Geek Syndicate
- Description:
- The long awaited, critically acclaimed, irreverent, touching, intellectual, nonsensical, fairly drunken, incredibly sexy, hilarious.... Hear what happens when 2 old friends(perhaps more in the coming weeks), some pizza, 2 bottles of single malt whiskey and a couple of cats decide to celebrate all aspects of geek life from a UK perspective. We hope to cover TV,Books,Games,Comics..etc every fortnight.
Homepage: http://geeksyndicate.libsyn.com
RSS Feed: http://geeksyndicate.libsyn.com/rss
- Episodes:
- 2151
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:1:03:58
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:22:21:46
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 95 days, 13 hours, 5 minutes and 38 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 1 October 2006 (2:23am GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 31 March 2024 (7:09am GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 2 days, 23 hours, 18 minutes and 37 seconds
Geek Syndicate Episodes
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Small Press Big Mouth - Episode 30
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 48 minutes and 59 secondsWelcome Ladies and Gentleman to Episode 30 of Small Press Big Mouth, we have a plethora of news and reviews for you as always. Stace reviews all the L's - Luchadoras, London's Calling and The Lovecraft Anthology vol 1 and Lee tells us all about Accent UK's Wolfman, Moon by Beyond the Bunker and he get's cute with Gronk. Not to be confused with The Gronk - oh his poor heartses!
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The Next Level Ep 28 - Ant gets a games room
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 0 minutes and 22 secondsAnt and Amaechi once again bring you the latest news from the gaming world. In this episode Ant starts work on his ultimate gaming room in his new house
In the news
* Max Payne 3 lives
* Hunted Demon's Forge gets a 15 rating
* Sony Ericson Xperia Play launches in the UK
* Sony's NGP could be delayed due to the Japan Earthquake
* PSN users raise $1.3m for the Japan earthquake relief
* Nintendo 3DS sickness
* Brink
* Battlefield Free to play
* Resident Evil 4 and Code Veronica being remade for the PS3 and Xbox 360
Reviews
Buy, Rent or Avoid - features our reviews of Top Spin 4 and Star Wars: Force Unleashed 2
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Small Press Big Mouth - Episode 30
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 48 minutes and 59 secondsWelcome Ladies and Gentleman to Episode 30 of Small Press Big Mouth, we have a plethora of news and reviews for you as always. Stace reviews all the L's - Luchadoras, London's Calling and The Lovecraft Anthology vol 1 and Lee tells us all about Accent UK's Wolfman, Moon by Beyond the Bunker and he get's cute with Gronk. Not to be confused with The Gronk - oh his poor heartses!
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The Next Level Ep 28 - Ant gets a games room
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 0 minutes and 22 secondsAnt and Amaechi once again bring you the latest news from the gaming world. In this episode Ant starts work on his ultimate gaming room in his new house
In the news
· Max Payne 3 lives
· Hunted Demon’s Forge gets a 15 rating
· Sony Ericson Xperia Play launches in the UK
· Sony’s NGP could be delayed due to the Japan Earthquake
· PSN users raise $1.3m for the Japan earthquake relief
· Nintendo 3DS sickness
· Brink
· Battlefield Free to play
· Resident Evil 4 and Code Veronica being remade for the PS3 and Xbox 360
Reviews
Buy, Rent or Avoid - features our reviews of Top Spin 4 and Star Wars: Force Unleashed 2
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Dissecting Worlds Series 4- Episode 2 Zardoz, Post-Holocaust Sex & Gender Dystopias
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 9 secondsJoined by the insightful Brenda from the Geektress podcast to take the middle class married men shine of a discussion of gender and sex the Nort nasties of Matt and the pseudo-scouse seagull Kehaar look at sex and gender in the miserable futures presented in the apocalypse, disaster and dystopia genres.On the way there's learning & laughter as such important matters are considered as:Sean Connery in a orange nappy in a future with only 2 bits of soft porn.The role of homosexuality, the ancient greeks and Battlestar Galactica.Does the ending of watchmen make any sense ?Is Children of Men the perfect companion piece to Bend it like Beckham.Dystopia prositution in the Handmaids Tale, Go-Go Girls of the apocalypse (http://www.amazon.com/Go-Go-Girls-Apocalypse-Victor-Gischler/dp/1416552251) and others.The bonky-bonky futures of Logan's Run and Brave New World compared with the control of 1984 or Farenheit 451.James Cameron's perfect woman.Why do the survival situations of jericho and Survivors feature such traditional female roles in contrast to some versions of Day of the Triffids.Soylent Green, I am Legend, Mad Max and Hunger Games (http://www.thehungergames.co.uk/) also get a look in alongside Duke Nuke'emism and the 'Two Ronnies 'classic' "The Worm that Turned" (readily available on youtube.)All this and we never discussed Y the Last Man & Paranoia (the game) - DOH! So let us have your thoughts - contact us atdissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk or tweet @theGrampus (Matt), @Geektress (Brenda) or @Clarkythecruel (Kehaar) and we'll have a thread at the Geeksyndicate facebook group.
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Dissecting Worlds Series 4- Episode 2 Zardoz, Post-Holocaust Sex & Gender Dystopias
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 9 secondsJoined by the insightful Brenda from the Geektress podcast to take the middle class married men shine of a discussion of gender and sex the Nort nasties of Matt and the pseudo-scouse seagull Kehaar look at sex and gender in the miserable futures presented in the apocalypse, disaster and dystopia genres.On the way there's learning & laughter as such important matters are considered as:Sean Connery in a orange nappy in a future with only 2 bits of soft porn.The role of homosexuality, the ancient greeks and Battlestar Galactica.Does the ending of watchmen make any sense ?Is Children of Men the perfect companion piece to Bend it like Beckham.Dystopia prositution in the Handmaids Tale, Go-Go Girls of the apocalypse (http://www.amazon.com/Go-Go-Girls-Apocalypse-Victor-Gischler/dp/1416552251) and others.The bonky-bonky futures of Logan's Run and Brave New World compared with the control of 1984 or Farenheit 451.James Cameron's perfect woman.Why do the survival situations of jericho and Survivors feature such traditional female roles in contrast to some versions of Day of the Triffids.Soylent Green, I am Legend, Mad Max and Hunger Games (http://www.thehungergames.co.uk/) also get a look in alongside Duke Nuke'emism and the 'Two Ronnies 'classic' "The Worm that Turned" (readily available on youtube.)All this and we never discussed Y the Last Man & Paranoia (the game) - DOH! So let us have your thoughts - contact us atdissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk or tweet @theGrampus (Matt), @Geektress (Brenda) or @Clarkythecruel (Kehaar) and we'll have a thread at the Geeksyndicate facebook group.
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Scrolls Ch12, Pt 2: Alternative Avenues
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes and 25 secondsThis episode Scrolls flips over the page to see things from the other side in terms of starting out as a writer. Acting as a companion piece to the Author Interviews
recorded at the SFX Weekender we've pulled together three authors who have taken non-traditional approaches to getting their fiction out into the public domain.
Joining Phil and Clover in a virtual round-table discussion of their experiences, and the pros and cons of these alternative avenues are:-Barry Nugent (Shadowy Godfather of the Geek Syndicate and author of Fallen Heroes, self published through Lulu's print-on-demand service)
Alex Keller (Author of pre-teen steampunk novels Haywired and Rewired, printed by small-press publisherMogzilla) and
Mark Bell (Author of folk horror novel Binder of Bone, Keeper of Corn which he has published exclusively as an e-book).
Here are some additional links to items mentioned in the episode that may be of interest to you:
Barry's twitter and Fallen Heroes, the comic http://fallenheroescomicdotcom.wordpress.com/
Alex's twitter and website http://alexkelleruk.tumblr.com/ (although I believe a Wordpress blog is in the offing soon)
Mark's blog http://sirswithinswift.blogspot.com/
Normal Service - i.e. blather, banter and bullshit about books - resumes soon in the next episode 'Life, the Multiverse and Everything.'
Keep reading.
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Scrolls Ch12, Pt 2: Alternative Avenues
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes and 25 secondsThis episode Scrolls flips over the page to see things from the other side in terms of starting out as a writer. Acting as a companion piece to the Author Interviews
recorded at the SFX Weekender we've pulled together three authors who have taken non-traditional approaches to getting their fiction out into the public domain.
Joining Phil and Clover in a virtual round-table discussion of their experiences, and the pros and cons of these alternative avenues are:-Barry Nugent (Shadowy Godfather of the Geek Syndicate and author of Fallen Heroes, self published through Lulu's print-on-demand service)
Alex Keller (Author of pre-teen steampunk novels Haywired and Rewired, printed by small-press publisherMogzilla) and
Mark Bell (Author of folk horror novel Binder of Bone, Keeper of Corn which he has published exclusively as an e-book).
Here are some additional links to items mentioned in the episode that may be of interest to you:
Barry's twitter and Fallen Heroes, the comic http://fallenheroescomicdotcom.wordpress.com/
Alex's twitter and website http://alexkelleruk.tumblr.com/ (although I believe a Wordpress blog is in the offing soon)
Mark's blog http://sirswithinswift.blogspot.com/
Normal Service - i.e. blather, banter and bullshit about books - resumes soon in the next episode 'Life, the Multiverse and Everything.'
Keep reading.
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The Next Level - Episode 27
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 57 secondsJoin the guys as they catch up on their gaming fortnight - including Barry's huge Mass Effect 2 session. In other news, we look at the winners from this year's gaming BAFTAs and discuss the pro's and con's of digital distribution for games.
Buy, Rent Avoid features our reviews of Fight Night Champion and Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands.
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The Next Level - Episode 27
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 57 secondsJoin the guys as they catch up on their gaming fortnight - including Barry's huge Mass Effect 2 session. In other news, we look at the winners from this year's gaming BAFTAs and discuss the pro's and con's of digital distribution for games.
Buy, Rent Avoid features our reviews of Fight Night Champion and Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands.
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FEEDBACK: A HERO'S CALLING, Episode #7 "Cover of Darkness"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes and 16 secondsThe Dark Enforcer has crossed the line, forcing Tech Support to utilize their elite paramilitary cadre to run interference while Feedback prepares for a rematch. This time the stakes are high, threatening to prove too much for both our hero and his support team, but unknown to Feedback he’s about to gain an ally from the most unexpected battlefront—home!
Cast of Characters;
Mark Kalita as Blackthorn
Paeter Frandsen as Pre-Fetch
Tim O’Donnell as Back-Up
Kim Gianopoulos as K2
Tanner Karns as Router
MJ Cogburn as Wolf-Girl
Robin Carlisle as Dragonryder
Timm “The Jester” Gillick as Dark Enforcer
Zack Fester as The Executive
Steve Anderson as Forthright
Andrey Kuznetsov as Reboot
Elizabeth Delaney as Amber
Steve Hykes as Archive
Elie Hirschman as Console
Mike Winters as Tom
Brent Terrien as Pure V
Phill Moxley as Emerald Knight
Tiffany Braford as PiperMage
Paul Mannering as Corsair
Natasha Lathrop as The News Correspondent
Steven Jay Cohen as The Police Officer
and
Ryan Stockton as The Paramedic
It is our privilege once again to have Scott Hinze of Fanboy Radio (http://fanboyradio.libsyn.com/) as Firewall,
and welcome our honored new cast member, Mur Lafferty as Drive!
(For more superheroey goodness, check out the story of Keepsie Branson, a bar owner in the shining metropolis of Seventh City, at Mur’s podnovel site www.playing for keeps novel .com)
And as always, we remain awed and humbled by our featured players,
Sarah Blevins as Sarah
and
Matthew Atherton as Feedback!
“Shinobi” is a trademark of Sega.
“My Calling” theme written and performed by Jeffrey Wayne Kirkpatrick.
Original Score by David A. Krause. You can find David’s music compositions for “A Hero’s Calling” athttp://davidallenkrause.com
Post production was done by Alan White.
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FEEDBACK: A HERO'S CALLING, Episode #7 "Cover of Darkness"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes and 16 secondsThe Dark Enforcer has crossed the line, forcing Tech Support to utilize their elite paramilitary cadre to run interference while Feedback prepares for a rematch. This time the stakes are high, threatening to prove too much for both our hero and his support team, but unknown to Feedback he's about to gain an ally from the most unexpected battlefront--home!
Cast of Characters;
Mark Kalita as Blackthorn
Paeter Frandsen as Pre-Fetch
Tim O'Donnell as Back-Up
Kim Gianopoulos as K2
Tanner Karns as Router
MJ Cogburn as Wolf-Girl
Robin Carlisle as Dragonryder
Timm "The Jester" Gillick as Dark Enforcer
Zack Fester as The Executive
Steve Anderson as Forthright
Andrey Kuznetsov as Reboot
Elizabeth Delaney as Amber
Steve Hykes as Archive
Elie Hirschman as Console
Mike Winters as Tom
Brent Terrien as Pure V
Phill Moxley as Emerald Knight
Tiffany Braford as PiperMage
Paul Mannering as Corsair
Natasha Lathrop as The News Correspondent
Steven Jay Cohen as The Police Officer
and
Ryan Stockton as The Paramedic
It is our privilege once again to have Scott Hinze of Fanboy Radio (http://fanboyradio.libsyn.com/) as Firewall,
and welcome our honored new cast member, Mur Lafferty as Drive!
(For more superheroey goodness, check out the story of Keepsie Branson, a bar owner in the shining metropolis of Seventh City, at Mur's podnovel site www.playing for keeps novel .com)
And as always, we remain awed and humbled by our featured players,
Sarah Blevins as Sarah
and
Matthew Atherton as Feedback!
"Shinobi" is a trademark of Sega.
"My Calling" theme written and performed by Jeffrey Wayne Kirkpatrick.
Original Score by David A. Krause. You can find David's music compositions for "A Hero's Calling" athttp://davidallenkrause.com
Post production was done by Alan White.
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Geek Syndicate - Episode 181
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 0 minutes and 9 secondsJoin Dave and Barry on another rollercoaster ride into the world of geekdom.
News
Mass Effect 2 kicks ass at the baftas
Sandman comes toTV
Superman Reboot news
Week the was
Hawaii five 0
Being Human
Desperate housewives???
Geek Tweets
In this new section we scour our twitter feed for questions on Young Justice, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Doctor Who and more
Enjoy!
Don't forget to vote for us in the sfx blog awards!
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Geek Syndicate - Episode 181
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 0 minutes and 9 secondsJoin Dave and Barry on another rollercoaster ride into the world of geekdom.
News
Mass Effect 2 kicks ass at the baftas
Sandman comes toTV
Superman Reboot news
Week the was
Hawaii five 0
Being Human
Desperate housewives???
Geek Tweets
In this new section we scour our twitter feed for questions on Young Justice, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Doctor Who and more
Enjoy!
Don't forget to vote for us in the sfx blog awards!
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Dissecting Worlds Series 4 Episode 1 Supers, Sexuality & Gender
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 24 minutes and 26 secondsA new series and a new format - wary of two middle class middle aged men discussing gender issues and sexuality the morose pairing of Matt and Kehaar have got in reinforcments in the form of 'little witch' Amy from 'Birds of Geek.'With no blows barred they take a good hard look at sexuality and espically gender issues in Super hero fiction - principally comics. On the way there is considerations of such things as - is Black Canary/Green Arrow's relationship the only real one in comics? The Oracle character arc, is The Joker a rapist? Gail Simone's Women in Refrigerators article, Sue Storm's decisions in Civil War, Mary Wollenstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women, Sucker Punch get's a kicking and Matt admits a deep dark desire.There's some strong language and some strong opinions in this episode. (So let's hear yours.)Link's Amy mentionsCome on the forums with your opinions or email dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk or twitter Matt @theGrampus or Kehaar @ClarkythecruelKehaar's game related musings can be found here http://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/ and his current RPLG campaign here http://alfiesantics.wordpress.com/Matt's literary reviews are here http://www.geeksyndicate.co.uk/ under the Tolkien Gestures thread.
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Dissecting Worlds Series 4 Episode 1 Supers, Sexuality & Gender
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 24 minutes and 26 secondsA new series and a new format - wary of two middle class middle aged men discussing gender issues and sexuality the morose pairing of Matt and Kehaar have got in reinforcments in the form of 'little witch' Amy from 'Birds of Geek.'With no blows barred they take a good hard look at sexuality and espically gender issues in Super hero fiction - principally comics. On the way there is considerations of such things as - is Black Canary/Green Arrow's relationship the only real one in comics? The Oracle character arc, is The Joker a rapist? Gail Simone's Women in Refrigerators article, Sue Storm's decisions in Civil War, Mary Wollenstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women, Sucker Punch get's a kicking and Matt admits a deep dark desire.There's some strong language and some strong opinions in this episode. (So let's hear yours.)Link's Amy mentionsCome on the forums with your opinions or email dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk or twitter Matt @theGrampus or Kehaar @ClarkythecruelKehaar's game related musings can be found here http://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/ and his current RPLG campaign here http://alfiesantics.wordpress.com/Matt's literary reviews are here http://www.geeksyndicate.co.uk/ under the Tolkien Gestures thread.
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Timelore Addendum ep1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 29 minutes and 49 secondsWewlcome to Timelore Addendum a short stopgap to keep you going till the next epsidoe of Timelore. In theis ep I and field agent Ant look at the Big Finish audio adventures that slot in and around the first series of dr Who and I interview Stephen North who played the father iin the family on The Christmas Carol, the latest Dr Who Christmas special.
hope you enjoy
David
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Timelore Addendum ep1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 29 minutes and 49 secondsWewlcome to Timelore Addendum a short stopgap to keep you going till the next epsidoe of Timelore. In theis ep I and field agent Ant look at the Big Finish audio adventures that slot in and around the first series of dr Who and I interview Stephen North who played the father iin the family on The Christmas Carol, the latest Dr Who Christmas special.
hope you enjoy
David
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The Next Level - Episode 26 The Handheld/Mobile Gaming Wars
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 2 secondsAnt and Amaechi once again bring you the latest news from the gaming world. In this episode Amaechi finally plays his first ever MMO in Champions Online, and not one to do anything by half’s promptly downloads another MMO, Lord of the Rings Online.
In the news
· PS3 shipments get frozen in Europe thanks to LG’s law-suit
· The Mexican Government calls for Ubisoft’s Call of Juarez to be banned due to the 6000 drugs related murders in 2 years in the real life Juarez
· MCM Expo joins forces with Gamespot UK to bring more games to its Expo’s
· iPad 2 gets launched
· Playstation Home may be getting a multiplayer social network upgrade
Main feature
In our main feature we discuss the growth and latest developments in the world of handheld/mobile gaming. With 2011 bringing 2 new major handheld console releases in the Nintendo 3DS and Sony NGP (PSP2), the continued growth in mobile phone games and the predicted explosion of tablet PC’s with iPad 2, Android tablets, Windows 7 and both Balckberry and HP launching tablets; this segment of the games industry is a hot topic.
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The Next Level - Episode 26 The Handheld/Mobile Gaming Wars
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 2 secondsAnt and Amaechi once again bring you the latest news from the gaming world. In this episode Amaechi finally plays his first ever MMO in Champions Online, and not one to do anything by half's promptly downloads another MMO, Lord of the Rings Online.
In the news
* PS3 shipments get frozen in Europe thanks to LG's law-suit
* The Mexican Government calls for Ubisoft's Call of Juarez to be banned due to the 6000 drugs related murders in 2 years in the real life Juarez
* MCM Expo joins forces with Gamespot UK to bring more games to its Expo's
* iPad 2 gets launched
* Playstation Home may be getting a multiplayer social network upgrade
Main feature
In our main feature we discuss the growth and latest developments in the world of handheld/mobile gaming. With 2011 bringing 2 new major handheld console releases in the Nintendo 3DS and Sony NGP (PSP2), the continued growth in mobile phone games and the predicted explosion of tablet PC's with iPad 2, Android tablets, Windows 7 and both Balckberry and HP launching tablets; this segment of the games industry is a hot topic.
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Small Press Big Mouth - Episode 29
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 44 minutes and 14 secondsWelcome guys and gals to episode 29 of Small Press Big Mouth. This episode Stace and Lee LOVE Ian Culbard and review both The Sign of the Four and The Mountains of Madness, also reviewed are two anthologies; Tales of the Spiffing and Solipsistic Pop 3 as well as Hermit by the rather wonderful Andy Waugh. Lee also reviewed another comic but I can't spell it...I mean it's a surprise ooooohhh surprises are cool!
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Small Press Big Mouth - Episode 29
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 44 minutes and 14 secondsWelcome guys and gals to episode 29 of Small Press Big Mouth. This episode Stace and Lee LOVE Ian Culbard and review both The Sign of the Four and The Mountains of Madness, also reviewed are two anthologies; Tales of the Spiffing and Solipsistic Pop 3 as well as Hermit by the rather wonderful Andy Waugh. Lee also reviewed another comic but I can't spell it...I mean it's a surprise ooooohhh surprises are cool!
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Timelore Epsiode 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 39 secondsWelcome to Episode 2 of Timelore - your review of Dr Who from the very beginning. Join our slightly foolish team of watchers as they review the 2nd half of Dr Who's first ever season.
In this episode there is a fair bit of character assasination as we find ourselves getting alittle bit of Susan overload and we review the following stories
Please send us comments to watchers@timelore.co.uk or follow us on twitter at www.twitter.com/time_lore
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Timelore Epsiode 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 39 secondsWelcome to Episode 2 of Timelore - your review of Dr Who from the very beginning. Join our slightly foolish team of watchers as they review the 2nd half of Dr Who's first ever season.
In this episode there is a fair bit of character assasination as we find ourselves getting alittle bit of Susan overload and we review the following stories
Please send us comments to watchers@timelore.co.uk or follow us on twitter at www.twitter.com/time_lore
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Geek Syndicate Episode 180 (with Primeval Co-Creator Adrian Hodges Interview)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 16 minutes and 13 secondsJoin the lads for another romp through ye olde town of Geekdom.
News: Wonder Woman TV Casting and MCM Expo News
Week that Was: Clone Wars, Nemesis, Brightest Day Volume One, The Expendables, RED and Megamins
Main: In this week's main we have a special interview with the co-creator of the Primeval TV series Adrian Hodges. We discuss with Adrian how Primeval came back to TV after it's cancellation, the new cast members, fan reaction and news on the potential North America Spin off and the Primeval movie.
Enjoy!
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Geek Syndicate Episode 180 (with Primeval Co-Creator Adrian Hodges Interview)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 16 minutes and 13 secondsJoin the lads for another romp through ye olde town of Geekdom.
News: Wonder Woman TV Casting and MCM Expo News
Week that Was: Clone Wars, Nemesis, Brightest Day Volume One, The Expendables, RED and Megamins
Main: In this week's main we have a special interview with the co-creator of the Primeval TV series Adrian Hodges. We discuss with Adrian how Primeval came back to TV after it's cancellation, the new cast members, fan reaction and news on the potential North America Spin off and the Primeval movie.
Enjoy!
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Scrolls Chapter 12, Part 1: Author Interviews
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 52 minutes and 38 secondsHave aspirations of Starting Out as writer? Want to hear the experiences of veterans and newly established authors? Look no further.
Seizing the unique opportunity provided by the SFX Weekender this year, we collected an array of interviews from authors at various stages of their careers for your aural delectation. We probe into achieving a publishable standard through proof-readers and tinkering, the benefits (and not) of Agents, and dealing with rejection; gleaning insights along the way on their writing and editorial processes and the mysterious mechanics of the publishing world.
Huge thanks to the contributing authors for their time and their trust. If you have enjoyed their work, or if you would like to ask them any follow up questions having heard these interviews, please post messages at the following sites:
Joe Abercrombie - http://www.joeabercrombie.com/
Scott Andrews - http://www.eclectica.info/
Jonathan Green - http://www.jonathangreenauthor.blogspot.com/
Peter F Hamilton - http://theunisphere.com/
James Lovegrove - http://www.jameslovegrove.com/
Andy Remic - http://www.andyremic.com/
Adrian Tchaikovsky - http://shadowsoftheapt.com/
Authors by and large get very little direct feedback from their readers, so make their day and show them your love (and if you've enjoyed this episode of Scrolls, for goodness sake let them know that as well. It will increase the likelihood of them letting the bald-nutter-with-the-tiny-microphone interview them again in future.)
We will be recording Part 2 in early March, with the Scrolls team discussing topics spinning off from these interviews. If you have anything occur to you that you'd like us to specifically discuss please contact us in the usual manner tweeting @scrollscast, posting on the forums at www.gsforums.co.uk or e-mailing us atscrolls@hotmail.co.uk
Keep writing. And, er, reading.
And listening to us. Obviously...
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Scrolls Chapter 12, Part 1: Author Interviews
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 52 minutes and 38 secondsHave aspirations of Starting Out as writer? Want to hear the experiences of veterans and newly established authors? Look no further.
Seizing the unique opportunity provided by the SFX Weekender this year, we collected an array of interviews from authors at various stages of their careers for your aural delectation. We probe into achieving a publishable standard through proof-readers and tinkering, the benefits (and not) of Agents, and dealing with rejection; gleaning insights along the way on their writing and editorial processes and the mysterious mechanics of the publishing world.
Huge thanks to the contributing authors for their time and their trust. If you have enjoyed their work, or if you would like to ask them any follow up questions having heard these interviews, please post messages at the following sites:
Joe Abercrombie - http://www.joeabercrombie.com/
Scott Andrews - http://www.eclectica.info/
Jonathan Green - http://www.jonathangreenauthor.blogspot.com/
Peter F Hamilton - http://theunisphere.com/
James Lovegrove - http://www.jameslovegrove.com/
Andy Remic - http://www.andyremic.com/
Adrian Tchaikovsky - http://shadowsoftheapt.com/
Authors by and large get very little direct feedback from their readers, so make their day and show them your love (and if you've enjoyed this episode of Scrolls, for goodness sake let them know that as well. It will increase the likelihood of them letting the bald-nutter-with-the-tiny-microphone interview them again in future.)
We will be recording Part 2 in early March, with the Scrolls team discussing topics spinning off from these interviews. If you have anything occur to you that you'd like us to specifically discuss please contact us in the usual manner tweeting @scrollscast, posting on the forums at www.gsforums.co.uk or e-mailing us atscrolls@hotmail.co.uk
Keep writing. And, er, reading.
And listening to us. Obviously...
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FEEDBACK A HERO'S CALLING - Episode Six; "What Was Lost"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 19 secondsFEEDBACK; A HERO’S CALLING
Episode Six; "What Was Lost"
written by Kim Gianopoulos, Alan White, C. Alexandria Schwarz,
and Richard Brooks II.
Feedback and Tech Support scramble to find a cure for their stricken friend and teammate Tom, but the answer may lead to the most devastating weapon of all – Sarah!! Can Feedback survive the most soul-crushing challenge of his life?
Featured in this episode were the voice-acting talents of
Mike Winters as TOM
Elie Hirschman as CONSOLE
Mark Kalita as BLACKTHORN
Kim Gianopoulos as K2
Andrey Kuznetsov as REBOOT
Tanner Karns as ROUTER
C. Alexandra Schwartz as COURTNEY
Tim O’Donnell as BACK-UP
Paeter Frandsen as PRE-FETCH
Rebecca Pryor as Forthright’s RECEPTIONIST
Steve Anderson as ALEXANDER FORTHRIGHT
Richard Brooks II as BROOKS
Robin Carlisle as DRAGONRYDER
MJ Cogburn as WOLF-GIRL
Phill Moxley as EMERALD KNIGHT
Colin D. Snow as BREAK BREAKOUT
Steve Hykes as ARCHIVE
Rich Frost as MAINFRAME
Adam Ledzion as ADAM/ARC
Brandon Cole as FREAKOPAEDIA
Bruce Busby as The CONCIERGE
Jeffrey Kirkpatrick as CLUSTER
David A. Krause as NICK RICHARDSON
Alan White as CHATHAM
And our special guest stars,
Tonya Kay herself, performing as CREATURE! You can follow the continuing adventures of CREATURE as well as follow the poi-spinning career of Tonya Kay at www.tonyakay.com
and
Scott Hinze from www.fanboyradio.com joining our cast as FIREWALL
As always, but especially in this performance, we were honored and privileged to have Matthew Atherton and Sarah Blevins filling the roles of our heroes FEEDBACK and his amazing wife SARAH.
Kingdon Hearts is copywritten 2002 by SQUARE CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved. Gamescreen FX obtained from http://www.freewebs.com/kingdom-hearts-saga/ The Kingdom Hearts game powers borrowed in this production were done in the same manner that Our Hero borrows them – for good and not for evil!
Original Score by David A. Krause. You can find David’s music compositions for “A Hero’s Calling” at http://davidallenkrause.com/default.aspx
Post production was done by Alan White.
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FEEDBACK A HERO'S CALLING - Episode Six; "What Was Lost"
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 19 secondsFEEDBACK; A HERO'S CALLING
Episode Six; "What Was Lost"
written by Kim Gianopoulos, Alan White, C. Alexandria Schwarz,
and Richard Brooks II.
Feedback and Tech Support scramble to find a cure for their stricken friend and teammate Tom, but the answer may lead to the most devastating weapon of all - Sarah!! Can Feedback survive the most soul-crushing challenge of his life?
Featured in this episode were the voice-acting talents of
Mike Winters as TOM
Elie Hirschman as CONSOLE
Mark Kalita as BLACKTHORN
Kim Gianopoulos as K2
Andrey Kuznetsov as REBOOT
Tanner Karns as ROUTER
C. Alexandra Schwartz as COURTNEY
Tim O'Donnell as BACK-UP
Paeter Frandsen as PRE-FETCH
Rebecca Pryor as Forthright's RECEPTIONIST
Steve Anderson as ALEXANDER FORTHRIGHT
Richard Brooks II as BROOKS
Robin Carlisle as DRAGONRYDER
MJ Cogburn as WOLF-GIRL
Phill Moxley as EMERALD KNIGHT
Colin D. Snow as BREAK BREAKOUT
Steve Hykes as ARCHIVE
Rich Frost as MAINFRAME
Adam Ledzion as ADAM/ARC
Brandon Cole as FREAKOPAEDIA
Bruce Busby as The CONCIERGE
Jeffrey Kirkpatrick as CLUSTER
David A. Krause as NICK RICHARDSON
Alan White as CHATHAM
And our special guest stars,
Tonya Kay herself, performing as CREATURE! You can follow the continuing adventures of CREATURE as well as follow the poi-spinning career of Tonya Kay at www.tonyakay.com
and
Scott Hinze from www.fanboyradio.com joining our cast as FIREWALL
As always, but especially in this performance, we were honored and privileged to have Matthew Atherton and Sarah Blevins filling the roles of our heroes FEEDBACK and his amazing wife SARAH.
Kingdon Hearts is copywritten 2002 by SQUARE CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved. Gamescreen FX obtained from http://www.freewebs.com/kingdom-hearts-saga/ The Kingdom Hearts game powers borrowed in this production were done in the same manner that Our Hero borrows them - for good and not for evil!
Original Score by David A. Krause. You can find David's music compositions for "A Hero's Calling" at http://davidallenkrause.com/default.aspx
Post production was done by Alan White.
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Dissecting Worlds Series 3 Episode 7 - Miltiary Conclusions
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 24 minutes and 40 secondsThe terrible twosome wrap up their miltiary series with a general chin wag about what've learned over the last 6 weeks.Not a lot, but in the course of this they consider does SF ever really tell miltiary stories? Where there is space to tell such stories?. How do Computer games fit in to genre military fiction?. Is there a miltiary fiction genre of it's own? Why is Outcasts so poo?They also consider modern British casualty sensitivity and consider the allogorical power of science fiction and how it's sometimes wasted in miltary SF. Matt is unkind to Footfall while discussing asymetrical warfare and Kehaar is as always the steady voice of wise counsel (not.)Needless to say they bounce around such historical matters as comedy Nazis, Northern Ireland and the British Indian Army.The low tech colony book mentioned is actually Seeds of Earth by Michael Cobleyhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Seeds-Earth-Humanitys-Michael-Cobley/dp/1841496316/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297596904&sr=1-1Details of 'Conspiracy' here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266425/Feedback is as ever welcome on the forums, or by emailing dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk. Same ports of call if you fancy guest hosting in our gender and sexuality series.
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Dissecting Worlds Series 3 Episode 7 - Miltiary Conclusions
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 24 minutes and 40 secondsThe terrible twosome wrap up their miltiary series with a general chin wag about what've learned over the last 6 weeks.Not a lot, but in the course of this they consider does SF ever really tell miltiary stories? Where there is space to tell such stories?. How do Computer games fit in to genre military fiction?. Is there a miltiary fiction genre of it's own? Why is Outcasts so poo?They also consider modern British casualty sensitivity and consider the allogorical power of science fiction and how it's sometimes wasted in miltary SF. Matt is unkind to Footfall while discussing asymetrical warfare and Kehaar is as always the steady voice of wise counsel (not.)Needless to say they bounce around such historical matters as comedy Nazis, Northern Ireland and the British Indian Army.The low tech colony book mentioned is actually Seeds of Earth by Michael Cobleyhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Seeds-Earth-Humanitys-Michael-Cobley/dp/1841496316/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297596904&sr=1-1Details of 'Conspiracy' here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266425/Feedback is as ever welcome on the forums, or by emailing dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk. Same ports of call if you fancy guest hosting in our gender and sexuality series.
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The Next Level - Episode 25
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes and 10 secondsAmaechi is rejoined by Ant this week, following his harrowing ordeal at the hands of EPOCH.
The guys catch up on their gaming weeks and missed opportunities before looking at this week's news.
Buy, Rent Avoid returns this episode with a look at MMO DC Universe Online and action-platformer Enslaved.
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The Next Level - Episode 25
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes and 10 secondsAmaechi is rejoined by Ant this week, following his harrowing ordeal at the hands of EPOCH.
The guys catch up on their gaming weeks and missed opportunities before looking at this week's news.
Buy, Rent Avoid returns this episode with a look at MMO DC Universe Online and action-platformer Enslaved.
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Geek Syndicate - SFX Weekender 2 Special
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 42 minutes and 28 secondsJoin the guys at the SFX Weekender convention and hear their thoughts on the show.
iPhone extra: PDF with a small preview of the latest issue of the Chloe Noonan comic. For more information head to http://www.marcellerby.com
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Geek Syndicate - SFX Weekender 2 Special
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 42 minutes and 28 secondsJoin the guys at the SFX Weekender convention and hear their thoughts on the show.
iPhone extra: PDF with a small preview of the latest issue of the Chloe Noonan comic. For more information head to http://www.marcellerby.com
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Small Press Big Mouth - Episode 28
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 43 minutes and 54 secondsWelcome to Episode 28 of Small Press Big Mouth, we have a load of fabulous small press related news this episode, and in a slight change to the usual review format, Stace and Lee have a couple of joint reviews: Fallen Heroes and Slaughterman's Creed. Go on you know you want to!
Iphone app extra: You can read a 12 page preview of Slaughterman's Creed. Be warned this preview contains graphic/adult content.
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Small Press Big Mouth - Episode 28
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 43 minutes and 54 secondsWelcome to Episode 28 of Small Press Big Mouth, we have a load of fabulous small press related news this episode, and in a slight change to the usual review format, Stace and Lee have a couple of joint reviews: Fallen Heroes and Slaughterman's Creed. Go on you know you want to!
Iphone app extra: You can read a 12 page preview of Slaughterman's Creed. Be warned this preview contains graphic/adult content.
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North East Geek Feast episode 8
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 6 secondsAfter almost a year of the North East accents, squabbles and over-the-top jingles, the festivities end with North East Geek Feast episode 8…
STARTER - Daniel and Lily introduce the last episode of North East Geek Feast and thank everyone that helped out with the podcast over the last year.
MAIN COURSE - The fan-favourite artist of Button Man and Judge Anderson, Arthur Ranson, grants North East Geek Feast the first audio interview of his career. Recorded in November to celebrate the successful ‘Let’s Get Mazeworld Back in Print’ Facebook campaign, Arthur chats openly about his work for Look-In, 2000AD and Marvel and DC.
Dessert - The ‘Ultimate Crisis of Comics’ with Martin Eden. With all the comics in the universe being wiped out of existence, Spandex and O Men creator, Martin, is given the opportunity to save 4 single comic book issues to treasure forever - and one issue he would make sure gets destroyed. What will he pick? Well, listen and find out…
Find North East Geek Feast on Facebook or email Daniel and Lily at northeastgeekfeast@hotmail.com
Find the presenters and guests on Twitter @comicsdaniel, @terracottalily
Find previous episodes of NEGF at http://northeastgeekfeastshow.mevio.com and any occasional future episodes.
Links to guests
Arthur Ranson - www.arthurranson.com
Martin Eden - www.spandexcomic.com, www.twitter.com/spandexcomic
Check out all the other great podcasts on the Geek Syndicate Network.
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North East Geek Feast episode 8
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 6 secondsAfter almost a year of the North East accents, squabbles and over-the-top jingles, the festivities end with North East Geek Feast episode 8...
STARTER - Daniel and Lily introduce the last episode of North East Geek Feast and thank everyone that helped out with the podcast over the last year.
MAIN COURSE - The fan-favourite artist of Button Man and Judge Anderson, Arthur Ranson, grants North East Geek Feast the first audio interview of his career. Recorded in November to celebrate the successful 'Let's Get Mazeworld Back in Print' Facebook campaign, Arthur chats openly about his work for Look-In, 2000AD and Marvel and DC.
Dessert - The 'Ultimate Crisis of Comics' with Martin Eden. With all the comics in the universe being wiped out of existence, Spandex and O Men creator, Martin, is given the opportunity to save 4 single comic book issues to treasure forever - and one issue he would make sure gets destroyed. What will he pick? Well, listen and find out...
Find North East Geek Feast on Facebook or email Daniel and Lily at northeastgeekfeast@hotmail.com
Find the presenters and guests on Twitter @comicsdaniel, @terracottalily
Find previous episodes of NEGF at http://northeastgeekfeastshow.mevio.com and any occasional future episodes.
Links to guests
Arthur Ranson - www.arthurranson.com
Martin Eden - www.spandexcomic.com, www.twitter.com/spandexcomic
Check out all the other great podcasts on the Geek Syndicate Network.
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Scrolls Book Group: The Prestige
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 28 minutes and 0 secondsWith a flash of light and a cloud of smoke the Scrolls Book Group reappears on stage to entertain and amaze you. (Or at the very least distract you from the smelly tramp in the corner, the squalling kid in the back and that really creepy looking guy on the seat opposite - No, don't look!)
Ably assisted by Kehaar from Dissecting Worlds and guest contributer Gazbox in their skin-tight golden bikinis, we take a focussed look at Chistopher Priest's most celebrated work,The Prestige. You may have watched Christopher Nolan's film adaptation and think you've seen this trick before but trust us, there's a whole lot more going on in the wings.
There are spoilers throughout - we couldn't really avoid them - but have we really revealed the authors secrets... or has he left us bamboozled and looking in the wrong direction?
Read the book, listen in to our thoughts, then let us know what you think. E-mail scrolls@hotmail.co.uk or tweet @scrollscastIphone app Extra: The first two chapters of The Sentinel Mage, the beginning of Emily Gee's new fantasy book trilogy, released in shops on the 25th of January in the US and Canada, and on the 3rd of February in the UK.
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Scrolls Book Group: The Prestige
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 28 minutes and 0 secondsWith a flash of light and a cloud of smoke the Scrolls Book Group reappears on stage to entertain and amaze you. (Or at the very least distract you from the smelly tramp in the corner, the squalling kid in the back and that really creepy looking guy on the seat opposite - No, don't look!)
Ably assisted by Kehaar from Dissecting Worlds and guest contributer Gazbox in their skin-tight golden bikinis, we take a focussed look at Chistopher Priest's most celebrated work,The Prestige. You may have watched Christopher Nolan's film adaptation and think you've seen this trick before but trust us, there's a whole lot more going on in the wings.
There are spoilers throughout - we couldn't really avoid them - but have we really revealed the authors secrets... or has he left us bamboozled and looking in the wrong direction?
Read the book, listen in to our thoughts, then let us know what you think. E-mail scrolls@hotmail.co.uk or tweet @scrollscastIphone app Extra: The first two chapters of The Sentinel Mage, the beginning of Emily Gee's new fantasy book trilogy, released in shops on the 25th of January in the US and Canada, and on the 3rd of February in the UK.
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The Next Level Episode 24 - The future of gaming
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 51 minutes and 57 secondsThe boys are back this week but all is not well as EPOCH carry out a cyber attack on Ant while we are recording forcing him out of the episode. Not wanting EPOCH to defeat us Amaechi and Barry carry on like the troopers they are. Barry impulse buys his latest gadget toy…… a Kinect system to go with his brand new iPad.
In the news
· Metal Gear Solid trilogy coming to PS3
· The 3DS gets an official US and European release date and pricing
· Virtua Tennis 4 and Top Spin 4 get Move and Kinect functionality
· MMO City of Heroes goes free to play
· A Battlestar Galactica MMO is on its way
Main feature
In our main feature we discuss the future of gaming looking at how the likes of the Move and Kinect will affect it, how will console technology change, will digital distribution dominate the next generation of consoles. We also discuss cloud gaming, streaming games and the types of games we can expect in the future.
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The Next Level Episode 24 - The future of gaming
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 51 minutes and 57 secondsThe boys are back this week but all is not well as EPOCH carry out a cyber attack on Ant while we are recording forcing him out of the episode. Not wanting EPOCH to defeat us Amaechi and Barry carry on like the troopers they are. Barry impulse buys his latest gadget toy...... a Kinect system to go with his brand new iPad.
In the news
* Metal Gear Solid trilogy coming to PS3
* The 3DS gets an official US and European release date and pricing
* Virtua Tennis 4 and Top Spin 4 get Move and Kinect functionality
* MMO City of Heroes goes free to play
* A Battlestar Galactica MMO is on its way
Main feature
In our main feature we discuss the future of gaming looking at how the likes of the Move and Kinect will affect it, how will console technology change, will digital distribution dominate the next generation of consoles. We also discuss cloud gaming, streaming games and the types of games we can expect in the future.
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Good Morning Geekdom - Episode 9
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 7 minutes and 56 secondsIz and Barry are back with their first episode of Good Morning Geekdom for 2011. There's usual news, gossip and Gateway to Geekdom picks. In the their big review to honour it's recent release on Blu -Ray/DVD the positive twosome review Scott Pilgrim Vs the World.
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Good Morning Geekdom - Episode 9
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 7 minutes and 56 secondsIz and Barry are back with their first episode of Good Morning Geekdom for 2011. There's usual news, gossip and Gateway to Geekdom picks. In the their big review to honour it's recent release on Blu -Ray/DVD the positive twosome review Scott Pilgrim Vs the World.
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Geek Syndicate - Episode 179 SFX Weekender
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 34 secondsThis week Dave and Barry throw the usual format out of the window to record a special episode dedicated to upcoming SFX Weekender 2 convention. The lads dissect the panels and events taking place and pick out what they're looking forward. There's also an interview about the show with SFX's editor and head honcho Dave Bradley.
Enjoy!
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Geek Syndicate - Episode 179 SFX Weekender
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 34 secondsThis week Dave and Barry throw the usual format out of the window to record a special episode dedicated to upcoming SFX Weekender 2 convention. The lads dissect the panels and events taking place and pick out what they're looking forward. There's also an interview about the show with SFX's editor and head honcho Dave Bradley.
Enjoy!
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Scrolls Chapter 11: Bad Ol' Baddies
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 35 minutes and 15 secondsIn which the most abominable, darkest, nastiest, blackest, vilest, most repellant, disgusting and disgraceful podcasters return to chat about baddies. Duh!
Technically we take a shifty at what makes for a good villain and how they've changed through the years, then we run amok trying to pin down all the different types and sub-types.
In reality of course, we ramble off topic, fudge our lines and make things about as difficult for an editor as you can hope to imagine. It was all them, yer honour. Honest...
Out of pure spite I've left a c-bomb in so you can all hear what a filthy brute Mattie is in real life. For shame!
I could list out all the books and occasional films mentioned so you know what you're getting into, but where would be the fun in that? Discover what weird and random directions our twisted talk takes us by downloading this episode and injecting us... into your brains!
You can send your outraged tweets to us @Scrollscast or @Dion_Scrolls
Alternatively you can send your splenetic e-mails to us at scrolls@hotmail.co.uk
or... simply assault us physically at the SFX Weekender on the first weekend of February.
If your rage is aimed solely at me (Dion) I can also be punched at the Cardiff International Comics Expo on 26th Feb.
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Scrolls Chapter 11: Bad Ol' Baddies
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 35 minutes and 15 secondsIn which the most abominable, darkest, nastiest, blackest, vilest, most repellant, disgusting and disgraceful podcasters return to chat about baddies. Duh!
Technically we take a shifty at what makes for a good villain and how they've changed through the years, then we run amok trying to pin down all the different types and sub-types.
In reality of course, we ramble off topic, fudge our lines and make things about as difficult for an editor as you can hope to imagine. It was all them, yer honour. Honest...
Out of pure spite I've left a c-bomb in so you can all hear what a filthy brute Mattie is in real life. For shame!
I could list out all the books and occasional films mentioned so you know what you're getting into, but where would be the fun in that? Discover what weird and random directions our twisted talk takes us by downloading this episode and injecting us... into your brains!
You can send your outraged tweets to us @Scrollscast or @Dion_Scrolls
Alternatively you can send your splenetic e-mails to us at scrolls@hotmail.co.uk
or... simply assault us physically at the SFX Weekender on the first weekend of February.
If your rage is aimed solely at me (Dion) I can also be punched at the Cardiff International Comics Expo on 26th Feb.