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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...

Welcome to Episode 217 of the Geek Syndicate podcast. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News Changes to the upcoming show Gotham a little chat on diversity and geekdom Week that Was - this week we go TV crazy! The Musketeers Sleepy Hollow Community Main Interview with  Stephen Mooney the creator of pulp adventure comic  Half Past Danger  from...

Happy New Year and welcome to episode 59 of the podcast. One again Amaechi, Barry and Ant discuss the latest games, news and stories from the gaming world. This month is our annual Game of The Year special where all 3 us us reveal our top 3 games of 2013, our special mentions and disappointments.  In this months longer than usual episode Amaechi joins Ant and Barry as a next gen console owner and...

In this special episode Barry chats with Adrian Hodges, the showrunner on BBC one's new show 'The Musketeers'.  Adrian talks about his love of the adventure genre and what he feels The Musketeers can bring to the table. There is also chat about banning the word 'Swashbuckler' during the show's development and the importance of music in the show. Adrian goes into more detail regarding the tone of t...

Welcome to Episode 216 of the Geek Syndicate podcast. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. In this episode the guys are joined by fellow Geek Syndicate members, based in the US, Shar and Mirjana who are over on a whistle stop tour of the Uk and have invaded Dave's house for the episode. The guys kick offf the show with some of their geek resoluti...

Happy New Year, folks! In our first episode of 2014 we're getting stuck into X-Men issue 22 Divided -- We Fall!  (July 1966). This was the first issue in which Roy Thomas had full creative autonomy and it's interesting to spot the changes. The X-Men are up against a new super (or not so super) villain collective led by Count Nefaria. Thomas is obviously trying to change things up here and give the...

Welcome to Episode 215 of the Geek Syndicate podcast. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom.   News Wonder Woman Casting Doctor Who Kicks ass in the Cinema Ripper Street gets cancelled   Week that Was Infinity Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon Half Past Danger Mysterious Strangers Pacific Rim Gravity Arrow Season 2  

The month the Sinister Cabal of Kehaar and Matt awaken the slumbering giant that is our series on Religion. This time we look at Satanism, in both it's real and fictious forms, covering:  - Dennis Wheatley, Communist Satanism, and what a tease he is.  - Worshing the Devil as Evil or Freedom?  - Real world satanic cults from Anton le Vay to Norwegian Death Metal - The Exorcist and the continuing po...

It's been around a month since the new generation of consoles hit the shelves. Amaechi is joined by two co-hosts who have each purchased one of the devices. Ant has (unsurprisingly) got an XBOX One and James (returning after his appearance in episode 56) has a Playstation 4. Join the guys as they discuss some of the latest news and give their overviews of their respective systems. There may even b...

If you have an abiding love for Fantasy, SF and Horror, you could do far worse than get yourself to one of the book conventions that crop up around the country on a regular basis.  In 2013 the   World Fantasy Con   returned to our fair shores after a long absence, bringing with it a raft of international authors, book launches, intimate Q&As, large-scale panels and literary awards.  Folk from all...

In this episode Dave and Barry are once more joined be Stace Whittle of Small Press Big Mouth and Whittle Whaffle. This time the terrific trio discuss this weekend's Thought Bubble Comic Festival in Leeds and the Dr Who 50th Anniversay Episode. Enjoy and listen to the end!

Welcome to another episode of The Next Level. On the eve of the release of both the Next Gen consoles, Amaechi does a u-turn on his PS4 desires and jumps on the Xbox One and Kinect 2.0 train (Dear God please let Uncharted 4 come out on the PS3). Ant takes a day off on the Xbox One release day so he doesn’t miss the postman and Barry turns vigilante in GTA V Online. Oh yeah.... and Britain Next Top...

This month we review X-Men issue 21 'From Whence Comes...Dominus? (June, 1966). Following on from the previous issue, the X-Men go in search of Professor X's old adversary Lucifer who is in the middle of his evil plan to unleash Dominus on the population of Earth. Professor X still has a fishbowl on his head, Beast addresses Jean as simply 'female' in a move that has feminists the world over grind...

Welcome to Episode 214 of the Geek Syndicate podcast. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News IDW Entertainment Launches Batman Weekly Comic Week that Was Mighty Avengers 1 Infinity 1 Legend of the Blue Marvel Butterfly Gate Orphan Black Main We are joined by Stacey Whittle of the Small Press Big Mouth Podcast to talk about our shared love of B...

'Things We Wish We'd Known Earlier (or: How Not To Make Comics)'. As  every aspiring comic creator eventually realises, the road to  sequential art success is full of pitfalls for the unwary. However,  this panel discussion (recorded live at Canny Comic Con,  December 8th  2012) is here to help guide you past such difficulties - by getting  established comic creators to talk through their own mist...

They roam the streets, this Halloween,  Alive or Dead or in Between, Escaped from Hell, with Eldritch Plan, Or Risen by the Hand of Man, Their rotten flesh in search of prey  To Fight them, or to Run Away?  For whom to turn, with light to shed, Which podcast speaks of the Undead?  With information, broad of scope,  Dissecting Worlds! Your Only Hope!  Yes, this month Dissecting Worlds turns it's ba...

Welcome back to Battle Gods Of Pod, the panel game show on the Geek Syndicate Network that pits a panoply of podcasters against each other in various tests of verbosity, inspiration, knowledge and wit. Joining us this time are  Matt Farr , from  Dissecting Worlds ,  Tim Swann  from  Tim And Max Solve All The Problems With Popular Culture , and  Stace Whittle  from  Small Press, Big Mouth . We star...

* PS4 Bundle announcement, * PS4 construction woes, * Nintendo Bundles and Rising Wii U sales, * Batman Beat-em-up on iOS and Android, * Pre-Purchase Beta Access - Good or Bad? * Grand Theft Auto's breaking of records. Additionally, Ant and James give their initial impressions of GTA V. Amaechi and James look back at this year's Eurogamer and we have a quick look at some of the nominations for thi...

This month on Children of the Atom we're reviewing X-Men issue 20 (May 1966) in which we learn how Professor X lost the use of his legs and we also get a little bit more information about the mysterious and sinister Lucifer. Meanwhile, Cyclops packs a sad and leaves the X-Men, and The Blob and Unus the Untouchable make a guest appearance. In real world news, we visit  Krypton Komics  for the first...

News Lost Doctor Who episodes found Porcelain graphic novel becomes a trilogy Marvel punishes Fan Film   Week that was Agents of Shield Tomorrow People Mr Yang Fights Aliens Part 1 Thug Notes Main A look at Black Heroes in Geekdom - this week we look at comics. One comic I wanted to mention but shamefully forgot in this section was the brilliant Magic of Myths by Corey Brotherson.