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With 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/

In 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 http://www.10usp.com/     Comments to dissectingworlds@yahoo.com , tweet @dissectingwrlds or the facebook group.

After 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.

In 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!

In 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.

Welcome to another episode of monts and nuge doing what they do best...talking nonsense.   News   We 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 Was   Captain America and the Avengers Vol 1 Secret Cinema - Empire Strikes Back  Sense8   Main We look at the season finales of Flash, Green Arrow and Gotham   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/

After 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: Christopher Lee, one of DW’s favorite actors Feedback - More Bond,  Star Trek: Vanguard, Neal Asher’s Polity and more. Good SF Spies vs Bad Fantasy Spies, and the “Turncoat” archetype Authors later works do they affect what you think of earlier ones? 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 !

Monts 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 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/  

Welcome 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

That'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:

Welcome 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: 

Welcome 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?

Welcome 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/questions   Dave goes off on Agent of Shield while answering a question on this years season finales   A big shoutout to the first ever Geek Syndicate 'Just Add Sass' PIZZA    The Big News   The 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 Was   Hard Wired: Evolution The Force Awakens Trailer Gotham Avengers Age of Ultron non spoiler review Barry makes his debut on youtube

Welcome 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,

The Musketeers Showrunner Adrian Hodges returns to Geek Syndicate to talk about this thoughts on the second series. 

Welcome to another episode of Geek Syndicate quenching your thirst for news, reviews and more like an oasis of liquid geekness.   The Big News   The upcoming Wonder Woman Film hits a rocky patch The Nuge is off the Birmingham Comics Festival    Hot Potato With 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 Was   Barry gets in a mini rant about trailer revealing too much. Dave explains Convergence and Battleworld to Barry. Ant Man Loki Agent of Asgard Silver Surfer Ms MarvelCapt MarvelShe Hulk Thunderbirds   Main We look at the current crop of superhero shows on TV and give a thumbs up or down on them.    

Dave 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 Jorund Bound   Main Barry chats with Dan of the sidekickcast Podcast at the London Super Comic Con 2015

Join 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.

Cavan 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. 

This 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: A run down of the factions we had, and what it meant for the starting world All the crisis, and how they played out A look at the world we created, and what sort of stories you’d tell there. Some thoughts on systems, group dynamics and running another one. 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 Grou