The Geekbox

Wherein we discuss COMPLETELY incorrect milestones because your host is a math-challenged imbecile, the life and legacy of David Bowie, the Geekbox Awards, the awesome things that Higgins hates, the terrible things that Higgins loves, Childhood's End, Adam explaining stuff, the biggest surprise of 2015, awesome comics, Louie, Doctor Who, Steven Universe, Daredevil, Fargo, Rick and Morty, Star Wars: The Force Awakens (and how it transcends EVERYTHING), Inside Out, Jurassic World, Ex Machina, Mad Max: Fury Road, Rocket League, Fallout 4, Yoshi's Woolly World, Splatoon, Super Mario Maker, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Kerbal Space Program, Bloodborne, Life Is Strange, and our favorite podcast guests of 2015. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss jock symphonies, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, premium movie-going experiences, The Hateful Eight, our new year vacations, board games, Yoshi's Woolly World, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (spoiler warning!), Elementary (MAJOR spoiler warning!), our most anticipated media of 2016, Fire Emblem: Fates, spoilers in movie trailers, Evil Dead, Pandemic: Legacy, and the right way to buy a TV. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Star Wars at Disneyland, the many mysteries of Boba Fett, overly long explanations of Star Wars memes, Star Wars: The Force Awakens (spoiler warning!), watching Star Wars for the first time in your 70s, Doctor Who, passing the torch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Strange, Jessica Jones, The Matrix vs. Star Wars, and Star Wars: Episode 8 speculation. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Star Wars: The Force Awakens (massive spoiler warning for all aspects of the movie!). Starring Ryan Scott, with special guests Chris Noyes and April Scott.

Wherein we discuss turning off the Internet to avoid Star Wars spoilers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Star Trek Beyond, Independence Day: Resurgence, Doctor Who (season 9 spoiler warning!), Childhood's End, our first encounters with each other, comic book movie fatigue, and crazy movie twists. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss Doctor Who (massive spoilers for all of season 9), PlayStation Experience 2015, Rez VR, the Final Fantasy VII remake, Psychonauts 2, Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin, PlayStation VR, Ratchet & Clank, Minecraft for Wii U, the meaningless of "beta," Batman vs. Superman, and Captain America: Civil War, and our unreasonable fear of Star Wars spoilers. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss last week's Ryan-less episode, Bloodborne: The Old Hunters, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Until Dawn, Her Story, Undertale, Tales from the Borderlands, Downwell, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Kerbal Space Program, Fallout 4, Badge Arcade, Pokemon Picross, microtransations, Russian names, Jessica Jones, bad first impressions, and musical spin-offs. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss Ryan Scott, Heroes & Villains Fan Fest, catching up on Flash, Jessica Jones, playing Fallout 4 for 2 days straight, David Bowie's "Blackstar", Doctor Who episode "Face the Raven", Justin TV, World of Warcraft never going free-to-play, favorite childhood toys, and holiday traditions. Starring Ryan Higgins, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss Gen-Y, the forthcoming Memento remake, Fallout 4, Overwatch, our picks for the next James Bond, singles day, Higgins' DJ cred, the Blu-ray boxed sets that we love, chance vs. skill in games, Venture Bros., and the TV shows that have been denied their proper endings. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss Puerto Rico, Airbnb's lordship of San Francisco, Adam's wedding, Hawaiian cuisine (and a history lesson), BlizzCon 2015, World of Warcraft: Legion, Overwatch (on consoles!), Hearthstone: League of Explorers, the Warcraft movie trailer, Justin's Warcraft movie set visit, Metal Gear Solid 2, escape rooms, and the (remote) possibility of Star Wars: The Force Awakens being bad. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest Luis Rafael.

Wherein we discuss Halloween at Disneyland, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Doctor Who, the Preacher trailer (and comic), the new Star Trek TV show, Netflix vs. everything else, YouTube Red, the Star Wars characters who need their own spin-off series, our favorite horror games, and purging our giant nerd collections. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss the good old LucasArts days, Day of the Tentacle HD, Back to the Future Day, Star Wars, the stone-cold lawyers at Snopes, wild Batman conspiracy theories, Doctor Who, Elementary, the Star Trek cruise, Harrison Ford, San Francisco's doomed Lucas museum, the Life Is Strange finale, and The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang, with special guest James Spafford.

Wherein we discuss Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Darkest Dungeon, the right way to introduce people to Star Wars, Yoshi's Woolly World, The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, True Detective (spoiler warning for season 1!), Fargo, Doctor Who, and our near-death experiences. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest April Scott.

Wherein we discuss Halloween costumes, bachelor non-parties, wedding preparations, Metal Gear Solid, furniture snobbery, Doctor Who, voodoo, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, The Muppets, 80 Days, "valet" vs. "valet," Broom Service, Arkham Horror, our favorite moments in games, driving our significant others crazy, our awesome Halloween pumpkin carvings, and then Blue Beetle/Booster Gold movie. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss Adam's wedding preparations, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear pachinko machines, Bloodborne, our 2015 game of the year contenders, the truth about yokai, The Martian, Mad Max: Fury Road, Doctor Who, our most precious nerd swag, Pepsi of the future, and the arcade games that we wish we owned. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss Tokyo Game Show 2015, Grand Blue Fantasy, the Japanese train system, the Ghibli Museum, strange European food-ordering practices, giant breakfasts, the biggest games in Japan, cosplayers, The Muppets, Doctor Who (spoiler warning!), Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, Twin Peaks, our favorite video game characters, our favorite vacation spots, and the best horror movies. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang, with special guests Chris Noyes and April Scott.

Wherein we discuss bad engagement photos, Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows, super-tough Super Mario Maker levels, Doctor Who's season 9 premiere, the not-so-crazy things we've done for our geek swag, Real Escape Room advice, and the cheapest ways we've earned our video game victories. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Tokyo geography, Pathfinder, Higgins' big nerdy wedding, bad taste in movies, Super Mario Maker, level design, Nintendo's new president, time zone woes, sportsball, and people named Barry. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang, with special guest Chris Noyes.

Wherein we discuss The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mr. Holmes, the new Star Wars toys, wild weddings, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, library science, smart games, the most important websites in our lives, the things that our significant others get annoyed with us about, serialized vs. one-off TV shows, and livestreaming. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest April Scott.

Wherein we discuss Dark Souls III, PAX Prime 2015, the Shovel Knight Amiibo, Rock Band 4 vs. Guitar Hero Live, Oculus Touch vs. HTC Vive, The Flash, (Green) Arrow, Fantastic Four, the worst tabletop RPG session ever, Achievements in games, the board games that we'd want to see made into movies, and our greatest professional achievements. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss flying the friendly skies, the Las Vegas Film Festival, Bobcat Goldthwait, indie movies shot on iPhones, Nintendo's big 2015 plans, Higgins' honeymoon destinations, Super Mario Maker, Nintendo's disk-less system patent, Zombi, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone's new expansion, The Binding of Isaac, Omega Labyrinth, console vs. PC gaming, and Ultima Online horror stories. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss the state of Georgia, lawyering, one (former) Nintendo employee's very bad decision, speaking German in Germany, World of Warcraft: Legion, the present and future of the MMO, Diablo III grinding, Agar.io, Final Fantasy XIV, how to find level 1 in The Legend of Zelda, Rusty's Real Deal Baseball, our favorite documentaries, Shovel Knight, the new Star Wars theme parks, and the Disney rides that we want to see made into movies. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang, with special guest Jason Fletcher.

Wherein we discuss insect problems, visiting Germany, Shovel Knight, Awesome Games Done Quick, Mighty No. 9, Red Ash, Konami's strange HR practices, the Nintendo lifers, King's Quest, World of Warcraft, Brad Bird's vision of the future, Chaos on the Bridge, The Simpsons' longevity, the best TV shows ever, the most traumatizing kids' movies, our favorite Disney movies, and our feelings on Superman. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Back to the Future day, Ant-Man, Adam Sandler's terrible garbage, Jurassic Park 5: Jurassic World 2, Dragon Quest XI, Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes, Rocket League, Her Story and cheesy FMV games, Quiplash, Elite: Dangerous, Space Alert, Dead of Winter, Camel Up, Shovel Knight, stupid fedoras, and our personal fashion. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss bad Australian accents, a different perspective on San Diego Comic-Con, Disneyland's 60th anniversary celebration, adventures at Club 33, California Extreme, Ant-Man, weird celebrity idiots, and the nature of game development. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang, with special guest Jon Ackfun.

Wherein we discuss the life and legacy of Satoru Iwata, San Diego Comic-Con 2015, Doctor Who, the pizzapocalypse, Steven Universe, leaked trailers, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Deadpool, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Inside Out, Her Story, Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard's desgn philosophy, the Cliff's Notes to the Geekbox, our fondest Nintendo memories, and the hardest video game levels we've ever played. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss Mr. Robot, the Splatoon Splat-non-fest, true American stuff for July 4, soccer things, Advance Wars, Mega Man karaoke, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Batman: Arkham Knight (massive spoiler warning!), possible Superman games, small tech stuff that gets us hot and bothered, the perils of getting rid of unformatted hard drives, and the superheroes we wish really existed. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the Spanish Spider-Man, Batman: Arkham Knight (spoiler warning for a big mid-game event!), Inside Out, Ghostbusters, The Thick of It, subtitles vs. headphones, Chrono Trigger, Fallout Shelter, the dumbest things we did as kids, being nice to people, and the most insane game developers. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guests Ryan Hess and Erick Peña.

Wherein we discuss the 2015 Nintendo World Championships, Tetris vs. Dr. Mario, EarthBound Beginnings, Shigeru Miyamoto sightings, the E3 experience, the reaction to Nintendo's E3 presentation, Metroid Prime: Federation Force, Star Fox Zero, Splatoon, downloadable content, The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, Super Mario Maker, the Final Fantasy VII remake, Fallout 4, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Jurassic World, and future Final Fantasy remakes. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest Mike Yi.

Wherein we discuss E3 2015, Splatoon, Butt Sniffin Pugs, interviewing people on-camera, the 2015 Nintendo World Championships, the big E3 press conferences, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, The Last Guardian, Shenmue III, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Final Fantasy VII, Kingdom Hearts III, Destiny, Dreams, Horizon Zero Dawn, Nintendo puppets, Animal Crossing Amiibos, Star Fox Zero, Yoshi's Woolly World, Harvest Moon, E3 expectations and realities, weird moon people, and sweet loot. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Alice Liang, with special guest Andrew Fitch.

Wherein we discuss E3 2015 predictions, Max Headroom, Metroid, Super Mario Strikers, The Last Guardian, the big E3 press conferences, Splatoon, the best games of 2009, Game Center CX, Ryan Scott vs. Uncharted, decisions in games that made us feel bad, geek weddings, the best (and worst) of Mega Man, the 1990 Nintendo World Championships, and the RPG classes that we gravitate toward. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss psuedo-concussions, shooting people in the head, the horrors of Los Angeles, Game of Thrones (non-spoiler warning!), weird celebrity sightings, forgetting to eat, alternating between The Witcher 3 and Splatoon, Life Is Strange: Episode 3, The Judge, Wii U games and Kickstarter, One Piece, the next video games (and books) in each of our queues, and the video game movies that we want to see. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss FanimeCon 2015, the future of anime, back-alley anime deals, creepy cosplay, Game of Thrones (spoiler warning!), the grim and gritty media machine, Tomorrowland, hardcore goth events at Disneyland, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, role-playing decisions in games, the most-anticipated games that disappointed us, the melancholy of checking media off our to-do lists, the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the games we couldn't wait to play. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang, with special guest Evan Minto.

Wherein we discuss '80s music, Mad Max: Fury Road, Game of Thrones, the awesome look of the Warcraft film, bad video game movies, good animated movies, The Flash, Steven Universe, Jem and the Holograms, Supergirl, Australian vacation advice, Vegas vacation advice, and the games we never expected to love. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss why Taco Bell is terrible, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, the glory of 2D Castlevania, the ignominious death of Silent Hills, the new Metal Gear Solid V toys, weird sexist nerd culture, Bayonetta, Splatoon pro tips, Mario Kart 8, Mario Maker, Ex Machina, Her, The Room, George R.R. Martin's Metal Gear, Australian vacation tips, the things we would love to see get turned into films, drop bears, and the horrible upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss the only place that matters in Kentucky, stupid newfangled music, the Suicide Squad cast reveal, Avengers: Age of Ultron (massive spoilers!), Ex Machina, Tomorrowland, Life Is Strange, our favorite old Internet things, Daredevil, Game of Thrones, the cancellation of Silent Hills, our thoughts on tablets, and watches. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang, with special guest Nick Renn.

Wherein we discuss Avengers: Age of Ultron, summer blockbusters, the biggest movies ever, the messy logistics of a solo Hulk film, Daredevil (spoiler warning!), Warner Bros.' movie strategy, the big Joker reveal, turning bad movie franchises around, the ups and downs of Man of Steel, Suicide Squad, Shazam, Ben Affleck, and a walking tour of Disney Studios. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins, with special guest Charlie West.

Wherein we discuss trailers vs. the Geekbox, Star Wars Celebration, lots of summer movie trailers, Batman vs. Superman, Fantastic Four, Jurassic World, hot WB behind-the-scenes stuff, StreetPassing in movie lines, Star Wars, BB-8, the Force Awakens trailer, Star Wars: Rogue One, Nintendo at E3, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, who Nintendo's franchises should go to, UK television that needs the HBO treatment, rare video game systems, and GameStop's plan to sell classic games. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss HBO Now, TV on the Internet, Daredevil, Suicide Squad, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, It Follows, Bloodborne, Nekoatsume, Nintendo's new StreetPass games, kids vs. games, cartridge vs. download, cheating in games, R-rated superhero stuff, and Master Higgins. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss Marvel Heroes, the awesomeness of Dazzler, what life used to be like at LucasArts, Bloodborne, cheating in games, Furious 7, the latest Amiibocalypse, and more cheating in games. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang, with special guest Chris Baker.

Wherein we discuss WrestleMania fever, Pillars of Eternity, Dark Souls II, character creation tools in games, World of Warcraft's stupid architecture, the next Legend of Zelda game's big delay, wild mass guessing about 2015's game of the year, planes for cats, the Flash, The Walking Dead (season 5 spoilers!), X-Files, game genres we don't usually enjoy, bad games that we love, the games that made us feel the most ripped off, WonderCon 2015, and the birthday skeleton. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss the return of British Alice Liang, Nintendo's next big thing, the future of the Metal Gear saga, bugs and game development, DLC worth downloading, Bloodborne, the Best Buy Fun Club, Ori and the Blind Forest, awesome British panel TV shows, Better Call Saul, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, What We Do in the Shadows, the Musical Box, what we imagine our final death rows meals to be, Ryan Higgins' favorite horrible restaurant, our E3 2015 predictions, and our shameful game trade-in stories. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, Ryan Higgins, and Alice Liang.

Wherein we discuss Higgins' mouse adventure, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask vs. Dark Souls II, Mario Party, Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., OlliOlli2, Ori and the Blind Forest, Better Call Saul vs. Breaking Bad, lonely MMOs, Overwatch, Heroes of the Storm, new superhero costumes, terrible movies we've been dragged to, Mallrats 2, digital comics, and Powers. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss milkshakes, spiders vs. marriage, Ghostbusters, the future of the X-Men franchise, Harrison Ford's flying chops, HBO Now, the Apple Watch and MacBook announcements, right vs. left, Rock Band 4, Valve's move into VR technology, the Mystery Spot, the stupid freaking dress AGAIN, the best and worst parts of owning a comic book shop, how we prioritize our media consumption, and Sharknado. Starring Ryan Scott, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins, with special guests Alea Garbagnati and Chris Noyes.

Wherein we discuss Andrew Fitch, Leonard Nimoy, Transformers, Star Trek, Indiana Jones, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, awesome games that no one has played, DuckTales 2017, the 20th anniversary of Disneyland's Indiana Jones Adventure, our own personal Groundhog Day, awesome Justice League stories, and the TRUE color of the dress. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss epic GameStop screw-ups, World of Warcraft's predatory Garrison mechanics, terrible fiction-based arguments, old World of Warcraft stuff, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, everything great about Zelda, inverted controls, our least-favorites entries in our favorite franchises, and the awesomeness of the 3DS. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss Adam's strong gaming principles, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, buying games and then not playing them, World of Warcraft's old content, super-rare Amiibo figures, the perils of collecting, classic media that we don't enjoy, Netflix's prospective Legend of Zelda television show, luck vs. skill in tabletop games, and comic book nerdery. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the 2015 DICE Summit, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Trivia Crack, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, Spider-Man and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Better Call Saul, The Walking Dead, site shutdowns, World of Warcraft, and the stuff that our significant others got us into. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Justin Haywald, and Ryan Higgins.

Wherein we discuss the Escape from the Walled City, extreme sportsball knowledge, Disney magic, a 2015 Animaniacs update, Warcraft, Metroid Prime Trilogy, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the future of wearable devices, Ryan Scott's dad, and the Venture Bros. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Ryan Higgins, with special guest Chris Noyes.

Wherein we discuss vaccination truthers, cool technology, the new Fantastic Four trailer, Chris Pratt as Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters 2016, Grim Fandango Remastered, our nerdy collections, dueling pianos, mutant superpowers, good TV shows, and Trivia Crack. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, and Justin Haywald, with special guest Charlie West.