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    Geeks OUT Podcast: Crash Into Diversity

    enSeptember 14, 2020
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    About this Episode

    In this week's super-sized episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by the President of NYCGaymers (@OfficialNYCG), Raffy Regulus (@raffyregulus), as they discuss the new diversity/inclusivity initiatives coming to the Oscars in 2024, get excited for a redesigned and playable Tawna in Crash Bandicoot 4, and celebrate the news of a new season of Kipo & the Age of Wonderbeasts in This Week in Queer. 

    This Week's Topics Include:

    BIG OPENING:  

     

    DOWN & NERDY: 

     

    • KEVIN: Mulan, The Babysitter: Killer Queen, For All Mankind, Empyre Aftermath
    • RAFFY: X-Men comics (Johnathan Hickman oriented), Spellbreak, Lovecraft Country, Upcoming Hyrule Warriors game, Raised by Wolves

     

     

    STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New look at Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time finally gives Tawna a redesign and makes her playable

     

    THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Netflix announces 3rd and final season of Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

     

    CLIP OF THE WEEK: New teaser for the animated movie Wolfwalkers

     

    THE WEEK IN GEEK: 

    MOVIES

    • New trailer for Hulu’s movie anthology series Monsterland
    • New trailer for the remake of Dune
    • Sony Pictures waiting until the pandemic is over before releasing big movies
    • New trailer for Freaky
    • Neve Campbell joins Scream 5 as 3rd original cast member returning

     

    TV

     

    VIDEO GAMES

    • Microsoft gives more details on Xbox Series X & introduces Series S 
    • New trailer for the documentary Console Wars

     

    SHILF

    • KEVIN: Leah Williams
    • RAFFY: Jonathan Hickman

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