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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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 253
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 15 secondsWelcome to the podcast that brings you more sass than Sainsbury's...well if Sainsbury sold sass. I know it sounded cooler in my head but can't bothered to retype a new intro so you're stuck with this one now...
NewsFirst look at Red Tornado and Dave discovers where the inspiration for his design may have come from.Nuge sees the Writing on the Wall as he gives his reaction to he new Bond Theme.Week that wasThe lads discuss channel four's answer to the Running Man as they review Hunted.Dave finally watches the Maze Runner.Yes we know part 2 is out but we finally get around to chatting about episode 1 of Dr who Series 9. WARNING SPOILER HEAVY!MainThe lads pose the question 'If you're being hunted by a shadowy organisation what do you have in your go bag?' their answers could destroy GS foreverIn true James Bond style our comics reviews will return next episode.Contact Geek Syndicate
Email: thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk
Subscribe to GS on iTunes: http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/subscribe/
Subscribe to GS on YouTube: http://bit.ly/SubGeekSyndicate
Facebook: www.facebook.com/geeksyndicate
Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeksyndicate
Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/geeksyndicate/
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 252
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 8 minutes and 59 secondsDavid 'Monts' Monteith and Barry 'Nuge' Nugent return from the separate podcasts adventures to join forces once again as the superfriends Geek Syndicate in their never ending battle to bring the sass back to geekdom.News- Jessica Jones gets a release date
- Buffy gets an anniversary
Week That Was- In shocking news Nuge watches American Horror Story and doesn't run screaming from the room...well not after episode 3 at least.
- The guys review The Rabbit which turns out freaks them both out in equal measure.
- There's chat about Arrow Season 4 and Digg's new fashion accessory (don't tell anyone but it's a helmet).
- Monts checks out a day in a henchman's life in 'Hank Johnson Agent of Hydra'.
- The Man from UNCLE TV show gets dusted off for a rewatch by Monts
- Children of Time aka how a book about giant intelligent spiders can cause a massive argument during a podcast.
Questions from the SyndicateThe show wraps up with the lads taking a few questions from the syndicate (that's you lot out there) via twitter, facebook and email.Contact Geek Syndicate
Email: thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk
Subscribe to GS on iTunes: http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/subscribe/
Subscribe to GS on YouTube: http://bit.ly/SubGeekSyndicate
Facebook: www.facebook.com/geeksyndicate
Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeksyndicate
Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/geeksyndicate/
Donate: Paypal
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 252
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 8 minutes and 59 secondsDavid 'Monts' Monteith and Barry 'Nuge' Nugent return from the separate podcasts adventures to join forces once again as the superfriends Geek Syndicate in their never ending battle to bring the sass back to geekdom.News- Jessica Jones gets a release date
- Buffy gets an anniversary
Week That Was- In shocking news Nuge watches American Horror Story and doesn't run screaming from the room...well not after episode 3 at least.
- The guys review The Rabbit which turns out freaks them both out in equal measure.
- There's chat about Arrow Season 4 and Digg's new fashion accessory (don't tell anyone but it's a helmet).
- Monts checks out a day in a henchman's life in 'Hank Johnson Agent of Hydra'.
- The Man from UNCLE TV show gets dusted off for a rewatch by Monts
- Children of Time aka how a book about giant intelligent spiders can cause a massive argument during a podcast.
Questions from the SyndicateThe show wraps up with the lads taking a few questions from the syndicate (that's you lot out there) via twitter, facebook and email.Contact Geek Syndicate
Email: thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk
Subscribe to GS on iTunes: http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/subscribe/
Subscribe to GS on YouTube: http://bit.ly/SubGeekSyndicate
Facebook: www.facebook.com/geeksyndicate
Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeksyndicate
Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/geeksyndicate/
Donate: Paypal
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GSN Podcast: Dissecting Worlds S10, E2: Dragons and Other Mythical Beasts
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 35 minutes and 34 secondsROOOOOOOOOAR! Our Fire breathing Northerners dissect the big beasts of fantasy in this second ep of their fantastic creatures series including:
* Mythological, fantastic and natural dragons
* Sci Fi Dragons
* D&D, Glorantha and Dragon Warriors
* Dragon science and pseudoscience and pseudo social science
* Are all Dragon Movies Doomed to be bad?
Kehaars Breeds of Dragon link: https://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/drakesdoom-breeds-of-dragon/
Feedback as ever is welcome to @DissectingWrlds on twitter, dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk on email, the Facebook Groupwww.facebook.com/dissectingworlds or below !
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GSN Podcast: Dissecting Worlds S10, E2: Dragons and Other Mythical Beasts
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 35 minutes and 34 secondsROOOOOOOOOAR! Our Fire breathing Northerners dissect the big beasts of fantasy in this second ep of their fantastic creatures series including:
* Mythological, fantastic and natural dragons
* Sci Fi Dragons
* D&D, Glorantha and Dragon Warriors
* Dragon science and pseudoscience and pseudo social science
* Are all Dragon Movies Doomed to be bad?
Kehaars Breeds of Dragon link: https://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/drakesdoom-breeds-of-dragon/
Feedback as ever is welcome to @DissectingWrlds on twitter, dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk on email, the Facebook Groupwww.facebook.com/dissectingworlds or below !
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Al Ewing Interview
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 47 minutes and 45 secondsMonts flys solo and interviews comics maestro Al Ewing.
A stalwart of British comics Al is making his name having just signed a n exclusive contract with Marvel Comics.
In this episode he talks about his beginnings in comics, 2000AD and his work at Marvel. We briefly touch upon some of Marvels diversity issues befor finishin by looking at his future with Marvel
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GSN Podcast:A Chat with Al Ewing
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 47 minutes and 45 secondsMonts flys solo and interviews comics maestro Al Ewing.
A stalwart of British comics Al is making his name having just signed a n exclusive contract with Marvel Comics.
In this episode he talks about his beginnings in comics, 2000AD and his work at Marvel. We briefly touch upon some of Marvels diversity issues befor finishin by looking at his future with Marvel
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 251
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 56 minutes and 11 secondsWith Monts off somewhere doing his acting thing Nuge brings in GS team member Ant aka Wedgedoc and straps him into the podcasting hot seat.
News
- Wedgedoc talks Arrow Crossovers
- The Fantastic Four Flop get talked about which leads into a Hot Potato
Hot Potato
Has the world has enough of superhero films
Week that Was
- Strikeback legacy
- We are the Daleks - The Doctor Who Audio Adventure from Big Finish
- Doctor Who Series 9 Trailer
Contact Geek Syndicate
Email: thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk
Subscribe to GS on iTunes: http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/subscribe/
Subscribe to GS on YouTube: http://bit.ly/SubGeekSyndicate
Facebook: www.facebook.com/geeksyndicate
Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeksyndicate
Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/geeksyndicate/
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 251
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 56 minutes and 11 secondsWith Monts off somewhere doing his acting thing Nuge brings in GS team member Ant aka Wedgedoc and straps him into the podcasting hot seat.
News
- Wedgedoc talks Arrow Crossovers
- The Fantastic Four Flop get talked about which leads into a Hot Potato
Hot Potato
Has the world has enough of superhero films
Week that Was
- Strikeback legacy
- We are the Daleks - The Doctor Who Audio Adventure from Big Finish
- Doctor Who Series 9 Trailer
Contact Geek Syndicate
Email: thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk
Subscribe to GS on iTunes: http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/subscribe/
Subscribe to GS on YouTube: http://bit.ly/SubGeekSyndicate
Facebook: www.facebook.com/geeksyndicate
Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeksyndicate
Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/geeksyndicate/
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GSN PODCASTT: Dissecting Worlds Series 10, Ep 1: Orcs and other Hordes
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes and 8 secondsIn this episode our Northern Hobgoblins debate Orcs and their place in geek fiction including:
* Are Orcs racist or snobbish or both?
* The Noble Savage
* Other narratives of the Lord of the Rings
* Glorantha's Trolls and hateful Broo
* Walking bags of experience points and the morally acceptable FPS cannon fodder
* More French philosophers than ever before!
* Sci-Fi Orcs
* and of course numerous digressions.....
The wikipedia page for The Last Ringbearer is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer and the actual text can be found online (but may be inlicensed use of IP)
Kehaar's bookshelf is the 10 American Presidents podcast from Roifield Brown
Comments to dissectingworlds@yahoo.com , tweet @dissectingwrlds or the facebook group.
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GSN PODCAST: Dissecting Worlds Series 10, Ep 1: Orcs and other Hordes
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes and 8 secondsIn this episode our Northern Hobgoblins debate Orcs and their place in geek fiction including:
* Are Orcs racist or snobbish or both?
* The Noble Savage
* Other narratives of the Lord of the Rings
* Glorantha's Trolls and hateful Broo
* Walking bags of experience points and the morally acceptable FPS cannon fodder
* More French philosophers than ever before!
* Sci-Fi Orcs
* and of course numerous digressions.....
The wikipedia page for The Last Ringbearer is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer and the actual text can be found online (but may be inlicensed use of IP)
Kehaar's bookshelf is the 10 American Presidents podcast from Roifield Brown
Comments to dissectingworlds@yahoo.com , tweet @dissectingwrlds or the facebook group.
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 250
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 29 secondsAfter nearly nine years of podcasting together the lads celebrate their 250th episode. They also celebrate the small fact that in those almost nine years they only tried to kill each other twice. No, no that other time doesn't count that was only a flesh wound.
Anyhoo on with the show!
First up big, big thanks to the ladies of Anime Kei and the team at the 86th floor for providing this episode's intro. Now go and check out their epic musical recaps like Game of Thrones.
News
- Dave briefly chats about some Arrow casting that is personal to him.
- The Han Solo spin off film is discussed and this time it's the lads who shoot first.
- Monts and Nuge talk about their panels at the upcoming Nine Worlds Convention.
Week that was
- Killjoys
- Dark Matter
- Original Sin
- iZombie
- Now they have been using it for a little while the guys give their thoughts on Marvel Unlimited.
Main
The lads read out some listerner emails.
Big thanks again to everyone who has stuck with us and has enjoyed the show.
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 250
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 29 secondsAfter nearly nine years of podcasting together the lads celebrate their 250th episode. They also celebrate the small fact that in those almost nine years they only tried to kill each other twice. No, no that other time doesn't count that was only a flesh wound.
Anyhoo on with the show!
First up big, big thanks to the ladies of Anime Kei and the team at the 86th floor for providing this episode's intro. Now go and check out their epic musical recaps like Game of Thrones.
News
- Dave briefly chats about some Arrow casting that is personal to him.
- The Han Solo spin off film is discussed and this time it's the lads who shoot first.
- Monts and Nuge talk about their panels at the upcoming Nine Worlds Convention.
Week that was
- Killjoys
- Dark Matter
- Original Sin
- iZombie
- Now they have been using it for a little while the guys give their thoughts on Marvel Unlimited.
Main
The lads read out some listerner emails.
Big thanks again to everyone who has stuck with us and has enjoyed the show.
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 249
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes and 48 secondsIn this week's episode Dave and Barry try to make sense of the madness that was the San Diego Comic Con. We wish them luck..they will surely need it.
News
- Con Man
- Sapphire & Steel Reboot?
- Doctor Who: Titan Comics Announce Eighth Doctor Mini-Series!
Week that was
- Kingsman: The Secret Service
- We review Marvel's latest addition to its ever expanding movie universe - Antman.
Main
- San Diego Comic Con..need we say more!
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 249
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes and 48 secondsIn this week's episode Dave and Barry try to make sense of the madness that was the San Diego Comic Con. We wish them luck..they will surely need it.
News
- Con Man
- Sapphire & Steel Reboot?
- Doctor Who: Titan Comics Announce Eighth Doctor Mini-Series!
Week that was
- Kingsman: The Secret Service
- We review Marvel's latest addition to its ever expanding movie universe - Antman.
Main
- San Diego Comic Con..need we say more!
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GSN PODCAST: The Next Level - Batman Arkham Knight
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 38 minutes and 34 secondsIn this special episode Ant and Barry go under the cape of Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham knight.
Now they are both halfway through the game the dynamic duo examine the game's storyline, gameplay and graphics and share their thoughts.
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GSN PODCAST: The Next Level - Batman Arkham Knight
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 38 minutes and 34 secondsIn this special episode Ant and Barry go under the cape of Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham knight.
Now they are both halfway through the game the dynamic duo examine the game's storyline, gameplay and graphics and share their thoughts.
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 248
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 56 minutes and 10 secondsWelcome to another episode of monts and nuge doing what they do best...talking nonsense.NewsWe look at the crowd funder LIFE AFTER FLASH To Chronicle The Influence of the 1980 Cult Classic Film.Suicide Squad gets a counsellor.Week that WasCaptain America and the Avengers Vol 1Secret Cinema - Empire Strikes BackSense8MainWe look at the season finales of Flash, Green Arrow and GothamEmail: thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/geeksyndicate
Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeksyndicate
Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/geeksyndicate/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/geeksyndicate/
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 248
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 56 minutes and 10 secondsWelcome to another episode of monts and nuge doing what they do best...talking nonsense.NewsWe look at the crowd funder LIFE AFTER FLASH To Chronicle The Influence of the 1980 Cult Classic Film.Suicide Squad gets a counsellor.Week that WasCaptain America and the Avengers Vol 1Secret Cinema - Empire Strikes BackSense8MainWe look at the season finales of Flash, Green Arrow and GothamEmail: thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/geeksyndicate
Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeksyndicate
Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/geeksyndicate/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/geeksyndicate/
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GSN PODCAST: Dissecting Worlds Series 9, ep 7: Espionage Conclusions!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 35 minutes and 19 secondsAfter our month off, Agents M and K are back to wrap up Series 9, go through the Dissecting Worlds mailbag and look back on anything else we missed. As we finally leave Espionage out in the cold, we cover:
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Christopher Lee, one of DW's favorite actors
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Feedback - More Bond, Star Trek: Vanguard, Neal Asher's Polity and more.
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Good SF Spies vs Bad Fantasy Spies, and the "Turncoat" archetype
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Authors later works do they affect what you think of earlier ones?
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The official unveiling of Series 10, including its broad running order. Recommendations Welcome!
Warning: There is some audio chop on this episode we couldn't get rid of. We've made the decision to leave it in, as there was already some feedback we couldn't cover and it seemed a shame to drop us talking about your contributions. So apologies, and we hope you understand.
Feedback as ever is welcome to @DissectingWrlds on twitter, dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk on email, the Facebook Group or below !
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GSN PODCAST: Dissecting Worlds Series 9, ep 7: Espionage Conclusions!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 35 minutes and 19 secondsAfter our month off, Agents M and K are back to wrap up Series 9, go through the Dissecting Worlds mailbag and look back on anything else we missed. As we finally leave Espionage out in the cold, we cover:
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Christopher Lee, one of DW's favorite actors
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Feedback - More Bond, Star Trek: Vanguard, Neal Asher's Polity and more.
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Good SF Spies vs Bad Fantasy Spies, and the "Turncoat" archetype
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Authors later works do they affect what you think of earlier ones?
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The official unveiling of Series 10, including its broad running order. Recommendations Welcome!
Warning: There is some audio chop on this episode we couldn't get rid of. We've made the decision to leave it in, as there was already some feedback we couldn't cover and it seemed a shame to drop us talking about your contributions. So apologies, and we hope you understand.
Feedback as ever is welcome to @DissectingWrlds on twitter, dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk on email, the Facebook Group or below !
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 247
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 55 minutes and 58 secondsMonts and Nuge are back and this time like a sassy cop show they team up with fellow GS team member Shar to fight the geek fight.Fingers crossed this gets picked up for a series!News- RIP James Horner
- Marvel finds its Spiderman
- Hannibal gets eaten....I mean cancelled
- A new show is coming called Geeks who Drink (are there any other kind of geeks?)
Week that Was- Dave looks at the State of DC Comics
- Humans
- Kroma
- Dark Matter
Email: thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/geeksyndicate
Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeksyndicate
Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/geeksyndicate/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/geeksyndicate/
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 247
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 55 minutes and 58 secondsMonts and Nuge are back and this time like a sassy cop show they team up with fellow GS team member Shar to fight the geek fight.Fingers crossed this gets picked up for a series!News- RIP James Horner
- Marvel finds its Spiderman
- Hannibal gets eaten....I mean cancelled
- A new show is coming called Geeks who Drink (are there any other kind of geeks?)
Week that Was- Dave looks at the State of DC Comics
- Humans
- Kroma
- Dark Matter
Email: thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/geeksyndicate
Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeksyndicate
Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/geeksyndicate/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/geeksyndicate/
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GSN PODCAST: The Next Level Episode 75
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 56 minutes and 46 secondsWelcome to episode 75 of The Next Level. This time, Ant and James delve into the news, looking at Microsoft's team up with Oculus amongst other items.
From there, the guys take a look at this year's E3 expo, running through their expectations for the conferences and picking out some key games to watch out for.
Be sure to check out the National Videogame Arcade, mentioned this week (and Ant's review of it here!).
As mentioned this episode, the team will be taking a break over the summer to have a re-set of the podcast. If you have any opinions on the kind of content you would like to see from The Next Level or even holes in the gaming podcast market - let us know by emailing TheNextLevel_GS@yahoo.co.uk
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GSN PODCAST: The Next Level Episode 75
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 56 minutes and 46 secondsWelcome to episode 75 of The Next Level. This time, Ant and James delve into the news, looking at Microsoft's team up with Oculus amongst other items.
From there, the guys take a look at this year's E3 expo, running through their expectations for the conferences and picking out some key games to watch out for.
Be sure to check out the National Videogame Arcade, mentioned this week (and Ant's review of it here!).
As mentioned this episode, the team will be taking a break over the summer to have a re-set of the podcast. If you have any opinions on the kind of content you would like to see from The Next Level or even holes in the gaming podcast market - let us know by emailing TheNextLevel_GS@yahoo.co.uk
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 246
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 23 secondsThat's right geeks Monts and Nuge are back and this time they've bought cake! Ok maybe not cake but they have bought a Podcast *
*Note Podcasts are never better than cake...NEVER!
Hot Potato
Simon Pegg Gate and is scif-fi/comic book movies dumbing down cinema ?
Since this episode was recorded Simon gave a much fuller explanation behind his quotes and it is well worth a read.
Monts choice
In which Monts trying to talk Nuge out of his hard earned spare time by trying to convince to read one of three comics he has
Week that was
Secret Wars 2
Arrow Season 3 finale
Main
With this year's Sci-Fi London Festival just around the corner rather than a light year or two away the lads have a chat with festival organizer Louis Savy.
You can read up on the full Sci-Fi London programme here
Contact the Geek Syndicate
Email: thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk
Subscribe to GS on itunes
Facebook: www.facebook.com/geeksyndicate
Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeksyndicate
Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/geeksyndicate/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/geeksyndicate/
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 246
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 23 secondsThat's right geeks Monts and Nuge are back and this time they've bought cake! Ok maybe not cake but they have bought a Podcast *
*Note Podcasts are never better than cake...NEVER!
Hot Potato
Simon Pegg Gate and is scif-fi/comic book movies dumbing down cinema ?
Since this episode was recorded Simon gave a much fuller explanation behind his quotes and it is well worth a read.
Monts choice
In which Monts trying to talk Nuge out of his hard earned spare time by trying to convince to read one of three comics he has
Week that was
Secret Wars 2
Arrow Season 3 finale
Main
With this year's Sci-Fi London Festival just around the corner rather than a light year or two away the lads have a chat with festival organizer Louis Savy.
You can read up on the full Sci-Fi London programme here
Contact the Geek Syndicate
Email: thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk
Subscribe to GS on itunes
Facebook: www.facebook.com/geeksyndicate
Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeksyndicate
Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/geeksyndicate/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/geeksyndicate/
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 245
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 7 minutes and 54 secondsWelcome to another episode of Geek Syndicate...we hope you bought enough Sass for everyone.
The Big News
NBC a "no" for Season 2. Warner Bros working hard to find #Constantine new home.
Week that was
Secret Wars 1
Earth 2
Convergence
Castle s07e16
Arrow/Flash
Main - Pilot Season - The lads take their annual look at the list of new genre shows on the way this autumn or fall if your stateside and give their impressions on them.
Contact Geek Syndicate
Email: thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk
Subscribe to GS on iTunes: http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/subscribe/
Subscribe to GS on YouTube: http://bit.ly/SubGeekSyndicate
Facebook: www.facebook.com/geeksyndicate
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YouTube:
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 245
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 7 minutes and 54 secondsWelcome to another episode of Geek Syndicate...we hope you bought enough Sass for everyone.
The Big News
NBC a "no" for Season 2. Warner Bros working hard to find #Constantine new home.
Week that was
Secret Wars 1
Earth 2
Convergence
Castle s07e16
Arrow/Flash
Main - Pilot Season - The lads take their annual look at the list of new genre shows on the way this autumn or fall if your stateside and give their impressions on them.
Contact Geek Syndicate
Email: thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk
Subscribe to GS on iTunes: http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/subscribe/
Subscribe to GS on YouTube: http://bit.ly/SubGeekSyndicate
Facebook: www.facebook.com/geeksyndicate
Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeksyndicate
Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/geeksyndicate/
YouTube:
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GSN PODCAST: The Next Level Episode 74
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 1 secondWelcome to episode 74 of The Next Level. In this month's episode Ant uses his paternity leave to play lots of games, Amaechi gets back on the gaming horse with a couple of indie games and James dust off his surprisingly still working Gameboy Advance for some retro gaming.
In the news
* New Legends of Gaming event coming to the UK
* Call of Duty Blacks Ops 3 and Star Wars Battlefront trailers released
* New Guitar Hero Live and Rock Band 4 games announced
* The Order 1886 gets some body parts censoring in Japan of all places
* The National Video Game Arcade/Museum in Nottingham host special gaming events
* Telltale announce they are working with Marvel on a new games series
* The Witcher 3 is a very big game.....prepare to lose nearly 200 hours of your life. So when are long games too much?
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GSN PODCAST: The Next Level Episode 74
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 1 secondWelcome to episode 74 of The Next Level. In this month's episode Ant uses his paternity leave to play lots of games, Amaechi gets back on the gaming horse with a couple of indie games and James dust off his surprisingly still working Gameboy Advance for some retro gaming.
In the news
* New Legends of Gaming event coming to the UK
* Call of Duty Blacks Ops 3 and Star Wars Battlefront trailers released
* New Guitar Hero Live and Rock Band 4 games announced
* The Order 1886 gets some body parts censoring in Japan of all places
* The National Video Game Arcade/Museum in Nottingham host special gaming events
* Telltale announce they are working with Marvel on a new games series
* The Witcher 3 is a very big game.....prepare to lose nearly 200 hours of your life. So when are long games too much?
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 244
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 0 minutes and 25 secondsWelcome to another earth shattering episode of the best freaking podcast in the galaxy! And by galaxy I mean one that's far, far away.Shoutouts/questionsDave goes off on Agent of Shield while answering a question on this years season finalesThe Big NewsThe guys discuss the first promotional image of Jared Leto as the Joker. There is also some discussion around the whole idea of a Suicide Squad film. This also leads into some chat about the Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer (Is it me or is that trailer really, really dark).
Week that WasThe Force Awakens TrailerGothamAvengers Age of Ultron non spoiler review
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 244
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 0 minutes and 25 secondsWelcome to another earth shattering episode of the best freaking podcast in the galaxy! And by galaxy I mean one that's far, far away.Shoutouts/questionsDave goes off on Agent of Shield while answering a question on this years season finalesThe Big NewsThe guys discuss the first promotional image of Jared Leto as the Joker. There is also some discussion around the whole idea of a Suicide Squad film. This also leads into some chat about the Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer (Is it me or is that trailer really, really dark).
Week that WasThe Force Awakens TrailerGothamAvengers Age of Ultron non spoiler review
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Dissecting Worlds Series 9 - Episode 6: Special Circumstances
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 0 secondsWelcome to Dissecting World's Lecture on the Communism - or is it an Anarchy? - of Iain M Banks titanic sweeping space opera culture; The Culture, with focus on their spies 'Special Circumstances'.
The Northern duo of Kehaar & Matt are joined by an incredibly knowledgeable David Haddock of the Banksoniain (http://efanzines.com/Banksoniain/index.htm) fanzine and discuss:
* the blurred lines between Contact & Special Circumstances
* the post-scarcity nature of The Culture & how Star Trek avoids the questions
* Playing the long game and underestimating The Culture at your peril
* All that tech! Shiny!
* Plus Wiki-edit wars!
Please check out the Banksonian for more insights
Remember to send us feedback on our Spies Series and DW live episode! Email us, tweet us or join our Facebook page.
The Multiversal Comics shared silver age supers is here https://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/ssas-shared-silver-age-supers/ get in touch if you want to join the FACEBOOK group for it.
Finally, Adrian Tchaikovsky, who has been a guest this season, is up for a Gemmell Award: If you've read any of his Shadows of the Apt series and want to show your appreciation, you can vote here; http://www.gemmellawards.com/award-voting/. Or vote for anyone else, for that matter.
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Dissecting Worlds Series 9 - Episode 6: Special Circumstances
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 0 secondsWelcome to Dissecting World's Lecture on the Communism - or is it an Anarchy? - of Iain M Banks titanic sweeping space opera culture; The Culture, with focus on their spies 'Special Circumstances'.
The Northern duo of Kehaar & Matt are joined by an incredibly knowledgeable David Haddock of the Banksoniain (http://efanzines.com/Banksoniain/index.htm) fanzine and discuss:
* the blurred lines between Contact & Special Circumstances
* the post-scarcity nature of The Culture & how Star Trek avoids the questions
* Playing the long game and underestimating The Culture at your peril
* All that tech! Shiny!
* Plus Wiki-edit wars!
Please check out the Banksonian for more insights
Remember to send us feedback on our Spies Series and DW live episode! Email us, tweet us or join our Facebook page.
The Multiversal Comics shared silver age supers is here https://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/ssas-shared-silver-age-supers/ get in touch if you want to join the FACEBOOK group for it.
Finally, Adrian Tchaikovsky, who has been a guest this season, is up for a Gemmell Award: If you've read any of his Shadows of the Apt series and want to show your appreciation, you can vote here; http://www.gemmellawards.com/award-voting/. Or vote for anyone else, for that matter.
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Adrian Hodges Returns to Talk The Musketeers Series 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 49 minutes and 54 secondsThe Musketeers Showrunner Adrian Hodges returns to Geek Syndicate to talk about this thoughts on the second series.
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Adrian Hodges Returns to Talk The Musketeers Series 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 49 minutes and 54 secondsThe Musketeers Showrunner Adrian Hodges returns to Geek Syndicate to talk about this thoughts on the second series.
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 243
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 32 secondsWelcome to another episode of Geek Syndicate quenching your thirst for news, reviews and more like an oasis of liquid geekness.The Big NewsThe upcoming Wonder Woman Film hits a rocky patchThe Nuge is off the Birmingham Comics FestivalHot PotatoWith shows like Daredevil and house of cards dumping all their episodes on in one fell swoop we ask if this is the way forward or just flash in the pan?Week that WasBarry gets in a mini rant about trailer revealing too much.Dave explains Convergence and Battleworld to Barry.Ant ManLoki Agent of AsgardSilver SurferMs Marvel
Capt Marvel
She HulkThunderbirdsMainWe look at the current crop of superhero shows on TV and give a thumbs up or down on them.
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 243
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 32 secondsWelcome to another episode of Geek Syndicate quenching your thirst for news, reviews and more like an oasis of liquid geekness.The Big NewsThe upcoming Wonder Woman Film hits a rocky patchThe Nuge is off the Birmingham Comics FestivalHot PotatoWith shows like Daredevil and house of cards dumping all their episodes on in one fell swoop we ask if this is the way forward or just flash in the pan?Week that WasBarry gets in a mini rant about trailer revealing too much.Dave explains Convergence and Battleworld to Barry.Ant ManLoki Agent of AsgardSilver SurferMs Marvel
Capt Marvel
She HulkThunderbirdsMainWe look at the current crop of superhero shows on TV and give a thumbs up or down on them.
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 242
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 47 minutes and 9 secondsDave and Barry are back in geek town and they're bringing the sass with them!
There's a little chat about the Thunderbirds show which when this episode was recorded the boys still hadn't seen it yet.
Week that was
The Musketeers
The Last man on Earth
The Flash
Arrow
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Barry chats with Dan of the sidekickcast Podcast at the London Super Comic Con 2015
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 242
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 47 minutes and 9 secondsDave and Barry are back in geek town and they're bringing the sass with them!
There's a little chat about the Thunderbirds show which when this episode was recorded the boys still hadn't seen it yet.
Week that was
The Musketeers
The Last man on Earth
The Flash
Arrow
Main
Barry chats with Dan of the sidekickcast Podcast at the London Super Comic Con 2015
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The Next Level: Episode 73
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 0 minutes and 39 secondsJoin us as we foray once more into the world of the video game. Amaechi is joined once more by stalwarts James and Ant to look at the month's gaming news.
This time, the guyss discuss Playstation sales, BAFTA and yet more delays.
The news is followed by a delve into the world of Virtual Reality headsets and then we round up with first impressions from James and Amaechi of The Order 1886 and Evolve respectively.
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The Next Level: Episode 73
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 0 minutes and 39 secondsJoin us as we foray once more into the world of the video game. Amaechi is joined once more by stalwarts James and Ant to look at the month's gaming news.
This time, the guyss discuss Playstation sales, BAFTA and yet more delays.
The news is followed by a delve into the world of Virtual Reality headsets and then we round up with first impressions from James and Amaechi of The Order 1886 and Evolve respectively.
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GS Doctor Who Special: Interview with Cavan Scott
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 28 minutes and 47 secondsCavan Scott is a prolific writer across various media and franchises. This month sees the publication of the first (and second) issue of the writer's Ninth Doctor mini-series for Titan Comics.
Weapons of Past Destruction is a five part series set between The Doctor Dances and Boom Town that looks like it will be delving into the fallout of the Time War that so shaped this incarnation.
In this interview episode of Geek Syndicate, massive Doctor Who fan (and co-host of The Next Level) Ant talks to Cavan about the mini-series, writing and collaboration.
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GS Doctor Who Special: Interview with Cavan Scott
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 28 minutes and 47 secondsCavan Scott is a prolific writer across various media and franchises. This month sees the publication of the first (and second) issue of the writer's Ninth Doctor mini-series for Titan Comics.
Weapons of Past Destruction is a five part series set between The Doctor Dances and Boom Town that looks like it will be delving into the fallout of the Time War that so shaped this incarnation.
In this interview episode of Geek Syndicate, massive Doctor Who fan (and co-host of The Next Level) Ant talks to Cavan about the mini-series, writing and collaboration.
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Dissecting Worlds: Live Special!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 35 minutes and 29 secondsThis month Matt and Kehaar head off into Deep Space, to chart the destiny of our very own world. Yes, it's the Dissecting Worlds Live Episode, where we run through our first live event, how it went, and what we made of it. This includes:
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A run down of the factions we had, and what it meant for the starting world
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All the crisis, and how they played out
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A look at the world we created, and what sort of stories you'd tell there.
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Some thoughts on systems, group dynamics and running another one.
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The Factions Speak! soundbites from all the leaders!
Again, a huge thank you to everyone who contributed ideas big and small, those who attended on the day and anyone who just happened to be in the neighbourhood when we needed someone to talk to about it!
Our discussion on Series 10 can be found here, and we welcome your opinions! . https://dissectingworlds.wordpress.com/2015/03/18/series-10-have-your-say/
Feedback as ever is welcome too @DissectingWrld on twitter, dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk, the Facebook Group or below!
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Dissecting Worlds: Live Special!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 35 minutes and 29 secondsThis month Matt and Kehaar head off into Deep Space, to chart the destiny of our very own world. Yes, it's the Dissecting Worlds Live Episode, where we run through our first live event, how it went, and what we made of it. This includes:
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A run down of the factions we had, and what it meant for the starting world
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All the crisis, and how they played out
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A look at the world we created, and what sort of stories you'd tell there.
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Some thoughts on systems, group dynamics and running another one.
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The Factions Speak! soundbites from all the leaders!
Again, a huge thank you to everyone who contributed ideas big and small, those who attended on the day and anyone who just happened to be in the neighbourhood when we needed someone to talk to about it!
Our discussion on Series 10 can be found here, and we welcome your opinions! . https://dissectingworlds.wordpress.com/2015/03/18/series-10-have-your-say/
Feedback as ever is welcome too @DissectingWrld on twitter, dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk, the Facebook Group or below!
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 241
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 53 minutes and 5 secondsThe boys from geek are back (Barry coming back from an hellish island apparently) and this time they are racking up another milestone by recording during a solar esclispe.
So buckle in geek fans!
Week that Was
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Netflix Daredevil Trailer
Dave revisits Star Trek: The orginial series
Hot Potato
We look at the debate over the withdrawn Joker/Batgirl cover.
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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 241
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 53 minutes and 5 secondsThe boys from geek are back (Barry coming back from an hellish island apparently) and this time they are racking up another milestone by recording during a solar esclispe.
So buckle in geek fans!
Week that Was
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Netflix Daredevil Trailer
Dave revisits Star Trek: The orginial series
Hot Potato
We look at the debate over the withdrawn Joker/Batgirl cover.
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Dissecting Worlds Series 9,Ep 5: Spy Trek!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes and 55 secondsThis month the U.S.S. Dissecting Worlds boldly goes back to the Star Trek Universe, where amongst the idealism and starships lie all sorts of secret shenanigans. Kehaar and Matt dive in too all the series and movies to pull out valuable intel on:
- What happened to the Klingons between the sly operators of TOS to the honour-bound warriors of TNG?
- How the Romulan Masters of Subterfuge ended up done over by the Dominion
- Why are all the Spy Agencies basically the KGB?
- Are Section 31 behind the plot of Star Trek VI and how would you tell?
- Missed covert opportunities with Enterprise and Voyager.
Dissecting Worlds Live 2015 happened and was great fun! Thank you to everyone who attended, contributed ideas, or just wished us luck. A summary, thoughts, and an episode on it will follow as soon as we’ve recovered!
Feedback as ever is welcome to @DissectingWrlds on twitter, dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk on email, the Facebook Group or below !