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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. 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;}

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

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

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

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

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.

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?

Join Dave aka Monts and Barry aka Nuge as they once again set the world of geekdom to rights. News Star Wars casting and spin off directors chat The lads look at the whole host of comic book TV shows that are on the way Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice and some chat on the first image of batfleck Week that was Dave give more feedback on his New 52 catch up Rat Queens Albert Einstein: Time Mason Hercules trailer Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer Gotham aka Gothamville gets a trailer A look the extended Flash Trailer

This episode we're doing something a little bit different. As listeners are undoubtedly aware, X-Men: Days of Future Past has been released so naturally the Children of the Atom crew rocked up to the cinema to check it out. This episode we'll be discussing the film and the original two issue story arc that inspired it (The Uncanny X-Men issues 141/142, Jan/Feb 1981). As always, we'd love to hear your thoughts so drop us a line if you have something to say!

Welcome to another episode of The Next Level. This month Amaechi gets his hands on a Wii in an attempt to tick of his gaming bucket list of never having played a Mario or Zelda game, while Ant swaps his games controller for the lawnmower and mask. In the news · Microsoft announce an Xbox One bundle without a Kinect. · Games for Gold comes to the Xbox One and you no longer need a Gold subscription to watch Netflix · Sony and Ubisoft lost money · Far Cry 4 gets announced · Mass Effect and Halo Master Chief collections rumoured · Sky Go and Sky Now coming to PS3 ad PS4 · Dragon Age Inquisition mega Special Edition coming to Games Stop · Call of Duty Advance Warfare announce with trailer · Star Wars Battlefront coming to E3 Feature 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;} In this month feature section we look ahead to what we want expect and want to see announced at E3.

This time a Unholy Trinity of Matt, Kehaar and Kehaar’s nemesis Dion from Scrolls look at eastern and other non-European religion in fantasy, SF and Horror including: Monkey! In it’s many forms Avatar the Last AirBender and it’s sequel Studio Gibli Enemy Mine American Gods Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Orthopratic nature of Hinduism and horror Lone Wolf and Cub’s insights into another culture. We apologise for the sounds of Dion being waxed in the first portion of this episode. Feedback as ever appreciated by email to [email protected], on twitter @dissectingwrlds, and our facebook page Don’t forget the competition currently on, details can be found here. Ends 31st May 2015!

Welcome to Episode 220 of the Geek Syndicate podcast. Join Dave and Barry with special co-host Stacey Whittle as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News Star Wars Casting Comics in the Guardian Titan Comics teams up with the Lakes Comics Arts Festival Changes to the Comixology App Justice League Movie talk Week that was Agents of Shield Dave his continues his catch up with DC Comics We talk about the all ages pulp adventure comic Mulp Main We talk about the Comic Resources forum and negativity in fandom.

This week adventurers into the Great Unknown Kehaar and Matt gaze into the pitiless void, to see if anything is staring back, or they've just had too much to drink. Diving headlong into the largely godless realm of Science Fiction, we look at those beings that may sometimes act like, or be mistaken for them. This week: - Star Trek and it's pantheon of god-like entities, and how it treats them - Battlestar Galactica old and new, Angels, Demons and Men and Robots - Lovecraft and the nameless horrors of Ancient Aliens - The Gods of the Old World, wearing capes and playing at being Superheros. Feedback as ever appreciated by email to [email protected], on twitter @dissectingwrlds, and our facebook page Don’t forget the competition currently on, details can be found here. Ends 31st May 2015!

Join Amaechi and Ant as they discuss the latest video game news. This month, the boys discuss the joys of PSN + and Games for gold before heading into the news. This time, we have two reviews for you - Ant talks about Deus Ex: The Fall (the PC / Steam edition) and Amaechi details his experiences in the first three chapters of TellTale Games' Fable game - The Wolf Among us.

This episode we are reading X-Men issues 25 (Oct 1966) and 26 (Nov 1966) in which the X-Men tackle El Tigre. We finally start to see some more development in the Scott/Jean/Warren love triangle that has been causing tension in the team from day one but we'll have to wait until next time to find out how it all unfolds. Meanwhile, we talk about Captain America, The Raid II, and Agents of Shield. So much geekery!

This week Godly Monster Kehaar and Monstrous God Matt discuss the nature of Church and State with our latest episode on God Emperors. - Matt rambles on about The Emperor of Mankind and Warhammer 40,000 - Is God Emperor Dune intentionally dull? - The Beast Orders of Michael Moorcock - Who (or what!) counts as a God-Emperor? - The Romans make a (less than) shocking reappearance! Feedback as ever appreciated by email to [email protected], on twitter @dissectingwrlds, and our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DissectingWorlds Don't forget the competition currently on, details can be found here: http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/news/dissecting-worlds-competition-time/

News Geek Syndicate comes to the BBC Rebooting Indy? Barry has his say in it. Promotional photos for Gotham come online and the guys give their thoughts. Week that was Dave does a DC Comics catch up...he's not best pleased. Barry finally reads Hawkeye my life is a weapon Barry checks out the audio novel /audio drama adaptation of civil war from graphic audio The guys review sci-fi thriller Visaroth Main We salute Captain America 2:Winter Solider in our spoiler free review.

Welcome to another episode of The Next Level. James Simms joins Amaechi and Ant with Barry busy getting ready for his upcoming wedding. This month James discusses the BFATA Games awards he attended, we wonder if Xbox’s Games for Gold will ever match Sony’s excellent PlayStation Plus and Ant ends up building a new PC to play Star Citizen. In the news Watch_Dogs gets an official release date PS4 exclusive racer Drive Club goes back to the drawing board The Witcher 3 delayed until 2015 Xbox One gets an official price cut in the UK PS4 sells 6m units globally and launches in Japan with over 400,000 units sold in 2 weeks Batman: Arkham Knight announced but could Justice League be Rock Steady’s next game Is Red Dead Redemption 2 in production? Feature In our feature this month we discuss this year’s BAFTA Games award winners and nominees Reviews/First Impressions In our reviews section Ant reviews Thief.

BLURB: In this episode a scouse-less Matt, a scone-less Kehaar & a well researched guest host Ciaran discuss Religion in RPGs featuring: * definitely real gods, faith & forgotten realms * levelling up to god hood & the Malazan books * Glorantha & the Hero Quest * the Awkwardness of Alignment * Clerics & Paladins * Massacring Orc children in the name of good * Roger Zelazny's god-like heroes of Amber & Lord of Light * GMing & the act of sub creation Check our Ciaran's blog here: http://dailyscribbling.com Kehaar's writing on religion here: http://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/tag/fantasy-religion/Feedback very welcome to: [email protected], on twitter @dissectingwrlds Or FACEBOOK group https://www.facebook.com/DissectingWorlds

Amaechi, Barry and Ant delve into the recent games news. Hear their thoughts on digital console game prices, Assassin’s Creed standalone DLC and Barry finally has Steam. As it’s the beginning (ish) of 2014, the guys look ahead at the forthcoming releases for the year and pick out their top titles. Finally, Amaechi reviews season two of The Walking Dead.

Welcome to Episode 218 of the Geek Syndicate podcast. Join Barry,Dave and special co host Stacey Whittle as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News More Casting for Gotham The Kitchies Comic Heroes - A new Digital magazine Clone wars comes to Netflick Week that Was - this week we go TV crazy! Stace talks Farscape which she is rewatching on Netflix Riddick Black Widow #1 Ms Marvel #1 The Mercenary Sea #1 Loki Agent of Asgard #1 Snow White and the Huntsman The Absence

This episode we pick up where we left off last time with issue 23 (Aug 1966). The X-Men are being held hostage by Count Nefaria who plans to hold Washington to ransom with the aid of his not-so-trusty lieutenants. Meanwhile, Professor X is engrossed in a mysterious new project, what could it be?

The Northern Twosome this month engage with Terry Pratchett's mediation on faith and belief 'Small Gods'. On the way they: * Give a pocket history of the reformation * Consider the nature of philosophy * Discuss the institutional benefits to a society of organised religion * Decry the judgement nature and dangers of social media as discussed by Mr Gentleman B Rhymer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cn1IGR1fLU * Look at Ominia as a swipe at the Abrahamic religion * Praise Mike Duncan's revolutions http://www.revolutionspodcast.com/ and the insight it gives into religion and the English Civil War *Mention Bernard Righton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxFqv1QDI3Q and the prevalence of Christianity in Britain *The Dissecting Worlds Bookshelf covers Cricket and Movies! Feedback below or https://www.facebook.com/DissectingWorlds or @dissectingwrlds or dissectingworlds AT yahoo DOT co DOT uk.

Welcome to Episode 217 of the Geek Syndicate podcast. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News Changes to the upcoming show Gotham a little chat on diversity and geekdom Week that Was - this week we go TV crazy! The Musketeers Sleepy Hollow Community Main Interview with Stephen Mooney the creator of pulp adventure comic Half Past Danger from IDW.

Happy New Year and welcome to episode 59 of the podcast. One again Amaechi, Barry and Ant discuss the latest games, news and stories from the gaming world. This month is our annual Game of The Year special where all 3 us us reveal our top 3 games of 2013, our special mentions and disappointments. In this months longer than usual episode Amaechi joins Ant and Barry as a next gen console owner and also dusts off his old gaming PC and rediscovers PC gaming. Barry got hooked on Ryse Son of Rome over Christmas while Ant got his super hero powers stuck into the Young Justice game News Sony announce its PlayStation Now streaming service Mirrors Edge sequel in development but with a new writer Sony patents a system that can detect is a game has been played on another profile 13 Steam Machines unveiled at CES Apples Apps store makes $10 billion in sales in 2013 thanks to 8 games in the top 10 apps Feature GOTY 2013 - we look back and discuss our top 3 games of 2013 and name our overall The Next Level/Geek Syndicate Game of the Year 2013. Reviews Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

In this special episode Barry chats with Adrian Hodges, the showrunner on BBC one's new show 'The Musketeers'. Adrian talks about his love of the adventure genre and what he feels The Musketeers can bring to the table. There is also chat about banning the word 'Swashbuckler' during the show's development and the importance of music in the show. Adrian goes into more detail regarding the tone of the show and what people can expect given it is being aired after the watershed at 9pm. There is also a look the casting of the main roles (including Peter Capadi's move to Doctor Who), the choice to not adapt the book but rather develope new stories and much more. Enjoy!

Welcome to Episode 216 of the Geek Syndicate podcast. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. In this episode the guys are joined by fellow Geek Syndicate members, based in the US, Shar and Mirjana who are over on a whistle stop tour of the Uk and have invaded Dave's house for the episode. The guys kick offf the show with some of their geek resolutions for 2014. News Golden Globes and Orphan Black Guardians of the Galaxy gets a group shot. Week that Was - this week we go TV crazy! Agents of SHIELD Ripper Street Atlantis Sherlock Doctor Who Dracula Sleepy Hollow The Sword Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon. What's on the Geek Syndicate App? Free copy of Samurai Chef Orgins by mayamada (http://www.mayamada.com/samurai-chef-origins)

Happy New Year, folks! In our first episode of 2014 we're getting stuck into X-Men issue 22 Divided -- We Fall! (July 1966). This was the first issue in which Roy Thomas had full creative autonomy and it's interesting to spot the changes. The X-Men are up against a new super (or not so super) villain collective led by Count Nefaria. Thomas is obviously trying to change things up here and give the readers some fresh material so this is definitely an issue worth a read!

Welcome to Episode 215 of the Geek Syndicate podcast. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News Wonder Woman Casting Doctor Who Kicks ass in the Cinema Ripper Street gets cancelled Week that Was Infinity Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon Half Past Danger Mysterious Strangers Pacific Rim Gravity Arrow Season 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;}

The month the Sinister Cabal of Kehaar and Matt awaken the slumbering giant that is our series on Religion. This time we look at Satanism, in both it's real and fictious forms, covering: - Dennis Wheatley, Communist Satanism, and what a tease he is. - Worshing the Devil as Evil or Freedom? - Real world satanic cults from Anton le Vay to Norwegian Death Metal - The Exorcist and the continuing popularity of "the cult" in fiction. - Apocomon has to be seen to be believed!: http://www.electricsheepcomix.com/apocamon/ - Is this a book cover you would take on the bus? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Dennis-Wheatley/dp/185375790X/ref=la_B001HCYTPW_1_2? - Bedazzled is well worth a watch (not the remake!) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bedazzled-DVD-Peter-Cook/dp/B0009KKW9U/ Stay tuned at the end for the first recommendations of the Dissecting Worlds Bookshelf. Feedback is always welcome by emails to [email protected] , tweets to @dissectingwrlds & on our Facebook page.

It's been around a month since the new generation of consoles hit the shelves. Amaechi is joined by two co-hosts who have each purchased one of the devices. Ant has (unsurprisingly) got an XBOX One and James (returning after his appearance in episode 56) has a Playstation 4. Join the guys as they discuss some of the latest news and give their overviews of their respective systems. There may even be a shock admission by Ant along the way too ...

If you have an abiding love for Fantasy, SF and Horror, you could do far worse than get yourself to one of the book conventions that crop up around the country on a regular basis. In 2013 the World Fantasy Con returned to our fair shores after a long absence, bringing with it a raft of international authors, book launches, intimate Q&As, large-scale panels and literary awards. Folk from all areas of the publishing industry were brought together with fans to celebrate and promote the ongoing explosion of imaginative fiction into mainstream life. The Scrolls team was sadly unable to attend this event en mass but we wererepresented by Phil Ambler, who's here to tell Dion all about it. Joining us are a group of authors and bloggers to share their experiences, have a laugh and digress into some disturbing areas. They are: Karen Davies, a.k.a KTScribbles author of The Red Knight, reviewer at SF Crowsnest and blogger. Paul Holmes a.k.a PabloCheesecake, blogger and reviewer at The Eloquent Page Stephen Aryan, a.k.a SteveAryan very-nearly-published author, podcaster, bloggerand probably a bloomin' rocket scientist too. In the episode we chew over first impressions; talk personal highlights, general vibes and unfortunate issues; then give out some prime tips for people who are new to the convention scene. Along the way we hear of the perils of looking out of a bedroom window, discover an academic use for genitalia, get utterly lost in a toilet, and (finally!) learn where they keep all the free booze. Want to track down that elusive best seller from Fox Spirit? Head over to their home-page. Wish you could watch John Llewellyn Probert's ghost stories, as recorded at the con? Here you go! Last but not least, if the episode has whetted your appetite for future cons, here are the links to Bristol Con, Nine Worlds and the Fantasy Con in York. We hope to see some of you there in 2014! Until then, keep reading.

In this episode Dave and Barry are once more joined be Stace Whittle of Small Press Big Mouth and Whittle Whaffle. This time the terrific trio discuss this weekend's Thought Bubble Comic Festival in Leeds and the Dr Who 50th Anniversay Episode. Enjoy and listen to the end!

Welcome to another episode of The Next Level. On the eve of the release of both the Next Gen consoles, Amaechi does a u-turn on his PS4 desires and jumps on the Xbox One and Kinect 2.0 train (Dear God please let Uncharted 4 come out on the PS3). Ant takes a day off on the Xbox One release day so he doesn’t miss the postman and Barry turns vigilante in GTA V Online. Oh yeah.... and Britain Next Top Model winner Lauren Lambert tells Amaechi her Xbox Gamertag and he stupidly forgets it. In the news · FTL – Faster Than Light, PC and Mac space simulator game coming to the iPad · US retailer Target accidently ships Xbox One’s 2 weeks early · The Golden Joystick Awards crown GTA 5 ‘Game of the Year’ · Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. · Jonathan Ross joins Microsoft Studio’s as an Executive Producer · New iOS and Android Dr Who game – Dr Who Legacy announced · Heavenly Sword film and Ryse Son of Rome Web series announced But, Rent, Avoid This month Ant and Barry review Batman Origins, the prequel to Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. NEWS UPDATE from Amaechi Sony and Naughty Dog announce that Uncharted will be a PS4 exclusive. Noooooooooooooo!!!!! Damn you Sony....Damn you all to hell!!!

This month we review X-Men issue 21 'From Whence Comes...Dominus? (June, 1966). Following on from the previous issue, the X-Men go in search of Professor X's old adversary Lucifer who is in the middle of his evil plan to unleash Dominus on the population of Earth. Professor X still has a fishbowl on his head, Beast addresses Jean as simply 'female' in a move that has feminists the world over grinding their teeth, and Cyclops puts Angel in his place with an optic blast. Drama! Also, for those who are interested, check out our review of Battle of the Atom here: http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/2013/11/08/friday-feature-a-look-back-at-xmen-battle-of-the-atom/#more-71295

Welcome to Episode 214 of the Geek Syndicate podcast. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News IDW Entertainment Launches Batman Weekly Comic Week that Was Mighty Avengers 1 Infinity 1 Legend of the Blue Marvel Butterfly Gate Orphan Black Main We are joined by Stacey Whittle of the Small Press Big Mouth Podcast to talk about our shared love of Babylon 5 on its 20th anniversary

'Things We Wish We'd Known Earlier (or: How Not To Make Comics)'. As every aspiring comic creator eventually realises, the road to sequential art success is full of pitfalls for the unwary. However, this panel discussion (recorded live at Canny Comic Con, December 8th 2012) is here to help guide you past such difficulties - by getting established comic creators to talk through their own mistakes! Stacey chairs the discussion, talking with Nigel Auchterlounie, Al Ewing, Daniel Clifford, Nigel Dobbyn, Jack Fallows and Gordon Rennie about lessons learned the hard way. Their enlightening - and sometimes hilarious - anecdotes and advice provide essential guidance for anyone with any interest in how to make comics.

They roam the streets, this Halloween, Alive or Dead or in Between, Escaped from Hell, with Eldritch Plan, Or Risen by the Hand of Man, Their rotten flesh in search of prey To Fight them, or to Run Away? For whom to turn, with light to shed, Which podcast speaks of the Undead? With information, broad of scope, Dissecting Worlds! Your Only Hope! Yes, this month Dissecting Worlds turns it's baleful gaze on the phenomenon of the Zombie. Joined by Phil Ambler of the Scrolls Podcast, we look at the scourge of the Walking Dead across Books, Film, TV and Video Games. The Center for Disease Controls' Response to the threat of the undead can be found here; http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombies.htm Feedback is always welcome by emails to [email protected] , tweets to @dissectingwrlds & on Facebook page www.facebook.com/dissectingworlds

Welcome back to Battle Gods Of Pod, the panel game show on the Geek Syndicate Network that pits a panoply of podcasters against each other in various tests of verbosity, inspiration, knowledge and wit. Joining us this time are Matt Farr, from Dissecting Worlds, Tim Swann from Tim And Max Solve All The Problems With Popular Culture, and Stace Whittle from Small Press, Big Mouth. We start things off with News Testaments - a variation on the Just A Minute format - before our divergent deities start Speaking In Tongues in a round table debate on the Dr Who the Anniversary We then move on to Revelations, our hidden gems round, before Gotterdammerung begins. The 'quick'-fire quiz will see all the Gods fall in Sudden Death, but who will be the last god standing? They will join us once again in the New Year final, up against the other two winners... If you want to track down the hidden gems, here are some good starting places: - Acts of Caine Gamma World OpenTyrian The Dark Third Psycomedia Tim and the Hidden People Berlin Prospero's Children Card Hunters Lego CUUSOO Atomic Robo Sir You Are Being Hunted Battle Gods of Pod is seeking a host for Series 2. If you think you'd be up for the challenge, drop us a line at [email protected] and we'll talk details. Finally, we want to tip the hat to the seemingly anonymous contributors on http://www.soundboard.com/ for the sound effects used this episode. In case you're interested, the effects were Llama Sound Clip 7, Cookie Monster Soundboard Om nom nom nom, and The Classic Wilhelm Scream 1. We also re-used a couple of great sound effects from http://www.freesound.org/ which were Stuck By Lightning.wav by Cheeseheadburger and Remix 2 of 124721_Andy_Gardener_thunder1.flac by Timbre The part of Castiel and his dinging halo was played by the Real Castiel and not by Dion at all. Oh no.

* PS4 Bundle announcement,* PS4 construction woes,* Nintendo Bundles and Rising Wii U sales,* Batman Beat-em-up on iOS and Android,* Pre-Purchase Beta Access - Good or Bad?* Grand Theft Auto's breaking of records. Additionally, Ant and James give their initial impressions of GTA V. Amaechi and James look back at this year's Eurogamer and we have a quick look at some of the nominations for this year's Golden Joystick Awards. NOTE: Birth of the Federation (mentioned by James this episode) can be downloaded here: The site also has mods for the game, James says: "ultimate dominion wars is an amazing improvement over vanilla so if recommending to only get one mod then this would be it - they took the original and improved it quite a bit:.

This month on Children of the Atom we're reviewing X-Men issue 20 (May 1966) in which we learn how Professor X lost the use of his legs and we also get a little bit more information about the mysterious and sinister Lucifer. Meanwhile, Cyclops packs a sad and leaves the X-Men, and The Blob and Unus the Untouchable make a guest appearance. In real world news, we visit Krypton Komics for the first time and have our minds blown and our bank account dented.

News Lost Doctor Who episodes found Porcelain graphic novel becomes a trilogy Marvel punishes Fan Film Week that was Agents of Shield Tomorrow People Mr Yang Fights Aliens Part 1 Thug Notes Main A look at Black Heroes in Geekdom - this week we look at comics. One comic I wanted to mention but shamefully forgot in this section was the brilliant Magic of Myths by Corey Brotherson. 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;}

Aided by listener insights by emails to [email protected] , tweets to @dissectingwrlds & on Facebook page www.facebook.com/dissectingworlds they discuss: The quarrelsome comrades of Dissecting Worlds, Matt & Kehaar conclude this series on rebels and revolutionaries with a cohort of feedback from listeners. Aided by listener insights by emails to [email protected] , tweets to @dissectingwrlds & on Facebook page www.facebook.com/dissectingworlds they discuss: Issues overlooked with rebels in Joe Abercrombie & Shadows of the Apt Genosha & the non-rebel origins of the X-Men Broader Robin Hood & his influence on superheroes (with audio contribution by Peter Hammerson.) Missed 2000ad rebels (like Meltdown Man aided by Peter Hammerson with an audio contribution) The Devil as the original rebel. What distinctions are tree between left- or right-wing rebellions ? Star Wars expanded universe (with audio contribution from Timothy Swan) Post-revolutionary stories & rebellions after victory Defoe & In The Flesh - undead revolutions Feedback welcome in any of the feeds mentioned above. Next series is on Religion after a Halloween Zombie special. Apologies for any feedback that didn't make the ep - we had tons this series. Peter's art is available here: http://petesta78.deviantart.com/ & Tim's podcast here: http://psycomedia.wordpress.com/ Ciaran who provided feedback by email has a blog here: http://dailyscribbling.com/ and fellow GS podcast "Children of the Atom" can be found here : http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/category/podcasts/children-of-the-atom/ Peter's art is available here: http://petesta78.deviantart.com/ & Tim's podcast here: http://psycomedia.wordpress.com/ Ciaran who provided feedback by email has a blog here: http://dailyscribbling.com/ and fellow GS podcast "Children of the Atom" can be found here : http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/category/podcasts/children-of-the-atom/

Welcome to Episode 212 of Geek Syndicate. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News Gotham Tv Show British Comic Awards Week that was Game of Thrones - Season 3 Mysterious Strangers Half Past Danger Orphan Black Jack Reacher Dave continues his retrospective look at the Justice League cartoon series

This month we're taking a peek at issue 19 featuring The Mimic! We also take some time out to talk about Battle of the Atom and wonder what's going to happen to the young X-Men, brought forward in time and now pressured to return for the good of the future. We also chat about some of the latest releases in non-Marvel comics including Thumbprint, Trillium, and Lazarus.

So in this special episode Barry is joined by fellow Geek Syndicate team members Sharlene and Christophe to talk about BBC one's new Saturday evening show Atlantis. Christophe's talks about his visit to the Atlantis set and reveals the tone and scope the producers have mapped out for the show. Barry and Shar then give a spoiler free review of the first episode. Enjoy!

So we figured we would turn the GS airwaves over to our good friends over at filmsploitation. Be warned these fellas don't hold back both in opinions and lanuage. Over to you fellas! Episode #46: In this (was meant to be shorter) episode Phil falls out with Andrew & Drew about Stoker, about IPads, about Trains and about chavs. Beware lots of cuss words ensue! Phil also goes off on one about Cabin fever. Which is a shame as Andrew was actually talking about Cabin In The Woods. We also talk about Kurt Russell in Fast 7, about the casting of mummy porn 50 Shades of Grey, about Affleck in Batman and even get time to talk about Michael Bay’s latest film Pain & Gain. A whole lot of pain for very little gain. All this and more… With your regular hosts Phil Hobden, Andrew MacKay and Drew Cullingham WARNING – Always with VERY strong language, strong opinions and the occasional spoiler. Like what you hear let us know: [email protected] or @filmsploitation OTHER WAYS TO LISTEN: Download From ITUNES Here (Search ‘Filmsploitation’) Listen On Stitcher: http://tinyurl.com/ckdulv Contact: Twitter: @filmsploitation Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/filmsploitation Web: www.thefilmpodcast.co.uk

We are back after a little summer break and in this episode Barry and Amaechi take helm as Ant is left slaving away on the Geek Syndicate magazine. Barry wonders how the one of the most hyped and anticipated games of the year - GTA 5 crept up on him while Amaechi gets excited that he's saved enough loose change to buy Watch Dogs. In the news Sony announce a new slimmer PS Vita and the PS Vita TV micro-console Nintendo announce the 2DS handheld Inifinity Blade announced alongside the iPhone 5s - mobile games go from strength to strength The Golden Joystick nominations announced The growth of streaming media including Blinkbox,Lovefilm,Netflix etc Feature In our feature we look forward to the biggest Eurogamer Expo to date with both the PS4 and Xbox One playable at the show.

In our annual chat with Tom Champion one of the team behind Eurogamer Expo, Barry and Ant learn what's new this year, how the expo will be handling the demand for the Xbox One and PS4 which will be playable at the event. There's also chat on how the proposed demolition of Earl's Court One will affect future Expos and as always the guys try to break Tom's will with this last minute interview.

Welcome to Episode 210 of Geek Syndicate. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News James Spader is cast as Ultron Transformers 4 gets a teaser poster Week that was Rivers of London Virgin Game Space Dave goes old school with the Justice League cartoon The Sixth Gun Main We ask the question 'How do we decide what TV shows/Comics to stop watching and Reading?' Kickstarters mentoned The Forbidden Planet The F1srt Hero