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And as you bask in the afterglow of the Dr Who Christmas special allow me to welcome you to the first episode of TimeLore, the newest addtion to the Geek Syndicate Network. TimeLore is a season by season review of Dr Who from the very beginning. Your hosts are myself, David Monteith, Richard Hutchinson and Alexis Jayne Defoe Richard and myself have been steeped in Dr Who for as long as we can remember whereas Alexis has never seen a single episode of old school Dr Who. She has foolishly agreed to join us for this ride and wether her sanity will remain intact is a question that we are all keen to see answered. In this episode we talk about William Hartnell, discuss wether Ian & Barbara fill the roll of classic heroes and review the following episodes:- The Unearthly Child inc. the unaired pilot The Daleks The Edge of Destruction Marco Polo So join us for our first episode and when your done listening send us some feedback and your opinons to [email protected] You can also follow us on twitter at twitter.com/timelore TimeLore is a monthly podcast so we will see you next month for the 2nd half of the very first season of Dr Who Direct download:

In this end of year special the guys talk about the cancellation of Stargate Universe and the take some listener questions. Week That Was The End League, All Star Batman, The Return of Bruce Wayne, Batman Inc, Scott Pilgrim vs the World and Voyage of the Dawn Treader Main The second part of our interview with Merlin co-creator Julian Jones Enjoy and Happy New Year!

After two episodes in October and none in November, the North East accents, squabbles and over-the-top jingles return with North East Geek Feast episode 7! STARTER - Daniel and Lily welcome geeksyndicate.co.uk writer, Matt Pease (and a bit of microphone hiss), to the Feast to review The Amazing Spiderman 648 and 649. After 101 issues of ‘Brand New Day’, these issues start the new ‘Big Time’ regime on the Spidey books. But what will these three fans of the Wallcrawler make of the new direction? PALATE CLEANSER - A very different ‘Retail Review’ this episode. Normal service will resume next time. MAIN COURSE - In the second instalment of ‘Adventures in Geekdom’, David Garrick experiences his first comic convention when he visits the MCM Expo in London (which I here is somewhere a bit south of Durham). Featuring interviews with the people behind Draw The World Together, Rainbow Orchid, My Cardboard Life and the Orbital Comics shop. Dessert - The premiere edition of ‘Ultimate Crisis of Comics’. With all the comics in the universe being wiped out of existence, Matt Pease is given the opportunity to save 4 single issues to treasure forever - and one issue he would make sure gets destroyed. What will he pick? Well, listen and find out… Find NEGF on Facebook to get involved in future episodes or email Daniel and Lily at [email protected] Find the presenters and guests on Twitter @comicsdaniel, @terracottalily and @matpease. Find previous episodes of NEGF at http://northeastgeekfeastshow.mevio.com

Welcome to Episode 5 of The Naked Geek hosted by David Monteith For the 2nd year running, The Naked Geek delivers an alternative Christmas speech. Today's inspiration comes from The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks and Dr Fate from DC Comics by J M DeMatteis & Shawn McManus For those who have bought the Geek Syndicate iPhone app I have included the first chaoter of Sword of Shannara Music: Here Comes Santa Claus by the Ramsey Lewis Trio Drink: Well it's not whiskey

Episode 3. Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time! Here it is, the long awaited (by some) episode 3. See what Rich and Ben have in their festive sack for all you lucky people! Any feedback/recommendations can be sent [email protected] or to twitter.com/Richnerd

Join the guys in their final show of 2010. This episode, we discuss some of the big news - including a look at Drake's Deception and Amaechi previews Dead Space 2. Our main this week is a look back at the games of 2010, we pick our favourite games from a variety of categories before settling on The Next Level Game of the Year. The review this month is Tron Evolution - find out what Barry and Ant thought of the game. Hope you all have a great Christmas and an even better New Year. See you next year.

Time for a another stroll through the deadly maze of geekdom with your hosts Dave and Barry. News Marvel relaunch Crossgen titles Fantastic Four to become Three Fan Poll picks it's movie Wonder Woman. Week that Was The Indifference Engine. Main In the first of a two-part interview we catch up with Julian Jones, writer and co-creator of the hit BBC show Merlin. In this part the lads fire their own questions at Julian and in the second part (out next week) they pitch some of the fan questions that have been sent in for Julian. There are discussions galore on Merlin and Arthur, Morgana's turn to the dark side, Julian's thoughts on season 3 and more. Stay tuned for part 2 to learn what will become of the Knights of the Round Table and some thoughts on the Gwen/Arthur and Lancelot relationship and more. Be warned if you've not seen all of season three there are spoilers abound in this interview...you have been warned Enjoy!

FEEDBACK: A HERO’S CALLING Episode #4 “The Next Great Superhero” His wife and his Tech Support must face a global outbreak of superpowers without Feedback’s help when he is sequestered in the Lair for a television show. Meanwhile Feedback finds himself isolated and alone, struggling to find out if he is still the man he thought he was. Written by Alan White, Elizabeth Delaney, & Robin Carlisle Post-Produced by Alan White with original scores by David A. Krause and Jeffery Wayne Kirkpatrick Based upon the character concepts created by Matthew Atherton, Sarah Blevins, Darren Passarello, Chris Watters and Steel Chambers Featured in our cast are: Georgette Perna as BARB Kim Gianopoulus as MEGAN David A Krause as JOE, The PRODUCER, and NICK Richardson Tiffany Braford (bray-ford) as Francine the ANNOUNCER Alan White as PROFESSOR CHATHAM And Robin Carlisle as ROBIN Along with; Elizabeth Delaney as AMBER Timm “The Jester” Gillick as the MUGGER, and … the DARK ENFORCER!! Colin D. Snow as BREAK BREAKOUT Paeter Frandsen as PRE-FETCH and M.J. Cogburn as WOLF-GIRL Our cast of regulars were; Steve Anderson as ALEXANDER FORTHRIGHT III Mark Kalita as JOHN BLACKTHORN Elie Hirschman as CONSOLE Oliver Tull as OUTSOURCE Andrey Kuznetsov as REBOOT Mike Winters as VITO, The VENDOR, and TOM Zack Fester as CODEC Natasha Laythrup as MILLENNIUM Perry Whittle as NEUTRINO Brandon Cole as FREAKOPAEDIA Tanner Karns as ROUTER Jeffrey Wayne Kirkpatrick as CLUSTER And Tim O'Donnell as BACK-UP A special thanks go to the hosts of “Just Another Fanboy,” Steven Orr, who portrayed the WAITER And Karen Orr as the HOMELESS WOMAN You can find them at www.justanotherfanboy.com BrokenSea Audio Productions was honored to have as our special guest stars; Darren Passarello as NITRO Chris Watters as MAJOR VICTORY Sarah Blevins as SARAH And our hero-- Matthew Atherton as FEEDBACK!! Join us next time for “Double Take,” Episode 5 of “FEEDBACK: A Hero’s Calling”

Earlier in the year Dave and I caught up with Mark Valley the star of the hit US show Human Target. Thanks to my computer dying I thought I had lost the interview (we lost dave halfway through the recording as you will hear) but after a whole lot of tinkering and some luck I've manged to recover the interview for your listening pleasure. Be warned this was recorded before season 2 aired so there's not a lot of questions on season 2 although we do get to chat briefly about what Mark believes we can expect from Chance in season two.

"Wassail! Wassail! All hail the Wassail! Wassail! wassail! all over the town,Our toast it is white and our ale it is brown;Our bowl it is made of the white maple tree;With the wassailing bowl, we'll drink to thee. Like a works do in a 1970s sitcom the combined workforce of Dissecting Worlds and Scrolls continue to demolish popular panel games in the seasonal spirit. Well seasonal spirits, and I don't mean in a Dickensian way, Featuring: Points for punditry with opinion fest Geeking Talk A tricky round of Call My Bluff with bastard son of Frank Muir Matty Guess Who hosted by Phil Limericks from Gazbox More insights into the rock and rave lifestyle of The Inklings Daleks and more. So roll on your most embarrassing jumper, pour yourself a tot of what you fancy, park Nanna in front of strictly come dancing and gather the family geeks round the old I-pod* for some festive cheer. Feedback to [email protected] or [email protected] or twitter @Dion_Scrolls, @Scrollscast, @Dissectingwrlds, @clarkythecruel or @theGrampus depending on whom you wish to complain to.

The wait is over. The time is now.The Teen-Titans of the Geek Syndicate Network have come together in a bumper sized two-part special of podcasty goodness. Celebrating the Christmas holiday in traditional fashion the Troublesome Twosome from Dissecting Worlds and the Questionable Quartet from Scrolls cast off all pretense of being rational people, get drunk and play stupid party games. A little too much is revealed about some, more questions are raised about others and at least one fabulous song is brutally murdered before your horrified ears.Skits, Christmas messages, insults from a famous guest-host and limericks from an actual fan round off the VERY BESTChristmas Crossover special on the GSN that we have ever made, EVER (or your money back).Apologies in advance to the makers of Just A Minute, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Mornington Crescent for the outrages we have committed in Part 1 - I'll let Kehaar do the grovelling for Part 2.Here are some made up quotes from some real people -'All my christmas wishes just came true. I particularly liked Saruman's letter to Santa.' (C. Lee)'Imagine taking something you really like and, and adding something else you really like to it, and mixing them up all together and then WHOP! dollopping them out onto two plates. Well that's like this innit. But in your ears.' (J. Oliver)'It's like, the best idea ever dude.' (K. Reeves)'Laugh? I nearly shat!' (W. Shatner)'It's the worst idea in history.' (S. Schama)

Join the guys for another swashbuckling into the world of Geekdom News: Tomb Raider goes back to the beginning,] and Will Smith is being targeted for a modern Robin Hood Week That Was: The Activate Primer, Jackie Rose, Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes vs Zombies, Human Target, Sanctuary and Tron: Legacy Main: We take a look at Kapow the latest UK comic con to be announced which is being spearheaded by Mark Millar and has already split opinion amongst comic fans. We use this topic as a springboard to not only look at the pros and cons of Kapow but the UK comic con scene in general which has exploded in the last few years.

Amaechi and Ant are joined once more by Barry, back from his sojourn from Podcasting. In the news, the guys discuss the massacre that is Black Ops Multiplayer, the PSP2 and the forthcoming Nathan Drake film. Barry kicks off the reviews with Call of Duty Black Ops, then he and Ant discuss 007: Bloodstone and compare that with 007: GoldenEye.

Chaos ensues once again as the troublesome team try to uncover the books and authors that had a major role in creating our favourite genres or have since shaken things up, put a new spin on them and generally kept it all fresh. It has been heavily edited, resulting in the sad loss of several interesting conversations about books and authors which were too off-topic or else deserving of far more time and analysis on a seperate podcast. Despite that it's a monster episode and there's loads of silliness which did survive the edit because frankly we'd rather be funny than dull.Miraculously maintaining our sky-high standards (despite the removal of one persons pants and the shaking of another cast-member's member) we plunge back through time to glance at Gilgamesh and rampage right through to 2010 with all the clinically-precise organisation of the average student's sock drawer - and many similarly unsavoury and cheesy elements. The plugathon at the end makes reference to short story The Golden Egg which you can get to by clicking on this link here.Follow the Scrolls news Twitter-feed @Scrollscast That is all.

As one Newge leaves another Nuge must regains his memories and regain the ancient powers of Geekdom to come back ready to face the returning evil that is EPOCH. As the guys have so much stuff to catch up on there is no main feature this week this a shed load of Week that Was. A special treat/extra lies in store for those of you with our GS iPhone app . You wil be able to check out the first chapter of The Adventures of Simon Pegg Graphic novel. To learn more about the comic head here. News Brian Blessed kicks offEmpire Strikes Back Director heads to the big Echo Base in the sky.Buffy Reboot TalkShowruner for Walking Dead fires his writing staff Week That Was Dr Who: Tesseract by Tony LeeAstonishing Xmen - GiftedVillainousLargo Winch - the dutch connectionAvengers: Earth's Mightiest HeroesMisfits Series 2Walking DeadCommunity

Flint is still MIA so Rich ropes in Iz to look at progs 1711 & 1712 and to announce an all new monthly 2000AD podcast. As always expect language not suitable for the kiddies and spoilers throughout.

This time the Dissecting Worlds General staff take a close look at 2000ADs premier war story Rogue Trooper and through it armies in science fiction. On the way they look at (deep breath) Jannissaires & The Drakan books (& apologies to SM Stirling I don't mean his views are the same as his characters.) Time dilation, post traumatic stress & morally difficult Hawkwind songs. Charley's War & Poppies, Millicom and champgane sipping chateau Generals Robots & the ABC Warriors (including Savage/Invasion) Why fight on a planet's surface when you can blast it from orbit just to be sure? 'Good' Germans, Klingons and Romulons Rogue trooper's tone and British War Comic tradition Retirement plans from Elephantmen to Blade Runner With more call backs than a Richard herring GigI hope folks enjoy it, Regard Plugs Mosasic novel project Kehaar mentions there are more details here: http://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/a-mosaic-novel-ideas/ And a first chapter here: http://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/mosaic-novelthe-golden-egg/ Email [email protected] or twitter away at @theGrampus for Matt or @Clarkythecruel for the seagull. The specific Dissecting Worlds twitter feed is @Dissectingwrlds.'

Hello and welcome back! It's been a turbulent few weeks here in the Asylum with upheavals both large and small, but we’ve managed to take a break from all of the moving and shaking to do some Pointing and Clicking! This episode we recommend you some fantastic Point and Click adventures, get put on the spot with a listener question, do a little cross promoting and even manage to wrangle out a competition! So just step inside, make yourself comfortable and listen out for some Indie gems and a seriously spooking prize up for grabs. 1. Samorost 1+ 2 / Questionaut / Machinarium 2. Decay Part 1 / 2 / 3 (Coming soon) all for 240 MS Points each. 3. Ben There, Dan That / Time Gentlemen, Please / Privates Mentions Alice Is Dead - Ep 1 / Ep 2 / Ep 3 Puzzle Bots - £3.49 Little Wheel - Free Sam & Max – Includes two free demos, one for Season One and one for Season Two – Tell Tale Games Digital Cowboys – Xbox Live Indie Games Special with LeeNygma and SilentHitoshura Sanctuary4Gamers – Two Girls One Pup podcast Follow Indie Asylum on Twitter - @IndieAsylum Don’t forget to listen in for our competition and you can enter by following and sending us an @ on Twitter, or by leaving your reply in the comments!

Welcome to Stace's last episode. Sorry it's late, if you want to prevent it being late again then buy Dave a state of the art laptop to replace the tired one he has. Anyway as it's Stace's last episode I thought we would start and end with a Staceism, keep listening after the end theme. On this show Dave and Stace talk about the new Green Lantern trailer, Incredible Hulk TV show, they also talk about the Conjour, the upcoming Science Fiction an Fantasy one day literary convention in Leeds, Karen Gillans new casting in a bizaare sounding take on Romeo and Juliet and the return of the podcast Q!Paw Week that was Wonder Woman: Ends of the Earth by Gail Simone Dr Who: Tesseract by Tony Lee Judge Dredd: Mega City Undercover & the excellent show Community. Main: Shows we left behind This week we take a look at shows we used to watch and then stopped watching and examine what made us say goodbye. Enjoy

After getting their wrists slapped for being too mean on the last episode, Rich and Flint take a week off and let two much nicer people stand in for them. Despite this expect the same non kiddie friendly language and alcohol abuse you get in the other episodes. Progs 1709 & 1710 are reviewed and the first picture from the Dredd movie is discussed... well, technically its more perved over.

FEEDBACK: A HERO’S CALLING Episode #3 "A Friend In Deed" by Alan White Based upon the character concept created by Matthew Atherton and Sarah Blevins Sometimes getting coffee can be murder. CAST: Coffeehouse CLERK - Robin Carlisle Coffeehouse BARISTA - Mike Winters Coffeehouse CUSTOMER - Kim Gianopoulus OUTSOURCE - Oliver Tull BLACKTHORN - Mark Kalita FORTHRIGHT- Steve Anderson REBOOT - Andrey Kuznetsov FEEDBACK/SPECTRE - Matthew Atherton CONSOLE - Elie Hirschman NITRO G - Darren Passarello and SARAH - Sarah Blevins "I Wanna Go Home" was written and performed by Samantha Murphy from her album 'somewhere between starving and stardom.' More about Samantha can be found at www.samanthamurphy.com “My Calling” theme written and performed by Jeffrey Wayne Kirkpatrick Original Audio Score by David A. Krause Post-Production work by Alan White.

This week, we look at the current gaming news, including the sale of Harmonix, Gran Turismo 5 and have a little giggle at some Kinect Fails. Three Action games face the spotlight in this week's reviews - find out whether Ant IS Bond, James Bond in GoldenEye 007 and our verdict on Medal of Honour and Transformers: War for cybertron.

We've got a special treat for you on Indie Asylum for this episode, we have a visitor entering through our padded doors, a Mr. Rob Louie of PA Games. Rob is the creator of Xbox Live Indie Game, Cutouts and he's come to join us to discuss his game, XNA and the world of Xbox Live Indie Games. So take a seat and prepare to learn, love and laugh along with Lee and Chelle on our first Indie Asylum special edition! You can find Cutouts on the Xbox Live Indie Games for 80 XBL Points. (Game Marketplace > Game And Demos > Indie Games) You can follow Rob on Twitter @PA_Games

Heyyyyyyyy! Welcome to a packed-to-bursting-point Small Press Big Mouth episode 26 where Stace & Lee present a big update on what's happening with the creators and projects left stranded or homeless by the folding of Insomnia Publications. Which projects have found new homes and what are the creators doing now? Find out in new feature HYPERSOMNIA CORNER. We also have the usual news and recommendations as well as squeeze in reviews of Jennie Gyllblad's SAL and Em Carroll's HIS FACE ALL RED. Enjoy and, hey kids, be cool!

This time Captain Matt & Lieutenant Kehaar stand on the fly combat air patrols around the space navy in the Battlestar Galactica universe. In the process they consider the role of a carrier and 'battle carriers', the Battle of the Atlantic, civil-military relations, why Cylon's can't fight and their oedipus complex. They will also digress into AEGIS cruisers, the Pegasus, Italian Navy air control, toy ship and Yorkshire accents. Let us know what you think with a email to [email protected], twitter us individually as @clarkythecruel (Keharr) or @theGrampus (matt) or get updates on recordings as @dissectingwrlds. Alternatively say hello at Thoughtbubble, Leeds on 20 November 2010.'

In this episode we continue our theme from epsiode 169 and look at some Geek TV from yesteryear. Amongst the sounds of Stace singing and being imappropiate about Barry's boobs we discuss the fist episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the British favourite - sci fi comiedy - Red Dwarf. And finally and much to Stace's excitement we are joined by Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant to talk about his creation and share some insights into writing & comedy. Also please vote for us in the 2010-podcast Awards in the entertainment category. The awards are open until 21st November - www.podcastawards.com

The guys catch up post NYCC and get stuck into progs 1707 and 1708. It's ARSOM!

Once again it’s time to tread the halls of Indie Asylum as we have a damn hard time wrapping our collective craniums around the subject of difficulty. With head scratching and brain punching we break out some games covering all varying levels of difficulty, with some chilled and casual that even Chelle can play to some so hard I wanted to kill puppies with my fists. All that and enough indie love to make the fat cats of Wall Street break free and live like work shy, over emotional, over opinionated hippies. Which funnily enough describes Silent Hitoshura who was kind enough to suggest this theme to us. So before I cut loose and go live in a cage, here’s some awesome games: 1. Cloud – Free + flOw – Free / PSN + Flower – PSN + Journey – In development 2. Canabalt – Free + Robot Unicorn Attack – Free 3. Super Meat Boy – Xbox Live Arcade - 800 Points (Rising to 1200 from November) / Steam (Coming Soon) Mentions: Radiangames Fluid – Xbox Live Indie Games - 80 Points You Will Die – Xbox Live Indie Games - 80 Points Glorg – Free Indie Love: Indiesuperstar.com – For the results of the first annual “Who’s An Indie Gamer” poll. IGF 2010 Entries – LINK A week of indie heaven - Super Meat Boy, Super Crate Box, Glorg, Fluid, Explosionade, Game Dev Story, Comic Jumper, Costume Quest. Also had the pleasure to play and review Blazin’ Balls Xtreme Edition, Bluebones Curse and Cutouts. Twitter: @IndieAsylum @Geeksyndicate @Leenygma @Chellemo

This time Master Kehaar and First Mate Grampus set sail for the Napoleonic Wars: the Napoleonic War with Dragons. In the process they admire the writing, society and military technology of the Tremeraire books. While at it they keel hawl the reputation of Napoleon, amputate Marshall Bulcher and pull out the guns on the nature of the HMS Allegiance. Hammers Slammers make a surprise appearance and Kehaar gets all gushy eyed on the heroism of the period, Sharpe and Hornblower mainly stay in reserve but their presence is felt. They also admire the other developments of the time (though manage not to mention the Romantic movement - silly boys.) Jane Austin, Tom Mix and Tom Crabbe even get a mention. So take a tot of rum, sound general quarters, scramble, stand to your guns, mount up or form square depending on your service me lads & lasses - Do you want to see Napoleon in Windsor Castle? NO! Do you want to see a Guillotine in Piccadilly? NO! Do you want to see your children grow up speaking French* NO! Then listen to this exciting epsiode of Dissecting Worlds (* apologies to French, Swiss, Belgian, Quecois and other Franophone listeners.)'

After a break due to technical and medical problems Geek Syndicate is back. Hosted by Monts and the Newge (aka Stacey from GSN podcast Small Press Big Mouth) David kicks off with a public health announcment before the duo get into the news News Happytime Murders - The Muppets get pulpy Legion of Super heroes - online voting (watch Stace demonstrate her DC comics ignorance) and Stace shares new cominh out of BICS Week that Was Stace continues her recap of BICS and David shares his love of the old school novel Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber Main I the main section this week Stace and David revist the first episode of a couple of classic geek tv series. In this episode they look at the first episodes of X-Files and Babylon 5

Stacey and Amy welcome you one and all to episode 2 of If You Like This, the podcast that points you in the direction of awesome stuff you might not have otherwise tried. This week we are looking at Pulp/Noir, we have a big girly geek out chatting about The Caped Crusader and an even bigger one about Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Enjoy! Heres the Amazon Links: Noir/Pulp Comics Batman: Year One Batman:Sin City KickbackFell Desolation Jones Daredevil The Spirit Criminal Parker The Hunter Films:Batman Batman Begins The Dark Knight Who Framed Roger Rabbit Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Sin City The Big Sleep Daredevil NovelsThe Big Sleep Philip K. Dick's Short Stories Scanner Darkly

In this episode our feature looks at the big games of the autumn what we think of those already released, what we expect from those to be released and our most anticipated game of the autumn. News Dr Who Return to Earth The rise of Xbox 360 XBLA sales and downloadable games The PS2 refuses to die Wii Mote Plus vs Move The crazy bugs of Fallout New Vegas

Here it is folks, the big shiny Small Press Big Mouth Special! Episode 25 is (apart from a little news section) soley dedicated to The British International Comic Show, get our thoughts, reactions, likes and dislikes as well as panel round up and a couple of interviews! Enjoy!

Episode 2: Horror!!! Ben and Rich take you to a world of ghosts, psychos, cults, klowns, witches and scary little kids! Any feedback/recommendations can be sent to [email protected] or to twitter.com/Richnerd

fter a couple of relatively in-depth episodes the gang settle back into their old routine, loosen their belts and have a good old natter about the best books to read on the holiest of holes. Basic practicalities such as portability, absorbency (i.e. attention spans) and the cloth-touching of family trouser-turtles are all mulled over and given the serious consideration they deserve. Meanwhile welcome distractions are provided by a hacking cough, the cheapskate Ambassador of Ferrero Rocher and Blue Peter ladies - both totty and notty. Books and authors discussed include The Green Mile, The Yellow Wallpaper, Robert Bloch, Blood Sword, Leather Goddesses Of Phobos, Charles Dickens, The Lottery, The Running Man, HP Lovecraft and Legends. Strangely no mention is made of Wee Jock Poo-Pong McPlop, for which I apologise. We do however mention a website from which you can get access to a whole bunch of free stories online – here’s the link http://freesf.blogspot.com/ Send your entries for the banner and logo competition flooding in to [email protected] and for the sake of economy you can use the same e-mail address to contact us about joining in with the Scrolls Book Group podcast – open to all. I’m on Twitter now @Dion_Scrolls so I’d love to get any feedback there, on the forums at http://www.gsforums.co.uk via e-mail or on the comments section below. So much choice! Music is as ever by Steadman - except for the jazzy bit at the start which came off of some crappy cd I got free with a cocktail shaker a few years back. I should probably add that we are giggly and explicit from the beginning, but not so distasteful as to be graphic. Well, not that graphic. Wuss. Strap yourselves in, it’s going to be a bum-py ride.

With Flint unavailable, Rich pulls in Iz to see how someone who actually jumped on at prog 1700 is coping with the current storylines. They go through progs 1703-1706 and of course take time to take the piss out of the absent Irishman. This one was recorded slightly differently to normal, so apologies for the sound quality. As usual, expect spoilers throughout and language not suitable for the kiddies.

Casting aside the usual set-up of NEGF, Daniel and Lily take you through what went on at the British International Comics Shows as well as presenting a range of interviews recorded at the convention. Interviews include: The first interview with the Knight and Squire creative team Paul Cornell and Jimmy Broxton. A catch-up with Graham Pearce about the Sgt Mike Battle trade paperback mentioned in the last episode. Tom McNally letting you know about his latest project. Halloween Man’s editor, Russell Hillman. And a chat with Matthew Craig, the creator of Hondle. If you liked this episode, you can find North East Geek Feast on Facebook. Just search ‘North East Geek Feast’. You can also get in touch with us on Twitter: @comicsdaniel and @terracottalily.

One of the biggest names in the business: Bryan Hitch talks about his life, work and his new art book from Impact Publishing in a live podcast hosted by the infamous Geek Syndicate. Followed by a signing in the theatre lobby. Big thanks to Stace from Small Press Big Mouth for taking up the co-host duties on this panel. Enjoy!

Welcome to Projected Ramblings! Join Rich and Ben as they recommend the best cinema has to offer. Episode 1 – Time Travel YESSSS!!!. You want awesome time travel constructs, Oedipal complexes and hoochie mamas! We’ve got you covered.

With Flint and Rich off getting drunk in new York, Stacey steps in to have a look at their zarjaz/dogbreath stuff with the help of a few 2000ad pros eager for revenge.

Here for your audio pleasure good people of the internets is dun dun duuuuuuuuuuuhhhh; Episode 24 of Small Press Big Mouth for all your small press and indie news, reviews and comedy accents! This week we review The Lagoon, Spacegirl, Judenhass, Masked Manor, Octopus Pie and Find Comet, Hit Comet, Watch Comet, Sleep. We also get up in your grille with a shitload of news! You know you want it so what are you waiting for?

This week a new series of Dissecting Worlds is looking at the miltiary in genre universes. This premier episode we're looking at defending the Earth and UNIT in particular...at least to begin with. We also muster on parade SHADO from UFO, The Initiative from Buff, Spectrum and the Lovecraftian antics of Delta Green. there are also honourable mentions for the BPRD, Ultraviolet, the Intrusion Counter Measures Group (not force as stated,) & Torchwood. In the process we consider the nature and loyalities of Earth Defence organisations, project vs goal orientated organisations, 'Bingo cards', Von Clauswitz, Military v Intelligence responses, Out of context incidents, cargo cults, the confused nature of the Buffyverse and because Kehaar is here uniforms! Lovely, lovely uniforms. Chap with the hot air, 5 arguments rapid! Gratutious plug check out David Wynnes comic Particle Friction at http://particlefiction.posterous.com/ and the lovely art work he did for me here http://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/the-crew-of-the-bette-davis-also-known-as-the-moby-dick/ More of Matt's opinions avialable on Tolkien Gestures on the Geeksyndicate.co.uk site. '

The first North East Geek Feast on the Geek Syndicate Network! Daniel and Lily give a North Eastern eye-view over some delicious geeky morsels this month as they invite SPBM’s Lee Grice along to review season premieres of True Blood and Merlin, Daniel charts his path through a twenty-four hour comic event and the creator of Sgt Mike Battle, Graham Pearce, pops along for a chat. Find NEGF on Facebook to get involved in future episodes or email Daniel and Lily at [email protected] Find previous episodes of NEGF at http://northeastgeekfeastshow.mevio.com

The hills are alive with the sound of music, well, mostly crying and screaming, but there's definitely some music out there. Here at Indie Asylum there's always something to sing about and this week’s show is no exception, as we get the band back together and serve up some aural delights for you to judge. Like some kind of warped, indie gaming X-Factor. Though without the shit and the shame. Tonight’s contestants are: 1. Auditorium - $9.99 (free demo) and Fractal - $9.99 (free demo) 2. Audio Surf - Steam £5.99 3. Beat Hazard - Steam £6.99 / Xbox Live Indie Games - 400 points Mentions: Record Tripping- http://www.recordtripping.com/ Musaic Box - Steam £3.99 Synaethete - Free Download Raycatcher - Steam £3.99 Rhythm Zone - Steam £5.35 Indie Love: Cobalt - Trailer / Oxeye Studios / Music by Anosou Twitter - @IndieAsylum

FEEDBACK: A HERO’S CALLING Episode #2 “Second Skin” by Hunter Pritt, Zachary Sherry, and Alan White Based upon the character concept created by Matthew Atherton and Sarah Blevins Welcome back to Forthright Industries, Zachary Sherry. I think you'll find things are not as you left them. For one, your best friend Matt Atherton is somewhat ... indisposed. Cast: ZACH/CONSOLE - Elie Hirschman BARTENDER - Mike Winters CORSAIR - Paul Mannering OPUS - Robin Carlisle FOREMAN - Zack Fester TIM O’Donnell/Back-Up -- Tim O'Donnell ALEXANDER FORTHRIGHT III - Steve Anderson FEEDBACK - Matthew Atherton BLACKTHORN - Mark Kalita TOM - Mike Winters CODEC - Zack Fester MILLENNIUM - Natasha Lathrop NEUTRINO -- Perry Whittle FREAKOPAEDIA - Brandon Cole ROUTER - Tanner Karns CLUSTER - Jeffrey Wayne Kirkpatrick ADAM - Adam Ledzion REBOOT - Andrey Kuznetsov RIVERS - Steve Anderson and SARAH - Sarah Blevins “My Calling” theme written and performed by Jeffrey Wayne Kirkpatrick Original Audio Score by David A. Krause Post-Production work by Alan White.

In our news roundup, we discuss the Kinect's space and light requirements and have a chat about the trend of bringing older games to the current consoles. The main feature is a look back at this year's Eurogamer Expo and we finish off with Buy, Rent, Avoid - this time it's Halo Reach.

So in this episode the guys reach a landmark four anniversay of podcasting goodness and this episode is no exception. News: Star Wars goes 3D, Wonder Woman gets a new TV show...maybe and we chat about the top ten comics being banned from libraries. Main: A look at some of the new and old US shows returning to our TV screens. Make sure you listen to entire episode as at the end the secret behind 'The Nuge' is revealed as Barry leaves the podcast for a while. Enjoy!

Sometimes a book comes along that you really want to explore and talk to other people about. It's not enough to just read it and recommend it, you want to rave about it or throw your ideas around because its blown your mind - but you don't always have people around you can do this with.Well now you do, because we're inviting you to join us in a fully interactive podcast. Crazy talk? Oh no, my friend. We're looking to put you centre-stage with the Scrolls team to discuss a book of your choosing via the magic of Skype. This pilot episode has been put together to give you a flavour of how the episodes might go and the level of detail we can get into. In it we discuss Shirley Jackson's masterful tale of claustrophobia and lunacy in the confines of a happy family home - We Have Always Lived In The Castle. Neither horror, fantasy or sci-fi it still feels like our kind of book and is an absolutely fascinating read. There are spoilers throughout, so be warned.The missing element is you. If you have a nomination for a genre book that you want to discuss with the Scrolls team, please contact us via e-mail at [email protected] or send me a tweet @Dion_Scrolls. We will pick one out of the hat and make arrangements to record the episode with you at the next available opportunity. Get enough applicants and positive feedback and we may well make this a full time podcast. Until then we'll have it as an occasional Scrolls Special. It's in your hands people.

Join Barry and Amaechi in this special episode recorded at the 2010 Eurogamer Expo at Earl's Court. The guys chat about how this year's show compares to it's predessor and some of their highlights so far. Apology for the sound quality as this was recording as the show was in full swing.

And here it is, our eponymous debut as we throw open the doors to Indie Asylum and invite you inside to gawk at our wares. So if regular entertainment is driving you mad, try out something different, as something indie this way comes. On this weeks show we take the theme of "Darkness" and shine a light on some fantastic indie titles: 1. Penumbra Overture / Amnesia: The Dark Descent 2. Limbo (Xbox 360 Live Arcade 1200 points) 3. Devils Tuning Fork - Soul (Xbox 360 Live Indie Game - 80 points) - Closure - Graveyard Graveyard Revolution - Creaky Old Memory Kickstarter - Sixth Kickstarter - Gametrekking