Geek Syndicate

This time our hulking lizardman and tiny seagull look at animals in science fiction. So that is uplifted earth creatures and coincidentally similar aliens with special attention on:   Planet of the Apes in its sundry incarnations David Brin's Uplift Saga magnus opus Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time Cat girls and anthropomorphic Space Aliens With nods to other pulp and hard SF takes on the tropes. And we utterly fail to cover Elephant Men despite wanting to Matt's bookshelf features Rome which will be a surprise.   Pray dear listeners it's our conclusions episode next so let's have your feedback and ideas - emails and mp3s to dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk or find us on FACEBOOK or @dissectingwrlds on Twitter.

At the start of a new year, the boys from The Next Level have come together to look at the games that have been slated for release in 2016. Join Ant, Barry and James as they trawl through some of their highlights for the year ahead, including: The Division, Uncharted 4, Virtual Reality Headsets, Mass Effect 4 and more!

Another episode of GS with more crazy fun than you can throw a geek at. In this case the geek you will be throwing against the wall will be Monts...throw him hard people!! News Idris Elba cast in The Black Tower The lads disagree over the Wonder Woman footage  Steven Moffat leaves Dr Who and Chris 'Chim Chiminee' Chibnall slides in Comics Secret Wars finale Deluge   TV Legends of Tomorrow The Man in the High Castle Audio The Diary of River Song Main   We look at Marvel and DC attempts to reboot their universes and we try to guess what the hell #DCRebirth is.   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/  

Join members of the Geek Syndicate team as they form a band of intrepid heroes to take on the might of the STAR WARS gaming franchise. In this episode, Laura, Matt and Dion join Ant to look back at Star Wars games. The team discuss what worked and what didn't in the franchise's digital offerings. Discover their favourite entries and what their dream Star Wars game would be. Find out more about Dion's anthology projects in the following locations: Sunny, with a Chance of Zombies: paperback or eBook. http://knightwatch.greatbritishhorror.com/sunny-with-a-chance-of-zombies/ This Twisted Earth: submission guidelines. http://sixminutes.greatbritishhorror.com/this-twisted-earth Check out the back catalogue of Scrolls: http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/category/podcasts/scrolls/ And here more of Matt over on Dissecting Worlds: http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/category/podcasts/dissecting-worlds/

Welcome back to another roundhouse kick of sass from Monts and Nuge. News Black Panther film picks up its director. Agents of Shield gets a spin off but not the ones the boys were hoping for. Dredd fans aim their lawgivers at Netflix, HBO and Amazon.   The Week That Was The After aka 'The show Monts had wished he had read the small print before watching' The lads go kung fu crazy over 'Into the Badlands' Castle Gotham 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/  

It's 2016 and Geek Syndicate is back in your ears. What else do you want geekdom?     News  Angouleme awards storm DC Comics put its foot in it  Jekyll and Hyde takes its final potion   Week that was   Scarlett Couture  The Man From Uncle Before The AwakeningDr Who Christmas specialSherlock Christmas special   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/      

Back from festive indulgences, Dissectingbots K33-R and M4-T take a look at the constructed creatures that inhabit science fiction worlds as servants and slaves - whether the world admits that or not. We talk about:   Droids in the Star Wars Universe (excluding The Force Awakens, so we’re spoiler free) and robots in general Replicants in Blade Runner and other “biological” servants Legal grey areas in growing your own humans (or sub-humans) Emotional Distance and how easy society finds it to ignore real injustices, and how that applies to Droid/Replicant rights ...and more!   Keehar has a bumper-length bookshelf on period weaponry for all your time-travelling needs. Links to what he discusses are:   Hurstwic - https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD447mhDkoZpy9hbaPvG6FUFokA8ONRCS Dimicator - https://m.youtube.com/user/warzechas Skallagrim - https://m.youtube.com/user/SkallagrimNilsson Thegnthrand - https://m.youtube.com/user/ThegnThrand   Feedback as ever is welcome to @DissectingWrlds on twitter, diss

In the last Geek Syndicate podcast of 2015 the guys have a bumper episode of nearly two hours, including spoiler free and spoiler heavy reviews of The Force Awakens. Shoutouts   #DrWhoDaniel   News   Not much on the news front this week but the lads have time for a quick on Batman V Superman.   Week That Was Silver Volume 1 & 2 (comic) Flash season 1/ Arrow season 3 - soundtracks by Blake Neeley To a pulp (comic)       MainForce Awakens review spoiler free and if you keep listening of the main GS episode is finished you will be able to listen to our spoiler heavy review.

Monts and Nuge take to the podcast waves again with another episode of Geek Syndicate.     News Nuge pulls a 180 on the Star Trek Beyond Trailer. Hunger Games Prequels chat...just when you thought it was safe to go back to the arena.   Week that Was   TV   Jessica Jones aka 'Nuge finally gets off his lazy ass and watches the show'Mr Robot. Supergirl send the lads into a angry tizzy about social media and spoilers. Sleepy Hollow. Agents of Shield.   Games   Star Wars Battlefront.    Movies Nuge gives a thumbs down to historical disaster (in more ways than one) epic Pompeii.      Audio   Doom Coalition Pt 2

The boys are back in town...Monts and Nuge return to microphone with more sass and geekiness than you can throw a lightsaber at.   News Force Awakens tickets go up in price Supergirl gets new episodes Samurai Jack is Back Preacher - trailer   Week that Was   TV Star Wars Rebels says the one thing we've all been thinking about Stormtrooper armour.   Comics   Monts and Nuge have some slightly different opintions on Dr Strange #1 Limbo - The lads take a walk on the noir side with this new comic from Image Mulp #2 The anthromphic pulp adventure is back and Barry is as giddy as a schoolboy about it. Edge of Extinction - A zombie tale with a difference (I know that's almost impossible these days?)   David's Airplane Movies      San Andreas      Jurrasic World      Terminator Genysis      Fantastic Four         Audio   Doom Coalition Pt 1- `The Eleven"

  This month Wolf-Man Kehaar and Man-Wolf Matt stare into the darkness without and within, as our Fantastic Creatures series looks in horror at, um, horror. This time we reach into the recesses of our primal fears and talk about: Vampires, ancient and modern; from predator to love interest. Werewolves (there wolves!), and fears of the the beast within Stalkers and Serial Killers Lovecraftian Horrors and much more! Glorious Classic “Horror Express” is in the public domain and can be viewed, in it’s entirery, on YouTube here   Microscope is here: http://www.lamemage.com/store.html and the DW2 announcement post is here Comments to dissectingworlds@yahoo.com , tweet @dissectingwrlds or the facebook group.  

Monts and Nuge bring you a surprise second episode of the week...Happy Friday everyone! News The lads finally talk about the new Star Wars Trailer Events Bloomsbury Festival   Books BlackJack The Adventures of Arron Day   TV Arrow The Flash Dr Who Vixen Walking Dead   FILM Mad Max Fury Road aka 'There and Back Again' The Phantom Menace gets a revisit from Monts.      

Join Monts and Nuge for another hour or so of geek mayhem and hopefully a few laughs or your money back. Ok that previous sentence was a lie.   Oh and just like the end of an episode of Scooby Doo the lads finally unmask the head of EPOCH, GS's arch enemy. Take that SPECTRE!   News Star wars tickets go on sale (Yes this was recorded before the trailer came out).   The lads talk or rather the lads ridicule the boycott Star Wars VII hashtag for a couple of minutes.     Dr Who  -  The War Doctor comes to audio    Week that Was    Deadline Sway (Electric Comics) Horizon  Hunted Jekyll and hyde Fear the Walking Dead and Flight 462

Join Ant as he talks to Jon Hibbins, the brain behind the rather excellent VR dungeon crawler, Crystal Rift. The game is currently available on Steam Early Access for £14.99 and you can find out more details about the game over on their website . Expect to see more about Crystal Rift on the Geek Syndicate website as development continues. The interview was recorded on the show floor at EGX (you can check out Ant's thoughts of the rest of the event on the GS website . Apologies for the background noise during the main body of this interview.

Elves and to some extent dwarves and other spirits appear on the DW vivisection table today including: The Norse elves of Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword Melniboneans Coverage from Tolkien, Lewis, Gaiman and more. Matt is still bitter at Julian May Elf Quest! Traditional takes on the Fae from Shakespeare to Ben Aaronvitch Space Elves from Babylon 5 and beyond The Shattered Seas Roleplaying elves in Rune-quest and Traditional F20 Enjoy! Apologies for the bookshelf sound quality. Comments to dissectingworlds@yahoo.com , tweet @dissectingwrlds or the facebook group.  

Well they made it....this episode marks the ninth anniversary of the Geek Syndicate Podcast. More importantly it marks nine  years in which Nuge and Monts have not killed each other. The question is can they survive their own anniversary?   News   TROY: FALL OF A CITY *coughs game of thrones* Dr Who gets a new spin off       Week that was     Danger Mouse Cognition #0 The Martian Dark Matter Dr Who      letters from the syndicate    We take some questions from the listeners....   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/    

Welcome 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...   News   First 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 was   The 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!   Main The 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 forever   In 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/subscr

David '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 Syndicate The show wraps up with the lads taking a few questions from the syndicate (that's you lot out there) via twitter, fa

ROOOOOOOOOAR! 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 ! 

Monts 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