Geek Syndicate

This month the Cap and Falcon of Social Science in Geek podcasting get to grips with one of the most famous Team Leaders in Superherodom; Captain America:   In a Marvel-ous (and occasionally DC-ous) journey they look at: - Attractiveness and Charisma - Wearing the Flag - Ugly Patriotisim - Comedian and Ultimates Cap - Super Teams as Rock bands  - Super Teams as Sports Teams  - Captain America's Leadership Skill Set- The Ego Management problems of playing with the big boysAs well as the usual sidetracking into some strange and bizarre areas.  And much more! Comments to dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk or harass us at @theGrampus for Matt or @clarkythecruel for Kehaar or for plain unadulterated pod news @DissectingWrlds

Join Amaechi, Ant and later on Barry as they discuss the latest in gaming news, Gears of War 3 and look at some of the forthcoming releases. Also this episode, get our thoughts from the Eurogamer Expo and Barry interviews the Product Manager for OnLive and a tester on the forthcoming title Binary Domain. NOTE: Amaechi's India trip is now postponed until February, but any donations are still welcome.

*It seems for some reason the last time the episode was put live there was a problem which meant we lost the episode. Hopefully the problem has been fixed...apologies all! You thought we were finished, kaput, all done bar the shouting but you were wrong. Iz and Barry are back with a vengeance (a very positive vengeance) bringing you their positive outlook on the world of geekdom.

On this the penultimate episode of the Geek Syndicate weekly podcast Dave and Barry are joined by Scott Grandison, the co-host of Comic Book Outsiders to talk all things geek. News Dragon Age the web series, It's coming,  River Song and Gwen Cooper team up for SFX Weekender 3 and we meet the man who's paying a forture to be a real life Superman Week That Was Ringer, thefades, Terranova, Brillant, Ultimate Spiderman, Teen Titans #1, Superman #1, I Vampire, Aquaman #1 and Blue Beetle #1

In this special episode Barry talks to Juilan Jones, the co- creator and writer of BBC's Merlin. The chat includes what fans can expect from series four and what we can expect from all the characters, both old and new. Julian spends some time looking back on some of his fave moments of series three and even before that. Theres is talk of the impact writing series four with the knowledge of the show being renewed of a fifth series. After answering some fan questions Julian tackles the subject of the Merlin film news and more. Enjoy!

In which our star crossed crew set sail to explore the mmm-agical... mmm-ysterious... and mmm-agnificent [Barry White - Hit It!] 'world of LO-o-O-O-o-O-o-O-O-o-O-O-o-OVE.'[Oh, yeah - now put it in the background... just like that, baby... OOH!...  Yeah...]This episode we talk a bit about torrid and horrid teen fiction, from Twilight to - well, we don't get much further on that part to be honest.  Mattie is obsessed.  Stepping away from the soppy stuff we touch on themes of profound friendship, burning passion and doomed love before finally getting down and dirty (and giggling a lot) with a big talk about sex.  [Oh yeah, baby]Along the way we also find ourselves discussing inter-genre snobbery, unusual sexual positions, beetle licking and cinema snack-food.Near the start we mention a new podcast called Filmsploitation, run by a good friend of ours, Mr Phil Hobden.  I heartily recommend you check them out.Beware: Contains euphamisms and really scary mental images.  This podcast could scar you.  For life.

Join Ant and Amaechi in this special episode where they interview Tom Champion the Community and Eurogamer Expo Manager as they preview the upcoming Eurogamer Expo. We discuss what attendees can expect from this years event, the stand out developer sessions and the major exclusives including PSVita and OnLive. Tom also gives he's views on GAMEfest, the rival gaming expo that launched this year one week before Eurogamer.

Welcome to Episode 190 of Geek Syndicate. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News: Oxicomics launches it's new digital comics distribution service, A canadian production company to bring us Primeval:New World,Bow to the Lego Star Destroyer and Shelock Holmes comes to TV...again. Week that was: Fallen Skies, Torchwood: Miracle Day, We take a look at some of the new number one's from DC and Battle for LA Main: We revisit the topic of remakes and reboots Enjoy

Stacey and Lee are back in the podcasting saddle again! Woo hoo I hear you say - or something like that anyway. In this extra long episode they cover a whole host of news from the small and independent press and review; Those Of No Class, Jennifer Wilde, Hildafolk, Rachel Rising, Predators and Sugar Glider #2. It's good to be back!  

This month a hen-pecked trio of Matt, Kehaar and Special Guest Barry of Geek Syndicate and Unseen Shadows fame tackle the leaders of the Star Trek universe - starship captains.   -Marvel at the brains of Kirk -Wonder at the diplomacy of Picard -Exclaim at the fully rounded nature of Sisco - (And we also discuss Janeway and Archer)   There are side ambles into  Babylon 5, Galactica, Stargate Universe, Burn Notice and Magnum PI. As spod discussions do they don't get more old school than this one served with that Dissecting Worlds blend of herbs & spices on a stottie and a side dish of half 'n' half.   Comments to dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk or harass us at @theGrampus for Matt or @clarkythecruel for Kehaar or for plain unadulterated pod news @DissectingWrlds   Barry's Unseen Shadows universe can be found here: www.unseenshadows.com and is well worth a visit. His mild mannered opinions can also be enjoyed in the extensive Geek Syndicate podcast back catalogue. 

Amaechi, Barry and Ant delve into the latest happenings in the gaming world and also take a look at the forthcoming gamut of Autumn games. Ant and Barry also compare notes on Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

This time, Amaechi and Antony look at some of the news coming out of Gamescom and PAX before reviewing Call of Juarez: The Cartel and offering some first impressions of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Finally, we see the return of the "forthcoming releases segment".

Caught up in an orcstasy of hobbit-love, the Scrolls team talked so long into the night that an entire section of Chapter 8 had to be cut for fear of Melting Your Brains.  Well... it's too late now, obviously, so as Scrolls is taking a short break this month we thought we would share the last of our late night ramblings with you.  This then, is the Previously Unreleased third part of our Middle Earth Special in which we talk Adaptations - games, plays, movies, music and models.  Not only that, ladies and gentlemen but we have Additional Bonus Content excavated for you from the dusty archives of Nargothrond.  Shortly after the inaugural Festival-In-The-Shire event last year Clover nabbed a skype chat with one of the guests, Professor Corey Olsen.  Wary of overburdening you with Tolkienalia at the time, it was eventually decided to shelve this interview - but now you can hear it in its entirety.  Tune in and let the Tolkien Professor fix your melted brains.If you like what you hear you can download his podcasts

This month the DW duo of Kehaar and Matt try to get to grips with leadership in the slippery form of King Arthur.  In a wide ranging discussion they look at such versions of Arthur as:   TV’s Merlin (BBC series) and Camelot (Starz series.) Film’s Excalibur and First Knight The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Mists of Avalon TH White’s entire Once and Future King series Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord series Lord Alfred Tennyson’s poetry D’Morte D’Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory   & in the process they invoke:   SunTsu’s The Art of War John Adair’s Action Centred Leadership model Former English Cricket Captain & Psychoanalyst Mike Brearley’s ‘The Art of Captaincy.’   And fall out over Vikings !   For podcast specific news follow @DissectingWrlds on twitter. Kehaar can be followed @Clarkythecruel by suckers for punishment and @theGrampus is Matt.

Welcome to Episode 189 of Geek Syndicate. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News JLA #1 Gets it's final cover, White collar looks out fo it's audience,Zeith rant and Agent Coulson gets his won short film. Week that was: Fallin Skies, Captain America and Vixen: Return of the Lion. Main we tackle the thorny subject of the spiderman and perry white casting and race in general As mentioned in the episode head over to Cy Dethan's site for pre-ordering on  The Indifference Engine and Broadcast: The TV Doodles of Henry Flint  for Thought Bubble 2011

Kehaar recently attended a Twisted Tales panel event on the works of Clive Barker and - going above and beyond the call of duty - managed to snag a few minutes with all of the authors involved for Scrolls and all you listeners out there.Authors/editors interviewed are Marie O'Reagan, Paul Kane (who's own interview with Clive Barker can be found by clicking here), Mark Morris and the legendary Ramsey Campbell For more information about this and future Twisted Tales events please visit their website at http://twistedtalesevents.blogspot.com/To hear Kehaar whittering on about the social sciences in science fiction, horror and fantasy across the full spectrum of media, check out Dissecting Worlds here on the Geek Syndicate Network.  He can also be found on Twitter @Clarkythecruel (if you are a real glutton for punishment.)

Amaechi returns after Sky and EPOCH colluded to take him out but, but he’ll be having the last laugh with his new super-fast BT Infinity fibre broadband.......OnLive anyone? In the news Brink and Red Dead Redemption are getting new DLC The Penguin and Solomon Grundy join the cast of Batman Arkham City Nintendo’s 3DS gets a price slash while the Nintendo’s President slashes his own salary Microsoft announces the new super cool R2D2/C-3PO Star Wars Kinect special edition Xbox 360 Steam gets competition for downloadable games from EA and Amazon. In a new slot the boys discuss their first impressions of games they are currently playing namely Shadow of the Damned and LA Noir.

Welcome to The Trailer Trash Two: Episode 4. This time the boys talk about Swords and sorcery, James Bond and Indiana Jones, talking dogs and Jessica Alba in leather, monsters and kids, load of apes and the trailer voice over man missing from our lives. You can catch all the trailers mentioned on the episode with the links below so you can watch with us. Cowboys and Aliens  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In-m2RJw3hE Rise of the Planet of the Apes  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28Z_D9Grh18 Conan  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptC_KlAP_Ko Spy Kids 4  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-R8jpQb2OE Super 8  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCRQQCKS7go

Welcome to Epsidoe 4 of  Timelore in which the team explore the following episodes from Season 2 The Crusade The Space Museum The Chase The Time Meddler This month's outro music is Dr Who in dub courtesy of  Smerins Anti social Club. Also if anyone can work out why a good reason why  Alexis should mention root vegetables we would be most appreciative. Apologies for the sound quality of this episode. Please send us comments to watchers@timelore.co.uk or follow us on twitter at www.twitter.com/time_lore

In which we step tentatively into the ethereal realm to mull over the function of religion in fictional worlds and how it can mirror our own.  Along the way we poke a few holes in the fabric of reality, prod a few demons and deities with sticks to see what thet're made of, make wild and ill-conceived generalisations about how religions begin and, well, generally invite the wrath of the most powerful beings in the universe.  Actually, thinking about it we've already had their wrath reteroactively.  Clover is missing for the first bit due to unholy technical difficulties, but there's plenty of waffle(s) to go around.  Join us as we hit upon Holy social networking, the most popular reason for time-travel, artistic baby recycling, the function of flab in prehistoric man, alternative uses for disabled toilets and Much, Much more...(No Gods were harmed in the making of this podcast.)