Supergirl, Dave Bautista, lots more

We made it to season 4 of Deep Space 9! In this episode, we discuss The Way of The Warrior parts 1 and 2, and The Visitor.

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Tony:

-Carbonation Station: Yesly Tropical Punch and Green Apple

-Voyager 2 and NASA continue to amaze: https://www.engadget.com/2234376/nasa-updates-voyager-2-keep-operating/

-Turning Plastic into Roads: https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/in-2026-texas-engineers-mixed-4-5-tons-of-waste-plastic-into-nearly-1-mile-of-road-the-recycled-material-replaced-8-to-10-of-petroleum-based-bitumen/amp_articleshow/133608385.cms

-New space telescope! https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/nasas-next-great-observatory-begins-mission-to-widen-our-view-of-the-universe/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_social-type=owned

Jarron: 

-Stuff necessary for life found in meteorite:

Alien World Chemistry Found Inside Meteorite That Struck New Jersey Home

-Solar roof t...

Get Jiro trailer, RoboCop, Murderbot S2, Flintstones, Avengers: Endgame, Marvel/Star Wars, Doctor Who, Lego, Star Trek, RIP Peter Cullen and Tim Curry and of course..Dolly, rebecca reviews Coyote vs Acme, lots more

Tony:

-All the Gamescom opening night announcements: https://www.ign.com/articles/gamescom-opening-night-live-2026-everything-announced

-LG’s insanely fast monitor is up for pre-order: https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/gaming-monitors/lgs-native-1-000-hz-1080p-gaming-monitor-has-a-matching-usd1-000-price-tag-preorders-open-for-the-25-inch-ultragear-25g590b

Jarron: 

-DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction is out, in beta:

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-dlss-4-5-ray-reconstruction/

-The ROG Xbox Ally X20 actually isn’t too expensive:

https://www.ign.com/articles/asus-special-gold-rog-xbox-ally-x20-is-surprisingly-affordable-if-you-avoid-the-bundle

-We have a release window for Witcher 4 that they definitely won’t hit:

https...

Tony:

-Carbonation Station: Bucked Up Dragon Fruit Lemonade

-Who could’ve ever foreseen that curved TVs were just a gimmick? https://www.engadget.com/2237248/why-curved-tvs-failed-gaming-monitors-thrived/

-Nvidia continues its slide away from Gaming: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/24/nvidia-says-groq-racks-will-be-online-this-year-after-20-billion-deal.html

Jarron: 

-Apple leaked some new AirPods:

https://www.theverge.com/tech/981326/apple-airpods-with-cameras-demo-video-leak

-Musubi Looking Glass review

-Humanity is not ready for this:

https://www.ign.com/articles/kfc-reveals-the-oreo-chicken-burger-and-were-both-revolted-and-intrigued

Owen:

-The Flock Sock - For the safety of the flo...

Spider-Man, Lanterns, Masters of the Universe, IT, The People vs Gorilla Grodd, Kratos, Naruto, Star Wars/Marvel, Wonder Man, Bruce Campbell, lots more

We're keeping it light and breezy today! Jake talks about Star Trek: Las Vegas, we discuss Strange New Worlds season 4, and the Star Trek merch hitting movie theaters in September!

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Tony:

-Carbonation Station: Rockstar Lime Freeze

-Rammageddoned from both ends: https://wccftech.com/crucial-offers-user-259-in-refund-for-a-ram-kit-that-costs-1800-right-now-while-one-64-gb-kit-was-still-working-properly/

Jarron: 

-Pixel Event:

https://www.theverge.com/tech/978712/google-pixel-11-event-everything-announced

-Ninja’s microwave looks frickin awesome:

https://www.theverge.com/tech/966175/ninja-crispi-microwave-air-fryer-kitchen-appliance

Owen:

-3D printing and biology.

https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/3d-printed-porous-ceramic-cubes-100500517.html?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4

Lando:

-XTEINK Review (Do this first)

Avengers: Doomsday, VisionQuest, Ahsoka, Star Wars: Starfighter, X-Men, American Horror Story, DC, Spider-Man, lots more 

Tony:

-Oblivion remake will finally get some optimization work: https://www.ign.com/articles/bethesda-finally-confirms-the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-remastered-patch-is-cominggl=11js01rcup*MQ..gaNDYwOTE0ODAwLjE3ODY0ODE3NDA.ga_736S6FVMCL*czE3ODY0ODE3MzkkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODY0ODE3MzkkajYwJGwwJGgw

Jarron: 

-Do you want free, ad-supported cloud gaming?

Xbox is testing free, ad-supported cloud gaming

-This Metroid Prime 2D remake is really cool. And Free.

Fans spent 3 years secretly crafting a full Metroid Prime 2D demake, and it rocks

-New Quake:

Quake Gets Free New Campaign Co-Developed by MachineGames for G...

Join Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Frost, noted Star Trek fan Admiral Kerry Jackson, and Ensign Tony Eccles as they continue their voyage through all things Star Trek. This week, we continue our journey through The Original Series films with Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home!

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Tony:

-Carbonation Station: Bucked Up Franken Juice (Caramel Apple) Lando - A&W Rootbeer float

-Ramageddon Marches forward: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/113004/memory-capacity-for-all-of-2027-has-reportedly-been-booked-and-sold-with-no-more-dram-or-hbm-available/index.html

-We used to believe in science, right? RIGHT?!… https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/trump-wants-big-pharma-to-split-mmr-vaccine-big-pharma-thinks-its-idiotic/

Jarron: 

-Here’s a device I didn’t I know needed in my life:

https://www.theverge.com/tech/952441/yueban-xiaoban-self-driving-autonomous-toilet

-You, too, can learn to echolocate:

Humans Can Learn To Echolocate In Just 10 Weeks, and It Rewires the Brain

-Google lost a lawsu...

Violent Night 2, X-Files, Spider-Man, Spidey spin off movies, Cyclops?, Spaceship Earth, The Jetsons, Jurassic World Rebirth, Legend of Zelda, lots more

Join Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Frost, noted Trek fan Admiral Kerry Jackson as they continue their voyage through all things Star Trek. This week, we continue our journey through The Original Series films with Star Trek III: The Search for Spock!

How The Search For Spock Changed the Way Star Trek Got Made: https://www.startrek.com/news/how-the-search-for-spock-changed-the-way-star-trek-got-made

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Wicker, Emma Frost, Black Panther 3, Blade, Wonder Man, Booster Gold, Doomsday, Ghost Rider, Rebecca reviews Spider-Man Brand New Day, lots more

-Physical media is making a comeback!:

-https://www.gameshub.com/news/features/kazeta-pc-games-sd-card-cartridges-2889047/

-https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/pc-gamer-turns-steam-games-into-cartridges-with-ingenious-2-5-inch-ssd-system-games-are-stored-on-128gb-drives-alongside-a-script-to-auto-start-the-title-once-plugged-in

-Xbox official ports to PC: https://www.digitalfoundry.net/features/hands-on-with-xbox-back-compat-for-pc-a-new-initiative-that-begins-with-four-classic-games

Jarron: 

-Nvidia shows off more DLSS 5:

Nvidia finally reveals what controls devs actually have for DLSS 5, and don't worry folks, there are TWO main sliders to control the AI filter

-Bethesda announces games way too early for some reason? What could the reason be? Hmm.

Bethesda confirms Fallout 3 and N...

Come with us as we wrap up season 3 of Deep Space 9! In this episode, we discuss Family Business, Shakaar, Facets, and The Adversary
We have an email address now! [email protected], send us your thoughts!

Tony:

NO SHOW NEXT WEEK!

-Carbonation Station: Bum Energy Cola

-Man charged for wiping phone: 

https://www.techspot.com/news/113236-us-prosecutors-charge-atlanta-man-after-grapheneos-phone.html

-Windows enables tracking even over VPN: https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/windows-pc-permanent-id-follows-163404919.html?guccounter=1

Jarron: 

-LG attaching ads with their monitors:
LG’s monitors come with an unwanted addition for Windows: McAfee pop-up ads

-Samsung Galaxy Unpacked. Some good stuff:

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: The 6 biggest announcements

-iOS 27 impressions 

Owen:

-Necessity is the m...