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Geek to Geek with Monts and Nuge – David Montieth and Barry Nugent bring you their monthly slice of pop culture madness. No script, no preparation but a lot of fun and sass…always sass. In a slight change of plan we will be releasing Geek to Geek monthly on it's own and then it will also form part of the quarterly  two hour audio magazine show which is the companion to our quarterly Geek Syndicate Magazine. Topics covered Our thoughts on Avengers Assemble. What we think of the upcoming Green Arrow TV show. What we're looking forward to reading and watching over the Summer. Thoughts on the Eagle Awards and MCM Awards (this was recorded before we found out there still would be an Eagle Awards). What DC can do to catch up to Marvel on the film front. And much more.

In which we focus in a little on the latest books that we've plucked from the top of our bookstacks.  In the absence of Mattie we are joined by 'The Grampus' a.k.a Matt Farr from Dissecting Worlds.  He kicks things off with Adrian Tchaikovsky's insect-themed fantasy, the Shadows of the Apt.  Clover follows this up with Juggernaut, an explosive zombie actioner by Adam Baker set in the Gulf conflict.  Next up, Phil tells us about Stacia Kane's stylish and grungy urban fantasy, Unholy Ghosts.  Dion then waxes lyrical about Jenny Nimmo's The Snow Spider, a beautiful children's fantasy with a tragic heart.  Finally Matt gives us a flavour of the prolific but oft under-appreciated weird fiction writer Clark Ashton Smith.  All of this is of course spiced with our usual blend of good humor and pettiness.Stay tuned also for Adam Baker's first recorded interview on Juggernaut, after the main programme.Feedback is always welcome.  You can post comments here on GS, e-mail us at scrolls@hotmail.co.uk or tweet us @scrollsc

Taking a break from Alternative Histories, The Dissecting Duo participate in the spirit of the Olympic summer with the first of four episodes looking at sports and games and all that healthy outdoors nonsense we both try and avoid We start by looking at team sports and could hear such highlights as: The fine line between games and sports Star Trek Space Badmington Thingy and other made up sports Why can’t the Flash run in the Olympics? The challenges of technology, distance, and interplanetary environments. The changing faces of Cricket, Football and Rugby and the problems of prediction And much more…. So sit back, enjoy & disagree! Feedback and discussion always welcome @Dissectingwrlds for the show and @clarkythecruel for Kehaar and @thegrampus for Matt

Join Amaechi and Ant as they bring you the (belated) forty-fourth episode of The Next Level, Geek Syndicate Network's gaming podcast. This time, the guys look at the latest news, including the boom in Downloadable games, MMO justice and the possibility of spreading game blockbusters throughout the year.  Next, Ant talks about a couple of the demo's he's played recently (Dragon's Dogma and Sniper Elite V2) and Amaechi reviews The Walking Dead: Episode 1 from XBLA.

Welcome to Episode 38 of Small Press Big Mouth, this is the Lee Free episode so I have to apologise for the lack of farting/fart jokes. This is two interviews recorded by Stace at Bristol Expo 2012, with two brand new indie publishers - Disconnected Press and Improper Books. I hope you enjoy it and next episode will be back to normality or as close as we can manage!  

In which Susan Hill's chilling classical ghost story is shared, enthused over and examined by the Scrolls team.  Clover hosts this special episode, ably assisted by Mattie & Phil and joined by the multi-talented Sarah Taylor, who has been a fan of the story (in all its forms) for many years.  Whilst absent from the discussion, Dion provides a little atmosphere with selected readings from the text in the first half of the episode.With deference to the new film and the ever popular stage production, the second half of the episode examines alternative interpretations of the tale and the ways in which they both succeed and fail to capture the essence of Hill's creation.  Along with a certain amount of squeeing.  I'm naming no names.As ever with the Scrolls Book Group, spoilers abound, so we recommend that you read the book before you listen in.Preferably by candlelight.Alone...Feedback is always welcome.  You can comment on this post, e-mail us at scrolls@hotmail.co.uk or follow our Twitter feed @Scrollscast

Geek to Geek – Episode 3 Welcome to Geek to Geek, the audio magazine dedicated to bringing the sass back to geekdom. Contents 00:00:00 Geek to Geek with Monts and Nuge – David Montieth and Barry Nugent bring you their monthly slice of pop culture madness. No script, no preparation but a lot of fun and sass…always sass. 00:51:33 Promo: The Monster Hunters – A Three Part Audio Drama. Find out more here 00:52:58 Little Witch aka Amy of the Birds of Geek podcast has a quick chat with comic writer Gail Simone. 00:58:05 Montoya and SilverFox from Trailer Trash Two discuss the greatness that was 1982 for genre films. 01:16:22 Stacey Whittle from Small Press Big Mouth reviews the Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel series from Self Made Hero. 01:22:05 Barry and Ant from The Next Level review Mass Effect 3 (Spoiler Free) 01:39:13 After Hours with Dave and Barry – the guys close out the show in the Geek to Geek Studio bar.    

Dissecting Worlds attempts to digest 30-odd years of global anarchy & its alternate history in the form of two world wars (but no world cup!) A bumper episode including such tit-bits as: Germany's strong right hook Reds, Whites & anarchist also rans The Czech Legion & Belgian Armoured Cars Siberian tours Other Versailles A Very British Civil War  German Mediterranean holidays Halifax for PM! Submarines are alive with sound of music  Losing Moscow (yes they do eventually get to the Russian front!) America's separate wars The heavyweight issue of alternative holocausts  When Matt says 1929 Committee he means 1922! A Very British Civil War 1938 forum  here: http://gwargamesp.18.forumer.com/index.php?showforum=4 (& Kehaar's VBCW 38 efforts war gaming  http://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/category/vbcw-1938/ & roleplaying www.alfiesantics.wordpress.com So sit back, enjoy & disagree! Feedback and discussion always welcome @Dissectingwrlds for the show, and @clarkythecruel for Kehaar and @t

Hello and welcome to episode 37 of Small Press Big Mouth where Stacey and Lee do some reviewing of  comics and tell you some news (though some of it may be a bit out of date cos of someone taking their sweet time with the editing!). For more detailed notes and the linkypoos and the good, proper info bit that Lee does -rather than the "ah bum I've forgotten EVERYTHING we talked about" mess that is this bit Stace writes, check out smallpressbigmouth.blogspot.com.

Tim and Max Solve All The Problems With Popular Culture is STILL the newest podcast in the unstable time vortex that is the Geek Syndicate Network. The podcast aims to do exactly what it says on the tin – young buccaneers Tim Swann (@tetrarchangel on twitter) of Psycomedia (psycomedia.wordpress.com) and Max Barnard (@maxy_barnard on twitter) of You Must Hear This (imustreadthis.com) identify a key area where popular geek culture falls down and then try and come up with some ways that both the creators and the audience can fix it. In our sixth and final-ish episode, we discuss our present obsession with origins, get rather niche in references to our own podcasts, talk a lot about Spiderman, praise All-Star Superman and try and come up with quick summaries for less well-known characters, and Tim's man-crush of the week is Kyle MacLachlan. 

In this episode Ant and Amaechi take time out from killing reapers and saving the universe to talk more gaming news, views and reviews. News   ·       Men in Black and Young Justice games get announced ·       Leaked PS3 trophies suggest a new Batman Arkham City DLC is coming ·       Game and Gamestation goes into administration and close stores ·       More Xbox 720, Wii U and PS4 next gen console news and rumours ·       Draw Something and Angry Birds Space continue the mobile phone gaming phenomenon   First Impressions   ·       Battlefield 3 single player campaign ·       Binary Domain 

Doning their tin hats the disagreeing duo of Dissecting Worlds turn their scalpels to Alternate History this series. To open the bowling they're going to limber up with Kim Stanley Robinson's "The Years of Rice & Salt", an exploration of a world in which Europe exited history in the 15th-16th centuries. This gives an opportunity to discuss alternate histories on the way, and in the process they potentially upset * quantum physicists  * Marxists * Nazis * Harry Turtledove * Arthur C Clarke * the romantic view of history In the usual blend of confessions, obsessions & mispronunciations and teasers for future episodes in the series. For all your dissecting worlds news follow us @dissectingwrlds For ramblings of the sleep deprived @clarkythecruel & alternate history RPG at www.alfiesantics.wordpress.com (related Wargame material www.clarkythecruel.wordpress.com under the VBCW tag.) Matts twitter is @theGrampus & he really should do a website on his d-hopping campaign (or some blog entries.)

Tim and Max Solve All The Problems With Popular Culture is STILL the newest podcast in the stable of subetheric continua that is the Geek Syndicate Network. The podcast aims to do exactly what it says on the tin – young buccaneers Tim Swann (@tetrarchangel on twitter) of Psycomedia (psycomedia.wordpress.com) and Max Barnard (@maxy_barnard on twitter) of You Must Hear This (imustreadthis.com) identify a key area where popular geek culture falls down and then try and come up with some ways that both the creators and the audience can fix it. In our fifth episode, we discuss subtext, both where it clashes and merges with the text, when the sun hasn't gone to our heads, at least. We also plan Swanncon 2012, picture George Lucas telling Kevin Smith to shut up, plot global population realignment and still find time to highlight the continuing ridiculousness of Marvel Comics.

Join Ant and Amaechi as they delve once more into the latest gaming news, including a discussion of "the GAME Saga". Following this, find out if Resistance 3 is a Buy, Rent or Avoid and the boys chat about some of the demo's they've been playing recently.

After a short hiatus the Scrolls team is back, just in time for the end of the world.  Join us as we explore the subject of apocalypse with regards to our beloved genres of science fiction, horror and fantasy.  Books discussed include: Good Omens, The Tripods trilogy, Wolf In Shadow, The Last Battle, The Stand, The Road, Strength Of Stones, The Mist and Z For Zachariah.We start our exploration with 'Judgement Today,' as cultures, civilisations and species face the threat of extinction.  Why do writers return to these uber-threats time and again and what do we, the readers get out of it?  In the middle section 'Armageddon Outta Here' we look at the last survivors trying to make sense of the end-times, seeking a last bastion or just trying to survive.  What does 'The End' mean in real and psychological terms to mankind?  We wrap up with 'Post-Post-Apocalyptic,' running our eyes over some brave new worlds to see what some authors have used armageddon to achieve in terms of recreating civilisation from the ashes

Welcome to the second issue of Geek to Geek, the audio magazine dedicated to bringing the sass back to geekdom. 2 hours of craziness coming to your mp3 player every month! 00:00:00 Geek to Geek with Monts and Nuge – David Montieth and Barry Nugent bring you their monthly slice of pop culture madness. No script, no preparation and but hopefully some hope that you will enjoy the experience 00:41:18  Promo: The Strange Case of Springheel'd Jack - A Three Part Audio Drama. Find out more here 00:42:38  Montoya and Silver Fox from Trailer Trash take a look at three film trailers. 00:57:40 Dion of the Scrolls interviews Daniel Polansky, author of Lowtown. 01:14:29 Montoya chats with the producers of John Carter 01:35:06 After Hours with Dave and Barry – the guys close out the show in the Geek to Geek Studio bar.

Tim and Max Solve All The Problems With Popular Culture is STILL the newest podcast in the stable of Mandalorian warmounts that is the Geek Syndicate Network. The podcast aims to do exactly what it says on the tin – young buccaneers Tim Swann (@tetrarchangel on twitter) of Psycomedia (psycomedia.wordpress.com) and Max Barnard (@maxy_barnard on twitter) of You Must Hear This (imustreadthis.com) identify a key area where popular geek culture falls down and then try and come up with some ways that both the creators and the audience can fix it. In our fourth episode, we discuss money, all the songs inspired by money, and we won't tell you any more until you pay us exorbitant fees. Topics of discussion include the grand battle of whether Dollhouse is a good show, the treachery of Michael Bay, the band 10cc, and Tim spends most of the episode pretending he's married to Jennifer Morrison. 

Despite Kehaar's assertions (or maybe he thinks he's slept through a whole series), Series Five wraps up our traditional "Conclusions" episode, where we try to pull together any common threads, talk about things we've missed, and probably continue to miss even more things. We also talk about some of our reader feedback and to add to the excitement it's Matt's first turn in the editing chair.  The link to the "plan for far" for the DW Symposium can be found here: (http://geeksyndicate.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/dissecting-worlds-symposium-2012/) Next series we are looking at Alternative Histories - we should be getting something out on the running order and content as soon as we have stopped arguing about it! 

The GS crew were out in serious force at the SFX Weekender event this year.  Did you spot us all?  Well one week later Barry and his syndicated geeks Amy, Ant, Clover, Dion, Matt (The Grampus) and Phil got back around the mic to talk through our experiences in North Wales, good and bad.  You'll find out what it's really like to attend one of the best geek Events in Britain, how to survive it and how to get the best bang for your buck.The episode is a biggie so clear your schedules or, if you'd prefer, nibble us piecemeal as we wade through the major events, guest stars and surprise hits of the show.  Along the way we don hotpants, duck time-travelling ninjas, achieve total-toilet-ambush and discover the voice of a sex-god... among many other treats.We mention YouTube videos that have since become available, so you can see some of the delights on offer.  Click here to see a bunch of them.The Weekender is truly an event to be experienced.  Join us here to help relive the great times you had, or see what you mis

Join us in this episode were Ant and Amaechi reveal their games of the year by genre and for the first time choose the Next Levels first overall Game of the Year. In the news Call of Duty community grow and grows Mario dominates the 2011 3DS software sales Star Wars Kinect and special edition console get an official release date Gotham City Imposter is released I Am Alive gets an official release date Nintendo confirms the WiiU will be available globally by Christmas Game of Thrones RPG on its was Mass Effect 3 gets iOS game and app