The Geekbox

Wherein we discuss Area 5's sweet new video game documentary, sportsball, Gabrielle Anwar, the 4th 87th Annual Geekbox Awards, Nintendo's wacky Internet logic, our favorite and most missed Geekbox hosts, the 2014 Super Mario Kart championships, and Rust. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest Matt Chandronait.

Wherein we discuss being down with the sickness, more wrong opinions on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, awesome stuff from the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, Steam Machines vs. consoles vs. PCs, Project Christine, building your own PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One sales-to-date, the future of backwards compatibility in games, region-locked content, Sherlock (no spoilers!), Community, Breaking Bad, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Tomb Raider, and the many awesome games of early 2014. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Oregon's world-famous hipsters, Doctor Who (more spoilers for the Christmas special!), An Adventure in Space and Time, Michael Bay's big CES moment, Ultra HD, the madness of motion interpolation, the pros and cons of cable TV, PlayStation Now, and Steam Machine prices. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the end of 2013, Higgins' take on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor (big spoiler warning!), The 1996 Doctor Who TV movie, the awesomeness of Paul McGann, Breaking Bad, Hyrule Warriors, and NES Remix. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss time travel, science, the next-gen E3 Expo, Bravely Default, Super Smash Bros., Dark Souls II, Yarn Yoshi, Dungeons & Dragons Next, geeky board games, Cards Against Humanity, random Army stuff, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Mario Kart 8, Destiny, EarthBound (with bonus pro tips!), Interstellar, Guardians of the Galaxy, Only Lovers Left Alive, True Blood, super-nerdism, Edge of Tomorrow, RoboCop, Almost Human, Sherlock, and science again. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest April Scott.

Wherein we discuss Dungeons & Dragons, other nerdy tabletop games, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Shia LeBeouf's psychotic break, the Sandman movie, YouTube's insanity, the temperature of fire, the stupidest Ghosts 'n Goblins fans ever, and terrible products. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest April Scott.

Wherein we discuss weird Japanese game shows, VGX, The Daily Show vs. World of Warcraft, the modern Disney Renaissance, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, insane Man of Steel 2 casting rumors, Booster Gold, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Super Mario 3D World, Escape from the Time Travel Lab, and Google Voice. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest Toby Sidler.

Wherein we discuss no one knowing who anyone is, the Princes of Persia, the end of the Year of Luigi, the Mario Bros.' occupation, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Bravely Default, super-long games, broken PlayStation 4s, ongoing Batman: Arkham Origins issues, consumer buying habits, Frozen, and The Book of Mormon (light spoiler warning!). Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss questions from Twitter, the big Steambox reveal, Xbox One and Kinect issues, backwards compatibility for console games, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, The Shallow Crown, Doctor Who, The Day of the Doctor (massive spoilers), Super Mario 3D World, and the economics of the Mushroom Kingdom. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest April Scott.

Wherein we discuss Melissa McCarthy, British comedies, Ghostbusters 3 vs. Beetlejuice 2, The Night of the Doctor, getting ready for the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, the "Keep Calm and Carry On" meme, crazy review scores, Star Wars inevitabilities, Senran Kagura Burst, PlayStation 4, livestreamed games, Xbox One, Super Mario 3D World, and Green Lantern. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss all kinds of history, Thor: The Dark World, the defects of Star Wars, the defects of comic book continuity vs. movie continuity, Doctor Who, Breaking Bad, BlizzCon 2013, World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Path of Exile, re-specs in games, and next-gen sports games. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss terrible websites, the average person's comic book knowledge, the average comic's lack of anything that would enhance said knowledge, Star Wars sequels and fan petitions, Breath of Fire II's terrible translation, Sonic Lost World, Wii vs. Wii U, the impending holiday console launch, cloud gaming, and the numbering of things. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss stupid toys, expensive comics, Batman: Arkham Origins (and Arkham Origins Blackgate), Steampunk Dracula, Once Upon a Time, Fables, The Wolf Among Us, Yumi's Odd Odyssey, digital-only games, the Ace Attorney pantheon, Pokemon X and Y, The Stanley Parable, Sherlock, and this week's two big superhero movie trailers. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest April Scott.

Wherein we discuss annoying ads, the Mothman, Escape from the Bank, anachronistic scavenger hunts, Breaking Bad (mild season 1 spoilers), stories that drag on for too long, Harry Potter, Stephen King vs. the murder van, Pokemon X and Y, Device 6, the costs of media, The Wonderful 101, the Black Friday 3DS XL, those really bad Zelda games for CD-i. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest Max Scoville.

Wherein we discuss BlizzCon 2013 goodies, Disneyland, Pokemon X and Y, Clicking Bad, Breaking Bad (very vague spoilers through season 4), Doctor Who, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Joss Whedon and Shakespeare, Nintendo game sales, sweet 3DS XL special editions, Super Mario 3D World, Killer Instinct, and Mortal Kombat: Legacy season 2. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest April Scott.

Wherein we discuss Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, free-to-play vs. play-to-win, more late-to-the-party raving about Breaking Bad (minor season 1 spoilers), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., raft facts, Star Wars non-news, the Gabriel Knight remake, Bones, a rambling history of Nintendo's best-seller lists, Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl, and Retro Magazine. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Justin's epic betrayal, watching porn on government computers, the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. series premiere, how to write an episode of Lost, Breaking Bad (no finale spoilers!), shows about very bad people, the logistics of cable TV, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, the Wii U Virtual Console, Tecmo Bowl, and the Steam Machine. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guests Alea Garbagnati and Chris Noyes.

Wherein we discuss Cookie Clickers, Card Hunter, annoying Big Bang Theory references, Doctor Who, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Grand Theft Auto V, Dexter, giving up on TV shows, and Sleepy Hollow. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

This special episode of the Geekbox is an audio recording of the GFW Radio reunion panel from PAX Prime 2013 in Seattle, WA. It reunites Games for Windows: The Official Magazine editors (and podcasters) Jeff Green, Sean Molloy, Ryan Scott, Shawn Elliott, Robert Ashley, and Anthony Gallegos for an all-too-brief hour of the sort of insightful (and occasionally horrifying) discussion that made GFW Radio so awesome in the first place. Special thanks to Aaron Simmer, James Faulkner, and our awesome audience!

Wherein we discuss really short sporting events, the end of Burn Notice (mild spoilers at worst), catching up on Eureka, David Tennant's Doctor Who run, days gone by, Chrono Trigger, EarthBound, MMOs and microtransactions, Blizzard's big 180 with Diablo III, Car Battler Joe, Grand Theft Auto V, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, Kabuki Quantum Fighter, and River City Ransom. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss soccer, tooth extractions, writing in video games, price vs. value, Batwoman's bachelorette status, suicidal Harley Quinn, DC Comics' current lineup, Apple vs. gaming, the Oculus Rift, potential pitfalls of the next-gen console launch, awesome speedruns, our all-time favorite TV shows, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, and epic twerking fails. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest Jose Otero.

Wherein we discuss Elysium, The World's End, The A-Team, Guardians of the Galaxy, awesome voice actors, Inspector Gadget, PAX Prime 2013, Mega Man, Mighty No. 9, Plants vs. Zombies 2, nerdy podcast panels, Felicia Day's nerdy book club, the five freebies list, the Nintendo 2DS, Cards Against Humanity, Ryan Higgins' newfound alcoholism, Hate Plus, and Grand Theft Auto V. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Justin Haywald, with special guests April Scott and Toby Sidler.

Wherein we discuss stuff we don't understand, Ben Affleck as Batman, cheap Internet traffic, ads for ads, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, the end of the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game, and Michigan StreetPass hackers. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss dying cows, digital rights management and the moral perils of piracy, the comic book biz, Plants vs. Zombies 2, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Gone Home, Outside Lands 2013, Attack of the Friday Monsters: A Tokyo Tale, and DuckTales Remastered. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Canadian accents, DuckTales Remastered, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Guacamelee!, controller-throwing moments, Rogue Legacy, pricey Xenoblade Chronicles copies, comic books vs. minorities, Dragon's Crown, Senran Kagura, NES maintenance, Neil Gaiman, bad reading habits, Game of Thrones, Microsoft's latest Xbox 180, Wii U connection issues, terrible Kickstarter projects, and click-bait headlines. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guests Mitch Dyer and April Scott.

Wherein we discuss the Swedish Chef, supporting your non-local soccer team, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, the next Doctor Who, the next Batman, Michael Keaton, Dark Shadows, Batman '66, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, 3DS StreetPass games, EarthBound, and localization stories. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guests Fredrik Elmegren, Jakob Grefback, and Andrea Hellman.

Wherein we discuss remodeling, Real Escape Room, really angry Call of Duty players, this week's big Fez II drama, other Internet freak-outs, the Google, "agency," EarthBound, awesome old games, The Conjuring, ghost-hunting, and aliens. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest April Scott.

Wherein we discuss San Diego Comic-Con 2013, the Psych musical, lines on lines, Sherlock (season 2 spoiler warning), X-Men: Days of Future Past, Jennifer Lawrence, Guardians of the Galaxy, Superman vs. Batman, the DC Comics cinematic universe, Bryan Cranston, Godzilla, Community, Sleepy Hollow, The Walking Dead, EarthBound, and Fangamer. Starring Ryan Scott and Justin Haywald, with special guests Brock Sager and April Scott.

Wherein we discuss Nintendo's crazy policies, New Super Mario Bros., the Pebble Watch, crazy Kickstarters, EarthBound, Ryan Higgins' favorite games, Western role-playing games, California Extreme 2013, digital pinball, Pacific Rim, and The Last of Us (spoiler warning!). Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the casualness of Jeopardy!, the glory of Stephen Fry, The Lone Ranger, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the bad kind), Chrono Trigger, Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the harsh realities of game development, Nintendo's latest lunacy, and the best games of 2006. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Olivia Jane.

Wherein we discuss the return of old friends, weird diets, commercials for dumb baby games, grossly disproportionate retribution, Zynga's follies, Candy Crush Saga, Rogue Legacy, the sizes of our screens, the best games 2005, Game & Wario, MMO addiction, and Animal Crossing: New Leaf (again). Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Olivia Jane, with special guest April Scott.

Wherein we discuss TV show endings, The Last of Us, Uncharted, Indiana Jones' worst moments, the most insane Goonies-related musings ever, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded, the Ouya, New Super Luigi U, and the best games of 2004. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Ryan Higgins, and Olivia Jane.

Wherein we discuss Olivia's higher education, E3 2013, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Hideo Kojima's wild 'n' crazy design sensibilities, indie games, Surgeon Simulator 2013, Hometown Story, The Last of Us, the Metacritic scores of United States highways, USgamer, and Man of Steel (major spoiler warning!). Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Ryan Higgins, and Olivia Jane.

Wherein we discuss OMGWTFPOP, proper Angry Birds etiquette, the next Doctor Who, what we want out of E3 2013, Nintendo's Wii U rumors, the new voice of Solid Snake, Venture Brothers: Season 5, Game of Thrones (no spoilers), and shocking series finales. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the center of the Curiosity cube, the Doctor Who series 7 finale (spoiler warning!), FanimeCon 2013, stupid terrible anime, Super Metroid, White Collar, USA Network's showrunning science, and the best games of 2003. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss TV show credits, Star Trek Into Darkness (obvious spoiler warning), Doctor Who, Warwick Davis, the Xbox One, Super Metroid, and Starship Damery. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins, with special guests Alea Garbagnati and Chris Noyes.

Wherein we discuss Canadian geography, fake cartoon money, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Burn Notice, Bruce Campbell's rocky television career, The X-Files, BioShock Infinite (big spoiler warning), The Great Gatsby, Doctor Who (with lots of 50th anniversary speculation), and the best games of 2002. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins, with special guests Mitch Dyer and Charlie West.

Wherein we discuss sportsball, Mega Man, save states in retro games, Iron Man 3 (big spoiler warning), Guardians of the Galaxy, the Justice League movie, BioShock Infinite, Doctor Who, Torchwood, and Adam's favorite Harry Potter/soccer crossover. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Ryan Higgins, and special guest Chris Noyes.

Wherein we discuss immortal sea creatures, waterbears, Injustice: Gods Among Us, the latest on Olivia's Metal Gear Solid saga, BioShock Infinite, Nintendo's terrible week, and the best games of 2001. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Ryan Higgins, and Olivia Jane.

Wherein we discuss the Metal Gear saga, extreme emulation problems, Kickstarting the best video game magazine, video game documentaries, Hannibal, other terrible TV shows, Starcrash, Hardware Wars, every Star Wars movie at the same time, and Nintendo's recent slew of big announcements. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Ryan Higgins, and Olivia Jane.

Wherein we discuss sweet retro-gaming finds at Goodwill, professionally graded media, breakin' the BART rules, Evil Dead, the new Man of Steel trailer, Ninja Turtles, LucasArts, and the new half-season of Doctor Who. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Ryan Higgins, and Olivia Jane.

Wherein we discuss the apparent godliness of Bob Seger, childhood censorship, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Doctor Who, Hannibal, Higgins vs. annoying teenage girls, our earliest movie memories, Jurassic Park, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, the Geekbox's NES Collection List, Adam's wild Japanese adventures, and the best games of 2000. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest Olivia Jane.

Wherein we discuss our favorite April Fool's Day jokes, Neverwinter, really long games, Life's Too Short, This Is the End, Game of Thrones, scary movies, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Iron Man 3: Chinese Edition, the DC and Marvel movie universes, The Organ Trail, Doctor Who (spoiler warning!), and the latest crazy Metal Gear Solid hoax. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins, with special guests Alea Garbagnati, Olivia Jane, and Chris Noyes.

Wherein we discuss the final 1UP podcast, DuckTales Remastered, the Dungeons & Dragons arcade games, virtual consoles, Square Enix's financial woes, the future of triple-A games, Infinite Crisis, Injustice: Gods Among Us, and the best games of 1999. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins, with special guest Brock Sager.

Wherein we discuss the pretentiousness of Texas, the impending death of Google Reader, Windows 8, SimCity's broken A.I., EA's executive shuffle, the absurdly successful Veronica Mars movie Kickstarter, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, the joy of rhythm games, and the best games of 1998. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins, with special guests Olivia Jane and Long Nguyen.

Wherein we discuss passive-aggression, how much we love Karen Chu, our awesome comic shop, Tomb Raider, SimCity, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, new Star Wars shows, Neverwinter (sort of), Defiance, Shroud of the Avatar, and When in Rome (NOT the Olsen twins movie). Starring Ryan Scott, Karen Chu, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Flight, Airplane!, the G.I. Joe movies, our own April O'Neil casting call, old guys kicking butt, old guys NOT kicking butt, Real Husbands of Hollywood, the future of the DC movie universe, The Evil Dead, They Might Be Giants, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Intelligent Systems, Etrian Odyssey IV, the horrors of Blockbuster Video, and the best games of 1997. Starring Ryan Scott, Karen Chu, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss botched audio, the death of 1UP and GameSpy, the big PlayStation 4 announcement, extreme car fetishism, awkward Final Fantasy non-announcements, awesome Diablo III non-announcements, Chinese achievement-farmers, livestreamed games, social media on consoles, how to use Tumblr, Cliff Bleszinski's crazy predictions, 2012 Oscar-bait, the Internet police, and live-action anime adaptations. Starring Ryan Scott, Karen Chu, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest Greg Kromer.

Wherein we discuss critical hits, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Twitter etiquette, the PlayStation Cloud, backwards compatibility, Sony's launch lineups over the years, The Cave, Warm Bodies, Magic: The Gathering, and the greatest games of 1995. Starring Ryan Scott, Karen Chu, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss next-gen consoles, Sony's E3 embarrassments, the secret history of YouTube, Wii U-exclusive games (or the lack thereof), Ryan Higgins vs. reasonable perceptions, Nintendo's uphill battle, retro Batman, the already-aborted Justice League movie. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins.