Being A Geek For Dummies

In Episode 22, The Zach Ligmus Cut, Zach and JK discuss the future of physical games following PlayStation’s reported move away from discs, share the gaming features they wish had never disappeared, and take a trip down memory lane to talk about their childhood favourites. They also reveal their favourite movie tie-in games, their best birthday and Christmas gaming memories, and finish by ranking...

Episode 21 - GTA 6 Seven-ty Pounds! GTA 6 has a price tag that gets everyone talking, which leads to a chat about the sequels we’re most excited to see. We also vent about the overused TV and movie tropes that never fail to annoy, reveal the beloved franchise entries we’ve somehow never experienced, and discuss the one thing we always try to do in every game we play. To wrap things up, we put our...

This week, we’re taking a trip 30 years ahead to find out what we’d rush to see first. We also pick our favourite long-running TV gags, dream up the ultimate simulator game, rank our all-time favourite YouTube creators, and somehow end up building a 4-4-2 football team using Marvel characters. It’s a strange mix of future-gazing, nostalgia and superhero tactics… exactly as intended.

This week Kai Daniels joins JK on the pod to discuss their favourite wrestling factions, what piece of media they would recommend to the other and rank the Spider-Man movies into a personal top 3!

This week, Zach and JK tackle some truly important questions. If Disney came calling, which character would each of them be trusted to bring to life? With Wolverine finally on the horizon, they discuss the villains they’re desperate to throw down with and the heroes they’d love to team up alongside. Elsewhere, they take a trip through Pokémon history to pick their favourite card sets, reflect on t...

This week on Being A Geek For Dummies, Zach and JK pull up a chair and dive into friendship, fandom, and a few surprisingly difficult questions. From the gaming features that have quietly reshaped the way we play, to deciding who truly holds the universe together as the MCU’s anchor being, no stone is left unturned. The pair also head to Andy’s toy box to rank their favourite Toy Story characters...

This week on Being A Geek For Dummies, the conversation jumps from dream MCU additions to the games that deserve a proper remaster. Zach & JK debate which forgotten classics should return and how modern gaming has changed the way players discover secrets. There’s also a trip into a world where every person has an animal companion, plus a discussion on which movies and TV shows deserve the Lego gam...

In this special SPOILERCAST, Zach, JK & special guest Kai Daniels talk about the dizzying highs, terrifying lows and creamy middles of the final season of The Boys.

Episode 15 steps into the arena as Zach and JK tackle the ultimate Mortal Kombat question: what would their signature fatality be? Along the way, they unpack game mechanics they refuse to touch, debate whether New Game+ actually adds replay value, celebrate their favourite media spoofs, and pitch custom-made games designed specifically for each other. Expect questionable ideas, strong opinions, an...

Episode 14 of Being A Geek For Dummies sees Zach Ligmus and JK Roberts dive into the franchises they’ve somehow dodged for years, build the ultimate sidekick draft from film and gaming, and rank their essential Xbox 360 classics. There’s also a trip through the Upside Down with the one song that could pull them back from Vecna, before wrapping things up with a wildly specific dream Muppets casting...

On this Post-WrestleMania edition of the Being A Geek For Dummies podcast, Zach Ligmus, JK Roberts, and Kai Daniels break down all the biggest moments from WrestleMania and share their thoughts on the matches, surprises, and fallout from the weekend. The crew also gives their predictions for this year’s Money in the Bank winners, debates the possible Night 1 and Night 2 main events for SummerSlam,...

This week on Being A Geek For Dummies, Zach & JK tackle another packed lineup of geeky debates and off-topic tangents. Inspired by this week’s listener question, the pair talk favourite video game Easter Eggs and gaming myths. Elsewhere in the episode, they discuss movies that deserve spin-off series treatment, crown their worst consoles of all time, and recast classic films using professional wre...

Zach and JK are back with Episode 12 of Being A Geek For Dummies, “Delayed Bus Simulator,” where the journey is as unpredictable as their picks. This week, they dive into giving side characters the spotlight, dream up the ultimate “toys-to-life” comeback, and debate which fictional foods are worth crossing realities for. Things get even more interesting as they share their favourite non-canon theo...

Episode 11, The Book of Morons, leans into playful debate and unapologetic geekery as Zach and JK put each other on the spot. They kick things off by casting one another as characters from the stage, with questionable (and highly debatable) reasoning. From there, they dive into nostalgia, each choosing one video game, one movie, and one TV show they wish they could experience again for the very fi...

Episode 10 of Being A Geek For Dummies — “It is the Liglighter!” — sees Zach Ligmus and JK Roberts dive headfirst into some brilliantly nerdy what-ifs and hot takes. From combining the ultimate mix of superpowers to debating how many games is too many to juggle at once, the duo keep things fun and unpredictable. Things take a wild turn as they imagine surviving the apocalypse as the last two peopl...

Welcome back to the Being A Geek For Dummies Podcast! This time, JK Roberts and Zach Ligmus are joined by special guest “The Suplex Express” Kai Daniels for a high-energy WrestleMania 42: Mania Monday special. The crew kicks things off with a quick-fire breakdown of WrestleMania as a whole before diving straight into bold predictions for both nights of the Showcase of the Immortals. From there, th...

Episode 9 of Being A Geek For Dummies sees Zach & JK fully embrace chaos in “The God Damn Fricking Spice Girls.” This week, they reimagine their favorite games with bizarre genre swaps that somehow still feel legit, draft the ultimate three Pokémon team for surviving a zombie apocalypse, and debate which TV series they’d drop themselves into (and why they’d probably regret it). They also dig up th...

On this week’s episode, Zach and JK sit down to discuss trailers that spoiled their experience of the film for them and what a movie based on their lives would be like.

JK finally starts his path to redemption after his bombshell announcement last week. We also discuss Lego video games, our Lego set wishlist and which animated tv shows should be turned into live action adaptations.

On this week’s episode, JK and Zach discuss things topics such as gaming exploits, sitcom genre switches and what film franchises would translate well into musicals.

In this episode, Zach and JK join forces once again to discuss topics such as music in tv shows and studying film and media in college.

JK and Zach return for a chaotic hour of discussions that include live action and animated crossover shows and who our favourite videogame villains are.

On this episode of Being A Geek For Dummies, Zach and JK talk about topics such as disappointing video games and what characters from pop culture would make the best road trip buddies

Zach and JK return with another episode of Being A Geek For Dummies. This week they discuss topics such as nostalgia fuelled gaming consoles, their favourite games from the GameCube and Xbox 360 and much more!

On the debut episode of Being A Geek For Dummies, JK & Zach discuss their first topics that include sitcoms, the MCU and Retro vs Modern gaming.