Geek Syndicate

This time Matt and Keehar attempt to grapple with every aspect of religion in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror we haven't already mentioned, and probably manage to talk about several of them. Join us this time for:  Ritual and Imagery in Atheistic Universes.  Personality Cults in Dystopias (and other places)  Witches and the weight of real or imagined history Doctor Who as "Space Jesus" Quantum...

Join Dave aka Monts and Barry aka Nuge as they once again set out to bring the sass back to geekdom in the latest episode Geek Syndicate. Shout outs Christi, Shar, Mirjana and Tree who will be covering SDCC Brett (aka The Comic Book Evangelist)   Hot potato  SDCC the exclusive geeks club good or bad ?   Week that was Celeste Game of Thrones season 4 The Last Ship   News Will ferrell tackles mamima...

Welcome to episode 65 of The Next Level. This month Ant rediscovers GTA V Online and Arkham Origins while Amaechi manages to button bash the Xbox 360’s bonus June Games for Gold offering Street Fighter IV. The boys also discuss the crazy October 2014 games release schedule that will see several big games released that month. You better get saving. In the news ·       The original Alien cast coming...

Join Dave aka Monts and Barry aka Nuge as they once again set out to bring the sass back to geekdom in the latest episode Geek Syndicate. Shout outs Vince Hunt -  www.theredmaskfrommars.com    News Thomas Jane to star in 'The Expanse' Agents of Shield Season gets a Start Date Luc besson's Lucy    Week that was Dominion Gotham gets a new teaser trailer The two new Doctor Who #1's from Titan Comics...

Join Dave aka Monts and Barry aka Nuge as they once again set out to bring the sass back to geekdom to rights in the latest episode Geek Syndicate. News Zounds! Dr Who scripts Leaked! Stacey’s Pop Culture Parlour 24 live podcast  fo charity Arrow aka 'The Green Knight' (come one we all know that's what they're doing) season 3 casting.  DC royalty payments to creators get a makeover. Week that was...

This month Matt and Keehar dive headlong into our pile of feedback for the series, and look back on the topics that have caused the most discussion on our Facebook page. These include:    - Pre-Christian Roman gods and orthopractic religions - The god-like powers of authorship in books, roleplaying games and long-running TV shows - The Christian Work Ethic  - Sacred Spaces of Geekdom - and more! ...

Join Dave aka Monts and Barry aka Nuge as they once again set the world of geekdom to rights. News Titan Comics annouce 12th doctor ongoing comic  A Doctor Who world tour is coming our way Dangermouse  gets rebooted  Nine Worlds Convention announce its tracks and first wave of guests  First look at Thunderbird 1 from new Thunderbirds TV show   Week that Was Agents of Shield Clone wars Champions of...

In this special episode of the Geek Syndicate podcast Barry chats exclusively with Adrian Hodges, creator of the BBC show  The Musketeers . Adrian talks about what fans can expect from series 2 which is currently being filmed as well revealing some of his fave moments from series 1 and more. Adrian also answers a few questions pitched by the many Musketeers fans that are out there. Enjoy! Oh and a...

This week was E3 and with the event three days in (well, two official days and the press conference day zero) The Next Level team decided to review the event so far. Amaechi and Ant are joined by Barry and James for this bumper episode. We chat about E3 and have a brief chat about diversity in video games. We round off with a first impression from all four guys of the latest big release: Watch_Dog...

Join Dave aka Monts and Barry aka Nuge as they once again set the world of geekdom to rights. News Star Wars casting and spin off directors chat The lads look at the whole host of comic book TV shows that are on the way Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice and some chat on the first image of batfleck   Week that was Dave give more feedback on his New 52 catch up Rat Queens Albert Einstein: Time Mas...

This episode we're doing something a little bit different. As listeners are undoubtedly aware, X-Men: Days of Future Past has been released so naturally the Children of the Atom crew rocked up to the cinema to check it out. This episode we'll be discussing the film and the original two issue story arc that inspired it (The Uncanny X-Men issues 141/142, Jan/Feb 1981). As always, we'd love to hear y...

Welcome to another episode of The Next Level. This month Amaechi gets his hands on a Wii in an attempt to tick of his gaming bucket list of never having played a Mario or Zelda game, while Ant swaps his games controller for the lawnmower and mask. In the news ·        Microsoft announce an Xbox One bundle without a Kinect. ·        Games for Gold comes to the Xbox One and you no longer need a Gold...

This time a Unholy Trinity of Matt, Kehaar and Kehaar’s nemesis Dion from Scrolls look at eastern and other non-European religion in fantasy, SF and Horror including: Monkey! In it’s many forms Avatar the Last AirBender and it’s sequel Studio Gibli Enemy Mine American Gods Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Orthopratic nature of Hinduism and horror Lone Wolf and Cub’s insights into another...

Welcome to Episode 220 of the Geek Syndicate podcast. Join Dave and Barry with special co-host Stacey Whittle  as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News Star Wars Casting Comics in the Guardian Titan Comics teams up with the Lakes Comics Arts Festival Changes to the Comixology App Justice League Movie talk Week that was Agents of Shield Dave his continues his catch...

This week adventurers into the Great Unknown Kehaar and Matt gaze into the pitiless void, to see if anything is staring back, or they've just had too much to drink. Diving headlong into the largely godless realm of Science Fiction, we look at those beings that may sometimes act like, or be mistaken for them.  This week: - Star Trek and it's pantheon of god-like entities, and how it treats them - B...

Join Amaechi and Ant as they discuss the latest video game news. This month, the boys discuss the joys of PSN + and Games for gold before heading into the news. This time, we have two reviews for you - Ant talks about Deus Ex: The Fall (the PC / Steam edition) and Amaechi details his experiences in the first three chapters of TellTale Games' Fable game - The Wolf Among us.

This episode we are reading X-Men issues 25 (Oct 1966) and 26 (Nov 1966) in which the X-Men tackle El Tigre. We finally start to see some more development in the Scott/Jean/Warren love triangle that has been causing tension in the team from day one but we'll have to wait until next time to find out how it all unfolds. Meanwhile, we talk about Captain America, The Raid II, and Agents of Shield. So...

This week Godly Monster Kehaar and Monstrous God Matt discuss the nature of Church and State with our latest episode on God Emperors.  - Matt rambles on about The Emperor of Mankind and Warhammer 40,000 - Is  God  Emperor Dune intentionally dull?  - The Beast Orders of Michael Moorcock - Who (or what!) counts as a  God -Emperor?  - The Romans make a (less than) shocking reappearance!  Feedback as...

News Geek Syndicate comes to the BBC Rebooting Indy? Barry has his say in it. Promotional photos for Gotham come online and the guys give their thoughts. Week that was Dave does a DC Comics catch up...he's not best pleased. Barry finally reads Hawkeye my life is a weapon Barry checks out the  audio novel /audio drama adaptation of civil war  from graphic audio  The guys review sci-fi thriller Visa...

Welcome to another episode of The Next Level. James Simms joins Amaechi and Ant with Barry busy getting ready for his upcoming wedding. This month James discusses the BFATA Games awards he attended, we wonder if Xbox’s Games for Gold will ever match Sony’s excellent PlayStation Plus and Ant ends up building a new PC to play Star Citizen.   In the news Watch_Dogs gets an official release date   PS4...

BLURB:  In this episode a scouse-less Matt, a scone-less Kehaar & a well researched guest host Ciaran discuss Religion in RPGs featuring: * definitely real gods, faith & forgotten realms  * levelling up to god hood & the Malazan books * Glorantha & the Hero Quest * the Awkwardness of Alignment * Clerics & Paladins * Massacring Orc children in the name of good  * Roger Zelazny's god-like heroes of...

Amaechi, Barry and Ant delve into the recent games news.  Hear their thoughts on digital console game prices, Assassin’s Creed standalone DLC and Barry finally has Steam.  As it’s the beginning (ish) of 2014, the guys look ahead at the forthcoming releases for the year and pick out their top titles. Finally, Amaechi reviews season two of The Walking Dead.

Welcome to Episode 218 of the Geek Syndicate podcast. Join Barry,Dave and special co host Stacey Whittle as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News More Casting for Gotham The Kitchies Comic Heroes - A new Digital magazine Clone wars comes to Netflick Week that Was - this week we go TV crazy! Stace talks Farscape which she is rewatching on Netflix Riddick Black Widow...

This episode we pick up where we left off last time with issue 23 (Aug 1966). The X-Men are being held hostage by Count Nefaria who plans to hold Washington to ransom with the aid of his not-so-trusty lieutenants. Meanwhile, Professor X is engrossed in a mysterious new project, what could it be? 

The Northern Twosome this month engage with Terry Pratchett's mediation on faith and belief 'Small Gods'. On the way they: * Give a pocket history of the reformation * Consider the nature of philosophy * Discuss the institutional benefits to a society of organised religion * Decry the judgement nature and dangers of social media as discussed by Mr Gentleman B Rhymer here:  http://www.youtube.com/w...