Geek Syndicate

Join the boys as they trawl through the latest news and take a look at the forthcoming E3 Entertainment Expo. Also this time, Barry reviews Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands and find out what all three of us thought about Grand Theft Horsey ... SORRY ... I meant Red Dead Redemption.

This series Dissecting Worlds (formerly know as Two Geeks With No name) is looking at Law & Order, Crime and Punishment of genre universes. In this episode Matt and Kehaar shoulder their stub guns and let rip on the Justice System of the Dreddverse. On the way they manage to drive their Lawmasters over Dirty Harry, Gene Hunt, 1970s War comics, Samurai and the Playing Fields of Eton amongst others. On the spedway they tumble past such Dredd stroies Origins, the Apocalypse War, The Pit and the current Tour of Duty. A new name means a new email: [email protected] With our new name we're in the market for a banner/logo if you've got any ideas get out your crayons and get in touch. Thee will be prizes. Exciting prizes. We haven't thought of them yet but they will be exciting."

Welcome to episode 19 of Small Press Big Mouth, this episode we muse about the forthcoming Bristol Con and chat about the current issues of Futurequake, The Walking Wounded, Alien Inc and Fatalysia amongst other things. We apologise most sincerely for the sound problems we had this episode and naturally it's all Lees fault cos it couldn't possibly be Stace's gawd blimey no guv!

News:The guys discuss Assassins Creed Brotherhood, Bad Company 2 multiplayer co-op DLC, EA threaten to change the face of video games sales, Steam comes to Mac's and mobile gaming continues to make a huge impact. Reviews:See what we thought about JRPG Nier, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 and we look back at an older game, Bioshock.

Richard is joined by 2000AD writer Al Ewing to discuss important topics such as bubble wrap, project runway and beard management. Oh, and along the way theres also some Dredd, Zombo and other 2000AD related talk.

In this weeks's episode Dave and Barry once more take look at all that is best and the brightest in the world of Geekdom. Be warned those as there is a spoiler heavy review of Blackest Night issue 8 which Barry has finally read. In this week's main feature with one day to go the guys take a look at this year's Bristol International Comic and Small Press Expo. See enjoy and see those of you who are going to the expo!

With 'consumate professionalism' the team finally hit their stride. No silliness or smut here, no sirree. Ahem. The subject up for grabs is pinpointing some of the more off the wall books that work in unexpected ways. Between the earnest reviews we cruelly cause Gilbert and Sullivan turn in their graves, find room for both scarecrows and tin-men (though sadly no lions or yappy-type dogs), the QI awooga makes its Scrolls debut and the Waltons are revealed to be a little more back-woodsy than were previously suspected. If you enjoy listening to it half as much as we did recording it you'll have a ball.

Iz and Barry are back to fight the negativity that stalks the world wide web with the positive force that is Good Morning Geekdom. In this episode there is news on Spidey the musical, Batman the stage show, info on Leonardo Da Vinci and the Soldiers of Forever, Ghost Rider 2 and more. The duo then reveal their Gateways to Geekdom and their big review is Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Special thanks to Harold Jennett for the awesome new logo design.

News A great artist passes away, Eagle Awards nomination news and Arabian Knights Week That Was Incorruptible, Fringe, Twilight Eclipse Trailer, Prince of Persia Spolier Free Review Main In our extended main we welcome chat show host, radio presenter and now comic writer, Jonathan Ross back to the podcast for an exclusive interview. We talk about the success of Turf, working with Tommy Lee Edwards, the future of the comic and perhaps a possible film adaptation. Jonathan also chats about some of his future comic projects (including a passing mention of a very interesting project for Mr Quesada). There's also a brief audio tour of his comics room. With the news that Jonathan's wife Jane Goldman will be handling the scriptwriting duties for First Class he gives us his reaction to the news as a die hard Marvel fan. He also give us a little hint of what we can expect. We finish off the interview with some chat about his plans for his revamped Hot Sauce website and the return of his book review blog. Enjoy!

Richard is back, Flint is offensive, beers get drunk and progs 1680-83 get taken apart. Its ARSOM!!

The guys rummage through the latest news which includes forthcoming Call of Duty and Medal of Honour games and a chat about The Force Unleashed 2 and Gears of War 3 Story points. This week's main is a look at the nominations for the Golden Joystick Awards. In Buy / Rent / Avoid, we discuss Splinter Cell: Conviction, Blaz Blue and Lego Rock Band.

So at last David aka 'Monts' aka 'Volcanic Ash Cloud Survior' returns to the podcast. News: Dave finds some interesting geek parties to vote for, Dark Horse slips up, We chat about the future of TV fantasy shows and Thor casting talk. Week that Was: Turf, Shield, Iron Man 2, Human Target,V,9, Carriers and Surrogates. Main: Having spent all this time bursting to talk Dr Who we revist the new series once again to get his thoughts on them and on the new Dr and companion. Be warned their are spoilers for the first four Dr Who episodes. Enjoy!!!

Wrapping up their premier series on Empires the disagreeing duo of Kehaar and Grampus sit back relax and muse over Empires in genre fiction in general. Why do evil Empires get reeled out so often? What alternatives are there? What about ravenous space locusts? Skipping as they do into Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, The Wire, 2300 and much much more. Don't forget details here of the Comic Forum Project here:http://www.thecomicforums.com/forum2//inde...howtopic=166930 Feedback at w.gsforums.co.uk or [email protected]

Join Barry and Stacey (still keep the co-host chair warm for another outing) as they take another headlong dive into the world of geekdom. News: bad news for Spaced 'Colin the dog' fans, Star Wars coming to 3d and Blu-ray and the return of the DFC Week that was: Study in Scarlet, Star Trek: Nero, Doctor Who (spoliers fo the last two episode so be warned) Enjoy!

Rich takes a break as Flint and Stace go through progs 1677, 1678 and 1679. Nuff Said!'

This episode the team takes a look at the various ways women have been represented in fantasy, sci-fi and horror.Touching on themes of independence, the power of sexuality, roles in fictional societies and how we identify with the characters, we skate a meandering path across the surface of this vast topic.Books mentioned include... She, Monstrous Regement, Lord Of The Rings, The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Audition, Dead Until Dark, Carmilla, Revelation Space, Heaven's Net Is Wide.Amongst the chin-stroking and cod intellectual comments we learn a valuable lesson concerning the consumption of beer and ice-cream, fail utterly to mention Ursula LeGuin (doh!) or Angela Carter (double-doh!), and continue our tradition of mis-remembering key plot points.Dion is calling from the moon, so please excuse his sound quality.By the way, does anyone know where Mattie is?He's got big soft eyes, fluffy ears and a bald fat head. There's £5 reward if returned unmolested.

Welcome to Small Press Big Mouth Episode 18. This episode Stace waxes lyrical about all things Hi Ex and reviews a couple of books she picked up there. Lee just about manages to squeeze a couple of words in edgeways to tell you about Bulletproof and Turf. Happy listening!

News: The guys discuss Gears of War 3, Sony's Summer of 3D, the X-COM relaunch amongst other items. Feature: We look at the trend of having codes to access certain extra features in games to encourage retail sales and the new DRM methods employed in the likes of Assassin's Creed 2 on PC Reviews: See what we thought about Red Steel 2, Bioshock 2 and the Multiplayer aspect of Battlefield Bad Company 2.

'This time the Trans-Penine Duo of Kehaar and Grampus look at Corporate Empires in geek fiction - mainly focusing on Weyland-Yutani from the Aliens Franchaise but also looking at such things as RDA (Avatar), Lunar Industries (Moon) as well as Pirates of the Carribbean, Jennifer Government, Lexcorp and others. We also look at such real world examples of self governing corporate colonies as the East India Company, Cecil Rhodes and International Africa Association. We then look at the narrative role these Empires perform and what treatment the Corprorate Empire could undergo in the future. There may be some spoilers. Enjoy

With Dave off on his travels again (something about getting married) Barry is joined by fellow podcaster, the lovely Stacey Whittle for this episode. News Eagle awards nominations now open Lucasfilm developing stars wars comedy Going Postal on sky one Week That Was Hellblazer Dark Entries Hope for the Future True Blood A Team trailer Main We take a look at the very first episode of the new series of Doctor Who. Enjoy and congrats to the newlyweds Mr and Mrs Monteith

Another round of news and review from the world of gaming. Reviews in this episode Heavy Rain Dante's Inferno God of War 3 Just Cause 2 Battlefield Bad Company 2

"After a brief schizo moment from Kehaar the Geeksyndicate networks Professors of Poncy-Poncy get to grips with the Superpower of Oceanina from George Orwell's 1984. All the likely suspects are tackled but somehow Babylon 5, TNG, Original Star Trek, Idiotcracy and The Dark Knight Returns all feature in the ID parade. Guests stars via e Power of Note by Intro-Girl and massive Tekker Girl. Comments and feedback as always welcome. Kehaar completed the Liverpool Half rathon in a not bad for a fat lad time of 2 hours and 7 minutes if you wish to sponsor http://www.justgiving.com/Andrew-Clark1 and remember if you give a man a fish it will feed him for a day, but if you give him a net he can start on a Sea Devil cosplay. The Comic Forum project details are here http://www.thecomicforums.com/forum2//index.php?showtopic=166930"

News Captain America casting news Team Comicana King Arthur gets a modern spin Week That Was Forty-Five Doctor Who - Fugitive New Doctor who trailers New Moon Main We conclude our look at the upcoming TV Pliots.

Chapter 3 – in which our cast, thoroughly exhausted, whiffle on endlessly about a variety of monsters in adapted genre fiction.Epilogue – in which all is brought to a satisfactory end, and some heavy-handed hints are dropped regarding the Scrolls Book Group.

Chapter 2 – in which the nature of the Anti-hero is explained and explored to some depth, with reference to a multitude of books.

Ok folks, here’s Scrolls Episode 2 for your listening pleasure. It comes with our sincere apologies – not for the content, you understand (we like that) but for the huge delay in getting it out to you. Gremlins. Let’s just leave it at that. In an effort to cater to our lunch-time listeners we are trialling a new bite-sized Chapter format. Let us know what you think on the forums. Chapter 1 – in which, despite proverbial advice, books are indeed judged by their covers and someone is revealed to have eaten cat food.

In this very late episode (sorry) the guys look at progs 1674-76 and discuss important topics such as vengeance fisting and whether it's wrong to fancy your sister. As always expect spoilers and language not suitable for the kiddies

Join Dave and Barry as they celebrate their 150th Episode! News Green Lantern Starts Filming,Team Comicana,Secret Wars in the Shetlands! and SGU news Week That Was Black Panther, Lost, Siege issue 2 and Caprica Main A Spoiler free and a Spoiler filled review of the the Kick Ass comic and the movie adaptation.

What's this an episode of Small Press Big Mouth out on time? Yes, yes it is and covering diverse and wonderous comics such as Trenchfoot, Crossed, Crystal Clear and Doctor McNinja where else would you go for all your small and indie press needs? Also featuring music from the utterly fabulous The Stillwells you lucky, lucky people!

News: * Lara Croft Gets a Road * Online Gaming On the Up * Plants Vs Zombies Sales * The Sony Playstation Move * 3D Gaming in June? Demos: * Just Cause 2 Buy Rent Avoid * Aliens Vs Predator * Borderlands * Dragon Age: Origins * X-Men Origins: Wolverine

'This week Kehaar and Grampus wrestle with the slow kid in the Babylon 5 class - the Earth Alliance. With particular attention to the Earth-Minbar War and the Clark Civil War they buffet between topics including space colonisation, first contact and relative scales of unpleasantness in war. We apologise for delays in recording due to 'When Babies Attack' events. No damn shirt collars disappeared or went to Zah'um in the making of this episode. Now get the hell listenng our podcast! An ISN special report confirms Kehaar is doing the Liverpool Half Marathon if you want you can sponsor him hear http://www.justgiving.com/Andrew-Clark1 TWGNN is also willing to sponsor a Comic Forum project - details on the Geeksyndicate forum an executivue summary below from Bluemeanie: "Ok, short version - if we get enough teams to warrant doing it, we were after short comic stories of up to 10 pages max. The theme at the moment is just nerd-life, but this might change if the forum gets fixed and people can actually give feedback.Deadline wise, were talking end of September which should be enough for even the laziest to get 3 or 4 pages together. Then it all gets put in a book, thrown up in Indyplanet and any and all proceeds go to the Hero Initiative.In the past these have just been a bit of fun and only shift copies to people who have something in there, but its still a bit of fun and good practice." Interested wrIters or artists get in touch with Blue Meanie at [email protected] or on the forums Comments on the episode n the forms or [email protected]"

In this episode, Rich and a virtual Flint talk to 2000AD's Graphic Novels editor Keith Richardson after bitching about not being able to get certain trades in the last one. Wanna know whats coming out over the next year? Wanna know how the Meg stories will feature in the Case Files? Wanna know who's been cast as Dredd in the movie? Its all here... well, apart from the last bit anyway.

News Smallville gets another season 24 on the way out A new superhero drame from the creators of Being Human Week That Was Smallville, JLA: When Worlds Collide, Milestone Forever,First Wave,Scott Pilgrim and Siege Main We look at some of the genre TV pilots which are on the way. Please support GS listener Kevin Hynes who along with his brother are shaving their heads to raise money for Cancer Research. Every little helps! https://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/khynes

Welcome to Small Press Big Mouth Episode 16, your hosts Stace and Lee have news and reviews of Harker by Roger Gibson and Vince Danks, Road Crew, Axecop and Asterios Polyp. We also have a great chat about Richard Stark's Parker the Hunter by Darwyn Cooke! We hope you enjoy it!

In this one the guys look at progs 1671-1673 in their own unique (stupid) style. Richard once again annoys the Dante fans and Flint annoys everyone else. As always expect spoilers throughout and non-kiddie friendly language. Badly read out issue synopsis provided by 2000ADReview.co.uk

Welcome to your podcast guide to the murky underbelly of Geekdom...Geek Syndicate! News Doc Savage the movie Atomic Robo gets an advert The synopsis for Granville is released Mark Millar puts out a call for new artists to get inv Week That Was Archer Dungeon Legend of the Seeker Dollhouse Main A roundtable session with James Purefoy about his new film Solomon Kane

Welcome to a special edition of the Next Level in which we reveal our third co-host who will be joining the podcast from now on and a few changes to the podcast. We'll then get down to a bumper edition of reviews, news and more. Enjoy! This new version should fix a previous problem with this episode where the first 20 minutes was repeated. Please redownload this episode if you file isn't labelled TheNextLevelep7updated.mp3 Apologies!

Welcome to your podcast guide to the murky underbelly of Geekdom...Geek Syndicate! News Supernatural gets a another season and loses a showrunner. Athena Voltaire Returns! Week that was Atomic Robo and the Attack of the Vampire Dimension Caprica Runners Smallville The Question 37 Main We have a SFX Weekender debrief session with Editor in chief Dave Bradley Get Yer Geek on Ninjas!

This week Star Wars the Galactic Empire which requires Grampus and Keehar to wrestle with the Empire and its precuror the Galactic Republic via Bismarck, Palpetine opportunist or genius masterplanner (or great humanitarian), the Third French Republic, lethagy in the Republic,and a heated debate over the nature of the Sar Wars economy.'

Join us for the now monthly positive podcast Good Morning Geekdom Episode 4 focuses solely on News so that The Nuge and Iz can give you their in-depth, rational and highly informed (for informed read opinionated) thoughts on current geeky topics such as future Dr Who fashion faux pas’, Avatar XXX (big blue porn), Torchwood USA (or not?), and Newsarama being mean about Mark Strong . Hopefully our tech problems will be sorted by next episode so you will get the full Good Morning Geekdom Experience!

For the first time in AGES we are up to date, so as well as looking at 1669 & 70 the guys also delve back to April 1977 to get stuck into Prog 10. They also find time to talk about PJ Holdens non 2000AD work on Battlefields, offend as many people as possible and question Richards heterosexuality ...a lot. As always, spoilers throughout and non kiddie friendly language.

So here we are at still going at 4am at the end of the SFX Weekender. We discuss the SFX Awards and the Masquerade Ball!

Join us as we review the second day of the SFX Weekender.

Join Barry and Dave as we drunkenly (surprise, surprise) record our review of the 1st day of the SFX weekender. Warning:we were drunk and tired - but don't let that stop you

Two Geeks with no name this time tackle the Empire in Frank Herbert's Dune bouncing like arguementative pinballs off the Holy Roman Empire, early Islamic History, the Jesuits, TE Lawrence and of course John Wayne. Comments, feedback and further debtate welcome on the Geeksyndicate forums or [email protected] Next we'll be looking at Star Wars and the Galactic Empire & the Old Republic.

After an editing disaster it's finally here! Episode 15 of the mighty SMALL PRESS BIG MOUTH finds Stacey inebriated and Lee bewildered - nothing new there then - anyhoo, comics up for discussion this week are The Walking Dead, Owly, Illegal Alien, Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka, Templar Arizona, The Life and Death of Beatrice Shanks and The Big Bang.

Welcome back everyone to the world of Geekdom as seen through the crazy eyes of David Montieth and Barry Nugent. Apologies for having to miss a week due to techinal issues but we're now back on track to bring you all the news, reviews and interviews we can lay our grubby hands on. News: Supernatutal season 6 ?, Brightest Day gets some bling, Dracula gets a reboot and news on Sherlock Holmes 2 Week That Was: Heroes,Batman: Battle for the Cowl, 24,Sanctuary Atomic Robo beyond time, Fables Volume 12 and more Main: We get the low down on the upcoming geek extravaganza that is the SFX weekender from the editor of the SFX magazine, David Bradley. Enjoy!

Everything comes back to 2000AD episode 18 where the guys look at progs 1666-68 (because they are the newest ones) , the The Megazine #293 (because they are shallow and get mentioned in it) and The Dead : Kingdom of Flies (because Rich loves the Bisley). As usual spoilers and non kiddie friendly language throughout.

Welcome to another episode of Geek Syndicate. Apologies for the laterness of the episode which down to computer troubles. News: Spidey Reboot, Star Wars gets seedier than Mos Eisley, The Spectre gears up for his animated debut and Brightest Day talk.Week that was: The Dead, Being Human, Doghouse and the A-team trailer.Main: We take a look at some of european comics we've picked up recently from Cinebooks.

Welcome to the pilot episode of Scrolls, the podcast for literary geekdom.The team first explores some of the influences that got us interested in fantasy, sci-fi and horror back in the day. We then roll an eye over the books we've been reading most recently, before beginning the first of our (soon to be legendary) discussions about the vast flood of literary adaptations out there. Finally we share some of the books we feel compelled to come back to again and again.Amongst it all we wander between swearing monkeys, dead wasps and the joyously camp fifth ghostbuster. We ponder deep mysteries such as the genre placement of Muppet Treasure Island and just how easy it would be to get a can of coke in Mordor. We also discover which member of the cast cheated at Fighting Fantasy,which one rates The Very Hungry Caterpillar as a formative piece of genre fiction and who thinks there's just something special about a pangolin.