Geek Syndicate

Welcome back to the Geek Syndicate podcast. Join Dave and Barry as they continue with their mission to bring the sass back to geekdom.   Hot Potato Have we hit a saturation point with Superhero Movies? (Note: this episode was recorded before the major Marvel annoucements this week).   Week That Was The Mist  Beware the Batman Star Wars Rebels Doctor Who Thor God of Thunder: Vol 1 & 2   Main Dave chats to Adele Kirby about her Kickstarter "Apocalypse Survival Training: an audio fitness adventure app"

Welcome to the second in our platform special podcast. In this episode James and Amaechi talk all things PlayStation, covering the PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. We discuss our favourite PlayStation game franchises and current games, look at PlayStation services such as PlayStation + and PlayStation Now. We also discuss the upcoming PlayStation TV and Virtual Reality system Morpheus, and look at what else the future may bring for PlayStation.  

Welcome to episode 68 of The Next Level. This month Ant goes on a gaming spree, Amaechi goes to the Moon with Destiny and we have not one, not two but 3 new games reviews.  In the news Super Smash Bros. 3DS sells 3m copies worldwide and WiiU version to be released this November 21st in North America and December 5th in Europe. Destiny averaging 3.2m gamers online per day. Creator of Gran Turismo franchise says GT7 for PS4 will come end 2015 or 2016. Mindcraft coming to Windows Phone devices. The Walking Dead: Clementine Figurines revealed US gamer selling his massive games library for £150,000 Sony release Powers TV series trailer EA’s Origin service starts ‘On the House’ free games offer Review This month Ant reviews Hyrule Warriors for Nintendo Wii U, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor and both Ant and Amaechi give their impressions on Destiny.    

Dave and Barry take a break from their never-ending task to celebrate 8 years of podcasting before getting on with business as usual. Questions from the Syndicate The lads answer a few questions from the listeners. If you could go back in time to stop one comic/book/film or TV show from being made what would it be? Do you have a comic you love in a genre you don't like? Week that was Christopher Marlowe & The Bards of Nemeto Thor #1 Gotham Academy #1 Agents of Shield - Episode 1 Season 2

In this episode 00Scouse & the Greatest Living Yorkshireman [citation needed] debate James Bond - popular culture's platonic ideal of a spy. They fail to discuss post-Imperial Britain's identity crisis (which will have to feature in the conclusions episode) but look at  : gender & sex in bond (including the BDSM elements) : leading pastiches : anti-Bonds : race & patriotism  : best & worse of the franchise    “Film Crit Hulks” excellent series of essays on the movies starts here: http://badassdigest.com/2014/07/14/hulk-vs.-james-bond-staring-into-the-id-of-a-boner-incarnate/   Feedback to. @DissectingWrlds on twitter, dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk on email, the Facebook group or below !       

Join Dave (Monts) and Barry (Nuge) as they continue their never ending quest to bring more sass to the world of geekdom. Shoutouts GS Listeners Ant and Steve give their feedback. Week that was Legends starring Sean Bean gets the once over and comes away a little bruised. Barry goes to his post apocalyptic happy place by reading the entire run of Y-the Last Man on holiday . Dave gets creeped out by The Absense (Titan Comics). Dr Who Listen/Time Heist both get reviewed and the guys fight it out over whose hustle theme is the best (long and boring story) Main The lads give their thoughts on the channel 5 press screening of Gotham.

Welcome once more to The Next Level. Episode 67 features Amaechi and Ant discuss the latest news, including more delays to games, Destiny's early success and Microsoft's purchase of Mojang's Minecraft. Since voting has opened for the Golden Joystick Awards, the guys run through the categories pointing out particular highlights. Finally, Amaechi reviews the full Season Two of Telltale Games' The Walking Dead and Ant reviews some of Tin Man Games' Fighting Fantasy adventure gamebook adaptations.

Once again the masters of sass Barry and Dave return to give another slice of geek fun. Hot potato Does Doctor Who have to make sense to be good?   Week that was Ultimate Nerf Battle (Getting shot in the head by a rubber bullet has never been such fun) Dresden files audio books (Who knew spike from buffy had a part time job?) Snowpiercer the film ( Spolier: a lot of folks get a whupping in this film) Starlight (Image Comics) Dr Who Prisoners of Time News Arrow Season 3 Casting The Rock is Black Adam...I mean who else could've done it? First look at the batmobile from Batman V Superman..we are not entertained! The lads dissect the official cast photo for Agents of Shield season 2

Join Dave aka Monts and Barry aka Nuge as they once again set out to bring the sass back to geekdom in the latest episode of the Geek Syndicate podcast. Shout outs Ratty Cole Hot potato Orgin Stories - Do we still need them in our films? Week that was Worry Wart Boo The Guardians of the Galaxy Main The boys look at the new season of Dr Who  

This episode we return after a bit of an absence to talk about X-Men issue 27 (December 1966) 'Re-Enter The Mimic'. Scripted by Roy Thomas and drawn by Werner Roth, this ish sees the return of, you guessed it, The Mimic! While we're at it we also chat about the Guardians of the Galaxy film and the first season of Penny Dreadful. Glad to be back!

This time Matt and Keehar are sent back to school with a special on all things educational. What is the attraction in the school setting? What gets it right and wrong? Classes include:   The American vs English (vs Japanese!) school paradigm “Harem” Anime and School Settings Harry Potter, and would you send your child to Hogwarts? American cliches - grades, graduations and High School Reunions Super-Schooling in it’s many guises. Buffy Summers and Veronica Mars; outsider heroes. All this and the Dissecting Worlds Bookshelf too!   Feedback for any and all of this welcome to our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/DissectingWorlds), by email to dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk or twitter @dissectingwrlds   Don’t forget to take a look at our new landing page at www.dissectingworlds.com; any feedback on the site appreciated.

Welcome once more to The Next Level. In episode 66, Amaechi and Ant round up some of the news that emerged from this year's Cologne based GamesCom convention, including Microsoft and Sony's press conferences. The guys also look at the sheer scale of forthcoming game, No Man's Sky. Amaechi then digs into a couple of Playstation Network games he's been getting into and Ant follows up with a first impression of the Wii U system including ZombiU and Mario Kart 8.

Welcome to the first of our The Next Level Platform Specials. First up, Ant is joined by Matt, James and Casey to discuss the behemoth of the PC and it's place in gaming. Over the course of this special, we delve into the reasons why we game on a PC. What game types work better on the PC? We look at the ins and outs of downloadable games: from Steam to Windows Live and back to independent releases. We touch on the cost of maintaining a PC rig, early access games (and their pricing) and much more. Join us on the PC Side!

Join Dave aka Monts and Barry aka Nuge as they once again set out to bring the sass back to geekdom in the latest episode Geek Syndicate. Shoutouts The boys get a book recommendation from Ben Campion Hot potato  Batman Vs Superman talk and the first image of Wonder Woman Week that was Ricky Rouse Has A Gun(Self Made Hero) Briony Hatch (Limehouse Books)  

This time Matt and Keehar attempt to grapple with every aspect of religion in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror we haven't already mentioned, and probably manage to talk about several of them. Join us this time for:  Ritual and Imagery in Atheistic Universes.  Personality Cults in Dystopias (and other places)  Witches and the weight of real or imagined history Doctor Who as "Space Jesus" Quantum Leap and adding God to your stories Some late running feedback on Robot Religion from contributor Ciaron   There are a few audio gremlins we couldn't get fully out, so apologies in advance for that.    We also mention the Druidcast (http://www.druidry.org/druid-way/resources/druidcast-obod-podcast) and the Faculty of Horror (http://www.facultyofhorror.com)   Feedback for any and all of this welcome to our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/DissectingWorlds), by email to dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk or twitter @dissectingwrlds    

Join Dave aka Monts and Barry aka Nuge as they once again set out to bring the sass back to geekdom in the latest episode Geek Syndicate. Shout outs Christi, Shar, Mirjana and Tree who will be covering SDCC Brett (aka The Comic Book Evangelist)   Hot potato  SDCC the exclusive geeks club good or bad ?   Week that was Celeste Game of Thrones season 4 The Last Ship   News Will ferrell tackles mamimal 12 Monkeys Westworld comes to HBO with Anthony Hopkins Hugo strange and poison ivy join Gotham.    

Welcome to episode 65 of The Next Level. This month Ant rediscovers GTA V Online and Arkham Origins while Amaechi manages to button bash the Xbox 360’s bonus June Games for Gold offering Street Fighter IV. The boys also discuss the crazy October 2014 games release schedule that will see several big games released that month. You better get saving. In the news ·     The original Alien cast coming to Alien Isolation in a special DLC ·       Far Cry 4 will be completely playable as an open world coop game ·       First playable games at this year’s Eurogamer Expo announced ·       Wii U’s global sales rise and upcoming games makes Ant’s tempted to pick on up ·       Teen Age Mutant Ninja Turtles game coming to Kinect ·       Kickstater phenomenon Star Citizens looks for more ways to incorporate the millions of dollars investment it’s received but will it come out on current gen consoles. ·       The Destiny beta is here for PlayStation gamers but this time Xbox gamers will also get to try it out ·       More ga

Join Dave aka Monts and Barry aka Nuge as they once again set out to bring the sass back to geekdom in the latest episode Geek Syndicate. Shout outs Vince Hunt - www.theredmaskfrommars.com    News Thomas Jane to star in 'The Expanse' Agents of Shield Season gets a Start Date Luc besson's Lucy    Week that was Dominion Gotham gets a new teaser trailer The two new Doctor Who #1's from Titan Comics The 100 Extant   Hot potato We have a quick about the new Thor       

Join Dave aka Monts and Barry aka Nuge as they once again set out to bring the sass back to geekdom to rights in the latest episode Geek Syndicate. News Zounds! Dr Who scripts Leaked! Stacey’s Pop Culture Parlour 24 live podcast  fo charity Arrow aka 'The Green Knight' (come one we all know that's what they're doing) season 3 casting.  DC royalty payments to creators get a makeover. Week that was The leaked Flash and Constantine pilots (hmm yes 'leaked' not released for advanced marketng reasons). Wicked and the Devine (Image Comics) Starlight (Image Comics) Dangeritis: A Fistful of Danger Clone Wars My So-Called Secret Identity Main The guys go on location to the British Libaray to check out the Comics Unmasked exhibtion (apologies for the sound quality).

This month Matt and Keehar dive headlong into our pile of feedback for the series, and look back on the topics that have caused the most discussion on our Facebook page. These include:    - Pre-Christian Roman gods and orthopractic religions - The god-like powers of authorship in books, roleplaying games and long-running TV shows - The Christian Work Ethic  - Sacred Spaces of Geekdom - and more!    As announced our next series will be on Spies and similar sneaky types so any suggestions please make them through the usual channels.    Matt is guesting on Stacey's Pop Culture Parlor Live Charity Marathon on 12th July, a link for which is here: https://www.justgiving.com/SPCPLive/   The Gonzo History blog is here: http://gonzohistory.wordpress.com/   Matt's first published comic is in Zarjaz 21 (http://thequaequamblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/zarjaz-21.html) and Kehaars other show, Magnumcast, can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/Magnumpodcast    Feedback for any and all of this welcome to our Facebook pag