Re-release: Geekly Daily 118 (Thursday, May 9th):

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Geekly News Headlines:
May 9th:
 ➤  Ea access subscription model coming to PS4
https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/07/ea-access-ps4/
 ➤ Disney announces new plans for Star Wars and avatar.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/3-new-star-wars-film-will-star-arriving-in-2022-1834584244
 ➤ New pubG update in china makes the game family friendly... and weird
https://www.polygon.com/2019/5/8/18536929/china-pubg-replacement-game-for-peace-violence
 ➤  Intel announces brand of battery efficient performance laptops.
https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/08/intel-project-athena-laptop-battery-life/
 ➤  Results of NASA's Asteroid simulation
https://gizmodo.com/nasa-accidentally-destroys-nyc-in-attempt-to-save-denve-1834614030
 ➤  Gyllenhal pushed, during filming of Spider-Man, to have his Mysterio costume featured more often than had been planned
https://screenrant.com/spider-man-mysterio-costume-jake-gyllenhaal-love/
 ➤ Exploding PAM
https://skillet.lifehacker.com/throw-out-old-canisters-of-pam-immediately-1834614281
May 7th:
➤ New Spider-Man far from home trailer
https://io9.gizmodo.com/in-the-new-spider-man-far-from-home-trailer-peter-par-1834539001
 ➤  Machine learning coming to Microsoft Word
https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/06/microsoft-word-online-ideas/
 ➤  Humanities development is destroying the world.
https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/06/new-study-shows-human-development-is-destroying-the-planet-at-an-unprecedented-rate/
 ➤  Original devil may cry coming to switch
https://www.polygon.com/2019/5/6/18534531/devil-may-cry-nintendo-switch-release-date
May 6th:
➤ The next Spider-Man trailer will come with a spoiler warning for endgame
https://screenrant.com/spider-man-far-home-trailer-endgame-spoilers-warning/
➤ Grand theft auto 6 rumoured to have multiple cities and be waiting for next generation consoles.
https://screenrant.com/grand-theft-auto-6-leaks-rumors-multiple-cities/
➤ Volcano destroys tilted towers in fortnite
https://kotaku.com/fortnites-vault-opens-volcano-destroys-tilted-towers-1834524763
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Geekly Weekly TV Rankings (➤ for new) ( I live tweet shows on twitter, but try  to keep those spoiler-lite @AndrewGeczy)

1. Game of Thrones ****1/2
   This episode was good, though slower than other episodes and a lot of not great stuff happened that made me feel weird. Dani leaving her boats to die. How few unsullied are left. How fast everything is deteriorating for them. I dunno, It's not that the show is bad, I'm just not fond of the direction we're going in. I didn't love the places this episode led, and I dunno what is going to happen next week now. Is it good game of thrones still? Sure. Some of this episode was more game of thrones than we've seen in years. But is this better than what this show could have been had it gone in a different direction? I'm unconvinced.
2. Doom Patrol ****1/2
   Fun episode of Doom Patrol this week, with perhaps a bit too much of a focus on Cyborg, and not as much zani-ness as other episodes, it was still fantastic and had wonderfully great moments, as well as a few strange sights including those strange robots that did the filing. There was also some comedy found in Robotman's interrogation, Jane's torture, and the loosening of the butts. I especially liked when the guy promptly killed himself upon learning the butts were loose.
3.  ➤ Legends of Tomorrow ****1/2
   Great episode this week, as we quicken our pace towards the finale. I enjoyed a lot of plots in this episode, best of all was Gary's slow conquest of the Time Bureau with his demonic nipple. But every story thread was fantastic. The Wave-rider trapped in ice, great. Ray and Constantine was great. I even loved Constantine's super dramatic fall into hell. Great episode, worth every second.
4.  ➤ The Flash ****1/2Great episode of the Flash. All these DC shows seem to be ramping up this week as they lead into each of their separate finales. Flash was great as Barry learned to trust his daughter, Cicada was finally defeated in a cool battle, and Thawne's true machinations were revealed. I'll be honest, Thawne had me fooled. I didn't wanna see him die, I was hoping someone would come save him. Instead it seems he might be about to save himself.
5.  ➤ Family Guy ****1/2It was like this episode had no moral, no point, it was just pure random insanity and I loved every second. This is absolutely Family guy at its best. Loved all the ridiculous sponsorships, especially Triscuit. Loved Sam Elliot, I even enjoyed Brian's growing love for his hummer. I even loved when they fell asleep listening to a podcast and then got in a car crash, and then the podcast put them back to sleep. That whole episode was very random. Well done.
6. Supergirl ****1/2
   Good episode of Supergirl this week, with Kara and Lena uncovering Lex's dastardly plans, and things taking a twist for the worse. I enjoyed most elements of this story, and how it ramped things up to no longer be a cold war. Also Kara came close to telling Lena her secret, something I've been waiting forever to happen. It didn't happen, but Kara made it clear it's on her mind too. Also I kind of knew the president would fuck her over there. The only part of this episode I didn't enjoy was Alex's subplot. Once more they are trying to force James' sister down our throats, and the fact that they hung out and she listened to Alex's bullshit for an enitre day, for no damn reason cause the adoption fell through, was such a waste of everyone's time. Sister Olsen, the show, mine. All our time. Thanks a lot Alex's bullshit. I love you Alex, but you are so extra sometimes.
7. Killing Eve ****
   Good episode of Killing Eve this week, though I can see the point of some early review I caught a glance of that voiced some issues. The show almost seems to be dedicated to giving us what we want, and not, at the same time. VIllanelle is nothing but amazing all the time, and makes this show infinitely watchable, even if the rest of the plotting slowly falls apart.
8.  ➤ Into the Badlands ****Good series finale, though I feel like someone forgot to tell the creator that it was the final season. Which blows my mind, because the entire second half of the season felt like the show rushing it's way to an ending, and then the ending arrived and they ended on a cliffhanger! A cliffhanger! Of all things! The episode was good though, fun action, good character moments. I hope Tilda survived. Fitting end for MK too. And Sunny was given the chance to be a badass at the end, even if it didn't make sense. He was blocking moves from Pilgrim that earlier would have snapped his bones. Very inconsistent episode, rushing it's way into a cliffhanger.
9. Ducktales ****A strong episode for its return. The only reason it's so low on the list has a lot more to do with the strength of TV this week, more than anything else. I loved Webby's excitement to practically Dungeon master a quest to distract their foe. Every character had some good character moments. There were good jokes, it was just good fun. An all around strong, if not standout, episode.
10.  ➤ Arrow ****Better episode of Arrow this week, than the terrible episode last week, though some of the logic fallacies carried forward. Like why is William whining and crying in the future about them abandoning him when he was the one that called his grandparents to take him away. Does he not remember that? Also I love how the SCPD gets attacked by an obvious petite Asian woman in a green hood and they're like "It must be Oliver Queen" the captain was like "I thought it was you." ARE YOU BLIND??? But those are nitpicks, as opposed to last episode where the BS drove the entire plot. And a lot of what we got this episode was really quality stuff. Everything with Tommy, the struggle everyone went through in that plant really, and everything with felicity was compelling work. I didn't love that nerve gas scene, It was so dramatic when he could have just held his breath for five seconds. Instead he pauses for dramatic effect before and after shutting off the generator.
11. Cloak and Dagger ***1/2
    I enjoyed this episode for the most part, even though it dragged at points. Perhaps I just wasn't in the mood to spend an episode in dreamland watching Dagger's psyche slowly break. And it's was done fine. Not like amazing, but it was certainly effective enough for it's purposes. I enjoyed the moments in the record room, when the sound would get really quiet and you'd hear every little tap of a finger against a sleeve. The sound design was well done. And Olivia Holt remains an incredibly strong actress.
12. The Goldbergs ***Decent episode of the Goldbergs, better for its character moments than for its comedy. I really appreciated that Erika put Jeff's needs ahead of her own, and as my favourite characters and relationship in the show I appreciate how this seeming finale ended in a high place. They also, apparently, just wrote Jackie off the show after recasting her at the beginning of the season (From the personal fav but shit disturber Rowan Blanchard) and then proceeded to barely use her at all, which was thankful as the new actress was not the same. I do kind of feel bad for her. She walked into the middle of a shitty situation and then promptly got the shaft.
13. Saturday Night Live **
    Boring episode of SNL, that did little to bring the laughs. Maybe it's because I don't have a great appreciation for Adam Sandler, but I don't find him funny, and I found the family reunion sketch the least funny of all. The song about holes was really bad too. And there was a lot of reused sketches, and while there were certainly parts that had me chuckling, the only part I really enjoyed at all was the Chris Farley Memorial at the end. Actually I take that back. I also really enjoyed the opening sketch, and I usually hate the tired Family Feud sketch, but throwing in both Game of Thrones and the Avengers, and making them compete was worth every penny. Great way to start, it's only too bad the rest of the show never hit that height. 

Geekly Weekly Talk Show Showdown:

1. ➤ Vice News Tonight *****
2. ➤ Last Week Tonight ****1/2
3. ➤ The Daiiy Show ***
4. ➤ Stephen Colbert *** 
5. ➤ James Corden *** 
6. ➤ Graham Norton Show *