January 2017 - Page 4 of 9 - How to Kill an Hour

Sniper Elite 4

20th January 2017/in Entertainment, Games /by billywright

Recently Marcus went to Rebellion Games HQ and shot some guns all in the name of Sniper Elite 4!

WELCOME TO ITALY, 1943 Discover ultimate sniping freedom in the largest and most advanced World War 2 shooter ever built. Experience tactical third person combat, slick stealth gameplay and epic longs hots as you liberate Italy from the grip of Fascism.

With an expansive campaign for 1-2 players and dedicated co-op and competitive multiplayer modes, Sniper Elite 4 aims to deliver a definitive tactical third person shooter with unrivalled sniping freedom across environments many times the size of those seen in Sniper Elite 3

Set in the aftermath of its award-winning predecessor, Sniper Elite 4 continues the series’ World War Two heritage by transporting players across the beautiful Italian peninsula, from sun-drenched Mediterranean coastal towns, to colossal Nazi megastructures, ancient forests and hidden mountain monasteries.

marcus bronzy with a big gun

Covert agent and elite marksman Karl Fairburne must fight alongside the brave men and women of the Italian Resistance to help free their country from the yoke of Fascism, and defeat a terrifying new threat with the potential to halt the Allied fightback in Europe before it’s even begun.

If his mission fails, there will be no Operation Overlord, no D-Day landings, and no Victory in Europe. Thrilling tactical third person combat: As deadly from distance as you are up close, adapt seamlessly to any combat situation and take the fight to Nazi forces with an impressive arsenal of iconic World War 2 sniper rifles, sub machine guns, heavy weapons, traps and explosives.

Slick new traversals and stealth takedowns: Climb, hang, shimmy, leap and clamber your way across the game’s vast environments to get the drop on enemies and deliver killing blows from behind cover, over ledges and more! Gaming’s most advanced kill cameras: Sniper Elite’s acclaimed X-ray Kill Camera shows the impact of your most impressive longshots, melee attacks and explosive trap kills on enemy bodies in bone-cracking detail.

Deep sniping customisation: Perfect your combat effectiveness by upgrading your own abilities via the skill tree, and tweaking key weapon traits such as scope magnification, muzzle velocity, stability and others.

Rewarding, tactical co-op: Play the entire campaign in co-op for 2 players, or jump into dedicated co-op game modes for up to 4 players.

Tense competitive multiplayer: Ratchet up the tension and take Sniper Elite’s trademark sharpshooting into unique adversarial play for up to 12 players in 7 modes across 6 custom-designed maps.

To buy Sniper Elite 4 click here!

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Marcus Bronzy recently spoke about this again in EP 175 – to listen please click here!

Digital Video outsells Physical Video!

20th January 2017/in Entertainment, Technology /by billywright

The inevitable happened and in 2016 streaming and downloadable video outsold DVD’s and Blu Rays for the first time in 2016.

Based on data from The Official Charts Company DVD and Blu Ray sales dropped by 17% year on year, (£1Billion – £894Million) Digital sales grew from £250M to £1.3billion according to estimates from market research firm IHS!!

Places like Netflix and Amazon churning out insanely good original content it’s no surprise that digital sales grew by so much and with them continuing to put more money into original content the sales will only continue to grow. Not only that places like Sky Store and Wuaki.tv also means you don’t even have to wait for the latest releases to hit Netflix you can rent them upon day of release!

To listen to the guys chatting about this please click here!

Smartwatch will tell you when you’re getting ill!

20th January 2017/in Gadgets, Gadgets / Tech /by billywright

That smartwatch on your wrist may have just got a little bit smarter – they’ll be able to tell you when you’re getting ill before you actually do, according to US scientists.

Researchers made an app called “Change of Heart” which tracked health data, such as your heart rate, then used 60 people to conduct a study for up to two years and found that the stats changed from the baseline, when they were falling ill.

These stats are very important as the researchers say that with this data they could potentially help to develop an app which will detect things such as type 2 diabetes and in the study the app detected very early signs of Lyme disease in one of the scientists behind the study.

As the devices are constantly measuring our vitals they can often give a quick up to date information and your doctor (we presume) would have access to these stats they could detect not only things like the common cold but the onset of diseases due to small undetectable changes in your physiology.

If this comes to fruition a combination of a smartwatch to detect the changes and a smartphone to act as a health dashboard could save plenty of lives in years to come!

To listen to the guys talking about this please click here!

Babylon Bot diagnosis!

19th January 2017/in Gadgets / Tech, Technology /by billywright

Ever been under the weather but not so under the weather that you needed to call your GP?

Or

Been a little bit ill but not ill like usual and are unsure as to what you may have?

Ever Googled your symptoms and Sh*t yourself because it said you’re going to die when all you had was a runny nose and a slight cough!?

Well the NHS is running a trial where you can speak to powerful medical Artificial Intelligence that has been accredited by over 100 doctors, for 7 days a week and 12 hours a day and get diagnosed.

It’s called Babylon and you can:

Chat to babylon. You can ask quick questions, send photos and get useful advice from real doctors, from anywhere in the world.
Dial a doctor in a jiffy. You can easily arrange GP consultations, who are GMC registered and have 10 years of experience with registered professionals, straight from your phone. Even if you’re abroad.
babylon sends prescriptions to your front door, office or local pharmacy. Choose next day delivery UK-wide, or same day delivery if you’re in London. We’ll even get it to you when you’re abroad.
babylon lets you track test results, activity levels and health info. So you always have an up to date picture of how you’re doing.
You can measure your own health by testing sugar levels, hormone levels, diabetes and cholesterol all you got to do is order a test kit, send it back after using it and get your results right there from within the app!

Pricing plans are below:

To download Babylon Health App please click here Apple / Android

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Fingerprint Stealing!

19th January 2017/in Gadgets / Tech, Technology /by billywright

So, it turns out, the hugely popular peace sign that we all love to do in photo’s could now potentially be dangerous for us. Great. More things spoiled by some bad people!

According to research at the Japanese National Institute of Informatics when we make the peace sign we could be giving away our biometric data. (Our fingerprint to you and I)

Mashable reports that if the picture is clear enough, within 10 feet and the lighting is bright enough hackers could recreate our fingerprint using 3D technology and unlock things such as our iPhone for example.

To listen to the guys chatting about this please click here!

Picture of Marcus Bronzy from the How To Kill An Hour Podcast

Episode 153 Eletrunks!

19th January 2017/in Shows /by billywright

Amazon Opens More Book Stores!

19th January 2017/in Books, Entertainment, Technology /by billywright

If opening a physical store wasn’t interesting enough, Amazon is adding to its fleet of Amazon Book stores already in use.

Amazon told the Wallstreet Journal in an email that they are opening a bookstore in Manhattan sometime this spring. Located at Time Warner Center in Midtown at the edge of Central Park.

In an ironic twist of fate Amazon may have been tempted by such a location as Manhattan rent prices are dropping due to online stores.

Amazon currently has three bookstores located at Seattle, Portland and San Diego. As well as this new one in Manhattan there are also plans for two more, Chicago and Massachusetts.

Amazon’s books are cheaper in it’s physical stores rather than online, but unsurprisingly enough you can sign up for a prime membership in store.

To listen to the guys chatting about this please click here!

EleTrunks Elephant Pants (UPDATE)

19th January 2017/in Gadgets, Gadgets / Tech /by billywright

You may have read or heard about Eletrunks in a previous epsiode (128) and we got our hands on them!

Click here to buy some Eletrunks!

Click here to hear the guys thoughts on the Eletrunks!

See below the original article:

There’s a new underwear brand in town and their hilarious but functional at the same time!

They’re called Eletrunks and they allow a user to adjust himself without having to shove his hand down ‘there’ The website describes the underwear as ‘chafe-free’ and keeps ‘you from sticking to yourself’ – regarding the issue of not putting your hand down ‘there’ the website describes how and where you place your baby maker and when you need to ‘adjust’ just give the ‘lifter’ a tug.

Founder Michael Walker, told Mashable how he came up with this crazy idea:

“I quit my job last September to travel through Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Somewhere in the first week of Ecuador I convinced myself to buy a motorcycle to carry me through the rest of my journey,” he told Mashable. “Here is where I realized how incredibly uncomfortable each type of men’s underwear can be and how there is no true functionality. Somewhere crossing the Colombia boarder the idea for Eletrunks crystallized.”

Click here to listen to the guys talking about this cool product on the show!