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After our month off, Agents M and K are back to wrap up Series 9, go through the Dissecting Worlds mailbag and look back on anything else we missed. As we finally leave Espionage out in the cold, we cover: Christopher Lee, one of DW’s favorite actors Feedback - More Bond, Star Trek: Vanguard, Neal Asher’s Polity and more. Good SF Spies vs Bad Fantasy Spies, and the “Turncoat” archetype Authors later works do they affect what you think of earlier ones? The official unveiling of Series 10, including its broad running order. Recommendations Welcome! Warning: There is some audio chop on this episode we couldn’t get rid of. We’ve made the decision to leave it in, as there was already some feedback we couldn’t cover and it seemed a shame to drop us talking about your contributions. So apologies, and we hope you understand. Feedback as ever is welcome to @DissectingWrlds on twitter, [email protected] on email, the Facebook Group or below !

Monts and Nuge are back and this time like a sassy cop show they team up with fellow GS team member Shar to fight the geek fight. Fingers crossed this gets picked up for a series! News RIP James Horner Marvel finds its Spiderman Hannibal gets eaten....I mean cancelled A new show is coming called Geeks who Drink (are there any other kind of geeks?) Week that Was Dave looks at the State of DC Comics Humans Kroma Dark Matter Email: [email protected] Subscribe to GS on itunes Facebook: www.facebook.com/geeksyndicate Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeksyndicate Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/geeksyndicate/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/geeksyndicate/

Welcome to episode 75 of The Next Level. This time, Ant and James delve into the news, looking at Microsoft’s team up with Oculus amongst other items. From there, the guys take a look at this year’s E3 expo, running through their expectations for the conferences and picking out some key games to watch out for. Be sure to check out the National Videogame Arcade, mentioned this week (and Ant’s review of it here!). As mentioned this episode, the team will be taking a break over the summer to have a re-set of the podcast. If you have any opinions on the kind of content you would like to see from The Next Level or even holes in the gaming podcast market – let us know by emailing [email protected]

That's right geeks Monts and Nuge are back and this time they've bought cake! Ok maybe not cake but they have bought a Podcast * *Note Podcasts are never better than cake...NEVER! Hot Potato Simon Pegg Gate and is scif-fi/comic book movies dumbing down cinema ? Since this episode was recorded Simon gave a much fuller explanation behind his quotes and it is well worth a read. Monts choice In which Monts trying to talk Nuge out of his hard earned spare time by trying to convince to read one of three comics he has Week that was Secret Wars 2 Arrow Season 3 finale Main With this year's Sci-Fi London Festival just around the corner rather than a light year or two away the lads have a chat with festival organizer Louis Savy. You can read up on the full Sci-Fi London programme here Contact the Geek Syndicate Email: [email protected] Subscribe to GS on itunes Facebook: www.facebook.com/geeksyndicate Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeksyndicate Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/geeksyndicate/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/geeksyndicate/

Welcome to another episode of Geek Syndicate...we hope you bought enough Sass for everyone. The Big News NBC a "no" for Season 2. Warner Bros working hard to find #Constantine new home. Week that was Secret Wars 1 Earth 2 Convergence Castle s07e16 Arrow/Flash Main - Pilot Season - The lads take their annual look at the list of new genre shows on the way this autumn or fall if your stateside and give their impressions on them. Contact Geek Syndicate Email: [email protected] Subscribe to GS on iTunes: http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/subscribe/ Subscribe to GS on YouTube: http://bit.ly/SubGeekSyndicate Facebook: www.facebook.com/geeksyndicate Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeksyndicate Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/geeksyndicate/ YouTube:

Welcome to episode 74 of The Next Level. In this month’s episode Ant uses his paternity leave to play lots of games, Amaechi gets back on the gaming horse with a couple of indie games and James dust off his surprisingly still working Gameboy Advance for some retro gaming. In the news · New Legends of Gaming event coming to the UK · Call of Duty Blacks Ops 3 and Star Wars Battlefront trailers released · New Guitar Hero Live and Rock Band 4 games announced · The Order 1886 gets some body parts censoring in Japan of all places · The National Video Game Arcade/Museum in Nottingham host special gaming events · Telltale announce they are working with Marvel on a new games series · The Witcher 3 is a very big game…..prepare to lose nearly 200 hours of your life. So when are long games too much?

Welcome to another earth shattering episode of the best freaking podcast in the galaxy! And by galaxy I mean one that's far, far away. Shoutouts/questions Dave goes off on Agent of Shield while answering a question on this years season finales A big shoutout to the first ever Geek Syndicate 'Just Add Sass' PIZZA The Big News The guys discuss the first promotional image of Jared Leto as the Joker. There is also some discussion around the whole idea of a Suicide Squad film. This also leads into some chat about the Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer (Is it me or is that trailer really, really dark). Week that Was Hard Wired: Evolution The Force Awakens Trailer Gotham Avengers Age of Ultron non spoiler review Barry makes his debut on youtube

Welcome to Dissecting World's Lecture on the Communism - or is it an Anarchy? - of Iain M Banks titanic sweeping space opera culture; The Culture, with focus on their spies 'Special Circumstances'. The Northern duo of Kehaar & Matt are joined by an incredibly knowledgeable David Haddock of the Banksoniain (http://efanzines.com/Banksoniain/index.htm) fanzine and discuss: * the blurred lines between Contact & Special Circumstances * the post-scarcity nature of The Culture & how Star Trek avoids the questions * Playing the long game and underestimating The Culture at your peril * All that tech! Shiny! * Plus Wiki-edit wars! Please check out the Banksonian for more insights Remember to send us feedback on our Spies Series and DW live episode! Email us, tweet us or join our Facebook page. The Multiversal Comics shared silver age supers is here https://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/ssas-shared-silver-age-supers/ get in touch if you want to join the FACEBOOK group for it. Finally, 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.

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

Welcome to another episode of Geek Syndicate quenching your thirst for news, reviews and more like an oasis of liquid geekness. The Big News The upcoming Wonder Woman Film hits a rocky patch The Nuge is off the Birmingham Comics Festival Hot Potato With shows like Daredevil and house of cards dumping all their episodes on in one fell swoop we ask if this is the way forward or just flash in the pan? Week that Was Barry gets in a mini rant about trailer revealing too much. Dave explains Convergence and Battleworld to Barry. Ant Man Loki Agent of Asgard Silver Surfer Ms MarvelCapt MarvelShe Hulk Thunderbirds Main We look at the current crop of superhero shows on TV and give a thumbs up or down on them.

Dave and Barry are back in geek town and they're bringing the sass with them! There's a little chat about the Thunderbirds show which when this episode was recorded the boys still hadn't seen it yet. Week that was The Musketeers The Last man on Earth The Flash Arrow Jorund Bound Main Barry chats with Dan of the sidekickcast Podcast at the London Super Comic Con 2015

Join us as we foray once more into the world of the video game. Amaechi is joined once more by stalwarts James and Ant to look at the month's gaming news. This time, the guyss discuss Playstation sales, BAFTA and yet more delays. The news is followed by a delve into the world of Virtual Reality headsets and then we round up with first impressions from James and Amaechi of The Order 1886 and Evolve respectively.

Cavan Scott is a prolific writer across various media and franchises. This month sees the publication of the first (and second) issue of the writer's Ninth Doctor mini-series for Titan Comics. Weapons of Past Destruction is a five part series set between The Doctor Dances and Boom Town that looks like it will be delving into the fallout of the Time War that so shaped this incarnation. In this interview episode of Geek Syndicate, massive Doctor Who fan (and co-host of The Next Level) Ant talks to Cavan about the mini-series, writing and collaboration.

This month Matt and Kehaar head off into Deep Space, to chart the destiny of our very own world. Yes, it’s the Dissecting Worlds Live Episode, where we run through our first live event, how it went, and what we made of it. This includes: A run down of the factions we had, and what it meant for the starting world All the crisis, and how they played out A look at the world we created, and what sort of stories you’d tell there. Some thoughts on systems, group dynamics and running another one. The Factions Speak! soundbites from all the leaders! Again, a huge thank you to everyone who contributed ideas big and small, those who attended on the day and anyone who just happened to be in the neighbourhood when we needed someone to talk to about it! Our discussion on Series 10 can be found here, and we welcome your opinions! . https://dissectingworlds.wordpress.com/2015/03/18/series-10-have-your-say/ Feedback as ever is welcome too @DissectingWrld on twitter, [email protected], the Facebook Group or below!

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.

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, [email protected] on email, the Facebook Group or below !

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

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 Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} · BAFTA Game Awards nominees revealed.

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

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, [email protected] on email, the Facebook Groupwww.facebook.com/dissectingworlds or below !

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?

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!

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.

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

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. Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;} 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.

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

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

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, [email protected] on email, the Facebook group or below !

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.

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 [email protected] so please drop us a line.

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.

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.

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, [email protected] on email, the Facebook Group www.facebook.com/dissectingworlds or below!

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, [email protected] on email, the Facebook group or below !

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

Welcome to the second in our platform special podcast. In this episode James and Amaechi talk all things PlayStation, covering the PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. We discuss our favourite PlayStation game franchises and current games, look at PlayStation services such as PlayStation + and PlayStation Now. We also discuss the upcoming PlayStation TV and Virtual Reality system Morpheus, and look at what else the future may bring for PlayStation. Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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