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Join Amaechi, Barry and Ant in the first episode of 2012 where we look at the games announced for 2012 - from the big names like Mass Effect 3 and GTA 5 to the possible "under the radar" titles Never Dead and Spec Ops: The Line. The guys also discuss the news - from Full title downloads to OnLive on the iPad. Enjoy the show - and a Happy New Year from the Guys.

Tim and Max Solve All The Problems With Popular Culture is the newest podcast in the stable of winged horses that is the Geek Syndicate Network. The podcast aims to do exactly what it says on the tin - young bucks Tim Swann and Max Barnard identify a key area where popular geek culture falls down and then try and come up with some ways that both the creators and the audience can fix it. In our first episode, we discuss fear of change, and how both the audience, the creators and their bosses all fall foul of this fear. In the course, we discuss the New 52 (because you haven't had enough of that yet!), panel shows, the joy of Star Trek XI and The Clone Wars TV Series, and why changing to include basic human decency might help everyone out.

This month Kehaar and Matt step inside an incourgrous blue box with a friendly stranger in the form of Luke from the Hulk Cast, ECBT2000AD, The Trip and Moon Freight 3. In so doing they pour over the long and varied history of the Doctor - in fact so long and varied that they decide to take 2 episodes to take a look at it. In this first episode so doing they look at: The Grumpy Grandad and whose TARDIS is it anyway? The trickster clown, the beauty/brains (and the brawn.) The Dashing Dandy, The Master and the UNIT/Republican Security Force family. Mad, bad and dangerous to know Tom and the unused Harry Sullivan The Wet Vet and the TARDIS kindergarden Saving the joys of Colin Baker and subsequent Doctors for the second installment. So fob your granddaughter off on a passing resistance fighter, put down your recorder, stop working on that experiment and with a jelly baby in one hand and a stick of celery in the other enjoy our romp through leadership in the world of Doctor Who. Check out all Lukes goodness here: The link to Moon Freight 3 is http://moonfreight3.com The Incredible Hulkcast is at http://www.comicbooknoise.com/hulk/ The Trip is at http://www.thetrippodcast.com/ And ECBT2000AD is at http://2000ad.wordpress.com/ And remember the excellent Geek Syndicates very own 'Time Lore' is reviewing the whole Doctor TV canon (and associated audios on the Geek Syndicate Network.'

Jingle bells, jingles bells, jingle all the way......Merry Christmas everyone. It’s the final episode of the Next Level for 2011 and 3 Stooges....I mean 3 great hosts come together in this bumper episode to talk about the games we plan on spending our long Christmas holiday break playing. We also debate the ethics of cheating in gaming. Are their acceptable levels of cheating? In this week’s news Just Cause the movie Xbox 360 dashboard update GBA games coming to 3DS owner.....but who really plays these old game? Naughty Dog reveals the Last of Us Skyrim - Game of the Year or bug filled nightmare? CoD player gets 14 year ban for cheating We go all downloadable games as we review XBLA and PSN games Renegade Ops and Dead Nation

The twinkling lights are all up, there's a chill in the air, little boys and girls are starting to get excited and, somewhere in the distance, a jolly fat man is whipping his elves with a cat-o'-nine-tails to work Harder, damn them, Harder. It's nearly Christmas!It is the season of good will to all men - even pedantic sods and giggling morons. It is also the season of binge eating and drunken arguements. (I think you know where I'm going here.) Yes! It's time, once more for the Gala of Games, the Bonanza of Banter, the Surfeit of Silliness that is our Christmas Cross-Over.Warning: Explicit Content from the startIt's a more focussed event this year, with only three games, but what games they are!Clover IS Nicholas Parsons in 'Just A Minute!' (complete with fishnet tights)Matt IS Lord Alan Sidious, searching time, space and multiple realities for the next 'Sith Apprentice'andKehaar IS that bloke from the radio who hosts Fighting Talk IN... 'Geeking Talk'All three are ably assisted, undermined and irritated by Phil, Mattie and Dion.LEARN - how to survive in a horror filmDISCOVER - the trans-sexual sensation that is The Wicked Witch of the WestGASP - at our ability to construct whole sentences under the influence and still sound convincingWONDER - how these damn games are scored anyway and...PONDER - just who is The Best.Our Intro and Outro music has been kindly provided by John Anealio from Geek Dad. You can find his Christmas EP at www.johnanealio.com and loads more to boot.Also included is a snippet from the fantastic 'It's Beginning To look A Lot Like Fish-Men' which you can hear in full at http://www.cthulhulives.org and also purchase the full 'A Very Scary Solstice' albums.You may also notice The March Of The Knights music from Romeo and Juliet. It sounds an awfully lot like the music from The Apprentice but I'm pretty sure that's just a coincidence. (Ahem.)Any other singing is lamentable and should be born with grace and sympathy. It is Christmas after all...

This week, standing against the Vampires, Demons and forces and Darkness, the Dissecting Duo Delve into the Buffyverse, looking at the leadership (and otherwise) of the forces of Light and Darkness as they struggle over the Hellmouth. Subjects Covered: - Who is in charge of the Scoobies? and who should be? - Why does Giles keep getting bashed on the head, and why doesn't buy a tin hat? - Is the Master a proponent of Scientific Management? - Is the Mayor the best leader in the Buffyverse? - Middle Management at Wolfram and Hart - What are the Watchers Council actually for? and much more! Comments to [email protected] harass us at @theGrampus for Matt or @clarkythecruel for Kehaar or for plain unadulterated pod news @DissectingWrlds

Here we are again, just in time for christmas. In this episode Ant and I explore Frostfire & The Suffering two audio adventures featuring companions vicki and steven, read by the original actors, Maureen O'Brien and Peter Purves. I then have a chat with the multifaceted Barnaby Edwards - This guy was the dalek operator in the Christopher Eccleston adventure entitled Dalek and has been in every dalek episode since. He also writes, acts, directs and produces many Big Finish stories. Find out which BF story is his favourite, what he thinks of the new dalek design and wether dalek operaters have a harder time than R2D2 http://www.barnaby-edwards.com/

Join The Dynamic Duo, and some chap called Barry as they discuss the latest goings on in the world of gaming. This episode is packed with first look reviews of Uncharted 3, Modern Warfare 3, Skyrim and Barry reviews The Adventures of Tin-Tin in Full.

This month we wander through the Wardrobe of Geek Analysis to the magical land of Narnia. Joined by Timothy Swann of the Psycomedia (and others!) podcast, we plunge into the frozen wastes of fantasy godhood in the shape of everyone’s favourite Divine Lion. Subjects Covered: - Lewis vs Tolkien, the Inklings, and parallel development - His Dark Materials, Phillip Pullman and unintended messages - Creation and Management of your own universe - The Merits of Biting your enemy on the face over turning the cheek - Leaders as Servants - The Space Trilogy and Middle Earth Time Travel! - And Much More! Arthur C Clarke was of course a member of the British Interplanetary Society, a group of writers and engineers who were closely involved in the early British Space Program and Blue Streak Program in the 1950s/1960s. He never helped out the Doctor or battled alien ghosts at Hobb's end.(To our knowledge...) The Charity EP Tim mentions is here: http://www.musicglue.net/purereasonrevolution/ and he has been kind enough to post his intimidating 13 pages of notes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UrXvqMlrIA_N6fUy-BwlM_lUpNeuHUo99tDP-qyXNPw/editHe is also on twitter @tetrachangel and Psycomedia is a quick google away. Comments to [email protected] or harass us at @theGrampus for Matt or @clarkythecruel for Kehaar or for plain unadulterated pod news @DissectingWrlds

This week in the news we have: Rainbow 6 Patriots & Grand Theft Auto 5 announced Mass Effect 3 gets 3 single player game modes US Gamer spends $1,725 to get Modern Warfare 3 three days early Ant rants about DLC being on retail game disks DC Universe Online goes free to play In our feature, Ant and Amaechi discuss the winners from the Golden Joystick Awards and give their first impressions on Battlefield 3 and Batman Arkham City.

So this is it folks after five years and nearly 200 episodes the series finale of the weekly podcast that is Geek Syndicate is here. For the last episode we threw out thoughts of planning and went out as we came in with a bottle of whisky and to quote Dr Jones 'making it up as we go'. Enjoy and remember it's only the weekly podcast that is ending all the podcast on teh GS network will still be going as will the GS website. We will also still be doing audio interviews and features for the GS website as well as out new monthly project which will be annouced during this episode. Thanks to everyone out there who has supported the weekly podcast over the last five years! We out! SO FOR ONE LAST TIME.... GET YER GEEK ON NINJAS!!!

Scrolls Book Group: A Song Of Ice And FireIn which we try to harness George RR Martin's vast, fiery beast as it spawls triumphantly across the gems of modern Fantasy. From the very first book, A Game Of Thrones, this series has proven to be one of those compulsive reads that ignite the passions of a whole generation of readers, reaching far beyond the traditional boundaries of genre preference.Joining us for the podcast are returning special guests Matt - The Grampus from Dissecting Worlds, and Carey - she of the Two-Monkeys from Geektress.We tackle the books one by one and focus on a particular theme for each. There are Major plot spoilers throughout and we do skip back and forth between books on occasion, so we strongly recommend that you only listen to this episode once you have finished reading Book 5: A Dance With Dragons.Warning: contains gratuitous boobies.[more....]Amongst the many items up for discussion are: Whose fault is it anyway, Why should you never bring your mum to work, Feuds and the Feudal system, Alternative weapons of war, Cers Ei Coyote, What's eating Red R'hllor, and The ignominous fate of bastards.In order to do the series justice we've recorded a far longer episode than usual - but never fear! For those of you who prefer your podcasts in bite-sized chunks we have divided the episode up into approximately half-hour segments with a musical cue from the stunning HBO television series to seperate them.The start times and themes for each section are as follows:-2m 41s - A Game Of Thrones: Secrets32m 57s - A Clash Of Kings: War59m 14s - A Storm Of Swords: Betrayal1h 28m 30s - A Feast For Crows: Religion and Magic1h 53m 10s - A Dance With Dragons: Use of PowerIf you feel inspired to carry on the conversation, come and join in on the Geek Syndicate Discussion Boards on Facebook.Other ways you can interact with us include e-mail: [email protected] and twitter: @scrollscast or the comments section below.Links mentioned in the show include the foody site for Westerosi dishes, innatthecrossroads.com and the article from Tiger Beatdown about how creepy George RR Martin is.What are you doing still reading this blather? Click on the linky-links and start listening!Enjoy.

Welcome to Episode 34 of Small Press Big Mouth, with tons of news and a veritable shitload of reviews! We talk Villianous, Bearmaggedon, Emily Carroll, Unbelievable, Dark Judgement 2, Rachel Rising, Big Bang #2, Transient Man, Dr WTF?! and ZOOAD. Man, reviews are packed like a can of sardines in here like (though I think that smell is Lee!) Enjoy people and keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep reading (comics)!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welcome to Episode 188 of Geek Syndicate. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News Geek Syndicate- the weekly podcast to end in Septemner, Marvel annouce Season one, Ukomics working on UK alternative to the Previews Magazine, Empire Presents the Big Screen and the Zombie Shotgun. Week that was Human Target, Torchwood: Miracle Day, Alphas, Falling Skies, Limitless, Trailer talk and rants galore!

BETA FLIGHT Episode 3 "An Ill-Timed Affair" by Alan White Welcome to Beta Flight Mach 5! Little did you know it would be your LAST DAY as a superhero! Starring in this production were the voice talents of Mark Kalita as BLACKTHORN Mike Sims as ROUTER Adam Legend as ARC Mike Winters as MACH 5 M.J. Cogburn as WOLF-GIRL Rebecca Womack as BLUE LOTUS Raphael Suhu as AIRWOLF David A. Krause as JITTER Lane DeLuna as FRITZ Steven Jay Cohen as SURGE Ashley Uhl as UPLOAD Aaron Einhorn as PATRIARCH Damaris Mannering as SHADOW SWORD! With Steven Jay Cohen as Your Announcer The music featured in this episode; Original “Tech Support” theme score by David A. Krause. Beta Flight’s theme song, “No Compromise” by Pitbull Daycare Permission obtained by Ken McLaughlin Title Graphic by Adam Ledzion Post production was done by Alan White.

Welcome to Episode 187 of Geek Syndicate. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News Dr Who comes to Facebook and we introduce you to Lady Sabre Week that was Fear Itself,Flashpoint,The Interactives,Primeval andHawaii Five 0 Main We take a look at apocalyptic scenarios in Film, TV books and comics GS App 15 page preview of The Interactives

Once again flying without guests, our heroic duo attempt to wrap up the Gender and Sexuality series with our usual free-roaming, if slightly skewed, gaze. This episode: - We discuss whether Batman would make a good Princess- Matt clarifies his Twilight Thoughtcrimes- Kehaar finally gets to express some love for "Legend of the Seeker"- What do Game of Thrones and Harry Potter have in common on the subject of Love? - The Moonlighting Problem and genre-fictions novel approaches to getting around it. All this plus audio contributions from listeners and your email comments raised! Feedback, as ever, appreciated to email to: [email protected] or twitter Matt @theGrampus or Kehaar @Clarkythecruel or use the new discussion boards at the Geeksyndicate facebook page http://www.facebook.com/#!/geeksyndicate Kehaar’s game related musings can be found here http://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/ and his current RPG campaign here http://alfiesantics.wordpress.com/ Matt’s literary reviews are on the Geek Syndicate site (http://www.geeksyndicate.co.uk/) under the Tolkien Gestures column and he also rambles at length at http://ramblingsoftheeasilydistracted.blogspot.com/

Join the Ant and Barry (Amaechi is missing thanks to a global consipracy of Sky and EPOCH) as they discuss the forthcoming Eurogamer Expo, the forthcoming OnLive and other news before moving onto questions from Twitter where they discuss what makes a game replayable. This episode, the guys storm through four games in Buy, Rent, Avoid - Thor, Rainbow 6: Vanguard on Apple Devices, Ocarina of Time on the 3DS and Brink.

Welcome back to Timelore addendum the podcast that seeks to expore the Bg Finish adventures centered around the tv episodes being reviewed in the main timelore episodes. In this episode David and Ant review Quinnis (the adventure set immeadiately before the 1st ever Dr Who eisode on TV). We also review Here there be Monsters both of these stories read by Carole Ann Ford. The 2nd half of the episode is an interview with Tony Lee, author of the peter Davidson Big Finish adventure - 'The Rat Trap' and author of IDW publishings ongoing Dr Who comic. Tony talks to us about writing Dr Who in 2 mediums, explores how much fandom you can let lek into your writing, explains IDW's relationship to the BBC and gives lots of advice for freelance writers. Check out Tony's website here - Tony Lee You can buy Rat Trap - here on the Big Finish website You can also check out Tony's Dr who comics on the IDW website Enjoy and join us for the next episode of Timelore where we review the 2nd half of season 2, which includes the adventures - The Crusade, The space Museum, The chase and The Time Meddler

Welcome to Episode 186 of Geek Syndicate. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of GeekdomNewsThe Hobbit images get release.Sony announces no more updates to the PSN Comics storeBatman Year one newsWeek That WasThe AbnormalsGladstone's School for World ConquerorsShield 1- 6The Fantastic Four - Countdown to CasualtyThe Adjustment BureauGreen Lantern the movieCapricaStargate Universe

In this special episode Geek Syndicate attends a special Torchwood Miracle Day Roundtable with John Barrowman, Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner, Russell T Davies, Eve Myles and Bill Pullman. Some of the subjects covered during the talk are... How does the tone of Micracle Day compares to Children of Earth? Where do we find Captain Jack at the start of Miracle Day? Bill give some hints on his character Oswald Danes. John and Eve give some unigue insights into how they see Jack and Gwen realtionship. The level of research that went into the preparation for the show. Julie explains how Torchwood ended up as a joint production with Starz. ..and many more topics are covered.

Scrolls Book Group: Jennifer GovernmentDion and Phil are joined by Carey 'Two-Monkeys' from Geektress and Matt 'The Grampus' from Dissecting Worlds to discuss near-future anti-capitalist satirical romp Jennifer Government, by Max Barry.Spoilers abound, so as ever for these Book Group Specials you will get the most enjoyment if you read the book first. Don't feel you have to strain the bank though - why not help Save The Libraries and order in your copy as soon as possible. The book is a quick read and a lot of fun.The next 'normal' episode of Scrolls will be recording soon on the theme of 'Gods and Sods' and the next Book Group Special is planned for September, featuring the brand new volume in the Game of Thrones saga A Dance With Dragons.We'd value your feedback via e-mail at [email protected] or via twitter @Scrollscast and you can follow our general banter @Dion_Scrolls and @Phlambler if you like.Keep reading!

"The quarrelsome northerners are joined live from sarf London (well, Croydon) by comics Whizz David Wynne (http://particlefiction.posterous.com/) to discuss drugs in science fiction, fantasy and horror. Along the way they look at Comics on acid - from super-soldiers to Doc Strange to Speedy Is Venom an estate agent ? William Randolph Hurst and the paper conspiracy 'Hookie' Cigerettes Alice in Wonderland Where's the Drugs in Star Trek and Star Wars Philip K Dick and William S Boroughs Mega City One Crazes, Coffee and Cigerettes And somehow manage to mention The Wire. Dont forget the competitions http://geeksyndicate.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/dissecting-worlds-%e2%80%93-coat-of-arms-and-motto-competition/ closing date the 2 July 2011. Same closure date to get in audio contributions to our finale episode for the Gender & Sexuality series. Finally Kehaar's nonsene can be found http://alfiesantics.wordpress.com , http://cutthroatcreeks.wordpress.com/ and http://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/ "

Beta Flight is defeated, helpless under Gridlock and his mercenaries while Shadow Sword and their newest discovery, Arc, run for their lives from the murderous Xanatos! Have the adventures of Tech Support’s fledgling superheroes ended before they’ve begun? Cast Of Characters for the conclusion of “SOW THE WIND”; Tech Support Kim Gianopolous as K2 Mark Kalita as BLACKTHORN Tanner Karns as ROUTER Steve Hykes as ARCHIVE Steve Anderson as ALEXANDER FORTHRIGHT III Our Heroes Rich Frost as MAINFRAME Robin Carlisle as DRAGONRYDER Phill Moxley as EMERALD KNIGHT Rachel Steiner as ANGELUS Damaris Mannering as SHADOW SWORD MJ Cogburn as WOLF-GIRL Ted Ricca as BLUE STREAK Brent Terrien as PURE V Mike Winters as MACH 5 and Adam Ledzion as ARC The Villains Paeter Frandsen as XANATOS Zack Fester as GRIDLOCK David Maciver as DEVIL LASH Jeremiah McCoy as GENZO Laura Frechette as STEEL WING Citizens Kim Gianopolous as THERESA Alexa Chipman as POLICE OFFICER With Steven Jay Cohen as Your Announcer The music featured in this episode; Original “Tech Support” theme score by David A. Krause. You can find David’s music compositions at http://davidallenkrause.com “Dies Irae” by Hamilton Cleverdon, found at http://www.garageband.com/artist/hamilton “El Vampiro” by Dr. Synister, found at http://www.garageband.com/artist/dr_synister As Beta Flight’s theme song, “No Compromise” by Pitbull Daycare, found at http://www.myspace.com/pitbulldaycare1 Permission obtained by Ken McLaughlin Post production was done by Alan White

Welcome to The Trailer Trash Two: Episode 3. This time the boys talk about robots in disguise, the boy who lived, spy cars, alternate earths and the first avenger. They also manage to figure out the secret of Lord Voldemort’s nose and falling in love with Mystique…. You can catch all the trailers mentioned on the episode with the links below so you can watch with us. Transformers: Dark of the Moon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHRf01Gjosk Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_kDb-pRCds&feature=relmfu Another Earth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8hEwMMDtFY Cars 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGHwlExcaqU Captain America: The First Avenger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Irc2HndP8 Thanks and speak soon.

This time, the guys debate whether the FPS genre has become too focussed on the violence and the pros and cons of retailer exclusive DLC before looking at this year's E3 event. We discuss the three main press conferences from E3 - Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo before having a look at some of the other game announcements.

This Week the dissecting duo are joined "across the pond" by Laura from the Geektress podcast to gaze into the abyss of the Horror genre. - Gasp! as we discuss the meaning of scantily clad women running down corridors!- Shiver! at the admission that Laura has never seen "The Wicker Man" and Kehaars admission of re-enactment on the Wirral!- Tremble! as Matt discuss the fears of early parenthood and Evil Children Movies!- Quake! as we flee from terror of Lovecraft, Alien(s), Tentacles, Horror-as-Date-Movies and snogging quarterbacks under the bleachers! - and much, much more. Feedback, as ever, appreciated to [email protected] or twitter Matt @theGrampus or Kehaar @Clarkythecruel or use the new discussion boards at the Geeksyndicate facebook page http://www.facebook.com/#!/geeksyndicate Kehaar’s game related musings can be found here http://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/ and his current RPG campaign here http://alfiesantics.wordpress.com/ Matt’s literary reviews are on the Geek Syndicate site (http://www.geeksyndicate.co.uk/) under the Tolkien Gestures column and he also keeps a personal blog at grampus.livejournal.com

A huge welcome to all of our lovely listeners old and new from the now TWO year old Small Press Big Mouth Podcast. Episode 32 is our birthday Bonanza and we have fabulous audio contributions from the sexy, gorgeous: Geek Syndicate, Comic Book Outsiders and Sidekick Cast, David Wynne, Matthew Craig, Luke Foster, Kehaar, Daniel Clifford, Rich "ear sex" McAuliffe, and more. We have the outro of gods provided by podcasting legend Jimmy Aquino and all manner of News, Reviews and listener emails. We really hope you enjoy it.

Welcome to Episode 184 of Geek Syndicate. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom News The Hobbit films get a release date and some titles, Swap your kidney for an iPad and How Lightsabers can ruin your education. Week That Was Smallville Series Finale (spoilers), The Valley of Fear, Terry Pratchett First Novel Award, The Minister of Chance and more Main In this special main feature we are joined by fellow podcasters Gav (Sidekickcast) and Steve (Comic Book Outsiders) to discuss the pros and cons of the big news from DC regarding the future of it's universe and the changes to their digital comics strategy. Listen to the Minister of Chance free Prologue here

Recorded at the recent Bristol Comic and Small Press Expo, this panel explores the question What Is The Point Of Small Press Superheroes? Hosted by Stacey Whittle the panellists are, Daniel Clifford, Paul Grist, Graham Pearce and Matthew Craig.