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Cobra - Bags of Action Episode 26

Sun, 27 Sep 2015 08:00:32 +0000

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! In this episode, Steve returns and together with Pete they discuss the 1986 Stallone movie, Cobra.

Steve has never seen this film before, but Pete is a veteran, having now seen it three times. The film was adapted from a novel and the screenplay written by Stallone. There are quite a few familiar faces in this film, including Brigitte Nielson, in an early role, Andrew Robinson, and Brian Thompson, the man who has been in practically every SFF film and TV show from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, to Alien Nation, to Star Trek, to The Terminator, to Charmed to The X-Files.

If you would like to get in touch you can join in the discussion of all things related to action movies over on the Facebook Group or you can followBags of Action on Twitter @BagsofAction. You can also email us at bagsofaction [at] gmail [dot] com or you could leave us a review on iTunes.

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 253

Sun, 27 Sep 2015 06:26:56 +0000

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.

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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 252

Sat, 12 Sep 2015 06:40:23 +0000

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, facebook and email.

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Comic Book Outsiders Episode 176

Wed, 09 Sep 2015 21:24:37 +0000

Welcome to Comic Book Outsiders, a comic book podcast dedicated to bringing you the very best hidden gems from the worlds of comic books, films, TV and everything else.

This episode we talk about some of the latest news and our recent experiences at Nine Worlds, Scott's trip to Mos Eisley with Secret Cinema, Disney's plans for the future and what Paramount might be cooking up in celebration of a special 50th anniversary next year. Steve also mentions the release of his first novel, Battlemage, and plans for some UK signing events later this month.

For our main feature we talk about TV shows that were cancelled too soon, what we liked about them and where we imagine the shows could have gone in later seasons or even episodes, for those cut down very early in their run.

If you would like to support the show please consider leaving us an iTunes review or visiting the Comic Book Outsiders website at www.comicbookoutsiders.co for more information all of the other ways you can support us, plus links to the other podcasts on the network.

GSN Podcast: Dissecting Worlds S10, E2: Dragons and Other Mythical Beasts

Mon, 07 Sep 2015 14:22:42 +0000

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 !

GSN Podcast:A Chat with Al Ewing

Sat, 29 Aug 2015 10:00:00 +0000

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

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 251

Fri, 21 Aug 2015 13:00:53 +0000

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

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Aliens - Bags of Action Episode 25

Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:09:20 +0000

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! In this episode, Scott Grandison (Comic Book Outsiders, Crash Landing) is standing in for Steve to talk about the James Cameron classic, Aliens.

Shockingly Pete has never seen it before, so you get to find out what he thought of it first time around and compare that to Scott's opinion of a film he knows inside and out. Next month Steve returns to the hot seat and he'll also be experiencing a film that most people would assume he's already seen. Listen to the end of the show to find out what that is.

GSN PODCAST: Dissecting Worlds Series 10, Ep 1: Orcs and other Hordes

Wed, 05 Aug 2015 12:21:18 +0000

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 .10 usp .com /

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Comic Book Outsiders Episode 175

Sat, 01 Aug 2015 10:50:00 +0000

Welcome to Comic Book Outsiders, a comic book podcast dedicated to bringing you the very best hidden gems from the worlds of comic books, films, TV and everything else.

This episode is our 175th, so we decided to do something a bit different. Normally we plan the episode in advance, make notes and have different sections planned out. This episode we did nothing. We did no planning, we made no notes at all. We also invited onto the show a special co-host, Barry Nugent, from Geek Syndicate.

We let the conversation flow where it wants and it turned out to be an interesting three way discussion about a whole host of different topics.

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 250

Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:01:22 +0000

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.

Predator: Dark Ages and Kung Fury - Bags of Action Episode 24

Tue, 28 Jul 2015 17:03:05 +0000

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! In this episode, Gavin Jones (Sidekickcast) is standing in for Steve for a fan film special.

Pete and Gav discuss Predator: Dark Ages and Kung Fury, two recently crowd funded films that are now available on youtube. Each film is about thirty minutes long and the guys decided to rewatch them as they recorded the show together and in person, which gives the episode a somewhat unusual feel. How do these shorter, labour of loves compare to bigger full length films?

Listen out for a shock revelation from Pete about a film he's never seen, he'll be rectifying that next month for the good of the show!

If you would like to get in touch you can join in the discussion of all things related to action movies over on the Facebook Group or you can follow Bags of Action on Twitter @BagsofAction. You can also email us at bagsofaction [at] gmail [dot] com or you could leave us a review on iTunes.

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 249

Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:31:30 +0000

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!

GSN PODCAST: The Next Level - Batman Arkham Knight

Wed, 08 Jul 2015 05:34:36 +0000

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.

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 248

Wed, 01 Jul 2015 14:25:20 +0000

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

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GSN PODCAST: Dissecting Worlds Series 9, ep 7: Espionage Conclusions!

Tue, 30 Jun 2015 21:45:39 +0000

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.

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Salt - Bags of Action Episode 23

Sat, 27 Jun 2015 10:47:20 +0000

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! In this episode, we discuss the 2010 film Salt, starring Angelina Jolie.

This is the second time both Steve and Pete have watched the film but they've both forgotten various bits so there are surprises along the way for them. The film also stars Liev Shreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor and even a brief appearance by the awesome Andre Braugher.

For the next couple of episodes there's going to be a bit of a change to the show, but you will have to listen for the details, but we will be continuing on our regular monthly schedule.

If you would like to get in touch you can join in the discussion of all things related to action movies over on the Facebook Group or you can follow Bags of Action on Twitter @BagsofAction. You can also email us at bagsofaction [at] gmail [dot] com or you could leave us a review on iTunes.

Comic Book Outsiders 174 - Gateway to Comics

Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:27:54 +0000

Welcome to Comic Book Outsiders, a comic book podcast dedicated to bringing you the very best hidden gems from the worlds of comic books, films, TV and everything else.

This episode following the news we discuss Gateway Comics. Want to get into comics? Want to get someone else into comics? Don't know where to start? Then we've got some suggestions for you! Scott and Steve discuss a broad range of comics across a number of different genres and why they make excellent gateway comics.

After that we have the return of Challenge Scott. Steve pitches three new comics to Scott to check out and try to get him interested enough to buy at least one of them. In a month or so, once Scott has had a chance to read it, they will revisit the comic and discuss it together.

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 247

Fri, 26 Jun 2015 04:48:30 +0000

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

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GSN PODCAST: The Next Level Episode 75

Fri, 12 Jun 2015 14:51:49 +0000

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

Comic Book Outsiders Episode 173

Sun, 31 May 2015 10:14:06 +0000

Welcome to Comic Book Outsiders, a comic book podcast dedicated to bringing you the very best hidden gems from the worlds of comic books, films, TV and everything else.

This episode we talk about some of the new pilot TV shows that are coming this year, shows that are wrapping up and what we are looking forward to the future. We discuss the DC comics TV shows like Arrow, Flash, Supergirl and DC's Legends of Tomorrow.

For the main feature one of our listeners sent in a range of topics on the CBO Facebook Group and we picked one of them for this episode. We talk about TV shows with planned stories, versus those shows that are completely made up as they go along, and everything else along the spectrum. We get into Lost, and its creators, Damon Lindelof and JJ Abrams, and what we think of the show many years on.

John Wick - Bags of Action Episode 22

Wed, 20 May 2015 12:34:57 +0000

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! In this episode, we do something different, both hosts went to the cinema and saw a modern movie, John Wick.

Steve and Pete saw the 2015 film in different locations in the UK so they spend the whole of this episode trying to recall parts of the film while they discuss the plot. The film has a big cast of well known stars including Keanu Reeves, Bridget Moynahan, Willem Defoe, Adrienne Palicki, Daniel Bernhardt, Alfie Allen, Lance Reddick, Clarke Peters and the always brilliant Ian McShane, Lovejoy himself.

There are lots of great little moments and small scenes from well known actors such as John Leguizamo and former WWE wrestler, Kevin Nash, which transform this film from what could have been a straight to DVD action film. The cast, the tight script and the remarkable action scenes make it a very interesting film to discuss.

At the end of the episode we discuss the plans for a sequel which has already been announced. We also talk about our next choice of film as we step away from the trilogies for a while.

If you would like to get in touch you can join in the discussion of all things related to action movies over on the Facebook Group or you can follow Bags of Action on Twitter @BagsofAction. You can also email us at bagsofaction [at] gmail [dot] com or you could leave us a review on iTunes.

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 246

Tue, 19 May 2015 12:17:08 +0000

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

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GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 245

Sat, 16 May 2015 11:14:39 +0000

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.

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Crash Landing - Melinda M Snodgrass

Thu, 07 May 2015 14:03:26 +0000

Welcome to Crash Landing. Each episode we maroon a guest on our crashing spaceship. They have one hour to salvage humanity’s most important cultural artefacts before we maroon them on the planet of their choice.

In this episode we crash land renowned scriptwriter, editor and novellist Melinda M Snodgrass. Melinda has worked on a wide variety of science-fiction projects, including Star Trek: The Next Generation, Seaquest DSV, Sliders and her own novel series.

Visit Melinda's website

GSN PODCAST: The Next Level Episode 74

Tue, 05 May 2015 12:14:23 +0000

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?

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 244

Fri, 01 May 2015 05:34:21 +0000

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

Dissecting Worlds Series 9 - Episode 6: Special Circumstances

Thu, 30 Apr 2015 06:02:51 +0000

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, Adrian Tchaikovsky, who has been a guest this season, is up for a Gemmell Award: If you’ve read any of his Shadows of the Apt series and want to show your appreciation, you can vote here; http://www.gemmellawards.com/award-voting/. Or vote for anyone else, for that matter.

Comic Book Outsiders Episode 172

Wed, 22 Apr 2015 21:14:53 +0000

Welcome to Comic Book Outsiders, a comic book podcast dedicated to bringing you the very best hidden gems from the worlds of comic books, films, TV and everything else.

This episode wetalk about a lot of things in the news, starting with some of the most recent trailers, including Star Wars, Terminator Genisys, Batman vs Superman and of course Avengers Age of Ultron.

We also talk about ongoing TV series and some of the recent interesting resurrections of previous franchises, such as Revolution which is coming back in comic book form wrap up the story, and Alien Nation returns to the cinema.
Scott and Steve talk about some of the new TV shows they've been watching and they briefly discuss Daredevil, without any spoilers, plus the forthcoming new Marvel TV shows from Netflix.

Bags of Action Episode 21 - Tango and Cash

Mon, 20 Apr 2015 21:40:33 +0000

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! In this episode, part three of our trilogy devoted to Kurt Russell, we talk about the 1989 film, Tango and Cash. This film has two big stars in leading roles, Sly Stallone and Russell, with Stallone playing almost against type as he is the suade, rich, well-dressed and well-spoken Ray Tango, vs Gabriel Cash, played by Kurt Russell who is rough, smelly, lives in a crappy apartment and yet is an equally good cop in LA.

This episode could almost have been called Bags of Misery as we total up an impressive number of actors who have since passed away. The film also stars, Jack Palance, as the main shadowy, suspicious bad guy as he chews the scenery. There is also a very young Teri Hatcher, a To Wong Fu moment in the film and as the film progresses we start to realise that Pete watched a different version to Steve.

At the end of the episode we announce what we're doing next, which is a change from the norm as we're coming up to date and doing something very new, something still at the cinema. Listen to the episode to find out more.

If you would like to get in touch you can join in the discussion of all things related to action movies over on the Facebook Group or you can follow Bags of Action on Twitter @BagsofAction. You can also email us at bagsofaction [at] gmail [dot] com.

Adrian Hodges Returns to Talk The Musketeers Series 2

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 07:41:25 +0000

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

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 243

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 05:00:09 +0000

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 Marvel
Capt Marvel
She Hulk

Thunderbirds

Main

We look at the current crop of superhero shows on TV and give a thumbs up or down on them.

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 242

Fri, 10 Apr 2015 08:17:20 +0000

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

The Next Level: Episode 73

Fri, 03 Apr 2015 04:26:34 +0000

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.

GS Doctor Who Special: Interview with Cavan Scott

Fri, 03 Apr 2015 04:03:45 +0000

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.

Bags of Action Episode 20 - Escape from New York

Tue, 31 Mar 2015 21:48:06 +0000

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! In this episode, part two of our trilogy devoted to Kurt Russell, we talk about another John Carpenter film, the action classic from 1981, Escape from New York. Russell plays the legendary character, Snake Pliskin, who became a cult figure and eventually Russell reunited with Carpenter for the sequel.

In this film Carpenter has again not only directed the film but given it his own unique stamp, scoring the music as well. There is also a long list of very famous names in this film from Ernest Borgnine to Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau to Donald Pleasence playing the President of the United States.

At the end of the episode we announce what the third film in our Russellology is going to be.

Also mentioned in the podcast this episode was Archie vs. Predator comic. More info is available here.

If you really like Escape from New York then there are some awesome t-shirts from Fright Rags.

If you live in the USA and are on the east coast, and can get to a show in time, you might able to see Point Break: Live!

Boom! Studious are currently publishing an Escape from New York ongoing comic book series.

During the episode Pete also mentions Doberman the comic. Click here for more information.

If you would like to get in touch you can join in the discussion of all things related to action movies over on the Facebook Group or you can follow Bags of Action on Twitter @BagsofAction. You can also email us at bagsofaction [at] gmail [dot] com.

Dissecting Worlds: Live Special!

Fri, 27 Mar 2015 17:07:33 +0000

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 Group or below!

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 241

Sat, 21 Mar 2015 05:51:53 +0000

The boys from geek are back (Barry coming back from an hellish island apparently) and this time they are racking up another milestone by recording during a solar esclispe.

So buckle in geek fans!

Week that Was

Station 11

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

Olympus

Netflix Daredevil Trailer

Dave revisits Star Trek: The orginial series

Hot Potato

We look at the debate over the withdrawn Joker/Batgirl cover.

Comic Book Outsiders Episode 171

Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:44:57 +0000

Welcome to Comic Book Outsiders, a comic book podcast dedicated to bringing you the very best hidden gems from the worlds of comic books, films, TV and everything else.

This episode we talk about the latest TV news with DC introducing a third TV show set in the DC comics universe. We also discuss Scott McCloud after Steve went to hear him speak about his new book, The Sculptor from Self Made Hero. We discuss the increasing number of set top boxes and alternative channels that are now available as well as the various payment models. We have some exciting game news related to a favourite Joss Whedon project.

In the last month there have been some tragic losses, in particular Leonard Nimoy and very recently Sir Terry Pratchett. We briefly discuss what they meant to us before going into our main feature which is a celebration of Star Trek. Scott and Steve discuss their earliest memories of the shows, how they were introduced to Trek, some favourite characters moments and its lasting effect on them.

Crash Landing - Lou Anders

Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:28:40 +0000

Each episode we trap a guest on our crashing spaceship. They have one hour to salvage humanity's most important cultural artefacts before we maroon them on the planet of their choice. Crashing his landing craft this week is author, Lou Anders.

Personal Website: www.louanders.com

Book Website: www.thronesandbones.com

Twitter: @ThronesandBones

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThronesandBones

Tumblr: http://louanders.tumblr.com

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/louhanders/

Instagram: http://instagram.com/thrones_and_bones

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/61741.Lou_Anders

Dissecting Worlds Series 9,Ep 5: Spy Trek!

Mon, 02 Mar 2015 19:23:08 +0000

This month the U.S.S. Dissecting Worlds boldly goes back to the Star Trek Universe, where amongst the idealism and starships lie all sorts of secret shenanigans. Kehaar and Matt dive in too all the series and movies to pull out valuable intel on:

What happened to the Klingons between the sly operators of TOS to the honour-bound warriors of TNG?
How the Romulan Masters of Subterfuge ended up done over by the Dominion
Why are all the Spy Agencies basically the KGB?
Are Section 31 behind the plot of Star Trek VI and how would you tell?
Missed covert opportunities with Enterprise and Voyager.

Dissecting Worlds Live 2015 happened and was great fun! Thank you to everyone who attended, contributed ideas, or just wished us luck. A summary, thoughts, and an episode on it will follow as soon as we’ve recovered!

Feedback as ever is welcome to @DissectingWrlds on twitter, dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk on email, the Facebook Group or below !

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 240

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 23:54:49 +0000

Join your hosts Monts and Nuge in another crazy trip through geekdom!

News

The boys salute both 2000ad and the late Brett Ewrins
Batman: Arkham Knight goes mature and the lads go mad
Power Rangers go even more mature

Week that Was

Bilal
The Musketeers
Arrow
The Flash

Bags of Action Episode 19 - Big Trouble in Little China

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 22:40:36 +0000

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! In this episode, the first part of our trilogy devoted to Kurt Russell, we talk about the cult classic, Big Trouble in Little China. This film was directed by John Carpenter who many know from such films as The Fog and the original Halloween that spawned a massive franchise. He has also written many screenplays and he composed much of the music for many films.

Big Trouble in Little China has a lot of weirdness in it which we talk about as well first impressions as this is Pete's first time seeing the film. It has lots of martial arts, magic, special effects and a plot that goes all over the place.

At the end of the episode announce what the second film in our Russellology is going to be as well.

If you would like to get in touch you can join in the discussion of all things related to action movies over on the Facebook Group or you can follow Bags of Action on Twitter @BagsofAction. You can also email us at bagsofaction [at] gmail [dot] com.

GSN PODCAST: The Next Level - Episode 72

Mon, 23 Feb 2015 18:58:56 +0000

Welcome to episode 72 of The Next Level. In this month’s feature Ant, James and Amaechi look at the major games coming out this year and what we are all looking forward to the most in what is set to be one of the biggest years in gaming.

In the news

· Controversy rages over the length of PS4 exclusive The Order 1886.

· Classic RPG Ultima Underworld to be rekindled in Underworld Ascendant Kickstarter. Find out more on this Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/othersidegames/underworld-ascendant

· Sony forget to renew The Last Guardian but insist the long in development game is still coming.

· Humble Bundle Square Enix 2 released packed with several classic games.

· Microsoft brings out update to the Xbox One Upload Studio video publishing platform. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTVAxFcp-Xg

· BAFTA Game Awards nominees revealed.

Comic Book Outsiders Episode 170

Sat, 21 Feb 2015 17:56:58 +0000

Welcome to Comic Book Outsiders, a comic book podcast dedicated to bringing you the very best hidden gems from the worlds of comic books, films, TV and everything else.

This episode marks the launch of our new website at either comicbookoutsiders.com or www.comicbookoutsiders.co where there is a list of all of the podcasts on the CBO network. Once a month we will now have three podcasts, Comic Book Outsiders, Bags of Action and the new Crash Landing. More details are given in this episode, and Episode 1 is already available via our website or iTunes.

The website also contains information and links to the other shows on the network, like the continually popular The Book Club. There is also information about the hosts, and ways you can support the podcasts, such as leaving an iTunes review, if you're buying something via Amazon, then click on our banner would be appreciated, there's merchandise, or even supporting us via our Patreon page.

This episode we talk about the changes at Marvel and DC, Scott McCloud visiting the UK and you can find out the tour dates here in March.

Crash Landing - Episode 1 - James Oswald

Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:15:23 +0000

Welcome to the new Crash Landing. Each episode we maroon a guest on our crashing spaceship. They have one hour to salvage humanity's most important cultural artefacts before we maroon them on the planet of their choice.

First up is author and farmer James Oswald. http://jamesoswald.co.uk/

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 239

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:54:42 +0000

We read together, We play together, Geek Boys for life.

Welcome to another episode of Geek Syndicate.

Join Barry(Nuge) and Dave(Monts) for another jaunt through Geekdom (with hopefully no bad boys style shootout with drug cartels..well maybe just to the one)

Geek Boys Geek Boys whatcha goin do?

News

Indy reboot with Chris Pratt? (Stop winding me up)

Spidey joins the MCU

Is the NetFlix of comics here now?

Week that Was

Thunderbirds promos

Jack Hammer

Sexcastle

Dissecting Worlds Series 9 Ep 4: Agents of ACRONYM

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:04:59 +0000

This month agents K.E.H.A.A.R and M.A.T.T. are joined by guest Graham Pearce to discuss the Agents of A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.; that impenetrable nest of agencies with a snappy name disguising a clunky mess of words. Yes, its superspies, and this week cover:

● Nick Fury and SHIELD

● Checkmate, ARGUS, Task Force X and Amanda Waller

● TV spies from UNCLE to Knight Industries and beyond. And, erm, On the Buses (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Buses)

● Spy toys of the 1980s; GI Joe, MASK and Action Force

Grahams’s Art Page on Facebook can be found here: https ://www .facebook .com /pages /The -Art -of -Graham -Pearce /150371461721468 and he’s on Twitter @MrGrahamPearce

Dissecting Worlds Live can be caught up with on the blog, and the central page is: https ://dissectingworlds .wordpress .com /dissecting -worlds -live -2015/

Feedback as ever is welcome to @DissectingWrlds on twitter, dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk on email, the Facebook Groupwww .facebook .com /dissectingworlds or below !

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 238

Fri, 23 Jan 2015 20:21:02 +0000

The boys from geekdom, Monts and Nuge, are back to bring justice and geek sized treats to all!

Shoutouts

The Post Apocalyptic Book Club

Dissecting Worlds Live

Kim Curran

News

Ghostbuster gets a reboot and a new cast

The Superman gets a new power (like he's not got enough already).

Week that Was

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1

SHIELD #1

Ascension

Hot Potato

Is the trope of the task force or special unit a bit overdone?

CBO 169 - The News, the Fuse, Letter 44 and Southern Bastards

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 07:45:32 +0000

Scott and Steve start with an extended news section and our main feature is the follow-up from the previous 'Challenge Scott'. After Steve's suggestion Scott has been reading:

The Fuse

Letter 44

Southern Bastards

Find out what he thinks when we discuss them!

Bags of Action Episode 18 - Predator

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:25:37 +0000

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! In this episode, the third and last of our Schwarzology, dedicated to Arnie, we talk the classic action movie, Predator! Epic film, lots to talk about, lots of interesting facts to uncover and some horrible stories from the making of and how this film nearly ended up being something completely different...and quite crap.

Listen to the end for news of what our next trilogy is going to be and who it will dedicated to, also the Predator the Musical song, a classic instant hit.For some cool Predator inspired artwork by Patrick Brown click here

If you would like to get in touch you can join in the discussion of all things related to action movies over on the Facebook Group or you can follow Bags of Action on Twitter @BagsofAction. You can also email us at bagsofaction [at] gmail [dot] com.

GSN PODCAST: The Next Level - Episode 71

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:52:50 +0000

Welcome to The Next Level in 2015!

Join the team on The Next Level as they delve into the latest news and announcements. Sony's sales trend continues at an aggressive rate, Barry talks an Elite Dangerous convention in his home town. Ant smells conspiracy on the horizon amongst the talk ...

This month it's the start of a new year and as is the tradition, Amaechi, Barry, Ant and James look back at 2014 and determine their Game of the Year. In round-robin style, the guys divulge their top three games of the year.

Also, please head over to dissectingworlds.blogspot.com to get information about the Dissecting Worlds Live! event in which the guys attempt to set up a colony on another world. They are after ideas and, ultimately participants to join them for the following:

Foleys pub
159 The Headrow
Leeds
West Yorkshire 
LS1 5RG

12  5 pm, Saturday 21st February

Drop on over and get involved!

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate Episode 236

Wed, 07 Jan 2015 06:26:52 +0000

Welcome seekers of pop culture mirth and frivolity* to another rip roaring episode of Geek Syndicate.

*Mirth and frivolity is not guaranteed.

News

The boys discuss a simpler DC Universe.

Week that Was

Marvel debuts new trailers for Ant Man and Avengers 2
Edge of Tomorrow
The Disease
Agent Carter get a review and Channel 4 gets a Rant

Main Feature

This week's main feature is some Listener feedback focusing on finding out just what Evil organisation our listeners would like to work for.

Comic Book Outsiders Episode 168 - 2014 review

Sat, 03 Jan 2015 11:39:22 +0000

Welcome to the first episode of CBO for 2015. Slightly later than normal due to technical issue we discuss some of our 2014 highlights. We talk about favourite films, TV shows and comics.

Relax with the new chilled out theme tune and let us ease you into a grey January and a return to work. New theme, new schedule, new content, same grumpy guys!

If you want to get in touch with us you can contact us via the Facebook group, Twitter, email (steve or scott @comicbookoutsiders.com) and let us know your highlights of 2014 and what you're looking forward to in 2015.

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 237

Fri, 02 Jan 2015 16:29:17 +0000

Dave and Barry return with more geek sass than you can shake a lightsaber at with Episode 237 of Geek Syndicate.

News

Northampton Comic Con is coming while the Marvel universe is ending.

The casting of Supergirl in her upcoming TV series.

Dissecting Worlds Live

Week that was

Ripper Street

Danger 5

Constantine

Houdini vs Sherlock Holmes

Starship Troopers invasion

GSN PODCAST: GS Special - A Chat BBC's The Musketeers Creator Adrian Hodges

Fri, 02 Jan 2015 10:32:31 +0000

With the launch of the second series of BBC's The Musketeers Barry talks to the show's creator Adrian Hodges what fans can expect.

We talk about the Peter Capaldi exit and what people can expect from Marc Warren as new villain Rochefort. As well as the musketeers themselves and other character, like Constance, Milady and the Queen

The relationship to the show and historical events.

The serial storyline aspect of the series, how that will work and the challenges it presents.

Talk on the darker tone for series 2.

Adrian reveals what a Villian Bank is.

If you want to check out more from adrian than listen to the interview he did with GS earlier in the year whilst filming series 2.

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 235

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 06:49:01 +0000

Happy New Year Geeks!

As the first podcast of 2015 Monts and Nuge delve deep into their bag of tricks to bring you the very best that Geekdom has to offer.

Before they start the proceedings the guys have a quick look back at the their last film, comic and book of 2014

News

Is a Young Han Solo film in the works?

More guests annouced for the Birmingham Comics Festival.

Luke Cage is Cast in the upcoming Netflix show. The news sends the guys into a much deeper debate about the current rise of Comic TV shows.

Week that was

The Librarians

Rum Row

Snowpiercer 2

Doctor Who: Last Christmas

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate - Episode 234

Wed, 24 Dec 2014 11:27:27 +0000

Welcome to most rambling episode of GS in 2014.

News

The Nuges loses his cool over the first offical shot from Man from UNCLE

The boys talk Suicide Squad casting

Dave does a 180 on Terminator Genisys

Week that Was

Arrow

The Flash

Gotham

Soppy

Dissecting Worlds Holidays 2014: Families

Wed, 24 Dec 2014 10:11:52 +0000

As it’s the festive period once again our Two Wise(ish) Men take on the subject of family, for good, but mostly, it seems, for ill. In amongst the discarded wrapping and indigestion tablets, we cover:

Orphans Everywhere - from Treasure Island to Batman to Harry Potter
Fathers, surrogate, missing, good and bad
The skew towards male relationships and the (too few) good examples of female-led families
The evolution of family relations in Gaming; The Last of Us and Bioshock Infinite.
Joss Whedon and Families being where you find them.

As a bonus, we’ve swapped out the Bookshelf for a short outtakes reel. Happy Holidays to one and all!

Feedback to @DissectingWrlds on twitter, dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk on email, the Facebook group or below !

GSN PODCAST : The Next Level - Episode 70

Tue, 23 Dec 2014 12:13:29 +0000

Welcome to episode 70 of The Next Level. This month Ant, James and Amaechi look back over the year of games released from January to December. The big hits, the disappointments and the surprises.

In the news

· Game Award 2014 winners revealed

· Assassins Creed Unity’s game sized patch delayed

· The Witcher 3 gets new playable female character

· Sony host first ever PlayStation Experience event and showcases Uncharted 4 gameplay

· Sony launches 20th anniversary PS4

· Sony confirm PS4 and PS Vita will launch in China in January 2015

· Xbox One outsells PS4 in US and UK for November

· More details on No Man Sky revealed

Review

This month Ant reviews Far Cry 4.

Bags of Action Episode 17 - Last Action Hero

Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:15:22 +0000

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! In this episode, the second of our three part dedicated to Arnie, we talk about Pete's choice, Last Action Hero. We discover some truths about the film we didn't realise and some of the actors and Pete also coins a name for the trilogy. Listen to the end for some Arnie movie discussion, and our next choice!

If you would like to get in touch you can join in the discussion of all things related to action movies over on the Facebook Group or you can follow Bags of Action on Twitter @BagsofAction. You can also email us at bagsofaction [at] gmail [dot] com.

GSN PODCAST: Geek Syndicate Episode 233

Thu, 11 Dec 2014 04:06:24 +0000

Once again Barry and Dave stride the skin of geekdom to take a slip from the cup of geek fu to bring back news, reviews and just a little more sass to geekdom.

News

Bond 24 becomes SPECTRE and Dave loses it over the casting. The boys also get into a debate over the perils of working for an evil organisation.
Agent Carter gets a new TV Spot
The Fantastic Four reboot reveals its synopsis and the boys are less than pleased.
Krypton the TV show is announced.

Week that Was

Star Wars: Force Awakens Teaser Trailer
Mono #1
Brass Sun

Notes from Nuge

Guardians of the Galaxy Soundtrack - Black Tears

iPlayer Shows

Invasion of the Fans

Days of Fear and Wonder

Remember you can get in contact with us at thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk so please drop us a line.

GSN PODCAST: The Next Level - Episode 69

Fri, 28 Nov 2014 12:00:00 +0000

In November's Episode, Amaechi is joined by Ant, Barry and James to discuss the latest happenings in their gaming worlds.

The show is packed this month as James reports back on his trip across the channel to Paris to check out the latest tablet games.Barry has also been dipping into the tablet gaming arena and chats about his iPad gaming month.

Amaechi and James once again attended the Golden Joystick awards, so they give a run-down of the event itself and highlight some of the winners. Given the number of "flawed" releases recently, the guys give their thoughts on the release of broken, buggy games and the trend of day one patching.

Finally the guys have some more reviews for you. Hear Ant's first impressions of XBOX ONE exclusive post-apocalyptic fun-fest, Sunset Overdrive and Amaechi and Barry discuss the latest Call of Duty offering - Advanced Warfare.

Bags of Action Episode 16 - Red Heat

Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:29:39 +0000

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! In this episode Steve and Pete talk about the classic Arnie and James Belushi film, Red Heat. It's the first in a trilogy of films dedicated to the Governator and this film was Steve's choice.

If you would like to get in touch you can join in the discussion of all things related to action movies over on the Facebook Group or you can follow Bags of Action on Twitter @BagsofAction. You can also email us at bagsofaction [at] gmail [dot] com.

GSN Podcast: Geek Syndicate Episode 232

Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:11:38 +0000

Dave and Barry once more return to continue their never ending mission to bring the sass back to geekdom.

News

Star Wars teaser trailer out this week...oh and we get around to talking about the new title

Warren Ellis' Global Frequency pilot being made...again...

Production halted on Constantine

Hot Potato

Have the Doctor's Companions become too important? The boys discuss.

Week that Was

Ancillary Justice

Gotham

Star Wars Rebels

Remeber to check out all the other podcast on the Geek Syndicate Network and subscribe you you never miss a single episode.

Dissecting Worlds Series 9, Ep 3: Horror Espionage

Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:11:09 +0000

The time our Unspeakable Oafs Matt and Kehaar are joined by the Legendary game designer,writer and podcaster Mr Kenneth Hite to discuss the strange intersection of the shadowy worlds of

Horror and Espionage. Given the opportunity, we also delve into Roleplaying games, pretty much because we can. Also covered:

● The Delta Green setting for Call of Cthulhu and related texts.

● Nazis and Communists and the Occult, oh my!

● Double Agents, Intelligence Disasters, and trust issues

● Tim Powers’ Declare

● Charles Stross’ Laundry Files

● Historical Agents and Seekers of Mystery Dee, Newton and more.

Ken’s Kickstarter, the Dracula Dossier, can be found here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1721105501/thedraculadossier

He is also on livejournal (http://princeofcairo.livejournal.com/) and has his own podcast Ken and Robin Talk about Stuff (http://www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/)

Feedback as ever is welcome to @DissectingWrlds on twitter, dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk on email, the Facebook Group www.facebook.com/dissectingworlds or below!

CBO 167 - The Relaunch

Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:39:21 +0000

New theme, new schedule, new content, same grumpy guys!

After being a little casual for a while Steve and Scott are back with a regular schedule, and being a bit more interactive. Look for more stuff in the future, including a revamped website, and an entirely new podcast in the works.

In the meantime, discussed in this episode:

News

The next few years of superhero movie releases

Challenge Scott:

Letter 44

Southern Bastards

The Fuse

We'll be reviewing all of these comics in January, so get hold of a copy and let us know what you think! @scottgrandison @stevearyan

Dissecting Worlds Series 9 Episode 2: Game of Shadows (of the Apt)

Sun, 02 Nov 2014 16:13:27 +0000

The quarrelsome transpennine express of social science is honoured to be joined by the august and dulcet personage of Adrian Tchaikovsky.

Discussing Adrian's epic and espionage rich series 'The Shadow of the Apt' they discuss:

The Wasp Rekef and it's Russian inspiration

Stenwold Maker and personal espionage networks

Aptitude & Inaptitude's affect on spying

The lack of espionage in fantasy fiction

The role of magic in spycraft

Intelligence agencies as Internal controls

The Commonweal can't cope

Call-me-Kenneth's calling in the Star Wars universe

and more!

Adrian's site for the series is here: http://shadowsoftheapt.com and he can be followed on twitter @aptshadow. His amazon page for the series and future works is here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adrian-Tchaikovsky/e/B002XLHS8Q/

Feedback to. @DissectingWrlds on twitter, dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk on email, the Facebook group or below !

Geek Syndicate - Episode 231

Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:29:44 +0000

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"

The Next Level – PlayStation Platform Special

Wed, 29 Oct 2014 06:26:11 +0000

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.

Ted Sikora Interview

Mon, 27 Oct 2014 18:34:28 +0000

Steve and Scott will be back soon with a regular episode and an announcement about changes happening at CBO HQ. In the meantime Scott catches up with Ted Sikora, film-maker, comic writer and friend of the show.

He currently has a Kickstarter for a hardback version of 'Apama' which we've discussed on the show before. It's currently 184% funded, so we talk both about his work and how you can run a successful campaign.

As of 27th October 2014 there are four days left to get in on the project, so if you're interested go to kickstarter.com and type in 'Apama'.

Bags of Action Episode 15 - Best of the Best

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 21:31:44 +0000

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! In this episode Steve and Pete talk about the 1989 martial arts film, Best of the Best, starring Eric Roberts.

If you would like to get in touch you can join in the discussion of all things related to action movies over on the Facebook Group or you can follow Bags of Action on Twitter @BagsofAction. You can also email us at bagsofaction [at] gmail [dot] com.

The Next Level - Episode 68

Mon, 20 Oct 2014 07:26:46 +0000

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.

Geek Syndicate - Episode 230

Thu, 16 Oct 2014 21:48:02 +0000

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

Dissecting Worlds: Series 9, Episode 1: Bond!

Tue, 07 Oct 2014 07:23:58 +0000

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 !

Comic Book Outsiders Episode 166

Wed, 01 Oct 2014 22:03:49 +0000

This is Comic Book Outsiders, the podcast that brings you some of the very best hidden gems from the worlds of independent comics, movies and TV. Your hosts Steve and Scott discuss comics, including Drawn Away by Luke Foster which is available from Indy Planet, a travel journal across America. We also talk about some of the new and returning comic book related TV shows, a trend in angry old man films at the cinema and both share their top 10 favourite books.

If you would like to get in touch you can email us or come onto our Facebook group and let us know what you thought about this episode and previous episodes. We always like to hear from our listeners so please get in touch.

Geek Syndicate - Episode 229

Sat, 27 Sep 2014 07:17:59 +0000

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.

The Next Level - Episode 67

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 04:04:55 +0000

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.

Bags of Action Episode 14 - Road House

Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:07:48 +0000

This is Bags of Action. This podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! This episode Steve and Pete, in part 3 of 3 of their Salute to Swayze, we discuss the 1989 film Road House.

Next episode they will be talking about the 1989 martial arts film, starring Eric Roberts, Best of the Best.

If you would like to get in touch you can join in the discussion of all things related to action movies over on the Facebook Group or you can follow Bags of Action on Twitter @BagsofAction. You can also email us at bagsofaction [at] gmail [dot] com.

Geek Syndicate - Episode 228

Sat, 13 Sep 2014 04:57:48 +0000

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

Geek Syndicate - Episode 227

Tue, 09 Sep 2014 07:06:22 +0000

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

Children of the Atom - Episode 20

Wed, 03 Sep 2014 06:18:56 +0000

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!

Dissecting Worlds Special: Schools Out

Wed, 03 Sep 2014 06:13:59 +0000

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.

Comic Book Outsiders at Nine Worlds

Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:33:24 +0000

In a brief, but special edition of CBO Steve and Scott are joined by Adrian at the Nine Worlds concention. They take a bit of time to reflect about the con, as it's different in many ways from the usual ones they've been to, and in particular discuss the Podcast part of the con which was organised by Steve and Barry (from Geek Syndicate).

The Next Level - Episode 66

Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:36:47 +0000

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.

The Next Level Platform Specials - PC Gaming

Mon, 04 Aug 2014 11:38:01 +0000

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!

Geek Syndicate - Episode 226

Sun, 03 Aug 2014 06:14:34 +0000

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)

Dissecting Worlds Series 8, Ep 7b: Religion Conclusions

Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:51:37 +0000

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

Bags of Action Episode 13 - Point Break

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 06:33:37 +0000

This is Bags of Action. This podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! This episode Steve and Pete talk about the1991 film Point Break starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves. This is the second in our trilogy we've called a Salute to Swayze.

Next episode they will be talking about the 1989 film, Roadhouse.

If you would like to get in touch you can join in the discussion of all things related to action movies over on the Facebook Group or you can follow Bags of Action on Twitter @BagsofAction. You can also email us at bagsofaction [at] gmail [dot] com.

Geek Syndicate - Episode 225

Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:53:28 +0000

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.

The Next Level Episode 65

Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:08:50 +0000

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 gameplay details revealed about the Division

Review

Having played all 5 episodes of season 1 of The Wolf Among Us, Amaechi gives his final score and how it compared to Telltale’s The Walking Dead.

Geek Syndicate - Episode 224

Fri, 18 Jul 2014 20:54:13 +0000

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

After Dark: 9 Worlds, Avengers 2, Sweet Tooth and The Blacklist

Mon, 14 Jul 2014 09:27:03 +0000

Welcome to another Comic Book Outsiders - 7 years in the making! In this episode we have an exclusive report from the set of Avengers 2: Age of Ultron and discuss what we've been enjoying lately, particularly Sweet Tooth and The Blacklist.

We also discuss the 9 Worlds convention and some of our future plans for Comic Book Outsiders.

Geek Syndicate - Episode 223

Thu, 10 Jul 2014 21:25:37 +0000

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).

Dissecting Worlds Series 8, Episode 7: Religion Feedback

Wed, 09 Jul 2014 12:13:17 +0000

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 page (https://www.facebook.com/ DissectingWorlds), email todissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk or twitter @dissectingwrlds

Geek Syndicate - Episode 222

Fri, 20 Jun 2014 19:08:47 +0000

Join Dave aka Monts and Barry aka Nuge as they once again set the world of geekdom to rights.

News

Titan Comics annouce 12th doctor ongoing comic

A Doctor Who world tour is coming our way

Dangermouse gets rebooted

Nine Worlds Convention announce its tracks and first wave of guests

First look at Thunderbird 1 from new Thunderbirds TV show

Week that Was

Agents of Shield

Clone wars

Champions of Dema

Velvet by Image Comics

Geek Syndicate: Adrian Hodges Talks The Musketeers Series 2

Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:58:19 +0000

In this special episode of the Geek Syndicate podcast Barry chats exclusively with Adrian Hodges, creator of the BBC show The Musketeers.

Adrian talks about what fans can expect from series 2 which is currently being filmed as well revealing some of his fave moments from series 1 and more. Adrian also answers a few questions pitched by the many Musketeers fans that are out there.

Enjoy! Oh and apologies for the slip in Barry's opening introduction. As we all know the Muskeeters show aired in the UK at the start this year and not last year as said on the episode.

You can subscribe to all the podcasts on the Geek Syndicate Network right here.

The Next Level - Episode 64

Sat, 14 Jun 2014 17:32:59 +0000

This week was E3 and with the event three days in (well, two official days and the press conference day zero) The Next Level team decided to review the event so far. Amaechi and Ant are joined by Barry and James for this bumper episode. We chat about E3 and have a brief chat about diversity in video games.

We round off with a first impression from all four guys of the latest big release: Watch_Dogs. Are you being hacked?

Bags of Action Episode 12 - Next of Kin

Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:45:05 +0000

This is Bags of Action. This podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! This episode Steve and Pete talk about the 1989 film Next of Kin starring Patrick Swayze in the lead role and a huge list of famous actors in very early roles including Liam Neeson.

Next episode they will be talking about the second of their Swayze trilogy, the fantastic Point Break, also starring Keanu Reeves.

If you would like to get in touch you can join in the discussion of all things related to action movies over on the Facebook Group or you can follow Bags of Action on Twitter @BagsofAction. You can also email us at bagsofaction [at] gmail [dot] com.

CBO - Brett Uren Interview

Thu, 05 Jun 2014 08:03:40 +0000

Steve and Scott will be back with a normal episode soon, but in the meantime Scott takes some time in this episode to talk to Brett Uren, creator and mastermind of the anthology Torsobear - which is currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign.

Brett talks about his experience in the industry, including what's worked and some of the early mistakes he made. It's a really interesting interview, so check it out, and if you like the sound of Torsobear then you have about a week from when this episode is posted to go and support it.