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Holiday Geek Gift Guide 2019: Video Games

Thanks to the rise of digital and the overwhelming takeover of online only games as a service, buying friends and family awesome video game gifts gets harder and harder with each new holiday season. But thankfully, physical games aren’t quite dead yet. There are still plenty of goodies available out there to snatch up, wrap up all pretty like, and give to someone you love in hopes of seeing that smilin’ face on Christmas morn’ for your generosity.
In Geeks of Doom’s Holiday Geek Gift Guide 2019: Video Games, you’ll find plenty of video game options to consider for your holiday shopping. This includes some of the year’s top games, the various console options and bundles currently available, and more. Check it out below.
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The Drill Down 601: Octopus’ Dream

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Disney Plus launches with snags, Instagram hides likes, does the Apple Card gender-discriminate?, Google secretly collects health data… and much, much more.
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Tags: Apple, Apple Card, AR, Augmented Reality, china, discrimination, Disney, Disney Plus, DNA, games, gaming, Google, Instagram, Science, streaming Video, Video Games, videogames
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The Drill Down 591: PAX West 2019

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, the Twitter CEO’s Twitter gets hacked, YouTube fined for violating child privacy laws, Apple finally lets you leave the Genius Bar, how do Hong Kong protestors organize when the State blocks texts? Highlights from PAX West…and much, much more.
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Topics: Apps, Computers, Conventions, Electronics, Features, Gadgets, Pax, Podcasts, Software, Technology, The Drill Down, Video Games
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Tags: Apple, china, COPPA, Hacking, Jack Dorsey, messaging, PAX, PAX West, security, texting, Twitter, Video Games, videogames, YouTube
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The Drill Down 585: TWR – Tweeting While Racist

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, POTUS’ racist tweets, trouble for Facebook’s new cryptocurrency and a $5 billion fine, Elon Musk vs. drug kingpins, tapping into the brain, and much more.
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Tags: Apple, Calibra, Cryptocurrency, currency, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Facebook, Libra, Neuralink, Pablo Escobar, podcasts, President Trump, racism, Spotify, Tesla, The Boring Company, The Gardens Between, Twitter, Video Games, videogames
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E3 2019: Microsoft Flight Simulator Reveal

During last week’s E3 press conference, Microsoft surprised the crowd with an unexpected game announcement, Microsoft Flight Simulator. Last released in 2006 (Steam edition came out in 2014), fans of the simulation series have been anxious for an updated release, but hadn’t been holding their breath that Microsoft would do so. But as the trailer flashed on screen, an audible sigh of relief could be heard throughout the crowd.
You can check out the new gameplay trailer here below.
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The Drill Down 580: E3 2019

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, a high-rise helicopter crash casts doubts on Uber’s new service, one hundred thousand travelers’ IDs hacked, all the highlights from this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 2019), and much more.
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Topics: Apps, Computers, Conventions, E3, Electronics, Features, Gadgets, Games, Podcasts, Science, Software, Technology, The Drill Down, Video Games
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Tags: Automatic, Bethesda, CD Projekt RED, Cyberpunk 2077, Data breach, DNA, E3, Electronic Entertainment Expo, Elevate, Hacking, Keanu Reeves, Microsoft, Nintendo, PC, PigOut, Square Enix, Uber, Ubisoft, Video Games, videogames, Xbox
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The Drill Down 571: Black Hole Fun

This week, Tosin goes to PAX, the UK cracks down on net safety, is Netflix killing cinemas…or buying them? Amazon send satellites into space, our first look at a black hole, and much more.
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Topics: Apps, Computers, Conventions, Electronics, Features, Gadgets, Games, Pax, Podcasts, Science, Software, Space, Technology, The Drill Down, Video Games
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Tags: Alexa, Amazon, black holes, electric vehicles, EU, European Union, Event Horizon Telescope, Facebook, games, gaming, Google, internet, Japan, JAXA, Jeff Bezos, Netflix, PAX, PAX East, Penny Arcade Expo, Space, SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter, UK, Video Games, videogames
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The Drill Down 561: PAX South 2019

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, Facebook protects its bottom line while secretly spying on you, a huge trove of leaked Russian documents, a possible cause — and cure — for Alzheimer’s, Tosin’s report from PAX South… and much, much more.
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Tags: Alzheimer's disease, Apple, china, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, gaming, Greg Davies, Huawei, Instagram, iOS, Mark Zuckerberg, PAX, Pax South, Penny Arcade Expo, Privacy, Russia, Science, Video Games, videogames, WhatsApp
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Holiday Geek Gift Guide 2018: Video Games

It’s that time of year again, ladies and gentlemen. The holiday season is here already (!) and shopping madness officially kicks off this week with Black Friday.
And so allow me to welcome you to the Geeks of Doom Holiday Geek Gift Guide 2018: Video Games edition! Below you’ll find a collection of goodies the gamers in your life might be excited to discover buried in one of the festively wrapped packages lovingly positioned under your tree. This includes some of the biggest games that were released this year, the current top consoles and bundles, VR headsets, and more.
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The Drill Down 546: Farewell Paul Allen

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, studies prove the FCC lied about Net Neutrality comments and NY state will investigate, Twitter releases Russia and Iran meddling tweets, Fortnite fights climate change, and Microsoft’s co-founder Paul Allen passes on… and more.
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Topics: Apps, Computers, Electronics, Features, Gadgets, Obit, Podcasts, Science, Software, Technology, The Drill Down
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Tags: Ajit Pai, Atlas, Boston Dynamics, climate change, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Fortnite, global warming, Iran, Microsoft, Net Neutrality, Paul Allen, Russia, Science, Spot, Twitter, Video Games, videogames
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