The Geekbox

Wherein we discuss the 2026 Oscars, The Last Drive-In, the (third?) death of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Overwatch, Nvidia's latest AI nonsense, Final Fantasy V, Pokopia, the Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and the upcoming Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat movies. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Paramount's hostile takeover of Warner Bros., Pokemon Day 2026, Pokemon Winds and Waves, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Final Fantasy V, Xenoblade Chronicles, long console generations, and Playmates Toys. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Castlevania, The Boys, Gen V, Higgins' nerd garage, 2026's insane PC hardware prices, Mario Tennis Fever, the 2026 Winter Olympics, ESPN and MLB nonsense, and Final Fantasy vs. Pokemon. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss our own ineptitude, the podcast's 17th anniversary, Higgins' latest Japan vacation, Capcom Creation: Moving Hearts Across the Globe, playing all the NES black box games, the Mario sports games, Pluribus (spoiler warning!), Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Scream 7, the modern trading card market, and the Superb Owl. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss how TV sucks now, Netflix (maybe) buying Warner Bros., The Chair Company (spoiler warning!), Pluribus (spoiler warning!), Stranger Things (spoiler warning!), It: Welcome to Derry, and Marvel Cosmic Invasion. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Thanksgiving, The Chair Company (spoiler warning!), Pluribus (spoiler warning!), Stranger Things, crazy Netflix ads, unreasonably long TV watch lists, Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster, Pokemon Legends: Z-A, and the $9 million comic book. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster, Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, The Chair Company, Pluribus, Frankenstein, and the end (?) of Super Sentai. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Halloween season, Weapons, The Chair Company, Donkey Kong Bananza, and replaying the Final Fantasy franchise. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the end of TiVo, Perfect Blue, Tron: Ares, Hades II, the worst fast food, collectible-scalping, Batman: Caped Crusader, and a very special apology. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss all the Game Boys, Nintendo's big leadership change, WataGames and PSA game-grading nonsense (the PSA is "don't do this"), Magic: The Awkward Office Gathering, Alice in Borderland, and Weapons. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Tropical Storm Mario, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, Pokemon Pokopia, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, Virtual Boy for Nintendo Switch Online, Mario Tennis Fever, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, Hades II, Dragon Quest VII, Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake, consulting the Zelda timeline, the 2025 Emmy Awards, The Paper, and an eternity of The Simpsons. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss power outage-themed episodes of 1990s TV sitcoms, Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster, Donkey Kong Bananza, and replaying aaaaaaaaaaall the Final Fantasies. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Superman (spoiler warning!), The Fantastic Four: First Steps (spoiler warning!), The Naked Gun, City of Heroes: Homecoming, and Final Fantasy XIV. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the Neo Geo, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Superman, Clayface, Buffy-speak in movies, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the Mortal Kombat II trailer, Sinners (spoiler warning!), and Last Night in Soho. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the Alamo Drafthouse, KPop Demon Hunters, Squid Game, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Superman, the secret origin of Lex Luthor's power armor, Stop Killing Games, Superman's rogues gallery, the weird marketing of Fantastic Four: First Steps. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Final Fantasy II, Peak, Intruder, Final Destination: Bloodlines, Friendship, and sportsball. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss sportsball, the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, Mario Kart World, all the Summer Game Fest shenanigans, Nintendo's new San Francisco store, modern beat-'em-ups, and the Mission: Impossible franchise. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins, with special guest Toby Sidler.

Wherein we discuss Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order chaos, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles figure #45, Abiotic Factor, The Rehearsal season 2, Free Comic Book Day, the very weird summer we're about to have, and Video Games Plus. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the Nintendo Switch 2 (and all the tariff nonsense surrounding it and the rest of... everything really), Blue Prince, The Last of Us, Teen Titans Go!, Peaky Blinders, and Longlegs. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the live-action Gundam movie, Disney remakes, Nintendo's film aspirations, Pretty Sailor Moon: The Super Live, touring the Pokemon Company, Severance, Abiotic Factor, and Dragon Quest. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Severance (massive spoilers up through season 2 episode 9!), Gundam Breaker 4, Monster Hunter Wilds, and The Roottrees Are Dead. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss this week's tragic celebrity deaths, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, Severance (massive spoilers up through season 2 episode 7!), and the 2025 Academy Awards. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Captain America: Brave New World, the Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer, Heretic, Nosferatu, The Substance, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, more upcoming Japan visits, and Severance (major spoiler warning for season 2!). Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Batman: The Last Halloween, Severance (massive spoiler warning through Season 1 Episode 3), the return of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, sitcoms in the 2020s, and Matlock (and other old people shows we're into). Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Marvel Snap, Marvel Rivals, the Nintendo Switch 2, Elden Ring Nightreign, Farming Simulator 25, Severance, Shogun, Ichi the Killer, our favorite dumb anime, and David Lynch. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins, with special guest Josh Epstein.

Wherein we discuss the 2024 holiday season and Higgins' latest trip to Japan. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss our cyberpunk reality, Higgins' upcoming Japan trip, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (no that is not a typo), the moviegoing experience in 2024, Kraven the Hunter, Pop Culture Jeopardy, 1980s horror movie box art, and the upcoming Christmas holiday. Starring Ran Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss only the most non-boring topics, like investment accounts, Bluesky adoption rate, Google's would-be breakup, getting used to Windows 11, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, and the very exciting Legend of Zelda timeline. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the Twitter exodus, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket, the Nintendo Alarmo, Super Nintendo World's Donkey Kong Country, theme park ride tolerance, The Penguin, and Three-Face. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss a bunch of utter nonsense, Halloween-adjacent garbage, video game tomfoolery, and other such junk, because this is a spooky Comedy Button takeover, baby. Starring Ryan Scott, with special guests Brian Altano and Max Scoville.

Where in we discuss Final Fantasy, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Nintendo's latest emulator blowback, Archipelago, Smile 2's creepy viral marketing, Joker: Folie a Deux, DC's upcoming movies, and Uzumaki. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss concert hell, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, replaying Final Fantasy, and the mystery of why AI is everywhere. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the end of baseball and tennis, the Legend of Zelda timeline (and other continuity nightmares), Gen Con 2024, Pokemon Scarlet, Higgins' Final Fantasy series marathon, The Boys, and weird bizarre celebrity lives. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss comic reprints and reissues, Higgins' cord-cutting, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the future of Friday the 13th, Deadpool & Wolverine (major spoiler warning!), and the Nintendo Museum. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss San Diego Comic-Con 2024, the Fantastic Four (and the multiverse!), all things Deadpool, Game Informer's tragic and sudden demise, the 2024 Summer Olympics, Batman: Caped Crusader, and Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss PC power supply issues, Cruel World, band T-shirt etiquette, weird collectibles, Dragon Quest's upcoming HD-2D remake, various and sundry Final Fantasy stuff, Friday the 13th, Balatro, Pokemon Scarlet, sportsball, Doctor Who, Late Night with the Devil, Beetlejuice, and Jurassic Park. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss San Diego Comic-Con 2024 hype, Higgins vs. Deadpool, Beavis and Butt-Head, Cobra Kai, Fortnite, Final Fantasy XIV, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wheren we discuss the state of video games, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D, Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Beavis and Butt-Head, and Final Fantasy XIV. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss SATAN'S PODCAST, Interview with the Vampire, elevated horror vs. cozy horror, Abigail, Beavis and Butt-Head, Doctor Who, Green Lantern, Summer Game Fest, Power Rangers, and Toxic Crusaders. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the Comic Conspiracy and Patton Oswalt, Higgins' media sorting obsession, Shogun, Invincible, The Walking Dead, Final Fantasy XIV, the world's puzzling obsession with pickleball, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Free Comic Book Day. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss being sick, Game Developers Conference 2024, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, X-Men 97, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster, and Mother 3. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Reddit (and being like Keanu), Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and empty nostalgia, sequels and sequelitis, Tammy and the T-Rex, X-Men '97, and Princess Peach: Showtime. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the Nintendo vs. Yuzu saga, and the state of video game emulation in 2024. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss The Walking Dead, streaming and the accessibility of digital media, the death of DVD special features, X-Men '97, Beetlejuice, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, member-berries, Final Destination, and the 2024 D.I.C.E. Summit. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss our boring weather, Dazzler at the big sportsball game, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, World of Warcraft, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Bear, The Curse, I Think You Should Leave, and Final Fantasy VII Remake (and Rebirth). Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the podcast's 15th anniversary, Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, the glorious jump from season 1-2 in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the times Higgins turned on his PlayStation 5 last year. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the Game Awards 2023, Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Adam's Italian vacation. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Thanksgiving (and Black Friday) 2023, Higgins' crazy Plex media server, Wish, TV Time, Monarch, Doctor Who, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Final Fantasy XIV, the Saw franchise, and The Curse. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss all the new and upcoming movies that Higgins hates, Nintendo's Legend of Zelda live-action movie, the inevitability of Chris Pratt, and a whole lot of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.