Episode 96 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!

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We start out this episode with some listener mail, general pleasantries and the like.

In video games, Tony talks about  Uncharted 3 and the Arkham City iPad companion app, as well as the Need for Speed: Run demo. Lou mentions Rage, the Divinity 2 demo and re-playing Plants vs. Zombies. Miscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~31:55), the segment starts with the guys talking about Grimm, The Walking Dead and The New Girl. Tony talks about Boss, Revenge, Once Upon a Time, Dave’s Old Porn and Modern Family, and Lou talks about Top Chef: Texas, Smallville season 7, 2 Broke Girls, Ringer, Pan Am and the return of Chuck. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~1:18:35), Tony saw absosmurfly nothing, and Lou, conversely, saw  The Green Lanter, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and Fast Five. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment (~1:36:10) the news this week includes:

  • GM will be selling trucks at Costco
  • A new rumor indicates that Apple will overhaul its entire product line in 2012
  • In other Apple rumors, there are strong indications that Apple will announce an Apple-designed & developed television next year for release in 2013
  • A professor at Columbia University has found out how to keep mosquitoes away from people using infrared light
  • A doctor in California has devised a way to turn brown eyes blue, permanently, using LASER beams. And $5,000 of each patient’s money
  • The 2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost has been recalled due to possible engine fires. That’s bad
  • Nokia has shown off a flexible smartphone concept, and now Samsung is saying they’ll release a smartphone with a flexible screen in 2012
  • NASA is funding research on tractor beams. Finally!
  • The six-man crew of the ESA’s Mars500 program finally came out of their simulator on Friday, after 520 days of isolation
  • A new, updated iOS5 should fix the iPhone’s battery issues
  • On November 28th, BBCA will air the first episode of Top Gear Top 40, featuring the show’s best and most loved segments
  • Lomography has come out with a new 35mm movie camera that you can buy for $100 including a viewer
  • Japan wants to build a backup city for Tokyo
  • It turns out Bill Gates is ultimately the person at Microsoft who killed the Courier
  • Boston Dynamics has shown off a new, bipedal, humaoid robot being designed for the military. Check out the creepy cool video here.

And of course keep listening after the Mash-Up to hear Tony & Lou’s votes for the Best & Worst Entertainment Moments of the Week!

The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.

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