Sony Computer Entertainment has announced their Fall lineup of titles that will include support for PlayStation Move, and among those are inFAMOUS 2 and the upcoming DLC inFAMOUS 2: Festival of Blood. For the first time, experience first-hand what it’s like to wield electricity with the precise motion control of PlayStation Move. The single-player expansion, including inFAMOUS 2 Move support will be available October 25 for $14.99 on PlayStation Network.

Host: Rob Logan
Co-host: Mike Volpe

The Geek Generation – #053 – September 26, 2011 News

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• Got feedback??
  • Send it to podcast@thegeekgeneration.com OR @GeekGeneration on Twitter OR call 508-316-9787
• Blu-ray and Video Game releases
• News:
  • Netflix taking a hit as customers continue to leave
  • Netflix responds with creation of Qwikster
  • Blockbuster announcements with DISH Network and Facebook
  • Chris Hardwick to host Talking Dead for AMC
  • Star Wars: The Complete Saga sales reach $84 million worldwide
  • Batman: Arkham City adds new gadgets and Deadshot
  • DC Universe Online is going Free-to-Play
  • Festival of Blood will support Move and add support to inFAMOUS 2
  • Source Code series coming to TV
  • Mark Millar gives a Kick-Ass sequel update
  • Ghostbusters will return to theaters for three nights in October
  • Universal preps new Scarface movie
  • Assassin’s Creed: Revelations for PS3 getting Blu-ray bonus
  • Buffy actors reunite on Supernatural this season
  • FOX developing The Spectre TV series
  • Kevin Costner drops Django Unchained
  • The CW developing a Beauty and the Beast series

Host: Rob Logan
Co-hosts: Bryan Lipsitz, Mike Volpe

The Geek Generation – #049 – August 22, 2011 News

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• Got feedback??
  • Send it to podcast@thegeekgeneration.com OR @GeekGeneration on Twitter OR call 508-316-9787
• Blu-ray and Video Game releases
• News:
  • The new Ultimate Spider-Man unmasked
  • First look at Henry Cavill as Superman in Man of Steel
  • Laurence Fishburne joins Man of Steel
  • First look at Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises
  • PlayStation 3 price drop announced
  • inFAMOUS 2: Festival of Blood DLC announced
  • Valve announces Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO)
  • GameFly adding “Unlimited PC Play” via new Digital Client
  • Mike Myers signs for Austin Powers 4
  • Bradley Cooper flies away from The Crow reboot
  • Kraft launches the Triple Double Oreo
  • Hugh Jackman confirms The Wolverine villain
  • NBA Jam: On Fire Edition – trailer and info
  • Promotional images and premiere details for new Two and a Half Men
  • Warehouse 13 renewed for fourth season
  • Voltron live-action movie in the works
  • Eddie Murphy to voice Hong Kong Phooey
  • Sin City: A Dame to Kill For moving forward
  • Robert Rodriguez takes Heavy Metal
  • Release dates for various movies

The DLC will swarm PSN in October, in time for Halloween.

Host: Rob Logan
Co-host: Bryan Lipsitz

The Geek Generation – #040 – X-Men: First Class

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Show notes:

• Poll question: What was the most exciting thing to come out of this year’s E3??
  • Send your answer to podcast@thegeekgeneration.com OR @GeekGeneration on Twitter
• Geek Outs & Freak Outs:
  • Green Lantern / DC reboot / inFAMOUS 2 / Google’s Les Paul logo
  • Superman reboot / losing interest in WWE
• Top 3:
  • Top 3 shockers from the DC reboot.
• News – E3 edition:
  • Nintendo reveals Wii U at E3
  • NGP is now officially PS Vita
  • Street Fighter X Tekken adds inFAMOUS’s Cole MacGrath
  • Two collections coming to PS3 in September
  • PlayStation-branded 3D monitor package announced
  • Mark Wahlberg insists The Fighter 2 is happening
  • Jeri Ryan and Kate Mulgrew to appear on Warehouse 13
• The Spoiler Room: X-Men: First Class

Host: Rob Logan
Co-host: Bryan Lipsitz

The Geek Generation – #039 – DC Rebooted

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Show notes:

• Poll question: Is DC making the right move by resetting to #1??
  • Send your answer to podcast@thegeekgeneration.com OR @GeekGeneration on Twitter
• Contest announcement: Rise Against T-Shirt & Signed Album Giveaway
• Geek Outs & Freak Outs:
  • X-Men: First Class / new Blu-ray releases / fans joining forces / “BlakeGate”
  • DC reboot / YouTube channel terminated / Green Lantern’s missing ring
• Webfinds:
  • BodyGuard: crime-fighting armored glove
  • Live action Portal performance by ‘Ninja of the Night’ at Fanime
  • Fan-created Half-Life trailer
  • Isaiah Mustafa as Luke Cage video
  • Thumbs up for Rock and Roll
• News:
  • DC Comics resetting all titles to #1
  • PlayStation Network is completely restored and Welcome Back Program is activated
  • WWE ’12 will be the next WWE video game
  • Catwoman revealed as a playable character in Batman: Arkham City
  • inFAMOUS 2 imports inFAMOUS trophy data
  • James Bond 23 release date announced
  • The Lion King hits 3D theaters on September 16

Pre-order from Walmart and you’ll get yourself the Electrocution Grenade power. Cole can use the Electrocution Grenade to shock nearby enemies with electricity that ties them down for a couple of seconds before detonating.

Pre-order from Gamestop and the Lightning Hook power is yours. Use the Lightning Hook to snare and pull enemies and objects towards Cole.

Pre-order from Amazon and you can arm yourself with a 24K Gold Amp. It’s… gold.

OR, if you’re a greedy little power-monger, you can get yourself the Hero Edition which delivers all three pre-order bonuses along with lots of other goodies like these:

• 8.5″ Cole MacGrath statue
• full size replica of Cole’s Sling Pack
• first issue of the DC Comics inFAMOUS comic with variant cover
• Powers
  • Electrocution Grenade power
  • Lightning Hook power
• Skins
  • Kessler skin
  • Reaper skin
• Four Amp variants
  • 24K Gold Amp
  • Sly’s Cane
  • Caveman Club
  • Samurai Sword
• the inFAMOUS 2 Red soundtrack

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For those of you who don’t know the original inFAMOUS story, Cole’s electrical powers appear when he’s caught in the blast of a mysterious device called the Ray Sphere. Cole gains more and more abilities, becomes more and more powerful, and survives the gauntlet of Empire City… but he also is given a glimpse into his future. He realizes that even at the height of his powers, he is no match for the challenge that awaits. A battle with a great Beast looms, and Cole isn’t ready to face it.

So in inFAMOUS 2, Cole travels South to New Marais to trace a path to the man behind the Ray Sphere technology, Dr. Sebastian Wolfe. With buddy Zeke riding shotgun, they set off to find the key to the next step in Cole’s evolution and a new level of power– powers that will be necessary if Cole hopes to survive the upcoming battle.

When Cole and Zeke eventually track down Dr. Wolfe, he explains that over years of experimenting, he had isolated the specific type of energy responsible for all genetic mutations. Dr. Wolfe’s technology—like the Ray Sphere—was all created to concentrate and manipulate this energy. To most people a dose of this mutative energy is fatal—but for a small fraction, the energy unlocks their untapped potential. These rare individuals are called Conduits, and of course Cole is one of them.

Wolfe has also developed a device—called a Blast Core—which can store this type of energy safely for an extended period of time… Over the years, he’s built and charged six of these Blast Cores. So to continue his evolution, Cole will need to locate these all-important Blast Cores, and absorb their energy into his body. But Wolfe fears the Blast Cores will fall into the wrong hands, so he has moved them to safe locations around the city — and Cole will have to hunt them all down.

Of course our story will take some important twists and turns along the way, we’ll meet other Conduits, and as in the original inFAMOUS game, your choices about what kind of person you are. But no matter which path Cole follows, one thing remains the same: without the Blast Cores he won’t survive.

Host: Rob Logan
Co-host: Bryan Lipsitz

030 – 3×30

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Show notes:

• Poll question:
  • Is there interest in a streaming live show??
  • Send answer to: podcast@thegeekgeneration.com OR @GeekGeneration on Twitter
• Geek Outs & Freak Outs:
  • Road to Wrestlemania / inFAMOUS 2 / Christian Bale winning an Oscar
  • Charlie Sheen / missing South Park
• News:
  • Diane Lane cast as Martha Kent
  • Elizabeth Hurley joins NBC’s Wonder Woman
  • Anne Hathaway confirms Catwoman
  • inFAMOUS 2 adds user-created missions to the game
  • American Dad renewed for seventh season
  • Will The Fighter get a sequel?
  • The Cape finale to air on NBC.com instead of TV

If you thought you were excited for inFAMOUS 2 already, Sucker Punch’s latest announcement should “amp” that up to a new level (see what I did there).

According to the latest news from Sucker Punch, inFAMOUS 2 will follow other PlayStation successes like LittleBigPlanet and ModNation Racers by allowing users to create missions within the game, theoretically making the replay value endless.

Some quotes from the creators:

We thought inFAMOUS 2 would be better if it didn’t end—if you never ran out of missions and mini-missions to play and things to do. So… we spent the last two years adding a User-Generated Content feature to the game. With User-Generated Content, inFAMOUS 2 players can build new missions, then share them with the world.

There really aren’t a lot of limits to the sorts of missions you can build. Mission creators have access to the same set of characters, creatures and props—so if you want to set a pack of Hive Lords rumbling after Cole through the streets of New Marais, you can do it. If you want to have Cole and Zeke face off against Nix and Kuo, you can do it.

If you want to bend the rules of inFAMOUS 2 to create new kinds of missions, you can do that too. Wish I2 had pure stealth missions? No problem, you can create stealth missions. Looking for more of a challenge? Try taking away some of Cole’s powers—see how the player does facing a platoon of Militia wielding only his Amp. Or add an old-school platforming challenge, or a race, or… I could go on all day.

User-generated missions show up in the world just like regular missions. When you walk up to them, you see the PSN tag of the mission creator, plus extra information like the mission’s current rating.

June 7th can’t come soon enough.

Host: Rob Logan
Co-host: Bryan Lipsitz

027 – Dropping the Rosen-BOMB

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Show notes:

• Poll question:
  • Which Super Bowl spot got you the most pumped for the movie??
  • Send answer to: podcast@thegeekgeneration.com OR @GeekGeneration on Twitter
• Super Bowl spots
  • Captain America / Thor / Cowboys & Aliens / Super 8
• Geek Outs & Freak Outs:
  • Michael Rosenbaum’s Smallville return / Marvel vs. Capcom 3 / Dana Carvey on SNL / Howard Stern tweets Private Parts commentary / Xbox Kinect Superman VR program
  • Glee following the Super Bowl / lack of Green Lantern spot / No Ordinary Family
• News:
  • Michael Rosenbaum will return for Smallville finale
  • X-Men: First Class – trailer
  • Spider-Man joins the Fantastic Four, now known as The Future Foundation
  • Guitar Hero franchise is no more
  • Cobie Smulders officially joins The Avengers
  • inFAMOUS 2 – morality revealed
  • Marvel vs. Capcom 3 – Shadow Mode DLC revealed

PlayStation has revealed how the morality system will work in inFAMOUS 2. Similar to inFAMOUS, karma will be based on events in which you can choose to lead Cole toward good or evil. Unlike the original game, these choices will be the result of following one character over another.

Karma moments from inFAMOUS are now represented by character-driven dialogue and 3D mocap cutscenes. Your conscience comes into play with the introduction of Kuo and Nix, two NPC characters. Kuo is a NSA agent working to help Cole defeat the Beast. Nix is a New Marais native that grew up in the swamps around New Marias, whose hatred for Bertrand stems from witnessing him kill her family. She is your hedonistic guide that coaxes Cole into not thinking about the consequences of his actions.

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Host: Rob Logan
Co-host: “Sir” Todd Tieuli

003 – The Geek Generation Podcast

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Show notes:

• Poll question:
  • What show from the 80’s would you like to see adapted into a movie?
  • Send answer to: podcast@thegeekgeneration.com OR @GeekGeneration on Twitter
• Geek Outs & Freak Outs:
  • Charlie Chaplin / Harry Potter trailer / Celebrities on Twitter
  • Sam Worthington
• Top 3
  • Top 3 actors/actresses that can always get you to the theater.
• Review: The A-Team
• News:
  • Andrew Garfield is the new Spider-Man
  • inFAMOUS 2 gameplay video is AWESOME
  • Hulu Plus use on PS3 clarified
  • Judd Apatow producing a new Pee-wee Herman movie
  • Rango – trailer and poster
  • Uncharted 2 – “The Lab” July schedule
  • Disturbed, Shinedown, Queen all coming to Guitar Hero this summer

In inFAMOUS we told the story of Cole MacGrath, an ordinary guy who gets superpowers. This time around in inFAMOUS 2, Cole starts out as a full on superhero and only gets more and more powerful. It’s more visceral, brutal and personal experience that commands you attention, making you feel the part of the superhero in every decision you make… be it for good or evil.

Get ready for the hell of a fight right off the bat. At the beginning of the game Cole meets a civilization ending villain who’s too powerful to beat. Looking to get stronger powers for a rematch Cole is forced to head south to New Marais, the town where the Ray Sphere was designed and built. Like I said, Cole starts out the game as a superhero over the course of inFAMOUS 2 he’s going to become a super super hero (that’s right double super).

If you check out the new trailer you’ll get an eyeful of steamy New Marais; it’s a town inspired by the great cities of the American south, particularly New Orleans. My father grew up there, when I was a kid he would tell me stories about the place: man eater alligators, creepy buildings, jazz music, river boat casinos, above ground cemeteries, and people going crazy at Mardi Gras. He made the town sound larger than life, full of overpowering beauty and scary stuff in every alley, what better place to set a superhero story?

While watching the new trailer you’ll also get a glimpse at Cole’s new threads, the perfect outfit for jumping across rooftops on those humid New Marais nights. Actually Cole’s going to be doing a lot more than jumping this time around; his parkour and electrical powers continue to grow, providing him with more and more ways to fluidly race through the city.

He’s also picked up a fine, fine new weapon to bash enemies with; it’s basically two heavy pipes with some stored up electrical charge between the poles (sorta like the world’s biggest cattle prod). Laying into villains with this baby is exactly the kind of thing I’m talking about when describing inFAMOUS 2 as more visceral, brutal and personal. You can feel the pain Cole is dishing out when the weapon connects with a enemy’s skull.

Anyhow, there you go. I look forward to posting more stuff once we have it ready for the public. inFAMOUS 2 is the biggest, baddest game Sucker Punch has ever tried to pull off… stay tuned for more from on inFAMOUS 2 in the near future.

Nate Fox